"What? Nothing to say? Then hurry up and leave. Don't delay my work." Hu Chu saw Jiang Miao standing still and said impatiently. In the Imperial College, the chief priest is the most important one. No one can surpass the chief priest.
However, he forgot that although the teachers in the Imperial College were all under the management of the chief priest, most of the students there were from wealthy families. He was used to staying in the dining hall, and he usually faced students from poor families, so he became more and more domineering.
Jiang Miao glanced at him and said, "You don't have to ask anyone to bring the food to me, but you have to return the money I paid." There is no point in saying more to such a mean person, but Jiang Miao will never let him take advantage of him again.
Chef Hu sneered and said "poor and shabby", seeming to find Jiang Miao's behavior very interesting. He didn't know where this man came from. There were many people in the back mountain, and there were a few with the surname Jiang, but he didn't expect him to be so poor. Anyway, the chief priest didn't say that he would bring food to everyone in the back mountain, so he shouldn't care about the families of retired officials.
"You'll have to pay for it." Chef Hu took out a silver coin from his pocket and threw it directly to Jiang Miao, insulting him. Jiang Miao stretched out his hand to take the silver coin, weighed it, and left without looking back after finding the amount.
As soon as he went out, he ran into the aunts who were following him. When they saw Jiang Miao was furious, they knew there was no room for maneuver.
After a discussion, they each took out some vegetables for Jiang Miao to take. It was not late at this time, and if they went down the mountain to buy more, they might not be able to make it in time for the two children to finish school.
Jiang Miao took the dishes, thanked the aunts, and walked back. After returning home and preparing the dishes, Jiang Miao's mood had calmed down. Now, he had to think carefully about how to solve this problem.
It probably wouldn't work if he went to complain directly. He didn't know the temper of the chief wine officer, Chen. What if he was partial to others? If the matter was not resolved, it might even implicate Pei Che. What if the chief wine officer hinted to other gentlemen to make things difficult for Pei Che? Now was a critical period. The exam would be held in a month or two. It was not worth it to affect his mood.
However, there are many kinds of vegetables and fruits at the foot of the mountain, but the only meat you can buy is duck. Studying takes up a lot of energy, and I can't just eat this. Forget it, if it really doesn't work, let the driver run to deliver food to them every two days. At this critical moment, I'd better bear it.
When they were sitting together to eat at noon, Jiang Miao looked normal and showed no emotion at all, so no one else noticed anything.
After lunch and a short rest, Jiang Miao sent the two children to the Children's Home. As soon as the two children entered, Wang Changyu came over. He patted his chest and assured them that he would ask their mother to share some food with their brother every day and would never let them go hungry.
Xiao Shitou and Pei Mu looked at each other, wondering what was wrong with Wang Changyu. Ever since he ate what Brother Miao made, Wang Changyu especially liked playing with them.
"Thank you, but no thanks. My brother will prepare food for us." Little Stone politely but firmly rejected his kindness.
Wang Changyu was very shocked: "But the canteen doesn't bring food to your brother anymore, so where does he buy food? By the way, can we still eat food cooked by your brother in the morning in the future?" His eyes were full of sorrow. These few days in the morning, he urged his mother to send him to school, and he no longer used excuses like headache or fever to avoid it like before.
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Little Stone looked at him strangely. "My brother didn't mention this at all, and the food we eat today was delivered from the canteen!" He recognized the rope used to tie the vegetables in the canteen.
Wang Changyu opened his mouth in surprise and stared at Xiao Shitou blankly. Was his mother lying to him
At this time, a child came over and said, "It's true, my mother also talked about this today!" After he said that, the other children also said the same thing.
Wang Changyu became proud instantly: "See, what I said is true, I am not lying. If you are hungry in the future, you can come to my house to eat. No, I will take the dishes to your house and let your brother cook for us." When he said this, he couldn't help swallowing his saliva.
Little Stone was a little flustered. He looked at Pei Mu, who also frowned and looked unhappy. They didn't know why the canteen suddenly became like this, but they understood one sentence, that is, there will be less food at home in the future. After that, the two of them were distracted in class because of this. Fortunately, Mr. Tan didn't come down to see it today, otherwise they would definitely be discovered.
After school, as soon as they went out, they found Jiang Miao standing outside the door waiting for them.
"Brother"/"Brother Miao", the two voices sounded at the same time, and they ran towards Jiang Miao at the same time. Jiang Miao bent down to catch the two of them, and touched their heads one by one. He didn't know why they were so clingy today, as if they had encountered something.
On the way back, Jiang Miao asked them what happened, but the two kids kept silent. When it was time for dinner, Jiang Miao found that they only ate a small bowl of rice and refused to add more. After persuading them a few words, the two went to the study room in the name of doing homework.
"Is it because the dishes I cooked today are not tasty?" Jiang Miao asked. He looked at the table. There were braised spare ribs, three fresh vegetables, pan-fried tofu and winter melon meatball soup. These dishes should be quite to their taste.
