The Empress Dowager Is Still the Empress Dowager
Shangguan Dandan got a great hand; it was the hand she had won the most money in since she started playing cards.
As long as Old Man Qian plays that card, she can win.
You can win at least twenty yuan in one go, enough to buy a lot of effervescent tablets at Auntie Xie's shop.
And it's also a way to get revenge on that old man for saying he'd win her thermos.
Old Man Qian was about to play that card, but two people came and asked him all sorts of questions, so Old Man Qian put it back.
He said a couple of words, then took it out again, but then they started arguing again, so he took it back.
Shangguan Dandan's heart pounded nervously. "Are you going to hit me or not?"
She stared intently at Old Man Qian's hand, but Old Man Qian was oblivious to her expression and was proudly recounting how he had killed the Wild Boar King years ago.
"You all move aside, we're going to play cards. It's my turn to play, isn't it?" After saying this, Old Man Qian waved his hand, looked around the room, glanced at his next player Shangguan Dandan, and looked slightly suspicious.
Shangguan Dandan quickly touched her beloved thermos flask beside her, pretending to be nonchalant in order to quell Old Man Qian's suspicions.
Right, I can't be nervous now; I need to be as calm and composed as when I'm attending court.
Because Liu Chang'an wanted her to do chores, Shangguan Dandan didn't gamble yesterday and saved up fifty yuan in pocket money. With today's money, she now has a total of one hundred yuan. Full of confidence, she was determined not to lose the thermos, so she kept it with her.
"Wait! Let me check my cards!" Old Man Qian put the cards back, fiddled with them on the table, and did some calculations.
"Hurry up!"
"Playing cards is so slow!"
"Fireworks are going off!"
Old Man Qian waved his hand, feeling that his hand was a bit risky. "Oh well, I'll just play it however I want. I've only just started, so I need to be aggressive," he said, and threw the cards away.
Old Man Qian watched Shangguan Dandan warily. He noticed the little girl glance at the card he played, then went to touch her precious thermos. His fingers slowly loosened their grip on the card, and he relaxed, urging, "Play it! Play it! Do you want it or not?"
"I won!" Shangguan Dandan took back the cards Old Man Qian had played, then spread out her own hand. "Big Beard, you're in trouble for letting me win!"
Old Man Qian stared incredulously at Shangguan Dandan's cards, frantically flipping them over and over, but couldn't find anything wrong. He reluctantly calculated that he was going to lose at least twenty yuan this hand, and flew into a rage. He grabbed a teapot and started hitting the two young men, yelling, "You're just looking for trouble! If you weren't causing trouble here, I'd be setting off firecrackers!"
The two young men were being chased and beaten, but dared not fight back. The young girl stopped asking questions and hurriedly ran out of the residential area.
Wild boars, although protected animals, aren't really that rare; many are farmed, and hunting them is organized when they cause harm. I'm not trying to investigate anything in detail, I just joined the unit and saw someone report something using WeChat screenshots, so I had to find something to do, right?
Unexpectedly, I got beaten up and an old man chased me down and poured hot tea all over me.
"Don't let me see you again!" Old Man Qian angrily chased after them all the way.
He planned to pretend to chase after someone and then take the opportunity to go home, so that what he just did wouldn't count. But when he saw Liu Chang'an walking over, he had no choice but to cough and go back. Otherwise, if Liu Chang'an walked under the grapevines and said he saw Grandpa Qian run away, wouldn't he lose face? Being caught red-handed and being ridiculed afterward are completely different things.
"Let's play cards!" Liu Chang'an said with a smile.
"Playing cards." Old Man Qian nodded casually. "Your family's eggs have struck it rich today."
Because Zhou Dongdong always called Shangguan Dandan" Sister Egg," some of the older folks started calling Shangguan Dandan "Dandan" or "Egg."
As for the characters "Dan Dan", who recognizes them? They just sound the same.
Liu Chang'an and Old Man Qian walked back. Old Man Qian sat down and continued. Shangguan Dandan saw Liu Chang'an, raised her thermos, and proudly reminded Liu Chang'an, "Dongdong's mom made me meat buns."
Shangguan Dandan only gave Zhou Shuling a look, and she got to eat meat buns this morning. Although Zhou Shuling may not have understood Shangguan Dandan's meaning from her look, she ultimately fulfilled Shangguan Dandan's request.
But Liu Chang'an, that guy, Shangguan Dandan carries a thermos in front of him every day, and he doesn't know how to be considerate of her. He always wants Shangguan Dandan to do chores.
