I am reciting the Classic of Mountains and Seas in the interstellar

"...I think if I can eat green leafy vegetables like you for the rest of my life..." Song Mingqian said awkwardly.

"Ah! Who cares?" Ping Qiong rolled her eyes, finished the last bite of the fruit platter, and then started eating braised pork.

Xia Yuanfang watched them eating so enthusiastically, pursed his lips and smiled.

She said gently: "Thank you all for helping me take care of Chu Jian. She is young, ignorant, and not a genetic evolver. I know that without your care, she would not survive these three years."

Xia Chujian nodded repeatedly: "Auntie is right! In the beginning, I was really not that powerful! Thanks to Captain Ye, Mr. Fu, Sister Cai and Qian Qian for saving me many times! - I cannot thank you enough for your kindness. Come on, I respect you. a glass of wine!"

Xia Chujian took the opportunity to pour herself a glass of red wine and raised it to try.

Xia Yuanfang gently but firmly took the wine glass from her hand and said with a smile: "You are not old enough to drink yet. - Come, let me propose a toast to you all on behalf of our family's first meeting!"

The four teammates stood up, raised their glasses together, and drank with Xia Yuanfang.

After finishing a glass of red wine, Li Fucai said with a smile: "Xiao Chujian was actually very powerful from the beginning, so humble! So humble!"

This is in response to Xia Chujian's boastful statement, "In the beginning, I was really not that powerful."

Several other people laughed.

Xia Chujian pretended not to hear, and said with a smile: "Low-key, low-key, I am indeed powerful among ordinary people. But I can't compare with genetic evolvers..."

At this point, Song Mingqian said regretfully: "To be honest, I just saw that it would be great if genes could evolve..."

But just stop there.

To say too much is to stab people's hearts with flying knives.

Suddenly, Ping Qiong shouted: "Isn't today the birthday of Chu Jian?!"

"Oh, happy first birthday!"

"Happy birthday!"

"Happy birthday!"

"Happy birthday!"

The four teammates raised their glasses of red wine to her.

Xia Chujian blinked and realized that her teammates were actually looking for an excuse to celebrate her birthday!

No wonder they all brought such expensive gifts!

And my cheap boss never told me that he paid so much money. It was probably because of his birthday, right?

Ever since her aunt fell ill, no one has celebrated her birthday anymore...

Of course, she kept it secret from her teammates and didn't tell them how old she was.

They didn't know her true age until this year.

Xia Yuanfang was also a little surprised, and said with a smile: "You are really thoughtful. I guess it is for this reason that you came here suddenly. Come, I made a birthday cake for everyone to eat together."

With that said, Xia Yuanfang went to the kitchen and took out the birthday cake she had secretly baked.

The birthday cake was placed on a very delicate black porcelain stem plate, covered with a deep cylindrical lid.

When the lid was lifted, everyone present stared with wide eyes and could hardly breathe.

Is that a birthday cake?

No, that is a vast and magnificent landscape painting!

The base of the entire cake embryo is covered with snow-covered mountains.

The mountains are blooming with brilliant flowers of the other side, and colorful animals are running in the mountains and flying in the clouds and mist.

The river meanders down the outer layer of the cake, like a dragon coiling around it.

"It's so beautiful! This kind of cake has never been heard of! Never seen before!"

"I want to take a picture and send it to the star network!" Song Mingqian immediately showed off his quantum optical brain.

Xia Yuanfang stopped him gently but firmly: "No, this is specially prepared for Chu Jian. I don't want others to learn from it."

Actually Xia Yuanfang said this, so he stopped taking pictures before Song and Ming Dynasties.

He shook his head regretfully and said: "Not even a single trace of such a beautiful work of art can be left... What a waste... What a waste..."

Xia Yuanfang handed a table knife to Xia Chujian: "Here, cut it up and share it with everyone."

Xia Chujian felt that Beier had dignity and tried hard to maintain a calm attitude of "it's no big deal", but couldn't hide the pride and pride.

She took the table knife, raised it, and divided the birthday cake, which was as gorgeous as a fairy tale, into six equal portions and placed them on the same black porcelain plate.

Ping Qiong couldn't wait any longer. Among the six cake plates, she spotted the piece of cake with a red bird on it and said, "Is this red bird made of azalea fruit? I love it the most!"

Xia Yuanfang nodded: "It's the morning glow fruit."

Xia Chujian gave the plate of cake to Ping Qiong.

Ye Shijie, Song Mingqian and Li Fu took a plate and started tasting it without her having to do anything.

