A Petty Official Chapter 6

After Grace Zheng returned, she gave half of the medicine to Sarah Hu next door to thank her for taking care of Xiaobao. Ethan Yun also took out the food she bought today and opened it for Sarah Hu and her family to eat.

Sarah Hu's son, who was about the same age as Ethan Yun, and whose nickname was Liu Tiaoer, said thank you with drooling eyes.

Seeing this, Chloe Shuang quickly took out the toys he bought and wanted to play with Lily Liu.

When people from Sarah Hu's family saw this, they all praised Grace Zheng for her ability to teach children. Of course, everyone would like such a generous and open-minded child.

They are closer neighbors than distant relatives. It is not easy for Grace Zheng to raise the children alone, and it is natural for them to take care of each other. Knowing that Grace Zheng's family tradition is so good, they feel it is even more worthwhile to interact with her.

Chloe Shuang finally went shopping and was able to discuss things with Lily Liu. The two chatted for a long time before Chloe Shuang reluctantly went back. She also made an appointment with Lily Liu to play house at her house tomorrow. She bought a small set of toy tableware at Daxiangguo Temple today, and she had a doll, which was the perfect size for her. She fell in love with it at first sight.

After returning home, Chloe Shuang was still excitedly talking to Emma Yun about what happened during the day, asking him if he still remembered this and that thing that happened during the day.

Not to mention Chloe Shuang, even Ethan Yun, an adult, saw a lot of new things, and he was very tolerant of loli, so the two of them actually chatted for quite a while.

However, children have a high need for sleep, and Chloe Shuang was still excited. Ethan Yun really couldn't stand it anymore, and lay on the pillow and said: "Little sister, Yiyi... Let's talk about it tomorrow, I'm sleepy..."

Grace Zheng sat by the bed and wiped Ethan Yun's face, who couldn't even open her eyes, and said with a smile: "You are such a jerk. You should call me sister."

Emma Yun yawned back, "Chloe Shuang promised."

Chloe Shuang nodded quickly: "Yes, it's agreed that I will be the younger sister."

Grace Zheng didn't know when they made this childish agreement. She just thought it was funny. "Okay, okay, you'll be the younger sister, and Yan Ge'er will take care of her."

"Of course..." Emma Yun said and fell asleep.

...

Early the next morning, Ethan Yun was woken up by Chloe Shuang and Lily Liu. He touched the bed and found Xiaobao was missing. He stepped down from the bed and went outside to take a look.

Chloe Shuang and Lily Liu are playing house, Chloe Shuang's doll is the bride, Xiaobao is the groom, and the two of them play mysterious roles, sometimes a maid and sometimes a cook.

Xiaobao was very uncooperative and threw the doll to the ground.

Chloe Shuang and the others taught Xiaobao to be nicer to his wife.

When Chloe Shuang looked up and saw Emma Yun coming back, her eyes lit up and she said to Lily Liu, "Sister Lily Liu, why don't you ask Yan Ge'er to be the groom?"

Emma Yun replied: ...

After being pulled over by Chloe Shuang, Ethan Yun was very helpless. Xiaobao was completely unaware and stretched out his hands to Ethan Yun, asking for a hug.

Then Chloe Shuang also placed a wild flower on Xiaobao's head, "Okay, Xiaobao is the second wife."

Lily Liu was stunned for a moment, then corrected: "What do you mean by Second Madam? Xiaobao is a boy, so it should be Erlang."

Chloe Shuang bit her finger, "What?"

She looked at Xiaobao, then at Ethan Yun, and felt very confused, because Yan Ge'er had already agreed to let her marry Xiaobao.

But Lily Liu didn't care at all, "Forget it, let her be the second lady, and we can each serve one lady."

Emma Yun replied: ...

When the two girls were tired from playing, Grace Zheng brought some steamed cakes for them to eat. She also boiled some herbs that she got from Monk Adrian yesterday and gave them some to drink.

