Flowers in full bloom

Chapter 183 Thanks

You'd better keep a close eye on the flowers in your own garden, or they might be plucked away by others by accident, which would be very frustrating.

The next day, Hualei took the approval card for fishery salt to the salt warehouse and bought several hundred kilograms of fishery salt. She sent it to Yuanying Village and went to the kitchen to check. Fortunately, there were still thirty or forty salted duck eggs. She could still make two batches of egg yolk pastry.

He immediately asked Tian Xiaolian to take the lead and take several women from the farm to pickle another batch of salted duck eggs, so that he could make a batch of egg yolk pastries as gifts before the end of the year. This egg yolk pastry is a new variety. Nowadays, although there are still many snacks in Shangjing City, this egg yolk pastry has never appeared before. Now that the fish salt has arrived and the eggs are enough to supply the Imperial College, these duck eggs can be pickled into salted eggs, and then they can be made into egg yolk pastries.

On the day when Xiaoyuan Imperial College was closed, Hualei went to the farm early and together with Aunt Fu made egg yolk pastries with the remaining salted duck eggs, and then packed them in pretty little bamboo baskets.

Speaking of this small bamboo basket, it was made by Uncle Zhao from Baihua Manor. On the day when the dishes from the Imperial College were submitted for selection, he used a neatly-made small bamboo basket and was selected. Hualei praised him a few words, which made Uncle Zhao, who already liked woodworking, even more fascinated by this handmade product. So whenever he had free time, he would cut bamboos from the hillside to weave various bamboo baskets, bamboo baskets, and bamboo plaques. He even made many bamboo baskets for catching fish for the Wu Sansi brothers who were in charge of the fish pond in Yuanying Manor, although they could not be used for the time being.

It turned out that Hua Lei was also very interested in these handicrafts. Based on the handicrafts she had seen in various places in her previous life, she would communicate with Uncle Zhao from time to time. As a result, Uncle Zhao's handmade bamboo products became more and more refined.

At this time, the bamboo basket that Hualei used to hold the egg yolk cakes was a small bamboo basket with a wooden frame swing. The small bamboo basket with the egg yolk cakes was hung on a customized wooden frame like a cradle for infants and young children, but there was a hollow bamboo cover on the bamboo basket, which swayed slightly, but not very much. After eating the egg yolk cakes, this small bamboo basket can also be placed on the desk as a handicraft. Some small items such as seals and ink can also be placed in the bamboo basket. If it is a female family member, some jewelry and pearl flowers can also be placed, which is very unique.

After packing two gift boxes of egg yolk pastry, Hualei casually wrapped a few scattered egg yolk pastry with oil paper, preparing to fill Xiaoyuan and Rongjue's stomachs after school. Seeing that it was almost time, she took Qinglu to the Imperial College.

Every day before the holiday, family members could enter the Imperial College through the northwest gate with a badge. Hualei took Qinglu to Xiaoyuan's school building two quarters of an hour earlier to see if he needed to make the bed and bring back some laundry.

Although Qingcheng and Qingyue follow her every ten days, Hualei still makes time to visit Xiaoyuan's school every month.

He walked into the school building slowly with Qinglu. As soon as he arrived in front of Xiaoyuan's school building, he saw Bai Yunhe's servant Acheng standing outside the school building, while Bai Yunhe was already sitting at Yunhai's desk in front of the window, looking through something.

Hua Lei was a little surprised. Didn't the Imperial College Class A have one more class than Class D? Bai Yunhe should still be in class at this time? Why was he already here?

Bai Yunhe, who was sitting in front of the window, heard footsteps, looked up and saw Hualei and Qinglu standing up with smiling eyes. For a moment, Hualei felt like she saw a fox in the forest.

"Miss Hua, you're here so early?" Bai Yunhe greeted her, and when he saw Qinglu holding a bamboo basket in the back, he smiled even more happily.

"Mr. Bai, doesn't Class A still have a class? Why are you here so early?" Hua Lei asked puzzledly.

"Oh, the next class was archery. I didn't want to attend, so I slipped out." Bai Yunhe said bluntly.

Ah, skipping classes? He said it so confidently. This is not an honorable thing. Could it be that Bai Yunhe is a foodie like Rong Jue, who would not care about anything else just for a bite of snack? Hua Lei looked at Bai Yunhe, a little speechless.

Bai Yunhe saw Hua Lei's expression, smiled, and said proudly, "I can't help it. I'm too good at archery. Every time in class, the teacher asks me to demonstrate to others. I'm a little tired of it, so I slipped out today."

Well, it's true that you can show off your good grades, but when did good grades become an excuse to skip classes? In her previous life, Hualei had always been a good student and a good girl, and she had never skipped classes, so she didn't understand such an excuse.

But Bai Yunhe had already looked directly at the bamboo basket in Qinglu's hand and asked with a smile, "Miss Hua, is this the egg yolk pastry for me?"

"Oh, yes." Hualei took the two bamboo baskets from Qinglu and handed them to Bai Yunhe. While slightly opening one of the bamboo baskets, she explained, "This one sprinkled with black sesame seeds is the original red bean filling and egg yolk pastry."

He then opened the bamboo lid of another basket and said, "This one sprinkled with white sesame seeds is the egg yolk pastry I specially added with sweet-scented osmanthus flavor. It tastes pretty good. Mr. Bai can try it."

Bai Yunhe took the bamboo basket and carefully placed it on the table. He carefully looked at the egg yolk pastry wrapped in oil paper, then looked at the exquisite bamboo basket, and joked, "Miss Hua, do I need to return this bamboo basket to you after I finish eating the egg yolk pastry?"

Hua Lei was a little amused and said, "No need. This bamboo basket was also woven by Uncle Zhao from my farm. It is used to hold the egg yolk cakes. Mr. Bai does not need to return it."

Bai Yunhe nodded and thanked her, "Then I would like to thank Miss Hua. Miss Hua is really thoughtful. This bamboo basket is also very unique. I like it very much. Thank you."

Hua Lei smiled and said, "Mr. Bai, you are so polite. This is originally my thank you gift to you. I haven't thanked you properly for helping me that day. You are thanking me now."

"No way! There's a difference between giving a thank-you gift perfunctorily and giving it solemnly. I can feel Miss Hua's sincerity." These words left Hua Lei speechless. Since it was a thank-you gift, she must have put some thought into it. But after hearing what Bai Yunhe said, she felt something was wrong.

Before Hua Lei could figure it out, Bai Yunhe handed over a wooden box and said, "Miss Hua, a few days ago you were worried about Xiao Yuan's poor health and poor foundation. I think your worry is not unreasonable. Xiao Yuan is indeed a little thinner than other children of the same age.

This is a pill specially made by our Dingxi Marquis Mansion for children under the age of twelve to regulate the body. It is very effective for the children in our mansion.

This is one month's supply. You can give it to Xiaoyuan to try. If it is useful, I will give it to you later.