"Is it really that delicious?" Madame does not believe in authenticity.

Qiu Xiang helped Mrs. pick one up, so that the thin skin seemed to be broken a little under the clamp of the chopsticks, and immediately juice flowed out of it, Qiu Xiang stuffed this steamed bun into Mrs. 's mouth.

Madame chewed it carefully, but it was a taste she had never tasted before. She ate several in a row, and the steamed buns on the four plates served were almost exhausted. Madame seems to still have a feeling of exhaustion.

"What do you call this steamed bun? Compared with other steamed buns, why does it taste so fragrant and fresh? Madame asked.

"Mrs. Hui, this kind of steamed bun is called a mouthful of incense, which is a new method I came up with in autumn, so I also call it autumn fragrance." Wang Laohu replied.

Qiu Xiang and the other maids are in a row, where is this, how did the steamed buns get on with Qiu Xiang.

"Haha, Wang Hu, you are changing your way to get close to me, you have explained your intentions more than once, you are different from other people, let's say, what is your identity?" Madame asked.

"Madam, let me explain, I just admire Sister Qiuxiang, and I don't think anything wrong about her, and I don't have any special status, just a cook in the back kitchen."

"Listen to the accent, you're not a local." Madame asked.

"I'm from Zhejiang."

"Come all the way from Zhejiang, and come here to be a cook?"

"Being a cook is a disguise, as I said, I came here for two purposes. One is to see Sister Qiuxiang, and the other is to see Master Hua. Wang Laohu said.

"You're a very honest man. You work hard in Washington, and you will be allowed to meet the master when you have the opportunity. Madame said.

"Thank you, ma'am." Wang Laohu said.

At this time, a family member came to report: "Madam, Tang Bohu asks to see Madame." ”

"Yes, please." Madame said.

Tang Bohu's purpose for coming here must be very clear, Akari said that he was seeing his wife, but he actually came to see Qiu Xiang.

I saw a handsome descendant come to the garden, shaking a fan, which can be said to be personable.

"Bohu has seen Madame." Tang Bohu stepped forward and saluted.

"Tang Gongzi, don't be so polite, please take a seat." Madame said.

Madame's attitude towards Tang Bohu and Wang Laohu is completely different.

"Tang Gongzi can come to Washington to teach Song'er, it's really a blessing for Song'er." Madame was speaking kindly.

"Madame, where?" Tang Bohu looked at Qiu Xiang as he spoke, "I'm not here for nothing, I'm also here to eat." ”

"Tang Gongzi is a talented man, and there are many people who want to invite you, that is, my Song'er, you have to spend more effort."

"Madam, I heard that your family has driven out seven or eight gentlemen?"

"Song'er is bad, this mind is not on reading at all, and the master hates that iron is not steel, so I ask Tang Gongzi to spend more time."

"Madam, I heard that Childe likes flowers and plants. Since he likes these, why not sign up for some flower and plant training classes for Childe? Wang Laohu said.

Madame heard Wang Laohu interject beside her, and said, "When is it your turn to speak here?" ”

"I am also a teacher, that is, the gentleman you are talking about here was born, I know no less about education than this Tang Gongzi, Tang Gongzi is suave and suave, he is a talent, which I can't compare, but in the education of children, I may have more say."

"You're a cook, and you still know how to educate?"

Since Hua Gongzi doesn't like to read, likes flowers and plants, and likes gardening, why don't Mrs. let him develop in this area, maybe Hua Gongzi will become the first person in Daming gardening?"

"Nonsense!" Madame said angrily.

Qiu Xiang said: "Madame is angry, he is also a cook, talking nonsense." She said to Wang Laohu, "How can you talk nonsense? There's nothing left for you here, you can go back. ”

"This chef who doesn't know the height of the sky, has the ability to compete with Tang Gongzi." Madame said.

Tang Bohu also stood up, walked to Wang Laohu's side, and secretly thought, this is a strong opponent, compare him first, and leave a good impression in front of Qiu Xiang. He said softly, "You're also here to chase Qiu Xiang, right?" ”

"Tang Gongzi, I didn't mean that." Wang Laohu hurriedly denied it.

"Okay, let's have a try." Tang Bohu said.

"Don't, don't, Tang Gongzi, I'm just a cook, how can I compare with you?" Wang Laohu said.

"Tang Gongzi, he is a cook, how can he compare with you." Akika said.

"Since Miss Qiuxiang intercedes for you, I won't compete with you." Tang Bohu said.

