Early that morning, Chai Yan had breakfast in the inn and then went out to the street again.
In a few days, Chai Yan and his party will take an official ship to return to Beijing, so they must seize the time to purchase more "rations" from Tongtian Baoshu to avoid running out of supplies along the way and having to stop the ship midway to get them, which is too troublesome.
In the past two days, Chai Yan visited several markets in the north and west of the city, but his results were not satisfactory, so today Chai Yan planned to visit the markets in the south and west of the city first.
After Chai Yan left the inn, he walked towards the south of the city, constantly asking people about the location of the market along the way.
After walking for half an hour, Chai Yan suddenly saw a butcher shop. When he was about to go up and ask if there was any fresh pig blood, a woman suddenly walked up to Chai Yan and said hello: "Master Chai?"
Chai Yan took a closer look and immediately smiled: "It's you, Miss Su Ni."
Su Ni was carrying a bamboo basket, wondering if she came to the butcher shop to buy meat.
"Master Chai, I heard from Mr. Dan that you went to Lintai Mountain. When did you come back?" Su Ni asked with a smile.
Chai Yan said: "Yes, I just came back these two days. I went shopping and bought some things. I will return to the capital in a few days..."
"You'll be back in Beijing in a few days, so soon?" Su Ni said in surprise.
Chai Yan slowly shook his head and said, "I'm sorry. It's been almost half a year since I came out last year. It's time to go back."
Su Ni nodded in understanding.
Chai Yan asked: "By the way, Miss Su Ni, why are you here? I remember your family doesn't live here..."
Su Ni smiled and said: "Master Chai, after the last time, Mr. Dan refused to allow me to live in the house before. Then he helped me find a new house, not far from here..."
With that said, Su Ni pointed behind her.
Chai Yan also nodded in agreement and said: "Well, there is no need to continue living in the previous place. It is good to move to a new environment!"
Su Ni nodded and smiled.
"By the way, how are you and Master Dan doing now?" Chai Yan asked.
When she mentioned this, Su Ni immediately lowered her head and said sheepishly: "Thanks to you, it's still... pretty good..."
When Chai Yan saw this, he immediately came to his senses. How could people be so embarrassed to say this on the street?
"Haha, that's good, that's good..." Chai Yan responded with a smile, trying to resolve the embarrassment.
Then, Chai Yan prepared to say goodbye and leave.
At this time, Su Ni suddenly remembered something and hurriedly called Chai Yan and said: "Master Chai, if you are free soon, you and your wife can come to my house and sit down. Mr. Dan will also come over at noon. I will buy some."
Dish, please try my cooking as a farewell to you, do you think that’s okay?”
Chai Yan nodded happily and agreed: "Okay! There is something delicious, how can I miss it?"
"That's great!" Su Ni was very happy when she saw Chai Yan readily agreed.
Chai Yan immediately said: "But Miss Su Ni, my wife has returned to the capital, and I am alone. Does it matter?"
"It's okay, it's okay, Mr. Chai, you can come if you want." Su Ni immediately shook her head.
Then Chai Yan asked Su Ni's home address, but Su Ni shook her head and said she didn't know.
So, Su Ni took Chai Yan to the door of her house, and made an appointment to come over for dinner at noon.
Before and after leaving Su Ni's house, Chai Yan went to three markets in the west and south of the city.
At the market, Chai Yan purchased a lot of pig blood and sheep blood, which temporarily satisfied Shangguan Peining's needs.
Before leaving, Chai Yan thought that he couldn't go empty-handed when visiting other people's homes, so he went back and bought a large piece of good pork and a jar of good wine, and then he walked leisurely to Su Ni's house.
Carrying the pork and wine jar, Chai Yan arrived at the door of Su Ni's house before noon.
Soon after gently knocking on the door knocker three times, Su Ni's response was heard, and then the door opened.
Not only Su Ni came to greet Chai Yan, but also Sha Er Zidan.
"Master Chai, I haven't seen you for a long time. Please come in, please come in..." Sha'er Zidan saluted with his hands in hand and greeted him warmly.
"Yeah, I disappeared one day." Chai Yan said, handed the pork and wine jar to the two of them, and walked inside with a smile.
Su Ni hurriedly said: "Master Chai, why are you still buying things? This is inappropriate..."
Chai Yan said with a smile: "You invited me to dinner to see me off, so naturally I have to congratulate you on moving into your new home, hahaha..."
Sha'er Zidan was not a hypocritical person. He pointed at the pork and said to Su Ni: "Add a vegetable, it will go well with the wine!"
Su Ni said no more, took the pork and wine jar and went to the kitchen.
Shaer Zidan accompanied Chai Yan to the main hall and sat down. Soon Su Ni brought hot tea, and then ran back to the kitchen to get busy.
Chai Yan drank tea and said with a smile: "Mr. Dan, it seems that you and Miss Su Ni are making great progress!"
Sha'er Zidan smiled and said: "Actually, it's not as smooth as Mr. Chai thought. My family is still opposed to it, but I went on a hunger strike for two days a few days ago, and then their opposition became less severe.
..."
"Hunger strike?" Chai Yan suddenly became happy: "I didn't realize it, but Master Dan is still a ruthless character! I admire him..."
Sha'er Zidan couldn't help but blush, lowered his head and waved his hands: "Master Chai, please don't laugh at me. My family is opposed to me and Su Ni being together. I was forced to make this move! To be honest, I felt hungry at the time.
That’s so hard, and I don’t want to do that again…”
"Yes, yes, hahaha..." Chai Yan found it interesting and burst out laughing.
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In less than a moment, Su Ni prepared a table of sumptuous dishes.
Chai Yan had been walking all morning, and when he saw such a table of delicious dishes, the glutton in his stomach suddenly became active.
While Su Ni was pouring the wine, Chai Yan had already picked up the chopsticks and put a bite into his mouth: "Yeah! It's delicious..."
"Hmm! This one is delicious too, crispy and tender. Hmm, so good..."
After tasting each dish, Chai Yan couldn't stop praising it and envied Shaer Zidan for being able to eat such good dishes at any time.
Sha'er Zidan smiled very happily. At this time, he handed the filled wine bowl to Chai Yan and said formally: "Master Chai, Su Ni and I toast you!"
Chai Yan immediately caught the wine bowl, and after saying a few toasts, the three of them raised their heads and drank together.
The atmosphere at the dinner table was very good. Chai Yan not only told Shaer Zidan how they captured the dragon, but also described in detail how he killed Lu Dan, the leader of the bandits. Shaer Zidan and Su Ni were amazed after hearing this.
, praised and applauded repeatedly.
As soon as Lintai Mountain was mentioned, Sha'er Zidan's interest arose and he asked curiously: "Master Chai, I heard that gold veins were discovered in Lintai Mountain. This is a great news. Why didn't the government post a notice?
Let the people know?"
Chai Yan put the food in his mouth, turned around and asked, "Master Dan, does the entire Youlong Dazhai know about this?"
Sha'er Zidan was already slightly tipsy, and shook his head with red cheeks: "That's not true, currently only the elders and a few stewards know about it, but as time goes by, this matter will definitely not be hidden, and it will definitely spread by then.
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PS: "Weathering with You" seems to be pretty good too, uh... I'm confused again...