"Of course not." Then, Pei Che proved with practical actions that there was nothing wrong with Jiang Miao's cooking skills, and he went to order more rice for the fourth time.
"Is he tired of eating it?" Jiang Miao frowned. He thought the food was very good.
Pei Che said, "How could they be tired of eating? They were clearly enjoying their lunch." Jiang Miao's home-cooked food tasted really good. Pei Che felt that he had gained weight since Jiang Miao came to study with them. He was so scared that in addition to martial arts lessons, he would also compete with Su Jin every day to avoid getting fat.
Jiang Miao sighed, and had to pick up his chopsticks again, working with Pei Che to finish the food on the table to avoid waste.
At night, Xiao Shitou and Pei Mu tossed and turned and couldn't sleep. They both felt very hungry. Although they had decided to save money and not cause trouble for their brother, their stomachs couldn't stand this grievance at all.
I should have eaten more at night, Xiao Shitou felt a little regretful, since his brother had already prepared it anyway.
"Go to the kitchen and get something to eat." Pei Mu said.
Little Stone's eyes lit up, and he turned over and sat up: "I'll go with you!"
The two climbed out of bed and put on their shoes in the moonlight. They didn't dare to turn on the light for fear of being discovered by Jiang Miao, so they quietly opened the door and went to the kitchen. Little did they know that Jiang Miao, who had gone out to get up at night, saw all of this.
Jiang Miao saw the two of them quietly walking towards the kitchen, knowing that they must be hungry. He sighed, feeling very tired. Do the kids nowadays think it is more fun to eat secretly
He returned to the bedroom, lit the candle, and was about to go out. Pei Che saw this and hurriedly shouted, "A Miao, where are you going?" He was a little panicked. Could it be that he had teased A Miao too much just now and she was angry and refused to sleep in the same bed with him
Jiang Miao had already forgotten about Pei Che's teasing before, and turned around and said, "Let's make something for them. Do you want some?"
Pei Che thought about it and reluctantly refused. However, he still got out of bed and prepared to go to the kitchen with Jiang Miao. The two little ones didn't eat at night, and A Miao got up in the middle of the night to make food for them. It was impossible not to teach them a lesson.
Xiao Shitou and Pei Mu walked around the kitchen in the dark, but found nothing except nearly breaking a bowl. They were both a little discouraged, and just as they were about to go back to their room, the kitchen suddenly lit up.
"Tell me, why didn't you eat dinner tonight?" Pei Che sat in front of the two children, looking very serious.
The two little ones smelled the fragrance that drifted from the kitchen to the main room, and their minds were a little distracted. They couldn't calm down and think at all, so they honestly told Pei Che what they heard in the Children's Hall today.
"... Next time something like this happens, remember not to hide it from us." Pei Che said earnestly, and the words he wanted to criticize were swallowed back into his stomach. There was no news about this before, but it has spread all over the back mountain, which means it must be true. But why didn't A Miao tell them about this
Here, Jiang Miao quickly fried two bowls of egg fried rice and served them to the two of them. The egg fried rice was golden in color, and was dotted with a few chopped green onions. Just looking at it made people feel very appetizing, not to mention the strange fragrance that made people swallow their saliva.
The two little ones took a spoon and scooped a mouthful, and couldn't help but squint their eyes happily. In their opinion, the egg fried rice tonight could be ranked first in their hearts as the most delicious food.
After filling their stomachs, Jiang Miao did not ask them the reason. After taking them to rinse their mouths, he let them go back to their rooms to rest.
After a busy day today, Jiang Miao felt very sleepy as soon as he lay down on the bed. He closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep, not noticing that Pei Che beside him was always looking at him.
“Knock, knock, knock!”
When Jiang Miao was making breakfast in the kitchen, there was a knock on the gate.
"Here I come!" Who would come to visit so early in the morning? Jiang Miao wiped his hands and thought as he walked.
He opened the gate and saw two men standing at the door. One of them was a coachman he was familiar with. They each carried a bag of things on their backs. When they saw him open the door, they said, "Master Jiang, these things were sent up from the farm. Where do you think we should put them?"
This was really a perfect gift for a sleepy person. Jiang Miao was secretly delighted and quickly made way for them to go inside. "Thank you both. Just put it in the kitchen!"
After the two left, Jiang Miao opened the sack and found that there were both meat and vegetarian foods, as well as a lot of mountain products and dried goods. The wide variety of ingredients piled together really made Jiang Miao very happy.
"Who came just now?" Pei Che walked into the kitchen, pretending not to know, and asked deliberately.
"Something has been sent from your grandmother's farm!" Jiang Miao said happily. He sorted the things and put them away. He would take some out and give them to the aunts who had given him food yesterday.
"Then you don't have to go to the canteen to get food these days." Pei Che said.
"Well, the food there is expensive and not fresh. I plan not to go there to get food anymore." When Jiang Miao heard him mention the canteen, he told Pei Che his decision. It seemed that the grievance he suffered yesterday was wiped out by this casual remark.
However, he could erase it, but Pei Che, who understood the whole story, could not erase it so easily.
(End of this chapter)