"What is Tang Bohu? Not enough for me to have a finger on it? Mu Hua Ying said.

"What are you talking about?" Wang Laohu said.

"It's more arrogant than the other." The lady said angrily, "Who are you?" ”

"Well, me." Mu Huaying was about to say, but Wang Laohu stopped him and said, "This is my brother, he is strong-mouthed." ”

"Your brother?" Madame said, "Now that I am doing it, you two brothers and Tang Gongzi will compare who is more powerful." ”

Wang Laohu had an indescribable bitterness in his heart, this matter had already passed, but he didn't expect this Mu Huaying to insist on coming to a bar, she should have done it on purpose, not to give Wang Laohu a good look.

"Okay, come on, let's compete." Muhua Sakura Road.

"What is better than kung fu, just now we talked about education, it is better than education." Madame said. "This topic is from Qiu Xiang."

"You did it on purpose, let me make a fool of myself in front of Sister Qiuxiang." Wang Laohu said softly.

"Aren't you very good?" Mu Huaying also said softly, "I deliberately asked you to behave in front of the beauty. ”

"You can do it!" Wang Laohu is helpless, he will admit defeat if it's a big deal, lose above the talent, and he is not ugly.

Qiu Xiang was about to open her mouth, but Wang Laohu hurriedly said: "Sister Qiu Xiang, I must lose Tang Gongzi when it comes to composing poetry." I have also memorized many ancient poems by famous artists, and I can't write them myself, can I use the poems of other famous artists to make up the numbers? ”

Mrs. said: "If you don't have the ability, don't come out and be embarrassed." ”

Wang Laohu had no choice but to remain silent, and this time it seemed that he could only be slaughtered.

"I heard that Tang Bohu is the first of the four great talents, and his calligraphy and painting are all first-class, so I will draw a portrait of me here with the theme of painting."

Qiu Xiang doesn't take the text as the topic, but uses the painting as a test, whether this is Wang Laohu's words just now, or whether she wants to get a portrait painted by Tang Bohu herself, this is unknown.

Tang Bohu smiled on his face, painting was not difficult for him at all.

"Come on, give people pen and ink." Akika said.

Several subordinates brought pens, ink, paper, and the four treasures of the study.

Wang Laohu is not good at Chinese ink painting, looking at these, he said: "Sister Qiuxiang, madam, I am allergic to these tools, can I prepare my own brush tools." ”

"It's really a leper with a lot of flowers, the four treasures of this study are all here, what tools do you need?" Madame said.

Tang Bohu was very calm and said, "If this Wang brother wants other tools, let him be." ”

"Thank you, Tang Gongzi." Wang Laohu said, "I'll come when I go." ”

After a while, Wang Laohu came to the garden again, and he brought back a white cloth and a few long black things.

Tang Bohu said: "Brother Wang's root is charcoal." ”

"Tang Gongzi has a good eye, this is charcoal."

The lady said, "You cook want to paint with charcoal?" ”

"Madam, I studied painting, and I studied Western painting, but now I don't have charcoal, no pencil, and no pencil paper, so I can only use carbon strips and white cloth instead." Wang Laohu said.

"I don't see that you are a cook who can draw." Madame said.

Qiu Xiang was standing in front of her, and Wang Laohu and Tang Bohu could take advantage of the painting for her to see Qiu Xiang carefully. The two of them began to draw on drawing paper.

Tang Bohu held a brush and put down the pen in a chic manner.

Wang Laohu took charcoal in his hand and painted on a white cloth.

Time was passing, and after a few sticks of incense, both of them stopped writing.

Tang Bohu shook his fan in his hand, expressing satisfaction with the painting he had made. On a piece of rice paper, an elegant and chic autumn fragrance appears in front of everyone, freehand with a capital letter, a few brushstrokes, the freehand of Chinese painting, the beauty, rhyme, and spirit of autumn fragrance are vividly expressed.

"Okay, worthy of being a talent." Madame exclaimed.

Qiu Xiang looked at Tang Bohu's painting and couldn't help but nod appreciatively.

Wang Laohu's painting appeared in front of everyone, and no one had ever seen such a painting. A piece of white cloth is completely printed on the upper half of Qiu Xiang's face, but it is a black and white face, the lines are clean and neat, and the face and the corner folds and shadows of the clothes are more like a three-dimensional, real Qiu Xiang. In an era when there were no cameras at the time, it was literally a photograph.

Madame was stunned: "This is really exactly the same as Qiu Xiang, too similar." ”