Chapter 206 Eating Noodles with Big Mouths
Cui Qingyi also lowered her voice: "No more, I even took the jar away last night."
Zhou Wu was quite disappointed. He only tasted a little of the pot last night because he came back late. But the taste was already deeply engraved in his mind, and his mouth started watering whenever he thought about it.
I wanted to use my official duties to secretly abuse my power for personal gain, but failed.
Cui Qingyi had no idea what Zhou Wu was thinking. After sending the people away, she closed the door and nestled peacefully on the kang in the back room, concentrating on writing a new storybook.
Cui Qingyi had never thought of writing a thriller or suspense storybook before, but now when she picked up the pen, she felt her inspiration flow, especially her recent experiences gave her a lot more inspiration.
"The woman was wearing a wedding dress so red it looked like it was dripping with blood. She walked on tiptoe, one step at a time. Just when everyone thought she was about to leave, a gust of cold wind blew by, and the red wedding dress suddenly appeared before everyone's eyes..."
After "The Paper Bride", there will be "The Embroidered Shoes". She is determined to carry on the Chinese horror to the end.
Inside the inn
Yuan and Mei waited until noon but still didn't see the expected person. Mei looked angry but was smiling in her heart. She wished that this brainless sister-in-law would kill Cui Qingyi right here.
But she couldn't bear to give up Cui Qingyi's good skills, not to mention the double-sided embroidery. Mei never thought in her life that she could win the favor of the royal family just by embroidering flowers. It is said that the most trusted embroiderers in the palace weaving department were all taught by this dead girl.
Such a great skill was actually given to a group of peasants.
If her daughter Pingjie had such skills, with Pingjie's intelligence and beauty, she would definitely have a good future.
The Yuan family is not like those hypocritically noble people in the Cui family. Even if she is not the main wife, even if she is a concubine, she is still a concubine of the royal family and is very noble.
Yuan was getting impatient waiting and sent someone to go to Huaihua Lane to check, "Go and see what that evil girl is doing."
As soon as Yuan's men arrived at Huaihua Lane, they were stared at by several pairs of eyes. He felt scared but didn't think much about it until he was stared at by a pair of hawk-like eyes. At that time, he broke out in a cold sweat.
He hurried back, wanting to find someone to ask what was going on with the Cui family and whether they had committed any crime, but no one was willing to pay attention to him.
The people in the alley thought that something had happened to the Cui family in the morning, until they saw people from the Qiao family across the street go in and out, and then they felt relieved. They asked and it turned out that something good had happened.
With the intervention of the government, the people in Huaihua Lane finally felt relieved. After all, they all lived in the same alley. If there were more incidents of people throwing dirty things at their doors, it would be uncomfortable for their neighbors.
But other people who didn't live in Huaihua Lane couldn't get firsthand information. The official guarding the gate looked at the woman in front of him and said, "The government is handling the case. You can come back later about expulsion."
But she was afraid that Cui Qingyi's bad reputation would bring trouble to her daughter, who would not only not learn the skills but also come back with a scandal. How could she wait any longer? She begged bitterly, "Sir, please be kind. My child hasn't even started school yet. Just ask the people inside to return the tuition and I'll leave immediately."
With so much noise outside, Cui Qingyi couldn't concentrate on writing. She could only ask Chen Ma to go across the street and tell Konjac that anyone who came to withdraw from school would have their tuition deducted based on the hours they had attended, and those who hadn't yet enrolled would simply be refunded and sent away.
The man turned and went to the gate of the Qiao family. As long as they didn't disturb the Cui family's house, the officials didn't interfere.
Konjac wanted to persuade them to stay, after all, if one more girl enrolled, she would have another capable young woman who could support herself in the future. But the man who had always treated them with respect, always calling them "sir," now spoke harshly, as if he had a deep hatred for them, and Konjac's heart suddenly turned cold.
Once there is one, there will be another. One after another, many people came to drop out of school.
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This mission of the Cui family is simply the most comfortable official business that the officials have carried out recently. Now that they have nothing to do, the biggest thing for the Cui family, apart from Cui Qingyi's storytelling career, is three meals a day.
There are so many people standing outside who are here for their own safety. It is naturally unreasonable for them to eat inside with the door closed and leave others hungry outside.
Mother Chen took her full-moon girl to pull out several sheets of noodles, preparing to make her daughter's favorite pulled noodles.
As the fragrant and spicy smell drifted far away from the kitchen, the officials who were waiting for their shift change at the door began to look into the yard frequently.
While waiting for Zhou Wu to come with the people who were taking over the shift, he saw that the gate of the Cui family's house was wide open, and several brothers were squatting in a row on the threshold.
Each person was holding a large plate filled with noodles.
Chen Ma's voice could be heard from the yard, "Eat as much as you want, there's plenty of noodles, and who wants some vegetables?"
A stern-faced official raised his hand without hesitation under Zhou Wu's gaze, "I want it, I want it. Aunt Chen, give me some more, and I want that chili oil, too."
Zhou Wu didn't see anyone, but he saw a large spoon with a long handle stretched out, and a spoonful of delicious meat and vegetables was firmly placed on the plate of the black-faced boy.
Immediately afterwards, the silly girl from the Cui family came over with a bowl and poured a spoonful of red condiments on the vegetables.
The black-faced man immediately laughed so hard that his teeth were exposed. "You useless guy," Zhou Wu complained secretly while gritting his teeth.
After a while, Zhou Wu took over the dark-faced man's position and squatted on the doorstep. He held a large bowl in his hand and slurped noodles while praising Chen Ma: "Chen Ma, your cooking skills are amazing. These noodles are so chewy."
Mother Chen received a lot of compliments today. "Haha, my hometown is Yuzhou, and I'm the best at making noodles."
As for the officers who came to change shifts, Chen Ma and Cui Qingyi didn't know that they had to change shifts, so naturally they didn't prepare so many noodles. The group could only stand outside, cursing the black-faced man and others in their hearts for being unkind. They knew that they were about to change shifts, so why didn't they mention them?
'Woo woo woo, even dogs have delicious noodles to eat...'
The Imperial City of Dajin, the Queen Mother's Palace
The Empress Dowager and the Emperor each had a steamed potato in front of them. The Empress Dowager looked at it carefully and asked uncertainly, "Can this really fill the stomachs of the people?"
The emperor nodded and said, "That's what Yan Xiu said in his memorial. Please try it."
The poor Empress Dowager and His Majesty the Emperor, in order to leave as many seeds as possible for the Minister of Agriculture to try planting, ended up sharing a potato between the two of them, and leaving the remaining one to the Grand Minister of Agriculture who rushed into the palace.
The Grand Minister of Agriculture of the Jin Dynasty was a man in his forties. Perhaps because he often stayed in the fields, his face was red and black, and he was full of energy.
"Your Majesty, I heard that the people sent us newly discovered grain. Is that true?"
Seeing his Grand Minister of Agriculture devoted to farming, the Emperor was very pleased. He pointed to the potatoes on the table and said, "This is called potato. Try it. It may help the people of our Great Jin to have enough food."
The Grand Minister of Agriculture would not underestimate any unprepossessing food. He carefully broke off a piece of potato and put it into his mouth. After a while, he slowly uttered a word, "Yes!"
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