"Miss, the water temperature is just right, you can drink it." Calculating the time was almost up, Hongshao held the cup in both hands and handed it to the lady.
Wen Ai took it and sipped it. After drinking a glass of water, her throat finally felt completely comfortable. It feels so good to be able to breathe and be alive.
Gulan was carrying the food box in one hand and controlling the horse with the other. It took her twice as long to get back as it did to go there. When she arrived, it was already dark. She was lucky. After she returned to the slope where they were resting and settled the horse and entered the tent, it was only a few breaths before the drizzle suddenly became heavier.
"Dad," AnAn hugged his mother as soon as he saw her and looked at Gulan with accusing eyes.
"Your eyes are red, the little man is crying." Gulan tapped AnAn's high nose bridge and said with a smile.
"No, AnAn is a man, he won't cry, I was... because..." AnAn's black eyes rolled around, and when he saw the fire in the tent, his eyes lit up and pointed at the fire, "I was smoked because I was sitting next to the fire."
"So that's how it is. I was wondering why my little man would cry just because his dad went out. It was dad who misunderstood AnAn. To apologize, dad will get you something to eat. AnAn, what do you think?" Gulan pointed to the food box beside her, looking like someone who had admitted her mistake.
AnAn also noticed the wooden box next to his mother. He didn't know what was in it, but when he heard his mother say there was something delicious, the little guy nodded immediately.
When Gulan came in, Xiang Yunjin noticed the food box in his hand. It was made of exquisite materials and engraved with elegant orchids. However, thinking of the guard with a sword, Xiang Yunjin did not find it too strange. The official boots on his feet already revealed his identity. It was obvious that the rescue was successful and the thank-you gift was returned, but Xiang Yunjin was not surprised at all.
"Dad, what is this?" AnAn was very curious about the food box. Daya and Erya had never seen such a beautiful box before, and they looked at it with the same curiosity.
"Want to know?"
AnAn nodded.
"Then you'll know if you open it. Why let mother...your father do it!" He said it so smoothly that she almost let it slip. Gulan secretly glanced at Xiang Yunjin, and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that he looked normal. He probably didn't notice.
Did you really not notice it? Xiang Yunjin's hearing was always amazing, how could he not hear the sudden detour? But he didn't understand, so he simply pretended not to hear it. Gulan looked at his expression quietly. With his keen observation, he noticed it immediately and felt that his savior seemed to have many secrets. But if he doesn't say it, then I won't know.
After hearing what her mother said, AnAn couldn't help herself and opened the lid of the food box. Then he opened his eyes wide and let out a surprised "Wow".
There are all kinds of colorful pastries, and the most important thing is that each pastry has a different shape, such as flowers, butterflies, etc. They are so beautiful that AnAn can't bear to eat them.
Daya and Erya were also stunned. They had never seen such delicious pastries before. It was only after following their master that they realized how delicious pastries could taste. In Yishan Town, they ate a lot of delicious food, candied haws, sour jujube cakes, and donkey rolls, which were things they had never dared to think about before. Now seeing such delicious pastries, the little girl's admiration for her master is beyond words. Only Xiang Yunjin was relatively calm; these things were very common to him.
"Dad, they are so beautiful." AnAn looked at this and that, and was reluctant to touch any of them.
"No matter how beautiful it is, it is still edible." Gulan smiled, then selected a flower-shaped pastry with a little pink color. When she was about to hand it to her son, her hand suddenly retracted. Think about throwing the pastries to Dahei, who was looking at them with his head raised and was already very greedy.
'I'm sorry, Dahei.'
Although Gulan didn't think there was anything wrong with the pastry, she still had to be careful. After all, it belonged to a stranger, not a food vendor.
Such caution made Xiang Yunjin raise his eyebrows slightly.
AnAn was heartbroken by her mother's behavior. She looked at the pastries thrown to Dahei and called out "Dad" in disapproval. Although he was not reluctant, he hadn't eaten yet. Why did his dad feed Dahei first? The little guy was a little unhappy.
"Be good, give it to Dahei first. Look, he's drooling over it," Gulan comforted her son.
Well, Dahei was really greedy, his saliva was dripping onto the ground, and AnAn decided not to bother with him.
Seeing the delicious food, Dahei swallowed it in one gulp. After eating, he was still not satisfied and wagged his tail at Gulan, as if he wanted another one. After a while, Dahei was still very energetic and seemed even more greedy. After all, she used the other person for the experiment, so Gulan threw another one to Dahei as compensation. Then she took out a similar flower-shaped crystal pastry and handed it to her son, and also to Daya and Erya.
The two girls held it carefully. It was so beautiful. Just by smelling it you could tell it was very sweet. They were reluctant to eat it for a moment.
Gulan ignored them and took out two more from the food box and handed one to Xiang Yunjin. She just don't know if it tastes as good as its shape. After running all the way, Gulan was already hungry and started eating.
Well, I opened my eyes wide and raised my brows. It tastes really good. It is sweet but not greasy, soft and delicious. Rich people really enjoy it and can make a lot of flowers out of the pastries alone.
"Dad, it's delicious." AnAn's eyes lit up after taking a bite. She felt that it was much more delicious than the pastries her mother had bought in Yishan Town before.
"Even if it tastes good, you can't eat too much. You still need to eat later, understand?"
Gulan stuffed the small pastry into her mouth and swallowed it, then said to his son.
"Yeah, I know." AnAn nodded, "Dad, can I get one for Goudan?"
To his buddy, good friend, Gulan certainly agreed.
She immediately found a piece of oil paper from the bamboo basket and wrapped four cakes, so that there were only six cakes left in the first layer.
"Don't forget to give some to Grandpa Li and Grandma Li as well." She handed the wrapped pastries to her son.
These cakes were rare items, and one was a gift, so Gulan simply took a few more to satisfy Uncle Li and Aunt Li.
"Okey, AnAn knows."
"Go ahead," Gulan smiled, patting her son's little butt.
"Little Master AnAn, Daya will go with you." Daya quickly put the bite-sized cake into her sleeve pocket, took her hat and hurriedly followed. Erya was younger and didn't think as much as her sister. She sat on a rock, eating the pastry in her hand in small bites, while Dahei looked at her greedily.
Xiang Yunjin took a few bites of the pastry that Gulan handed to him. To be honest, maybe because he had eaten too much of it since he was a child, he didn't really like pastries and desserts. After eating one, he refused when Gulan offered him another.
Seeing that he really didn't want to eat, Gulan didn't bother to be polite with him and took out the remaining few on the first layer, preparing to put them in her son's small bag when he came back.
When she opened the second layer and saw the extra things on the pastry, Gulan was stunned for a moment, then smiled.
Forget it, she has already got it back, there is no need for her to be pretentious. After all, the young lady is not short of this little money, and if the medicine is developed, it will indeed be worth this money. The medicines she gave out were all special medicines, which were very valuable in her time and could not be bought with money. However, the young lady was not one who liked to owe anyone anything, so she actually put the money in the food box and asked her to accept it. So Gulan stopped worrying and picked up the silver bills spread on the cloth. Another five hundred taels. This trip was really not in vain. It was a surprise.