Looking at the sudden appearance of Nangong Ye, who was playing mahjong with her grandmother, she looked at the person in front of her and asked doubtfully: "Why did you come back suddenly? Aren't you in Huai'an City next door to accompany the planning of the South-to-North Water Diversion route? Why are you back now?
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Nangong Ye, who was originally out for disaster relief, had already ended his work in early April.
After all, the weather has stabilized since February, and the disaster-stricken refugees are slowly getting better. Nangong Ye's task is to take Xiao Hei, bring food and grain seeds, and personally distribute them to people in the disaster area and other ordinary people.
In order to catch up with the spring planting, Nangong Ye spent more than two months running around the south non-stop.
As for the north, because there is currently insufficient rain in the north and there has been another three years of drought, for the sake of safety, we have not returned yet and are still growing food in the land that was previously cleared for us.
Only a small number of people closer to the south went back first.
The remaining people are also planning to plant the seeds this year, and we will go back in the second half of the year depending on the situation.
If we can go back in the second half of the year, we won't have to worry about food problems.
This is the best news for Dayong so far this year. People will not have to worry about food problems in a short period of time.
As for the second news, I believe it will come out soon.
Nangong Ye looked at Gu Qiqi, played a card for her, acted naturally like a young couple, and then replied slowly: "I received a letter from Yongdu, and I will come back to pick you up and go back to Yongdu together."
"Going to Yongdu? Wasn't it in the previous plan for this year that there was no plan to return to Yongdu for the time being?" Gu Qiqi said unexpectedly.
"We don't have a plan, but the plan can't keep up with the changes. The sixth brother wrote a letter saying that the envoy sent by the Southern Kingdom to negotiate peace will arrive in Yongdu soon. The peace negotiation was originally proposed by you, and the sixth brother doesn't know how you negotiated.
.So he wants us to go back and check for him."
When Nangong Ye said this, Gu Qiqi remembered that when the Southern Kingdom came over years ago, she had let go of the leader of the Southern Kingdom whom she had chased.
It was agreed at that time that their attitudes would be known later in the year. Whether they would continue to be enemies or make peace with each other was entirely up to them.
However, because of one thing, Nangong Ye led Nangong Yi to seize the throne, Yongdu has been rectifying internal affairs after the year; and two, Nangong Ye has been dealing with the affairs of the people in the disaster area in the south, so the peace negotiation in the Southern Kingdom has been postponed to now.
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Gu Qiqi wanted to refuse.
After all, the sixth brother is the emperor now, so there are some things that she and Nangong Ye should not interfere too much with.
But then I thought about it, the sixth brother was suddenly put in that position by Nangong Ye. Moreover, he had never had any experience in negotiating peace. In today's court, he did not dare to leave it to those people to make suggestions easily, so he
I wrote a letter asking Nangong Ye to return to Yongdu with Gu Qiqi.
Finally, Gu Qiqi said slowly: "Let's discuss it when my father and grandfather come back later. My mother is pregnant with Liujia now, so I'm afraid it won't be suitable for traveling. But with me here, it's not impossible, it's just not possible.
It depends on whether my father agrees."
"Okay. Touch." Nangong Ye responded to Gu Qiqi's words and touched a hand of cards for Gu Qiqi.
Gu Qiqi thought that her butt hurt from sitting, and then said to Nangong Ye: "Come and beat me for a while, I will ask the servants to boil some hot water for you to take a bath, and make something delicious by the way.
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After listening to Gu Qiqi's words, the tiredness on Nangong Ye's face instantly turned to happiness. He nodded and replied with a smile: "Okay."
Then Nangong Ye sat in Gu Qiqi's seat and played mahjong with her grandmother and the others for her.
Then Gu Qiqi took Li Xia to the kitchen.
Li Xia is responsible for boiling water, and Gu Qiqi is responsible for preparing delicious food.
Today she is going to make lemon boneless chicken feet.
This is Gu Qiqi's mother's favorite now, and of course it is also the favorite of everyone else in the family.
Since I made it during the last break, everyone liked it very much after trying it.
This time, whenever Gu Qiqi went to restaurants and shops to slaughter chickens, she would ask them to leave all the chicken feet for her, and then use them to store them.
It just so happened that Nangong Ye came back today, and she also had a large bucket of chicken feet that she had stocked up for marinating.
One big bucket is enough to feed so many people.
At the beginning of summer, the water was boiled, and Gu Qiqi scooped out half of it for Nangong Ye to take a bath, and half for blanching the chicken feet.
Scoop out the blanched chicken feet and rinse them in ice water, then remove the bones.
Of course, the matter of removing the bones can naturally be left to the servants, and there are more people and strength. If you patronize Qiqiyi, you may not be able to eat until tomorrow.
The servant is responsible for removing the bones, and Gu Qiqi is responsible for the sauce.
After everything is ready, pour it into a clean bucket, then pour the boneless chicken feet into it, mix well, put it in a homemade ice cube and refrigerate it for half an hour, and it will be ready to eat after half an hour.
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The so-called ice grid is a grid surrounded by ice cubes that Gu Qiqi built with several large pieces of ice.
And in order to prevent the ice cubes from melting too quickly, she wrapped them thickly with rice husks and quilts.
In this way, it becomes a natural refrigerator.
You can put homemade ice cream and popsicles in it and take them out anytime you want.
If you want to eat iced fruit, you can also wash the fruit and put it in the refrigerator for a while, and then you can take it out to eat.
But don't refrigerate it for too long, otherwise it will turn into frozen fruit.
The only mistake was that Gu Qiqi thought of using the space to store ice.
The ice in space now is enough for her to make for an entire summer.
She didn't even transport much of the ice stored in the igloos in the north. She only transported it twice to hide the ice from others.
It seems that the rest can be used there after returning to Yongdu this time.
Even if you don't open a shop, you can make a lot of money just selling ice.
"Li Xia, slice this watermelon and bring it to grandma and the others." Gu Qiqi put the chicken feet into the freezer and took out a piece of watermelon and handed it to Li Xia.
Li Xia took the watermelon and said, "This watermelon was put in not long ago."
Gu Qiqi: "Grandma is old, my mother is pregnant, and Aunt Jiang is also a woman. The watermelon they eat should be cool enough, but not too cold."
Li Xia nodded in understanding.
Then cut the watermelon into small pieces, insert a few bamboo skewers and serve it to everyone.
Li Xia came over and took Nangong Ye's place, while Nangong Ye went back to his room to take a shower.
By this time, Gu Qiqi had already put the water away for him.
The hot water she boiled was just to hide it from the servants. When she poured the water, she mixed it with spiritual spring water.
Take a bath with Lingquan water, and the fatigue during this period will be gone, and you will feel much more comfortable and relaxed.
Seeing that Nangong Ye had returned to the room, Gu Qiqi tested the water temperature and said, "The water has been adjusted for you. You can take a comfortable bath."
"Yeah, okay." Nangong Ye agreed, reaching out and holding Gu Qiqi in his arms.
Gu Qiqi did not push him away, but let him hold her, and then said in a gentle voice, pretending to be angry: "You stink too much. Take a shower first."
