Chapter 283: Operation Four

Chapter 283: Chapter 283: Operation Four

“Young Master, Miss, you’re here. Come over here quickly.” Wuqing trotted over, pulling Gu Qingli towards the jewelry box.

“Miss, take a look at this.” Wuqing picked up a jade hairpin and inserted it into Gu Qingli’s hair, admiring it after she finished.

“Miss, this hairpin suits you very well.” Wuqing nodded approvingly.

Gu Qingli cracked a smile.

Surely anyone would look good with such a beautiful hairpin.

She took the hairpin down and inspected it in her hand. It was made of high-quality mutton fat jade; the touch was cool, and the craftsmanship was exquisite.

Indeed, it was prettier and more valuable than the jade hairpin she was currently wearing.

She glanced at the wooden hairpin Wuqing was wearing, then inserted the jade hairpin into Wuqing’s hair, removing the wooden one as she did so.

“Hmm, it looks good on Wuqing, too.”

“It looks better on Miss,” Wuqing said, reaching up to remove it.

“Don’t remove it; keep it on.”

“Miss, it’s too ostentatious for a servant like me to wear such a thing. It’s better not to.” Wuqing shook her head, preparing to remove it.

Gu Qingli glared at her. “What, are you disobeying me now? I told you to wear it. Why are you being so hesitant?”

A jade hairpin? Of course her maids could wear one; she liked them to be dressed beautifully.

“HEHE, thank you then, Miss.” Wuqing chuckled lightly. Though she claimed it wasn’t suitable, she was secretly delighted; otherwise, she wouldn’t have been lingering here for so long.

“Pick one for Wuyou and the other two girls as well. I’m taking the rest.” Looking at Wuqing’s insincere pretense, Gu Qingli felt like giving her a couple of playful smacks.

“Alright, alright, I’m choosing now.”

Wuqing smiled until her eyes curved.

The Miss always thought of the four of them.

While Wuqing was choosing, Gu Qingli began to put the gold and silver into her Space.

After finishing with that room, Gu Qingli moved to the right.

To the right was the medicine storeroom. As she approached the shelves laden with medicinal materials, their strong aroma enveloped her. She grinned at the familiar scent.

The scent of medicinal materials always had a way of lifting her spirits.

The storeroom, as wide as a large chamber, spanned about five hundred square meters. It was lined with towering, neatly organized shelves of medicinal materials. The side of each rack indicated the category of herbs it held. Wooden boxes, each labeled with the name of the medicinal material inside, filled every shelf. Everything was clearly and meticulously categorized, making it very easy to find specific items.

After a brief tour, Gu Qingli couldn’t help but marvel at the extremely comprehensive collection of medicinal materials.

The same was true for poisons.

Of course, this only applied to medicinal materials and poisons currently available on the market; it didn’t include those unique to the Snow Maiden Clan.

But still, it was very impressive.

No other drugstore or merchant specializing in medicinal materials, not even she herself, possessed such a complete collection.

Gu Qingli didn’t take all these medicinal materials; she only collected into her Space a few that she didn’t already have.

Unfortunately, they had all been processed and couldn’t be cultivated.

Since there were medicinal materials, there should be seeds. I’ll have someone look for them later.

“EH!? There’s a bookshelf here too!” Gu Qingli exclaimed as she rounded the last row of shelves and spotted a bookshelf leaning against the wall, unnoticed by her until now.

She walked over, picked up a booklet, and flipped through it. It was a register of medicinal materials, apparently quite old.

She examined two shelves, both filled with similar booklets.

There was one more shelf at the bottom. Gu Qingli crouched down, took out a book, and dusted off its cover. The four large characters on the front read: ’Daqian Medical Encyclopedia’.

Gu Qingli immediately opened it to read.

After flipping through a dozen pages, she found that its records of medicinal materials were even more detailed than her ’Classic of Medicine’. It not only contained illustrations but also had annotations on their suitable prescriptions, growth environments, harvesting seasons, processing methods, and so on.

