Chapter 66 Happy Hawthorn Cake
As a derivative of the white carp "virus", the male ghost was naturally afraid of delicious food. After a mouthful of food was forced into his mouth, he completely lost his ability to attack.
Sun Fugui put the male ghost into a mineral water bottle, screwed the cap on, and asked Xue Qi, "What should we do with this evil ghost?"
Xue Qi shook the blackened mineral water bottle and asked Fei Tuan for his opinion: "Fei Tuan, what do you think we should do?"
Fatty popped out of Xue Qi's pocket, poked out his eyes, and said, "Ghosts are afraid of fire. Let's burn this bad ghost that ruins our ghost's reputation!"
Xue Qi and others went downstairs and took them to the garden, lit a bonfire, and burned the evil spirit in the mineral water bottle cleanly.
When the evil spirits were reduced to ashes, the fog covering the kindergarten suddenly dissipated and the sky became clear again.
The black fog faded away, and the kindergarten was shrouded in autumn sunshine again.
It was autumn, but the scorching heat made everyone's mouths dry.
The teachers comforted the children and then went to prepare water for them to quench their thirst.
But the water the children drank tasted bitter and no one wanted to drink it.
The fat ball in Xue Qi's pocket explained, "This is the aftereffect of the evil ghost fog. The children's yang energy is weak because they have been wrapped in the black fog for a long time. Now they are afraid of the sun and heat. The most urgent thing is to find a way to get the children to drink water."
Xue Qi felt a headache as he looked at the children crying one after another in the hall.
Outside the kindergarten, a mobile vendor was selling hawthorns. Xue Qi immediately said, "Go buy that truckload of hawthorns."
Chu Chengsun Fugui immediately went to buy hawthorns and brought them all back to the kitchen.
The children couldn't drink water and everything they ate tasted bitter, so Xue Qi had to find a way to stimulate their appetite.
She used hawthorns to make a pot of sweet and sour hawthorn soup, and made hundreds of hawthorn cakes and candied haws.
Put the washed hawthorns into two iron pots and boil them, mix them with crushed lemon juice, wait until the hawthorns are cooked, and sieve the hawthorn pulp.
She poured the thick fruit puree into the pot, added rock sugar and simmered it over low heat, stirring constantly until it became a fine hawthorn jam. She then sieved it again without getting tired of it.
Finally, spread the hawthorn puree on a flat plate. After cooling, it solidifies into a brightly colored hawthorn cake with a beautiful dark red jelly color.
A one-meter-wide flat plate can be divided into at least forty hawthorn cakes.
Add rock sugar to the soup left over from the first pot of fruit puree and it becomes sweet and sour hawthorn water.
Xue Qi made candied haws with the remaining hundreds of hawthorns.
Each hawthorn is wrapped with melted rock sugar. The hawthorn is covered with a thin layer of sugar, which is transparent and shiny, making the hawthorn inside look more red.
It is not pigment red, but natural hawthorn red. Each hawthorn is round, big and plump, which is pleasing to the eye.
There were also some hawthorns that didn't look so good, so Xue Qi coated them with white frosting.
The hawthorns are covered with a layer of snow-white, like small snowballs.
Everyone had been exposed to a lot of negative energy, and when they were exposed to the sun, their mouths were dry and their bodies were hot.
Xue Qi added ice cubes to the hawthorn water. Cao Feng picked up a bowl and took a sip. It tasted immediately cool and had just the right sweetness to neutralize the sourness of the hawthorn. The sweet and sour taste wrapped around the taste buds, making people reluctant to swallow it.
As a grown man, he tried hawthorn cake and sugar-frosted hawthorn, and each tasted more delicious than the other.
He didn't expect that even an ordinary sour fruit like hawthorn could be made into something special by Xue Qi.
With everyone's help, the food was distributed to the children.
The children sat in rows at the tables, and the teachers distributed sweet soup and snacks to them.
The smell of hawthorn soup and hawthorn cake spread in the classroom, attracting a group of children to raise their hands to eat hawthorn cake.
The teachers were in a panic, and even the bald principal came to help.
In order to save the children, the bald principal only had a few hairs left on his head, and he looked very pitiful.
