On the branches of the moon, under the evening dome there is a thin layer of transparent clouds, and three or two points of starlight looming. The moonlight shines on the large and smooth banana leaves in the courtyard, reflecting a hazy and wonderful white light, just like the ups and downs of smoke, bringing endless temptation and mystery to this autumn night without a trace of wind.

At this time, the south courtyard of the East Factory was several times more lively than in the past.

Tonight, the overseer summoned everyone to come over for dinner, and the factory servants brought two square tables of the largest size and put them together in the middle of the courtyard.

As soon as the hour arrived, Cheng Wanli, who was in charge of the execution, Xiao Xiaoshen, the four-grade guard with a knife, and the top ten guards of the East Factory also came.

For the first time, Dongchang held a banquet during the Chung Yeung Festival, and everyone felt very fresh, some brought wine and some brought gifts of vegetables and fruits, and everyone was overjoyed.

Soon after they all sat down, Gu Yunxi rushed over and put the oval plate in his hand in the center of the table.

"This is the last course, squirrel mandarin fish! My craft—"

After saying with a sweet smile, Qingying's eyes quickly swept over everyone, and her expression brought a little smugness.

Yuan Qian, the head of the ten blocks, looked at the table full of delicacies in surprise, and swallowed hard:

"Yun girl, tell me quickly, which other dishes are you made yourself? I'll pick up what you made later! ”

Gu Yunxi looked down at the big table, his eyes wandering, and his slender index finger tapped:

"Hmm...... Braised lion's head, stewed pigeon with ten treasures, stewed pork ribs with lotus root, four treasures of kidney flowers, scallops with asparagus in both ears, stir-fried in lotus pond...... And also...... And braised lamb with green onions! ”

"So much? You're so good at it! ”

Xiao Xiaoshen sat next to Yuan Qian, proudly raised his sword eyebrows, and quipped:

"That's nature! Who is my sister Yunxi? The kitchen god of the Nine Heavens Heavens Treasure Hall descended into the world......"

"Go!" Gu Yunxi slapped Xiao Xiaoshen on the back.

Leng Qingtang sat at the top of the seat, and felt happy watching the three children playing on the other side.

Among them, Gu Yunxi is always so eye-catching, and it can be said that her every move is the most eye-catching.

Especially at the moment when she leaned over and stared at the name of the dish on the table with a focused expression, the small movements that frequently provoked the porcelain white slender fingers were simply playful and cute, and it made Leng Qingtang's heart tremble, and he could no longer be as still as water.

On the other hand, how much of a beast do you have? is obviously close to the prime of life, but I want to be obsessed with such a lively little person like a bud!

"Girl, come here, sit on my side!"

Leng Qingtang smiled and beckoned to Gu Yunxi.

Everyone here knew that she was a girl, and Leng Qingtang could call her whatever she wanted in front of them.

Gu Yunxi walked over with a smile, picked up the spoon and food plate, rolled out a spoonful of fish meat from the squirrel mandarin fish that was served at the end and put it on the plate, and respectfully put it in the overseer's hand.

"The Overseer loves sweets the most, this squirrel mandarin fish has a sweet and sour taste, it is very appetizing, you can try it first."

She knows the rules, if the Overseer doesn't take the first bite on this occasion, no one will dare to move the chopsticks!

Leng Qingtang heard the words and picked up a piece of fish meat in his mouth.

——The outer layer is charred and crispy, the inner fish meat is soft and tender, the marinade is sweet and sour, and the taste is really delicious.

"Yes, delicious!"

Leng Qingtang looked surprised, and then looked at her softly. I imagined that at noon, I personally picked up vegetables and fed them to her, but everyone was there.

"Don't be stunned, everyone, let's move our chopsticks!"

Leng Qingtang smiled at the people at a table and ordered:

"No one is allowed to save face tonight, so be sure to get drunk before resting!"

The banquet officially began——

Gu Yunxi generously sat on the vacant seat beside the overseer, and Sun Bing, the factory servant, poured a glass of fruit wine for her.

This wine was brought by the head of the eighth gear. Knowing that she was drinking medicine, she should not drink strong wine, so she found a pot of pear brew for her, which was specially designed for the festival banquet.

Not long ago, Gu Yunxi saw the sixth-stop and eighth-stop heads of the East Factory. One is tall and thin, with plain facial features, and is in charge of intelligence gathering; A short and fat, good-looking and talkative scholar who is more like a scholar, good at strategy and the arrest and interrogation of prisoners.

