As he spoke, he glanced at Shen Qingqing's slightly rounded face and smiled slightly, "You have become more beautiful, much more beautiful than before."
Shen Qingqing was stunned, "Have we met before?"
"Of course I have seen it, but you probably don't remember it. That was all before reincarnation."
The woman took out two jade plaques from her sleeve pocket, stuffed them into Shen Qingqing's hand, and said, "This is a meeting gift from me to you and Xiaobao. I specially looked for the illuminated jade plaque to ward off evil spirits and put it on. No ghost or monster can get close to you."
Shen Qingqing took one piece and returned the other, "I've taken my piece. You should give Xiaobao's piece to her in person. Come on, I'll take you over to see her."
"Isn't she asleep? Why don't we go again tomorrow?"
Shen Qingqing smiled, "It doesn't matter, that child is so fast asleep that thunder can't wake her up."
The two of them walked out of the warehouse hand in hand. Xuan Xuzi chased after him, stroking his beard, "Wait for me, I want to see it too."
Shen Qingqing turned around and asked him: "Where is your meeting gift?"
Xuan Xuzi's old face turned red, "It's a meeting gift... I went out in a hurry and forgot to take it. Besides, didn't Ah Shu already give it to me? We are all members of the same family, so you and I have to share it."
"Family?" Shen Qingqing captured the most critical information in his words, and her gossipy eyes glanced back and forth at the two of them.
Meng Shu stretched out her hand and gave a violent bang, which made Xuan Xuzi cover his forehead and jump wildly, "Who is your family? You shameless old man! Qingqing, let's go and ignore him!"
Shen Qingqing shrugged her shoulders at her old master, took Meng Shu's arm and walked away.
In this month, little Lulu relied on her extraordinary ability to eat and sleep, and successfully grew from a wrinkled hairy monkey into a white and fat meatball.
That round, soft little appearance is very pleasant.
Meng Shu placed the jade plaque next to her swaddling clothes, smiled and poked the soft flesh on her cheek, and said, "Little Lulu is so pretty. Her eyes and nose are like yours, and her mouth and ears are like her father."
"Isn't that right? I was telling Meng Yuan not long ago that this child was born as a Duan Shui master. His parents are even-looking and tall, which is fair!" Shen Qingqing replied.
While talking, Xiao Lulu woke up.
The little girl opened her eyes, spun around in a circle, and gave everyone a toothless smile.
Meng Shu was so happy, "Little Lulu is so well-behaved. She doesn't cry even when she wakes up. She is much better-behaved than her father was when he was a child."
Shen Qingqing asked curiously: "Do gods also have to take care of babies?"
"Why don't you need to bring it with you? That kid was very naughty when he was a child, and he wandered around in the underworld all day long. He was simply disgusted by gods and ghosts! Later, when he grew up, I don't know what happened, and he suddenly became stupid."
Shen Qingqing turned her head and looked at Meng Yuan, with a smile on her face and eyes, "I didn't expect that you are like this Meng Yuan."
Meng Yuan: "..."
He also didn't expect that he would be like Meng Yuan.
*
Xuan Xuzi and Meng Shu only stayed in the princess's mansion for three days before leaving. The reason was that the weather in the north was too cold and the old bones couldn't bear it.
Of course, this is just a nonsense reason given by Xuan Xuzi.
The real reason was that there were too many people in the princess's palace. Meng Shu would accompany her daughter-in-law to play horse-drawing at one moment, and tease her granddaughter at another, but she didn't look at him seriously at all.
He was jealous of everyone, but he couldn't express it clearly, so he could only find excuses to trick Meng Shu away.
At the same time, Aunt Hua, who has lived in the capital for nearly a year, is also going back, and going with her is Zhang Xuan, who has not yet succeeded in becoming a disciple.
After the exchange of pastries for skewers, Qiao Jieer and Meng Qiyu settled their differences and became good friends and meal partners.
It's just that Sister Qiao's body has just recovered and she can't eat as much as Meng Qiyu does, so she spends more time following the cook and watching others cook.
After this year of study, her cooking skills have improved by leaps and bounds. She has successfully evolved from being able to bake and boil to being proficient in frying and cooking. Meng Qiyu often cheats food out of her hands.
After learning that Sister Qiao was leaving with her master, Meng Qiyu immediately asked for leave and left the palace, and began a new round of deception.
"Sister Qiao, do you really want to leave? We still have so many delicious things we haven't tried yet, are you really willing to leave?"
Sister Qiao poked her finger innocently, "But my master is leaving."
"If your master wants to leave, just let him go. If you stay, I will beg my father later to let him take you to the imperial kitchen so that you can learn to cook from the imperial chef."
Meng Qiyu licked his lips and continued to use his moves: "The Imperial Kitchen Club has a lot of dishes, everything they can fly in the sky, run on the ground, swim in the water, there is nothing they can't do."
Sister Qiao's heart is moved, super moved, but...
"Master only has me as his apprentice, I can't abandon him."
Meng Qiyu wanted to persuade him again, but the words ran out of his throat. Suddenly, a hand stretched out and grabbed the back of his neck.
"Well, you Meng Qiyu! If you don't study well in the Imperial College, you come here to kidnap my apprentice. Your skin is itchy, aren't you?"
"No kidnapping! I'm asking for Sister Qiao's opinion!"
Meng Qiyu argued hard, "Qiao sister obviously wants to go to the palace to learn cooking, but you insist on taking her to study medicine. You are a dictatorship! You will be condemned and cast aside by everyone!"
Zhang Xuan was so angry that his eyebrows were crooked, "Are you saying that I am authoritarian? Sister Qiao, tell me, do you want to work as a cook in the palace with this brat, or continue to learn medical skills from the master?"
Sister Qiao looked to her left, then to her left, and finally stood silently behind Zhang Xuan, "I want to study medicine with my master."
Meng Qiyu's little heart broke into eight petals.
"Okay, you can go, I'm going back to the palace to study."
Sister Qiao tugged at the corner of his clothes and explained: "Brother Qiyu, don't be angry. Just wait a moment. When I have learned the medical skills, I will go to the palace to learn cooking from you."
Meng Qiyu pursed her lips and said nothing. She was always depressed during dinner in the evening, and even the meat no longer tasted good.
At night, Shen Qingqing came to talk to him, "Why, you can't bear to leave this little girl?"
Meng Qiyu's reply was completely off-putting: "I've had enough food in the palace."
"Does this have anything to do with whether Sister Qiao can leave?"
"Of course! She can cook so many delicious things at such a young age. When she grows up, she will definitely be even better."
Meng Qiyu replied plausibly: "If I bring her into the palace now, won't there be endless meat to eat in the future?"
Shen Qingqing: "..."
As expected of Meng Qiyu.
As expected, there was only food in his eyes.
"Xiao Yu'er, promise mother, you will never say such things in front of Sister Qiao."
He said that not only did he not have a wife, but he also had no friends.
Meng Qiyu nodded, "Mom, don't worry, I know what to say and what not to say."
Shen Qingqing believed his lies.
However, ten years later, Sister Qiao returned from studying medicine and entered the palace as promised. However, not long after she arrived, she was ran away by a certain foodie.
It was up to her, the mother-in-law, to take action herself and help chase her daughter-in-law.