Border Cook

Chapter 677 Everything is safe
When Xia Yunji said this, he deliberately prolonged the last syllable of his words, and his eyes glanced at Lu Qiyan who was standing beside him.

Lu Qiyan, "..."

What did he say?

How did it get involved with him?

Whatever, don’t bother with someone whose IQ is zero at this moment. No, it’s negative.

First eat two pieces of jerky made by my wife to calm you down!
Seeing Lu Qiyan taking out the dried meat from his bag and putting it into his mouth slowly and chewing it carefully, Xia Yunji was so angry that he pulled out the stopper on the gourd and took a sip of osmanthus wine.

"Good wine!" Xia Yunji sighed and smacked his lips.

Lu Qiyan chewed the jerky vigorously, licking his lips and fingers from time to time to show how delicious the jerky was...

The two men were competing secretly, but Li Juncheng fell into deep thought.

After a long time, Li Juncheng tugged at Xia Yunji's sleeve and said, "General Shenhu, why did this man insist that the grapes grown by his neighbor were sour? If he wanted to eat grapes, couldn't he just ask his neighbor for them?"

"Or, you can go out and buy some, or even steal grapes from your neighbor's house. Why do you have to make up rumors and get a reputation as a petty person?"

"Hey, General Shenhu, what do you think this guy is thinking? Is he not a normal person?"

Xia Yunji, "..."

Well, I met someone who is more serious than him!

When Fan Jinglan arrived at Xia Mingyue's home, Xia Mingyue was turning the land at home.

Seeing Fan Jinglan coming home, Xia Mingyue hurriedly asked her to sit down and drink some tea and eat some snacks.

"I need to eat the snacks, drink the tea, and help my sister with the work." Fan Jinglan stuffed the lotus root powder cake on the plate into her mouth in a few bites, drank a large cup of tea to suppress it, then rolled up her sleeves and asked Xia Mingyue for a hoe.

Fan Jinglan is very strong and quick at work. She was helping Xia Mingyue turn over the soil with quick and efficient movements.

"You look not much different from an old farmer." Xia Mingyue praised.

Fan Jinglan raised her chin proudly, "My eldest brother is in the Ministry of Revenue, so he has to go to the fields. I followed him when I was a child and did a lot of things for him. When I go back to Jinqiu County, I will live with my sister at the farm and help her with a lot of things."

"That's great." Xia Mingyue smiled, "We have one more laborer. It will save us a lot of trouble when we really start working in the future."

"I feel bad for just asking you to work. Stay here for lunch later and I'll make you some fried noodles."

"Okay!" Fan Jinglan nodded excitedly.

The two of them worked until the sun was almost high in the sky and their stomachs began to growl.

Without asking the servants to help, Xia Mingyue cooked by herself and made wide hand-rolled noodles. After they were cooked, she put the blanched mung bean sprouts, chopped garlic, ground chili powder, and cooked green vegetables in a bowl and poured a spoonful of boiling hot oil on them...

With a "sizzling" sound, the aroma of minced garlic and chili powder filled the entire kitchen, causing the servants helping in the kitchen to sniff and even swallow their saliva.

The servants of Anle Township had heard of the excellent cooking skills of the head of the village, and had even seen him cooking, but they had never tasted his food.

You can only look at and smell the delicious food but cannot taste it. It really feels like being scratched by a cat and is very uncomfortable.

Sometimes they even hoped that one day when the Lord of Anle Village cooked for Marquis Dingyuan and General Shenhu, there would be some food left over so that they could have a taste.

It’s a pity that any food prepared by Lord Anle is never enough and there is never any problem of not being able to finish it.

Sometimes even the soup was wiped clean by Dingyuan Hou and Shenhu General with steamed buns, and the dishes sent to the kitchen didn’t even need to be washed…

It has become almost impossible to eat the food prepared by the Lord of Anle Village.

This made the servants feel extremely regretful, but they could only suppress this regret in their hearts. After all, Lord Anle was the master and they were the servants. It was normal for them not to have enough to eat and they could not force it.

But now, smelling the rich aroma of the oil-splashed noodles, the servants' thoughts that had been suppressed for a long time suddenly became grass sprouting in spring, eager to overturn the mountain pressing down on their heads.

I tried so hard to swallow my saliva that even my stomach made gurgling sounds.

When Xia Mingyue heard the noise, she looked up at the servant who was busy doing chores in the kitchen and said, "You..."

"Country Master, I don't want to eat, I don't want to eat..." The servant waved her hands repeatedly, and suddenly felt that what she said was inappropriate, so she quickly covered her mouth.

