Although Ji Hongye has not had much contact with girls, Ah Jin is independent and independent, so he doesn't need to bother to coax him. But he is already extremely intelligent, and it is not difficult to understand what is going on in a person's heart, so he naturally knows that she is not comfortable in her heart. So, when he was ready to coax her, he did an earth-shattering thing and borrowed the kitchen of the inn to make candy for her.

To say that his idea is indeed very good, very pleasing to girls. However, Nalan Jinxiu didn't have much expectations, because she knew the third brother too well, with his ten-finger appearance that didn't touch the spring water, how could he be able to cook?

The third brother's talent is obvious to all, he is excellent in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, especially he reads books very well, so he can explore flowers in high school. It is precisely because he spends a lot of time on this that he seems to be particularly untalented when he takes care of his own life.

Ji Hongye probably didn't expect her to react so indifferently, he thought that she should be very happy. Although his ability was questioned, he still patiently made the candy in the end. It is said to be making sugar, but in fact, it is to boil the sugar in the sugar cane, and then boil it over a simmer, and when the water has almost volatilized, it is put out and put in a vessel, and when it is cold, it can be eaten.

Nalan Jinxiu didn't have much hope, she felt that the third brother would definitely mess up. Unexpectedly, he skillfully lit a fire, let her watch in front of the stove, and then rolled up his sleeves and began to boil sugar cane. This process is very long, but because the two of them talk and laugh, they don't feel difficult. When Ji Hongye put the sugar water into the porcelain bowl and waited for it to take shape, Nalan Jinxiu actually had some expectations in his heart.

"Third brother, how long will this take to eat?" she asked, smelling the sweet taste of sugar water.

"When I was in Jinling, I usually had to leave it overnight, and it was relatively cold in northern Xinjiang, so I thought it would be fine soon. Ji Hongye put the lid on the porcelain bowl, put it in the wooden food box, and then mentioned it outside the kitchen.

Nalan Jinxiu sat on the threshold of the kitchen, holding her chin with one hand, and looked at the food box in front of her with a calm expression. Ji Hongye sat down next to her, put the hat on the cloak on her head, and said softly: "It's cold at night, be careful of colds." ”

"Why does the third brother make sugar?" Nalan Jinxiu was obviously curious about this.

Ji Hongye smiled, and his tone was a little helpless: "When my mother was still alive, my aunt often came to the house, and the relationship between their sisters has always been very good. At that time, when I first started to learn calligraphy, my husband was very strict, and he was often beaten in the palm of his hand, and he couldn't even hold chopsticks when it was serious. ”

Nalan Jinxiu frowned, although she could also imagine that the third brother could have today's attainments in calligraphy, he must have worked hard when he was a child, but she didn't expect to be beaten like that. She looked at him sideways, and saw that he looked very calm, and her heart was still a little distressed, so she reached out to hook his fingers.

Ji Hongye smiled slightly, put her hand in the palm of her hand, felt that her fingertips were slightly cold, and warmed her with his own temperature. Then he said slowly: "My aunt's cousin Wan'er saw that my hands hurt badly, so in order to coax me, she made me this candy." My father has always told me that I am the eldest son of the Ji family, and I have a heavy responsibility on my shoulders, and I must cultivate it very strictly, so I basically don't know what sugar tastes like. ”

Nalan Jinxiu felt a little sorry for what happened to the third brother when he was a child, but she didn't like to hear him mention his cousin Wan'er. She vaguely remembered hearing her grandmother say that the third brother's aunt was also married to a businessman, and now the whole family is in Suzhou. She still remembered that the Wan'er cousin was two years older than the third brother, and the third brother's mother also intended to let the two families get married.

Ji Hongye didn't think she could know this, and said to herself: "At that time, I thought that sugar was really a good thing, and no matter how bitter and aggrieved I was, I could become very sweet after eating it." Later, I simply followed the example of Wan'er's cousin and started to do it myself, but I didn't expect it to be done the first time. ”

Nalan Jinxiu pursed her lips, now she felt that she didn't want to eat this candy at all, and then asked sourly: "Then the third brother still remembers what Cousin Wan'er looks like?"

"Yes. Ji Hongye tilted his head, as if remembering some pleasant memory: "Although she is older than me, she is not as tall as me, her eyes are big, and she is a very lively character." ”

Nalan Jinxiu pursed his lips again from an angle that he couldn't see, and his heart became more and more uncomfortable. The third brother is very gentle to everyone, but he is very indifferent, and few people let him say it in such an important tone. It seems that this cousin Wan'er is really a special person to him.

She seems to be a little jealous.

Ji Hongye went to see the candy and found that it had solidified, so he smiled and said to her, "You can eat it." ”

Nalan Jinxiu followed him with interest, watched him smash the porcelain bowl, and knocked the sugar inside into small pieces with a small hammer, and then put a piece in her mouth, and asked, "Is it sweet?"

