The night grew deep. Soldiers who were not wounded slept directly on the floor of the bamboo buildings, while the injured were dispersed among the homes of the villagers. Si Jiuyue distributed the anti-inflammatory medication, and the men helped each other change their bandages. Only Gao Chong and Lu Wenlong received treatment directly from the National Preceptor. In the middle of the night, the National Preceptor sought out Si Boyan to speak with him, and Si Boyan’s mood improved significantly afterward.
The next morning, at 5:00 AM, Si Jiuyue quietly slipped into the kitchen. She placed twenty bags of grain inside, along with five hundred pounds of pork. She also brought out a store of dried wood ear mushrooms, cooking oil, soy sauce, vinegar, sixty pounds of salt, and sixty pounds of sugar. She left three large baskets of eggs and retrieved five hundred steamed buns and meat buns from the Dimension, placing them into the steamer baskets. She even lit the fire in the stove beneath the steamers.
Just as she stepped out, she spotted the eldest daughter-in-law and Sister-in-law Liu walking toward her. Thinking quickly, she ducked back into the Dimension to retrieve three large Sam’s Club fruit cakes, along with a small knife and wooden plates, which she set on the bamboo table in the center of the kitchen.
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