Xue Qi looked at him, feeling rather pitiful, and said, "Principal, why don't you go and rest first? Leave this to us, it won't be a problem."
The bald principal endured the pain of losing his hair and said, "I don't need to rest. The children are so hungry. I need to help them replenish their energy!"
As he spoke, the three hairs on the top of his head that the principal had stuck to them with his saliva fell to the ground.
The principal looked at those precious hairs and felt heartbroken. He wiped away his bitter tears and began to distribute hawthorn cakes to the children.
Kangqiao took a bite of the hawthorn cake. The sweet and sour taste lingered between her teeth, which whetted her appetite and made her feel much more comfortable.
She sipped the hawthorn cake and asked the principal, "Grandpa Principal, why are you losing your hair?"
The bald principal was in tears.
Teacher Wang placed two sugar-coated hawthorns in Kangqiao's bowl and whispered, "Because the principal is so powerful, he defeated the evil spirit with his hair!"
Kangqiao seemed to have heard something extraordinary.
When the other children heard this, they immediately associated the principal with Ultraman who fights monsters.
Kangqiao's eyes widened as he asked, "So the principal is Ultraman?"
Teacher Wang shook his head, but patiently explained, "The principal is not Ultraman. Ultraman is a Japanese hero, and the principal is an old immortal who came down from heaven in China. The more hair he loses, the more evil spirits he has defeated. If all his hair falls out, it means he has defeated all the evil spirits!"
Kangqiao seemed to understand, but in any case, the image of the bald principal in her mind suddenly became taller.
A child raised his hand and asked Teacher Wang, "Teacher, my dad is also bald. He always comes home every day and says he's so tired, but he never tells me what he does outside. Could it be that my dad is also out fighting monsters?"
The principal straightened his chest and said confidently, "Ah, little one, I know your father. We've fought monsters together. Bald fathers are all great heroes. They fight monsters during the day just to protect you, the children, and to ensure their healthy growth!"
After hearing what the principal said, the other children looked at that child with envy.
Every time the kindergarten holds a parent-teacher meeting, the other children would laugh at the bald head of that little boy’s father.
But at this moment, the children were actually envious of the other person's bald father.
This shows that his father is a hero!
After going through the danger just now and having eaten and drunk enough, the child didn't seem to be afraid at all.
After all, the fact that the school was haunted was too unbelievable, so the principal decided to report the matter to the education department and not let it spread.
He said to the children, "Children, you know that when Ultraman fights monsters, he cannot let others know his identity. Today we fought ghosts, so shouldn't we also keep this secret?"
The children nodded: "Yes! We must protect it!"
The principal nodded. "That's right. The adults go out to fight monsters during the day, and they always think that we kids don't know they're out fighting monsters. So, we have to pretend we don't know, too. Do you understand?"
The children nodded: "Got it! We won't tell Mom and Dad that the principal beat up a ghost! The principal's identity must not be revealed!"
Kangqiao raised his chubby little paw and whispered, "Principal, but my dad and mom already know about this. What should I do?"
The principal poured a bowl of hawthorn soup and handed it to Kang Hao and Zhu Minli, saying solemnly, "Mr. Kang, Mrs. Kang, this is the forgetfulness water from our planet X. Drink it, and you will forget everything that happened today."
Kang Hao and Zhu Minli each took the hawthorn soup and drank it all.
The two of them fell to the ground at the same time. When they stood up again, they looked at the children around them who were staring at them with a confused look on their faces.
Kang Hao was acting like a drama queen: "Qiaoqiao, why am I here?"
Zhu Minli also showed her superb acting skills: "Husband, what's going on? I clearly remember I was at home, how come I'm here in the blink of an eye?"
Kang Hao rubbed his brows and said with emotion: "Oh, we must be too tired."
Kangqiao glanced at the principal, and the bald principal winked at her.
Zhu Minli rubbed her temples and whispered, "I seemed to have had a dream just now. I dreamed that we met a monster..."
The principal didn't answer Zhu Minli directly. Instead, he turned to the other children and asked, "Classmates, tell Kangqiao's mother if they encountered a monster just now."
The children shook their heads and said in unison: "No!"
The principal was very satisfied with the children's ability to keep their mouths shut.
