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Jing Yi also brought back a piece of news from the capital, that is, the Taifu had close correspondence with officials from Jian'an County and Jiujiang County.

That was information that Feicui accidentally discovered when she accompanied Peng back to the Grand Tutor's Mansion twice.

This story begins when Feicui followed Peng back to the Taifu Mansion.

Peng's mother and daughter were discussing matters with the Grand Tutor in the study, while Feicui was waiting in the corridor, along with the maid from the Grand Tutor's mansion.

Feicui was always alert and never missed any clues. She accidentally discovered a few pieces of muddy and wet letter paper scattered on the stone steps outside the study.

She pretended to adjust her skirt as she leaned over to pick it up and pieced it together briefly. Most of the writing on the letterhead had been stained by water, making it impossible to make out the specifics. Only the faint words "Jian'an County Magistrate" were visible, the ink blurred by the rain.

When she followed Peng back home, Feicui paid special attention.

Taking the opportunity to serve tea to the Grand Tutor, the Crown Prince and his wife, she caught a glimpse of several letters on the desk in the study that had not yet been put away. The words "Jiujiang" and "Jian'an" stamped with wax were particularly eye-catching.

What surprised her even more was that when the Grand Tutor was talking to the Crown Prince in a low voice, he mentioned words like "pirates" and "Eastern Yi".

Feicui pieced these fragmented clues together, and pretended to inquire casually when the servants in the mansion were chatting.

I discovered that in the past year, the correspondence between Jiujiang, Jian'an counties and the Taifu Mansion has been extremely frequent, and unfamiliar faces often come and go in my house.

What is even more strange is that these messengers never go through the main gate, but sneak in and out through the corner door in the backyard, which seems to be extremely confidential.

October fourteenth,

Three days later is Jing Chunxi's ninth birthday.

Because Jing Chunxi went into exile with him the previous year, she didn't even have an egg or a bowl of noodles to eat on the way, and no one remembered to prepare anything for her. As a mother, Jing Qiurong felt guilty and made preparations early on to hold a big birthday party for her daughter.

Jingyi's cooking skills hadn't been shown off for a long time, and this time he wanted to show them off. Since he didn't have to transport food these few days, he asked Wulang and Liulang to spread the word and let the children go catch snails.

I heard that in addition to barbecue, roast chicken and roast fish, the birthday party will also have Lingnan region special snacks "stuffed snails" and "stir-fried snails with sour bamboo shoots and fermented black beans", so all the children came out and were very enthusiastic.

"Enough, enough!"

On the first day, the courtyard of the mansion was filled with dustpans, wooden basins, and buckets filled with snails that the children had picked up.

Aunt Mi and several maids had never dealt with these things before. They felt a headache looking at them and didn't know what to do.

Tang Shuang caught a servant and angrily ordered, "Go find Jing Yi."

He was the one who caused this trouble. He said that the snails he picked up still needed to be raised for two days, and it seemed that he was getting it easy if he was not allowed to handle it himself.

Chuntao also went out and caught a child and told him, "Hurry up and tell them to stop picking up the snails. We have enough snails. Where can we eat so many?"

But the child was as slippery as a loach. He didn't listen at all and said stubbornly, "My parents and grandparents all like to eat this over there. The taste is absolutely right. Everyone said we should eat as much as we can. Brother Jingyi also said that he would fry as much as we can pick up."

After saying that, the child ran in, poured the snails he had picked into the basin in the patio, and ran out again, heading towards the creek where there were usually the most snails.

Jing Yi didn't refuse. When the servant pulled him over, he saw the snails in the courtyard and smiled, saying, "Let them pick them up. It will cost a little oil and ingredients anyway. I'll let them eat as much as they want."

But as he picked at the snails in the basin, he laughed again: "These guys are too picky. They pick up any snail they see. The small ones have to be picked out and put back into the stream, otherwise there will be nothing left to eat next year. I'll catch them."

When Aunt Mi heard him say that, she saw Pu Ge'er trying to run out again, so she grabbed him and said, "Young Master, go out and find a few people to pick out all the small ones. We don't have enough buckets and wooden basins for raising snails. Ask them to bring some from home. We don't have that much time."

Pu Ge'er ran out without looking back, and Mi Ma Ma added, "Looking for a girl."

It's as if a boy can't tell the difference between the big and small snails.

Chun Tao smiled at Aunt Mi, "Aunt, why don't you go out and take a look? The girls are more excited about picking snails than the boys. Some of them are even rolling up their trouser legs and using nets to catch shrimps."

Aunt Mi: "They are all like monkeys, more noisy than the children in the village. No wonder the girl can't stand them."

"Mamma Mi thought this was the city."

Jing Qiurong came out with a smile on her face and joked. Everyone saluted her and laughed along.

Jing Qiurong hadn't expected to pick so many. She smiled and said, "The farm is still the best. If you want to eat something fresh, you can just pick it up. But these snails look dirty. What's so delicious about them?"

After hearing this, Sugar Frost said, "Madam, I'm afraid you won't say that once the snails are served."

This caused everyone to laugh again.

Jing Qiurong instructed the Qingyi who had followed her out, "Remember to tell them that roasted corn should be picked early in the morning. Corn left overnight won't be as sweet."

"Don't worry, Auntie! I've already given instructions. The chickens and ducks will be put into a pen first and slaughtered early that morning."

Jing Yi added, "I'll have to get a few guys to help chop the meat, and Tang Shuang, you can bring a few girls to help stuff the snails. It's going to be very labor-intensive."

Frosting retorted angrily, "Got it!"

She always has a bad temper towards Jingyi.