"In the future, if Brother Qian wants to eat, come to my house and eat as much as you want." Xu Wenwu said.
Along the way, the Xu brothers and Qian Xuedong talked about some things in the village, and Qian Xuedong listened attentively to what the brothers spoke.
"Your family is really righteous, not only giving the villagers a share of the business, but also contributing money to build an academy for the village children to study, there aren't many like your family." Qian Xuedong said.
Xu Wenwu modestly said a few words, and then Xu Dabo found his ways to them and said: "Wenwu, your grandma has already had the meals prepared. It's time to take Mr. Qian back to eat."
So they went back to the Xu family, the servants had already brought the meal to the table, and the Xu family was waiting for them to come back.
"Grandpa Xu and Grandma Xu, it's really troublesome of you to cook so many dishes to entertain Xuedong."
The old man said with a smile: "I'll just call you Xuedong, you're on good terms with Wenwu and the others, and I've also heard from Xiaowu that you often help their brothers in the academy as well, as well as the fact that I'm acquainted with your father and teacher, so you don't have to be polite, and you should come often in the future."
Qian Xuedong said: "Okay, thank you, Grandpa Xu. I will come often in the future."
After everyone sat down, the old man brought out some blueberry wine, which was just suitable for the children to drink, but not too much.
"Xuedong, come and try my blueberry wine. It tastes sweet and not spicy at all." The old man said.
"Okay, I just saw your winery in the village. Brother Wenwu also said that the brewed Liu is very delicious. I didn't expect that I would be lucky enough to try it now." So Qian Xuedong was not polite and poured himself a glass.
"Grandpa Xu, Grandma Xu, and uncles and aunts, I would like to propose a toast to you first. Thank you for your hospitality." After saying that, he raised his head and drank the wine in the cup.
After finishing the drink, Qian Xuedong said: "It is indeed a good wine. I have never seen such a delicious wine with this color. The taste is very mild."
"If Mr. Qian likes it, bring back a jar of each later, just in time to give Master Qian a taste as well." The old man said.
"Thanks Grandpa Xu, but I can't take this wine for nothing, I heard Wenwu say that this wine has always been sold in the capital, so I'm sure it's expensive, so I'll offer silver to buy two jars back."
"Xuedong you're out of line to say that, it's only two jars of wine, how can I accept your silver, you're on good terms with Wenwu and the others, and you call me Grandpa Xu, consider it as a gift from me as a grandpa to you, accept it!" The old man said.
"Brother Xuedong, since grandpa gave it to you, just accept it." Xu Wenwu also advised from the side.
"This...well, thank you very much, Grandpa Xu."
"You child is just polite, come, eat the food first." The old man said smilingly.
Xiaowu was also introducing the dishes on the table for Qian Xuedong, some of them were researched by Qibao and tasted good, so they were often seen on the table at home, but it was the first time for Qian Xuedong to eat such dishes, and he liked every single one of them.
Not long after the meal, Qian Xuedong excused himself and left, and the old man also filled a jar of each type of wine for him to take back.
After sending off Qian Xuedong, the old man went back to the place where the academy was being built, and her several older brothers also went to the mountain with the intention of training, but Qibao didn't go, she was very relieved that her brothers would be able to retreat in one piece even if they encountered something unsolvable.
Qibao felt that it had been a long time since she had gone to see the twelve guards, so she went into the space on the mountain peak where they were training, and stood at the top of the mountain to look at the twelve people halfway up the mountain, and saw that they were struggling to make their way towards the top of the mountain at the moment, with a look of perseverance on their faces, and even Manman deserved to have the same temperament that had caused her to cry at every single movement before, and worked hard to climb up the mountain.
Qibao nodded with satisfaction and stood there without moving, waiting for the twelve people.
The first one to climb up is still Yue Yang, he is taking advantage of the height, and the last one is naturally Maman. However, their legs are short, so they can't do anything about it, but it is still considered to be very impressive.
When the twelve people saw Qibao, their faces showed surprise. Qibao smiled and said: "I see that you are much stronger physically than you were, and you seem to be a bit taller."
"Yes, Miss, I feel less tired now when I climb up from the bottom of the mountain, and the time goes much faster. Master Xiaoling said that we are not literate yet, and the exercises can only be passed down orally. Miss, when can we learn how to read words?" Yue Xiao asked expectantly.
Qibao replied: "When the academy is built, you will go to the academy to learn to read, and at night you will come here to practice your martial arts, and sleep here, so that your time will be well spent."
The twelve people also know that the place where they are now staying makes a difference, they have never seen darkness, and there are no other creatures in the whole mountain, not even a single bug, except that the young miss didn't explain that it must be and secret, they just train, and they will never ask any questions.
"Okay, we'll listen to the young miss."
After accompanying them to talk for a while, Qibao left, but didn't go out of the space, she planned to make more pills to keep on hand, and then two jars of loquat paste, she thought that the ones from He Jie's place were almost finished.
In the evening when her brothers returned, they carried a couple of hunts in their hands, as well as a sika deer.
Xiaowu said: "Sister, we met white wolves when we went up the mountain, and we even hunted with the wolves!"
Qibao said: "Then you guys are awesome."
Mrs. Wang took the prey from her grandson and planned to make a spicy rabbit in the evening.
Qibao went to the small pond in the courtyard, picked a few lotus flowers, peeled off the lotus seeds and then picked the lotus flowers piece by piece, intending to make a fried Chinese lotus dish.
Qibao thought that the lotus root would be ready to eat in a while, and her favorite food was sliced lotus root in vinegar and lotus root folder.
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Early the next morning, Qibao also followed the carriage to the town, she hadn't seen He Jie's mother and son since the last time they settled down, and she didn't know how He Jie's situation was now.
When Qibao brought Kui Wu to the Leshan Pharmacy, Shopkeeper Hong was at the counter helping people grab medicine!
Mother He, who was still cleaning, saw Qibao, stepped forward quickly, and said: "Miss Benefactor is here! I'm going to get you some water."
Qibao quickly said: "Auntie, please stop being busy. I'm not thirsty. I came here today to see if Mr. He is feeling better."
"Jie'er is doing well, and now he is coughing a lot less than before, thanks to the medicine sent over by Miss's family, you are the great benefactors of our mother and son!" Mother He said excitedly.
At this time, shopkeeper Hong also took care of the matters at hand, came over and said: "Girl, you're here, let's go to the backyard and talk."
So the four of them went to the backyard, where He Jie was holding a book and looking at it carefully.
It wasn't until He's mother called him that he raised his head. After seeing Qibao, he quickly stood up and saluted: "It turns out that Miss Xu is here!"
Qibao exclaimed: "How is Mr. He today?"
He Jie smiled and replied: "Speaking of which, I would like to thank the Xu family. If it hadn't been for the medicine sent by the Xu family, my cough would not have gotten better. My throat feels much better now, and I cough much less often than before."
Qibao told him that his complexion was indeed much better than before, and he was particularly energetic. He was much better than the sickly appearance before.
Qibao said: "I brought two more jars over today, so you'll be pretty much cured after drinking them."
Kui Wu behind her quickly took out the loquat paste in his hand, and He's mother quickly took it.
"Thank you, miss. We, mother and son, don't know how to thank you." After saying that, Mother He wiped away tears, feeling extremely grateful to the Xu family.