An Tingyu quickly prepared dinner, then heated up Xingmo's portion in the pot, and asked Xing'er and Meizi to help carry everyone's food away. When she arrived at the hall, everyone had already gathered there.
"It's finally ready. I'm starving." Jing Qingwu said with a greedy look on her face when she saw An Tingyu and the others bringing out the food.
Because Xiao Yunxi caught a cold these days, and because An Tingyu wanted to arrive before New Year's Eve, they didn't eat or sleep well along the way. When they finally reached their destination, Jing Qingwu just wanted to have a full meal and a good sleep.
An Tingyu glared at her with a faint smile, and said helplessly: "You, are you a starving ghost reincarnated? If I remember correctly, you had already eaten a chicken drumstick before going up the mountain."
That was her special salt-baked chicken leg, originally prepared for Xier. Because the child's meal time was not so regular, she was afraid that he would be hungry, so she made it. In the end, it was eaten by Qingwu.
"Haha~" Jing Qingwu laughed dryly, "That little chicken drumstick isn't even enough to fill my teeth, how can it possibly be filling? Sister An, what delicious food did you make?"
Jing Qingwu reached out to remove the lid of the plate An Tingyu was holding. But when she saw that it was just egg rice, she pouted and said, "On New Year's Eve, you let us eat egg rice?"
"You are so picky about food. We are all tired after the journey. Just eat something simple today and have a good meal tomorrow!" Jing Aotian tapped Jing Qingwu's cerebellum lightly and said helplessly.
"Okay then!" Jing Qingwu replied listlessly.
Seeing this, An Tingyu laughed and said, "Don't listen to your brother. No matter how simple the meal is, we can't just let you eat egg rice. Today is New Year's Eve. Mei Zi and Xing Er are serving delicious food."
"Really?" Jing Qingwu's eyes lit up, and then she ran to lift the lid of the plate held by Xing'er and Meizi. Sure enough, everything inside was delicious, just as An Tingyu said.
"Stir-fried snow peas with cured meat, braised pork leg, duck with bamboo shoots, and chicken stewed with mushrooms. Although they are all made with air-dried meat, they are better than eating egg rice. Thank you, Sister An." At the end, Jing Qingwu did not forget to say thank you sweetly.
An Tingyu smiled and said nothing more.
After dinner, everyone found a room to rest, except An Tingyu, who patrolled the kitchen again. She didn't smile until she saw that there was less food in the pot. Then she curled her lips slightly and turned to leave the kitchen. However, as soon as she walked out of the kitchen, she saw Jing Aotian standing outside the door.
Seeing her come out, Jing Aotian walked towards her and said calmly and gently: "He will be fine. One day he will untie the knot in his heart and come out to have dinner with us."
"Yeah!" An Tingyu responded, and then asked: "Where's Xi'er? Is she asleep?"
"Go to bed, let Xing'er take care of it, and we should go wash up and go to bed! We won't stay up all night this year. Everyone is tired and doesn't have the energy to stay up all night. We'll do it next year!"
An Tingyu just nodded and did not reject it because she was tired too.
The next day, An Tingyu got up early at dawn and went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast for everyone. However, Mei Zi got up earlier than her and was already busy in the kitchen.
Seeing An Tingyu come in, Mei Zi said, "Miss, why are you up so early? You should go back to your room and rest! I can handle this, but I may have to go down the mountain today because there is not much food in the kitchen."
"You don't have to worry about food, because there is a cellar here that stores a whole year's worth of food. We won't starve to death in a short time. But I will prepare the ingredients. If there is nothing in the kitchen, just tell me and you don't have to worry about it." An Tingyu did not tell Mei Zi about the mechanism in the kitchen. One reason was that this was Xingmo's palace, and An Tingyu didn't want to spread the news without Xingmo's permission. And the most important thing was that there were mechanisms within the mechanisms in the kitchen.
If they told Mei Zi about the mechanism in the kitchen, there was no guarantee that Mei Zi would not discover that there was another mechanism in the cellar. However, at this moment, Xing Mo didn't even want to see them. If Mei Zi accidentally broke into the secret room in the cellar, she was afraid that Xing Mo would get upset. So before Xing Mo was willing to contact them, she had to prepare the food!
Although she didn't understand why An Tingyu didn't tell her how to get to the cellar, Mei Zi knew that there must be a reason why An Tingyu didn't tell her, so she just responded lightly, "Okay, I know."
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