Chapter 188: Chapter 185: This Brother Is Pretty Great

However, when the lid was lifted, even the inside had a fresh scent. Of course, one was the fresh aroma of wood, and the other was the enticing fragrance of food.

Jiang Mingyue picked one up, took a bite to savor it. The crust was crispy and delicious, while the inside had distinct layers, soft and fragrant, with a unique hazelnut aroma that was surprisingly addictive. She could now understand why the original owner loved hazelnut cookies. But, this hazelnut cookie was not like what she understood, which was a cookie similar to peanut brittle. She wasn’t fond of peanut brittle, but the hazelnut cookie Xu Modun gave her was completely different, making it hard to stop eating. The food box suggested that he had made it himself.

“Sister, what good stuff are you hiding to eat?” Xiao Ran’s voice suddenly rang out from behind, and Jiang Mingyue just realized she had eaten five in one go.

Oh! Who knows if she’ll still have room for dinner.

“Hazelnut cookie, come, have a taste.” Jiang Mingyue generously offered one to the little guy.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Ran followed her lead, ate one, and grabbed another, looking like he couldn’t stop. When he reached for the third one, Jiang Mingyue promptly stopped him.

“You can’t eat any more! Touch your little tummy, isn’t it round?”

Following her words, Xiao Ran touched his tummy, feeling a bit regretful: “My tummy is indeed full, but sister, this cookie is so good! Was it brought by those three uncles earlier?”

“Yes.”

“What a pity, it will be hard to eat them again in the future. Can you save some for me, to eat when I’m hungry?”

“Sure!” But how many can be saved is uncertain.

Seeing the little fellow run off to play again, Jiang Mingyue shook her head and continued unpacking the ’blind boxes’. The two bags were not plastic shopping bags but rather two gunny sacks.

Seriously, unbelievable!

Upon seeing the contents inside.

This time it’s: Truly, unbelievable!

Inside one bag were ten meat cans, two cans of wheat malt powder, two bags of milk powder, two packs of White Rabbit candy, two packs of beef jerky, and a box of chocolate.

It must be said, this cousin really spared no expense.

But truly, unbelievable, is not just here, it’s in the other gunny sack.

This bag contained some everyday supplies, basically, everything she could use: mirror, comb, toothbrush, toothpaste, military water bottle, flashlight, snow cream, a cloth-wrapped dress, a pair of milk-white leather shoes, and a glass bottle. Inside were not canned goods but a pile of vouchers along with a passbook and a note.

The handwriting on the note was strong and powerful, silver hooks and iron strokes, definitely guided by a master and well-practiced.

Contents: “Yueyue, whatever I have can be yours. Don’t hold yourself back. If you want to eat or buy something, go ahead and buy it, don’t save. If there’s anything you need, come find me, or send a message through someone.”

Jiang Mingyue had a moment of emotional pause, calming herself before looking at the passbook.

Judging by the start and end dates, this must be his lifetime savings, the balance being over thirteen thousand yuan. In this era, this was definitely a huge sum. Many people would consider themselves quite fortunate to have a thousand in savings.

Jiang Mingyue contemplated for a while and finally put the passbook back in the glass bottle, then placed it in the small box containing Uncle Ma’s passbook.

Besides Xu Modun’s blind boxes, there was also the package from Aunt Fu. Jiang Mingyue opened it, and the contents were somewhat different, surprisingly including a large piece of cured beef, which she liked. Later, she planned to slice it thin and fry with dried chili segments and peppercorn. The taste would be excellent. Additionally, there were five jars of honey, and two sheep milk cheese curds—rare delicacies indeed.

The cheese curds together weighed about eight catties, and the beef was similarly hefty. She had tasted the honey before; it was exquisite, even improving sleep quality. Last time, Yan Jinzhi took one jar, and later she drank some of the mountain-harvested honey shared by her eldest brother, which was good too, but not quite like this honey. Apparently, it was from the home of Manager Zhuang’s eldest daughter-in-law.

Having received such generous gifts, Jiang Mingyue pondered over what to bring for her visit to Zhou Tian.

With determination, she shut the door and immersed herself in preparing.

As soon as she went in, Lightning jumped at her.

“Woof! Woof! Woof…” He rubbed and rubbed, expressing his grievances.

Jiang Mingyue found it amusing: “What grievances do you have? Chasing after butterflies every day, lounging under the fruit trees after you’re tired, sleeping beautifully, waking and standing by the kitchen to have treats brought to you— even the Emperor doesn’t enjoy such leisure!”

“Woof!”

“Oh! You still won’t admit it! Want to go out and play? That’s not happening, you’ll have to wait for Yan Jinzhi to take you for a walk to the top of Wuyun Mountain, not here.”

After dinner, Yan Jinzhi and Qiao Mingtang headed up Shangwu Yun Mountain. Before they left, Jiang Mingyue also gave Qiao Mingtang some food. Compared to her eldest cousin and that cousin-boy, Qiao Mingtang was like an expectant yet reserved young woman.

Rubbed his hands… and rubbed his hands again…

Jiang Mingyue watched in amusement, though she could guess what they liked.

She took out four jars of wine, and this person seemed ready to jump for joy. Jiang Mingyue smiled knowingly, and also fetched some appetizers, spicy rabbit cubed, braised chicken and braised rabbit, pine needle roasted chicken, and that was all.

“Thanks Yueyue! Yueyue is the best! We’re off, and big brother will bring something nice to eat back for you.”

Yan Jinzhi just smiled at her, his phoenix eyes filled with affection, Jiang Mingyue understood what he meant.

She gave him a reassuring look: Okay, see you in the space.

Indeed, in the space, after she got dressed coming out from the hot spring pool, he came in too. After he was done soaking, he hugged her thoroughly to show his longing.

“Aren’t you tired? You should take a good rest.”

Just saw him looking at her meaningfully, as if saying: How could such things tire him? Even doing something else, continually, he wouldn’t tire.

Jiang Mingyue decided not to ask anymore, vowing internally never to ask again.

Not sure what kind of preference it was, liking to play with her fingers the most. When her fingers were held captive, Jiang Mingyue’s mind awoke with images flashing by, but as she tried to grasp them, they vanished.

Speaking of which, those images and dreams that used to trouble her seemed to have been absent for a long time now.

Just now, the images made her furrow her brows.

“What’s wrong?” Yan Jinzhi’s slender fingers gently soothed her frowning brows.

“Yan Jinzhi, you were previously the one most on my mind, but I can’t remember. Why don’t you just tell me?”

This sentence carried a hint of pitifulness, paired with the girl’s clear eyes, it was like she was being coquettish, yes, she was being coquettish with him.

Yan Jinzhi leaned down to kiss her black hair: “It doesn’t matter if you can’t remember, as long as I do.”

Jiang Mingyue: “…” Nonetheless, she forgave him. Honestly, looking at this alluring face, she couldn’t bring herself to blame him, though she could make up for it in other ways.

At this moment, as he held her, their size difference made it seem like she was embedded in his embrace. Raising her hands, she hung around his neck, and with a sliding motion, she caught him off guard with a bite. This unexpected ambush brought joy, making the man above hold her tighter with happiness.

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