HCB Chapter 470 Sweet, Roasted Sweet Potatoes in the Field
Chapter 470 Sweet, Roasted Sweet Potatoes in the Field
"Yes! Let's go and try it." Yao Qingnian pulled her to a field where the crops had been harvested.
I dug a hole, found some mud, built a simple mud frame, started a fire, then threw the sweet potatoes in and started roasting them.
"Pomegranate, what are you doing?" asked a woman who was passing by while working.
"Auntie, we are roasting sweet potatoes."
"Oh, sweet potatoes can be baked like this?"
"Yes, that's the first time I heard of it too." Pomegranate replied with a smile.
"You guys play, I'm going to work." The woman walked away carrying her hoe.
About half an hour later, the sweet potatoes were baked. Yao Qingnian found a branch to pull the sweet potatoes out of the pit. After cooling for a while, he picked up the sweet potatoes and broke them into two halves. Immediately, the sweet aroma of the sweet potatoes wafted out, still steaming.
Pomegranate couldn't wait to peel it, put it in his mouth and took a bite: "Wow, it's so hot."
"Be careful. Even though the outside of the sweet potato may not be hot when you hold it, it is still hot inside! Eat slowly." Yao Qingnian reminded with a smile.
"Wow, so soft, sweet and delicious." Pomegranate finished half of the sweet potato in one go.
"Haha, miss, your face." Pomegranate laughed at her appearance.
"What's the matter?"
"It's dark and funny."
"You are just like a little cat. Eat quickly and wash up after you finish eating."
The two of them didn't care about whether their faces turned black or not, and they started eating without caring about their image. It was so delicious that they ate several in succession before stopping. They touched their round stomachs, went to the river to wash their faces, then packed up the remaining roasted sweet potatoes and took them back for the housekeeper and others to taste. Pomegranate carried the radishes and persimmons and walked back.
When they came back, Yao Qingnian asked Shi Liu to go in first. Unexpectedly, she ran into Wan Mei right after she entered the door. Shi Liu seemed a little displeased when she saw her, but she still politely called out, "Sister Wan Mei."
"Shi Liu, why don't you go out and do your work? Why are you running to the Pavilion Master's yard?" Wan Mei said with a proud attitude.
"Today, I followed the order of the Pavilion Master and accompanied Miss Shen for a stroll around the farm." Shi Liu replied politely.
"So that's how it is. Your radishes are quite fresh. Give me two and I'll make soup with them. It will be just right for the Pavilion Master to drink when he comes back in the evening." Wan Mei saw the plump white radishes in her basket and asked for them directly.
In the past, Shi Liu would definitely not refuse, but today the radish was picked by Yao Qingnian, so she refused and said, "Sister Wan Mei, this radish was picked by Miss Shen, I can't give it to you."
"Hey, girl, it's just two radishes. All these things belong to the Pavilion Master, and you're not happy when I take two of them." Wan Mei's face was full of anger. When she heard that it was the bitch brought back by the Pavilion Master who pulled them, she reached out and snatched the radishes from the basket, and raised her hand to teach Shi Liu a lesson.
Yao Qingnian happened to come in and saw this scene, and hurried forward to stop it: "Stop!"
When Wan Mei saw her coming in, she didn't take her seriously at all. She didn't show any fear, and slapped Shi Liu's face as if she didn't hear anything. Then she put on a hypocritical smile and said, "Miss Shen, where have you been? Look at how dirty you are. You'd better go back and change your clothes quickly, otherwise the Pavilion Master will come back and say that we neglected you and didn't take good care of you."
"Don't bother with that. Just take care of yourself!" Yao Qingnian responded directly and rudely. She walked up to Shi Liu and asked with concern, "Are you okay?"
"Miss, I'm fine." Pomegranate covered her face.
"I'm just reminding Miss Shen with good intentions. If you don't appreciate it, just pretend I didn't say anything." Wan Mei looked indifferent.
"What were you doing just now?" Yao Qingnian asked in a cold voice.
"I'm just teaching a disobedient maid a lesson. There's no need for Miss Shen to interfere, right?" she said disdainfully.
"Have you forgotten that you are just a servant? What qualifications do you have to teach her a lesson? Even if she made a mistake, the master will deal with it. When is it your turn as a servant to make the decision here?" Yao Qingnian scolded, and then slapped her in the face.
"You hit me?" She looked incredulous.
"What's wrong with hitting you? You can hit others but you can't allow others to hit you? This slap is for Shi Liu, try it again if you touch her next time!" Yao Qingnian warned in a deep voice.
"I'm the Pavilion Master's person!" Wan Mei glared at her angrily.
"His person? Then wait until he comes back and I'll ask you who you are to him!"
"Don't! I was wrong. Miss Shen was right to teach her a lesson." Worried that she would really gossip in front of the Pavilion Master, Wan Mei suppressed the anger in her heart, said with gritted teeth, and then prepared to leave.
"stop!"
"Miss Shen, do you have any other instructions?!" Wan Mei stopped and looked at her with some dissatisfaction.
"Put down the radish." Yao Qingnian pointed at her hand.
"Yes." She angrily returned the carrot to Pomegranate and left.
"Miss, there is no need for you to offend Sister Mei Wan for me." Shi Liu had just prepared herself to be beaten. This was not the first or second time. A slap was nothing. There were faint finger marks on her face. Yao Qingnian took her back to the courtyard where he lived and took out the medicine to apply it on her.
"Why are you afraid of her? She is just a servant. Who gave her the courage to be so arrogant?" Yao Qingnian asked puzzledly.
Shi Liu went to Yao Qingnian's ear and said, "Miss, let me tell you, it was the Pavilion Master. I heard that she was originally an informant of the Zi Ye Pavilion. Last year, when the Pavilion Master was out on a mission, he was suddenly attacked. It was Wan Mei who blocked the knife for him and almost took his life.
So the Pavilion Master took her to Kezhuangzi to recuperate and had people take good care of her. After she recovered, she stayed on the manor so that she didn't have to go back to work and became a maid. However, the Pavilion Master seldom came, and when he did, he basically didn't need her to serve him. She was no different from the young ladies on the manor.
But we all dislike her. She looks kind on the surface, but actually she always bullies us behind our backs. Every time the Pavilion Master comes, we all rush to serve him.
She relied on the fact that she was the Pavilion Master's savior and acted like a mistress in the manor. She always mentioned the Pavilion Master and didn't take us seriously at all. So we usually avoided her and didn't want to have a direct conflict with her. "
"So she's my savior, no wonder she's so arrogant." Yao Qingnian nodded, telling Shi Liu not to pay attention to her: "If she bullies me again, just fight back. I want to see what she can do."
"Hehe, miss, you are still so domineering." Shi Liu looked at her with admiration. She looked so cool just now. It's a pity that she has to leave tomorrow, otherwise she really wants to play with this lady for a few more days. She is so happy today.