Chapter 316: One initiative, a lifetime of silence
"Godfather, I want to eat roast lamb tonight! You're the best!" Lu Xuan moved next to him and spoke in a coquettish voice, imitating Lu Li's usual coquettish manner.
Lu Yanshi gritted his teeth, unable to bear it any longer, and reached out to pick him up and threw him out of the dormitory.
"Don't be like Xiaojiu. She is a girl and you are a man. Don't act like a spoiled brat."
After saying that, he slammed the door shut.
Lu Xuan looked at the closed door and sighed.
"Didn't Sister Nine say that we can just follow her and learn?"
“It’s so hard to be a human being.”
Lu Li burst out laughing, then pulled Lu Yanshi's hand and said coquettishly, "Daddy, don't be so harsh on Lu Xuan. This is his first time as a human being, and he doesn't understand many things. Let's be nice to him."
Lu Yanshi really couldn't accept a water monster acting coquettishly towards him, but for the sake of his daughter, he endured it.
"Okay, okay, I'll pay attention next time."
After Lu Li's persistent nagging, Lu Yanshi opened the door again and found Lu Xuan still standing there stupidly.
He said helplessly, "I'll listen to you tonight and eat roasted whole lamb."
Lu Xuan, who had been looking depressed, immediately became happy.
"Thank you, fucking daddy!"
So that night, the whole inn was filled with the aroma of roasted whole lamb.
Lu Li and Lu Xuan were enjoying their meal when suddenly the melon-eating system popped up a reminder.
There's new melon!
Lu Li quickly clicked it.
Eating roast lamb with melon will make it more delicious.
After reading it, she stood up suddenly and rushed towards Lu Yanshi excitedly.
"Daddy, it's done, it's done!"
"What's done?" Lu Yanshi wiped her greasy mouth.
"The smallpox vaccine has been developed!" After Lu Li clicked on the news, she couldn't help but announce the good news immediately.
"Really?" Lu Yanshi was overjoyed.
If this cowpox vaccine is successful, we will no longer be troubled by smallpox in the future.
"Really! Really! I just took a nap and I dreamed about it." Lu Li nodded heavily.
"Third brother's teacher is really amazing. After he went there, the research had been stagnant, but the doctors immediately had an idea."
"That's great."
Lu Yanshi waved his hand and asked someone to send another sheep over.
Tonight they ate to their heart's content.
After all, today's good news comes one after another, which is worth celebrating.
When Lu Qi heard the news, he was so happy that he almost cried.
If the cowpox vaccine had been made earlier, perhaps Wu Huangmei's face would not be ruined.
Jiang Heci, who was standing by, noticed her red eyes and silently handed her a clean handkerchief.
Lu Qi felt a little embarrassed.
"I was intoxicated by the smoke." She argued stubbornly.
"Okay, then I'll move the position of the firewood so that it won't smoke you." Jiang Heci smiled shyly, and immediately adjusted the position of the firewood. He also found a palm-leaf fan and fanned it in the opposite direction.
Lu Qi didn't expect him to be so considerate, and her heart was melted.
She was extremely glad that she had followed her father out this time.
Otherwise, she would never have met such a good prince consort.
She wished she could return to the capital right away so that her father could arrange a marriage for her as soon as possible and allow Jiang He to marry the princess openly.
On the other side of the fire.
Meng Shanchuan handed a piece of grilled lamb chop to Jin Yulu reluctantly.
"Miss Jin, this is delicious. Here you go."
Seeing Jin Yulu was a little hesitant, he hurriedly said, "You treated me to grilled fish, and I gave you grilled lamb chops. This is called reciprocity. Take it."
"Okay, thank you, Brother Meng." Jin Yulu then took the lamb chops he brought her.
Seeing that the topic was coming to an end, Meng Shanchuan didn't want to leave, so he said, "Don't get your hands dirty. I'll cut it for you."
"No, I can do it myself." Jin Yulu shook her head and refused.
"It's okay, I can help you better." Meng Shanchuan took the lamb chops back.
"Really, no need. I can really do it." Jin Yulu refused again.
It is better for the unmarried man and the unmarried woman to keep a certain distance between them.
She didn't want to be misunderstood.
Meng Shanchuan's face looked even redder in the light of the fire.
He had taken the initiative as the second princess had instructed, but why was he still rejected?
Jin Yulu felt a little embarrassed seeing him like this.
Did she refuse too abruptly, seeming a little ignorant?
So she made a joke to liven up the atmosphere: "Brother Meng, thank you very much, but cutting lamb chops is easy for me. After all, I can even cut off the heads of the Shen family."
After saying this, she laughed awkwardly twice.
But Meng Shanchuan did not laugh. He silently took the lamb chops from her hand and started to cut them for her.
"I know you are different from other women. You can do a lot of things on your own. But I just want to help you and be good to you. I can't bear to see you suffer so much."
He spoke out everything that was in his heart.
When she jokingly expressed her suffering, his heart ached.
He didn't want her to suffer any more.
Jin Yulu was stunned when she heard this and looked at Meng Shanchuan in disbelief.
What does General Meng mean by this?
Is he fond of her?
Jin Yulu couldn't believe she was so lucky.
She had killed someone, was born into a merchant family, and was an orphan.
How could General Meng have any feelings for her?
I just feel sorry for her.
Jin Yulu didn't dare to think about those unrealistic things. She lowered her head and didn't look at Meng Shanchuan again.
She didn't even look up until the lamb chop bone was neatly cut and placed in front of her, but just said thank you softly.
Meng Shanchuan felt a little sad, but he didn't say much and left quietly.
The moment he turned around, the smile he had been forcing collapsed instantly.
One initiative, in exchange for a lifetime of silence.
What should he do to make Miss Jin marry him?
Confused, Meng Shanchuan picked up the wine pot, wanting to drink to drown his sorrows, but when he remembered that his duty was to protect the emperor and the princess, he could not get drunk.
He had no choice but to put down the wine bottle in a depressed mood and eat meat with big mouthfuls, taking this opportunity to vent his depression.
He ate while looking at Jin Yulu, but found that she never looked in his direction from beginning to end.
He became even more depressed.
Lu Yanshi did not notice the undercurrent between them because he remembered Lu Qiongying's face.
"Xiaojiu, how is your fifth sister's face? Have you ever dreamed about her?" He asked in a low voice.
Lu Li was afraid that someone would overhear their whisper, so she leaned over to his ear and whispered, "It's not healed yet. Concubine Shu has been hesitant to make up her mind. After all, if she wants to repair her face, she has to open the scars again. She doesn't want the Fifth Princess to suffer this."
Lu Li shuddered when she thought of the horrifying scene that Tian Nanxing had described to everyone.
Lu Yanshi had not expected that the method of healing would be so bloody, and frowned.
…
at the same time.
In the palace, Lu Qiongying knocked on her mother's door.