Old Yao smiled upon hearing this. she had previously worried that her disciple was too kind-hearted. Now, reassured by her words, she felt at ease. She was indeed kind, but her kindness had boundaries. That was good enough; she need not worry excessively.
"It is good that you have a clear bottom line in your heart. As healers, we can always acquire wealth and other material things whenever we wish. The real question is whether such acquisition is worth it. That requires careful consideration."
Zhu Yanyi nodded. A thought struck her, and she recalled the internal formations she had encountered in the past. She asked casually, "By the way, Grandpa Yao, have there been any cases of people with internal formations in the capital recently?"
Old Yao shook his head slightly. "Since Yan Aohan and Old Yun, no such formations have been discovered. I do not know if they became more vigilant or for what other reason. However, as long as such people exist, they will eventually appear." He wondered if the perpetrator had been frightened away. After Yan Aohan and Old Yun had recovered successively, no similar symptoms had appeared.
Zhu Yanyi agreed. Things hidden in the dark would eventually be exposed. Even ancient tombs buried underground for thousands of years would be discovered, let alone deeds committed in darkness. They would eventually be known to others.
The master and disciple strolled through the vegetable market. Since they were having lunch, Zhu Yanyi bought a fish and some meat. She did not buy other meat dishes, mainly because heavy oil and rich meats were not good for the elderly. Of course, she bought plenty of vegetables: tomatoes, green vegetables, celery, spinach, lotus root stems, lotus flowers, water shield, Chinese toon, and so on. She basically bought every vegetable she could find. She also bought a large bag of flour.
"What do you need flour for?" Although the guards following behind were carrying the bags, Old Yao was still curious. His disciple’s shopping ability was truly formidable.
"I will make some vegetarian dumplings for you in the afternoon when I am free. Then I will freeze them quickly. You can take them out and cook them whenever you want to eat them," Zhu Yanyi answered Old Yao’s question while looking around at everything.
Making dumplings was for the afternoon. For lunch, Zhu Yanyi still needed to prepare. She only made home-style dishes: braised vegetarian chicken, stuffed peppers, fish with fermented black beans, three-fresh vegetarian dish, and vegetarian eel soup. Four dishes and one soup. The variety was not large, but the portions were generous. This was mainly because Old Zhan and the others were coming to eat. Therefore, they were served in small basins. With rice, the four dishes and one soup were completely eaten by the elderly.
After finishing the meal, Old Zhan and the others sat aside and started reading the books Zhu Yanyi had given them. When Zhu Yanyi finished cleaning up and came out, she saw all the elders reading. It seemed she had brought the right books this time.
Zhu Yanyi did not disturb them. Instead, she went to make dumplings. These dumplings had vegetarian fillings. Zhu Yanyi made them so they could eat when hungry, so the filling portions were particularly large. There were tomato and egg filling, three-shred filling, mushroom and green vegetable filling, and leek filling. Basically, there were four flavors. She also decided that if she had time later, she would make some Chinese toon pancakes as snacks.
When the elderly gentlemen had finished reading and came to the kitchen to look for Zhu Yanyi, she had already made nearly two hundred dumplings.
"Ani is tired today," Mrs. Xu said upon seeing this. She washed her hands and came over to help. Old Li and Mrs. Chang also came over to help.
Zhu Yanyi smiled. "Actually, it is not much. The dough I kneaded is only that much. If I finish wrapping them, there will be about six hundred dumplings. You can divide them, take them back, and freeze them yourselves. Just take them out and boil them when you want to eat."