"Sweet. Nalan Jinxiu nodded, speaking a little insincerely.

Ji Hongye also took a piece to eat himself, frowning: "I liked it so much when I was a child, but now I can't eat it, sweet things are really not suitable for me." ”

Nalan Jinxiu's attention was not on this sugar, she glanced at Ji Hongye twice, and asked calmly: "After your aunt moved her family to Suzhou, haven't you been in touch again?"

"I have been contacted, but it was a long time ago, when Cousin Wan'er got married. ”

"Married?"

"Well, I still married in Jinling, and my aunt once repaired a book to me, hoping that I would take care of it. ”

"Jinling, why have I never seen you move around?"

Ji Hongye sighed and said, "Since my mother died, I have basically not been in touch. And I'm a man, she's married to a woman, so I'm supposed to avoid suspicion. ”

"Then which family did she marry?"

"Her husband's family is in the medicinal herb business, Yu Kee. ”

Nalan Jinxiu is still a little familiar with "Yu Ji", which is an old shop for making medicinal materials, the quality is very good, and the price has always been very fair. It can be seen from his family's reputation that the owner should be a very generous person, and Cousin Wan'er should be well married.

"If you have the mind, when we go back to Jinling, I can take you to meet her. In this way, it may be much more convenient for you to use medicinal materials in the future, and they have some scarce medicinal materials there. ”

"The three of them haven't walked around with others, how do you know so much, I think it must have taken a lot of effort to inquire!"

Ji Hongye finally heard that something was wrong with her words, and glanced at her lightly: "After all, there is a friendship when I was a child, and she is my mother's niece, so I naturally want to know more about her husband's family. ”

There is nothing too much to say in terms of emotion and reason, but Nalan Jinxiu is uncomfortable when she hears it. She pinched a piece of candy and stuffed it into her mouth, and whispered, "I'll eat all the sugar, see how you still see things and think about people!"

Although her voice was small, the two were extremely close, and Ji Hongye listened to her words word for word. He smiled helplessly, knowing that this girl was jealous, and he couldn't figure out what she was minding. It's just a little affection when she was a child, which is far from what men and women used to be, and it's worth her mind......

Nalan Jinxiu saw that the third brother's eyes looked at her more and more meaningful, and she was a little embarrassed, so she simply stopped looking at him, and only lowered her head to eat candy. Ji Hongye saw that she stuffed two pieces of candy into her mouth one after another, frowned and said, "You eat slowly." ”

Nalan Jinxiu looked up and smiled at him. Because there are several candies stuffed in his mouth, his cheeks are bulging, like a meat bun, it looks a little weird, but Ji Hongye looks quite cute. He chuckled and bowed his head to kiss her.

Nalan Jinxiu was a little uncomfortable when she was kissed by him because of the sugar in her mouth, and she made a wrong face and wanted to avoid it. Ji Hongye reached out and clasped the back of her head, preventing her from escaping, and rolled the candy in her mouth to eat.

Nalan Jinxiu's cheeks were flushed, and even her snow-white neck was red. She felt that the third brother was a bit too much, there was obviously a lot of sugar in that case, but he wanted to rob her.

Ji Hongye met her eyes, smiled even more, and quipped: "Why do I think this sugar is a little sour?"

"You don't know if it's sour or not, you made it yourself. ”

"The sugar I make is sweet, but I don't know who added vinegar to it. ”

When Nalan Jinxiu was about to grab a few pieces of candy from the case and stuff them into his mouth as punishment, he hugged him tightly and dodged to a dark corner on the side. As soon as she wanted to speak, he reached out to cover her mouth, and in the dark, his warm lips were pressed to the side of her ear, and he said slowly: "Be nice, someone is coming." ”

Nalan Jinxiu stared at him with a pair of watery eyes, and in the middle of the night, she didn't believe that anyone could have them run to the kitchen like this. Facing her suspicious eyes, Ji Hongye was helpless, so he had to whisper again: "I'm coming in soon." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, two people came into the kitchen. The moonlight tonight was very good and bright enough, so Nalan Jinxiu and Ji Hongye didn't light it just now. At this time, they hid in a dark corner, and they could clearly see the two people in the house by the moonlight, and they were very tall.

"Did you find it?" asked one of the other who was rummaging in the corner.

"Strange, no. "That's human.

"How is that possible? Are you misremembering?"

"No, I just left it here. The man tossed a few more times, but still couldn't find what he was looking for, so he said, "Did someone take it?"

"Did anyone find out when you put it?

"I'm doing this kind of thing behind people's backs, and no one will find out. ”

"Now what's the thing!" the questioner was visibly agitated.