Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 2499 Reconciliation 41.0

Shen Cha took Shen Jiu, Meilin and Hongye out of the parade ground, passed through the Shen family army camp, and chose the nearest route back to the Duke's Mansion.

After entering the Duke's Mansion, several people went back to wash and change clothes. Shen Cha also asked someone to go to the kitchen to tell Chef Mo to prepare some food for children, not too sweet to avoid damaging their teeth.

After about a cup of tea, several people gathered at the door of the flower hall as agreed. They looked at each other and made sure that everyone was clean and tidy before Shen Cha walked in first.

Jin Miaomiao and Xiaotong had been waiting in the flower hall for a long time. If it were any other child, they would have cried and screamed after waiting for such a long time, causing chaos in the whole Duke's Mansion. But Xiaotong was not like that. When you give him a small stack of sketchbooks, he will find a small corner, sit quietly, and look at those sketchbooks very seriously. If you don't ask him, he will not eat snacks or drink water.

This is the first time that Jin Miaomiao has seen such a well-behaved child in her life. Among this group of people, even Shen Jiu and little Xiushui from Qi Bo's family would cry occasionally when they were young. Even now, when they don't get attention, they will grab the people at home and act coquettishly, and the noise they make is quite loud.

These two are the best behaved and most obedient kids in this group. As for Xia Jiu, Song Qiyun, or even Shen Cha and Xue Ruitian, no matter how old they are, if they are particularly unhappy and the anger accumulates to a certain extent and then explodes, they can blow up the two mansions.

Jin Miaomiao looked at Xiaotong and found him very strange and interesting. He sat in a corner reading a picture book and she sat beside him at the table, drinking tea and watching him. Unconsciously, time passed slowly in the process of observation.

When Shen Cha entered the flower hall, she saw Jin Miaomiao holding a cup of tea and looking at Xiaotong, who was reading a picture book in the corner with relish, with a very strange look. Seeing this look, she couldn't help but shiver.

Hearing the sound coming from the door of the flower hall, Jin Miaomiao turned her head lazily and saw it was Shen Cha. She raised her hand and greeted him.

"coming?"

Xiaotong, who was sitting in the corner, had already put her sketchbook away neatly and stood up consciously when Shen Cha came in.

"General!"

He saluted towards Shen Cha, and nodded to Shen Jiu, Hong Ye and Mei Lin behind him. He didn't know who these people were, and didn't dare to greet them rashly, so he nodded to show his politeness.

"Come, come and sit down!"

Shen Cha looked at Merlin, who nodded, walked over, took Xiaotong's hand, and led him to the table.

When Hongye saw the child for the first time, she looked him up and down for a long time, thought for a while, poked Shen Cha beside her, and said a few words in a low voice.

"Are you sure?" Shen Cha looked at Xiao Tong and shook his head gently, "I can't tell at all!"

"How should I explain it?" Hongye spread his hands, "I just feel this way."

Shen Jiu was sitting next to them and heard everything they said. He was also looking at Xiaotong and poured a glass of water for the child.

"Thank you brother!"

Xiaotong held the water in her hands and drank while observing the person in front of her. Although she was a little nervous, she was not afraid at all. Her two little eyes turned this way and that, looking very smart.

"I agree with Sister Xiaoye. He does look a bit like the ones in Beijing." Shen Jiu said in a low voice, "Why don't we just ask him directly? He's not young anymore, right?"

"Yeah!" Shen Cha nodded, looked at Xiao Tong, and said, "Xiao Tong, you are not from Da Xia, right?"

Xiaotong was stunned by this question. He blinked and it took him a while to come back to his senses.

"Should be... No!" He thought for a while, "I remember the class owner said that he bought me from a merchant from the Arabs. Daxia prohibits the buying and selling of people, but foreigners do not seem to be included in this prohibition." "That's right!" Shen Cha exchanged glances with Shen Jiu, Hong Ye and Jin Miaomiao, and reached out to pat Hong Ye. Her eyes were indeed vicious. "I heard from Lord Jin before that you are covered in wounds, and many of them have not been completely healed. For example, your bones, your leg bones and arm bones have different injuries, which makes you walk unsteadily now and you can't lift your arms from time to time. Lord Jin has already told you all this, right?"

"Yes!" Xiaotong looked at Jin Miaomiao, then at Shen Cha, "I think it's fine. I'm still young and can handle it."

"Then I'm glad you agree." Shen Cha nodded and looked at Jin Miaomiao, "We can start preparing now."

"Okay!" Jin Miaomiao looked at Xiaotong, "Then you can be a little more careful about what you eat. For the time being, eat less of your favorite sweets and meat."

"Ah?" Xiaotong blinked, "Is there nothing I can eat?"

"You can eat, but eat less. Starting tomorrow, you need to take some conditioning medicine. Those medicines will make you avoid certain foods, so..." Jin Miaomiao smiled, "You can wait until you are fully recovered before eating. It's not too late, right?"

"Okay, I'm obedient."

Just at this moment, the people from the kitchen brought over the snacks that Shen Cha had ordered. Hongye stood up, walked over to take them and put them on the table.

"You have to eat slowly, this is the last snack!"

Mr. Mo knew that these were snacks for children, so although the patterns were simple, they were all the kinds that children liked more, such as some small animals, flowers and grasses, etc. Compared with normal pastries, they had more childishness.

When Xiaotong saw these pastries, her eyes lit up. She liked every one of them and was reluctant to eat any of them.

"Hey!" Jin Miaomiao came over, took a look, and said, "You can have this without any dietary restrictions. This recipe is what I gave to Mr. Mo. It's specially made for children. It's not sweet but very delicious, and it contains some medicinal herbs. It's much better than other cakes."

"Really?" Hongye took a look and reached out to take a piece with a small flower pattern. There were several pieces in the box with this small flower pattern. The taste should be the same, so she chose this one. "Let me try it."

"How about it?"

Whether it was Jin Miaomiao who provided the recipe, or Xiaotong who was curious about the taste, they all looked at her with anticipation.

Hongye took a bite, savored it carefully, and nodded to Jin Miaomiao and Xiaotong.

"Although it can be classified as a medicinal snack, it tastes much better than I imagined. Not sweet, not greasy, not oily, and even has a hint of freshness." She looked at the filling inside, "This... doesn't look like a regular filling. It seems... there's fruit in it?"

"Fruit?" Jin Miaomiao looked disgusted and shook her head. "I put a little bit of preserved fruit and a little bit of mussels in it. How is it?"

"You mean the shredded cucumber?" Hongye nodded. "It's really delicious."

When Xiaotong heard Hongye say this, he also picked up a piece with a small flower pattern and took a small bite.

"It's delicious!" His eyes lit up, "Brother, sister, general, come and try it!"

Shen Cha took the one handed over by Shen Jiu, took a bite, and nodded slightly, "Well, it's really good." She looked at Xiao Tong, who was in a good mood because of the delicious food, and raised her eyebrows slightly, "Your master and the troupe owner will definitely question you, but you will have no problem. Have you thought about how you should live after leaving the troupe?"