Chapter 108: Under the Stove
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Only then did Gu Yundong notice that there was something beside his feet. “What is this?”
“White flour,” Shao Qingyuan said. “I’m going to bring that Young Master Liu into the mountains tomorrow morning. I promised him that 1 would go deep into the mountains to kill the tigers. I might only be back in two or three days, so 1 have to bring some dry food. The steamed buns and pancakes in town are too disgusting. I want you to help make some.”
Gu Yundong’s eyes widened. Tigers?
“You’re going to fight the tigers? Have you fought them before?”
“I did.” Once, when he went deep into the mountains, he encountered an old hunter who was bitten by a tiger and was almost forced into a corner. He was the one who knocked the tiger down.
Later on, the old hunter dealt with the tiger and gave him the bulk of the money.
“But you even brought that useless Young Master Liu along this time. Won’t he be dragging you down?” Gu Yundong frowned. He felt that his decision was very unwise.
If he wanted to fight the tiger, it would be easier for him to escape if he encountered danger in the mountains alone. But with such a rich young master, Gu Yundong had a feeling that they were courting death.
Shao Qingyuan said, “He insisted on following.”
“What a prodigal son who wants to drag others down with him.” Gu Yundong regretted that she had only received 50 taels of silver in the day. “1 think it’s better for you to knock him out and throw him into a tree.”
“That’s what 1 plan to do.”
Gu Yundong was speechless. She could not help but laugh.
Seeing that he had already made up his mind, Gu Yundong could not say anything. She took the white flour bag. “Wait a moment. 1’11 make pancakes for you now. In this weather, it won’t be a problem to keep them for two or three days. Later, you can make them hot and eat them. By the way, can you eat spicy food? I’ll make you some hot sauce. It’ll warm you up.”
Shao Qingyuan couldn’t help but smile when he saw her turn around and return to the kitchen. “…Okay.”
Gu Yundong’s movements were very light. Madam Dong and the rest were sound asleep and were a distance away from the kitchen. Once the door was closed, most of the sound was cut off.
Although Shao Qingyuan’s culinary skills were not good, he could still start a fire.
One of them stood in front of the stove while the other was sitting, the scene was indescribably harmonious.
Gu Yundong kneaded the flour and asked about what happened during the day. “You were the one who caused Aunt Cui to fall into the water and the dogs to foam at the mouth?”
Back then, she had asked him to create two chaos in the residence in half an hour. It would be best if it was closely related to Peng Zhongfei. Moreover, it was the kind of unlucky thing that made people think that he had done too many bad things and received retribution.
As expected, the two consecutive incidents made Peng Zhongfei believe her words without a doubt.
“Aunt Cui’s matter had nothing to do with me. The dog was my doing.” Shao Qingyuan originally wanted to light a fire in Peng Zhongfei’s study, but before he could do so, he realized that Peng Zhongfei’s first wife wanted to deal with his beloved concubine, Madam Cui.
Shao Qingyuan watched coldly as his wife and concubines fought. When the servants went to Jinglan Manor to report to Peng Zhongfei, he went to find the ferocious dog. When it saw Shao Qingyuan, the dog bared its fangs at him and wanted to bite him, but he kicked it away. Then, this dog… foamed at the mouth.
Gu Yundong could not help but laugh when she heard that.
She was very agile. When Shao Qingyuan asked her how to get the blueprint back, she said what she needed to say. There was nothing to hide from the two of them.
When all the pancakes were done, Gu Yundong gathered them all and handed them to Shao Qingyuan.
Time was limited, so she could only make do with this.
Shao Qingyuan was about to leave with the cloth bag containing the hot pancakes and sauce when Gu Yundong suddenly thought of something and hurriedly stopped him. “Wait a moment..”
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