Chapter Thirty-four – Stewed Spring Bamboo Shoots

“Yes, it’s from the young master to the young miss.” Xiao Bei replied.

“Where did your young master get this?” Wei Ruo asked.

“I don’t know about this …… I don’t know about this ……” said Koboku vaguely.

“Is your young master in the courtyard?” Wei Ruo asked.

“In.”

“I’ll get him!”

Since he couldn’t get a name out of asking Xiao Bei, it was better to ask Wei Jin Yi in person.

In the bedroom, Wei Jin Yi’s lower half of his body was covered by the bedding, and the upper half of his body was leaning against the cushion, holding a book in his hand.

He was wearing a white single coat, his face was still a little haggard, and the sickly beauty looked like a rain-beaten vine ice mountain flower.

Wei Ruo walked over, and Wei Jin also raised his head to look at her.

“You’re giving me such an expensive old mountain ginseng?” Wei Ruo asked, pointing at the wooden box in her hand.

“Yes.”

“Where did you get such an expensive thing?” Wei Ruo was curious.

“I saved an old man some years ago and gave him this.” Wei Jin also replied.

Save this Wei Ruo often do, but the benefits are half did not get, not she saved people are not generous do not know gratitude, is Wei Ruo swore not to allow her to do so.

Now look at the hand of a hundred years old ginseng, Wei Ruo can not help but heartache, if they are not so brain dead to comply with the previous life with the master of the oath, maybe this old ginseng she has much better it!

Xiao Bei heard Wei Jin Yi’s answer from the side, and muttered straight in his heart, young master lies without blushing! Where to save, this old mountain ginseng is clearly ……

“Are you sure you want to give me such an expensive old mountain ginseng? This could be worth a lot of silver when you take it out to sell! One or two hundred taels anyways.” Wei Ruo reminded.

“You have saved my life more than the old mountain ginseng ever did.” Wei Jin also replied.

The medicine Wei Ruo had given him was a cherished item that could not be bought elsewhere and could not be begged for.

That’s true, but Wei Ruo looked at Wei Jin Yi’s shabby appearance and guessed that the value of this old mountain ginseng was worth more than his entire fortune.

He was so poor, but still managed to give her something so valuable, so it was evident that he was really a person who knew how to repay his kindness, and her decision to save him at the risk of being exposed that day hadn’t been made wrong.

“Alright then, I’ll take the old mountain ginseng, and I’ll return to give you a few more next time I use it to make a great tonic pill.” Wei Ruo said.

“Uh-huh.” Wei Jin also agreed, but didn’t really expect Wei Ruo to give him back any great tonic pills.

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After two more days, Wei Jin Yi’s illness was finally “cured”.

I can eat, drink and walk out of bed.

Everyone in the Wei Mansion breathed a sigh of relief, finally not having to worry about being chastised by Wei Mingting.

Wei Ruo came to see Wei Jin Yi again, digging up the pale bamboo shoots inside his yard in the process.

This bamboo shoot will be completely old if she doesn’t eat it, so instead of wasting it, she should sacrifice her five organs.

Just in time for Xiao Bei to make a meal and bring it into the room for Wei Jin Yi.

Seeing those meals, Wei Ruo showed a surprised expression, drinking porridge is nothing wrong, a big illness to drink some moist, conducive to gastrointestinal absorption.

The problem was two dishes: a plate of somewhat yellowed bok choy and a plate of radishes that also looked like they were seriously suspected of being burnt.

I’m sure that people who have recovered from a serious illness should eat lighter, but lighter is lighter, so what’s with the yellow and burnt?

“Are the greens the big kitchen sent you wilted?” Wei Ruo asked.

“No, the greens from the big kitchen are quite fresh.” Xiao Bei explained.

In the past, it was possible to give them dishes that were not fresh, but lately, the servants of the mansion dared not withhold any more of their expenses.

“So it’s your cook here who fried the shit out of it for you?” Wei Ruo asked.

Sniffing Xiao Bei don’t mean to scratch his head, “That …… Missy, our cook here is me …… I’m not very good at cooking …… “

After thinking about it, Xiao Bei immediately added an explanation, “But my usual level could be higher, I’ve seldom fried it, today was an accident, I was thinking about young master’s medicine before I fried it!”

There were only two people in Welcome Bamboo Court, and although there was a small kitchen that could run a small stove, there was no cook.

Wei Ruo turned back and Xiumei exchanged a glance.

Without Wei Ruo having to say anything, Xiu Mei had already understood what she meant.

“Miss, why don’t I use these light bamboo shoots to cook a casserole of spring bamboo shoots?” Xiu Mei proposed.

“Go ahead, you go peel the bamboo shoots first, I’ll go back and bring you some sweet potato starch.” Wei Ruo said.

The master and servant split up, the two were so excited to see Xiao Bei worried.

Thinking of the choking delicacy that Onii-chan had made last time, Xiao Bei didn’t dare to have any hopes for this time.

“Young master, should I stop them?”

“Let them be.”

Unlike the previous rejection and impatience, this time Wei Jin did not refuse either.

It wasn’t long before Wei Ruo returned with Xiu Mei, who was holding a pot of stewed spring bamboo shoots that was steaming.

Xiu Mei put the plate on Wei Jin Yi’s bedside table and said, “Second young master you try this spring bamboo shoots, it’s not spicy this time, it won’t choke you.”

Wei Jin also looked over, the tender yellow bamboo shoot segments were covered in a thick brownish-brown sauce, glistening with an oily light, and dotted with small green onions.

I don’t know how many times more tantalizing it is compared to the two dishes of yellowed and charred bok choy and radish made by Xiao Bei.

With a mindset of trying, Wei Jin also took a piece and put it into his mouth, chewing it carefully.

There was no coughing or choking this time, and his expression was always rather reticent, and he wouldn’t show anything happy directly, so it was impossible to tell what he thought of this plate of stewed spring asparagus by his expression for a while.

“Rich, fresh and delicious, with the sweetness of bamboo shoots and a complex saucy flavor, what is that?”

Wei Jin also looked up at Wei Ruo.

“Soy sauce, didn’t I give you a jar?”

Indeed delivered, but Wei Jin also never tasted it, he let Xiao Bei dispose of it casually, and I don’t know where Xiao Bei disposed of it.

Xiao Bei sheepishly looked down at the ground, afraid that Wei Ruo would find out that he had placed the gifts she had given him in a random manner.

How did he know that Missy was not just saying that, her soy sauce is a real secret soy sauce, and now it seems that Missy said that soy sauce with herbs has additional medicinal value is also true.

“How is it better than those green vegetables and carrots?” Wei Ruo laughed.

“Uh-huh.” Wei Jin also gave a low reply back, unable to hear much emotion.

Wei Ruo watched from the side as Wei Jin also finished a whole bowl of congee and a whole plate of stewed spring bamboo shoots before smilingly heading back to Listening Pine Court with Xiu Mei.

As soon as Wei Ruo left, Wei Jin Yi inquired about the whereabouts of Xiao Bei’s jar of soy sauce.

“I’ll go look for it!” Xiao Bei rushed into the small kitchen and rummaged around, finding the ash-eating altar in the corner.

Although the surface had collected dust, the altar was sealed properly and the contents should be fine.

Xiao Bei excitedly returned to Wei Jin Yi’s bedroom holding the soy sauce altar.

“Look young master, the altar is still here, well preserved.”

“Well, save it.”

“Got it young master! I’ll put it in the safest location!”

Not to mention that this soy sauce is so delicious, even if it’s not, it’s a token of Missy’s goodwill they must treat it well.

The relationship between the young master and the young lady is different now, they are considered “life and death friends”!