Song Wangyue went to the back with two pieces of peas and yellow beans.
Xiao Yao picked up a piece and took a bite. She simply didn’t know how to praise her, as peas were an ordinary thing, but in her hands they were so delicious.
“How is it?”
Song Wan Yue proudly boasted to herself, “It’s good to have a little aunt like me, isn’t it?
Looking at her smug little appearance, Xiao Yao was amused and swallowed the pastry in her mouth, “It’s not just good, it’s hard to find in heaven and hard to find on earth.”
Song Wan Yue’s eyes narrowed with laughter as she placed both hands on the table and rested her cheeks, chatting idly, “Was Sister Yao’s brother sent to Qianshan Temple at a very young age?”
Xiao Yao did not doubt it and nodded, “Well, it was about two weeks old, when the great aunt had just ……”
Speaking of this, she remembered something and looked at Song Wan Yue.
Song Wangyue had a curious stance, as if she didn’t see her pause.
Xiao Yao was a little unsure whether she knew her cousin’s identity or not, but no matter if she knew, her cousin had ……
Xiao Yao used the action of stroking her hair at her temples to calm her emotions, and her voice was unconsciously lowered, “At that time, not long after the change in the family of my elder aunt, my younger brother suddenly fell ill somehow, and all the doctors in the capital were invited but did not see any improvement. They had no choice but to take my little brother to the Thousand Hills Temple to pray for blessings, but to their surprise, he was fine when they arrived there. Since then, I have been living there, and only come home for a few days during the New Year.”
Song Wan Yue nodded, “It looks like there is no hard feelings between him and you guys.”
“The family goes to see him twice a month, and I used to spend time with him over there when I was younger, it’s just that it’s not convenient when you get older.”
“No wonder you siblings have such a good relationship.”
Song Wangyue also pinched a piece of pea yellow and put it in her mouth, eating it cheerfully as she naturally asked, “Does he know martial arts?”
“Of course not.”
Song Wan Yue raised her eyebrows, “Uncle Xiao didn’t teach him anything, practising martial arts can strengthen your body.”
“Father naturally wanted to teach him, but when little brother was young, he was sick for most of the year, so how could he learn martial arts? Later, when he grew up, he was able to learn, but father said it was too old to practice martial arts, so he didn’t teach him.”
Song Wangyue nodded and stopped asking questions, turning to other matters.
……
For five days in a row, the pastry shop produced a new pastry every day, and a long queue formed in front of the shop again, with Mr. and Mrs. Huang Gao and the shop staff all smiling happily and busy on their feet.
A round-faced woman wiped her hands on her apron and hurried towards the back of the hut, her eyes peeking over as she walked past the other cases.
Although Song Wangyue had taught them separately, the ingredients used for each type of pastry were laid out on the case boards and could be seen clearly at a glance.
“What’s wrong with Cui Qiao today, she’s gone to the outhouse several times.”
Huangcao’s daughter-in-law said offhandedly.
The girl who made pastries with Cui Qiao said, “She was very thirsty last night and got up to drink a bowl of cold water, today her stomach is a bit upset.”
Having lived with these people in the shop for months, Mr. and Mrs. Huangcao treated them all as family and said, “You just don’t know how to take care of yourselves, how many times have I said, it’s cold, don’t drink cold water, it’s not good for your health.”
The girls laughed in response.
Huangcao’s daughter-in-law shook her head helplessly.
But Huangcao heard a movement in her heart and slowed down the movements in her hands, waiting for Cuiqiao to return, keeping an eye on her movements, and seeing her walking quickly to her own tablet without looking away, the doubts that had just risen in her heart receded.
……
Inside Song Si’s mansion, Uncle Xu smilingly turned around front and back, returned to Song Wan Yue and asked, “Miss Sun, should we tidy up completely, or a little?”
“There are still twenty days left, is it too late to tidy up a little completely?”
“In time, completely in time.”
Uncle Xu stroked his beard and smiled back, the house had not had any major events for years, he was so idle that his bones were getting mouldy, now he finally had something to do.
Song Wangyue didn’t ask him how he was going to clean up, and said trustingly, “That’s fine, I’ll trouble Uncle Xu.”
Uncle Xu smiled and the wrinkles on his face stretched out, “Don’t worry, Miss Sun, I will definitely make this mansion look different when Mr. Song Si gets married.”
Song Wan Yue got up, “I’ll go to the pastry shop, I’ll come back when big brother returns.”
Uncle Xu smilingly saw her out, and when she was far away, he turned around and ordered his subordinates to get busy.
……
“It hurts.”
Cui Qiao covered her stomach, her features crinkled together in pain, and the woman next to her hurriedly held her up.
Seeing that she was in great distress, she hurriedly called out to Huang Gao, “Boss, Cui Qiao is in great pain.”
Huang Gao came over and saw that Cui Qiao’s face was white, and hurriedly ordered one of the fellows to go and get a doctor, but Cui Qiao interrupted, “I, I’ll go myself.”
It would cost the doctor a small amount of money to bring him over.
Huang Gao knew about Cui Qiao’s family’s situation, her parents were not in good health and her elder brother was an indisputable one, so she had sold herself to the State Gongfu.
“You go with her.”
Huang Gao instructed.
The woman holding Cui Qiao nodded and helped her out, slowly walking across a street, Cui Qiao sat on a stone pier at the corner to rest for a while and said to the woman, “I’m much better, I can get across by myself, you go back first, we can’t leave our casework unattended.”
Seeing that she was indeed better and not so pale, the woman didn’t think much of it and turned to go back.
Cui Qiao sat where she was, watching the woman walk a long way out, and was just about to get up when she was grabbed by the arm and dragged to a hidden place, “Have you got the recipe yet?”
Cui Qiao pulled back the arm that was being yanked painfully and looked at the man, “I only know the cinnamon cake ones.”
“What?”
The man glared up with triangular eyes, “Why are you so stupid?”
Cui Qiao could not wait to lift a stone pier off to the side and smash the man to death, this was her own brother and yet he kept pushing her to her death.
“Miss Song is already suspicious, so I can’t do it.”
“I don’t care, you have to get me the formula no matter what, or I’ll throw my parents out into the street.”
Cui Qiao was so annoyed that she was about to explode, but there was nothing she could do.
Father and mother were already old, and if they were really thrown into the street, they would definitely not survive.
“You allow me a few more days.”
The man held out a finger, “One day! I must see the Fonzie by this time tomorrow, or you’ll be waiting for your parents to die on the street.”
With that, the man flung his sleeves and walked away.
Cui Qiao was so angry that her body trembled, and she stood holding the wall for a while before turning around and going back to the pastry shop. As soon as she entered, she saw Song Wan Yue standing in front of her case looking at her, and her heart thumped.
“What did the doctor say?”
Song Wangyue asked.
Cui Qiao’s eyes dodged, “He said, “It’s nothing serious, just drink more hot water.”