Xia Mingyue couldn't help laughing. "I prepared a lot of ingredients, divided them into small piles. You can roll some noodles and blanch some vegetables later. Put the ingredients in a bowl, pour some oil on it and taste it."

"Thank you, Village Master. Thank you, Village Master."

The servants thanked her profusely, and seeing that Xia Mingyue had finished her work, they first sent the side dishes prepared for Xia Mingyue and Fan Jinglan over, and then began to busy themselves with making the oil-splashed noodles.

They were all people who worked around the stove all year round. Rolling noodles was no problem for them, and boiling vegetables was also a piece of cake. They put all the ingredients left by Xia Mingyue into a bowl, and followed Xia Mingyue's example, pouring a spoonful of hot oil on it...

The rich aroma filled the entire kitchen again, and everyone's saliva increased instantly, making them swallow. Then they couldn't wait to pick up the chopsticks and stir the oil and noodles in the bowl thoroughly.

Began to eat!
The noodles are wide and chewy, the bean sprouts are crisp, the greens are fresh, the minced garlic is fragrant, and the chili oil is fresh and mellow...

This bowl of noodles tastes so comfortable and refreshing!
Everyone was very satisfied with the meal and kept praising the delicious taste of the oil-splashed noodles.

But at the same time, another question arose in my mind.

If the food made with the ingredients prepared by Lord Anle is so delicious, how much more delicious must the food made by Lord Anle himself be!
I really hope that one day I can eat the food prepared by the Lord of Anle Village himself. At that time, I would be willing to live two years less.

The servants were filled with emotion and kept shoveling the noodles in their bowls into their mouths.

Xia Mingyue and Fan Jinglan also had a great time eating here.

The noodles are delicious, and the roasted bean curd, stir-fried black fungus, braised spring bamboo shoots, spicy pork liver, etc. are all refreshing and delicious. With a bowl of noodles, you don’t need to drink any other soup at the end. Just drink a bowl of hot noodle soup, and you will feel as comfortable as drinking a bowl of iced honey water on a hot summer day. It’s hard to describe, but it makes you feel refreshed!

After the two of them had lunch and rested for a while, they went to the He family residence together to talk to Old Madam He. Before leaving, they called the Fifth Princess along.

Old Madam He was feeling bored at home, but when she saw three young people who looked like flower buds talking to her, their faces looked like flowers blooming in spring when they smiled, which was pleasing to the eyes. She felt even happier, and her face turned into a golden chrysanthemum when she smiled.

While chatting with Old Madam He, Xia Mingyue took advantage of the time between drinking tea and eating snacks to inquire about He Lingfeng's situation from the side, to see if she could ask him about the current situation of Master Yin Lingyou and his disciple.

But the news we got was that He Lingfeng was busy with official duties all day and had not returned home for seven or eight days. If we wanted to find He Lingfeng, we had to go to the Ministry of Justice.

When Xia Mingyue was thinking about whether to go to the Ministry of Justice the next day, someone knocked on the door at the end of the evening.

The person who came was He Lingfeng, who came on horseback, followed by a carriage.

Seeing Xia Mingyue, He Lingfeng dismounted and saluted, "Lord Anle, I am sorry to disturb you so late at night. Please don't blame me."

After saying that, he raised his hand towards the people around him.

The servant came to the carriage, opened the curtain and asked the people inside to get out.

The people who got off the bus were Yin Lingyou and Mao Sanli.

Although the two men were wearing cloaks to keep warm, their inner clothes were dirty and torn, with even faint traces of blood visible. Their faces also had scars of varying sizes and were covered in dirt. Their hair was messy, and they had lost a lot of weight and looked very depressed.

It was obvious that the two people had suffered a lot of injustice.

Xia Mingyue was surprised and delighted to see the two people. At the same time, she felt nervous because of the two people's current appearance. She quickly reached out to support Yin Lingyou and Mao Sanli, "Doctor Yin, Brother Mao!"

Yin Lingyou and Mao Sanli were originally panic-stricken and kept their heads down, but they suddenly raised their heads after hearing Xia Mingyue's voice. When they saw that the person in front of them was indeed Xia Mingyue, whom they had not seen for a long time and who was like a family member, their eyes suddenly turned red.

"Madam Xia..." Yin Lingyou's voice was hoarse and choked.

Mao Sanli was so excited that he couldn't utter a word. The seven-foot-tall strong man was trembling all over and just nodded continuously.

After having suffered such a great hardship for nothing, he finally survived safely, regained his freedom, and even met old friends. You can imagine how excited he was.

