Xiao Qingyin and the three Hans were having a great time having hot pot in the courtyard.
Because Han couldn't eat spicy food, Xiao Qingyin prepared two soup bases, one clear soup and one spicy soup, and both pots were filled with fresh and rich beef bone broth.
"Delicious, so delicious!"
Yun Shu's face turned red from the spiciness, but she kept eating and breathing out hot air.
"I'd die happy just thinking about it if I could eat such a delicious hot pot!"
"What nonsense are you spouting!" Madam Han glared at her. "Can't you say something nice?"
"Alright, alright, if I could eat beef hotpot every day, I'd be willing to live another five hundred years!"
Xiao Qingyin and Yun Zhao both laughed.
The next instant, someone jumped over from the other side of the wall.
Yun Shu quickly grabbed a kitchen knife from beside her and pointed it at the other person, demanding, "Who are you? What do you want?"
"Don't misunderstand, I mean no harm," Yi Wu quickly said. "I'm a guard from next door, and I just wanted to see where the fragrance was coming from."
"You've seen it, you can go now."
Xiao Qingyin replied.
Yi Wu forced an awkward smile. "Do you have any extra pots? We'd like to try some too."
"We don't have any extra pots, but we have the base sauce, one hundred taels a piece, do you want it?"
One hundred taels?
Although Yi Wu was not short of money, spending a hundred taels on a hot pot still stung, so he had to suppress his appetite and shake his head.
"Thank you, but no need."
"I want one!"
Two voices rang out simultaneously.
Upon hearing his master speak, Yi Wu immediately took out a silver note from his pocket, "Please give me one."
Xiao Qingyin wrapped a piece of prepared beef tallow hot pot base in oil paper for him and explained the cooking method to him.
After thanking him, Yi Wu jumped back to the next room.
"Master, I'm going to buy meat and vegetables. This hot pot is sure to be delicious," Yi Wu said cheerfully.
"All you ever think about is eating." Yi Shuihan gave him a flick on the forehead. "Didn't you ever consider that this might be poison?"
Yi Wu was stunned: "This is poisonous?"
"Better safe than sorry."
Yi Shuihan called over Yi Si, who was good at identifying poisons. After checking the base ingredients and confirming that they were not poisonous, he let Yi Wu take them to cook.
An hour later, everyone had eaten their fill and slumped in their chairs, too lazy to move.
"What kind of magical seasoning is this? I can't stop eating it once I start."
"This is so satisfying! It's the most delicious hot pot I've ever had."
"It's a pity that Yi San can't enjoy the food; he can only watch us eat."
...
When Xiao Qingyin came for a follow-up visit, she received a warm welcome.
The same people who treated her like a piece of wood or stone last night were now fawning over her, asking if she still had any leftovers and if she could sell them to them at a lower price.
"There are a few left, but I can't sell them to you. They're made of butter, and they're extremely rare."
Yi Wu and the others were immediately disheartened.
Yi Shuihan couldn't help but wonder if he had been mistreating them. Did these people really act like the sky was falling just because they missed a meal?
That's really outrageous.
"How is he?" Yi Shuihan asked about Yi San's condition.
"He has no fever, so he's fine," Xiao Qingyin replied. "He should stay in bed as much as possible for the next few days."
After explaining the precautions, Xiao Qingyin left the house and prepared to return to the Xiao residence.
"I'll take you there." Yi Shuihan pointed to the carriage road parked at the entrance.
Xiao Qingyin raised an eyebrow. "Did the sun rise in the west?"
This person can actually be considerate and thoughtful at times.
"It's on the way," Yi Shuihan said with a straight face.
Since there was a carriage to ride in, Xiao Qingyin naturally didn't want to walk. The two got into the carriage, and Yi Shuihan, contrary to his usual behavior, made Xiao Qingyin a cup of tea.
"Just say what you have to say, no need to fawn over me."
Xiao Qingyin felt strangely unaccustomed to it.
"Could you teach the healing method you used last night to others?"
Yi Shuihan asked with a solemn expression.
"You want me to teach the people you want?"
"Yes."
Yi Shuihan had witnessed too many people die from external injuries. In Yi San's case last night, death was certain, but Xiao Qingyin saved him with little effort.
“No problem,” Xiao Qingyin said with a smile.
"Thank you," Yi Shuihan breathed a sigh of relief and offered a price, "Would ten thousand taels be enough?"
Xiao Qing's music.
Has this person changed their personality after just one night?
She picked up her teacup, took a sip, and smiled, "This is free."
Yi Shuihan: "?"
There are times when a fox doesn't eat chicken?
Could it be that you're trying to get him to repay you with his body?
"Let me make this clear first, I don't sell myself."
Xiao Qingyin chuckled.
Look at how nervous she is, as if she's the Big Bad Wolf.
"I don't have the habit of persuading respectable women to go into business."
A gentleman loves wealth, but he acquires it in a proper way.
Although Xiao Qingyin really liked money, as a doctor, she was still willing to share her medical knowledge and save more lives.
"Consider it me doing a good deed."
Yi Shuihan suddenly felt that he couldn't understand this woman.
You might say she's greedy, but she's willing to give up a lot of money.
You might say she's lustful, but there's not much desire in her eyes.
Where did she come from, and what is she doing in the capital?
Before he could figure things out, they arrived at the Xiao residence.
"What time are you going over tomorrow?" Yi Shuihan asked before she got out of the car. "I'll pick you up."
"It should be around 9 AM."
"good."
As soon as Xiao Qingyin entered the mansion, the gatekeeper ran out and said, "Miss, the master wants you to go to his study as soon as you return."
Where is the study?
"This way."
Xiao Shengyuan was writing in his study when he saw Xiao Qingyin arrive. He threw down his pen, pointed at her nose, and yelled, "You unfilial daughter! You've been missing since early this morning, wandering around outside all day. You've ruined the reputation of our Xiao family!"
"Reputation?" Xiao Qingyin scoffed. "Does the Xiao family even have such a thing?"
"Do you think you have a bunch of random drugs and that I, as your father, can't do anything to you?"
Xiao Shengyuan slammed his hand down on the desk.
"You are unfilial and disrespectful to your elders. Believe me or not, I will expel you from the clan! Without the Xiao family, who do you think will respect you?"
"Does being removed from the list make any difference?" Xiao Qingyin chuckled. "In the past fifteen years, I haven't benefited from the Xiao family's influence at all."
"A father's kindness is not enough for a son's filial piety. The father must be kind for the son to be filial. You, as the father, have never cared about my life or death, yet you expect me to be filial? There is nothing more ridiculous than this."
Xiao Qingyin felt that Xiao Shengyuan really had no self-awareness at all.
"You remarried less than a month after my mother died, and your new wife gave birth to a child six months after entering the family. Xiao Shengyuan, do you think that because the Yun family has fallen on hard times, no one will hold you accountable?"
Xiao Shengyuan's expression changed.
"Ms. Yao was born prematurely."
"Is that so?" Xiao Qingyin sneered. "Don't forget, I'm a doctor. I can tell your bone age just by touching you."
Xiao Shengyuan immediately realized that Xiao Qingyin had come prepared.
“These things are in the past, there’s no point in you dwelling on them.”
"You'll talk to me after you return my mother's dowry."
Xiao Shengyuan calmed down.
This daughter still has a weakness.
"As long as you behave yourself and marry into the Yong'an Marquis's mansion properly, your mother's dowry will naturally return to you."
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