Drive to the Tang Dynasty, where supplies are refreshed daily!

Fortunately, the little princess who had just made the building blocks hadn't gotten tired of playing with them yet, so the little ones started playing with the building blocks on the kang (a heated brick bed), and Xiao Ran played with them too.

When the kitchen brought over the poria cocos cake, the little princesses were getting restless and wanted to go out and play in the snow.

"Let's eat some pastries first. You've never had these before," Xiao Ran coaxed the little princess.

This method really worked; the little princess immediately forgot about playing in the snow.

"Seven cakes~" The little princess looked at the plate that was brought in.

The plate held many rectangular pieces of pastry, which looked rather simple, without any patterns or designs, just pure white, and still steaming slightly.

Xiao Ran took the plate and asked, "Have you sent it to the old man and the madam?"

The servant nodded hurriedly, "It's already been sent over."

Xiao Ran then distributed the pastries to the little princesses.

The little ones each took one piece without discrimination.

The little princess held up the pastry in her hand.

"Little Nangjun Qi~"

Xiao Ran fed the pastries to the little princess's lips.

"You can eat the ox yourself, I have some more."

As he spoke, Xiao Ran took a piece and ate it himself.

This Poria cocos cake is quite delicious; it's soft, yet has a slightly firm texture when you bite into it.

Perhaps because the little princess and her friends like sweets, there was a little too much sugar in the dish, but the little princess liked it very much.

"Is it delicious?" Xiao Ran asked.

The little princess had no mouthful of Poria cocos cake and couldn't speak at all, so she could only nod vigorously while holding the cake.

Xiao Ran gently wiped the pastry crumbs from the little princess's mouth. "If you like it, eat more, but don't eat too much, lunch is coming soon."

The little princess finally swallowed all the pastries in her mouth.

"Woji Island~"

As she spoke, the little princess took another big bite of the poria cocos cake.

Xiao Ran left the plate of Poria cocos cake in the house for the children to share, while he went to the living room.

Inside the living room, Li Lizhi, Princess Yuzhang, Zhang Erya, Li Kecheng, and Chu Mo were all there, each enjoying a piece of Fuling cake.

Upon seeing Xiao Ran arrive, the group greeted him, "Young Master."

Xiao Ran nodded, and Li Lizhi said with a smile, "Young master, this Poria cocos cake is really delicious. How did you come up with the idea of ​​making it?"

As she spoke, Li Lizhi took another bite of the poria cocos cake.

I used to think that Li Lizhi and the little princess had very different personalities, but now they seem to be no different.

"If you like it, eat more. It's not difficult to make. Just tell the kitchen if you want some more."

Several people nodded quickly.

The number of steamed pastries produced this time was not particularly large. Apart from those for Xiao Ran, some were sent to Li Tai and the other great scholars, and some were sent to Sun Simiao. There were hardly any left.

Xiao Ran looked around the living room and realized that someone was missing.

"Where is Dalang?" Xiao Ran asked.

Cheng Chumo said, "He's still at the glass workshop. I heard that they adjusted the proportions and fired a piece of glass with very high transparency. But we don't know if it's a coincidence or because of the proportions, so he's watching to fire another batch and hasn't come back yet."

The glass workshop is of course the top priority, but we can't go without food.

Besides, the temperature there is already high, and the work is not easy. How can one endure it without food?

Besides, even if Zhang Dalang doesn't eat, the others still need to eat.

However, Xiao Ran was overthinking it. Although the others were essentially working in the glass workshop, they had witnessed the birth of glass from the very beginning. Seeing that they could produce even better glass, how could they possibly be in the mood to eat?

"I'll go check on him," Xiao Ran said.

"Everyone, put in a little more effort. Once this batch is finished, I'll ask the young master for credit."

Zhang Dalang said a few words of encouragement, which made everyone present even more excited.

"Big Brother." Xiao Ran's voice suddenly came.

Zhang Dalang turned around and saw Xiao Ran.

"Young master, you've arrived." Zhang Dalang greeted Xiao Ran.

Xiao Ran stepped forward and asked, "Why aren't you going back for dinner? There's no rush to finish this glass; we still need time to rest."

Zhang Dalang shook his head. "No rush. I think this batch of glass is better than the previous ones."

As he spoke, Zhang Dalang led Xiao Ran to see the batch of finished glass products.

This glass looks exactly like modern glass.

"Great, great, this glass is excellent!" Xiao Ran was also very happy.

Zhang Dalang said, "If the glass we're firing now has the same effect, then it will be a success."

