Saturday 11 March 2023

WLAEF 5.2




Father Xu and the others also became nervous.

Yang Sheng walked to Jiang Yun Zhu's table and got attracted by the vase that was filtering the water. What was it?

He carefully examined it. It appeared to be an ordinary broken vase. However, the dirty water flowed in from above and clean water came out.

He picked up the vase, weighed it, and poured the contents of the vase on the ground.

A layer of pebbles, a layer of coarse sand, a layer of fine sand, and a layer of charcoal. In the end was a bit of cotton wool and a layer of cotton cloth.

What an exquisite device.

It wasn’t that Xia Dynasty didn't have something to clean water. Like their Qilin Guards, they used a kind of pill made of alum. When they encounter dirty water in the wild, they use one.

In addition, he had seen water washing methods, stone washing methods, etc.. He had never seen such a simple and delicate method. The results seem to be better.

He reached out, took the tea bowl from the side, and scooped a bowl from the bucket below. Sure enough, the water was extremely clear.

He took a sip. There was no peculiar taste at all.

"Who made this?" He asked curiously.

Jiang Cheng and the others all looked at Jiang Yun Zhu.

"It's me." Jiang Yun Zhu could only reply.

Yang Sheng looked at her. His eyes lit up. He didn't notice there was such a girl in this small shop as there were too many people. Her eyes were clear and shining, like a lotus in water.

"How did you come up with that?" he asked.

Naturally, it was improved by later generations based on the experience of the predecessors. However, Jiang Yun Zhu didn't dare to say that. She gave the same explanation she had told Jiang Cheng and the others before- she heard some old people in the village mention it and decided to try it. Unexpectedly, it worked.

Yang Sheng had been traveling all over for so many years and had seen many strange people and strange things. He wasn't too surprised when he heard this. He felt that Jiang Yun Zhu had a clever mind.

"May I have some water for tea?" he asked.

"Okay." Jiang Yun Zhu dared not refuse.

Yang Sheng directly handed the filtered water to the shop boss. He also gave him a bag of tea leaves and told him to make some tea quickly.

"By the way, serve them some steamed stuffed buns and side dishes. Charge them to my bill." He ordered the shop boss again.

The shop boss immediately complied. Shortly later, he brought a few baskets of buns and five-six side dishes to Jiang Yun Zhu's table.

The hot steamed buns were white and big. Through the thin skin, the filling inside can be faintly seen. It looked so fresh and ruddy.

A dish of five-spice bean curd, a dish of peanuts in old vinegar, a dish of sliced salted duck eggs with burnt yellow oil inside, a dish of cold pig ears, and a dish of fragrant braised pork.

One can imagine how tempting these things were to people like Jiang Yun Zhu who ate cold pancakes and drank cold water every day.

Even old Father Xu couldn't remember when was the last time he ate braised pork.

Jiang Wu and the other children stared straight at the white and fat buns, wishing they could swallow them in one gulp.

Fortunately, Mrs. Chen and Jiang Cheng had taught them the word of manners. They all held back and didn't touch the food.

"Don’t be reserved. Eat it. Treat this as a gift from me for using your water. By the way, I messed up your thing." Yang Sheng turned around and directed to the shop boss, "A few more steamed buns."

He noticed these few baskets of buns weren’t enough for Jiang Yun Zhu group.

The shop boss brought up another four-five baskets, which filled up the tables. Now, almost everyone had a basket of steamed stuffed buns in front of them.

The unique sweet fragrance of wheat penetrated into everyone's hearts.

Yang Sheng made a beckoning gesture.

Father Xu group couldn't make up their minds and turned to Jiang Yun Zhu. The vase belonged to her. The water too.

Jiang Yun Zhu felt that it was better to go along with Yang Sheng. She said to him, "Thank you."

Then she softly spoke to Father Xu and the others, "This is the other’s good-intention, so let's eat."

After finishing speaking, she picked up a steamed stuffed bun first and put it in Jiang Wu’s bowl.

Jiang Wu looked at her. Receiving her affirmative gaze, he bit into the bun.

The delicious meat juice flowed into his mouth in an instant. He thought it was the most delicious bun in the world.

Seeing this, other people also started to eat one after another like a wind had swept away all the clouds.

Yang Sheng moved a chair and sat next to Jiang Yun Zhu's table. Once they were almost done eating, he asked, "Where are you going?"

They ate and drank to their fill. On top of that, Yang Sheng didn't look like a bad person. Old Father Xu and the others weren’t so afraid of him and started chatting with him.

After a while, they revealed their true self and had even expressed a lot of dissatisfaction toward the local government.

Jiang Yun Zhu tried to interrupt several times but failed. In fact, this Yang Sheng was too powerful. His methods of inducing and pulling out confessions were top-notch. How can honest old Father Xu group resist his cross-examination.

Jiang Yun Zhu sat obediently on the chair. Now she just hoped that the people on the opposite side would let them go because they were just ordinary people.

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4 comments:

  1. Thank you for the chapter!!

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  2. Thank you I enjoyed it very much🫶

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  3. at least he bought them food in exchange for the clean water, nice of him

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