General, Madam Called You To Farm - Chapter 552

General, Madam Called You To Farm
Chapter 552 – Entering the Palace (1)  

Translator : Moon Lee
Editor : Tea
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Today, it was Su Qi and Su Yu who came to pick up Su Ergou.  

Looking at the table piled high with the pastries, the corners of their mouths twitched uncontrollably.  

This kid… is trully in business now…  

Su Ergou went to move the pastries.  

The two quickly said, “We’ll do it, we’ll do it, we’ll do it!”  

If their eldest brother found out they had made this kid work, he would definitely give them a beating.  

After moving to the capital, the price of pastries had risen compared to those sold in the town, and the packaging had been improved. 

For fewer than five pastries, they used bamboo leaves; for more than ten, they used small wooden boxes.  

Zhong Shan had the small hardwood boxes custom-made and etched with the Su Ji emblem. They looked polished and attractive while also cost-effective.   

Su Ergou carefully counted the pastries as Su Qi and Su Yu loaded them onto the carriage.  

Su Qi and Su Yu were a bit bewildered.  

This scene… wasn’t quite what they had imagined…  

Shouldn’t he be a timid, nervous little cousin who needed protection from the two brave and mighty older cousins?  

Why did he seem more like a little foreman directing them to work?  

The hundred boxes of pastries were loaded. 

After that, Su Xiaoxiao brought out two more boxes.  

“Huh? There’s more?” Su Qi asked.  

“These are for you.” Su Xiaoxiao said, while handing the pastries to them.  

Su Qi took them, smiled, and said, “Well… actually, there’s no need to trouble you. We eat these often, so there is no need to make them for us next time.” 

Their grandfather was a foodie, and the family chef had been specially brought in from Jiangnan. 

The pastries he made were even more delicious than those sold outside.  

It wasn’t that they looked down on Su Xiaoxiao’s skills, they just didn’t want to trouble her or make her work so hard.  

It wasn’t like they were short on snacks.  

Su Xiaoxiao: “Oh, alright.”  

She reached into the carriage.  

Su Ergou, as if reading her mind, leaned his head over.  

She straightened his collar for him.  

The students at the Imperial Academy wore uniform robes, white with gray-blue belts and cuffs, giving off a scholarly, refined aura.  

Su Ergou wasn’t bad-looking, he just lacked discipline and was tanned from the sun. 

And now, he dressed in scholar’s clothing,  

Had to admit, he actually looked quite pleasing to the eye.  

Su Xiaoxiao was satisfied. 

Remembering something, she added, “Yesterday, you only drank half the water I gave you. Today, you have to finish it all.”  

Su Ergou obediently nodded, “Got it, sis.”   

Su Xiaoxiao asked again, “What do you want for dinner tonight?”  

Su Ergou thought for a moment and said, “Braised pork belly.”  

-Braised Pork Belly / Hong Shao Rou 

Su Xiaoxiao nodded, “Alright, I’ll make it for you.”  

Su Qi and Su Yu got into the carriage.  

“Sis, we’re leaving!” Su Ergou waved goodbye.

The three little ones ran out, waving their small hands, “Goodbye, Uncle!”  

Su Ergou waved back seriously. 

“Goodbye, Dahu! Goodbye, Erhu! Goodbye, Xiaohu!”  

Su Qi and Su Yu: So much sense of ritual*?   

*To make ordinary things important and emotional through specific and meaningful actions or processes, in order to gain inner satisfaction and appropriately.

After Su Ergou left, it was the three little ones’ turn.  

Su Xiaoxiao packed their book bags with pastries, a water pouch, and a small towel.  

The three little ones shouldered their book bags and marched out proudly!  

Su Xiaoxiao had to enter the palace today and wasn’t sure how long it would take. 

So she asked Zhong Shan to pick up the children at noon and look after them as well.  

“You have something to do this afternoon?” Master Zhang asked.  

“Yes, I need to go somewhere.” Su Xiaoxiao said, not mentioning that she was entering the palace.  

Master Zhang said, “How about just let them stay here?”  

Su Xiaoxiao blinked. “Hmm?”   

Master Zhang smiled, “You can pick them up after you come back in the evening?”  

Su Xiaoxiao pondered, “Is that… alright? Won’t it be too much trouble?”  

Master Zhang quickly assured her, “No, no, not at all!”  

I only want your sons to cause trouble.   

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