Chloe Shuang took a sip and found it bitter, so Ethan Yun told her to close her eyes, and then pinched her nose with one hand so that she could not smell anything. Then she had to drink it all in one breath and rinse her mouth immediately, and then she could not taste anything.

In fact, the perception of food depends to a large extent on the sense of smell. The method of pinching the nose has existed since ancient times, but if you don’t pinch it tightly, the effect may not be so good.

As for Emma Yun's reply, he didn't even pinch his nose and drank it in one breath.

Chloe Shuang looked at him with admiration, "Brother Yan, you are really amazing."

Grace Zheng said that she decided to embroider something for Monk Ran, and would take them to Xiangguo Temple next time to give it to Ran as a gift in return.

Chloe Shuang of course clapped his hands in agreement with this decision, and Ethan Yun had no objection either, though she was a little worried that Ran would continue to sell Amway. However, she felt relieved when she thought about how Grace Zheng would never send her only son to become a monk without her husband's return.

...

The next time Grace Zheng went to Xiuxiang to deliver the goods, she brought Ethan Yun and Grace Zheng with her. After delivering the goods, they went to Xiangguo Temple to visit Le Ran.

When Adrian saw Emma Yun returning, he asked him with a smile if he remembered him.

Ethan Yun just smiled at him without saying anything.

Adrian touched Ethan Yun's head and said that Grace Zheng's embroidery was very exquisite and he wanted to treat them to a meal.

In fact, Grace Zheng did not use any particularly powerful acupuncture techniques. Adrian just wanted to treat her to a meal. Grace Zheng refused again and again, so Adrian said that as long as Emma Yun came back, she could come often to listen to the Buddhist teachings.

Grace Zheng felt helpless about the strong desire to sell Amway, so she could only think of giving Ran something to make up for it next time.

The place where Adrian hosted the dinner was inside the Daxiangguo Temple.

It may not be right to call this place a store, it is more like a private restaurant with a monk who is very good at cooking.

The monk was Adrian's junior. When he saw Ran coming, he welcomed him warmly.

Ethan Yun thought that there would be a table full of tofu and vegetables...

Adrian said to Grace Zheng and the others, "The roasted pork in Shaozhuyuan is a specialty. Huiming's cooking skills are well-known far and wide."

Emma Yun replied: ...

Even though he remembered that monks nowadays were different and could eat meat, Ethan Yun still felt it was hard to describe the idea of   eating meat cooked by monks because of the times he lived in and the influence of his surroundings...

But since we are here, we might as well make the best of it, take a seat and wait for the food.

Adrian introduced to them that Shaozhuyuan was originally called Shaozhuyuan, a very simple and crude name. Later, because it was a place for monks, it didn't sound good to call it that, so it was changed to Shaozhuyuan.

When the roasted pork came, Ethan Yun was really surprised - how could there be such delicious pork in the world!

Their family seldom ate meat, and they hadn't eaten meat for a long time. Plus, the roasted pork was so delicious that Ethan Yun actually felt the taste of happiness after taking a bite.

Pig farming was very crude in the Northern Song Dynasty, and pork had a strong odor. However, I don’t know whether it was because of the good selection of ingredients or the unique cooking method, the pork cooked by Huiming had no peculiar smell at all.

Thinking about how he has been running around for interviews in modern times, he has eaten a lot of food from high to low standards, but the roasted pork from Daxiangguo Temple can be considered a delicacy.

Ethan Yun was a little resistant to La Ran at first, but after eating this meal, he immediately liked her and wished he could come as a guest often and taste the meat of Shao Zhu Yuan. He even thought that if being a monk in Xiangguo Temple was such a happy thing, being able to eat meat and make money, it would be okay to be a monk...

Adrian also found that his unintentional contribution paid off. The young man benefited him so much after eating the meat. He immediately felt happy. There was hope that Xianglan would have another son!