Zhu Minli and Zhu Hao also looked at each other and understood each other tacitly.
The two smiled at each other, realized something, and quickly glanced away.
Xue Qi looked in the direction of the children, breathed a sigh of relief, and smiled, "These children are so cute. The principal and teachers are also very responsible."
Cao Feng nodded and praised, "Indeed. The principal's words not only prevent the children from telling nonsense at home and being misunderstood by their families, but also protect the children's childhood dreams. The children's world should be separated from the adult world."
Around six o'clock, the kindergartens started to dismiss students one after another, and Xue Qi and others also sent Kang Hao and his wife back to the villa.
After returning home, Zhu Minli poured them a glass of water and asked the nanny to take the children upstairs to rest.
She invited everyone into the reception room.
Only after everyone sat down in the reception room did Xue Qi let Wei Jiu out.
Wei Jiu shared the broth and food left over from Xue Qi and the others' ghost hunting with Fatty, and his strength was replenished, giving him some power.
Even so, she still felt a mixture of awe and fear towards Xue Qi.
Xue Qi asked her, "Tell me, who sent you to Kang's house? What was their purpose in sending you here? Ghosts like you can't even walk five miles on your own."
Wei Jiu glanced at the crowd and whispered, "I didn't come here on my own. Zhou Zhou and I were both 'invited' back by the couple in a clay pot."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone looked at the Kang couple again.
Chu Cheng was surprised. "How could you invite two evil spirits home? Do you know that you almost killed Qiaoqiao? As a friend, I can't interfere with how you two play, how you quarrel, or even want to divorce. But Qiaoqiao is my goddaughter. If you can't protect her, then please leave her to me."
Sun Fugui also said, "What's wrong with you two? If you can't live together, just divorce. Why did you invite the ghost back? Kang Hao, usually in the entertainment industry, it's either you or me who are involved in scandals with female stars. We are equally popular on the trending searches. I don't have a wife, but you have a wife and a daughter, so why are you still not satisfied? That Bai Rou a while ago, was she related to you too? You scumbag, divorce me and let your wife and daughter go!"
Zhu Minli seemed to be accustomed to this kind of thing and simply said, "If you really want to find your happiness, I won't stop you, but the prerequisite is that you sign a divorce agreement with me. You want to have a colorful life outside, but you don't want to divorce me. There is no such good thing in the world. I can't let you take all the benefits."
Under pressure from both his friends and his wife, Kang Hao finally said, "Sun Fugui and I were acting the same way. Minli, a few years ago, after you gave birth to Qiaoqiao, you clamored for a divorce from me and said I wasn't as good as your first love. I know I neglected you because of my work, and I want to make up for it. But as your husband, how can I tolerate you liking other people? I can't. You want a divorce, but I can't. I'm afraid of losing you and Qiaoqiao. Minli, after what happened today, I've figured it all out. I don't care who you like, or whether you think I'm good or not. As your husband, I will wait until you like me again."
Zhu Minli was stunned: "What are you talking about? When did I ever like someone else?"
Kang Hao: "One hundred days after you gave birth to Qiaoqiao, you ran away from home to meet your first love. You sat on the roadside for four hours, and I waited for four hours on the other side of the bushes. After that, you met him frequently..."
Zhu Minli immediately explained, "You misunderstood. He came to see me to tell me he'd decided to come out. At the time, I was suffering from postpartum depression, and even though you misunderstood me, I didn't want to explain. I actually wanted to use him to annoy you. I never expected our relationship would end up like this, drifting further and further apart. I punished Bai Rou a few days ago because she vowed outside that she wanted to be Qiao Qiao's stepmother, and I couldn't stand it anymore, so I punished her."
She paused at this point and continued, "Our relationship is drifting further and further apart. I'm so exhausted. This marriage is in name only, and there's no point in continuing. But you don't want to divorce. I heard that Master Baili grants all wishes, so I asked her for help so that we can separate smoothly. I didn't expect that the earthenware jar I brought back was filled with a fierce ghost..."
Kang Hao was also stunned when he heard this.
He wanted to use some scandals to anger Zhu Minli and make her change her mind, but he didn't expect that their relationship would become more and more strained.