Both of them are very good at talking, when Gu Yunxi first arrived in Dongchang, the two of them couldn't come back because of a mission, and then they heard that their own overseer had accepted an apprentice. The two specially came to the South Courtyard to visit her, which moved her for a while.

Jiang Xiong, the head of the seventh block, likes to be greedy and lively, and the more people there are, the more he likes to talk.

As soon as the banquet began, he jumped up from his chair with a wine glass:

"Everyone, be quiet, let me say a few words. There is a happy event in the East Factory this year, our overseer has accepted a little apprentice who is capable and skillful, and has a good appearance and logo. As soon as she came to the East Factory, everyone felt that our East Factory was more lively than before!

At this point, I must give a toast to our Overseer on behalf of all of you, and thank him for bringing us all such a good ...... Little, brother, brother! ”

The people present didn't know Gu Yunxi's little secret, but now Jiang Xiong called her "little brother" to show that they already regarded her as their own person with whom they had a deep friendship.

Jiang Xiong had just finished speaking impassionedly, which immediately attracted the sneer of Zao Wou-ki, the head of the third block. He patted the back of his head and teased in a hoarse voice:

"Hey, I said Seventh, why are you toasting to the Overseer on behalf of everyone? How big is your face, how can you replace more than a dozen people here by one person? ”

"That's it! We don't rely on ......."

"We'll toast the Overseer one by one, and we won't need you to do it for you! You, stay where it's cool! ”

"Hahaha......"

The crowd burst into laughter.

Jiang Xionggan held the wine glass, and before he swallowed a glass of wine, his face turned red. Looking around, he squeezed his eyes, and retorted with an embarrassed face:

"Why should I? I am attractive because of people, and because the Overseer and the cloud girl like to listen to me! ”

"Poof......

Leng Qingtang and Gu Yunxi laughed together, and then the two glanced at each other, and they were surprised by the synchronized rhythm.

At this time, the crowd was coaxing again:

"Do you want to make a face, sit down!"

"We can't listen anymore......"

Seeing this, Leng Qingtang took his wine glass and got up, smiling like a spring breeze:

"There are seven stops, please!"

"Overseer, please!"

Jiang Xiong and the overseer respected each other, and after drying the contents of the cup on his back, his cheeks lit up, and he almost burst into tears of gratitude.

After drinking a glass of wine, Leng Qingtang did not sit down immediately. Gu Yunxi, who was next to him, understood, and picked up the wine jug to fill his empty glass.

He lowered his eyes and smiled at her in return.

When the overseer had raised his glass, and knew that he had something to say, they all stood up and listened. Gu Yunxi also followed the group and stood up with the wine glass filled with pear brew.

"Everyone, it is the Double Ninth Festival, Leng has prepared a thin wine tonight and invites everyone to have a drink. Brothers have abandoned their families and businesses to follow Leng for many years, without your loyalty, Dongchang would never have today's trend. Leng is here to pay tribute to him as a sign of gratitude! ”

The scene was surprisingly quiet.

Tonight, for the first time, they heard their father call himself "Leng" in public. This title is indeed much closer to the people than "Bendo".

Looking around at everyone again, Leng Qingtang restrained his smile and said solemnly:

"Ladies and gentlemen, let us take this festive opportunity to toast to our parents, wives and children who are far away! Toast to those relatives who have passed away! ”

Father, mother, He'er is here to toast you—

Staring at the wine glass in his hand, Leng Qingtang's expression was several layers thicker. The wrist of the toast trembled slightly, as if it was not a glass of wine, but an unusually heavy boulder.

For him, hundreds of innocent lives are now turned into this glass of wine, and the weight is not light-

"Respect for parents, respect for relatives!"

Everyone raised their glasses in unison, turned around and poured the wine from the glass onto the ground.

Gu Yunxi poured a glass of wine and silently turned his head to look at the Overseer.

Under the moonlight, his figure was long and handsome, and there was a glow flowing in the depths of his dark eyes, and there was a faint solemnity in the silence, which was a kind of indeterminate look.

Such a cold and detached person is independent of the night, and his facial features are as clear and layered as carving, and his proud and peerless state is comparable to heaven and earth.

An inexplicable feeling wells up in my heart, subtle and beautiful. She didn't know that at this moment, she had already incorporated this tall figure of Langhua into her heart, and quietly had an indescribable liking for him-

Gu Yunxi had never seen his parents since he was a child, and he didn't have any memories of them. In the past, when she was bullied in the Gongyuan, she once resented her father and mother who gave birth to her but cruelly abandoned her.

