Sick Man Turns Out to be a General

2Nanny Zhao had already placed the cheese on the table and even poured him a bowl of boiled red dates and Chinese wolfberry tea. She stood by the side respectfully without uttering a word, and ever since the last time Shen Jingli had taught her a lesson, although she still couldn't control herself from speaking to Shen Jingli, but she had mostly done nothing to provoke Shen Jingli, and had truly sold everything. Her family members were all in the capital, so if she were to be sold in Jinling City, wouldn't she have no chance of reuniting with him for the rest of her life?     2

    

Shen Jingli walked in and glanced at the sweet cheese and red dates Chinese wolfberry tea on the table. With raised eyebrows, he sat down and picked up the red dates tea and took a sniff. Seeing this, Nanny Zhao heaved a sigh of relief, but heard him say: "Let Jin Yu and Nian Hua handle this kind of thing in the future." If it wasn't his own people, he wouldn't be at ease.    

    

Nanny Zhao was out of breath and stopped midway due to these words, as if someone had grabbed her by the neck and she couldn't take a breath no matter what. Her eyes revealed a hurt look, she looked at Shen Jingli, and then knelt down, "Madam, did I do something wrong? Madam, you don't treat me as a servant? "    

    

After leaving the palace, she first stayed at the Grand Princess's Mansion for a few years, and then she stayed at the Rong Country's Mansion for a few years. The wives of these two manors also regarded her very highly, and if it weren't for the Crown Princess's appearance, she might not have been willing to come to this small mountain village.    

    

Shen Jingli put down the teacup and glanced at Nanny Zhao. She knelt on the ground with both hands clenched into fists and hung at her sides, her face was filled with uncontrollable anger and unwillingness to accept it. He calmed his gaze, probably because he was too suspicious.    

    

He did not forget about Mu Chen's investigation this time. It was not only to investigate the case of the pirates robbing of the salt farm, but also to investigate the matters of the southern military camp secretly, to find out whether the General Zheng was secretly in contact with the Third Prince. Furthermore, Mu Chen had sent a letter a while ago, mentioning that their whereabouts might be known by the people in the imperial court.    

    

I don't need to worry too much, I was sent by the old lady to take care of me, I naturally trust the old lady's judgement, but, such a heavy task as serving tea and water, there is really no need to trouble the old lady. He was saving each other the trouble.    

    

These words made the Nanny Zhao enjoy it, she raised her head and saw that Shen Jingli had drunk the Red Jujube tea from her, causing her expression to improve, and immediately kowtowed to express her gratitude.    

    

"Alright, you can go down first, I have something to talk to Qing Sheng about." Shen Jingli waved his hands and sent her away.    

    

Qing Sheng brushed past the Nanny Zhao and could not help but turn to look at her. He said to Shen Jingli: "Sister-in-law, you don't seem to like the servants that Miss Yang and the others brought from the capital?"    

    

Was it his imagination? Qing Sheng looked at Shen Jingli's face that had a light smile on it as usual. How could a gentle person like his reject others? He frowned, somewhat puzzled, but he could indeed feel the vigilance and wariness on Shen Jingli's body.    

    

"Yeah." Shen Jingli laughed lightly, "Maybe because I'm not familiar with him, I'm not used to it."    

    

Seemingly everything made sense, Qing Sheng accepted the explanation and sat down happily to discuss the Dragon Boat Festival with Shen Jingli.    

    

"Sister-in-law, how many dumplings are we going to make tomorrow?" Qing Sheng took out a bag of sour plums from his bosom and placed one into his mouth. He had been extremely happy recently, so he almost threw up everything he ate.    

    

"Is there anything special about it?" Shen Jingli had never played with matters of the Dragon Boat Festival before, so he had no idea what he should do or pay attention to during the Dragon Boat Festival.    

    

"After the dumplings are done, send a string to every family. There are still some leftovers for the Dragon God." Qing Sheng said, "If you send them to other people's houses, you will receive a gift back, so, you cannot do too much, or else you won't be able to finish them all at home."    

    

Shen Jingli nodded in understanding and replied, "You are more clear about this matter, so I leave it to you to take responsibility."    

    

After speaking, he remembered the condition of Qing Sheng's body, and looked up at him. Seeing that his face was still pale, he couldn't help but worry a little, "Can your body still take it? If it's not possible, I will ask Jin Yu to ask Aunt Qing about some rules. "    

    

"It's fine." Qing Sheng shook his head, "I do not need to help out with the house, and here, I will only move my mouth, it is not troublesome."    

    

Shen Jingli thought that it was true and when he saw Qing Sheng's excited look, he laughed too. He then started to discuss what taste the dumpling should have with him.    

    

"..."    

    

On the fourth day of May, at noon, after everyone had their lunch, they started preparing the dumplings.    

    

On the morning of the afternoon of the Dragon Boat Festival, every household would bring a set of Hundred Family Dumplings and pay their respects to the Dragon God Temple. After that, they would touch the Dragon Boat that was resting in the lake in front of the Dragon God Temple, and then head to the river outside the city to offer sacrifices to the two of them. Once the sacrifices were done, they would prepare for the Dragon Boat Competition and other performances.    

    

Shen Jingli did not know how to wrap the rice dumplings, and did not want to make a move, so he let Da Ji Da Lee carry a rocking chair and put it on the courtyard, watching them busy themselves.    

    

Shen Yue'er and Qing Sheng had already wrapped them before, so they didn't need anyone to teach them, so they just did it in an extremely smooth manner. As for Yang Ningxin, Mu Xi, Jin Yu, Jin Yu and Nian Hua, the four of them didn't, they could only surround the three cooks and let the cooks teach them everything they knew.    

