Ink panel: Hunting the sun and surveying the sky from the bow.

Chapter 189: A Small Path, Doing Something

After sending Huangfu Rou and others away, the matter of killing the eagle demon came to an end.

Shen Qing looked at Zheng Yuanqiu with a painful look on his face as he asked his attendant to clean up the demon's corpse, and did not stay in the Weiwusi office for long.

He said goodbye to Zheng Yuanqiu, changed his duty card, and slowly walked towards the small house he bought in Yongzhou.

There are still many monsters around Yongzhou now, but from Shen Qing's observation, most of them are hiding in the dark, occasionally eating a few people, and have not yet reached the point of openly confronting the county government.

After all, behind the county town stands the Great Zhou Dynasty, with countless masters.

Those intelligent demons would know how terrifying it is just by asking around outside.

Monsters like the eagle monster, which are tired of living and eat people in a high-profile manner, are actually not very common.

In the next period of time, if there is no trouble caused by the Huangtian Sect, it is foreseeable that it will be a peaceful and relaxing period.

It's getting late.

Shen Qing was leading the horse to the doorstep of his home, just in time to see Shen Xiaoshan carrying a sack and heading home.

"Brother! You're back." Shen Xiaoshan saw Shen Qing standing beside him and greeted him loudly.

As he greeted them, he put down the full sack and carried it to the door with one hand.

Shen Qing looked him up and down and said, "Have you improved your cultivation recently?"

"How can I not improve myself if I eat so well here every day?" Shen Xiaoshan said with a simple smile, "I am quite strong now. I can easily carry this bag of soybeans with one hand."

"It seems that you still have some talent for martial arts."

"Well, I don't have any talent. I just practiced blindly. Brother, please stop complimenting me."

"I'm telling you the truth, not complimenting you. Practice hard and you'll have a bright future."

Shen Qing patted his shoulder and pushed open the door.

Shen Xiaoshan took the reins from Shen Qing's hand with great insight, and with his other hand holding a sack of beans, he walked into the house with Shen Qing.

There was an eight-person table in the courtyard. The eldest sister Shen Fang was wearing an apron and carrying plates of hot dishes. When she saw Shen Qing, a look of joy flashed across her face: "Qingzi is back. Brother Xiao just prepared the meal. We don't have to wait. Let's eat it while it's hot."

Shen Qing untied the long sword hanging from his waist, took off the black uniform of the Weiwu Division, and placed it on the cabinet at the door. He walked to the table, stretched his neck to take a closer look and asked, "So many dishes?"

"Brother Xiao came back early today and there was nothing to do, so I made a little more. I don't know if it suits your taste." Eldest sister Shen Fang explained simply.

"Chef Xiao's cooking skills are of course impeccable. If he opened a restaurant, he would be able to support it." Shen Qing loosened his wrist and said, "It's getting late. Let's call uncle and aunt to come over for dinner."

"I'll call them."

After a while, Uncle Shen Er, Aunt Wang and others came out from the kitchen.

As usual, Shen Qing let them sit in the first seat and he sat in the second seat.

The remaining Shen Xiaoshan, Xiao Zhi, Tian Xiaohu and the eldest sister were unwilling to take the seat.

Even though Shen Qing repeatedly emphasized that he didn't care about these things, these people still abided by the rules here, and Shen Qing no longer forced them.

I have to say that Xiao Zhi’s cooking skills are very good, and the food on this table tastes no worse than what we eat in a restaurant.

Shen Qing enjoyed this meal very much.

He even took a pot of wine and drank with his uncle Shen Er.

If there were no demons and monsters in this world, and no such messy disasters, Shen Qing couldn't help but feel that life would actually be quite comfortable.

After three rounds of drinking, Shen Qing noticed that his uncle Shen Er wanted to say something but stopped talking several times, so he couldn't help asking, "Uncle, do you have something to tell me? We are all family, there is no need to hide it."

Uncle Shen Er sighed and said, "It's not a big deal, but my family's food, clothing and daily expenses all depend on you alone, and I always feel a little uncomfortable."

"Hahaha, I thought it was something else." Shen Qing smiled and walked forward to fill a glass of wine and said, "When we were in Hongshan Village, my family relied on my uncle for support. Now I don't have parents, so it's my duty to support my uncle and aunt." Although he didn't have much silver in his hand, he still had three dog demon skins, an eagle demon pill and some eagle feathers.

There are also other miscellaneous items that can be exchanged for money at any time, and his official salary also needs to be paid.

Overall, it is enough to support a family.

Uncle Shen Er looked at Shen Qing with a look of relief, but still shook his head and said, "This is different. At that time, you two siblings were still young. If you didn't rely on others, you would have died in the deep mountains and forests. Now we have hands and feet, and it always feels uncomfortable to sit like this every day."

"Don't blame uncle for nagging. With so many people here, the expenses are not a small amount. We can't rely on you alone to feed so many mouths."

Shen Qing picked up the wine glass and took a sip.

He gradually understood what Shen Er meant.

This situation is just like in the previous life, when rural parents who were taken to live in the city by their children were in a bored state of not being able to adapt to the environment.

The best way is to find something for them to do.

Of course, what Uncle Shen Er said made some sense. It was not a good idea to rely on him for support.

Now that my family is big and my business is large, the expenses are not a small amount.

If he wants to continue to make progress in his cultivation, the expenses will be even greater.

Shen Qing couldn't help but look at Xiao Zhi who was standing not far away, and suddenly an idea came to his mind.

He called Xiao Zhi and asked, "Brother Xiao, I'll teach you a few dishes. Do you think we can open a restaurant?"

"Junior Brother Shen can cook?"

"I can't cook, but I know how to make some dishes." Shen Qing put down his wine glass and said, "I'll write it down for you to see later. If it works, you can all go and help. By then, you can also collect some information, which will be good for my work in the Weiwu Division. It's better than being busy like a headless fly like you are now."

Xiao Zhi did not agree immediately, nor did he refuse: "Let me see what the dishes that Junior Brother mentioned look like. This place is not like Taiping County. The restaurants here have many varieties, and the taste must be good to make them."

"I'll write it for you tonight." Shen Qing nodded.

At night.

Shen Qing carried an oil lamp, combined the local customs and habits, recalled carefully, and wrote down a few classic dishes from his previous life, which he handed to Xiao Zhi the next day.

Xiao Zhi did not hesitate and finished it in a few seconds.

Xiao Zhi took a quick taste and found that the food tasted delicious. It was a dish he had never seen before.

You have to know that he had to beg everyone for help in order to learn how to cook a dish, and it took him a lot of effort to learn just a little bit.

To Shen Qing, these skills would be inherited from family members, but he dared to show them off as if they were free.

For a moment, he was stunned by her beauty.

"How?" Shen Qing asked.

"The steamed pork with rice flour, roast duck, nine-turn large intestine, sweet and sour carp, and boiled pork slices given by my junior brother are enough to support a restaurant." Xiao Zhi said confidently: "These dishes are enough to support a restaurant."

Shen Qing clapped his hands and said, "That's good. Let Xiaohu pick a good spot these few days and try a small one first. We have nothing to do anyway."

"Okay, I'll watch it with Xiaohu then."

"You two make the decision, and then just tell me. But we have limited funds, so we can't do anything big."

“We know the importance of this.”

Shen Qing nodded and didn't delve into the issue any further.

After all, this kind of business is just a minor one, so just leave it to Xiaohu and the others.

(End of this chapter)