I'm a male god in Liyue

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Xia Zhi sat in the front hall, picked up the unfinished jade material, and continued carving.

Zhu Zi sat at the table, resting his chin on his hands, watching with great interest.

"Boss, are you giving this to someone else?"

"Ah."

"To whom?"

"you guess."

"Let me think... If it's a little white rabbit, then Yao Yao's laurel wreath is a rabbit. Is the boss going to give it to Yao Yao?"

"Guessed it right."

"Ahem."

After a while, Shen He finished washing the dishes and came out, and sat down quietly to watch him carve.

The two girls, however, had different focuses.

At first, Zhu Zi was looking at the jade carvings, but later her gaze was involuntarily drawn to Xia Zhi's slender fingers, and she couldn't look away.

Last night, the light was dim and she couldn't see clearly, but now that it's daytime and there's light, she thinks her boss's fingers are really beautiful.

Shen He, on the other hand, was completely focused, simply watching the jade carving slowly take shape.

Xia Zhi focused on carving and soon finished the little white rabbit. He smiled and handed it to Zhu Zi.

"It's done. Here, take a look."

"Oh!"

Zhu Zi reached out and took it.

Their fingers touched.

Zhu Zi suddenly blushed.

Xia Zhi didn't know what was wrong with her either, and lowered her head to start tidying up the scraps of jade on the table.

At that moment, Xingqiu's voice came from outside the shop.

"Mr. Xia! I've brought the reeds!"

"coming!"

The three of them got up and went outside. They saw Xingqiu standing by the street, with a cargo cart parked next to him. In addition to the full load of goods, the cart also had several large bundles of neatly trimmed reeds.

Two strong workers are helping to unload all the reed stalks.

"The goods just arrived in Liyue today."

"Young Master Xingqiu said he would arrive in the next couple of days, and sure enough, he did."

"The car happened to be passing by Mr. Xia's shop, so we unloaded the reeds first, saving us the trouble of making another trip back and forth later."

The reeds look plentiful, but they don't weigh much.

Shen He carried them all into the shop, and Zhu Zi and the manager paid the shipping fee.

"Young Master Xingqiu, please come in and have a seat, and have a glass of juice."

"it is good."

The person in charge said in a low voice, "Second Young Master, we'll head back to the Chamber of Commerce now."

Xingqiu nodded: "Okay, you can just contact Axu directly for the handover of the goods."

The carriage slowly drove away.

Xingqiu followed Xia Zhi into the shop and sat down at the table. His eyes were immediately drawn to the jade rabbit on the table.

"What an exquisite piece... There are jade shavings next to it, could it have been just carved?"

"Yes! The boss just carved it!"

"Mr. Xia can actually carve?"

"I know a little bit, but I'll make a fool of myself."

Xingqiu stared silently at the lifelike jade rabbit on the table.

You call this knowing a little bit?

This is clearly even better than the master craftsmanship of Mingxingzhai!

Xia Zhi brought over four glasses of juice and asked with a smile, "Young Master Xingqiu, are you free this morning?"

Xingqiu nodded: "Yes, I have nothing to do today. I was planning to go to Wanwen Bookstore to read some books. Is that why you asked, Mr. Xia?"

"Here's the thing, we're about to play a card game, but we're short one person. If Young Master Xingqiu is interested, why don't you stay and play?"

"Want to play cards? It would be nice to play together! I usually enjoy playing Seven Saints Summoning with my friends."

"This is not quite the same as the Seven Saints Summoning."

Shen He brought out the mahjong tiles and neatly stacked them on the table.

Looking at the square white jade tokens, Xingqiu asked curiously, "What are the rules?"

Zhu Zi enthusiastically taught him: "It's very simple, it's just about eating and ponging..."

After a moment, Xingqiu looked enlightened: "I see. This way of playing is quite interesting. It seems to rely entirely on luck, but there are actually various kinds of strategies involved."

So the four of them sat down and started playing mahjong, without betting any money, just for fun.

A morning passed by in a flash.

"Young Master Xingqiu, why don't you stay for a simple meal?"

"Alright."

With an extra guest, Xia Zhi prepared a slightly more elaborate lunch, adding two more dishes.

After lunch, Xingqiu sat for a while, glanced at the mahjong table, and reluctantly got up to say goodbye.

Xia Zhi also stood up and saw him to the door, saying, "Young Master Xingqiu, please take care."

Zhu Zi waved to him and called out, "Come play mahjong again next time!"

Xingqiu smiled and nodded: "Okay!"

After seeing Xingqiu off, the three of them carefully washed the reeds that had been delivered that morning, dried them, and then cut them to the appropriate length.

The first batch of straws for takeout orders has been produced.

"Boss, what do we do next?"

"There's nothing else, you two can go shopping outside."

"are you going?"

"I'm not going."

"That's no fun."

"So what do you find interesting?"

"Making mooncakes is so much fun! There are lots of people! It's so much fun! And the mooncakes we make taste delicious too!"

Xia Zhi smiled gently.

"In that case, let's make dumplings. You've bought a lot of vegetables, so we can make some vegetarian dumplings. Shen He can freeze them and give them to Miss Gan Yu. That way, if she gets hungry while working overtime tonight, she can just boil them and have some delicious dumplings."

"well)!"

Chapter 130 Shen He, a Master of Talismans

Washing vegetables, kneading dough, chopping filling, rolling out wrappers...

The two girls were a bit clumsy, and the dumplings they made didn't look very nice, but it didn't matter.

Unlike mooncakes, dumplings don't need to be baked, so the cooking temperature isn't crucial. The key is the filling and the dough. The filling needs to be fresh and properly seasoned, while the dough needs to be thin, even, and have a smooth texture. If you do these two things well, as long as they don't fall apart when cooked, the taste won't be too different.

"Boss, there's still some filling left!"

"Go get some eggs, I'll scald some egg crepes and make egg dumplings for you."

"Oh!"

After being busy for a while, I finished making egg dumplings and also cooked some dumplings.

Freshly made dumplings taste the best. Everyone gets a bowl, with a little vinegar and Yunnan chili sauce, and everyone is very satisfied.

After we finished eating the dumplings, it was already past four in the afternoon.

Xia Zhi brought up the system panel and checked it. 24 hours had passed since he used it yesterday. At this time, the cooldown of [Stealing the Master] was over, and it could be used again.

The shop is closed today, so Zhongli didn't come...

Xia Zhi glanced at Shen He, who was freezing dumplings with ice elemental power at the table, pondered for a moment, and then chose her.

"Use [Learn from Others] on the target?"

"Yes."