Chapter 3459: Extra Chapter 38
Bai Shan loosened his hand and let her look at the meat in front of her.
Zhou Man swallowed his saliva when he saw the freshly fried insects. "It's a bit scary."
Bai Shan: "...Don't swallow your saliva when you speak."
He asked the stall owner for a pair of clean chopsticks, picked up one and handed it to her mouth, "Try it?"
The freshly cooked insects exuded an enticing aroma. Zhou Man couldn't help but drool. She simply closed her eyes, opened her mouth and took a bite. After biting it, she closed her eyes tightly and chewed it. She said "Huh", opened her eyes, and looked at Bai Shan with shining eyes while chewing, "It's delicious."
She pushed Bai Shan's hand and said, "Try it too."
Bai Shan said calmly, "I tried it yesterday."
Zhou Man looked at it curiously. "This is different from the insects we eat in Lingnan. What kind of insect is this?"
Yin Huo came over and saw it, turned his eyes away to look at another stall, not looking at the insects on the stall, and urged: "It's getting dark, why are you still here? Bai Er and the princess are waiting in front."
Zhou Man didn't want to hear the answer and urged the stall owner, "Give us... one pound."
Bai Shan said hurriedly: "This thing is very light, one jin is too much, two liang will be enough."
He took out the money from his purse. The stall owner was already scooping the food into the lotus leaf without weighing it. He wrapped it up and stuffed it into Zhou Man's arms, refusing Bai Shan's money. "No money, no money. Come back for more after you finish eating."
He narrowed his eyes in a smile, "It's my whole family's credit that Divine Doctor Zhou eats what I cook."
When Zhou Man tried to shove money into his pocket, he looked hurt. "Godly doctor, you saved my three children. It's fine if you don't like my insects, but since you've been lucky enough to like them, can't I treat you to a few?"
Upon hearing this, the stall owner next door, who had been eager to make a move, immediately handed over the roasted beef roll on his stall and stuffed it into Zhou Man's hand, saying, "Sir, have some of mine. This is beef we raised high up in the mountains. It's much tastier than those bugs."
Seeing this, other stall owners also came up with their own things and said, "Mine is delicious too, mine is delicious too."
One of them directly wrapped a dozen bamboo tubes of rice in cloth and stuffed them into Zhou Man's arms, "This is delicious, this is delicious..."
Zhou Man couldn't hold it at all, so everyone turned to Bai Shan and Yin Huo who were standing nearby.
The three of them were horrified and quickly declined. As a result, the people surrounding them dispersed. Even the stall owner selling insects packed up his stall and left, not giving Zhou Man and the others a chance to refuse.
The three of them finally went to meet up with Bai Ermingda with a bunch of things in their arms, looking confused.
Mingda's eyes fell on the things in their arms, and he also looked at the things in his own arms. He asked with a smile: "Are we still going to the restaurant?"
Seeing that her and Bai Erlang's arms were also full of things, Zhou Man felt relieved and said with a smile, "No, let's go back and have dinner."
When Li Si heard that the five people had returned at the chief's mansion, he just asked the kitchen to prepare some special meals for them and then left them alone.
Madam Li hesitated. "They're leaving tomorrow, and many chiefs and officials have come to ask about their departure today. Are we really not going to hold a banquet for them?"
Li Si: "None of these nobles are extravagant people. Since they have refused, it means they don't want to socialize. Why force them?"
Madam Li didn't say anything else. When she saw Li Si lighting the incense, she asked in a low voice, "Aren't you going to get married?"
Li Si said without turning around: "Mother, my mission is to protect the Liaozi tribe. Marrying... will only make the situation more complicated."
"But Ah Man has been sent to the capital, and you can't be childless," Madam Li said. "Ah Man is a girl, so why don't you adopt a child?"
Li Si looked back at her and said, "Mother, you have just recovered from a serious illness and shouldn't be overly stressed. You should rest well during this period. His funeral is coming soon, so you must observe mourning for him for at least a year. After a year, if you are interested, I can choose someone for you to marry."
"What nonsense are you talking about? If you don't get married, why should I get married at my age?"
Li Si showed a mocking expression, "I'm not young anymore, why should I get married?"
She said, "After I get married and have children, who will take over the affairs of the Liaozi tribe? Will I be the one who makes the decisions at the chieftain's mansion, or will my husband, who is nowhere to be found, be the one who makes the decisions?"
Madam Li looked at her in surprise, "You..."
"Mother, hasn't Father made you understand yet? In the face of power, wives and children are nothing." Li Si said, "Even my own father would abandon me for power. How can I expect other men to show mercy to me? That's why I won't marry."
"Why do you think so? Your cousin is very good to you. He even gave his life for you."
"So I will never marry," Li Si's eyes fell on her face, "He won't betray me, and I won't betray him either. I will remain chaste for him for the rest of my life. I will be a member of the Zhang family in life and a ghost of the Zhang family in death."
Mrs. Li opened her mouth wide. She wanted to say that she didn't mean that, but she couldn't find any words to refute her. After all, she had said both sides.
Mrs. Li had a headache for a moment.
Li Si pretended not to see it, looked up at his father's tablet, and then turned and left. "I plan to vacate the room next door to store the Zhang family's tablets. Mother, please help me clean it up when you have time."
Mrs. Li: ...
The tablets of the Zhang and Li families were placed in two adjacent rooms, and no one knew who was restless in the underworld.
Whoever it was, it wasn't her.
Li Si raised the corner of her mouth slightly. Putting them together, it would be convenient for her to burn three incense sticks every morning and evening.
The feud between the Zhang and Li families had long been unclear, but now all the male members of both families had died, and the feud was completely settled with Zhang Man's generation.
Bai Shan and Zhou Man and the others sat around the table eating the food they brought back from outside. Relying on the fact that everyone inside and outside the yard was theirs, they also talked about the grudge between the Zhang and Li families.
Zhou Man chuckled and said, "Chief Li would never have thought that the Liaozi tribe would eventually fall into Li Si's hands."
Bai Erlang: "So, if you want to offend anyone, don't offend a scholar, especially a scholar named Bai."
Bai Shan turned to look at him, "Who are you talking about?"
Who doesn’t have any idea?
Bai Erlang asked, "If you hadn't intervened, would Li Si have been able to become the chief?"
Bai Shan broke open a bamboo tube of rice and said nonchalantly, "Wouldn't it be a happy thing for everyone if Li Si became the chief?"
Since everyone is happy, why not?
"Except Li Yi," Yin Huo said with a smile, "So Bai Er wasn't wrong when he said he couldn't offend you."
Bai Shan smiled and said to them, "You can sleep a little longer tomorrow. Ziqian and I will go ahead and release the animals. We will meet up at the foot of Monkey Mountain."
In order to perform the full show, the elephants and peacocks were difficult to take care of, so they decided to bring them directly to the mountains and let them roam free.
It is very easy to do this kind of thing in a dense forest to hide from people's eyes and ears. It is the simplest thing. What's more, Koko has a scanning function that can determine whether there is anyone watching them nearby.
Zhou Man easily collected the elephant and peacock and gave one copy to Dr. D.
Dr. D didn't expect that she would be able to give her such a big gift in less than three months, and was very surprised.
Seeing her happy, Zhou Man said confidently, "Just wait, I'll find a dolphin for you next."
See you tomorrow
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