Heavenly Blessed Baby: Fleeing Famine, Busy to Prosper!-Chapter 217: Grandpa, Let Me Carry You

Yi Meng, worried about being asked more questions later, hurriedly urged Qi Quanjin to go find Wang Daya and the others.

Qi Quanjin was confused, "The official only said they wanted to see you, didn’t mention Big Sister-in-Law!" 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

"You..."

Yi Meng was so angry she wanted to curse, but she took a deep breath and reined in her anger, saying, "They’ve already seen our father, and now they want to see me. Who knows if they’ll want to see the others later."

"Initially, I thought they wouldn’t pay much attention to our family matters, so I told everyone to say the food was prepared together. But now, at this point, if they really start questioning others about how the dishes were made, what do we do?"

This question left Qi Quanjin speechless.

He really hadn’t thought it through.

But now that his wife had raised the issue, Qi Quanjin realized it was quite serious and quickly said, "Wife, you change your clothes first. I’ll go talk to Big Sister-in-Law and the others. If they really question it, just say that you prepared all the dishes."

"Okay, hurry up! Don’t alarm those important people."

Yi Meng waved her hand, signaling him to leave.

But while changing clothes, Yi Meng’s heart couldn’t settle down.

She had just come up with a way to deal with the locust plague, and her family had devised the specifics together.

They never thought this matter would cause such a stir, they reported it to the government hoping other villages could also reduce their losses.

But they didn’t expect the situation to unfold beyond everyone’s expectations.

This change forced Yi Meng to be more cautious, in case something unexpected happened again...

Yi Meng dared not think further.

After dressing up, tidying her hair, and ensuring there was nothing improper, she left the room.

Meanwhile, Qi Quanjin had informed Wang Daya of Yi Meng’s decision.

At that time, Qu Laodi was talking in Wang Daya’s room. As soon as the sisters-in-law heard the news, they couldn’t sit still and quickly went to find other family members, even notifying a few children.

Qi Quanjin took Yi Meng to the main hall. After greetings, Yi Meng stood meekly on the side, head lowered.

After Eunuch Wan inquired about the Chrysanthemum Tea, he indeed brought up the matter of the food.

Yi Meng sighed internally, but still forced herself to respond, "Sir, today’s dishes were stir-fried by me, with help from my sisters-in-law."

She could admit she was the head cook, but couldn’t erase her family’s contributions.

"Madam’s culinary skills are truly exceptional, not much different from those of the Imperial Kitchen.

Eunuch Wan laughed heartily.

But this laugh made everyone else in the room nervous.

Yi Meng really didn’t want to kneel, but at this moment, she had no choice but to kneel and apologize with fear.

A joke, if she didn’t apologize now, would she be asked to move to the Capital City to become a cook?

Yi Meng felt it was unlikely they’d be so drastic, but just in case, being cautious was never wrong.

Luckily, Eunuch Wan didn’t bring up the subject, only said a few words of praise, and then changed the topic, "I didn’t expect that in such cold lands, you can still have such fresh vegetables in the winter. Where did they come from?"

Upon hearing this, Yi Meng’s heart relaxed.

Growing vegetables indoors was their way of making money but wasn’t a closely guarded secret.

Then Qi Zheng, who hadn’t spoken much, suddenly said, "Sir, our family has been farming for generations, and since we have a large house, during winter we thought it’s okay to use the heated káng, and make the room warm, so we started growing small vegetables indoors."

"I see."

Eunuch Wan nodded understandingly, "You’re quite ingenious. Today’s meal was very satisfying for me."

Saying this, Eunuch Wan waved his hand, and the guard standing beside him stepped forward immediately, "Go to the carriage and fetch ten taels of silver. Though I’m on duty for the Emperor, it’s not right to take advantage of common folks."

Mentioning the Emperor, Eunuch Wan also gestured in the direction of the Capital City.

The guard obeyed immediately.

The three members of the Qi Family hastily knelt, profusely saying they didn’t dare accept such a reward.

Eunuch Wan waved them off and no longer spoke directly to them, instead telling Hu Kaicheng they’d be leaving shortly.

Hu Kaicheng had no reason to refuse and promptly agreed.

Soon, the ten taels of silver were brought over and placed on the table, while Eunuch Wan got into the carriage with Hu Kaicheng’s accompaniment.

The entire Yongping Village gathered at the village entrance, seeing the convoy off.

Until the visitors were out of sight, only then did Qi Quanjin’s legs give way, and he sat on the ground with a long sigh of relief, "They’ve finally left."

"Pathetic!"

Qi Zheng glared at Qi Quanjin, and calmly told others, "Alright, disperse! Get back to your work."

Upon hearing this, everyone instantly scattered.

Qi Dafu, who was beside Qi Zheng, also intended to leave but was held back by Qi Zheng grabbing his arm.

"Dad, what’s wrong?"

Qi Dafu looked at his father in confusion.

Weren’t they asked to disperse?

Qi Zheng rolled his eyes at this eldest son and scolded angrily, "Old man’s legs are numb, carry me!"

Qi Dafu scratched his head, didn’t bend down, and instead advised, "Dad, if your legs are numb, just stomp your feet vigorously!"

Qi Zheng: ...

Suddenly wanted to strangle this eldest son.

But Qi Ercai reacted first, quickly pushing Qi Dalang aside, "Dalang, carry your grandpa back."

Qi Dalang didn’t overthink it, immediately stepped forward, "Grandpa, I’ll carry you."

"Dalang is well-behaved, sons are just wasted efforts, at crucial times it’s the grandsons who matter."

Qi Zheng said this, and lay on Qi Dalang’s back.

Mrs. Qi wanted to mock the old man, but her legs were also weak.

If her little granddaughter had not been held by hand, rather than in her arms, she might have tossed her by now.

"Mom, I’ll carry you!"

Seeing that Mrs. Qi wasn’t moving, Qi Ercai proactively stood before her.

Mrs. Qi snorted, intending to refuse, but when she tried taking a step, she found her legs wouldn’t cooperate, so she obediently lay on her second son’s back.

Yi Meng walked over to Qi Quanjin, helping him up, "Alright, it’s all good, let’s go home!"

"Yes, let’s go home."

Qi Quanjin forgot about everything else and stood up with his wife’s support.

Qi Manman stood there, watching her grandma being carried by Second Uncle, her grandpa carried off by her big brother, and then looked at her parents supporting each other, she then reached out to hold Brother Shi’s small hand beside her.

"Brother Shi, let’s walk together!"

"Yeah, yeah, little sister, let’s walk together!"

Qi Shilang didn’t understand what had transpired among the adults, holding on to his sister’s hand and starting to walk forward.

The two little ones walked, shaking their clasped hands, and giggling for reasons only known to them.