Turning around again, there were only two plates left on the table, one belonging to Xia Chujian and one belonging to Xia Yuanfang.

Xia Yuanfang pushed the plate of cake with the complete pattern of the flower on the other side in front of Xia Chu, and said softly: "This piece is specially for you."

Because there was Hibiscus flower on the piece, the teammates were very sensible and did not ask for that plate.

Xia Chujian took it with a smile, dug it in with a spoon, and ate all the flowers in one bite.

She narrowed her eyes slightly and said "Hmm", feeling extremely satisfied.

"Auntie, this Bana flower is still made of red glutinous rice, right? - It's so delicious! You can't get tired of it no matter how many times you eat it!"

Xia Yuanfang smiled: "The last bit of red glutinous rice at home, I won't be able to eat it anymore."

"...No more? Red glutinous rice is really rare. I haven't even seen it sold in supermarkets." Song Mingqian murmured to himself, chewing hard and slowly, just wanting to keep the delicious food in his mouth for a while.

Xia Chujian thought to herself that she had never seen red glutinous rice in Xingwang Supermarket, but as long as she could remember, her aunt would make delicious red glutinous rice for her every birthday.

Don't know where it came from.

Moreover, the taste of this red glutinous rice can only be described as melting in your mouth, with a slight sweetness. After eating it, your limbs will feel extremely smooth.

The warmth and softness that comes down from the throat makes you drunk after just one bite. It's really like wine.

Xia Chujian has never drunk wine yet, but she feels that the best wine only tastes like red glutinous rice.

After finishing a plate of cake, she "passed drunk" on the dining table.

Looking at Xia Chujian, who was breathing lightly and had fallen asleep, Xia Yuanfang couldn't laugh or cry, and said, "Don't worry, everyone, we were so sick when we first met."

"Candy?"

"Well, she can't eat too many sweets. If she eats just a little too much, she'll get sick." Xia Yuanfang said, trying to help Xia Chujian up.

But when Xia Chu saw that she was 1.75 meters tall, and she was not as thin as Liu Fufeng, she was not as sickly as Liu Fufeng. Xia Yuanfang was recovering from a serious illness, so he didn't help her up all of a sudden.

Ping Qiong hurriedly helped.

She was much stronger than Xia Yuanfang, and she directly carried Princess Xia Chujian Daheng and sent her to her bedroom.

Ping Qiong saw Xia Chujian's new bedroom from a three-dimensional holographic projection video call.

She put Xia Chujian on the bed in a familiar manner.

Xia Yuanfang followed her in and covered her with the quilt.

Then the two of them crept out and quietly closed the door.

After going out, Xia Yuanfang saw how much they liked eating what she cooked, so he made two more home-cooked snacks.

One is fried noodle nest, and the other is three-fresh tofu skin.

These two things made the team members gorge themselves on them, and they didn't stop eating until they were packed away.

It was almost four o'clock in the afternoon when they left.

It's all dark outside.

The four of them came out of the building where Xia Chujian's home was located and walked onto a narrow path that only allowed one person to pass.

Although the external environment here is indeed poor, the situation inside the building is not bad.

Li Fu said with emotion: "Xiao Chujian finally has a decent home."

Although they had never entered the utility room on the first floor where she lived before, they had seen it outside many times.

Ye Shijie also said: "I didn't expect the aunt I met for the first time to be so... magnanimous."

They were similar to those of his father's colleagues he had met when he was a child, and even more bookish than those college professors who were extremely knowledgeable.

Her eyes seemed to contain infinite wisdom, but they were not domineering because of it.

In this regard, even his father's former boss, the great scholar famous throughout the empire, could not compare.

Song Mingqian smiled: "Although Xiao Chuqian is a bad student, I think that with her aunt's guidance, Xiao Chuqian will definitely be able to get into college."

If Ping Qiong had heard Song Mingqian's words before meeting Xia Yuanfang, she would have sneered and then retorted.

But now, she just nodded silently and said quietly: "...If I had such an aunt, I could also be admitted to college."

"It doesn't matter. I don't dislike you if you didn't go to college." Song Mingqian said with a smile and rubbed her hair.

"Go away! Don't mess up the hairstyle I just made today!" Ping Qiong glared at him and hurriedly took care of her hair with her hands.

The four people walked out of the community and looked back at the backward and ancient community again.

Ye Shijie said: "...Have you ever seen little Chu Jian fainting with sugar?"

