Bai Lu took out 5 jin of rice and gave it to her, asking, "Is there any left at home?"
The woman looked at Bai Shuang again; he didn't seem like a bad person. She nodded. "Five more books."
Bai Shuang looked at the little girl shivering beside her and suddenly felt a pang of tenderness. She took a cotton-padded coat from her pocket and handed it to the girl. "This coat is for the little girl."
I bought this at the market back then. It had been soaked in water, but I washed it clean with white frost and dried it before storing it.
The woman's eyes lit up when she saw the cotton coat. She quickly took it, put it on the child, and knelt down to kowtow, but Bai Shuang stopped her in time.
"It's not safe for you two to be carrying grain on the road. Take a ride back with us, and while you're at it, give me the other five books too."
After saying that, he told Bai Jiu and Bai Chang to lead the woman and her two children, as well as An Ming's two children, to wait in the car, while he and Lu Yu went to the scalper to get the jade.
Fatty didn't collect much jade this time, so Bai Shuang simply took out some food from her backpack to exchange for it.
The group quickly returned to the car, and Bai Jiu and Lu Yu took the woman home and exchanged the other five cookbooks. Bai Shuang, Lu Yu, and Xue Bao then took the military vehicle back to Yichen Community.
On the way, Lu Yu received a walkie-talkie call from Uncle Liang, who said that Miss Ling was emotionally unstable and kept crying, and hoped that Lu Yu could go back and comfort her.
Just now, after those soldiers helped Miss Ling into the car, she kept making a scene.
Not long after the snowmobile set off, their keen senses as professional soldiers alerted them to the fact that someone was following them.
At the time, there were six soldiers in their car, including the driver, but a group of people followed behind. Moreover, Miss Ling continued to cause trouble, and she would tear at the soldiers as soon as they let go of her hand.
They had no choice but to tie Miss Ling up, gag her again, and do their best to deal with the situation.
The car was moving slowly through the snow, but the people behind it were wearing ski boots and carrying homemade guns. Clearly, they had come prepared.
They paddled close to the car and then used snow blocks and sticks to smash it.
Fortunately, the soldiers were experienced and did not stop, continuing to drive forward and firing through the car windows. Two soldiers were injured, one with a broken wrist and the other with a gunshot wound.
As they approached the military camp, the group stopped pursuing and finally retreated.
When the car arrived at the gate of the military camp, the soldiers were still shaken. They were all rough men and naturally had no time to worry about Miss Ling's troublesome image.
As soon as they stopped, everyone saw Miss Ling, bound hand and foot, being pulled off the car with someone's tattered glove stuffed in her mouth.
He was dragged and pushed by several people to Uncle Liang's place. They didn't have time to explain anything to him and rushed the two wounded soldiers to the infirmary.
Uncle Liang was not Lu Yu, nor was he the local official, so people didn't have much respect for him, let alone any affection for him.
Bai Shuang: "How serious are the injuries of those two soldiers?"
Lu Yu: "Dr. Ma is treating him, he should be fine."
Bai Shuang felt relieved when she remembered that there were medicines she had prepared in the military camp. Doctor Ma's skills were also quite good, so she didn't need to do everything herself.
As for comforting Miss Ling, that's simply not in Lu Yu's character.
When the group returned to Yichen Residential Area, Wang Xiu and Aunt Wang, along with a few others, saw Lu Yu and his group and each brought them a handful of mushrooms they had grown themselves, saying, "Guests have arrived? Take these home and cook them."
Bai Shuang returned the gift to them, saying, "Thank you, I didn't expect you to grow mushrooms so well!"
These are potato rolls we made at the military camp. Take them back and try them.
These days, everyone is struggling to find food. I appreciate the sentiment, but I don't need to eat myself, so I shouldn't take advantage of them.
This time when I came back, I had a peaceful time and didn't see the new people causing trouble.
