Chapter 120: You Are Not In Exile You Are Clearly Traveling!
Chapter 120: Eating Hot Pot
After the little maid finished drinking the ginger soup, Madam Chen gave her two eggs to take to her parents.
When Wu Zhang and his wife heard that Chen Xue wanted to take their daughter to play, they were somewhat flattered, but more than that, they were happy. After all, if their daughter was chosen as a maid by Chen Xue, they wouldn't have to worry about her being mistreated or neglected even if something happened to them.
Seeing their daughter return, they were even happier because they could see the smile on her face. Unlike before, this smile was clearly genuine, so they knew she was very happy.
This made them feel relieved and confirmed that becoming servants of the Chen family was the right choice.
"Dad, Mom, look!"
The little maid ran over, glanced around, and seeing nobody was watching, she opened her hands to reveal the eggs.
"Are these eggs?"
The two of them were astonished to see eggs, wondering where they came from on the journey of exile. They quickly learned from the little maid that they were from the Chen family and hurriedly wanted to return them.
But it seemed the Chen family anticipated their refusal, so they had told the little maid that if her parents refused, it was an order. They were servants of the Chen family and couldn't disobey their orders.
Taking the eggs, the couple didn't eat them but planned to save them for their daughter.
"Dad, Mom, Sister Chen Xue said to eat them now, and there will be more at night, no need to save them."
Hearing the little maid's words, Wu Zhang and his wife became even more surprised. After all, it was one thing to have eggs on a normal day, but on the journey of exile, to have fresh eggs to eat was beyond their imagination.
While Wu Zhang's family was surprised, another family nearby was feeling heavy-hearted.
"Dad, I'm hungry!"
The chubby boy tugged at Zhang Yiquan's clothes, looking at him with puppy eyes. Since he was saved by Chen Xue's medicine after being injured last time, the chubby boy hadn't been as lively as before.
This time, when he was hungry, he didn't throw a tantrum as usual, but looked at his dad with a hint of fear.
It was unclear if it was the aftermath of his resurrection or because his dad's recent expression was too scary, making him a bit afraid.
"Eat, I have food, Wei'er eat."
Beside them, Zhang Yiquan's wife picked up some leaves from the ground and handed them over. Seeing this scene, the chubby boy shrank into Zhang Yiquan's arms, feeling a bit scared.
Although his mother was on the other side, she seemed to have become terrifying now.
How could leaves be eaten? Although he was young, he wasn't stupid. He felt that his mother had gone crazy.
"Cuilin, these can't be eaten." Zhang Yiquan took the leaves from his wife's hand, full of pity.
"Get away, don't touch my son!"
However, Zhang Yiquan's wife ignored him completely. Seeing him holding their son, she became very angry, as if her son had been bullied.
She quickly grabbed the chubby boy, holding him tightly in her arms. "Wei'er, don't be afraid, Mom will protect you!"
The chubby boy was held tightly by his mother, his face full of fear, his voice trembling.
"Dad, Dad save me!"
Zhang Yiquan wanted to reach out to his son, but was fiercely stared at by his wife, as if she would fight him if he dared to touch him.
So, Zhang Yiquan took a deep breath. "Wei'er, don't be afraid, your mom won't hurt you."
Seeing his son so afraid of his wife, and his wife not recognizing him, Zhang Yiquan felt an uncontrollable anger in his heart. He clenched his fists, filled with hatred in his eyes.
"The Chen family!"
"It's all because of the damned Chen family!"
If it weren't for the Chen family, their family wouldn't have ended up like this. He regretted not fabricating more evidence to have the Chen family publicly executed instead of being exiled.
Now that the Chen family's power was growing, he felt even more jealous and resentful. Why did their family have to fall to this point while the Chen family enjoyed themselves?
"No, I can't let them go on like this."
If it weren't for his wife and son to take care of, Zhang Yiquan would have wished to perish together with the Chen family.
However, now he just wanted to bring down the Chen family, make them lose everything, and let them feel the pain he had experienced.
Didn't he love his daughter very much? If he defiled his daughter's innocence, he wondered if Chen Yuan would collapse.
He wanted to drive the Chen family crazy with torture.
Besides, isn't the Chen family eating and drinking well?
Wait until he finds a way to report to the court. The Chen family plans to rebel. Let's see how they can be carefree then.
While Zhang Yiquan was planning how to deal with the Chen family, Chen Xue and the others were already happily eating hot pot.
"Xiao Die's cooking skills are really amazing!"
Chen Xue couldn't help but praise. Although she only roughly explained how to make the hot pot base, Xiao Die managed to make it, and the taste was even better than what she had eaten before.
The pot was a dual-flavored pot.
Last time in the county town, Chen Xue had someone specially make it.
There were vegetables such as Chinese cabbage, lettuce, and potato slices.
There were also dried goods like shiitake mushrooms, wood ear mushrooms, and jerky.
There was also fresh rabbit meat.
Yes, in order to eat hot pot, they slaughtered a rabbit they had raised.
Because the hot pot was too fragrant, they could only eat in the space. Originally, Chen Xue wanted to enjoy the snow while eating hot pot, which would have been so comfortable.
Unfortunately, the smell of the hot pot was too strong, and the entire exiled team would be able to smell it. This smell was too tempting, and they might cause trouble again.
So, to avoid risks, they could only eat in the space.
But Chen Xue wasn't satisfied, so she moved the snowman into the space, then had the servants and guards sweep the snow into a pile and put it in the space.
Afterwards, Chen Xue spread the snow on the floor of the space, then set up tables nearby, so they could enjoy the snow while eating hot pot.
Chen Yuan was stunned by Chen Xue's actions.
"Indeed, eating hot pot in this weather is really comfortable." Chen Yuan wiped the sweat from his forehead, his face turning even redder from the spiciness, but he was very happy.
He hadn't expected his daughter's hot pot to be so delicious, even better than the banquets in the palace by hundreds of times.
"Exactly." Madam Chen nodded, "I didn't expect this chili to be so useful..."
Before, they didn't eat this kind of chili, nor did they use it for cooking. Even if they did eat it, it was the sweet variety eaten as fruit.
"Yes, this chili is indeed refreshing, but not as spicy as Little Xue said!" Chen Yuan said as he picked up a dried chili.
"Dad, that's small chili peppers, are you sure you want to eat them?"
"What's to be afraid of, your dad is the best at eating spicy food..."
As soon as he finished speaking, he put the small chili pepper in his mouth. After chewing for a few seconds, he immediately dropped his chopsticks.
"Quick, give me some water!"
Xiao Die quickly handed him a cup of water, and Chen Yuan gulped it down, but it didn't relieve the spiciness.
"Phew... so spicy..."
"It's too spicy!"
At this point, Chen Yuan had lost his composure. Gasping heavily, his face was red from head to toe, drenched in sweat from the spiciness.
It was his first time eating such spicy chili peppers, and he hadn't expected them to be so spicy. His throat felt like it was on fire.
"Haha!"
Chen Xue and her mother couldn't help but laugh when they saw this. Chen Xue even took out her camera to record the scene.
"Dad, you can't eat anymore, right? Then let's have the rabbit meat for ourselves."
"I...huff... I can still eat..."
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