"Oh." Liu Chang'an nodded to indicate that he understood, and then listened to the old men and women telling their stories of outsmarting the government.
The elderly people all refer to civil servants as "the government."
Liu Chang'an watched them play a hand of cards before heading back. He glanced at the orange peels in the stove, added some more, looked at the smoked pig's blood balls, and smelled the aroma. He was very satisfied, because the wild boar blood was actually the most essential part; besides being nutritious, it also made the food taste naturally sweet.
After the pig's blood sausage is smoked, it should be washed clean before eating, sliced and steamed, and then stir-fried with chili and garlic. Alternatively, it can be made into a three-steamed dish with cured pork and sausage, which is also an extremely delicious way to eat it.
After covering the pig's blood sausage with newspaper again and continuing to smoke it, Lu Si'en returned panting with his tongue lolling out after dropping off Zhou Dongdong. Upon seeing Liu Chang'an, he lay down in front of him, tilted his head up, and gazed sincerely at Liu Chang'an with his watery eyes.
"Don't worry, you're also one of the protectors under the Saintess of the Nine Provinces Wind and Thunder Sword Sect. One is a sheep protector, and the other is a dog protector." Liu Chang'an patted Lu Si'en's head. This dog was enthusiastic towards Zhou Dongdong, but respectful towards Liu Chang'an. It didn't dare to pounce on Liu Chang'an's hands or face, at most it would lick his shoes.
Lu Si'en immediately started making a low humming sound like a supercar engine, "Om... Om... Om..." It seems that Zhou Dongdong never taught Lu Si'en to make a "woof woof" sound.
Liu Chang'an went to get some wild boar lungs, chopped them up and sliced them, mixed them with some rice and made dog food to feed Lu Si'en.
To be honest, Lu Si'en did do some work. Not only did he pick up and drop off Zhou Dongdong every day, but he also helped Zhou Dongdong drag the wild boar upstairs when he brought it back that day. In this respect, the effort he put in far exceeded that of Shangguan Dandan, who took a kitchen knife into the room and didn't appear until the third day.
Liu Chang'an sat watching Lu Si'en eat dog food with relish, quite pleased with himself. Just then, Shangguan Dandan returned, carrying two effervescent tablets and a thermos she had bought from Aunt Auntie Xie's shop.
"I won money, so I bought two chocolates. Here, have one." Shangguan Dandan took a Planet Cup from her sleeve and handed it to Liu Chang'an.
Liu Chang'an took the phone and casually asked, "Where are my sweet potato slices?"
Shangguan Dandan paused for a moment, then slowly walked to the door of the storage room, glanced back at Liu Chang'an, then pushed the door open and went in. She then turned around and looked at Liu Chang'an again through the crack in the door before slowly closing it.
"What do you mean?" Liu Chang'an suspected that she was about to become withdrawn again, so he quickly went over and knocked on the door.
After a while, Liu Chang'an went back to sit down. After watching Lu Si'en finish eating the dog food, Shangguan Dandan came out with four slices of sweet potato.
She walked up to Liu Chang'an.
Liu Chang'an reached out and took it, but found that she held it tightly and refused to let go, while looking at Liu Chang'an with a complicated expression.
"The way you look in your eyes now is exactly the same as the way I looked when I came to Chang'an and received your imperial edict." Liu Chang'an was very confused. One was the heir to the throne, and the other was just a slice of sweet potato.
"How about we split it in half?" Shangguan Dandan suggested expectantly.
Liu Chang'an looked at her with disbelief.
"There are four slices in total now. Let's split them in half, two slices for you and two slices for me," Shangguan Dandan suggested repeatedly, holding the sweet potato scraper tightly.
Liu Chang'an shook his head.
"Why didn't you share two slices with me? I just bought two chocolates and gave you half!" Shangguan Dandan argued confidently with Liu Chang'an. Since she bought two chocolates and shared one with him, why couldn't she share half of his sweet potato slices with him?
Liu Chang'an pursed his lips, feeling the lingering sweet taste of the Planet Cup on his tongue. So she had come prepared.
As expected of the Empress Dowager, her schemes were so clever that even Liu Chang'an was tricked... It turns out not everyone is like Zhou Dongdong. Zhou Dongdong shared her candy with her brother Chang'an, but she never schemed against him like this.
"You've already finished yours?" Liu Chang'an was a reasonable person.
Zhou Dongdong ate two of my pieces!
Liu Chang'an nodded and accepted the two slices of sweet potato that Shangguan Dandan happily handed him. He couldn't help but show a thoughtful expression. There were originally ten slices, and if they were split in half, it would be five slices each. But now, he only had two slices left.
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