Chapter 181: Lingzhou Ling Sect

May has arrived.

The temperature in Yujing has not risen any further...

According to Meng Chunqiu and Jiang Lai, the temperature will exceed the current level for at most a few days, and otherwise, it will basically remain at this level until autumn begins. By this calculation, Yujing is indeed not a very hot city.

The end of the term is also approaching.

Classes will basically stop in the latter half of this month, and from the twentieth onwards, each academy will successively begin its final assessments, with holidays starting one after another in June.

The summer vacation is about as long as the winter vacation, lasting until late July.

Chen Shu organized a few more songs and sold them to Wen Han.

In the previous few months, Wen Han should have had some interaction with Crown Princess Zhusha, or at least learned of the price Crown Princess Zhusha offered. In this collaboration, Wen Han took the initiative right from the start to offer the same price and conditions as Crown Princess Zhusha to show his stance.

This is indeed very effective at winning favor.

Chen Shu plans that if he is short on money later, he will sell "Laughter in the Vast Sea" to him as well; if he is not short on money, then forget it, as organizing them is quite troublesome.

Not these next few days.

He has to take a trip to Lingzhou in these next few days.

The fourth day of the fifth lunar month.

In the small courtyard.

Chen Shu, Chen Banxia, and the little girl are sitting around the stone table, earnestly wrapping zongzi under the supervision of Taozi.

There are both sweet and savory zongzi.

Chen Shu has no partisan leanings; regardless of whether they are savory or sweet, as long as they are delicious, he loves them all.

The sweet zongzi come in two flavors: chestnut and pineapple.

The savory zongzi come in two flavors: pea with large meat chunks and spicy crayfish.

Chestnut zongzi are relatively common. Pineapple zongzi have red rice added to them, and the resulting texture is very similar to the pineapple rice of his past life in XSBN; it is a sweet zongzi that even those not in the sweet-zongzi camp can accept and find delicious, as pineapple sticky rice is truly very tasty.

Pea and large meat chunk zongzi are also quite standard.

Spicy crayfish zongzi, however, are very non-mainstream.

Chen Shu stir-fried the crayfish at noon; after shelling the meat, he had to let it cool, and only after the oil solidified did he wrap it into the zongzi. It is best to wrap in a bit more shrimp meat so that when the zongzi is boiled and cooked, the hot oil will melt; one bite, and the mouth is full of shrimp meat, which can make the sweet-zongzi camp drop dead on the spot, and even part of the savory-zongzi camp will fall silent.

"Brother-in-law."

As the little girl was wrapping, she suddenly raised a question: "Why don't we wrap zongzi with shredded potato filling?"

Good heavens—

Both the sweet camp and the savory camp fell silent.

Half an hour later.

More than twenty zongzi are neatly arranged on the stone table, and Chen Shu takes out his Mobile Phone to take a photo.

He opens the Ancient Cultivation Group.

Qingcai Keke: 【Image】

Nameless Person: Did you wrap these?

Qingcai Keke: That's right.

Qingcai Keke: Who wants zongzi? Private message me your address, a group member is sending you some warmth.

Grandpa Always Says: What kind of filling?

Qingcai Keke:?

Gate of All Wonders:?

Haoran Righteousness:?

Nameless Person:?

Night-Illuminating Clear:?

Beauty with Eight-Pack Abs: Is this... Grandmother Senior Sister?

Gate of All Wonders: You finally appeared.

Gate of All Wonders: /complex expression

Haoran Righteousness: You held out for quite a long time this time.

Nameless Person: We all lost our bets...

Qingcai Keke: I suspect she was watching from the side when we were placing our bets, and in her anger, she made up her mind to absolutely not let us win, so she held back until now.

Green Lamp Ancient Buddha: Amitabha...

Green Lamp Ancient Buddha: This poor monk said long ago that betting on only one to three days wasn't very good, but you didn't believe me...

Gate of All Wonders:...

Qingcai Keke:...

Haoran Righteousness:...

Nameless Person:...

Night-Illuminating Clear:...

Beauty with Eight-Pack Abs: So that's why it wasn't very good...

Grandpa Always Says: What are you all talking about? Why can't I understand a single word, Grandpa?

Haoran Righteousness: Present.

Grandpa Always Says: Shut up, you silly goose.

Grandpa Always Says: What kind of filling?

Grandpa Always Says: This group member I'm meeting for the first time, @Qingcai Keke.

