"Brother Long, the porridge is hot."
On Monday, he brought a pot of thick, white porridge and freshly fried scallion pancakes to the table. Seeing that Li Changlong had not yet come out of his room to wash up, he called out to the inner room.
These past two days, he noticed that Li Changlong was acting strangely. Every evening, after returning home from Yunbian Winery, he would sit listlessly in the courtyard.
After dinner, he would sit in the main room and only go back to his room to rest after being persuaded several times.
He wanted to ask several times, but when he saw Li Changlong's listless and slightly furrowed brows, he swallowed his words.
After a while, Li Changlong's voice came from inside the room, "Coming right away."
I have to go to the Feng residence again today, Monday. The teacher will be testing my memorization of an article. He stayed up until midnight last night to finally memorize it, so I hope he won't make any mistakes today.
Thinking this, he sat down and scooped out two bowls of white porridge from the clay pot, one for himself and one for Li Changlong.
While tearing into the scallion pancake, she waited for Li Changlong to come over for dinner after washing up.
Li Changlong went into the kitchen to fetch water and tidied himself up. When he reached the main room, he heard a noise outside the courtyard.
He asked, "What's going on? Who's outside?"
I only heard the noise on Monday. Holding a bowl of white porridge that was only half full, I looked towards the gate of the courtyard.
He put down the bowl and said, "I'll go take a look."
After saying that, Zhou Yi got up and went to open the door.
He opened the gate to about half a person's width and saw a lot of people standing outside.
There were people in both short clothes and long robes. These people did not look like ordinary people at all. Instead, they looked like stewards and servants sent by wealthy families to deliver gifts.
I've been studying at the Feng residence for some time now and have seen Feng Yu'er instructing the stewards on various tasks, but this is the first time I've witnessed such a scene.
He asked, "Who are you? What brings you here?"
As early as Monday when the doors opened, someone outside shouted, "The door is open!"
At this moment, the dozen or so people standing outside all focused their attention on him.
A middle-aged man dressed in a green robe stepped forward and asked, "May I ask, young man, is this the residence of the Lord of Kangle Township?"
When Li Changlong opened the door to check outside on Monday but there was no movement for a long time, he quickly walked into the yard and called out, "Who's outside?"
On Monday, Li Changlong opened one side of the door and saw a group of people standing outside the courtyard. The two looked at each other, neither knowing what was going on.
When Zhou Yi finally realized what was happening, she asked, "What brings you here today?"
Upon hearing this, the man in green robes knew he had come to the right place and quickly said, "We have come here to present a gift to the Lord of Kang Le Township."
Having heard of the village head's exceptional medical skills, my wife greatly admires them and has specially prepared a small gift, hoping the village head will accept it.
As he spoke, the man in the green robe beckoned to the servant who had come with him, and the servant then stepped aside, carrying the gifts, and walked to the front of the house.
Zhou Yi and Li Changlong were both unsure whether to accept the gift, and for a moment they stared at each other, frozen in place.
Before they could react, the man in the green robe quickly had the gifts brought into the house.
Seeing this, the stewards from other mansions outside the courtyard followed suit, sending their own servants to deliver the gifts into the house.
A dozen or so people filed in, and by the time Li Changlong and Zhou Yi reacted, it was too late to stop them.
Before the managers could even react or refuse, Li Changlong and Zhou Yi's hands were stuffed full of gift lists.
Before leaving, the man in the green robe politely said, "The Rong Mansion in Lingyun Lane, East Street, awaits the arrival of the Lord of Kangle Township."
After saying this, the man in the green robe left with two servants.
As the group of people hurriedly left, the two who had been standing there in a daze finally came to their senses.
Li Changlong said, "This is terrible, we've gotten Qiqi into big trouble."
On Monday, however, he said, "These managers who go out to deliver gifts are all cunning and resourceful. Even if we don't open the door today, they will still find all sorts of reasons to send gifts in."
He had seen the Feng family send gifts, which were refused three times, yet they persisted in sending them. Some things cannot be abandoned simply because they are refused.
During his time studying at the Feng family mansion, he witnessed how much effort Feng Yu'er put into managing all the affairs of the household.
Li Changlong said, "I'll go to the winery to ask for leave today, and then go to the military camp to tell Qiqi about this and ask her what to do."
On Monday, looking at the gifts piled high in the main room, he sighed almost imperceptibly and said, "Brother Long, could you please go to the Feng residence and ask for leave for me? There are so many valuable things suddenly appearing at home. We've both gone out, and it's making me very worried."
This is a remote border region, and there are still petty criminals even at the foot of the imperial city. Moreover, this place is far away from the imperial city, and a few days ago, a salt merchant's mansion was robbed, which caused quite a stir.
Today, this group of people came in a grand procession to deliver gifts. If the gifts are stolen, they will have made a grave mistake.
Li Changlong nodded, took the gift list from Zhou Yi's hand, and quickly went out.
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The main tent of the military camp.
After the meeting, Qin Shiyu lifted the curtain of the main tent and was about to return to the west gate when he saw Nineteen carrying a package and walking towards him, his smile impossible to hide.
She was unusually curious, "Nineteen, what's making you laugh so happily?"
"Sister Shiyu," Shijiu smiled brightly, walked quickly to her, looked down at the cloth bag in her arms and said, "This is pork jerky that the village head gave to the young master, and she also gave me a portion. It's sweet and delicious."
"Sister Shiyu, wait for me to deliver this to the Crown Prince. When I get back to the camp, I'll share some with you too."
Qin Shiyu looked at him as if he were a teenager and smiled, "I won't fight with a kid like you for snacks."
I remember your birthday is this month. If you'd like a birthday gift, feel free to think about it and let me know later.
Seeing that someone remembered his birthday, Nineteen smiled even more broadly and tentatively asked, "Can Sister Shiyu give me anything?"
Upon hearing this, Qin Shiyu knew that the kid was holding back his anger, so he threatened, "If you dare to ask for an exorbitant amount, I'll pull down your pants and let you walk your bird outside the tent."
Immediately, Nineteen shrank back, after all, Qin Shiyu really dared to do this!
Fortunately, he was always flexible and adaptable, so he quickly smiled and said, "Sister Shiyu, I will definitely think about it carefully and tell you later."
Seeing that it was getting late, Qin Shiyu stopped joking with him, squeezed Nineteen's shoulder, and said with a hint of disdain, "These little arms and legs of yours need more training, otherwise your tenth brother will always bully you."
Nineteen hissed and quickly agreed, "Yes, yes, Sister Shiyu, be gentle, it hurts a lot."
Qin Shiyu released her shoulder, chuckled softly, and strode away.
Nineteen watched her receding figure, then clutched the bundle in one arm and rubbed the shoulder that Qin Shiyu had just pinched sore.
He complained in a low voice, "You always use so much force. I'd better think of a good gift so that you can bleed a little, sister."
After complaining, remembering that there were still important matters to attend to, he lifted the curtain of the prince's tent and went inside.
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