Chapter 13: Awkward Encounter
With Chu Luoning's permission, Qin Han was overjoyed. When Chu Luoning and his party walked away, Qin Han couldn't wait to walk to the dining table in the center of the garden.
Although the ancient cuisine may not have developed as many varieties and flavors as modern times, these pastries are indeed diverse and varied. There are many things that Qin Han has seen and has not seen in later generations.
Seeing the chestnut cake on the table, Qin Han was happy. When he was in school, Qin Han especially loved to eat this kind of chestnut cake, soft and sweet chestnut filling, and he could eat a lot every time.
"Hey, I don't know what happened to my sister." The chestnut cake reminded Qin Han of modern times, and also thought of the only relatives he had left. Before the delivery of the courier, I had a last call with my sister. There are also agreed leek stuffed dumplings.
Qin Han collected his thoughts and began to think about filling his stomach. The distance between himself and his sister is not in space, nor in time, but in time and space, even if he can live for more than a thousand years, he will not be able to see it.
Qin Han looked at the pastries on the table, he had basically tasted everything, and was ready to go to other tables to taste what he had never eaten.
Qin Han looked up and saw a maid at the opposite table dragging a plate and distributing the pastry to several women. Hey, this kind of municipal-level poetry meeting is of high grade, and this pastry is still distributed. These pastries are different from those on the table, they are a lot more exquisite, and they are estimated to be distributed in limited quantities, so it's no wonder that someone sent them over.
"Hey, it's so fast, I don't need to prepare much, I have to hurry up and try it." Looking at the maid opposite after a while of distributing the few pastries on the plate, Qin Han suddenly became anxious, he hadn't tasted this kind of yet, and it would be too late.
Qin Han slipped over at a speed like the wind and reached out to take the last two pieces of pastry. "Girl, thank you, I'll take these two pastries myself, I don't need you to come and send them, I'm tired, take a break, take a break."
Qin Han quickly eliminated the pastry, wiped his hands at the corner of his clothes, and strode away regardless of the reactions of the people around him.
Until Qin Han left, the women at the table had not reacted. After a while, everyone's faces changed from sluggishness to consternation.
"Ling'er, this man... This son, do you know your young lady? Didn't you just say that this was brought by Huashang for us to taste? One of the women at the table looked at the maid Chunlan and wondered.
"Miss Ning, these pastries are indeed brought by my young lady to all the young ladies, but I have never seen that young lady by her side just now." Ling'er looked at the empty plate, and her eyes instantly became watery.
"Miss, the pastries you made were snatched away." Ling'er held the plate and ran towards a painting boat on the shore.
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Qin Han finished eating the last piece of pastry that was "distributed" and wiped his mouth. "This pastry tastes really good, with a faint jujube fragrance, delicious, delicious." Qin Han had already swept a lot of pastries, rubbed his stomach, and there was no hunger anymore.
After eating a lot of pastries, he was really a little tired, Qin Han looked around, and finally set his eyes on the table full of fruit plates. "After the pastry is finished, just eat some fruit and drink a cup of tea to relieve the greasy."
Qin Han glanced at the fruits on the table, most of them were common and seasonal fruits, such as apples, pears, grapes, and the like. Only a small part of it is from other seasons and is not a product of Anping Prefecture.
Qin Han looked at it, and finally stretched out his hand to the yellow fruit placed in the corner of the table. "To say that these businessmen are really powerful, they actually got loquat in this season, and now it's only May, even if it's in season, it's not a place like Anping Prefecture that can grow, you must try it."
Just when Qin Han was about to get the loquat on the table, he didn't get the loquat, but collided with his other hand.
Qin Han withdrew his hand, raised his head and looked at the other side, a burly man, also by himself.
The atmosphere was slightly embarrassing, Qin Han smacked his tongue, thinking about whether to give up taking loquats, but how rare loquat is this season, if you give up, it will be too heart-wrenching. Or take it all? But will the man be angry if he takes it away, obviously he also wants to eat, and if he gets angry and beats me, I can't resist. Forget it, take less.
"This brother, how about half of us?"
"This brother, let's be half of us."
The two of them were stunned again, Qin Han snorted and said. "Well, brother, please."
"Brother, you go first."
The two were taken aback by the tacit understanding again.
"Haha, fate." The two looked at each other and smiled.
Qin Han looked at the loquat on the table, took a few, and said to the burly man. "Brother, I'll take half of it, and you can take the rest."
The burly man shook his head and smiled. "Brother, it's the fate between the two of us to meet you, and you can take whatever else you want. By the way, under Li Cunxin, I dared to ask my brother's name, and I just got acquainted. ”
Qin Han looked at Li Cunxin, his face was angular, his facial features were upright, and his body was much burlier than Qin Han. "In Xia Qinhan, since Brother Li is so bold and familiar with Brother Li at first sight, then this loquat can't be enjoyed by me alone."
