Chapter 230 Return to the Teahouse
Lin Xiaoyue scratched her head and said, "No, why would I do such a thing? Look at my quilt, it looks like I've slept in it. I just woke up earlier than you, so I went outside to check the situation."
Chen Yunyun reached out and touched the quilt next to her. It was indeed warm from sleeping there. "Are you really not lying to me?"
Lin Xiaoyue smiled secretly in her heart. The quilt was warm because there was a big stove burning in the tent, but Chen Yunyun didn't notice it.
She quickly got under the covers and lay down, saying, "Of course! Go to sleep peacefully. Brother Liang has already won the battle. Tomorrow we will all sleep until we wake up naturally!"
Chen Yunyun's attention was quickly diverted. She listened carefully and saw that everything outside had indeed returned to calm. She said happily, "That's great! But, aren't we going back to the Bamboo Courtyard tomorrow? Can we really sleep until we wake up naturally?"
Lin Xiaoyue nodded affirmatively and said, "Of course! That's what Brother Liang said. He will arrange for other people to serve the Queen Mother. We will continue to live in the teahouse from now on, so you can sleep peacefully. No one will come to wake us tomorrow!"
Chen Yunyun breathed a sigh of relief and said with emotion, "Brother Liang must be worried about you! Now it's all right. The Queen Mother can no longer embarrass you. I was so nervous those days, afraid that I would do something wrong and embarrass you."
Lin Xiaoyue reached out from under the quilt and caressed Chen Yunyun's hair lovingly. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have let you come here. It was my fault for not being considerate enough."
Chen Yunyun slapped Lin Xiaoyue's hand away with a mixture of anger and amusement, saying, "If you don't let me come, who else can you let? I think it's great. At least I'm much braver now than before! If my parents knew, they would definitely be happy for me! Okay, go to sleep! Stop having those random thoughts!"
Lin Xiaoyue laughed silently, said "hmm", turned around and fell into a deep sleep.
The next day, when Lin Xiaoyue woke up, the sun was already shining on her butt. It was not her fault for staying in bed. It was mainly because she stayed up until the early morning last night.
She opened her eyes drowsily and touched the empty bedside. Well, Chen Yunyun was already up!
"Yunyun, when did you get up? Didn't I tell you to sleep a little longer?" Lin Xiaoyue tilted her head and saw Chen Yunyun's busy figure at the table not far away.
Chen Yunyun put down what she was holding and urged, "Don't sleep anymore! You've already missed lunch! I'll get you something to eat now, so hurry up and get up!"
When Chen Yunyun returned to the tent, Lin Xiaoyue had already put on her clothes and got out of bed.
"What's going on outside? Emperor Liang won't send troops to attack us again so soon, right?" Lin Xiaoyue picked up the steamed bun and started eating it.
Chen Yunyun replied, "How could it be that fast? There's nothing going on outside right now. Brother Liang went to the bamboo courtyard this morning and hasn't come back yet."
Lin Xiaoyue nodded, thinking that the Queen Mother must have invited Liang Jingyao to dinner, otherwise he wouldn't have stayed away for so long.
"I'm done eating. Let's go back to the teahouse now? After walking for so many days, the teahouse must be covered with dust!" Lin Xiaoyue said after swallowing the last bite of steamed bun.
Chen Yunyun was afraid that Lin Xiaoyue would choke, so she quickly handed her a glass of water and said, "Have a drink first! Shouldn't we wait for Brother Liang to come back? What if he comes back to look for you?"
Lin Xiaoyue waved her hand and said, "It's okay, I'll just talk to Chen Hu. There's nothing for us to do here now. There are only men here. We have nothing to do if we stay here all the time. We might as well go back to the teahouse and pack up. If Brother Liang has anything to do, he will come to the teahouse to find us. Let's go!"
Chen Yunyun felt that what Lin Xiaoyue said made sense, so she went back to the teahouse with her.
The teahouse is now empty. Not only is there no one around, there is no food either. The quilt is cold and gloomy from not having been slept in for several days.
Lin Xiaoyue first set up a few racks in the yard, took out the two quilts and mattress pads and hung them out to dry in the yard, then took a rag and a basin of water and started to wipe the dust. "Yunyun, you go clean the west wing, and I'll clean the east wing. Clean every room, just in case someone comes back to live here!"
Chen Yunyun rolled up his sleeves and said, "Okay, I'll go right away."
When Lin Xiaoyue was wiping the desk, she also paid special attention to the grape seeds. She was lucky enough that all four pots of seeds germinated. Now it depends on whether these little sprouts can grow up smoothly.
There are not many rooms in the backyard of the teahouse, and the furnishings in the rooms are very simple. Lin Xiaoyue and Chen Yunyun quickly cleaned every room.
Back in the yard, Lin Xiaoyue dusted off the somewhat fluffy quilt and mattress pad, and called to the kitchen: "Yunyun, let's go to the street to buy some food. We've taken all the edible food in the kitchen to the bamboo courtyard."
Chen Yunyun also had the same idea. She had just cleared out the remaining items in the kitchen. In addition to the pots and pans, the seasoning oil and salt were also there, so now she just had to buy the ingredients.
She walked out and said, "For the two of us, we can just buy a little less. Let's go!"
Before going out, Lin Xiaoyue went to the restaurant opposite to take a look. The restaurant was still under renovation, but it looked very good. It could be said to be noble and elegant, which fully reflected the extraordinary status of the guests!
Unfortunately, Gu Mian was not inside. Lin Xiaoyue heard from the people inside that Gu Mian had not returned for several days after going to the capital.
Perhaps Emperor Liang blocked the city gates, so Gu Mian couldn't come back for the time being.
After walking out of the restaurant, Lin Xiaoyue threw Chen Yunyun's words behind her and instantly started shopping.
After a while, Lin Xiaoyue and Chen Yunyun's hands were full of fish, meat, vegetables and fruits. In addition, Lin Xiaoyue felt sorry for the idle chicken and duck coops in the backyard of the teahouse, so she bought a few live chickens and ducks to take home and raise.
Chen Yunyun's hands were sore from carrying the things, and when she returned to the backyard of the teahouse, she felt like her hands were no longer her own!
"Ah! We're finally here! Sister Lin, I really can't stop you. You love shopping so much that you want to buy almost everything you see!" Chen Yunyun complained while rubbing her sore arm after putting down the ingredients.
Lin Xiaoyue said with a smile: "What's the big deal? It won't go bad in the winter. Buy more. If we encounter windy and rainy weather, we don't have to go out to buy groceries."
Chen Yunyun covered her mouth and laughed, "Sister Lin, you're really suited to being a housekeeper. You can think ahead about everything. But next time you go shopping, don't buy so much at once. We can buy a little more each time. In four or five days, we can store enough food for ten days or eight months."
When Lin Xiaoyue saw Chen Yunyun raise her hand, her palm was red. It was probably because she put down too many things and her palm was squeezed.
She said apologetically, "Do your hands hurt? I tried to remember to buy less when I went out, but I got so excited once I got to the street. Let's take a carriage tomorrow when we go to the street again. That way, we can put the things we bought directly in the carriage, so you don't have to carry them by hand."
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