Chapter 281 [Night Startle]
The IOU was signed.
The middle-aged woman's face immediately became friendlier.
Soon, the bowl of plain water in front of her was removed. At the middle-aged woman's instruction, Erya served fragrant tea. The white porcelain teacup was accompanied by a few types of refreshments: jujubes, tea-flavored crisps, dried cashews, and a plate of black sesame seeds. This was already the local standard for treating honored guests.
The middle-aged woman's leek-cutting knife was gleaming, but she wasn't one for words—perhaps she wasn't skilled at conversation. Instead, she left Erya to chat with Chen Nuo, while she had her disciples end their punishments and then went into the kitchen to get busy. Before long, smoke began to rise from the kitchen chimney. Chen Nuo watched as the woman killed a chicken in the courtyard, slitting its throat and disemboweling it.