Kang Hao knew that this trick was useless, so he could only follow the advice of his friends in the circle and go to Bai Li to ask for the earthenware jar that would grant any wish.
Bai Li told him that she could make peace, and Li also had to keep the clay pot at home for 49 days, and his wife Zhu Minli would change her mind.
But none of them expected that the two earthenware jars they brought back were two evil spirits.
Xue Qi: "At this point, it's clear. Bai Li wants to use these two evil spirits to create chaos in your home, and then come out to subdue them. This self-directed and self-acted drama will surely make you believe her completely. The two of you have half the resources and connections in the circle. If they can control you two, it's equivalent to controlling half of the entertainment industry. This Bai Li has a good plan."
After Kang Hao and Zhu Minli talked about their misunderstanding, they realized that they had misunderstood each other from the very beginning.
Kang Hao asked his wife, "Minli, I know my actions were a bit childish. When something happened, I should have communicated with you properly instead of overthinking and using such foolish methods to gain your attention. If possible, please give me another chance and don't divorce me, okay?"
Zhu Minli basically went through the period of postpartum depression alone.
Although there were misunderstandings between the two, the fact that her husband was not around when things were most difficult was always a hurdle she could not get over.
She said, "I'll give us an extra year. If I still can't get over the hurdle in my heart within this year, then we can discuss divorce. After the divorce, for Qiaoqiao's growth, I won't make it public. We can still live under the same roof like before and act like a loving couple in front of Qiaoqiao."
Kang Hao was already very satisfied that his wife was willing to give him a year and did not ask for anything else.
Zhu Minli brought the topic back to Baili and turned to look at Xue Qi: "This Baili seems difficult to deal with. 77, do you have any way to deal with her? This kind of person relies on her ability to harm others and herself. If she keeps her, who knows how many people and ghosts will be persecuted by her in the future."
Xue Qi nodded: "It's not difficult, but I need your cooperation."
Zhu Minli asked back: "How can we cooperate?"
Xue Qi: "Lead her here, and leave the rest to me."
Baili is a virus in this world, and the only thing that can fight this virus is her Happy Food. They can't alert the enemy now, so they have to find a way to lure Baili here and let her eat the food she cooks.
Zhu Minli asked back, "You mean, pretend to be deeply affected by it and invite Baili to come and help us catch ghosts? But Zhou Zhou's evil ghost has already been burned by us. If she comes, will she be exposed?"
Xue Qi was thinking about this question when Wei Jiu said, "Bai Li can't sense whether we are dead or not. After she enters this house, she can only rely on sensing the density of Yin energy to determine whether we exist."
She pointed at the fat ball in Xue Qi's pocket and said, "It has enough Yin energy. I can play the role of Zhou Zhou."
Now we have the "actor" to play the ghost, all we have to do is start implementing the plan and lure the enemy into the trap.
Zhu Minli said: "Then I will call her and ask her to help us catch ghosts."
…
In the variety show recording studio of Fruit Channel, Bai Li just caught a fierce ghost on the commission of the director.
The director witnessed Baili catching the ghost and treated her like a living god. "Master Baili, how much money do you need? Whatever you want me to do, just ask. I will do whatever I can! You are truly the savior of our station. This ghost is so powerful that it has harmed several A-list celebrities who came to the taping."
Bai Li pretended to be profound and said, "Just transfer 11,000 to my card."
The director said, "This...this isn't appropriate, is it? I know that your price is much higher than this. 11,000 is too low. I feel embarrassed..."
Bai Li continued, "If you really feel embarrassed, then do me a favor. I heard that in five days, Tian Xincuicui will come to your station's variety show to promote her new drama. Tian Xincuicui is not a good person, I hope--"
Before she finished speaking, the director understood: "I understand. The leader said that no matter what you ask for, as long as we can do it, we will arrange it. Don't worry, from now on, Tian Xincuicui will never be on our show. However, from now on, our station will rely on you to protect it! When are you free to take a look at our station's feng shui?"
Bai Li: "Next week, I'll bring the tools next week. I don't have all the tools today."
The director nodded and said, "Okay, okay, it's up to you!"