Until he was brought to Dongchang by the overseer, without his company day and night, he got acquainted with the group of people in front of him.

Watching everyone play and drink to their heart's content, her heart was filled with boundless warmth.

The moment Gu Yunxi went out with wine, she wanted to say to her biological parents that she no longer resented them! Even if she is abandoned by them, she still has the Overseer by her side, as well as these brothers of the Overseer, and their care and protection for her will not make her feel lonely at all times......

Sun Bing brought the steamed crab to the table.

The crabs are all full and fat, placed in the bamboo grate, and form a yellow and bright vertical hill, with bright color and eye-catching.

Leng Qingtang took one first, put it on Gu Yunxi's plate, and then divided one for each person on the table. There was only one pair of crab-eating tools, in the hands of the Overseer.

Gu Yunxi rarely eats crabs and doesn't know how to peel them. As soon as he stretched out his hand, his finger was pricked by the spikes on the crab shell.

With a soft groan, she frowned disapprovingly and lowered her eyes to examine her injured finger. When I looked up again, I already had a whole piece of bright orange crab paste on the plate in my hand.

Turning his head to look at the Overseer, he was using a crab needle to pick crab meat from the empty crab shell, with a delicate and graceful movement.

The plain white fingers are orange and fat crabs on one side, and slender and shiny steel needles on the other, and the elegant and delicate picture makes people's hearts ripple with a trace of warmth.

"Thank you, Overseer."

Gu Yunxi quietly approached and said something to Leng Qingtang. He smiled silently and casually tossed the crab meat into her plate.

Gu Yunxi gently put the crab in his hand into the Overseer's plate. I ate someone else's, why shouldn't I compensate him with a sigh?

Grab a small spoon and scoop the crab paste and put it in your mouth. Sweet and smooth, it melts in the mouth. When swallowing for a long time, the unique mellow aroma of river fresh still lingers between the lips and teeth, and it will not disperse for a long time.

Soon he had eaten the crab paste, and after a few more bites of crab meat, the overseer brought another pinch of crab paste.

She looked at him in amazement, and he smiled and replied:

"I can't get used to eating this thing, you can eat more......"

A bad but white lie—

She slowly turned her head away, her eyes sparkling at the tender crab paste and garlic-white crab meat on the plate, and she was grateful to the Overseer for his thoughtfulness.

The Overseer was also staring at her intently, deeply affected by her shy little appearance.

Seeing that these two people started to fight again, the people at the table just didn't see it. Cheng Wanli, who was sitting on the other side of the overseer, had a dull face, but he didn't say much.

With the current status of the Overseer, isn't it normal to have a woman by his side?

Xiao Xiaoshen and Yuan Qian, the head of the ten blocks, are young in the East Factory, and it is the time to be playful and noisy.

Seeing that the Overseer and Gu Yunxi were flirting, Xiao Xiaoshen, who was sitting opposite them, arched Yuan Qian with his elbow, and then squeezed his eyes at the Overseer.

He thought that although the Overseer was ruthless in dealing with his opponents, he was honest with his own people. And Yuan Qian is the youngest, let him make a little joke with the Overseer, and the Overseer will definitely not be really angry.

Yuan Qian was also obedient, and raised his food plate on the chair according to the plan, and raised his voice to shout to the overseer:

"Overseer, I want your peeled crab ...... too"

Leng Qingtang was stunned and raised his eyes to look at him.

"Overseer, I want it too!"

Yuan Qian twisted his upper body and repeated to the overseer, his voice was sweet, revealing a coquettish and pleasing energy.

Leng Qingtang smiled indifferently, his expression calm and elegant.

He gave Gu Yunxi the freshly peeled crab meat, and then put half of the empty crab shell on Yuan Qian's plate.

Holding back the laughter that was about to erupt, he commanded with a straight face:

"Here you go, you must eat it all, and you can't leave half a point!"

"Overseer, this ......"

Yuan Qian knew that he had played, his face was red, and he held up the plate with crab shells, and he didn't put it, and he didn't put it either.

Everyone burst into laughter, and the person who laughed the most fiercely was Xiao Xiaoshen, the initiator.

Yuan Qian couldn't hold his strength, smashed the empty crab shell directly on Xiao Xiaoshen's head, and scolded with a smile:

"Xiao Xiaoshen, you monkey cub, you dare to pit the master!"