Luo Chen sat in front of the stove, tending the fire, and said with a slightly strange expression, "Mother, the method you came up with is... quite unique."
Xiao Yunying washed the rag and hung it aside to dry: "As long as it works, don't worry about the details and process."
Given the social environment here, being abducted and sold to a wealthy family is considered good. Good-looking young children are more likely to be sold into brothels and pleasure houses.
Given the appearance of the Luo family children, Xiao Yunying was more inclined to believe that if they were abducted, they would suffer the worst possible fate.
Ugh, pshaw, pshaw, the bad ones don't work, but the good ones do.
Xiao Yunying shook off the bad thoughts in her head and chopped the green and red peppers that Luo Yang had washed, to use in stir-frying the rabbit meat later.
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The villagers searched for two days but still couldn't find any news about the two children.
People like the Xiao or Yang families, who frequently ventured into the deep mountains to hunt and log, were familiar with the area. They led the villagers to search several nearby hilltops but found no trace of them.
As time went on, most people gave up the search.
To put it bluntly, there's no sign of them, neither alive nor dead, not a trace. Continuing the search is just a waste of time.
If someone is kidnapped, searching the area around the village for a long time won't help.
The farmhands and the women who were working gave up the search and returned to continue turning the soil for Xiao Yunying, while she herself tended to the vegetable seedlings in the house.
She felt sorry for the lost child, but unfortunately, she was powerless to do anything about it.
Luo Xin came in from the courtyard: "Mother, someone is knocking on the door."
Xiao Yunying was afraid that she wouldn't be able to see Luo Xin in the yard when she was tending to the vegetable seedlings in the house, so she always kept the front door bolted even when she was at home.
She washed and dried her hands in the wooden basin next to her, then came out of the house and called out, "Coming!"
Upon opening the door, Wan Jun, a tall and imposing man, greeted her with a simple, honest smile, saying, "Miss Xiao, I've come to deliver something to you on my master's orders."
Xiao Yunying was taken aback, then remembered who this simple-minded, burly man was: "You seem to be called Wan Jun, right? You've come to deliver the antidote to me?"
"Yes, I only sent the antidote to you after confirming it worked. Please forgive the delay."
Wan Jun took off the bundle on his back, untied it, and handed her a wooden box inside.
Xiao Yunying opened the wooden box, inside were two large-bellied porcelain bottles, one white and one blue, with a letter on top.
She opened the envelope and glanced at the contents of the letter.
The instructions above tell her how to use the antidote: the white bottle is for internal use, and the blue bottle is for external application by mixing it with sesame oil.
He reiterated that this poison required a type of poisonous flower that did not exist within the territory of the Winged Kingdom to trigger it, so she didn't need to worry too much.
Xiao Yunying put the letter back, closed the box, and hugged it to her arms. She asked politely, "How are your master's eyes?"
Wan Jun hesitated, wondering whether to reveal his master's matter. Seeing Xiao Yunying's clear eyes, he knew it was pure concern and nothing more. He replied:
"The master's poison has been cured and his body has almost recovered, but it has been delayed for a while. His eyes are somewhat damaged and he can't see clearly when he is far away."
Xiao Yunying thought to herself, this is not much different from her nearsightedness, it's not a big problem.
"By the way, a few days after you left last time, did you send over five hundred taels of silver notes?"
Wan Jun replied, "Yes, my master and I met up with the others on our way back to the capital. One of my brothers had some silver notes on him, so I had him deliver them first."
He remembered that his master had instructed the boy to return to the border after delivering the silver notes, and then impersonate his master to make a high-profile return to the capital. He wondered where the boy was now.
Xiao Yunying noticed that his hair was covered in a layer of dust, indicating that he hadn't bothered to tidy up after arriving in Donglin City and had rushed straight here to her.
"You must be tired from this trip. Would you like to come in and have a cup of tea to rest?"
Wan Jun said somewhat embarrassedly, "I can skip the tea, miss. I haven't eaten since this morning. Could you make two of those pancakes I brought for my master last time, and some braised meat too? I... I'm a little hungry..."
As he spoke, he pulled out a handful of loose silver from his pocket: "I won't eat your food for free, I brought my own silver."
Seeing his dazed look, Xiao Yunying smiled and said, "Put the silver away first, come in and sit for a while."
She led Wan Jun into the reception room, asked him to wait a moment, and then took Luo Xin into the kitchen.
Wan Jun seemed like a simple-minded person with no bad intentions, but since she didn't know his background, she didn't dare let the little girl be alone with that big man.
She gave the little girl two chew sticks to play with the two dogs, and then quickly took out braised meat, dried sausages, and the flatbread she had made earlier from the supermarket.
She heated up some for him to eat now, and wrapped the rest in oil paper and put them in a cloth bag, not forgetting to add a few salted duck eggs.
I brewed a cup of fruit tea and served it out along with some hot food for Wan Jun to eat first.
He returned and took the cloth bag full of food, along with the five hundred taels of silver notes and the jade pendant he had taken from the supermarket, and placed them on the long table.
Wan Jun wolfed down his food: "The food you made is so delicious, Miss. My master and I have been craving it for a long time."
Xiao Yunying pushed the fruit tea in front of him: "Eat slowly, don't choke. There's more if you're not full. This whole bag is for you. Take it and eat it on your way back."
"Thank you very much, young lady."
Wan Jun quickly finished his food, picked up his water glass and drank the tea in one gulp, then wiped his mouth with satisfaction.
"Is this enough? Should I go cut some more braised meat?"
Wan Jun patted his stomach; he wasn't full, but he was in a hurry: "I won't trouble you, young lady. I'm in a rush to pick up my mother; I have to leave now."
Xiao Yunying handed over the silver notes and jade pendant: "Please help me return these to your master. That day I only helped him change his medicine and gave you some food. It was just a small favor. I don't deserve such a big gift."
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