He saw that it was still early, and calmly changed his clothes while waiting for her. Unexpectedly, when he was ready to go to his parents and grandmother to say goodbye, not only did he not see Jingyi, but the people were also gone.

He stood in the hall downstairs and looked around, but it was still quiet. I couldn't help but wonder a little, and I was about to call someone, when I heard footsteps coming from the courtyard. He looked up, through the glass window, Tu Huyi was raising his hand to knock on the door to come in, he shouted first: "Atul! He"

"Yes, Seven Less." Tu Huyi pushed the door in, carrying a basket in his hand.

Tao Xiang looked at it, not knowing what was in the basket, it looked very heavy.

"What do you have to say about the Seventh Youth?" Tu Huyi asked.

"Where have all the people gone?" Tao Xiang frowned. I saw a square plate on the coffee table, covered with red silk, and walked over and lifted it to see that it was a few small things wrapped in red silk threads. One of them is a white jade button, which is carved with a longevity pattern, which looks very ancient.

"The old horse asked the young grandmother to call the backyard to chop firewood. I went out to the kitchen and asked for some charcoal. The young grandmother said that she wanted to use ......" Tu Huyi saw Tao Xiang frowning and put down the red silk, looked at him, and stopped. The basket he was carrying in his hand was also put behind him.

Tao Xiang waved his hand to let Tu Huyi go, and he was still standing in place.

On one side of the square plate is a flower ball made of two roses. It was made up by Jingyi and him last night. Although it was the first time he had made this up, he learned it quickly, and the shape of the weave was tighter than hers. She was still a little unconvinced, but Zhang's mother Qiuwei and Yue'er both said that he made it up better. Only Atul was obedient and said that the one made up by the young grandmother was more generous and well-proportioned...... She smiled.

is very childish, and this has to compete with him.

He looked at the flower ball again, it was indeed novel and interesting. It is expected that these jade artifacts may not please the old grandmother, but this kind of hand-made thing will definitely make her smile...... She still hated her grandmother's thoughts.

It's that although the roses are fragrant and beautiful, there are really many thorns. Rao has been pruned for a long time, but he is still pricked with a good opportunity.

He looked at his fingers. He can't be so rough-skinned and thick-skinned, let alone her hands. She had been pricked twice in her right index finger...... At this time, people are chopping wood and looking for charcoal, what is this doing?

"Young master, get ready early." Yue'er came to invite him.

Tao Xiang entered the restaurant, saw that there was no one else, sat down and asked, "Where is the young grandmother?" ”

Yue'er hurriedly replied: "The young grandmother is in the kitchen, and she will be there soon." ”

Tao Xiang looked at the dishes, chopsticks, cups and saucers on the dining table, there was nothing, and turned his eyes to look at Yue'er who was standing aside.

Yue'er said again: "Please wait a moment, young master." ”

Yue'er said, go out first and bring the newspaper to Tao Xiang.

Tao Xiang opened the newspaper and only read the headline on the front page, and his face sank. He looked down patiently, and suddenly folded the newspaper and threw it on the table.

Yue'er didn't dare to come out of the atmosphere, and stood there without moving.

At this time, as soon as the side door of the restaurant opened, Jing Yi came out of it, and when he saw him sitting at the dining table, he smiled and said, "Have you waited for a long time?" Hungry or not? ”

Tao Xiang saw that she was wearing a tender yellow shirt, and in order to prevent it from getting dirty, she specially wore a blouse, obviously she was busy in it for a while, her face was flushed, and she didn't know whether it was hot or excited. didn't wait for him to answer, came over and sat down first, and motioned for Zhang Ma and Qiu Wei to put the things they were holding on the table.

Tao Xiang took a napkin and opened it on his lap, and watched Zhang's mother put a white porcelain bowl in front of him first.

Zhang's mother said: "It's all made by the young grandmother in the morning, and the young master will taste it." ”

The bowl is opened, and it is a steamed egg.

Tender yellow steamed eggs, fragrant.

Tao Xiang was already hungry, and this time it really aroused his appetite. I couldn't help but soften my face, took the spoon, didn't scoop it yet, looked at the porridge and side dishes on the table, and asked, "You made it?" ”

Jingyi shook her head and said, "Only this, and this." ”

She gestured to a plate that Qiu Wei had just put on the table.

Tao Xiang ate steamed eggs, and when he saw the dishes on that plate, he had never seen them before-it was snow-white lychee meat, plump, floating in the soup bowl, round like big pearls, and decorated with green vegetables, which looked refreshing and refreshing...... He was silent, looked at Jingyi and put it in a small bowl for him, pushed it in front of him, and said, "You taste it, tell me if it's delicious or not...... Is it okay to steam eggs? ”

Tao Xiang coughed and said, "Salty." ”

"Salty?" Jing Yi frowned, leaned over to see that Tao Xiao had eaten all the steamed eggs in the bowl. She sat back in her chair in discouragement, "I just put a little salt in it...... Then you try this. ”

Tao Xiang looked at the lychees in the bowl and frowned, "Where is this dish?" ”

"I invented it." Jingyi smiled, "There is a famous Fujian dish that is lychee meat, right?" The meatballs are made in the shape of lychees...... The night before, when I was picking flowers, I chatted with Adjutant Shi about this dish. It occurred to me that my grandmother likes to eat lychees, and the meatballs stuffed into the lychees and the broth must be sweet and delicious. ”

Tao Xiang scooped up a lychee, and was very happy to see what Jingyi said, and couldn't help asking, "This is what you did?" ”

Jing Yi cupped his cheeks and urged him: "You taste it first." If it's delicious, I'll make one for my grandmother. ”

"What if it doesn't taste good?" Tao Xiang put the lychee in his mouth.