Xia Mingyue could understand, and she was also happy and excited that the two people were rescued, but this was not the time to talk, so Xia Mingyue hurriedly ordered Yin Qiao and Zhuang Cui, who had rushed over after hearing the news and was equally excited, to take Yin Lingyou and Mao Sanli inside to rest.

"Thank you, Lord He." Xia Mingyue bowed deeply to He Lingfeng, her face full of gratitude, "Thank you Lord He for taking the trouble to come here in person so late at night. Thank you so much, Lord He."

"Master Anle is very polite." He Lingfeng bowed in return. "Marquis Dingyuan specifically told me about this before. Since I have already agreed, I must do it properly and thoughtfully."

"I am here to repay the village head Anle for taking the trouble to accompany my grandmother. It is a courtesy to return the favor. I really don't deserve the village head Anle's thanks."

Although He Lingfeng said this, Xia Mingyue still bowed again.

He Lingfeng bowed, "The person has been delivered safely. It's getting late, and I have official business to attend to, so I won't bother you any more. Bye."

"Master He, take care." Xia Mingyue walked two steps forward to see He Lingfeng off until he was far away, then she hurried back.

Yin Qiao and Zhuang Cui had already arranged for someone to take Yin Lingyou and Mao Sanli to take a bath and change clothes, to wash away the dirt on their bodies and the bad luck of recent times.

Xia Mingyue went into the kitchen and cooked some food for the two of them.

Considering that it was already late at night and the two had suffered a lot recently and it was not appropriate for them to eat too nutritious food, Xia Mingyue used the chicken soup stewed in the kitchen to cook two bowls of chicken noodle soup.

Tear some chicken shreds into the noodles, put two poached eggs on top, add some tender green vegetables and sprinkle some chopped green onions.

When Xia Mingyue finished preparing the noodles and brought them over, Yin Lingyou and Mao Sanli had already washed up and changed their clothes.

After learning that Yin Lingyou and Mao Sanli were involved in the incident, Xia Mingyue asked people to clean up the courtyard for them and also prepared daily necessities and clothes for them.

Although Xia Mingyue had made the clothes according to the body sizes of the two people in her memory, and even made them a little smaller, Yin Lingyou and Mao Sanli had lost too much weight at this time, so when they put them on, it was still like wearing sacks, so they had to tighten their belts.

Zhuang Cui felt the pulse of the two people first, and then breathed a sigh of relief, "Fortunately, they are only superficial injuries, and nothing else has been hurt. It's just that Master and Senior Brother have been frightened recently, and their daily diet has not been kept up, which has hurt their bodies. They need to recuperate for a while."

After saying that, Zhuang Cui hurriedly prepared some health-preserving prescriptions, and even prepared ointments and powders so that the two of them could apply them to their wounds.

Xia Mingyue hurriedly placed the noodles in front of the two people.

Yin Lingyou and Mao Sanli were already starving, so they took the chopsticks and began to eat voraciously.

"Eat slowly. There's more if it's not enough." Xia Mingyue persuaded them and served a bowl of noodle soup to each of them.

Drink more noodle soup to enhance your stomach's sense of fullness and avoid physical discomfort caused by sudden overeating due to long-term hunger.

Yin Lingyou and Mao Sanli were both doctors and understood the key to this. No matter how hungry they were now and how delicious the chicken noodle soup made by Xia Mingyue was, they dared not eat too much or too fast at once. They only drank a few sips of the hot noodle soup and then slowly ate the noodles that were cooked until they were soft enough.

It took more than a quarter of an hour to finish a bowl of chicken noodle soup. After their stomachs were filled, Yin Lingyou and Mao Sanli felt completely at ease and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Everything is finally safe and sound!" Yin Lingyou sighed.

Mao Sanli didn't say anything, but kept nodding his head like a chick pecking at rice.

"It's okay, it's okay, everything will be fine in the future." Xia Mingyue hurriedly comforted, "The emperor has issued an order to punish Bu Yongrui, denied the so-called prince of the previous dynasty, and believed that even if you, Doctor Yin, were the imperial physician of the previous dynasty, it would not have any influence. Doctor Yin and Brother Mao can rest assured."

Not only that, but because of the incident caused by Bu Yongrui, although many people did not talk about it too much on the surface, in fact many eyes were watching secretly.

If Yin Lingyou and Mao Sanli had any mishaps in the future, everyone would subconsciously assume that it was the royal family's doing. On the contrary, if the two of them were safe and sound, it would prove that the royal family was upright and establish that the prince of the previous dynasty was a figment of their imagination.

Therefore, the two of them will be very safe, and the royal family will send people to secretly protect and watch over them, hoping that they will live a long life.

"On the way here just now, Lord He also told us that we are safe and asked us not to worry..."