Scientific Travel

It was already December, and New Year's Day was approaching, so everyone was busy getting ready.

Deng Yin was skilled at making paper-cut window decorations, but he had no use for his skills because the wind was strong outside and anything he pasted on would be blown away instantly.

But it's no big deal. She never does things based on demand, but on what she's good at. Who says window decorations have to be pasted on the outside? They can be pasted on the inside too.

Anything pasted on a window can be called a window decoration.

Based on this conclusion, Deng Yin also creatively invented door decorations, table decorations, bed decorations, and potted plants. For table and potted plants, considering that paper cuttings were easily soaked by water, she switched to using silk. That silk, worth 200 gold coins per foot, was now cut into a pile of shredded cloth.

Although Wang Xi was just a child, she was not idle. Her task was to help Deng Yin soak the various flowers she had cut to give them a fragrance.

Li Pingle and Gou Dan were busy marinating the meat; Li Pingle was in charge of marinating, and Gou Dan was in charge of cutting the meat.

Dog Egg is strong and has a natural talent for cutting meat. He can cut meat into even slices, even meat with bones, into uniform sizes. Since some people can eat spicy food and others can't, Li Pingle marinated two portions of each type of meat, one spicy and one non-spicy.

He also cured quite a lot of meats that require long curing times, such as sausages and ham.

Li Pingle knew that Deng Yin would be eating meat for a month straight, so he prepared meat dishes in various ways during this time. Deng Yin had been back for half a month and had never eaten the same meat dish twice.

However, eating too much meat can get tiring. This doesn't mean you can just eat a bite every day and consider it done; it means you need to eat the standard amount at every meal.

Deng Yin always eats meat first at every meal, and only starts eating other dishes when he's sure he's eaten enough. Otherwise, if he eats too much of the other dishes, he won't be able to eat the meat.

Deng Yin's appetite is getting smaller and smaller. Recently, after eating meat, he can hardly eat anything else, and sometimes he can't even eat meat.

In addition, since eating too much meat is difficult to digest, Liu Ding prepared many digestive and appetite-stimulating medicines for her.

With the Lunar New Year approaching, there will definitely be plenty of meat and fish during this period. She has also prepared medicine for everyone else.

Wang Moyu especially loved pastries, so when she was studying, she mainly focused on making pastries.

However, it is indeed a bit early to start preparing now, but she has not been idle.

During the Chinese New Year, besides having delicious food to eat, you also need to wear new clothes.

Li Pingle alone certainly couldn't make clothes for so many people. Most of the clothes Deng Yin bought before were sizes she could wear herself; while other sizes were available, they were all made of coarse cloth.

It's not like we don't have money, how can we wear clothes like this during the Chinese New Year!

Since Wang Moyu hadn't been out for a long time, she decided to go to Shi Ni City by herself for a stroll.

Li Pingyue disagreed; he was worried that she would be in danger and insisted on going with her.

It cannot be invalidated. Li Pingle couldn't beat Wang Moyu before, and it's the same now.

Deng Yin had just finished her work, so she handed over the dyeing and fragrance making to Wang Xi and went shopping with Wang Moyu.

She hasn't gone shopping in a long time. Whether in the past or now, she only goes shopping to fill her stomach, and rarely goes shopping for the sake of shopping.

Wang Moyu couldn't refuse Deng Yin's offer. It would be much more convenient if Deng Yin were there, since buying too many things would be difficult to carry. So she agreed.

With Deng Yin around, Li Pingyue felt much more at ease, but he didn't forget that Deng Yin needed to eat meat for a whole month.

All the work of curing meat was put on hold, and I switched to preparing the dishes that Deng Yin would need to eat in the next few days.

If we're talking about who's most enthusiastic about shopping, then Wang Xi is definitely the one.

When she heard that her mother and sister were going shopping but not only were they not taking her, but they were also leaving her with a bunch of chores, she immediately started making a fuss.

After thinking it over, Deng Yin felt that this was not quite right, so he handed over the unfinished work to Gou Dan.

It's just a bit windy outside, but there's not much danger. Wang Xi has been cooped up at home for so long, so going out for a stroll is a good thing.

It just so happened that Liu Ding was relatively free recently, so Deng Yin decided to bring her along as well.

At first, Liu Ding didn't want to go, after all, the medicine that Deng Yin had asked her to research had made no progress after so long. But Deng Yin dragged her along without explanation, saying that there was never enough work to do, and that going out for a walk might suddenly give her some inspiration.

If someone else had said that, Liu Ding certainly wouldn't have believed it.

Isn't this just being lazy?

But since Deng Yin said it, she immediately believed it.

This time it's Gou Dan's turn to make a scene. He should always be with Deng Yin. If she went out alone without anyone else, that would be fine, but she insisted on bringing so many people with her!

Dog Egg's resentment was so intense that Deng Yin couldn't ignore it even if he wanted to.

Oh well, at worst we can just put more fuel in the basin. By the time she gets back, the artworks will be almost ready.

Everyone else has gone; we can't leave Li Pingle alone at home.

Deng Yin simply waved his hand and took everyone with him.

Anyway, the carriage is big enough to fit all these people.

With so many people, the carriage will travel more steadily, especially when the wind is particularly strong.

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Li Pingle and Deng Yin modified the carriage together. Deng Yin had used cypress metal sheets when he made the carriage; while cypress metal was sturdy enough, it lacked weight. Li Pingle, on the other hand, covered the entire carriage with sheet metal, especially thicker on the roof. This would inevitably increase the strain on the horses pulling the carriage; however, without it, the carriage could easily be blown over in strong winds, causing even greater trouble.

Fortunately, these horses were of excellent quality and very strong, so the minor modifications to the carriage were nothing to them.

This was the first time these horses had traveled to Shi Ni City, so they couldn't rely on their familiarity with the route. Therefore, someone had to lead the way. Li Pingle shortened the seat that was originally reserved for the coachman at the front of the carriage, so that the horses could be driven from inside the carriage.