Volume 4: Beginning of Spring Chapter 47: Differences
Jiang Mo threw the chalk aside.
Guan Qingtong saw him jump off the chair and walk out of the store.
She also stood up and followed Jiang Mo into the yard. Jiang Mo looked back at her and walked to the camphor tree. The small camphor tree had grown a little taller. He stood on tiptoe, reached out his hand, and pulled off a leaf.
The fragrance of camphor trees lingers in my nose.
Guan Qingtong looked carefully at everything in the yard. Looking up, she saw the words "Insect House" on the plaque hanging above the store door.
It is powerful yet delicate.
"Mom? Why are you here?"
A familiar voice sounded in my ears.
Guan Qingtong turned around, and Guan Nuo, Sun Yu and Su Wangshu walked in.
"Tang Butian asked me to come here and do divination."
Sun Yu squatted down and released all the tricks in his cat bag.
Jiang Mo looked at the recruitment.
Zhaocai looked at Jiang Mo.
A few seconds later, Zhao Cai rushed in front of Jiang Mo.
Jiang Mo squatted down and stretched out his hand. Zhao Cai's body trembled, and then he bit the camphor leaf in his hand.
Guan Nuo glanced into the store and asked, "Where are the Section Chief and Brother Jiang?"
"They went to the supermarket and said they wanted to have a barbecue in the yard," Guan Qingtong replied.
"Is this Jiarong flower?" Wu Yulan recognized the flower in the flower bed.
Su Wangshu and Zhu Wen gathered around the flower bed.
"What is Jiarong flower?" Guan Nuo asked.
"It's a spiritual flower. I've seen it in the mountains," Guan Qingtong replied to Guan Nuo. She said, "This courtyard is full of spiritual energy. Divination here can yield more accurate conclusions."
"No wonder," Guan Nuo looked towards the greenhouse, "I did divination in the greenhouse last time, and it felt particularly clear."
"Sister Qingtong, have you figured out the exact location?"
Guan Qingtong shook her head.
As she spoke, Jiang You walked into the yard carrying a box in her left hand and two bags in her right hand. Tang Butian followed her and stretched out her hands, holding bags in both hands.
"Are you here? Come sit inside the store for a while, don't stand in the yard," Jiang You put the box on the ground and rubbed his waist, "We really need to buy a car."
Tang Butian glanced at him and walked into the store.
Jiang You followed.
They went into the kitchen and piled the bags on the counter.
"How to cut it?" Tang Butian asked proactively.
"Cut the lamb chops into small pieces this long," Jiang You gestured, "For pork and beef, I'll put them on skewers. A piece about this size will do. I just asked Yang Xuan on WeChat, and she sent me an exclusive secret recipe. You start cutting, I'll go outside to greet people."
He found five cups and filled them with water.
I found another bag of pine nuts and a bag of pumpkin seeds from the cupboard.
He tore open the package and poured some pine nuts and pumpkin seeds onto the table. "Take a few of the postcards on the shelf if you like them. We're having a trial run today, so we're offering a 40% discount."
"What on earth is the matter that the section chief asked us to come here?" Wu Yulan's tone was a little harsh.
"Team building, and also," Jiang You peeled a pine nut and threw it into his mouth, "The feng shui here is very good. No one will spy on us no matter what we do or talk about."
The wind blew.
The grass leaves rustled.
Su Wangshu looked at Guan Qingtong.
Guan Qingtong nodded.
Jiang You walked to the counter, picked a chocolate from the sugar bowl and peeled it. "When we open officially, you will have to pay if you want to book the whole place. It will be 800 yuan a day, including drinks, snacks and drinks. If you want barbecue, it will be another 200 yuan."
"Is that a barbecue grill?" Sun Yu asked, looking at the boxes in the yard.
"Yes, I just bought it. You guys chat first, I'll go install it."
"I'll go with you," Sun Woo said.
Jiang You took a pair of scissors and they went to the yard to start unpacking.
From the kitchen came the sound of a knife cutting on the chopping board.
Guan Nuo looked into the kitchen and saw a girl in a light red dress, holding a kitchen knife in her hand, concentrating on cutting lamb chops.
After looking for a while, he retracted his gaze and said, "The Mirror Lake Society once sent ghosts to harm me. I think I can be used as bait. We can take the initiative..."
"No," Wu Yulan rejected Guan Nuo immediately. She paused and slowed down her tone. "It's too dangerous. Once the battle starts, we won't be able to take care of you."
"We, we don't know the exact location of their launch. Will it be in the downtown area? Will many people die again like what happened at Xueshan Lake Resort? I..." Guan Nuo took a sip of water, " I'm not trying to be brave, I..."
The sound of chopping meat in the kitchen stopped.
Tang Butian's voice came out, and she said, "Okay."
"Sister Qingtong," Wu Yulan looked at Guan Qingtong, "We should follow the boss's instructions."
Kang You and Sun Woo set up the grill.
Jiang You picked up the lighter and threw some charcoal into it. Then he carried the bucket back to the store.
There was an awkward atmosphere among the five people sitting at the long table.
"Guan Nuo, are you free?" Jiang You asked.
"What do you want me to do?"
"Wash the vegetables and peel the potatoes."
"Okay, I'll do it."
Guan Nuo stood up, pushed his chair away, and followed Jiang You into the kitchen.
"Sister Qingtong, Xiaonuo must not get into trouble," Su Wangshu glanced towards the kitchen and lowered his voice, "He might have heard something, that day he suddenly said he wanted to see Huang Juan..."
"He is exactly like Lao Sang," Guan Qingtong lowered her head. She grabbed a handful of pine nuts and peeled them slowly in her hands. "I stayed in Yanjing for more than ten days, and Lao Zhuang took me to meet a few people..."
"Sister Qingtong?" Su Wangshu interrupted Guan Qingtong and pointed at the three people busy in the kitchen.
Guan Qingtong smiled and said, "There's nothing we can't say. As long as we can tear a hole in Jinghu Society, countless beasts that are eyeing Jinghu Society will jump out from the darkness. In the past ten years, if Old Sang is still here..."
"Are you willing to let Xiao Nuo take the risk?"
"I hope he doesn't know anything, studies, works, gets married, and lives an ordinary life," Guan Qingtong sighed, "If I don't agree, he will try every possible way to do it secretly. He is my son, and I know him."
She raised her head and looked at Guan Nuo who was standing at the kitchen door.
She said, “Just do it.”
Jiang You looked at more than ten lamb chops that were almost straight in length and the meat chunks that were evenly sized.
"Do you want to string them together?" Tang Butian asked.
"It needs to be marinated to make it taste good."
Jiang You followed Yang Xuan's secret recipe and marinated the meat with egg white, soy sauce, ginger, scallion and salt. He turned back and said in the direction of the store, "The barbecue will start in forty minutes. Guan Nuo , move the chairs and the small folding table upstairs out."
"Oh, okay, right away..."
More than forty minutes later, the lit charcoal was burning in the barbecue grill.
Strings of meat skewers were neatly arranged on the rack.
The condiments and sauces are placed on a small board to the right of the grill.
When the meat was grilled to medium-rare, oil gradually seeped out from the surface of the meat. Jiang You dipped a brush in the sauce and brushed it on the skewers.
The fragrance is coming out.