Xiao Ran also said, "If that's the case, then we won't need to change the formula anymore. We can just use the glass as it is now, and that will be enough for everything."

As for things like bulletproof glass, those can't be made with current technology. Being able to make something like that already represents the pinnacle of technology.

To further optimize it, we need to add some other metals, but these metals also need to be refined.

Xiao Ran patted Zhang Dalang on the shoulder, "I know you have to watch the stove, but you can't go without eating, so I had someone send over some food, just some ready-made pastries and sesame cakes. You can eat them when you have time."

As he spoke, Xiao Ran glanced around and instructed, "Don't forget to drink plenty of water. With the temperature here, if you don't replenish your fluids in time, you might not only get heatstroke, but you could even get a heat-related illness."

Zhang Dalang nodded with a serious expression.

Seeing that nothing was wrong, Xiao Ran went back.

He came after lunch. When Xiao Ran returned, the kitchen sent someone to deliver food and water to the glass workshop.

Xiao Ran was walking home from the glass workshop when he suddenly heard a commotion coming from down the mountain.

The sound was unusually loud, otherwise it wouldn't have carried all the way up the mountain. I just don't know what it was about.

Thinking this, Xiao Ran simply turned around and went down the mountain to see if anything had happened.

The closer they got to the foot of the mountain, the clearer the sound became. When they got closer, Xiao Ran even saw a very familiar person.

"Uncle Cheng".

Xiao Ran called out to Cheng Yaojin.

Cheng Yaojin turned around and found it was Xiao Ran.

"Young master, you've come."

Xiao Ran nodded, and seeing Cheng Yaojin leading the Imperial Guards standing at the gate of his third grandfather's house, he understood the situation.

"Is this a delivery of a plaque?"

Cheng Yaojin nodded, "Yes, His Majesty specially sent me here to see my son, hehe."

Seeing Cheng Yaojin's expression, Xiao Ran smiled as well, "Old Mo is doing quite well here. He really made a contribution with his clairvoyance this time." Cheng Yaojin naturally knew about this; Li Shimin had called him over after returning home and specifically told him about it.

Upon hearing this news, Cheng Yaojin was overjoyed.

Just as Xiao Ran and Cheng Yaojin were chatting, their third grandfather also came out.

He had just gone to place the imperial edict and the rewards in the ancestral hall for worship. As for the plaque, he hung it in the main hall of the main house. The red background with black characters that read "Skilled Craftsman" shone brightly in the hall.

"Young master!" The third grandfather could not hide his excitement. He opened his mouth as if to say something, but swallowed the words back down.

Although he didn't say it aloud, Xiao Ran knew what he wanted to say, so he smiled and said, "Third Grandfather, there's no need to say more. This is all you deserve. If it weren't for Third Grandfather, we don't know when we would have been able to complete this Thousand-Mile Eyes."

My great-grandfather had a complicated expression. After calming his agitated emotions, he asked, "None of you have eaten yet, have you? Why don't you eat something here?"

Cheng Yaojin said in a deep voice, "No need, we'll just go eat with the young master."

Xiao Ran also said, "Third Grandfather, there's no need to make arrangements. Uncle and the others can just come to my place."

Seeing his third grandfather looking somewhat apprehensive, Xiao Ran joked, "Third grandfather, why don't you arrange a few tables of food so I can join in the fun?"

Grandfather nodded quickly, "Yes, yes, definitely!"

Although Cheng Yaojin was easygoing, his imposing aura remained undiminished. Moreover, his great-grandfather did not know Cheng Yaojin's true identity, only that he was a high-ranking official, and dared not speak to him.

Fortunately, Cheng Yaojin didn't mind. Besides, he wasn't really needed for this kind of thing. At most, a palace attendant would come. The reason Cheng Yaojin was sent was just so that he could come and see Cheng Chumo on the way.

So now that the matter was settled, Cheng Yaojin led a group of people to follow Xiao Ran up the mountain.

"Grandpa?" Cheng Chumo was about to leave the hospital when he saw Cheng Yaojin.

Chen Yaojin strode over and patted Cheng Chumo's shoulder twice.

"Good lad, well done! You've really done a great job this time!"

Cheng Chumo scratched the back of his head somewhat embarrassedly.

"This is all thanks to the young master."

Cheng Yaojin looked at Xiao Ran and nodded with a smile, "Yes, yes, that's exactly right."

Then, Cheng Yaojin approached Xiao Ran mysteriously and whispered, "Young master, I brought you some good stuff too."

Xiao Ran asked, somewhat puzzled, "What good stuff?"