Qingcai Keke: Chestnut filling, pineapple filling, pea and large meat chunk filling, and spicy crayfish filling.

Yeye Zongshuo: Sweet-tooths, go die for me!

Zhong Miao Zhimen: Salty-tooths, go die for me!

Ba Kuai Fuji De Meinü: I can eat both.

Yeye Zongshuo: You go die!

Zhong Miao Zhimen: +1

Qingcai Keke: I'm the same @Ba Kuai Fuji De Meinü

Zhong Miao Zhimen: But sweet-tooths aside, what is this pineapple filling? I've only ever eaten red bean paste, chestnut, lotus seed, and candied date fillings.

Qingcai Keke: Trust me, it's super delicious.

Yeye Zongshuo: Don't rush to reply to him yet, tell Grandpa first, what the hell is this spicy crayfish filling?

Qingcai Keke: Group owner, mute this idiot.

Yeye Zongshuo was muted by Haoran Zhengqi for 1 minute.

Qingcai Keke: I haven't eaten it either, it's my first time making it this year, everyone try it with caution.

Qingcai Keke: Who wants some? Limit of two per person.

Qingcai Keke: Homemade, big fillings and lots of meat, walk by and don't miss out, if you miss it you'll have to wait until next year.

Qingcai Keke: Send your addresses.

Qingcai Keke: The sweet zongzi are being wrapped by my younger sister and older sister, no meat in those, the meat zongzi are wrapped by me, so there's no cross-contamination @Qingdeng Gufu

Qingdeng Gufu: Amitabha, then this poor monk would like to try a pineapple zongzi.

Qingcai Keke: Then one chestnut and one pineapple, private message me your address and phone number.

Qingdeng Gufu: Okay.

Zhong Miao Zhimen: I also want one chestnut and one pineapple.

Zhong Miao Zhimen: Private messaged you.

Yeye Zongshuo: You have a younger sister?

Qingcai Keke: Xiaoxiao.

Yeye Zongshuo: Oh, oh.

Yeye Zongshuo: Then you didn't call me when you were wrapping them.

Qingcai Keke: Qingqing isn't by my side, I'm afraid you'd get angry for a moment and hack me to death.

Yeye Zongshuo: Give me one of each salty zongzi.

Qingcai Keke: Okay.

Haoran Zhengqi: I want one pineapple and one large meat.

Qingcai Keke: Sure.

Zhaoye Qing: One chestnut and one crayfish.

Zhaoye Qing: Private messaging you the address.

Qingcai Keke: Can't tell you have such heavy tastes.

Haoran Zhengqi: /eating melon seeds

Ba Kuai Fuji De Meinü: Then Senior Brother, I also want one chestnut and one crayfish.

Qingcai Keke: Okay.

Qingcai Keke: Do any other group members want some?

Qingcai Keke: @Wuming Renshi @Jiu Jiao Luo Huaian Suan Le

Wuming Renshi: It's not very convenient for me recently.

Qingcai Keke: /hmm

Jiu Jiao Luo Huaian Suan Le: Thanks, I don't want any either.

Qingcai Keke: /lost in thought

Qingcai Keke: I already know who you are.

Jiu Jiao Luo Huaian Suan Le: ……

Jiu Jiao Luo Huaian Suan Le invited you to a private chat.

Chen Shu clicked accept.

Jiu Jiao Luo Huaian Suan Le: How did you know?

Qingcai Keke: Guessed.

Jiu Jiao Luo Huaian Suan Le: ……

Jiu Jiao Luo Huaian Suan Le: One of each salty zongzi.

Jiu Jiao Luo Huaian Suan Le: Address: Chaxiang Yayuan, Xuefu Street, University City, Xicheng District, Yujing City, Luo Huaian, 178****

Qingcai Keke: Sure.

"Click!"

Chen Shu took a screenshot and exited the private chat.

Yeye Zongshuo: Who is he?

Zhong Miao Zhimen: +1

Qingdeng Gufu: +1

Haoran Zhengqi: /eating melon seeds

Chen Shu grinned and ignored them.

Qingcai Keke: Now I have everyone's phone number, if I'm short on money one day, I'll sell them off at a high price in the group.

Gate of All Wonders: We've all met.

Let's just call him Luo Huaian: Fake.

Qingcai Keke: I've sent them out to you. They should arrive within an hour. Remember to put them in the fridge and eat them tomorrow.

Chen Shu went to get a few bags and began to organize the zongzi.

