When Yan Qing learned that his master had accepted a younger apprentice after many years, he thought that he finally didn't have to envy others for having younger apprentices to love while he was always alone.
He was so happy that he asked his servants to go to his warehouse to pick out a lot of things and ordered them to be delivered to Qinghe Town as quickly as possible.
The gifts he gave included some valuable and some practical, too many to count.
Xie Yunjiao was secretly surprised when she saw these gifts, thinking that Doudou's senior brother seemed to have a good family background and was so generous.
She doesn't have that much spare money to buy expensive gifts, but she still has to give a return gift.
Xie Yunjiao was afraid that sending the wrong thing would hurt the relationship between Doudou and the senior brother she had yet to meet, so she went to ask Ye Baien.
Who knew Ye Baien was also unreliable? He said the Yan family was a wealthy family, powerful in the capital, and no matter what Xie Yunjiao gave them, they might not appreciate it. It would be better to give them something they made themselves, which would be more sincere.
"Mom, please give my senior brother some writing materials. Also, didn't you make some incense to calm the mind before? Give some to my senior brother." Doudou liked his senior brother very much because he gave him many small things and he liked them all very much.
I like him more than my master.
The master was so mean. He made him paint diligently in his free time and never gave him any time to play.
The senior brother is better, he even gave him toys to play with.
After Doudou said this, Xie Yunjiao remembered that she had indeed made some incense to calm the mind before, and the effect was quite good.
Doudou had previously heard that Peng Yingtian would often wake up from nightmares during his naps, so she gave Peng Yingtian the calming incense. After using it, Peng Yingtian no longer had nightmares and felt much better.
She had originally planned to wait for Ye Baien to come back and show him the incense she had made. If he thought it was ok, she would give it to someone else with peace of mind.
These spices are not cheap, and some of them were found by Gu Huai with great difficulty in the mountains.
She planned to use these incense sticks as gifts to the distinguished guests who cared for her.
But I was afraid of side effects so I put it on hold.
When Ye Baien heard that Xie Yunjiao had made the mind-calming incense, he immediately asked her to show it to him.
After asking about the ingredients, I put it on and used it. After using it for one night, I woke up the next day feeling radiant and energetic.
"Girl, these incense sticks you made are great treasures. Give them to Gu Huai." Ye Baien said.
During this period, he found that no matter how hard Gu Huai tried, he could only stagnate. He knew that he was too impatient.
But no one knows when the enemy will discover Gu Huai. If he doesn't seize the time, he and the forces behind him may not be able to cope with it alone.
He was also trying to find ways to help Gu Huai, but with little success.
He hadn't expected that Xie Yunjiao could actually concoct such a good concentration incense. His luck had actually reached the second level last night!
Such a good thing must be given to Gu Huai.
So that he can break through the recent bottleneck and move to the next stage.
"Master, is that concentration incense really so useful? I was planning to give it to my guests." Xie Yunjiao said.
In fact, she found the ancient book in the space. It was tattered and had no cover.
The words on it were still very illegible, and she studied it for a long time before she understood the simplest concentration incense. Coincidentally, she had the materials on hand, so she made it according to the description in the ancient books in the space.
I didn't expect to receive such praise from Ye Baien.
"Why give it as a gift? Giving this kind of thing to ordinary people would just be a waste; they can't use it." Ye Baien paused, "But you can give some to Doudou's senior brother. This would be the best return gift for him."
"Just some incense? Wouldn't that be a bit shabby?" Xie Yunjiao asked.
"No, it's good enough." Ye Baien said.
Since Ye Baien said so, Xie Yunjiao picked out a brocade box and put some incense she made herself in it, and also gave him wolf hair brushes and ink sticks.
When Yan Qing received Xie Yunjiao's return gift, his servant asked him whether he should put it directly in the warehouse.
The servants checked the things inside and found that they were worthless and had no provenance. They were definitely not good things.
In order to avoid making their master sad, they gave so many valuable gifts to the young master's junior brother, but he only gave some shabby things.
Unexpectedly, when Yan Qing learned that Doudou had sent a return gift, he asked to see what his junior brother had given.
It was the first time he showed such interest, and it was obvious that he cared very much about this junior fellow student whom he had never met.
Yan Qing's servants had no choice but to take out the return gift that Xie Yunjiao had sent.
Yan Qing saw the ink stick, the brush, and the incense. They all looked simple, but they were thoughtful.
He also saw a letter written by Doudou himself.
The calligraphy was very beautiful. He finally understood why the master had chosen Doudou as his apprentice. This child was so young and could already write such beautiful calligraphy. In time, his calligraphy would probably be even more beautiful than his.
The handwriting reflects the person, and a clear image gradually emerged in his mind.
Later, when they finally had the chance to meet again, he saw Doudou and found that she was exactly the same as the image he had imagined!
"I think both the pen and ink are good." Yan Qing said.
Although I made it myself, it is no worse than the ones I bought. Both the brush and the ink stick are excellent.
After he finished using the ink sticks that Xie Yunjiao gave him, he went back to using the ones he bought from outside, but he couldn't get used to them!
He spent money to look for many kinds of ink sticks in Jiuzhou Kingdom, and finally found an ink stick in Zizhuxuan that felt the same as the one Doudou gave him.
The servants could not help but be astonished, thinking that the young master must love the whole house so much that the ink stick that looks worthless can be the same as the ink stick worth more than ten or twenty taels?
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When Zhou Jinhai arrived in town with the braised meat, many people were already waiting for him at the previous location.
Some people who hadn't bought anything also came over following the scent.
Before they even knew what was being sold, the regular customers started scrambling for it.
Although the braised meat he sells is more expensive than pork, the key is that the braised meat he makes is salty, fragrant and delicious, fat but not greasy, and makes people linger on the taste once they eat it.
It's like being possessed. I'll miss it if I don't eat it for a day.
Zhou Jinhai was shocked at first, then happy, and now he looks forward to the daybreak every day so that he can go out and sell braised meat.
It wasn’t that there weren’t some hooligans who took a fancy to his braised pork recipe and wanted to steal it, but Zhou Jinhai was tall and strong and good at fighting, and he often beat those who came to cause trouble into a pulp.
"Oh, business is good, it's time to pay the protection fee."
A local thug walked towards Zhou Jinhai in a nonchalant manner.
Zhou Jinhai glanced at him and said, "Ask me about my fist first."
"You are so arrogant! I wonder if you dare to hit me. If you can't beat me, give me the recipe of braised pork, otherwise I will make sure you don't finish it." The man said, rolling up his sleeves.
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