"It's just not tasty...... What do you think? Jingyi looked at Tao Xiang a little nervously.

Tao Xiang looked at her, so familiar.

He was already a little nervous, but he was slowly relaxing.

Jingyi stretched out her hand, put it on his arm, shook it, and whispered, "What's the daze, say, is it delicious?" ”

Tao Xiang put the spoon down and said, "The meat is a little hard." ”

As he spoke, he looked at Mama Zhang.

Mother Zhang smiled and said, "Yes, young master." ”

Jingyi turned around and pouted to Zhang's mother, and said, "Zhang's mother, look, I said that I wouldn't demolish me in front of outsiders." ”

"Young grandma, how can the young master be considered an outsider? Besides, I'm just giving a hand to the young grandmother. Zhang's mother smiled.

"Okay...... If you think it's okay, that's good. Jingyi also scooped a lychee and tasted it, "People who can pick out bones in eggs......"

Hearing her mumble softly, Tao Xiao hummed and asked, "What did you say?" ”

"Nothing...... Say you're good at eating. She swallowed her food and smiled. I also prepared a birthday gift for my grandmother. Those are the ones that are appropriate for the occasion and are put out to be seen. can't let people say that grandma loves the seventh young master so much, and the birthday gift prepared by the seventh young master is not worth a few coppers. Also, the gift from the eighth sister and Wen Mo to grandma arrived yesterday, which is very interesting...... Go back and have a look at grandma. After the eighth sister and Wen Mo got married, they were really happy......"

Zhang's mother served Tao Xiang coffee. Tao Xiang drank coffee while listening to Jingyi's words.

The phone rang in the study, and Jing Yi paused when she heard it, looking at Tao Xiang.

"Seven Shao, Staff Officer Cen called." Tu Huyi came in to report.

"I'll go for a while." Tao Xiang got up and went out.

Jingyi nodded.

After waiting for a while, Tao Xiang came back and said, "I have to go out immediately." Grandma, you speak for me first, and I'll come back later to kowtow to her. There are many things to do today, so how hard you will work. ”

"I know. You come back early. Jingyi was about to get up to see him off, he waved her hand to let her continue eating, took the top hat from Tu Huyi's hand, put it on and went out.

"Alas, what's the matter, the young master can't even eat a meal." Zhang's mother said softly.

Jingyi also lost her appetite, so she asked Zhang's mother to put her things away, and in a blink of an eye, she saw the newspaper that Tao Xiang had put aside, picked it up and flipped through it, stopped there, and looked carefully.

Mama Zhang asked her if she wanted to drink coffee, she shook her head, thinking of Tao Xiang's face when they came in just now...... She looked back at the newspaper headline "Even if you have a flat border, it is difficult to become the king of the new northwest". It is an article on counterinsurgency, but what is criticized is Tao Xiang's arbitrariness. This article is fine, Tao Xiang must not have heard someone criticize him so much again. What made him unhappy was probably the debate in parliament over the military spending proposal, which was reported in the JoongAng Daily...... If she remembers correctly, Yamei said that her father-in-law had a face-to-face conflict with Fei Yuming in the opposing camp because of the military expenditure proposal. At that time, it was not over, and this juncture was mentioned again, and it was impossible not to make associations.

However, what made Tao Xiang unhappy and hurried out of the house may be something else, but I hope it is not a trouble......

Jingyi didn't have the heart to watch other news. She got up and went upstairs to prepare, and then went to Xuanrui Hall to pay respects to Mrs. Tao.

Mrs. Tao was very happy to receive her gift, especially the two rose balls, holding them in her hand, looking left and right, when she heard that Jingyi and Tao Xiang were weaving together, she was even more happy. Jingyi was a little embarrassed in front of many people, but she was glad that Tao Xiang didn't come with her, otherwise if she didn't talk about others, her aunts and grandmothers wouldn't know what good things to say.

When Mrs. Tao saw the rose bulb, she looked at Jing Yi, and her eyes were a little deep. Jing Yi found out and couldn't help but be stunned. Without waiting for her to react, Mrs. Tao turned her face away and talked to Mrs. Tao about today's arrangements - according to the old lady's instructions, the guests invited were all close relatives, and there were no outsiders; In the evening, there was a church play at home, and the old lady was happy...... Mrs. Tao kept nodding, very comfortable and peaceful. It's just that she was afraid that Mrs. Tao would not be able to keep busy, so she specially asked Jingyi to help.

Jingyi followed her mother-in-law this day and helped her deal with some trivial things that came and went. Tao Xiang didn't see anyone all day, and he didn't hurry back until the dinner was about to start. didn't even change his clothes, so he kowtowed to Mrs. Tao first.

Mrs. Tao didn't blame him, and urged him to accompany the guests to drink.

Jing Yi had someone go to get Tao Xiang's clothes and let him change in the old lady's back room before going out.

"Envoy Fei has also arrived...... Father and eldest brother spent a day with guests today, but luckily you're back. Jing Yi tied the buttons of Tao Xiang's long shirt and looked at him. Thinking that he was also outside for a day, he should be very tired, and he was a little unbearable.

Tao Xiang looked at her and said in a low voice, "I'll go now." By the way, Dunhuang is back. ”

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