Qin Han still has a good impression of Li Cunxin, after all, there are not many people who have met such boldness. What should have been an embarrassing incident turned into an interesting story for two people.
"It's really rare to eat loquat this season, especially this loquat is ripe just right, with a moderate sweetness and is very delicious." Qin Han sat on the chair and ate the last bite of loquat and said to Li Cunxin, who was sitting opposite.
"Brother Qin likes to eat loquats, and these loquats are also delicious, but it's still a little worse, Brother Qin, if you don't eat enough, I'll ask someone to send some to your house another day." Li Cunxin heard Qin Han's words and said to Qin Han.
"Hey, forget it, don't bother Brother Li, it's enough to taste it." Qin Han felt that he had made the right friend again.
The conversation left loquat and turned to the pastries on the table.
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Painting boats on the shore.
"Oooo Before I saw anyone, I heard footsteps coming from the doorway.
"Miss, Miss, the pastries you made were snatched away." Ling'er hurriedly ran upstairs and said to the woman in front of her.
The woman put down the lute in her hand and turned around. The woman's eyebrows are like fine willows, her face is delicate, and she is covered with a red gauze dress. If Qin Han was here, he would definitely exclaim another fairy sister. However, compared with Chu Luoning's elegance, the woman in red has more charm.
"Ling'er, what did you say, my pastry was robbed?" When the woman heard Chunlan's words, a trace of gloom appeared on her brows. "Isn't it anyone's son-in-law?"
"Miss, I haven't seen him, looking at the clothes, he doesn't look like a son-in-law from any family, and all the young ladies are there, and I don't know that person." Ling'er said with red eyes.
"I don't know, hmph, I don't know which disciple it is, Chunlan, take me to him." Qu Huashang thought of the jujube cake that had been made for a long time and was given to some sisters who usually took care of her, and was snatched away, and she was angry.
As a servant, Qu Huashang has not been taken home as a concubine by those dignitaries and dignitaries until now, but it all depends on these sisters to solve the siege.
Qu Huashang walked off the painting boat, took Chunlan, and walked towards the garden with a vigorous attitude.
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Qin Han didn't know that he had taken someone else's pastry, and he was about to be approached by others, and he was still sharing his experience with Li Cunxin.
"Miss, Miss, it's him, it's the one who's a little thinner." Ling'er walked to the garden and saw Qin Han sitting at the table at a glance.
In fact, it is not that Ling'er has good eyes, nor that Qin Han is sitting in a prominent position, but there are not many people around Qin Han and Li Cunxin. At the Lianghu Poetry Club, everyone is here to exchange experiences in poetry and discuss some things about literature. It's like Qin Han and Li Cunxin, who have been eating and eating since they entered the garden, which is insulting.
"Brother Li, I'll tell you the truth, although these pastries taste good, but the pastries distributed by a maid in the garden just now are the best today, the taste is sweet and glutinous, just right." Qin Han smacked his lips, it was delicious and delicious, but it was a little less, so he only got two pieces.
"Really? It seems that the pastries I made are very much to your liking. Qu Huashang just walked behind the two of them, and before she could ask in a hurry, she was so angry by Qin Han's words that she laughed. Shall I get you some more? ”
"Is there anything else, then a few more pieces, just Brother Li, you can taste it." When Qin Han heard that he was going to do something, he responded happily.
"By the way, you did? Does the formula sell or not? Qin Han turned around, thinking that it was the little maid who had just distributed the pastries, and wanted to ask for advice on how to make it and prepare for the snack shop in the future, but he didn't expect to see a woman in red with a lot of charm.
"Hmph, Dengzi, you ate my pastry and want my recipe, you think it's so beautiful." Qu Huashang was even more angry when she heard Qin Han's words.
"Eh, dare to ask this girl, aren't these pastries distributed by the Poetry Society?" Qin Han saw Qu Huasheng's angry appearance, and finally realized that things seemed to be the same as he thought.
"Hehe, the poems will be distributed? Which eye did you see that it was the poetry society handing out, and the pastries of the poetry society were already on the table. Hearing Qin Han's words, Qu Huashang laughed instead of being angry, and sneered. Is it the little woman's fault? Is this boy really suffering from an eye disease? ”
Hearing Qu Huasheng's words, Qin Han's face slowly turned red, and he was embarrassed. Let's just say, how can there be so few pastries distributed by the poetry club, and they are only distributed to the girls at that table.
"This girl, I'm really embarrassed, I thought it was a pastry from the poetry club." Qin Han was thick-skinned, and he was embarrassed to sit down, so he quickly got up and gave a salute, and said ashamedly.
"Hmph, just apologize, I'll tell you..."
"Gorgeous clothes, don't be rude." Before Qu Huashang could continue, a voice interrupted her.
"Sister Peng? He..."
Seeing that Qu Huashang still wanted to continue, Peng Shan'er shook her head at Qu Huasheng, turned to Li Cunxin and said. "I don't know that this son is a friend of the little grandfather, Shan'er is here to apologize for Huashang."