Rebirth: Making a Fortune in Ancient Times

The delegation set off again. Before leaving the town, Xia Yu asked Nineteen and Daniu to go to the grain store and buy thirty catties of millet and fifty catties of wheat flour. The cooking at the homeowner's house today gave Xia Yu some ideas.

She brought some food with her, so that whether they stayed at a post station or a private house, she could borrow their kitchen to prepare some food for herself and her companions. She didn't need much, just enough for lunch. As the weather got colder, not only would she find it difficult to bear, but even for someone as old as Li Taifu, eating dry biscuits all the time wouldn't be good for his health.

Xia Yu felt regretful thinking about having a precious online space that she couldn't use.

Their lunchtime meal attracted a lot of attention. Watching the thick rice porridge being ladled from the earthenware pot, many people around them swallowed hard. It was such ordinary porridge, but seeing them eating it with pickles and salted duck eggs made it look so delicious. Looking at the dry biscuits in my hand, they suddenly seemed unappetizing.

After lunch, the delegation continued on its way. After two days of instruction, Da Niu was already able to ride a horse slowly on her own. Just as she was riding her horse frolicking at the back of the delegation, she suddenly saw pheasants flapping their wings and flying past in the woods by the roadside.

She picked up a small pebble from the roadside, aimed, and hurled it, hitting a pheasant squarely on the head. The pheasant fell straight into the grass while still airborne. Da Niu excitedly dismounted, ran over, picked up the stunned pheasant, remounted, and returned to Xia Yu's carriage.

"Miss, look what I caught!" Da Niu held up the still unconscious pheasant for Xia Yu to see.

Xia Yu, who was working in the space using her consciousness, heard Da Niu's voice, opened her eyes, and saw the pheasant in Da Niu's hand. She was also very happy. Although they hadn't lacked food along the way, it had never quite suited their tastes. Now that Da Niu had hunted a pheasant, she could make a pot of pheasant soup so that everyone could have some.

"Good job, girl! We'll have pheasant soup tonight." Xia Yu gave the girl a thumbs up.

Hearing what the young lady said, Da Niu became even more excited. She happily said, "I'll go see if there's any left, and try to hunt down some for our lunch tomorrow too."

For a moment, Xia Yu was also tempted, and turned to look at Nineteen and asked.

"Nineteen, shall we go together?"

She naturally wouldn't object to what he said. After telling the coachman, the two of them leaped off the carriage.

Their nimble figures left the guards following behind speechless with astonishment.

They had set off from the capital together twenty days ago, and none of them had realized that the master and servants were actually skilled in martial arts.

It's not entirely their fault. When they learned that Li Taifu's granddaughter and her two maids were in the group, everyone's first reaction was that the young lady from a secluded family was bored and had come out to play. Because of these three, Lord Murong Fu specially separated them from the guards and assigned them to follow behind the carriage for close protection.

But when they saw the two figures leaping out of the carriage, they both thought of the same thing: they hadn't realized the other women knew martial arts, so was it possible that their skills were superior to theirs?

"Where did those two go?" The squad leader spurred his horse to the side of the carriage and asked the driver.

"Oh, they said they're going to catch pheasants and will be back soon."

"They know kung fu?" the squad leader asked again.

"Hmm! Of course, you didn't know?" the coachman asked him calmly.

"..." The squad leader remained silent, unsure of what to say, especially given the coachman's look of utter disbelief. Was it normal for a pampered young lady to know martial arts? Besides, they hadn't shown it before; how could he possibly know?

However, these were just the squad leader's thoughts; he didn't say them aloud.

Xia Yu returned quickly with the girl named Nineteen, but neither of them carried anything. If they hadn't landed lightly on the carriage shaft, the squad leader might have thought they hadn't hunted anything and had returned empty-handed.

A short while later, they heard the clatter of hooves behind them. The six-person team turned around and, sure enough, saw a girl on horseback slowly trotting back from the rear of the group. A string of pheasants hung from her horse; upon closer inspection, there were actually five.

As Da Niu slowly approached the group, she suddenly threw two pheasants at them.

"Brothers, these are from our young lady. She said she appreciates your hard work protecting us these past few days. These two pheasants are for you to have a change of pace."

The squad leader reached out and caught the two pheasants that were thrown to him.

"Heh, this pheasant is pretty plump." He then held up the pheasant in his hand, showing it off to his buddies.

"Brothers, this is a pheasant that the young lady gave us. We'll roast it and eat it tonight."

"it is good"

"Thank you for the chicken, Miss." Upon hearing the squad leader's words, some cheered and others thanked Xia Yu. However, Xia Yu just grinned at the words of thanks, finding them rather odd.

Upon arriving at the inn, Da Niu prepared several pheasants. Borrowing the inn's stove, Xia Yu simmered a large pot of chicken soup in an earthenware pot. She also added plenty of mushrooms that the inn had purchased. The pheasant and mushroom soup was already fragrant even before it was fully cooked, filling the entire inn courtyard with its aroma.

Da Niu was worried that someone would steal the chicken soup, so she stayed by the stove without leaving for a moment. Only when Xia Yu came over and said it was ready did Da Niu use a rag to cushion her hands and carry the whole pottery jar back to the room they shared with Xia Yu.

Xia Yu smiled slightly at the other older women cooking in the kitchen, then grabbed a few bowls and quickly followed Da Niu back to her room.

It's not that she's stingy or unwilling to share. It's just that the chicken soup is so delicious, she just can't bear to part with it.

She went to the Grand Tutor's room to call him over for chicken soup. However, she found both Deputy Magistrates in his room. Remembering that one of them was Granny Gao's son, and had almost become her aunt's husband, Xia Yu went back to her room and generously had Nineteen bring over three bowls of chicken soup. As for Zhou Wenqing, he was only getting chicken soup because of Grand Tutor Li; otherwise, she wasn't familiar with him at all, so why should she give him chicken soup?

After finishing a bowl of chicken soup, Zhou Wenqing said to Grand Tutor Li with emotion...

"This is probably the most delicious chicken soup I've ever had in my life." He smacked his lips as if savoring the taste.

Upon hearing his words, Grand Tutor Li burst into laughter.

"This chicken soup may not taste any better than what you've had before. It's just that its timing is perfect. Everyone has had a long and tiring journey. Once we arrive and complete the tasks assigned by the Emperor, Lord Zhou can have a few days to rest and enjoy the local delicacies. Only then will you realize that all the hardships along the way were worthwhile."