If she had known earlier, she would have found Miss Zhao earlier. Perhaps she would have become a concubine by now, and would not have suffered such a disaster…

A line of tears slid down from the corners of Hua Zhi’s eyes, soaking the clothes on her chest.

Su Yujin and Ai Cao returned all the way to the backyard of the government office and her own room.

After working for most of the day, Su Yujin was exhausted, and her face was now full of fatigue.

Ai Cao ordered the small kitchen to prepare dinner for the evening and asked Qingkui to prepare some snacks for her. She first made a bowl of red dates and ginger tea for Su Yujin.

Su Yujin was so nervous while busy that she sweated layer after layer, and even her inner clothes were mostly wet. It was the chilly springtime, and it was easy to catch a cold with sweat.

Drinking some ginger tea could help get rid of the chill caused by sweating.

After Su Yujin took the teacup, Ai Cao knelt on the ground with a plop. “Today, it was because of my negligence that the young lady suffered such a great injustice.”

Although Ai Cao went to Penglai Inn after getting the medicine from the herbal medicine shop, she saw Su Yujin busy helping Wang Shi to induce labor, but she still learned from the servants around Wang Shi that Su Yujin was suspected of making things difficult when she first arrived at the inn.

And her young lady suffered such injustice because she slipped and caused trouble.

If she had been more careful at the time, it would not have happened…

Ai Cao was extremely regretful at this time.

Su Yujin was extremely surprised at first because Ai Cao knelt down. After hearing these words, she reached out and helped her up, “You didn’t mean it, so don’t worry about it.”

“If the maid had been more careful…”

It wouldn’t have happened.

“Everything depends on God’s will.”

Su Yujin smiled and said, “There is God’s will in everything. Today, perhaps God wants to keep Madam Qin and her son safe, so he let you get into trouble and let me go to treat her.”

Although she was busy and tired and even suffered some grievances, the reward was very generous.

One hundred taels of silver, and a box of round and excellent pearls, this was much more than what she earned from a busy day in her own business.

Super satisfied!

“I’m really hungry. I want to eat re gan mian now. You roll the best and chewiest noodles. Let’s make some tonight.”

Seeing that Su Yujin wanted to eat re gan mian, Ai Cao immediately became energetic, “I’ll go right away.”

After taking a couple of steps, she turned back and asked, “Miss, would you like some kǒudài mó? I just went to the small kitchen and saw them making fāmiàn. I also got some kelp—they said it tastes great in bàn liángcài. It can be mixed with shredded carrots and potatoes.”

“Okay, you do it.” Su Yujin agreed with a smile.

Ai Cao went to work, and Su Yujin took this opportunity to lean on the soft couch to rest for a while.

Originally, she planned to close her eyes and rest, but because of fatigue and the soft and comfortable couch, Su Yujin fell asleep unconsciously.

When she woke up, it was more than half an hour later, and candles were already lit in the room.

Su Yujin rubbed his eyes and stretched, “Ai Cao, bring me a bowl of tea.”

After sleeping for a while, she was very thirsty.

But after waiting for a while, no one came.

“Ai Cao?” Su Yujin yawned and put on her coat.

“Ai Cao went to the small kitchen to cook noodles. What kind of tea do you want, hot or warm?”

The voice was low and magnetic, it was He Yanxiu’s voice.

Su Yujin shuddered, and all the sleepiness in her body disappeared. She quickly tied her belt and put on her shoes, walked out of the inner room, and saw He Yanxiu sitting at the table in the outer room.

“The Second Master is back.”

“Yeah.” He Yanxiu looked tired and his voice was a little hoarse, “The affairs in the mountains have been sorted out a lot, and I can relax for a few days.”

No need to wait for him every day.

“Second Master, you haven’t had dinner yet, right? What do you want to eat tonight? I’ll make it for you.”

Cooking was like giving money to the Second Master, so be proactive!

“The re gan mian that Ai Cao and the others made just now looked good to me, so I ate a bowl first. They’re cooking now, and I guess they’ll be back in a while.” He Yanxiu said, “I will just eat this.”

“What did you do today? You look so tired.”

Even though Su Yujin had slept for a while, her eyes seemed to be full of sleepiness, as if she couldn’t get them out of her mind.

“I went to see a patient…” Su Yujin didn’t hide it from He Yanxiu, and only told him the truth about meeting Hua Jiang today and inducing labor for Wang Shi.

She didn’t even hide the fact that she got 100 taels of medical fees and a box of pearls.

“It happened suddenly, so I didn’t think too much about other things…”

“Curing illnesses and saving lives is a good deed, and it’s a good thing.” He Yanxiu nodded, “But next time if someone makes things difficult for you, you can just bring up my identity.”

Su Yujin, “…”

Did you really think she didn’t want to?

It was just that her identity was embarrassing, and if she said it out loud, it would make others feel proud instead of ashamed, which may only cause more trouble. Besides, Su Yujin always felt that the reason why He Yanxiu was polite and generous to her was, firstly, because she could cure his illness, and secondly, because she did her job and never caused him any more trouble.

So the matter of using He Yanxiu’s name…

“If you are worried about your identity, you might as well say that I am your relative.” He Yanxiu made up a sentence.

Su Yujin tilted her head, “What relative?”

“Just… your Second biǎo jiù.”

Su Yujin, “…”

As expected, the Second Master knew!

Su Yujin’s face was full of awkward and servile smiles, “Second Master is so young, calling him Second biǎo jiù seems a bit old-fashioned, it’s better to call him Second biǎo gē, it seems more appropriate.”

You know that too?

He Yanxiu’s mouth twitched, “Just call me Second biǎo jiu, it seems more mature and stable.”

Su Yujin, “…”

She had never been speechless so many times in her life.

“Since Second Master likes this title, then let’s do as Second Master says.” Su Yujin responded with a smile.

He Yanxiu, “…”

That was… pretty good!

Ai Cao and Qing Kui brought freshly cooked re gan mian and kǒudài mó, as well as cold braised meat, celery fried lily, dry fried mutton offal, and spinach in soup to go with them. The re gan mian was made according to Su Yujin’s method, and pickled cabbage radish cubes, pickled sour beans, shallots, fried peanuts, etc. were added. There was enough vinegar, and the sesame paste was seasoned just right. The noodles rolled by Ai Cao were extremely fragrant and chewy.

The kǒudài mó were hollow sesame cakes made of leavened dough. The long sesame cake was cut in half to form a pocket shape, and stuffed with egg shreds, potato shreds, carrot shreds, and kelp shreds. It tasted full of flour flavor, and the vegetables inside were crisp and delicious. It was paired with re gan mian full of sesame paste…

It was wonderful!

Side Theatre
He Yanxiu: I suddenly don’t want to talk.
Su Yujin: You chose it yourself, don’t blame me for eating candy.
Crowd: Tsk tsk tsk
Author: There are so few monthly tickets, I am worried

(end of this chapter)

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