Cheng Yaojin grinned and had two large boxes brought in.

Xiao Ran opened it with a curious look and found that it was meat inside. Judging from the texture and color, it looked like beef.

"What is this?" Xiao Ran asked.

Cheng Yaojin winked at Xiao Ran before saying, "It snowed last night, and an ox slipped and fell to its death in the village. I was thinking of coming over today, so I brought it to you."

Xiao Ran fell silent. He found this excuse hard to believe. Whose cow wasn't properly tethered? It was more likely that the cow froze to death than fell to its death.

However, Xiao Ran would not expose it, and Li Shimin was probably aware of this as well, but he simply turned a blind eye.

So Xiao Ran cupped his hands in thanks to Cheng Yaojin, saying, "Then thank you very much, Uncle."

Cheng Yaojin laughed heartily, "I'm glad you like it, young master."

As he spoke, Cheng Yaojin rubbed his stomach.

"Young master, is there anything else to eat? We haven't eaten since we arrived."

"Yes, of course!"

Xiao Ran welcomed Cheng Yaojin and the Imperial Guards following behind him inside and ordered the kitchen to prepare a meal.

The Imperial Guards looked around with curiosity, but they just stood there observing and didn't dare to move around.

Seeing this, Xiao Ran smiled.

"If you gentlemen are curious, you are welcome to look around. Anyway, the meal won't be ready for a while."

These people were not very old, and they had long been curious about Kaolao Village. So when they heard Xiao Ran say this, Lian Man looked at Cheng Yaojin.

Cheng Yaojin nodded, "Go ahead, but don't go too far."

The group quickly agreed, then said goodbye to Xiao Ran somewhat embarrassedly before pushing open the courtyard gate and leaving.

When they returned, the food was ready.

Because it was rather rushed, they didn't make anything particularly delicious. However, before they left, Xiao Ran packed a portion of the freshly steamed Poria cocos cake for each of them, and didn't forget to pack one for Li Shimin as well, to have Cheng Yaojin take with him.

"By the way, Uncle, we made a batch of high-grade glass today. This is the best we can make. When you get back, ask him what to do with this glass." Xiao Ran said to Cheng Yaojin.

Cheng Yaojin nodded, "Don't worry, young master."

Then, Cheng Yaojin looked at Cheng Chumo.

"You better do a good job here!"

Cheng Chumo nodded quickly, "Don't worry, Grandpa."

Soon, Cheng Yaojin left with his men. Xiao Ran was about to enter the house when he heard Cheng Chumo ask, "Young master, what about this beef?"

Xiao Ran also looked at the beef in the boxes on the ground. There was quite a lot of beef, and it had already been deboned. The two huge boxes were piled up to the brim.

"Let's stew it for dinner, but we can't stew all of it. Let's make the rest into beef jerky."

Although it has snowed, it is not frozen yet, so the beef will definitely not freeze if left outside. As for the refrigerator in Xiao Ran's car, it is already full of other things.

Upon learning that he would be able to eat beef tonight, Cheng Chumo was overjoyed and repeatedly said, "I'll definitely be back early tonight!"

Xiao Ran smiled, then watched Cheng Chumo push the door open and leave.

He still needs to go and keep an eye on the glass workshop.

Afterwards, Xiao Ran called someone to move the beef to the kitchen.

There's no rush to stew the beef, but we can start making the beef jerky now, since it still needs to be marinated.

After explaining the situation, Xiao Ran also went inside.

It's getting quite cold outside after being outside for a while.

Li Li asked, "Have you decided how to cook the beef? Don't let it spoil."

Xiao Ran nodded, "I'll stew some tonight and make the rest into beef jerky. But we don't need to make all of it; in this weather, it'll be fine to leave it for a couple of days."

Now that Xiao Ran had a plan, Li Lizhi felt relieved.

"The cow is dry~" The little princess heard this sentence as soon as she came out.

"Little Nangjun~ Qiniu is so dry~" The little princess ran over and hugged Xiao Ran's leg, afraid that Xiao Ran would not give her beef jerky.

With his movements restricted by the little princess, Xiao Ran bent down.

"Okay, let's eat beef jerky, but it's not ready yet, we'll have to wait."

The little princess swallowed hard. "When is Seven Ducks~"

Beef jerky needs to be air-dried, so it won't be available until the day after tomorrow.

"It'll be a couple of days. How about we have stewed beef for dinner tonight?" Xiao Ran asked.

The little princess didn't care whether it was stewed beef or beef jerky; all she knew was that she was going to have something delicious to eat again! (End of Chapter)