Chapter 597: Free Food and Drink
Zhuang Qingning accompanied Chu Jinnian to the entrance of the village, and only returned home after he and Jing Zhao's horses ran away without a trace, and drank tea in the yard for a while.
But the more he drank the tea, the less flavor it had, so he called Xiangqiao to bring him a new pot of tea.
When Xiangqiao heard this, her brows furrowed and she sighed in her heart.
It's not even half an hour yet, and this is already the fourth pot of new tea that Zhuang Qingning has asked her to change.
Judging from the look on her face, it’s not that she thinks the tea has no flavor, but because Chu Jinnian is gone, and she feels empty inside, so she feels that the tea will have no flavor no matter how she changes it.
Xiangqiao felt a little worried.
But over there, Zhuang Qingning, who was looking downcast, suddenly slapped his thigh and said, "How could you forget about this?"
"What's wrong with the girl?" Xiangqiao was startled.
"No, it's okay." Zhuang Qingning waved his hand, "Go make me some tea."
Xiang Qiao saw Zhuang Qingning being startled and thought that she was really too sad. She became more and more worried. Even after entering the kitchen, she kept glancing at Zhuang Qingning.
Zhuang Qingning deliberately turned his body sideways, facing away from Xiang Qiao, and called out a certain Five.
[What does the host need? ]
There's nothing I need, I just want to call you out and see what you've been busy with recently.
[……] (This sudden concern always feels like a conspiracy...) [The system has not been busy with anything during this period...] (Careful)
I guessed that you were not busy with anything. You disappeared so completely during this period of time. There was almost no news from you and no tasks were issued. You must be very free to be so lazy and idle.
Are you sure you are a hardworking and motivated system? Why do I always feel that you just want to lie down now? [Ahem...]
[If the host says so, then he has misunderstood the system. ]
[The system has not issued any tasks during this period, and it is not because the system is lazy. ]
Why is that? [It’s because of the host’s marriage stone. ]
Marriage stone? Zhuang Qingning blinked in confusion.
Doesn't this Marriage Stone bring good luck, make tasks easier, or increase task rewards? It's supposed to be a great aid, so how could it affect the system's task release? [Because the Marriage Stone will assist the Fortune Making System as it grows, but as it grows bigger, it will absorb a large part of the energy needed to maintain the system, thus interfering with the system's task release.]
Zhuang Qingning lowered his head and thought for a long time. When he looked up again, his brows were furrowed.
In other words, love will hinder career to a certain extent.
[…To put it simply, this is what I meant.]
Zhuang Qingning helplessly lifted the black lines on his head and sighed softly.
I really didn't expect that there is such a relationship between the marriage stone and the system.
Now that Chu Jinnian has returned to the capital, can we say that the Marriage Stone will stop growing, and as the system, you can continue to issue tasks? [Um... In theory, this is the case...]
[However, the specific situation depends on the actual situation. The system needs to check whether there are any random tasks that the host can complete. ]
A moment later.
【Wow, there really is a mission. 】
[The host has triggered a random task, free food and drinks. After the host completes this task, he will receive a very generous reward. ]
Zhuang Qingning, "..."
Is this a mission? She can act out her true self and complete it every day.
[Warm reminder, this free-eating and free-drinking mission must meet two basic requirements. The first requirement is that the dishes must be no less than six, and the second requirement is that the host's free-eating and free-drinking object must have a happiness value of 99 points. Both requirements must be met at the same time to complete the mission.]
With the restrictions of these two conditions, the task has taken on some shape.
Zhuang Qingning touched his chin.
For ordinary families, their daily lives are not particularly affluent, and it is very common for a family to have only one dish for a meal. Even in a relatively wealthy village like Enjizhuang, a meal would have at most two or three dishes.
If there are six dishes, it would be during festivals when the family needs to entertain relatives.
But what if it wasn't an ordinary farm family?
Zhuang Qingning thought about it and suddenly grinned. He didn't even bother to take a sip of the freshly brewed tea that Xiangqiao brought him and was about to walk out.
"Miss, how about your tea?" Xiangqiao asked.
"I suddenly remembered that I have something to go out for, so I won't drink for now." Zhuang Qingning waved his hand, "You stay at home and look after the house. I'll go see if Brother Sifu has left. If he hasn't left, I'll follow him to the town."
"Maybe he won't be back for dinner tonight, so you can cook something for yourself. Oh, and the spareribs Aunt Wang sent to our house today will go bad if we don't eat them. You can stew them tonight and send some to Aunt Wen's house. Sister Zhou has been very busy recently, so I'm afraid she won't be able to cook for Aunt Wen."
If Zhou Daya hadn't cooked, given Han's cooking skills and her tendency to insist on making sure Wen eats, I'm afraid Wen would have lost the will to live for the past two days.
Xiang Qiao didn't know what Zhuang Qingning was going to do in town, but seeing Zhuang Qingning's excited look, she thought she was in a much better mood. She felt much more at ease and just responded and sent Zhuang Qingning out.
Then I took out the ribs, soaked them in cold water to remove the blood, and also thought about what to stew with the ribs in the evening.
On this side, Zhuang Qingning went straight to the tofu shop after going out, and saw Zhuang Sifu moving tofu onto the cart there, so he lent a hand and helped him move it.
Nowadays, the tofu shops and tofu stores are doing good business. It is not enough for Zhuang Sifu to transport the tofu to the shops alone, so he called another young man from the same village, named Zhuang Dacheng, to help him transport the tofu, bean curd skin and other things to the shops.
Several people hurriedly packed up the things and put them in the car, then headed towards the town.
When they arrived at the tofu shop, Zhuang Qingning talked with Zhang Xiangrong and his wife Cao for a while. After helping them put everything away, he went to Ruyi Pavilion.
It was the middle of the day. Lian Rong and Ma Tong were chatting and picking vegetables in the backyard. When they saw Zhuang Qingning coming, they put down their work and stood up. They enthusiastically helped her get a stool and poured her tea.
"Miss Zhuang hasn't been here for a while. Are you very busy?"
"Well, there's a lot to do with the business in the county town and the workshop at home. It's indeed quite busy." Zhuang Qingning replied with a smile.
(End of this chapter)
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