Border Cook

"Awake?" Lu Qiyan subconsciously put his hands behind his back.

"Yeah." Xia Mingyue stretched lazily.

This sleep was not very comfortable at first, but it became very sound in the end, even more peaceful than sleeping in bed.

As expected, the carriage served as a cradle and was a great sleep aid.

When Lu Qiyan saw that Xia Mingyue looked refreshed, he knew that she had had a good rest and was immediately relieved. After the carriage stopped, he helped Xia Mingyue get off.

The group had not had a proper meal since breakfast in the morning and were all very hungry. Lu Qiyan hurriedly ordered the kitchen to prepare something to eat.

When the head cook received the news, he immediately called two cooks to get busy. After a short while, they served a large bowl of steaming hot noodle soup to everyone.

The noodles for the soup are not hand-rolled noodles, but pulled noodles. Pulled noodles are slightly thinner than belt noodles and slightly wider than ordinary stewed noodles. They are thin and very tough, and very chewy to eat.

The soup base for the noodles is the big pot of mutton and mutton bone soup that Xia Mingyue stewed in the morning. The chef also added some seasonings according to his own experience. The soup tastes fresh and delicious at this time.

The large chunks of mutton used in stewing the mutton soup were also fished out and cut into a portion of cold mutton dish, which was eaten with a little dipping sauce made from chili powder, cumin powder, etc.

A mouthful of noodles, a mouthful of meat, a mouthful of soup...

The mouthful of delicious food flows down the throat and into the stomach, which is a great enjoyment.

After eating a bowl of mutton soup and noodles and taking a short rest, Xia Mingyue taught the chefs how to stew mutton bone-nourishing soup and the trick of making mutton soup with steamed buns.

The team leader considered that if one person learned all these things, it would take half an hour to learn them all, so he simply divided the task into sections and let each person learn one.

The head cook learned how to stew mutton bone-nourishing soup by himself. One of the cooks specifically learned how to make the steamed buns for mutton soup, while another cook carefully memorized the differences and cooking methods of three different types of mutton soup steamed buns.

The three of them studied hard, and Xia Mingyue taught carefully. She even found paper and pen and wrote down the steps and precautions for making mutton soup with steamed buns.

Worried that the three people didn't know many words and might misunderstand her description, Xia Mingyue even drew a simple diagram on the side.

It is well illustrated and extremely detailed.

The three team leaders didn't expect Xia Mingyue to teach them the entire set of methods, nor did they expect that she would teach them so seriously and carefully. What they didn't expect was that she would teach them all the diagrams.

Lady Xia...

What a kind and good person!
The head waiter, a man in his thirties, didn't know what to do. He just bowed to Xia Mingyue again and again, "Thank you, Madam Xia, thank you, Madam Xia."

"You're welcome." Xia Mingyue said with a smile, "I'll have to trouble you to make this mutton soup bun in the future, so as to ensure that Master Fang can build the bridge with all his heart and help us complete the task as soon as possible."

"Sure, sure." The chef agreed repeatedly.

Even after Xia Mingyue left the kitchen, the head cook was still sighing, "This Miss Xia is really a kind and good person."

It was very generous of them to teach them such cooking skills so easily!

It's really touching...

The captain's eyes were red. "Captain, we shouldn't do that." Someone said, "Mrs. Xia is willing to teach you this because she hopes you can please Mr. Fang. If Mr. Fang is happy, he will be willing to help build the bridge. If the bridge is built earlier, Lu Dutou can report back and maybe even be rewarded by the higher-ups."

"After all, Madam Xia is so generous because of Captain Lu. Captain, don't think too highly of her and don't take this friendship too seriously..."

"You sell cloth without scissors, what nonsense are you talking about?" The foreman glared at him and said bluntly, "What's wrong with Madam Xia thinking about Lu Dutou? Is there anything wrong with that? As a wife, she can assist her husband, which shows that she is smart and capable! If she knows that she can help but doesn't consider helping her husband at all, she is a fool!"

"Besides, even if Madam Xia did it for Lu Dutou, as a food business owner, it is not impossible for her to send her own people to make the mutton soup steamed bun. Not only can they not charge much, but they can also keep the recipe secret. But Madam Xia did not do so and was willing to teach us. She was giving us face and was very generous!"

"If you keep saying these provocative words here, don't blame me for being blind with my fists. I'll beat you so hard that your parents won't even recognize you!"

The gang leader was a big and strong man with great strength.

Even if he had never been to the battlefield to kill the enemy or trained in the military training ground, he could easily stir the spoon and pot in his hands every day. This strength was truly beyond the reach of ordinary people.

It’s no exaggeration to say that if you get hit by this punch, you’ll either suffer internal injuries or broken bones.

Seeing this, the soldier who was making sarcastic remarks here quickly shrank his neck and dodged away.

The team leader snorted coldly and continued to study the recipe Xia Mingyue left for him.

Lu Qiyan called Zhao Youcai to his side.

"Brother Zhao, take three or four capable men with you and quietly guard outside Master Fang's house without being seen. Don't alarm Master Fang or anyone else. Make sure you can bring Master Fang here smoothly tomorrow."

Lu Qiyan thought for a moment and said, "If anything goes wrong, we should take action. If anyone pursues the issue, I will take the responsibility."

Zhao Youcai was stunned when he heard this, "Brother, what you mean is..."

Is there anyone who wants to harm Fang Linwang?

"Just in case." Lu Qi Yan said.

Someone was interfering with the bridge-building, so he had to be on guard and not even underestimate the other party's insidiousness and viciousness.

Lu Qiyan said solemnly, "At least, no more innocent people should be implicated."

The bridge builders had made a lot of mistakes this time. Although Zhao Youcai was a little slow to deal with things like fighting, he now understood the general situation and knew that this matter was very important. He nodded and agreed, "Don't worry, brother."

Zhao Youcai has always been prudent in doing things, so Lu Qiyan was very relieved and nodded as well.

Afterwards, it was announced to the public that Zhao Youcai needed someone to go to the foot of the mountain to select stones, and Zhao Youcai and others were sent away from Xiaohezhuang.

After Zhao Youcai led his men away, he ordered one group of people to go to the bottom of the mountain, while he led a few trusted men to Fang Linwang's house.

It gets dark early in winter, so after having a simple dinner in the light of the setting sun, everyone went back to rest.

Xia Mingyue and Lu had already arranged to leave for home early the next morning. No matter how sleepy they were, they curled up in bed after washing and packing.

Even Wu Jin had already hidden in the warm nest that Xia Mingyue had prepared for him and closed his eyes. (End of this chapter)