The next morning, as usual, Bai Qingqing led Wukong and the Bull Demon King in practicing a set of Tai Chi.
The Bull Demon King is making rapid progress.
Bai Qingqing then stroked the Bull Demon King's little ears and praised him a few times.
The Bull Demon King was so excited that his hooves almost touched the ground.
After finishing her Tai Chi practice, Tian Susu had already prepared breakfast.
Bai Qingqing was pleasantly surprised.
Surprisingly, the fried dough sticks she had been craving were on the dinner table.
"This... did you make this?" Bai Qingqing asked uncertainly.
"Yes." Seeing this, Tian Susu asked somewhat nervously, "Master, is there something I did wrong?"
"Did you research this yourself?" Bai Qingqing asked again.
"No, it's from the 'God of Cookery' cookbook that Master gave me." Tian Susu pursed her lips and asked, "Is there a problem?"
"No, no, it's very well done." Bai Qingqing scratched her head; she didn't remember writing "youtiao" (fried dough sticks) in the recipe.
But if she hadn't written it herself, Susu wouldn't have been able to do it.
I guess I wrote too much that day and forgot about it.
"If only we had soy milk, fried dough sticks and soy milk would be the perfect match," Bai Qingqing said while eating.
"Master, what is soy milk?" Tian Susu asked.
While Wukong was diligently cooking, the Bull Demon King and the White Dragon Horse also pricked up their ears to listen.
"It's made from soybeans," Bai Qingqing said. "It's a kind of yellow bean that's repeatedly ground with a stone mill. It's very fragrant."
"Master, is that so?" Wukong put down the rice bowl, which was bigger than his face, took out a yellow bean, and asked.
Bai Qingqing took it, examined it carefully, and then smelled it.
It looks and tastes very similar to soybeans.
This one is much bigger, like a peanut.
"Wukong, where did you pick this?" Bai Qingqing asked after confirming it wasn't poisonous.
“It’s in the mountains,” Wukong said. “But there aren’t many, only a few. If you like them, Master, I’ll go and pick them all later.”
"Then I'll trouble you." Bai Qingqing smiled.
Actually, her seeds included various kinds of beans, but she wanted to compare them to see what was different about the beans in the cultivation world.
"Master, I have another question. What is a stone mill?" Wukong grabbed a fried dough stick, his little mouth greasy from eating it.
"It's a tool made by stacking two big rocks together." Bai Qingqing rubbed Wukong's little head.
Of the four little ones, Wukong is the most studious, always asking about everything.
They truly are the creatures closest to humans.
"Susu, are all the ingredients for lunch ready?" Bai Qingqing asked again.
“Everything is ready, please take a look, Master.” Tian Susu said, taking out the ingredients one by one from her storage ring.
The dining room was quickly filled with food.
It's fortunate that this dining room is big enough, otherwise we wouldn't have enough space.
Bai Qingqing stared wide-eyed in surprise.
She only asked Susu to prepare ingredients for lunch for a few people.
Is this really necessary?
Look what she saw!
It has everything: things that swim in the water, things that fly in the sky, things that run on the ground.
However, the most eye-catching creatures were a nearly 100-meter-long black-striped python and a robust bison.
Susu was too careless.
How could you prepare wild oxen as food in front of the Bull Demon King?
Bai Qingqing glanced at the Bull Demon King and found that the little guy was chewing grass with relish and didn't react at all.
Upon noticing Bai Qingqing looking over, the Bull Demon King grinned and narrowed his big eyes: "Master, I think this wild beef would be delicious as boiled sliced meat."
Bai Qingqing almost choked on her own words upon hearing this.
After clearing his throat twice, he frowned and asked, "Bull Demon King, you... you can eat beef?"
The Bull Demon King, not understanding, nodded blankly: "Sure."
Wukong, however, remembered what Bai Qingqing had mentioned about "cows" and hurriedly said, "Master, the Bull Demon King belongs to the Taiji Divine Clan and has no relation to the Wild Buffalo Clan whatsoever."
The Bull Demon King also realized what was happening and quickly nodded, "Big brother is right, we have nothing to do with wild bulls."
"Oh." Bai Qingqing nodded, then said apologetically, "I misunderstood."
“But isn’t this too much?” Bai Qingqing said again.
"Not many," Tian Susu said. "There will be a lot of people coming today, so we need to prepare more."
"A lot of people?" Bai Qingqing was taken aback.
Didn't she only invite the Fourth Master Niu and the Sixth Master Niu?
Who else?
"The old sect leader and the others heard that the master wanted to cultivate the vegetable garden today, and they all thought it was interesting and wanted to come and help," Tian Susu said.
"I see." Bai Qingqing nodded. "That's perfect, let's treat it as a get-together."
She likes lively and bustling atmospheres.
Just then, Yuexi's voice came from outside: "Qingqing..."
Bai Qingqing immediately got up and went out to greet them.
Thankfully, Tian Susu had just reminded her that a lot of people would be coming today, otherwise she would have been shocked.
Bai Wuji and his wife stood at the front, with the others following behind or beside them.
Bai Qingqing glanced at them and saw that most of them were familiar faces, about a dozen or twenty people, with only two or three looking relatively unfamiliar.
"Mother, you've arrived," Bai Qingqing greeted with a smile.
"Yes." Yuexi gently ruffled Bai Qingqing's hair and said, "Everyone heard that you were going to plant vegetables, so they all came to help."
"Thank you everyone," Bai Qingqing said with a smile.
She knew that apart from the Bai family's affection for her as an elder, everyone else gathered here today had different reasons for being there.
For example, the Taiji Divine Clan owes its advancement to its own karma, and also has the relationship with the Bull Demon King.
Others, such as Luo Xingran, probably knew that they could refine Heavenly Grade Spiritual Artifacts.
But so what?
Aside from blood ties and family ties, the biggest factor driving people together is self-interest.
As long as they have no ill intentions towards me or the Star Moon Sect, that's enough.
Moreover, she also has the added benefit of the Heavenly Origin Technique, which allows her to sense their approximate good or evil.
For example, the third young lady of the city lord's mansion whom I met yesterday gave me a gloomy and uncomfortable feeling.
She would never make friends with someone like that.
"Please, everyone, have a seat," Bai Qingqing said warmly with a smile.
Fortunately, her yard is big enough, and fortunately, when everyone had a barbecue together last time, they set up a large stone table, which has been left untouched.
There are just enough seats now.
Tian Susu brought out a cup of freshly brewed chrysanthemum tea, and its fragrance could be smelled from afar.
Lan Xuan and Zhan Ling were nearby, so they quickly got up to help.
"Qingqing, this is Bai Lingqian, the second patriarch of the Star Moon Sect. He had been in seclusion for some time and only came out yesterday," Bai Wenyuan introduced.
"Greetings, Second Ancestor!" Bai Qingqing called out in a clear, cheerful voice.
But I couldn't help but think to myself: This name is really interesting, it sounds like "white-collar money"!
Upon hearing this, Beringqian trembled and hurriedly laughed, "I dare not accept such praise, I dare not accept such praise..."
Then Bai Wenyuan secretly kicked him.
"Oh, no, no." Bering wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said, "You're fine too, you're fine too."
"Your second ancestor recently had some mishaps during his seclusion. He went a little astray and his mind is occasionally unclear. Don't take it to heart," Bai Wenyuan said, trying to smooth things over.
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