After Li Yuan learned that Chen Miaomiao was not in Chen Mansion, but went out to the temple to pray for her mother, she said goodbye.
"Sister Su, if that's the case, I'll go back first. Caiwei will stay in your mansion for now, and I'll pick her up the day after tomorrow. Mr. Chen will probably pick you up tomorrow."
"Okay, let's see you tomorrow!"
It was already the beginning of the period, and Caiwei and Qingsha were resting in Su Mingshan's boudoir.
After she finished saying this, Qingmei who was beside her came into the room and took Qingsha out.
She handed the child to Li Yuan, hesitated for a while, and then followed Li Yuan towards the stable.
When Li Yuan got on the Su family's carriage, she did not leave. Instead, she asked the coachman to go to the concierge to have a cup of hot tea before climbing in.
There were only three of them in the stable at that time. Qingmei glanced at Qingsha who was sleeping again, and said to Li Yuan: "Yuanniang, you look very similar to Ya'er and the others. Even though you are older now, you can see clearly It's caused by time. I'll go to your place tomorrow and do your makeup for you, right? We have to avoid unnecessary trouble."
Li Yuan stretched out her hand and touched her face, then saw her aunt's worried look. Then she thought of what she had to do and agreed: "Okay, then I'll trouble my aunt tomorrow!"
Seeing her appreciation, Qingmei felt warm in her heart: "Then I'll go there after lunch tomorrow. Then you go to the Qian Mansion, and I'll take Shasha back to the Su Mansion."
"good!"
When Li Yuan returned to Xie's house in the east of the city, Xie Yanzhi had not returned yet.
Seeing that Qingsha had woken up, she asked the little girl to help light the fire and started cooking.
Qingsha saw her chopping meat, and her eyes suddenly lit up: "Mom, eat the meatballs!"
"Okay, Mom is going to make cabbage and meatball soup tonight. If you want to eat it, I'll fry some meatballs for you while Mom is frying the vegetarian meatballs."
Xiao Qingsha nodded wildly: "Yeah, leave it to my sister too!"
"good!"
Xie Yanzhi bought a lot of meat before the Chinese New Year, and it was ready to be put on this day. Except for some meat that Li Yuan braised before the new year, the rest was put in baskets and hung under the eaves.
At this time, she took down all the meat, chopped half of it into stuffing, and prepared the other half for braising.
After adding fat and lean meat, eggs, starch, salt, chicken essence and dark soy sauce, the meatballs are made into tender and delicious soup.
Li Yuan cooked the braised pork first. Because there was a lot of meat, she divided it into two plates.
She planned to use one plate at night and make the remaining plate visible to outsiders, so she planned to put it in a basket and hang it under the eaves.
While the braised pork was simmering in another pot, Li Yuan also started making vegetarian meatballs.
The so-called vegetarian balls are carrot balls and pumpkin balls.
This deep-fried thing is a rare thing to make, and Li Yuan can do it with great enthusiasm.
By the time the braised pork was ready to come out of the pan, she had already fried a lot.
Later, while Xiao Qingsha lowered her head to eat the two meatballs specially fried for her in the bowl, she directly put half of the vegetarian meatballs into the space.
Time spent cooking in the kitchen flies by very quickly.
It seemed that not long after, the sky outside became dark.
Li Yuan had prepared all the meals, but Xie Yanzhi still didn't come back.
Just when she had fed Qingsha, let her play jigsaw puzzle in the room, and was about to go out with Old Man Li to find someone, she saw Meng Peng and Chen Hao coming back from outside.
Meng Peng saw that she and Old Man Li were dressed very thickly and looked anxious as if they were about to go out, so he asked, "Are my brothers and sisters dressed like this ready to go find Shao'an?"
"Yes! I wouldn't worry if this was in Liuyun County. But this is Fucheng, and he went out today..."
"When Shao'an came back for lunch at noon, he said he would come back later in the evening so that he wouldn't have to wait for his meal. I was afraid that there would be something wrong with him being out, so I asked Chen Xing to go with him."
Li Yuan heard Xie Yanzhi say that Chen Xing was good at boxing and kicking. When she heard this, she put her heart at ease.
"That's it, that's good! By the way, Brother Meng and Mr. Chen haven't eaten yet, right? I've already made it, let's eat first!"
As she said that, she looked at Old Man Li: "Old man, please ask Xiao Tai not to cook for now. I've cooked a lot today. You guys can come over and take the food back later."
Old Man Li was very content, he had few family affairs, and he respected his grandparents and grandchildren, so he took the initiative to avoid them after thanking them.
In the absence of Xie Yanzhi, in line with the taboo principle of this era, Li Yuan would not be able to eat at the same table as Meng Peng and others.
So she put the food on the table and went back to the kitchen to take her own food back to her room to eat.
When she came out again, she saw that Meng Peng and Chen Hao had finished eating.
At that time, one of the two men was carrying water and the other was washing dishes.
The person who carried the water was Chen Hao. When he saw that the water in the water tank in the kitchen was almost used, he spontaneously went to the yard to carry water.
Meng Peng was the one washing the dishes. When he heard Li Yuan's footsteps, he turned around and said to her: "Brothers and sisters, it's been a hard day. Give me these bowls and chopsticks. You cook for us, and I should help you wash the dishes." ."
Li Yuan, who originally wanted to say no, silently handed the bowl and plate out after hearing this.
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That night, Li Yuan waited until Haishi but could not wait for Xie Yanzhi, and then fell asleep in a daze.
When I woke up, it was already the dawn of the next day.
She put on her clothes, tucked Qingsha into bed, and then went out.
She originally planned to go see if Xie Yanzhi had returned, but she happened to encounter two people coming back from outside in the cold weather.
Xie Yanzhi: "..."
Originally, he wanted to go back to his room to sleep, but later, even if Yuan Niang woke up, she would just think that he came back late at night, so he woke up late!
"Brother Xie, do you think I should say good morning or good evening to you?"
After Li Yuan said this, she saw the tiredness in his eyes and said distressedly: "Okay, go wash up. I'll steam some steamed buns and dumplings right away, and make a bowl of egg soup by the way. You can go to bed after eating. Let’s talk about it after we wake up!”
Seeing that she was not angry, Xie Yanzhi felt relieved and said in a slightly hoarse voice: "Don't worry, Yuan Niang, I'm fine and things are going well."
After he finished speaking, he looked at Chen Xing: "Don't rush back to bed yet. Wait until you are full before going to bed."
"good!"
After Li Yuan steamed the steamed buns and dumplings and cooked a large bowl of egg soup, Meng Peng and Chen Hao arrived at some unknown time.
Li Yuan carried things into the hall and saw two people surrounding Xie Yanzhi. There were pens, inks, paper and inkstones on the dining table. He was drawing something at this time.
"Thank you, brother, it's time to eat."
Xie Yanzhi outlined the remaining terrain of Qian Mansion in three or two strokes and handed it to Meng Peng.
"Brother Ziran, you and Mr. Chen have a look first. If there is anything you don't understand, wait until I wake up after eating."
"good!"
Xie Yanzhi drew the topography of Qian's Mansion very carefully. He stayed away all night, so he looked for connections and entered Qian's Mansion in disguise.
Even though the Qian Mansion has strict management, it relaxes a lot at night.
Even though there were patrols everywhere in the house, with Chen Xing's help and the fact that one of the bribed people was from the patrol team, they could be avoided perfectly every time.
He stayed up all night, exploring the layout of Qian Mansion and secretly exploring the locations of several warehouses and accounting rooms.