Chestnut zongzi had white strings, pineapple zongzi had yellow strings, pea and meat zongzi had green strings, and spicy crayfish zongzi had red strings. He sorted them out for everyone one by one, then used sticky notes to write their names and stick them on so he wouldn't forget, only then calling for a local courier.

Filling in the addresses one by one was a huge hassle.

Chen Shu then looked at the remaining zongzi, opened "Room of the Unawakened," asked Meng Chunqiu and Jiang Lai about their flavor preferences, and rode his bike to deliver them.

What a hassle.

The next day, early morning.

Chen Shu delivered two zongzi to Qingqing, one pineapple and one meat zongzi. He also ate a crayfish zongzi and a chestnut zongzi himself for breakfast, then packed the remaining cooked zongzi and prepared to head out.

"Xiaoxiao."

"?"

"I'm going to Lingzhou for a trip and will be back in a few days. Remember to take good care of Sister and Sister's flowers and plants."

"Okay."

"Don't keep giving Sister potatoes."

"..."

"Hmm?" Chen Shu turned serious, staring at the little girl. "Just eating potatoes won't do; you have to ensure Sister's nutrition!"

"Okay!"

The little girl understood—

Add a little milk besides potatoes.

Milk can ensure nutrition; she had been doing this lately.

Chen Shu left home, feeling reassured.

Yujing Academy, Ancient Cultivation Building.

Teacher Shi Qian was standing at the entrance waiting for him.

Chen Shu smiled: "So early?"

"Just arrived."

"Happy Dragon Boat Festival."

"Happy Festival."

"Have you had breakfast?"

"I have."

"Have you eaten any zongzi?"

"I ate some yesterday."

"I brought a few zongzi, I wrapped them myself. Do you want to eat sweet or savory?"

"Either is fine."

"I'll give you a meat zongzi."

"Eat it on the vehicle."

Shi Qian took the zongzi and led Chen Shu upstairs all the way to the roof.

A flying car was parked there.

The design of the flying car looked like a combination of a common fixed-wing aircraft and a small car. The fuselage was bulkier than a plane and had smoother lines than a car. It had no wheels and used the Spirit Repulsion Principle to lift off and fly, which was already a very mature technology for military vehicles.

It was just that because the technology was still relatively new when applied to civilian vehicles, coupled with costs, air traffic control, and other reasons, it had not yet become widespread in Yiguo.

It was currently still the exclusive property of the big shots.

A person was also standing next to the flying car, dressed in formal attire, with a tall and sturdy build.

Shi Qian took the lead in introducing him: "This is the Deacon in charge of sect disciples' external affairs. His surname is He; just call him Deacon He."

"Deacon He, Happy Dragon Boat Festival."

"Hello, hello, Happy Dragon Boat Festival, my name is He Sai." Deacon He beamed. "Let's add each other on Feixin once we're on board. Are we leaving now?"

"Yes."

The three of them boarded the flying car one after another.

Inside the flying car were wraparound sofa seats in a beige tone. It felt quite nice to sit in; the sofa was very soft, and there was a small refrigerator and a wine cabinet nearby, as well as a set of tea utensils and a machine for warming yellow wine. The upper-class people in Yiguo loved drinking yellow wine, which led luxury vehicles in countries all over the world to be equipped with wine warmers, even in countries that had no tradition of drinking yellow wine and where the public didn't really drink it either, they just followed suit.

There were glass windows on all four sides.

Including the driver, it had a capacity of six people.

The three of them sat inside with plenty of room.

Deacon He greeted the driver, and the flying car slowly lifted off. Seeing Chen Shu staring at the small courtyard outside the window, he didn't rush. Only when Chen Shu withdrew his gaze did he hand over his Mobile Phone and say, "Let's add each other on Feixin first. If you have any questions in the future, have any business while outside, or have any needs—like needing to return to the sect urgently—you can communicate with me. My main job is to be responsible for this."

"Okay."

Chen Shu took out his Mobile Phone.

Deacon He had just wanted to say something else when he suddenly saw this person take out two zongzi.

"I brought a few zongzi, I wrapped them myself. I wrapped a bit too many, and I brought some for Teacher Shi Qian too. Do you want to eat sweet or savory?"

"Uh..."

One minute later.

The two people on the flying car were both gnawing on zongzi.

Chen Shu, meanwhile, was focused on watching the scenery below outside the window.

It was the first time seeing the school from this angle, and also the first time seeing Yujing from this angle, so it was still quite novel.