Lu Yu's arm injury hasn't fully healed yet, so he can't have hot pot for lunch today. "Let's have dumplings for lunch instead."
Because of the shortage of supplies and the large number of people in Lu Yu's military camp, they rarely made dumplings. Since they were here, they decided to have a proper meal.
No sooner had the words left his mouth than the snow leopard barked, "I haven't had dumplings in ages! I really want some!"
Just then, Bai Jiu and Bai Shuang returned after exchanging the books. Hearing Bai Shuang mention eating dumplings, Bai Jiu, the foodie, exclaimed, "Nothing tastes better than dumplings, and nothing's more comfortable to sit than to lie down!"
Having made the decision, Bai Shuang went to the balcony to pick vegetables. Actually, before they could see her, she swapped the delivery box for the vegetables in her space with the one on the balcony, and then harvested the vegetables.
The guards came over to help carry the vegetables. "Wow! Your vegetables on the balcony are growing so well!"
Bai Jiu proudly said, "My young lady knows how to grow vegetables."
With meat, vegetables, and flour all ready, Bai Jiu shouted, "Come on, everyone! Those with cooking skills, step up! Those without, help out by picking and washing the vegetables. Let's have a cooking competition!"
The temperature inside Bai Shuang's room was high, so everyone took off their coats and rolled up their sleeves. In an instant, Bai Jiu and his companion, the brothers upstairs, and the two bodyguards brought by Lu Yu were all eager to get started and prepare for a big fight.
The snow leopard was also busy running around, trying to take over the work from them.
Once they had prepared the dough, chopped the vegetables, and minced the meat, Bai Shuang was in charge of overseeing the preparation of the filling.
Three-delicacy filling, chive and shrimp filling, chive and egg filling, chicken and bamboo shoot filling, and sauerkraut filling.
Everyone sat around the long table. Three people rolled out the dough, while the others wrapped the dumplings. Even Lu Yu, who had never cooked before, rolled up his sleeves and joined in.
The snow leopard couldn't wrap the filling and was getting anxious. Bai Shuang gave it a cow bone, saying, "Good boy, snow leopard, we'll share some with you after everyone's finished wrapping."
Only then did it take the bone and go to the side.
"Snow Leopard, don't worry, I'll make you a bowl."
Bai Jiu knew Lu Yu couldn't make dumplings, "Whoever makes them badly can eat them themselves."
Lu Yu: "I refuse to believe I can't even wrap a dumpling properly."
He looked at Bai Shuang's appearance, put the dough on his left hand, then used a spoon to put the filling on it, pinched it closed, and it was done, but it looked terrible.
Bai Jiu pouted. His bodyguard said, "Boss, don't be afraid, wrap it boldly. If it's ruined, I'll eat it for you."
Bai Shuang demonstrated it to him in slow motion twice more. The second dumpling was indeed better looking than the first one, but she had squeezed it too hard and flattened it.
However, his third dumpling turned out quite well, and after making five dumplings, he became more skilled.
Bai Jiu stared intently at Lu Yu, searching for mistakes, but the more he looked, the fewer mistakes he found. In the end, the wrapped clothes looked better than his own, so he finally calmed down and stopped staring at Lu Yu.
A short while later, the dumplings were cooked and served. Just as everyone was about to eat, the snow leopard promptly carried the food bowl to the guard who had made the promise to the snow leopard earlier.
The guard, clutching the dumplings on his plate, looked at the snow leopard with a resentful expression. "Why do you still remember this?"
Everyone: "Hahaha!"
Bai Shuang quickly brought over the bland dumplings that she had just made especially for the snow leopard.
The meal of dumplings was enjoyed by everyone. After the meal, Bai Shuang specially brought out some small tomatoes that she had grown on the balcony for everyone to eat.
In the afternoon, Lu Yu and the others went upstairs, and Bai Jiu and the others went next door. Bai Shuang, holding the snow leopard, lay on the sofa and fell asleep sweetly.
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