Chapter 381 Daily KPI Praise
In order to ensure better ventilation and prevent water leakage, the kitchen stove and chopping board are set up in the open air, and only grain, oil, rice, flour, pots, pans, and the like are stored in the tent.
As soon as Chu Liuzheng approached, he smelled a sweet fragrance, which was very familiar.
Looking at the busy figure in front of the stove, she took two steps forward and peeked into the sand pot: "Is this... loquat paste?"
"Hmm." Feng Jing added a small amount of water to the bowl of Fritillaria powder, stirred it evenly, then poured it into a sand pot and stirred it together with the loquat pulp.
Chu Liuzheng glanced at the pile of unprocessed loquat peels and cores next to him and asked curiously, "Where did all these loquats come from?"
"This morning, Tongniang took Han Qingjia for a walk in the woods. As they walked deeper into the forest, they found two loquat trees with many loquats on them. They looked ripe, so she picked a large bag full of them."
As Feng Jing spoke, he pulled out two pieces of firewood from the stove hole, watched the fire die down, wiped the ashes off the hem of his clothes, and took out a bright yellow loquat from the cloth bag hanging at his waist and handed it to him.
"Here, I saved this especially for you."
[Others walk their dogs while Tongniang walks her insects. Can Han Qingjia's tiny arms and legs keep up with Tongniang's pace?]
[Hmm... maybe it was flying.]
Chu Liuzheng was guessing in his mind how Tongniang was trying to get rid of the insect. He took the loquat, peeled it, and took a bite. He was caught off guard by the sour taste and shuddered. His eyes widened.
How can there be loquats that look so delicious but are so sour?
She quickly spit it out to the side and scooped up some water to rinse her mouth.
"Hahahaha!" Feng Jing sat on a small stool, holding his knees and laughing until he was shaking.
Chu Liuzheng gargled, tears welling up in his eyes.
She finally understood why Feng Jing left the fresh loquats alone and took the trouble to boil them into loquat paste.
It is inedible when it is fresh.
"Any more?" Chu Liuzheng finished rinsing his mouth and reached out to Feng Jing, "Give me two."
"Don't even think about it." Feng Jing saw through her intentions and rubbed his stomach, which hurt from laughing. "Except for Your Majesty and Eunuch Zhou, everyone has already tasted it."
Chu Liuzheng: “…”
Eunuch Zhou could barely give it a try, but as for the emperor, she actually still has some attachment to this world.
Regret giving up.
She took out a piece of candy from her purse and put it in her mouth, greeted the soldier guarding the tent, and strolled in to see what food was available.
Feng Jing continued to sit by the stove and cook his loquat paste.
Chu Liuzheng walked around, took a bamboo basket, put the ingredients he needed in it, and bent over to drag it out.
Some soldiers wanted to come forward to help, but she waved her hand to indicate that she could do it.
Feng Jing glanced at the contents of the bamboo basket and asked, "Do you want to make some snacks for His Majesty?"
"Not entirely." Chu Liuzheng found a large basin, cleaned it, and then wiped it dry. "Let's make some snacks first, and then grilled fish. Want some?"
"Eat!" Feng Jing answered quickly.
"You can't eat it for free." Chu Liuzheng glanced at him, "You pay for the seasoning."
The conditions in the military camp were limited, and many of the spices needed for grilled fish were not available. Chu Liuzheng didn't want to prepare a meal only to have it taste bad, so he turned his attention to Feng Jing.
Feng Jing agreed readily: "Okay, I'll go back and get the loquat paste after it's ready." If there's no loquat paste, I can grind it fresh. There are medicinal herbs in the military camp anyway.
Having achieved his goal, Chu Liuzheng concentrated on making his own snacks.
She took a bowl and scooped the glutinous rice flour from the cloth bag into the basin. She saw a black jar next to the chopping board and thought it was the leftover sugar from Feng Jing's loquat paste, so she reached out and took it and opened the lid.
With a buzzing sound, a black object flew towards her. She was so scared that she turned her head away and screamed, "Ah!"
Feng Jing was so startled by her shout that she nearly fell off the small stool. She turned around and asked, "What's wrong?"
"What happened?" Chen Xing and Si Yue were practicing martial arts nearby. When they heard Chu Liuzheng's cry, they hurried over.
"Bug." Chu Liuzheng tilted his head. There was a black spot the size of a soybean on his white and slender neck. It was the small beetle that had just flown out of the jar.
Normally, she wasn't really afraid of these little bugs, but if one suddenly flew towards her, it was still worth the scare.
She glanced sideways downwards and raised her hand to grab the black beetle, but heard a voice say, "Don't move!"
It’s Feng Jing.
Seeing his serious expression, Chu Liuzheng thought that the black beetle was poisonous or would bite people, so his arms suddenly stiffened and he dared not move again.
"Don't scare it." Feng Jing approached carefully step by step, his eyes fixed on the black beetle.
Chu Liuzheng: “…”
People are worse than insects.
It’s better not to make some friends.
Feng Jing had already walked closer, holding his breath and reaching out his hand towards the black beetle.
At this moment, the black beetle spread its wings, and Chu Liuzheng felt a pain on his neck, as if he was stung by something sharp, and a black shadow flashed before his eyes.
The black beetle took flight.
"Catch them quickly!" Feng Jing hurriedly called out to Chen Xing and Si Yue.
Nearby soldiers also rushed over to help.
"There!"
“Over there!”
“Run away!”
"On your head!"
…
The target was too small and could fly, so everyone missed it repeatedly. Finally, Lu Fei, who was passing by, slapped the black beetle flying towards them to the ground.
Feng Jing cried out in pain and stopped Lu Fei's foot from stepping down, saving the black beetle's life.
Lu Fei raised his legs stiffly and looked at him in surprise and suspicion.
It's just a fly. Even though it can be used as medicine after being dried, is it necessary to make it scream as if it had been stabbed?
He asked, "Are you all so idle that you're catching flies for fun?"
"It's not a fly!" Feng Jingfei pounced over, carefully picked up the black beetle from the ground, placed it in his palm, and examined it carefully with squinted eyes.
The black beetle, feeling dizzy after being slapped, spun around in his palm and tried to fly away by flapping its wings, but Feng Jing quickly put it back into the black jar.
He looked up at Lu Fei and thanked him: "Thank you, Lord Lu, for your help."
Lu Fei glanced at the black jar in confusion: "What kind of bug calls you such a treasure?"
"Let's talk about it later." Feng Jing walked back with the jar in his hand, took out a palm-sized plaster from his cloth bag, peeled off the paper, and "slapped" it on the red and swollen wound on Chu Liuzheng's neck.
Chu Liuzheng: “…”
It's just a small wound, the size of a pinhole. There's no need to apply such a large plaster, right?
As if he could tell what she was thinking, Feng Jing pointed to the black jar in his hand and said, "This is a shadow-chasing insect, specially bred to find people. It's not very poisonous, but it spreads very quickly. If you don't want to scratch your neck to death, just stay close to it."
Chu Liuzheng: “…”
Everyone: “…”
It's not very toxic even if it breaks the neck, so what does it mean to be highly toxic?
Chen Xing smiled and approached Chu Liuzheng: "Sister, you are the most beautiful person wearing a plaster I have ever seen!"
The expression is sincere and the tone is honest.
Chu Liuzheng: “…”
Chu Liuzheng looked at her with a wooden face.
Does this girl have some kind of daily KPI she needs to hit? Why is she so overbearing?
"Ahem, thank you." She reached out and touched Chen Xing's head. "Well said. Don't say it next time."
Chen Xing blinked and continued next time!
(End of this chapter)
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