kvmb Chapter 633: Marshal's Soup
Chapter 633: Marshal's Soup
After returning to the Marshal's Mansion, Gui'er told Sha Yanxiao the rumors circulating in the market.
He shook his head and sighed, "Father is indeed praised by people in Jiangcheng, but he does have a lot of problems."
Dali reminded him, "Young Master, please be quiet. The Marshal has been ignoring you lately. What if he decides you're not on his side and wants to replace the heir?"
Sha Yanxiao said nothing.
"Hey, Butler Zhao, what brings you here?"
"Look at what you're saying. I'm just running errands for the Marshal. Today, a boss heard that the Marshal was ill and sent a pangolin over."
"Oh, that's a great tonic."
"That's right, but there's only one, which isn't enough to share. That's why the Marshal said he'd only give it to the three young masters, leaving no one else. Even if you get one, don't tell anyone about it, to avoid disputes later."
Gui'er and Sha Yanxiao stood up and walked to the door after hearing the conversation.
Butler Zhao saw this and approached attentively. He asked a servant beside him to present a food box and said with a smile, "Second Young Master, this is specially ordered by the Marshal to be distributed to you. The pangolin is stewed to perfection, and it also has bird's nest, shark fin, and old pheasant. It's very nutritious."
Sha Yanxiao smiled and said, "I'm ashamed that my father still cared about us little ones when he was sick, but after he gave it to us, he didn't have much left, did he?"
"The Marshal said that he's already this old and doesn't have much to gain, so he just wants to have good descendants. Oh, and Miss Gui'er has been stewing medicinal food and sending it to me from time to time. The Marshal was very touched and specially asked Miss Gui'er to eat with him."
Gui'er quickly said, "Thank you, father." She had been trying to please the Marshal for a while, but it hadn't been very effective. Now that he was suddenly so nice to her, she was a little flattered.
Sha Yanxiao was also very happy. He casually took out a silver dollar and handed it to Butler Zhao, saying, "Thank you for making this trip in person. Take this money and have a drink to warm yourself up."
Butler Zhao bowed happily and said, "Oh, this is my job. Second Young Master is so polite. I will accept it shamelessly." Then he thanked him repeatedly before leaving.
After Butler Zhao left, the steward in Sha Yanxiao's courtyard opened the food box, touched the soup bowl and said, "Master, this is still hot. Do you want to eat it now, or wait until dinner time to eat it together?"
Sha Yanxiao opened the lid of the soup bowl, and a fragrant aroma wafted out. He said, "Let's eat it now, so we don't have to reheat it when it gets cold, and it won't be as fresh anymore."
The steward brought it to the dining room and placed it in two bowls. Gui'er sniffed it and found it to be a unique fragrance she had never smelled before. However, pangolins are now an endangered species. Even though there are no legal restrictions in this era, she still felt a little uncomfortable.
Seeing her frown, Sha Yanxiao asked curiously, "What's wrong? Are you not used to this? I don't think you've ever eaten it before."
Gui'er had no choice but to smile and say, "I've never eaten it before, so I'm a little hesitant. How about you eat it and I'll just have some soup."
Sha Yanxiao smiled, picked up the pangolin from Gui'er's bowl with his chopsticks, put it in his own bowl, and added some shark fin and pheasant meat to her bowl. He said, "Then you can eat these."
Guier nodded and took a sip of the soup. It was indeed delicious.
Sha Yanxiao also picked up the bowl and was about to drink when Dali ran in: "Young Master, Wu Mingqiang is back."
Sha Yanxiao was stunned for a moment, put down his bowl and chopsticks, turned to Gui'er and said, "You drink first, I'll be back soon."
Gui'er nodded, and Sha Yanxiao turned and walked out.
But when Gui'er finished a small bowl, Sha Yanxiao still hadn't come back.
Dingxiang walked forward and said, "Miss, do you like it? I'll give you another bowl."
Gui'er quickly said, "No, my brother hasn't drunk yet. Let's wait for him to come over."
Unexpectedly, after more than 20 minutes, Sha Yanxiao still hadn't returned. Gui'er guessed that Wu Mingqiang must have something important to report to Sha Yanxiao and probably wouldn't be back soon, so she said to the servants, "Put the soup away for now. When brother comes back, ask him if he wants some. If he does, heat it up for him."
She was bored staying in the yard, so she went to the fourth concubine's yard to play with Sha Lili.
Sha Lili was also in her own courtyard, very bored. Ever since the Marshal agreed to the marriage of the fourth concubine's children, Sha Lili stopped going to school. She taught herself some needlework and housekeeping in the mansion. The fourth concubine also taught her how to manage the household and keep accounts.
Seeing Gui'er coming over, Sha Lili smiled and said, "You haven't returned to Nanjing yet? That would be a good opportunity for you to chat with me. I'm so bored. Because of Dad's injury, our engagement has been postponed. I suspect Dad wants to go back on his word. I'm so depressed."
Gui Er said apologetically, "I'm sorry, this happened because of me."
Sha Lili said, "Hey, Father, I don't know that man yet. If he wants to, he'll find a reason. When my three sisters married Marshal Zhang, he gave them some money. But I married so respectably, and he didn't give me a penny. I knew he didn't agree at all."
Guier smiled and said, "You can't say that. Fathers always want the best for their children. Didn't he send that soup over today? It's that pangolin, bird's nest, shark's fin, and pheasant soup. They say it's very nourishing. I had a bowl too. I still feel warm all over, and even have a little heartburn."
Sha Lili curled her lips. "What pangolin? It's just pheasant soup, isn't it? So there were pangolins sent to your courtyard. It seems Father really values my second brother. We only had pheasant soup, without any shark fin or bird's nest. It tasted just like regular chicken soup. My brother disliked it after taking one sip."
Gui'er was stunned. She didn't expect that the soup deliveryman would be biased. She didn't know what to say for a moment and just stood there smiling foolishly. Sha Lili was talking babble-like and she seemed not to hear clearly. After standing for a while, she felt tired and said, "I'd better go back and rest for a while." Then she left.
On the way back to Sha Yanxiao's yard, it felt like walking on cotton, and she was in a daze. Guier thought that maybe she was too tired recently. So many things had happened, and the road ahead was so uncertain.
She suddenly didn't want to care about anything else, so she went back to the yard, went straight to her room, and fell asleep.
When Guier woke up again, she found herself in an unfamiliar room with an IV drip hanging next to her.
Guier sat up in horror, trying hard to identify this unfamiliar environment.
At this moment, the door opened and a girl in a nurse's uniform walked in. She smiled and said, "You're awake? I think you should be alright."