In short, it’s very detailed and highly suitable for beginners.

Gu Qingli immediately took a liking to the ’Daqian Medical Encyclopedia’. She stored it in her Space right away.

If any of the three little ones want to study medicine in the future, this ’Daqian Medical Encyclopedia’ will undoubtedly be the best introductory text.

“Li’er, are you done?”

Xiao Yunjing had been searching for a while and finally found her here.

“Almost. What about you?”

Xiao Yunjing squatted down and helped her take out the remaining few books from the bottom shelf. “I’m done. This is just Red Leaf Villa’s warehouse. By the way, Li’er, are you taking these medicinal materials?”

Gu Qingli took the books from Xiao Yunjing’s hands and shook her head. “No, this place will be ours in the future, so there’s no need to take them now. Besides, these medicinal materials have already been processed. If we really can’t use them all, we can send them to the Gu Clinic. However, you need to have someone look for seeds; I want those.”

“Alright. Li’er, put these books away securely. Then go collect what’s left from Wuqing’s side, and we’ll head out.”

“Mhm.” Gu Qingli stored the books in her Space and went with Xiao Yunjing to find Wuqing.

“Miss, take a look, I have picked these hairpins.” Wuqing showed her the three hairpins she had chosen.

“Good, keep them,” Gu Qingli said with a glance.

“Mm-hmm.” Wuqing nodded in satisfaction and put the hairpins into her bag.

Gu Qingli pinched her cheek.

This girl isn’t greedy at all. When we get back and I have time, I’ll pick a few more things for them.

Everyone who came out with us this time will be rewarded. They’ve all worked hard, especially the hundred or so men who dug the tunnel. They’ve made a great contribution.

Only after Gu Qingli had collected everything that needed to be stored did she return to her Space for lunch.

From last night until now, well past noon, they hadn’t had a sip of water or a bite to eat.

In the Space, Wuyou had already prepared a meal and was just waiting for them.

“Yunjing, what about the people outside? Did they find the kitchen and make their own food?” Gu Qingli asked while eating.

“Mhm, don’t worry about them. With a place as large as Red Leaf Villa, do you think they can’t find food? Just eat,” Xiao Yunjing said, placing a piece of meat in her bowl.

Ever since Li’er gave birth to the three little ones, her figure had returned to how it was before pregnancy, but he still felt she was too thin.

“Eat more meat.”

“You eat too.” Gu Qingli picked up a piece of meat from her own bowl and placed it in Xiao Yunjing’s.

Eating too much meat makes you gain weight, you know? I don’t want to get fat.

She wasn’t tall, only about five-foot-three. If she gained weight, she’d look like a ball—awful. Yunjing, however, was over six feet tall; he could eat whatever he wanted.

Xiao Yunjing gave her a sidelong glance. When he saw that she had eaten a piece of meat, he didn’t press her to eat more. He just ate the meat she gave him.

After the meal, the couple went to check on their three little ones. Now that they were a bit older, they weren’t as sleepy and were more energetic. At this moment, they were waving their arms and legs about in their little beds, blowing spit bubbles.

“Come, let Daddy hold you.” Xiao Yunjing picked up one child in each arm and gave each a kiss on the cheek.

“Oof, he knows how to grab hair already!” As Xiao Yunjing leaned closer to the two little ones, Little Round’s flailing hand snatched a fistful of his hair.

“Naughty boy.” Gu Qingli put down the Little Tuanszi she was holding and helped Xiao Yunjing disentangle his hair from Little Round’s chubby fist.

Little Round still clung onto a strand of hair, trying to shove it into his mouth.

“And he’s a foodie, too,” Gu Qingli gently poked at his chubby cheek.

This little foodie. He’s chubbier than Little Tuanszi and Little Le’er, as if all the good food goes straight to him while Little Tuanszi and Little Le’er are just drinking water.

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