AWB Chapter 568: Tight Lips
Chapter 568: Tight Lips
Time passed slowly as Liu Jingxue practiced, made medicine, and entertained herself.
Going to the cowshed for dinner every night became a spice in her life, allowing her to be clear about the era she was living in so that she would not forget where she was due to staying in the time formation for too long.
It was also for this reason that Liu Jingxue asked Tuanzi to remind herself before dinner every day to go to the cowshed on time to have dinner.
On the afternoon of the third day after New Year's Day, Liu Jingxue, who was concentrating on making medicine, was awakened by Tuanzi.
"Master, Zhou Mingxuan and Zhao Junhao are coming outside."
“Why are they here? Aren’t they supposed to be studying and practicing martial arts in the bullpen?
Is it time for dinner now?"
"Master, it's only four o'clock in the afternoon. There's still some time before dinner." Tuanzi reminded.
“You’d better get out of this space quickly and throw two sun charms in the house.
Although I have just lit the kang, it will still take some time for the temperature to rise. You'd better throw two talismans quickly to avoid the room being cold and exposing your secret when someone comes over.
You will also have to clean up the snow on the roof and in the yard which is beyond my ability."
When Liu Jingxue heard this, she quickly changed her clothes and left the space.
As soon as she came out, she felt the cold coming towards her. She didn't even bother to put on the thick clothes on the kang. She hurriedly drew talismans in the air, threw a sun talisman into the room and the kitchen respectively, and then threw another one on the kang.
The kang has just been heated, and it will take a long time for the temperature to come up. When someone comes over, it’s better to throw a sun talisman for safety.
As for whether the temperature on the kang would be too high, Liu Jingxue was not worried at all.
The effect of the Sun Talisman is just to keep the temperature within a certain range, and it will not rise endlessly, so there is no need to worry too much.
Then he used his spiritual consciousness to move the uncleared snow on the roof and in the yard to the snow pile in the corner of the yard.
After doing all this, she put on her sweater and thick pants.
His spiritual sense swept over and saw that Zhou Mingxuan and Zhao Junhao were walking towards his house. It was estimated that they would arrive home in another two minutes.
Liu Jingxue breathed a sigh of relief. With this period of time as a buffer, the temperature in the room should be able to rise a little.
It would be safer to delay opening the door for a while then.
Thinking of what she had said to the cowshed, Liu Jingxue took out half of the medicine in the space and placed it on the table in front of the window.
When making medicine in the space, no matter what the process was, it was all done with the mind. Liu Jingxue quickly took out the tools that she had prepared to conceal her tracks and placed them on the table.
Some herbs were deliberately put in it to avoid it being too clean and arousing suspicion.
After everything was ready, Liu Jingxue and the other two came to the door.
Hearing the knock on the door, Liu Jingxue slowly put on her cotton jacket and trousers.
After putting it on, she didn't rush to open the door. She waited for the second round of knocks on the door. When she felt the temperature in the room had risen, Liu Jingxue trotted to open the gate.
After opening the courtyard door, Liu Jingxue looked at the two people outside who were covered tightly with only two eyes, and asked curiously,
"Why are you here at this time? It shouldn't be dinner time yet. You don't need to ask me to come over for dinner, right?"
Zhou Mingxuan raised the package in his hand and said, "Xiaoxue, we are here to deliver something to you."
"I have one here too, and it's for you." Zhao Junhao on the side also patted the package in his hand.
It was so cold, Liu Jingxue wouldn't let anyone talk outside the door.
She stepped aside to make way for him. "Let's talk inside. It's too cold outside."
After letting the two people into the yard, Liu Jingxue closed the gate and locked it.
The three of them entered the house and took off their thick cotton-padded jackets.
Liu Jingxue asked the two to sit on the kang and went to the kitchen to pour them some hot water.
There was no boiling water in the kitchen, so Liu Jingxue poured hot water from the space and brought it to the two of them.
Fortunately, she has the habit of drinking hot water, otherwise she really wouldn’t know where to get hot water to entertain the guests at this moment.
It was so cold, she couldn't serve cold water to the guests, that would be too rude.
After bringing the water to the two of them, Liu Jingxue sat on the edge of the kang and asked, "Why did you two suddenly want to send me something?"
"Xiaoxue, this is not something we gave you. It was brought from home and asked us to pass it on to you."
"Your family gave it to me," Liu Jingxue said. Could it be that these two people received another package from home?
Zhou Mingxuan looked at Liu Jingxue suspiciously, "Xiaoxue, didn't we say yesterday that we would go to the town today to meet up with the people sent by grandpa and give them the ginseng wine and bacon and ask them to take them back.
It's just one night, you won't forget it."
Liu Jingxue thought about it and it seemed to be the case.
It was all because she took a fasting pill right after she came back last night, and entered the time formation to practice, and only finished her practice this morning.
Only one night had passed outside, but she had been practicing in the time formation for a long time and was unable to react for a while.
Liu Jingxue quickly explained, "I was busy refining medicine and didn't think of this for a moment."
The two of them saw the things on the table as soon as they came in, so they naturally didn't doubt her words.
"Xiaoxue, you just finished researching poultry feed and you're busy making medicine. You're even busier than before, and you never have a rest every day.
Don't work too hard, at least take a break." Zhao Junhao advised.
"Don't worry, I'm not busy all day long. I often relax and have fun."
Liu Jingxue was worried that they would ask her what she did for entertainment and that she couldn't mention the movies, TV shows and variety shows she downloaded from Hyundai, so she quickly changed the subject.
"You handed the things to the people who came. Have they left?"
Zhou Mingxuan answered, "We went to the town to meet them in the morning. They are probably already in the city and are preparing to take the evening train back to Beijing.
They brought some things from their families for us, some of which were given to me by my family members, so I am sending them to you."
As he said this, he pointed to the package behind him.
Zhao Junhao pushed the package behind him towards Liu Jingxue.
"Xiaoxue, this is what my old man asked me to pass on to you. These are all things prepared for you. You can't refuse."
"Does your old man also know about my existence?" Liu Jingxue was a little worried that her relationship with her uncle and aunt would be leaked.
"Don't worry, Xiaoxue, I haven't told Grandpa about your identity or your relationship with Uncle Liu and Aunt Liu. He doesn't even know your name.
I didn’t tell my grandfather that Grandpa Wu was here.
Since Mingxuan trusts me and tells me such important news, I must not let him down and leak the news." Zhao Junhao said.
After hearing what Zhao Junhao said, Liu Jingxue pointed at the package he pushed over and asked, "Where did this thing come from?"
Zhao Junhao chuckled, “I told my grandfather that when I heard that someone would use ginseng that is more than 500 years old to make wine, I thought of my family and wanted to get some for them.
Mingxuan had the same idea, so we worked together to convince him.
The man had a young girl in his family and he valued her very much, so he let them do whatever they wanted.
I told my grandfather that the man was an expert in finding ginseng, and he might know where in the mountains there were high-aged ginseng.
If they are sincere enough, we may get ginseng and ginseng wine later. If not, it will be a one-time deal.”
"I also told Mingxuan to tell Grandpa Zhou that if my grandfather goes to ask him, he should use the same excuse to get rid of my grandfather.
So Xiaoxue, you don't have to worry about your identity being revealed."