"No, this is the first time I've heard of it."

"Me too, she actually fainted for several hours."

After they left, Xia Yuanfang returned to Xia Chujian's bedroom and checked on her condition.

Xia Chujian was sleeping soundly, and there were even beads of sweat on his forehead.

It wasn't hot in the room, but she kicked off the quilt.

Xia Yuanfang silently covered her with a quilt.

In the darkness, she said softly: "...Yes, the red glutinous rice is finally finished..."

…

In the east district of Mulan City, on the top floor of a skyscraper built with the latest construction materials, there is a very spacious duplex villa-type high-end finely decorated room.

Zong Ruoan was wearing a set of slim-fitting formal trousers, a casual white shirt, and a herringbone vest, standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window.

Outside the window is a bitingly cold winter night, but also a world filled with light.

Zong Ruoan's eyes were not on the flashing neon lights on the high-rise buildings, but on a certain low-rise community.

There are lights there too, but they are not as bright and gorgeous as those in the East District.

Zong Ruoan hesitated all day, and finally sent a message to Xia Chujian when today was about to end.

[Zong Ruoan]: See you in summer, happy birthday! Congratulations on coming of age!

Then he transferred 88,888 Beichen coins to her as a birthday gift.

And addendum: This is your past and present coffee principal and tea money.

…

At the same moment, in a mansion in the core area of ​​Dafu County, hundreds of thousands of kilometers away from Mulan City, a group of people dressed in luxurious clothes and covered in jewels were gathering together excitedly.

"Will there really be a blessing master from the Light Spirit Alliance coming?"

"Of course it's true! I heard that these two prayer masters are particularly effective. My relatives in Beichen Emperor Star once told me that even in the imperial capital there, it is difficult to invite them to pray!"

The speaker is very proud.

"I heard that the charitable organization Spirit of Light is very difficult to join. Not only do you need a certain net worth, but you also need a certain social status!"

"And even if they join, most of them are ordinary members. Only by accumulating a certain amount of merit can you be promoted to a leader."

"You must make great achievements before you can be promoted to a prayer master!"

"Actually, on top of the prayer master, there are also protectors..."

"The Protector is truly rare, no one has ever seen him."

"You can't say that. The Fan family once met one and asked him to perform a Maha ceremony. From then on, the Fan family, which always suffered losses in business, never lost money again..."

"Yes, yes! I've heard that too! The old man of the Fan family almost lost all his family property in business. It's true that one line of business is ruined, and one can be called a dark lamp in the industry!"

"But ever since the head of the Fan family invited the guardians of the Alliance of Light Spirits to perform the Maha Rites for the newly built commercial building, the Fan family has become the Midas touch in the business world! - The Fan family's clothing originated from that From now on, it will sell well throughout the Guiyuan Star!"

"Not only are they popular on Guiyuan Star, I heard that they have also entered the market on Zangge Star..."

"Zangge Planet?! Isn't that the planet where Quan's mining industry is located?! - Is the Fan family also related to the Quan family?!"

The speaker could no longer hide the extreme envy and slight jealousy in his tone.

Although the hall of the mansion is large, there are so many people coming that the whole hall is packed.

Although everyone spoke in lowered voices, they couldn't handle the large number of people, so there was a constant buzzing sound everywhere.

Fan Chengcai was wearing a tall uniform-style white coat. He and his eldest brother Fan Chengqi were standing in the circular corridor on the second floor. He held a glass of red wine in his hand and looked at the bustle in the lobby on the first floor. A trace of madness was well hidden on his reserved face. good.

"Brother, I just received the news that our compound in Mulan City has been raided by the Special Security Bureau." Fan Chengcai said softly, with a trace of uneasiness and fear on his face.

Fan Chengqi snorted and smiled slightly ferociously: "I already knew it."

"Just pretend you don't know. Besides, let's search... who is afraid... there is a separate courtyard, and there is nothing important."

"Just wait, after the New Year, I will call the Special Security Bureau to spit out what they have eaten!"

Fan Chengqi didn't take the Special Security Bureau's action to heart at all.

Fan Chengcai breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that his elder brother didn't take him seriously.

He turned to ask: "Brother, how many prayer masters from the Light Spirit Alliance were invited today?"

Fan Chengqi showed a pious smile on his face: "Good luck, I invited two of you this time. It is said that this year's blessings arrive early, without having to wait until the New Year. After December 24th, the blessings will come. Let's go now Please ask the prayer master to receive blessings.”

Second update at 1pm.