Chapter 259: Beggar’s Chicken
With lotus leaves on her head, holding a bunch of beautifully colored lotus flowers, and wearing a whole red skirt.
At this moment, Qin Wanwan looked like a little koi that had gained sentience in a lotus pond, cute and adorable.
Walking on the road, people couldn’t help but look at her a few times.
Beside her, Qin Xiaoe had several large lotus leaves tied to his back, a small basket of lotus seed pods hanging from his neck, and a few jade-white lotus roots hanging from his body.
The person and the goose, along with a parrot, swaggered towards Shahe City.
At the city gate now, except for those still being treated, the refugees had already left for their allocated villages.
Those temporary sheds had also been demolished.
The little chubby cub holding lotus flowers stretched out her neck to look towards the shed where people were being treated and discovered that her Daddy Yu Wuyou was also there.
However, he wasn’t busy; he was leisurely fanning himself with a fan.
Yu Wuyou wasn’t wearing his Miao Territory attire now; he was dressed in purple Tianqi attire.
He seemed to have a particular fondness for purple, and purple suited him very well, making him look more like a noble young master.
A young master with a very good appearance. Qin Wanwan noticed several women gathered not far away, pretending to be busy while secretly looking at him.
Her Daddy is really popular.
“Daddy.”
The little one ran over holding the lotus flowers.
Hearing Qin Wanwan call out “Daddy,” those women’s hearts shattered into pieces.
Yu Wuyou was lying in the lounge chair with his eyes closed. Hearing Qin Wanwan’s call, he opened his eyes.
He seemed very relaxed, not at all like a doctor seeing patients.
Hearing Qin Wanwan’s voice, he jumped up directly from the lounge chair, his movements very agile.
“My cub is here.”
He scooped Qin Wanwan up: “Where did these lotus flowers come from?”
Qin Wanwan, with her eyes curved into crescent moons, handed him three beautiful lotus flowers.
“I’m giving them to Daddy.”
The little one’s smile was like a warm little sun; who wouldn’t like her?
Anyway, Yu Wuyou liked her more and more.
“Daddy Yu Wuyou, Wanwan is going back to have Aunt Zhang make roast duck, beggar’s chicken, and cold lotus root salad and boiled lotus seed soup. I’m saving food for you.”
The little one seriously listed the dishes she would make today.
Yu Wuyou’s eyes lit up: “That’s a must!”
“I’ll go back with you now.”
Qin Wanwan glanced at the patients: “Aren’t you going to treat them anymore?”
“I’ve prescribed the medicine and given the acupuncture; I’m not needed for boiling the medicine.”
The other doctors were eagerly competing to boil the medicine.
It wasn’t that they were particularly dedicated to the patients; it was mainly because they held the prescriptions Yu Wuyou had written as treasures and were studying them.
After greeting the other doctors, Yu Wuyou took Qin Wanwan into the city.
Upon returning to the General’s Mansion, they got busy.
Yu Wuyou’s mouth watered just looking at the big fat duck and chicken.
Although called a “big fat duck,” its meat was not greasy.
This was because the poultry in the military camp were taken out by Qin Xiaoe every day to forage, ensuring they got enough exercise, which resulted in firm meat.
Coupled with their good diet, including Spirit Pasture Grass and the grasshoppers within it, the meat had no fishy smell and looked very tender and smooth.
They had made roast duck before and even dug an oven specifically for roasting duck.
Roasting duck this time was very straightforward.
Yu Wuyou had been thinking about the taste of that roast duck.
The tall and short father and daughter pair eagerly watched Aunt Zhang process the duck and put it into the oven.
In this hot weather, they didn’t seem to mind the heat squatting by the oven.
They only moved their spot when Aunt Zhang was preparing the beggar’s chicken.
The plucked chicken was also very large, looking like it had a lot of meat. The lotus leaves Qin Wanwan brought back were also quite large, used to wrap the chicken in several layers.
Beggar’s chicken requires yellow mud, so Yu Wuyou, without any pretense, carried a hoe and a basket to dig for mud.
Despite his noble appearance, he was very down-to-earth when doing things.
It made sense, as he could play the role of a beggar or refugee with ease.
Qin Wanwan followed him with a small shovel, trotting along.
After much effort digging and sifting, they finally brought back a large bucket of yellow mud and sand.
“Next, do we need to mix the mud?”
Qin Wanwan raised her little arms: “I’ll do it, Wanwan will do it.”
Yu Wuyou rolled up his sleeves: “Let’s do it together.”
Then, the father and daughter started playing with mud.
Originally, it just needed to be mixed into a slurry, but they started using the mud to sculpt.
Qin Wanwan sculpted a ball of mud.
“Tangyuan.”
Yu Wuyou sculpted a figure that didn’t look human.
“Guess who this is?”
Qin Wanwan’s little face was dirty, and after scrutinizing for a long time, she shook her head.
“It’s you!”
Yu Wuyou said with great confidence.
The little chubby cub’s eyes widened, and she refuted indignantly: “No way, it doesn’t look like me at all.”
How could that ugly thing be her? She was such a beautiful person.
Yu Wuyou looked at the ‘little clay figure’ in his hand and then at Qin Wanwan.
“Except for the hair, I think it looks quite alike. Look at this round little face, look at this chubby little belly…”
Qin Wanwan got angry and humped extremely loudly.
“Daddy is mean, Wanwan is not fat.”
Keke agreed wholeheartedly: “That’s right, our cub is just so cute!”
Yu Wuyou:…………
Alright, the little cub was indeed quite cute.
Aunt Zhang came out of the kitchen with two chickens wrapped in lotus leaves.
“We can wrap them in mud now.”
Qin Wanwan & Yu Wuyou: “We’ll do it!”
This was fun for the children, and also quite fun for Yu Wuyou, the big child.
After wrapping them in yellow mud, these two big lumps of earth were buried in the ground to be slow-cooked.
Afterward, Aunt Zhang went to prepare the lotus root.
Qin Wanwan and Yu Wuyou sat on small stools to shell lotus seeds.
“Want to try one?”
The lotus seeds were quite large.
The little chubby cub wasn’t falling for it and turned her head away: “No, these lotus seeds are bitter.”
Yu Wuyou was a little regretful: “I’ve been tricked.”
The little chubby cub humped twice; of course, she had been tricked by Father Shang before.
The little chubby cub remembered her lesson and wouldn’t fall into the same trap twice.
After a busy time, the two of them started craving popsicles.
They went to the ice cellar, each took a popsicle, and sat under the grapevine, eating them with relish.
When Lu He came out with a plate of pastries, the two of them were already lying on the lounge chairs, asleep.
She quietly retreated and soon returned with a blanket.
Qin Wanwan had fallen asleep on her Daddy.
The posture was not very elegant, but she slept comfortably.
Lu He covered them with the blanket and left.