    

"Yes, Brother Xi's bag is very firm. It won't soften easily, but it's a little small. Fifth Miss's bag is too loose, and it will fall apart easily. We need to repackage it." The kitchen servant said as she picked up the dumplings wrapped by Mu Xi and Yang Ningxin.    

    

Hearing that, Yang Ningxin's round face immediately flushed red, she unhappily puffed her cheeks, and the rest of the people started laughing with their heads down.    

    

Yang Ningtian lazily carried a rocking chair and sat beside Shen Jingli. When he saw the dumplings that Yang Ningxin had wrapped up, he could not help but laugh, "I say, little sister, you do not have the ability, so stop blindly studying. Our family has so many kitchen chefs, so we do not need you to personally wrap the dumplings for festivals?"    

    

Yang Ningxin was still unhappy, but when she heard his words, she turned around and said to him, "You don't want me to marry into a poor family in the future?"    

    

She was simply speaking out of anger, and when she heard the words that were stirring the dumpling stuffing, her cheeks immediately started to burn. She felt that the sun was really shining today …    

    

"Puchi …" Yang Ningtian spat out the tea and suddenly hugged his stomach as he laughed, "Little sister, are you kidding me? You want to marry into a poor family? Where are you going to get to know a poor family?    

    

Clang! Clang...    

    

The wooden spoon hit the edge of the basin with a loud thud, and everyone turned to look at him.    

    

"Chang Zai, what's wrong with you? Could it be that the weather was too hot and the sun caused you to faint? " Big Ji teased on the side.    

    

Since they had more people than the kitchen could squeeze in, they set up a shed in front of the kitchen and brought a few tables over to wrap the dumplings under the shed. The shed was empty on all sides and the sun would occasionally shine in.    

    

He did not know how to reply as he quietly glanced at Yang Ningxin. Seeing that she was still as angry as before, he lowered his head and continued to stir the filling in the bowl.    

    

When the crowd saw him like this, they laughed for a while.    

    

"Alright, alright, hurry up and wrap up the dumplings. Otherwise, we won't be able to finish wrapping them even when it gets dark." Jin Yu laughed.    

    

"Humph!" Yang Ningxin snorted, but she was still unhappy. She pouted and said: "I think I'm pretty good at wrapping things up, being in the same shape as you guys, what's wrong with that?"    

    

"It's quite the shape, but yours looks like an untied bundle." Yang Ningtian was purposely going against her, "Cook, take her rice dumpling and let her see the consequences of not wrapping it up properly."    

    

Just as the kitchen servant picked up Yang Ningxin's dumpling, the rice grains began to fall …    

    

Yang Ningtian purposely exclaimed, "Aiya, it's snowing."    

    

Hearing that, everyone burst into laughter, while Yang Ningxin's face turned red, she directly jumped onto Yang Ningtian and started fighting with him, "Brat smelly fifth brother, you only know how to bully me, when we return home, I will tell Second Aunt, marry you to Jiangnan, and see if you are still proud of it." She was a vengeful person.    

    

"Aiya, our little wild cat is going crazy." Yang Ningtian didn't mind and continued to mock her.    

    

As the crowd watched the two brothers and sister bickering, they all laughed heartily.    

    

Mu Jin brought Xun Er and the others to play outside, and upon returning, they heard the sounds of laughter coming from the kitchen, and quickly rushed over.    

    

"What are you doing? "It's that lively?"    

    

Yang Ningxin was currently stuffing a piece of zongzi leaf into Yang Ningtian's mouth, and upon hearing Mu Jin's voice, she hurriedly came over to help, "Cousin Jin, hurry up and help. Sixth Brother is bullying me."    

    

Bullying you? Mu Jin raised his eyebrows. Seeing Yang Ningxin baring her fangs and brandishing her claws, there shouldn't be any problems with her eyes right? His cousin was trying to push him away, but he was still yelling that she was being bullied?    

    

He wanted to laugh, but he was worried that his laughter would be affected by his cousin's anger, so he held it in.    

    

"Brother Xi, what are all of you doing?" Xun Er loved to play. Seeing Mu Xi wrapping the dumplings, he felt that it was very interesting, so he squeezed over. His eyes sparkled as he looked at the dumplings, leaves and stuffing.    

    

"Wu Zongzi, wait till tonight. Xun Er will have Wu Zongzi to eat." Mu Xi explained.    

    

"I want to play too." Xun Er immediately reached out his hand and imitated Mu Xi's movements as he placed the stuffing on the leaves and then wrapped it up.    

    

"Hahaha …" When Yang Ningxin saw Xun Er's bag of dumplings, she laughed out loud. "Look, Xun Er's bag is even worse than mine."    

    

"Xun Er is only three years old, do you have the cheek to compare yourself with a three year old child?" Yang Ningtian said bashfully and continued to fight with Yang Ningxin.    

    

Yang Ningxin glared at him, gritted her teeth and punched him in the stomach, seeing that he was in so much pain that his eyes almost popped out, he stretched his body comfortably, what logic does he have?    

    

Yang Ningtian hugged his stomach, and glared at Yang Ningxin. This damned girl, she actually went on a violent path.    

    

"Come, come, Xun Er, my cousin will teach you how to wrap the dumplings." After feeling happy for a while, Yang Ningxin joined the rice dumpling army.    

    

The joyous afternoon soon passed, and about four to five o'clock, they wrapped up a few big basins of rice dumplings. The three cooks and a chef steamed these basins of rice dumplings on the steamer and cooked them for dinner.    

    

After dinner, Shen Jingli and Qing Sheng brought a few children, and sent dumplings to everyone in the house, receiving their blessings.