Chapter 507: Palace Hall
All the employees in the villa were there. Ah Ju honked twice, the door was opened, and the car drove into the garage.
As soon as Xia Zhizhi got out of the car, several helpers from the villa surrounded her.
"Happy New Year, Miss Xia!"
"Good luck to you, miss!"
"Wealth is coming!"
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Even though the New Year has actually passed, it doesn't prevent everyone from being smart. Besides, what's wrong with saying something nice to the boss?
Xia Zhizhi also supported him and replied, "Good luck and great fortune!"
While taking out red envelopes from his bag, he distributed them to everyone.
As she was sending her greetings, she walked into the house. Bai Yunyun had already run ahead of her cleverly: "Miss, take a break, eat something, and take a bath. I'll go turn on the water!"
Xia Zhizhi nodded.
Li Mingyan said: "Mr. Xia said that you will probably be back in the next few days, so there will be food prepared in the kitchen. I will go and stir-fry some vegetables."
Ah Zhen quickly brought up the dishes, four dishes and one soup.
Ah Ju Ping doesn't need to eat, but sometimes he will eat something to hide his tracks.
Especially when I was at the Xia family, I would stay there for a month or so. It would be okay if I skipped one or two meals, but if I skipped every meal, that would scare the Xia family.
He himself said that the food he ate could be converted into energy, but that energy was very tiny, far less than the energy of light, and was not very necessary.
Normally, Ah Ju would not eat if he could avoid it, and this time was no exception. He said he had already eaten and sat next to Xia Zhizhi to help her pick shrimps.
Li Mingyan made a dish called Shredded Vermicelli Shrimp with Garlic Sauce. The shrimps were already peeled, so there was no need to peel them, you could just eat them with your mouth.
Ah Ju insisted on using a spoon to spread some minced garlic on the bottom, then put a shelled shrimp on top, and fed it to Xia Zhizhi one spoonful at a time.
Xia Zhizhi was chewing something in her mouth. He held the soup spoon in his left hand, with peeled shrimps placed on the soup pool. He picked up a large piece of fish meat from the plate with chopsticks in his right hand and picked out the bones from it.
This side of Hong Kong is close to the sea, and most of the fish we eat are sea fish. Most of the sea fish don't have many bones, but he was still afraid that Xia Zhizhi would choke to death, so as long as he was at the table, he had to pick.
Xia Zhizhi is also quite generous. After all, most people would not feel comfortable having others take care of them in such detail, but she feels very comfortable with it.
While eating, she glanced at the TV, which was showing news about real estate development, and Xia Zhizhi was watching it intently.
Ah Ju passed a piece of fish to her with chopsticks and she opened her mouth to eat it.
Ah Ju asked, "Do you also want to do real estate?"
Xia Zhizhi shook her head and swallowed the fish in her mouth: "I don't have any plans to do real estate for the time being, but I think the area around Jintian is good. If I come across a suitable piece of land, I will buy two pieces and build a farm."
Not to mention that she just wanted two plots of land, even if he wanted the stars in the sky, Ah Ju would also think about trying to get them down: "Okay, I'll keep an eye on it. If you want to build a farm, you can consider a place close to the mountains. You can also plant some fruit trees on the mountains. Longan, lychee, mango and banana are all good choices."
"Indeed, we can build a leisure villa on the mountain and keep it for ourselves instead of opening it to the public." Xia Zhizhi put down her chopsticks and wiped her mouth with a napkin.
Seeing that she was full, Ah Zhen quickly brought the sweet soup over: "Miss, today's soup is milk, fish gelatin, and white fungus soup."
It was stewed for enough time and all the gelatin came out, making it very sticky. When paired with the rich milk, Xia Zhizhi took a sip and revealed a mask of disgust.
Seeing her revealing the mask of pain, Ah Zhen explained: "Miss, this soup is good for your skin."
Xia Zhizhi also knew that this thing was bad for the skin, but her skin was already in good condition and didn't need these two sips of soup. She didn't like the taste.
She was now very hypocritical and was not willing to put herself in a difficult position. She immediately spat out the soup in her mouth and waved her hand, saying, "I don't like this. I can't accept soup that is so sticky that it makes strings stick. Don't make this for me next time."
Ah Zhen had no choice but to take the soup away.
After reading the news, Xia Zhizhi went upstairs and entered the bathroom.
Bai Yunyun had already prepared the water, and she quickly soaked in it.
After taking a shower, Xia Zhizhi wrapped herself in a bathrobe and lay on the rocking chair to look at the stars. Ah Ju first put a facial mask on her and then walked behind her to blow dry her hair.
After blow-drying her hair and applying the facial mask, Ah Ju gave her skin care.
Then he sat next to Xia Zhizhi, massaging her shoulders and arms while telling her what Zhizhi had taught her.
"Last month, everything in the sect was operating normally. They didn't rest during the Spring Festival, and the number of teachers they planned to increase was almost the same as the month before last, except for two special members."
Hearing about the exception, Xia Zhizhi became interested: "How special is it?"
"They are two Japanese from the Takeda family. They are not businessmen, but work for the government. Their family is in charge of the Imperial Household Department of the Japanese royal family."
"The Imperial Palace?" Xia Zhizhi didn't react for a moment.
Aju explained: "It used to be called the Imperial Household Agency. All the civil and military officials and servants of Japan belonged to the Imperial Household Agency. After World War II, the Imperial Household Agency became a subsidiary of the Prime Minister's Office and was renamed the Imperial Household Agency. Many positions were re-established. It changed from a political agency to an agency dedicated to assisting the royal family, handling all matters of the Japanese royal family, no matter how big or small."
"It's their Imperial Household Department." Xia Zhizhi understood.
"So these two are actually from the Japanese government. Their family manages Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs. They didn't really come here to join the religion. They just learned about our sect from the few Japanese people there and came here to get information?"
Although their church does not have a large number of members, it contains many wealthy people.
The Jap devils were, to a certain extent, very united, so it was not surprising that the two Japanese who were left behind would report to their superiors after returning.
Of course, those two Japanese must be devout church believers. The Japanese are superstitious by nature. Not only do they believe in various gods in their own country, but their presence can also be seen in temples in many small countries in Southeast Asia.
It was precisely because they were originally superstitious that after Xia Zhizhi's apparition, they believed in the Zhizhi God without a doubt. Since this god existed, their country must also worship him.
Ah Ju nodded.
"Now that we're here," Xia Zhizhi stroked her chin, "I'm a warm and hospitable person, I won't let anyone come here for nothing."
"So what are you going to do?"
"Don't worry, leave them alone for now. I'll tease them during the initiation ceremony at the end of this quarter. The Palace Chamber, right?"
Xia Zhizhi became interested and took out a bottle of wine brewed by Aju from the space.
Ah Ju immediately opened the wine and poured her half a glass.
Xia Zhizhi shook the cup gently, watching the red liquid create ripples on the wall of the cup.
After pretending to be cool, she raised the cup and drank it all in one gulp.
Sure enough, wine doesn't have to be stepped on to taste good, Xia Zhizhi praised Aju.
Ah Ju was very happy and immediately said that he wanted to go into the space to brew another batch to drink later.