She had just finished talking with the director when she received a call from Zhu Minli.
On the other end of the line, Zhu Minli's voice was panicked: "Master Bai... Master Baili! You must help us. Our house is haunted!"
Bai Li started to act arrogantly at this point: "Oh? I catch ghosts, and the fees are quite high."
Zhu Minli's almost collapsed voice came over the phone: "Name a price, no matter how much it is, we are willing to pay! Master Baili, you must help us!"
Bai Li smiled and said, "My fees are not low, but they are definitely within a reasonable range. I'm at Fruit TV Station, please send a car to pick me up."
Zhu Minli: "Okay, okay, I'll arrange it right away!"
Bai Li got on the special car arranged by Zhu Minli, still thinking about it.
Now, she has "forced" the fruit channel to "ban" Tian Xincuicui. Next, she helped the Kang couple solve the ghost problem, and the couple would definitely treat her with respect and follow her lead.
At that time, she will ask the Kang couple to ban Tian Xincuicui.
The Kang couple and the Fruit TV station banned Tian Xincuicui, almost half of the entertainment industry came out to ban her, so her career must have plummeted.
As long as she extends a hand to Tian Xincuicui when she is at her lowest point, the other party will definitely come to her.
At that time, she will let her soul-eating ghost devour Tian Xin's fragile soul and use her soul to refine magic tools. From then on, she will truly have the ability to help people change their fortunes.
Of course, after getting the resources of the Kang couple, she will find ways to step by step use these resources to break into the wealthy business circle, and then find a way to contact the boss of Fengkai Group.
If she could gain the trust of the Fengkai Group's boss, she would completely control half of China.
By then, with the help of Boss Feng Kai's resources, he can enter the country's upper echelons and become a national treasure-level master.
As for Xue Qi, it’s no big deal.
As long as she can take down the Kang couple this time, with their resources and connections, it will not be a big deal for Xue Qi, an internet celebrity, to be banned.
Bai Li was thinking silently in his heart, and the car quickly drove into the villa area.
Entering the Kang family, the thick yin energy visible to the naked eye was thicker than she had imagined. It must be that the evil ghost Zhou Zhou had eaten the soul of the child in this family and his abilities had been enhanced.
When Bai Li walked into the living room, it was just time for dinner.
Zhu Minli, with dark circles under her eyes, walked towards Baili at the door and whispered, "Master Baili, you're finally here. It's dinner time now, so why not have something to eat?"
The white carp smelled the tempting aroma of stewed corn and pork ribs, and his stomach growled.
I'm really hungry and greedy.
She nodded: "That's fine. Only when you're full can you have the energy to catch ghosts."
Bai Li felt that there was no need to rush. He thought that he could show his master's temperament by eating slowly in this haunted house.
While waiting for dinner, Zhu Minli sat down at the table across from her and whispered, "Master Baili, I saw a ghost last night and fell down the stairs. When I woke up today, my husband and children were gone. The police came to investigate, but the more I think about it, the more wrong it seems. I'm sure there's a ghost in my house. Master Baili, could you please help me catch the ghost in my house and tell me where Qiaoqiao is?"
Baili: "Don't worry, eat first."
The nanny brought the meals one after another:
Pork ribs stewed with corn, braised pork intestines with dry sauce, fish head with chopped pepper and taro, and frog with green pepper.
The dishes were rich and spicy, which made Baili even more greedy.
She took a few mouthfuls of the white rice, then picked up a piece of spicy and delicious frog with her chopsticks, and her chest was burning with happiness.
Xue Qi came out of the kitchen and saw a subtitle above Bai Li's head:
[Due to the effects of Happy Food, the virus-infected white carp is being cleared.]
[A bowl of green pepper and frog: virus removal 10.]
[One Chopstick Chopped Pepper Fish Head: Virus Clearance 20.]
[Corn stewed pork ribs: 40 virus cleared, dry-fried braised pork intestines: 70 virus cleared...]
Until Bai Li finished all the dishes on the table, Xue Qi saw the ultimate subtitles appear in her head:
[Virus Cleanup 100, infinite expansion of metaphysical skills, is about to disappear.]
[Because of his many evil deeds, he lost all his metaphysical abilities! ]
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