Yun Zhourong finished cleaning the room and, seeing that it was almost time, picked up a bucket to empty it, then summoned Ji Minxiu over.
As a result, they ran into the second wife's family as soon as they opened the door.
"What are you looking at? Do you think we can't afford a single room?"
Yun Mingzhu raised her chin triumphantly, snorted coldly, shoved her aside with her shoulder, and walked forward smugly.
"Tch, what's there to be so smug about?"
At this moment, the bailiff who brought them up said, "There's someone sick in the communal room who keeps coughing, and they came up here because they couldn't sleep because of the noise."
"I see, thank you for informing me, Officer." Yun Zhourong gave Yun Mingzhu a mocking smile.
"You...you!"
Yun Mingzhu was furious that the constable would sabotage her like this, so she stomped her foot and ran into her room.
Qin narrowed her eyes and said meaningfully, "You all seem to care a lot about cleanliness."
Yun Zhourong immediately became alert, picked up the bucket and left, saying, "This has nothing to do with Auntie, you should mind your own business."
Qin stared at her departing figure for a moment before entering the house herself.
When Yun Zhourong returned with the water, she had already secretly hidden the safety buckle in her palm, and then began to summon it in front of everyone.
All the members of the second branch stood in neat rows, their faces full of respect, waiting for the arrival of the Snow Demon.
Before long, Ji Minxiu appeared in the room as expected.
Of course, since he had been informed beforehand, he didn't bring a sofa this time.
When he appeared, everyone stared at him in disbelief.
Although she wore strange and unusual clothes, the noble aura she exuded was like a flower on a high mountain, inspiring awe from the bottom of one's heart and making one dare not be negligent in the slightest.
"Lord Snow Demon, you've arrived," Yun Zhourong said happily as she stepped forward.
"Greetings, Lord Snow Demon!"
The other members of the second branch of the family realized what was happening and quickly lowered their heads to greet him in a flustered manner.
“You are all Ruan Ruan’s elders. Since it’s a Mid-Autumn Festival family dinner today, please make do with whatever you like,” Ji Minxiu said with a smile.
No one thought there was anything wrong with how he addressed Yun Zhourong; "Snow Demon" was simply a nickname for a junior and a sign of respect.
"Alright, alright, Lady Snow Demon, please have a seat and some tea." Although the members of the second branch of the family readily agreed, their attitude remained extremely respectful.
Seeing this, Ji Minxiu didn't insist any further and took out the prepared mooncakes, saying, "These are mooncakes from our area, please have a taste."
The mooncakes were exquisite, and each one was very small, just like pastries.
Everyone was somewhat expectant.
After all, they came from a noble family and had eaten good food before, so they wanted to see if Lord Snow Demon was eating anything special.
"Eat."
Ji Minxiu gave each person one, and then demonstrated by cutting a small piece and putting it in his mouth.
He brought two kinds: one with salted egg yolk and the other with snow skin, both of which were no longer available in the Great Sheng Dynasty.
Therefore, after the second branch of the family ate it, they were all instantly captured.
"This taste is truly amazing, sweet with a hint of salt, fragrant and smooth without being greasy, it's so delicious it leaves you wanting more!" Yun Hongcheng said, squinting his eyes and looking thoroughly enjoying himself.
"The crust is soft and bouncy, it's really delicious! I've never had such a delicious mooncake before!"
Yun Mingyuan squinted his eyes and nodded repeatedly, his little body swaying with joy.
"Delicious." Yun Zhourong also looked satisfied.
Seeing her dog-like appearance, Ji Minxiu felt a little itchy to touch her, but he restrained himself in front of so many people.
He simply smiled and said, "If you like it, I'll send it to you again tomorrow."
“Okay!” Yun Zhourong nodded without hesitation.
Then, the next second, Ji Minxiu suddenly grabbed her wrist under the table.
Her eyes widened instantly in shock.
"Cough cough cough..." Then, he successfully choked.
Ji Minxiu quickly handed over the tea and whispered, "I need to cool down my safety amulet."
"Uh-huh…"
Yun Zhourong only remembered this incident then, and her face instantly turned bright red again, wishing she could bury her head in the tea.
"Ruan Ruan, are you alright?"
The other members of the second wife's family didn't notice what was going on between the two; they just looked at Yun Zhourong with concern and asked her questions.
Yun Zhourong quickly nodded, "It's nothing, I just ate too fast and choked a little."
"Haha, you silly child, but these mooncakes are really delicious." Zhao quickly tried to save face for Yunzhou.
Yun Zhou blinked her big, watery eyes at Zhao Shi with gratitude.
Afterwards, Yun Hongcheng asked Ji Minxiu about the details of cotton.
The others listened with great interest, imagining how comfortable it would be to wear clothes made of cotton.
Meanwhile, Ji Minxiu held Yun Zhourong's wrist the entire time, making her blush and her heart race with nervousness.
Although what she and Ji Minxiu did was perfectly aboveboard, she couldn't help feeling guilty!
Doing this kind of thing under the watchful eyes of elders always feels strange.
"Oh no! Oh no!"
As the group was chatting happily, a commotion suddenly broke out downstairs. A constable was heard shouting in a trembling voice, "The officials... the officials have sealed off our entire village, saying that smallpox has broken out in the village!"
"What!"
Upon hearing this, everyone in the room had a drastic change in expression.
Smallpox was a terrifying disease, as everyone knew; once infected, it was almost always a matter of life and death.
Even Ji Minxiu's expression turned serious. Smallpox had long been eradicated in China, and he had never been vaccinated, so he could still be infected.
"It's terrible! Smallpox! The patient in our communal room who had a fever a few days ago... he... he... he's got smallpox!" Soon, another panicked shout rang out.
"Clang..."
Upon hearing this, Yun Zhourong dropped the cup in her hand and her whole body trembled, her hands and feet turning ice cold.
"Miss Yun, what's wrong?" Seeing her reaction, Ji Minxiu helped her up with concern.
Yun Zhourong pushed Ji Minxiu away, but quickly looked at everyone with a face full of self-blame, "It's all my fault...it's all my fault...Yun Mingzhu and the others came up from the dormitory just now, and I was going out when she bumped into me..."
She touched her shoulder, feeling as if she had contracted smallpox there; the thought of it was unbearable.
"How could this happen... Oh my god... Xiao Yuan... What are we going to do about Xiao Yuan?"
Upon hearing this, Zhao collapsed to the ground, then grabbed Yun Mingyuan's hand and sobbed uncontrollably, "Xiaoyuan's health is already poor. If he were to contract smallpox, how could he possibly survive?"
"It's all my fault, why did I go out..."
Yun Zhourong burst into tears of anguish, then looked at Ji Minxiu, "Lord Snow Demon, I've dragged you into this... I'm so sorry, so sorry!"
Why did she invite Ji Minxiu to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival with her?
If she hadn't let Ji Minxiu come today, knowing that smallpox had broken out here, she definitely wouldn't have summoned him.
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