After dying early, I traveled to ancient times and became a boy

"Uncle Xie, my brother is at home. He said he's going to make swelled eggs and egg dumplings today." Ye Xunbai gave Xie Lingyin the recipe. "You should stay for dinner."

"Okay." Xie Lingyin always had a faint smile on her face. "Is the shuttlecock yours?"

"Yeah." Ye Xunbai walked over to get the shuttlecock, then took Xie Lingyin's hand again, "Brother made this for me."

"It's a very beautiful shuttlecock." Xie Lingyin also took Ye Xunbai's hand, "Then let's go find your brother."

Ye Xunbai took Xie Lingyin to find Ye Xunqing, and Xie Zhiyan followed them silently.

Ye Xunqing was very surprised when he saw Xie Lingyin. In his impression, Xie Lingyin had never left the house. The farthest place he had been to was the lotus field.

"Uncle Xie, why are you here?" Ye Xunqing asked in surprise.

Xie Lingyin replied, "I heard you opened a school, so I wanted to come and see you. But I didn't want to disturb you, so I didn't come. Jing Heng said you were taking a day off today, so I thought I'd come and see you."

"Isn't Uncle Jiang here?" Ye Xunqing glanced outside.

Xie Lingyin smiled, "Ruisheng doesn't know, I came here secretly and left a letter for him. He and Jingheng went to the plum blossom pile on the water."

Ye Xunqing's heart was beating fast. Fortunately, Xie Lingyin was fine. If Xie Lingyin had died on the way, Jiang Ruisheng would have been angry with them and would have sent them to see the King of Hell.

"Uncle Xie, we can't do such dangerous things next time." Ye Xunqing said.

Xie Lingyin chuckled and said, "It's just a short distance, it'll be fine."

Ye Xunqing was still worried, "Next time you want to come over, just ask someone to send a message and I'll pick you up."

Xie Lingyin smiled but did not respond.

"Xiaobai said you made something delicious." Xie Lingyin sniffed it and said, "It smells so good!"

Ye Xunqing said, "I made egg dumplings. Uncle Xie, would you like to try some?"

Xie Lingyin frowned slightly, "Egg dumplings? I haven't eaten them in a long time."

Eggs and meat weren't unusual ingredients for Xie Lingyin, but he didn't know how to cook them, and neither did Jiang Ruisheng. They weren't sold on the street, and eating egg dumplings wasn't a custom here.

Yes, egg dumplings are still too luxurious for ordinary people.

Ye Xunqing's kitchen utensils were all specially customized by a blacksmith. The mold for making egg dumplings is a relatively small frying pan, which he usually uses to fry meat patties.

Heat the pot on a small stove, dip chopsticks in a little oil, add a spoonful of egg liquid after it becomes blurred, and when small bubbles appear, you can put the meat filling.

Xie Lingyin kept staring at it and found it amazing. As soon as the upper and lower egg skins touched each other, the egg dumplings stuck together without the meat leaking out.

"Uncle Xie, do you want to try it?" Ye Xunqing saw his sharp eyes and suggested, "It's very simple. I'll teach you."

Xie Lingyin tried it, but failed and the egg shell broke.

"Forget it, you do it." Xie Lingyin felt that she was not cut out for this. "I'll watch you do it."

Xie Zhiyan and Ye Xunbai went out to play again, and there were only the two of them in the kitchen, one making egg dumplings and the other watching them being made.

Ye Xunqing felt that the atmosphere was a bit cold, so he took the initiative to find a topic to talk about.

"Has Uncle Xie ever been to school?" Ye Xunqing asked.

"Why do you ask?" Xie Lingyin thought for a moment, "Well... not really, I've been there. I used to have a teacher at home."

Yes, they are definitely a wealthy family.

Ye Xunqing said: "I have never been there, so I don't know how the teachers there teach their students."

Xie Lingyin said, "I don't know how the teachers at school taught me, but I know how the teachers at home taught me. They talked about benevolence, righteousness, morality, the Three Bonds and the Five Constant Virtues. Every action was a rule, and I was secretly and openly contemptuous of them."

"What are you despising?" Ye Xunqing was puzzled.

"They despise my identity." Xie Lingyin mentioned her family for the first time. "You should be able to guess that my background is not simple. I was born into a wealthy family, but I am my father's only child. It is impossible for a brother to inherit such a huge family fortune. People kept urging my father to take a concubine, but he never listened. He loved my mother very much, but she passed away very early."

"After my mother passed away, some people urged him to remarry, but my father still disagreed." Xie Lingyin continued, "Those people couldn't blame my father, so they started looking for other excuses. As they kept looking, they ended up making it my and my mother's fault. Why am I a boy? Why did my mother only want to have me?"

"The emperor isn't anxious, but the eunuchs are." Ye Xunqing said speechlessly, "What the hell does it have to do with them? They can have as many children as they want. Does the family have a throne to inherit?"

Xie Lingyin was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Xiao Xunqing, you can't tell anyone about this, or you'll be beheaded."

Only then did Ye Xunqing realize that this was a feudal dynasty with an emperor. Although he didn't know which dynasty it was, it should be not much different from the feudal dynasties he knew.

"Oh, then I won't say anything." Ye Xunqing didn't care. He didn't think Xie Lingyin would spread what he said. And if she did, someone would have to believe it.

Xie Lingyin looked at Ye Xunqing and suddenly felt that this child was really special. "You know what? I actually really enjoy talking to you. It's very relaxing. And you're different from everyone else. You have a kind of ease that others don't have."

Ye Xunqing has no shackles on his body. In this world, everyone has shackles, even the emperor has shackles, his kingdom, his descendants.

But Ye Xunqing didn't have that. His steps were very light and he could walk as fast as he wanted.

"I refuse to waste time." Ye Xunqing crossed his arms and said seriously, "I don't like internal friction, nor do I like to use those big principles to constrain myself. I only like to do things that make me happy. If I'm happy, then I do it. If I'm not happy, I ignore anyone. If I'm willing to compromise, it means that this matter is very worthwhile."

"Internal friction?" This was the first time Xie Lingyin heard this term.

Ye Xunqing explained, "It's the act of sacrificing your energy without gaining any benefit. It's like if you can't do something well, you keep dwelling on it, thinking that if you can't do it well, you deserve to die. You really don't need to do that. If you can't do something even if you try your best, then you really can't do it. It's better to leave the problem to others."

Xie Lingyin was stunned. "Is that so?"

"Yeah!" Ye Xunqing said, "For me, cooking is my specialty. I don't like washing dishes or clothes, and I can't do them properly, so I leave it to Ah Heng. As for martial arts training, my physique isn't suitable for it, so I'll just give it up. Ah Heng has excellent talent, so let him go. After all, we're a family. He is me, and I am him."

Xie Lingyin suddenly stood up and said, "Yes, you're right. We can't waste our energy. If we can't do it, we can't do it." Then he covered his face and said, "It's too late. It's too late."

Ye Xunqing was just about to ask "What do you mean it's too late" when he heard someone outside shouting "Lingyin".

"Oh, Uncle Jiang is here." Ye Xunqing turned around to look at the door and saw Jiang Ruisheng running towards him with a panicked look on his face.

"Ayin!" Jiang Ruisheng was panting, as if he was running in a hurry.

Xie Lingyin asked, "Why are you so anxious? Didn't I leave a letter for you?"