Lu Yulan looked at the soldiers who walked in in a row, their emotions unstable, the medals in front of them gleaming brightly.
"Grandpa Lu, I'll go prepare breakfast first."
"Okay, go ahead. You don't need to cook for them; I can't afford to feed them."
"Commander! At a time like this, you still have the mind to joke around."
"That's right, boss. What are we still doing in the Lu Family Legion? What's the point of the legion without you? Looking at that pretty boy Cole, we might as well call it the Imperial Guard."
"I'm not going to listen to him anyway."
...
A group of people were talking all at once, and since they were men, their voices were loud enough that even Lu Yulan in the kitchen could hear them clearly.
It seems that Grandpa Lu was very well-loved; perhaps he was a spiritual symbol of his generation when he was young.
Grandpa Lu's voice was steady, but Lu Yulan couldn't hear it clearly and didn't care. Instead, she started preparing breakfast.
Grandpa Lu wants something sweet, so let's make radish, sugarcane, and water chestnut soup.
This is very simple. Cut the sugarcane into small sections, and use carrots instead of radishes, also cut into sections.
Cut the water chestnuts into small pieces so they are easy to eat.
Water chestnuts are troublesome to prepare initially, as you have to peel them, but the cooking methods are similar to those for yams, making them easy to boil or stir-fry.
She originally intended to use the sugarcane to make white sugar, but now that it's autumn and sugarcane is sweeter in winter, she kept a few stalks. She had originally planned to give them to Lu's younger brother and Liu An's son as snacks, but now she's just using them up.
The horse hoof was planted next to the lotus pond, or... now it seems that his traces are everywhere in the place where she lives.
[Host, cut off your hand. 】
"ah!"
When he came to his senses, he realized that he hadn't taken a knife at all. He was about to say "Xiao Mi" when he stopped.
She sighed deeply. She couldn't be like this. Even if it was for Lu Yuanhong's kindness, she couldn't be so dejected. At least when he came back, she would return Grandpa Lu and her younger brother to him intact.
Furthermore, she needs to proceed with her plan step by step.
Then he opened the personal terminal and sent a message to Liu An.
...
Grandpa Lu looked at his group of subordinates. Their arrival was within his expectations. He wondered if Cole's face would have turned black when he saw the empty military council hall that morning.
"Are you done talking?"
Hearing Grandpa Lu's calm and collected voice, the once powerful figures silently lowered their heads and timidly replied with two words.
"It's over."
“Go back when you’re done. The military isn’t a game. What do you think of the people of the Empire? I don’t care if Cole is a good person or not, but as soldiers, you don’t need me to teach you what you should and shouldn’t do.”
"So, boss, you really don't want us anymore?"
A group of men looked aggrieved and pitiful.
"Go back to work."
...
By the time Lu Yulan finished making the sugarcane and water chestnut soup, the large group of soldiers had already left.
She didn't make anything complicated. Her soybean paste was ready, but Grandpa Lu might not eat it, since the color wasn't appealing. These days, the food she makes mostly relies on appearance and taste to win people over.
After thinking about it, I decided not to upset Grandpa Lu.
So I simply steamed a few small flower rolls and served them with pickled kelp and carrot strips.
She and Grandpa Lu got up early, and by the time they finished making breakfast, it was only eight o'clock in the morning, just as the artificial sunlight was rising.
I wonder how Lu's younger brother will react when he sees Lu's retirement announcement. Won't that cause another upheaval?
However, when it came time to eat, Lu's younger brother was much calmer than Lu Yulan had imagined, and did not show any extra expressions.
He just kept his head down and ate his meal obediently, which made Lu Yulan, who had been watching him, feel that something was wrong.
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