After noon, it snowed heavily in Chang'an.

The snow was flying all over the sky and filled the entire Chang'an City in an instant.

At this moment, Li Hong, together with Yan Zhuang and Chen Gong, and twenty other guards left the East Palace.

After they left the palace, they did not immediately go to the place agreed by Cheng Dazhi and Wu Er, but came to Yanshoufang, because Li Hong wanted to eat a bowl of green onion noodles.

Due to the snow, there are few pedestrians on the street, and there are no customers in the scallion noodle restaurant, so it seems very deserted, so Zhou Juan sat in front of the window a little bored, staring at the snow outside in a daze.

"Hey! When will I see you again? After a long time, Zhou Juan suddenly let out a light sigh, then took off the hairpin that Li Hong gave her that day from her head, held it in her hand and stared at it for a moment, then inserted it into the bun again, and looked out of the window again.

In the past two days, as long as she is free, Li Hong's figure will unconsciously appear in her heart, her body is thin and thin, but her eyes are clear and simple, and her voice is warm.

She didn't know if it was just liking, only that this longing was sweet and painful!

Just when Zhou Juan's eyes glanced at the corner of the street, she saw a group of young people wearing clothes and holding umbrellas slowly appeared in her sight. At first, she didn't care, thinking it was just passers-by, but when this group of people approached, she saw that the young man walking in front was Li Langjun, who came to eat noodles last time, she was stunned for a moment, and then there was a flash of joy in her eyes, and she hurriedly got up and walked out the door.

As soon as Zhou Juan walked out of the green onion noodle restaurant, Li Hong and his party had already arrived at the door of the noodle restaurant.

Three days apart, seeing each other again, Li Hong and Zhou Juan looked at each other, with tenderness in their eyes, as if they had a thousand words to say, and a little bit of warmth at this time.

When they didn't see each other, they didn't think three days was long, but now that they saw each other, the two realized that these short three days were even longer than the previous three years.

After watching silently for a long time, the two of them smiled.

"Little lady Zhou, after giving me green onion noodles, I have to go to business after eating." Li Hong looked at Zhou Juan with gentle eyes, and said softly.

"Na! Li Langjun, please sit inside! Zhou Juanqiao's face was slightly red, and she said with a shallow smile.

Li Hong turned around and said a few words to Chen Gong, then left the twenty guards outside, and only he, Yan Zhuang and Chen Gong walked into the green onion noodle restaurant. It's still the table last time, it's still the seat last time, after the three of them sat down, Yan Zhuang took the initiative to pour tea for Li Hong, and he was very interested and didn't speak again. At this time, Zhou Xing, who was reading in the back room, learned that it was Li Langjun who came, so he hurriedly put down the book and hurriedly walked out to greet Li Hong.

"Don't be polite, sit down, we'll talk for a while!" Seeing that Zhou Xing was about to give himself a gift, Li Hong stopped.

Li Hong lent him a book last time, so that Zhou Xingru got a treasure. Because of these books, he is more sure of the imperial examination he will take this year, so although he knows that Li Hong is a child of the family, he has a good impression of Li Hong, so he said happily, "It's okay, I also want to talk to Li Langjun, it would be better if Li Langjun was free today." ”

"Received the last time I borrowed your book? If there is anything missing, just say it, as long as I can help you, I will definitely find a way to solve it for you. After Zhou Xing sat down, Li Hong asked with a smile.

The last time "Lu Ge" sent a book, Zhou Xing thought it was someone from Li Hong's house, so he handed over the hairpin that Li Hong gave to Zhou Juan and asked him to return it to Li Hong. But who knew that the person who delivered the book was not from Li Hong's mansion, but from "Lu Ge", and when he asked again, he learned that Li Langjun had specially gone to "Lu Ge" to buy a book on the law and then lent it to him.

For this reason, Zhou Xing was even more grateful to Li Hong in his heart.

So now when he heard Li Hong ask, he hurriedly got up and said gratefully, "Li Langjun, last time someone from 'Lu Ge' came to deliver books, I just knew that these books were lent to me after you bought them from 'Lu Ge', I don't know how to thank you... Please also ask Li Langjun to be worshiped by Zhou Xing! ”

Li Hong knew that Zhou Xing's gratitude to him was from the heart, and he accepted Zhou Xing's gift without the slightest hypocrisy.

Then he motioned for Zhou Xing to sit down and said, "I sent you books because I want you to read more books, so that you can pass this year's imperial examination, enter the office, and shine on the lintel." Of course, I'm not unselfish in doing this, but I can't tell you just yet, when you pass this year's imperial examination, I will send someone to you. ”

Although Zhou Xing in history was a cool official, he was still reused by the Empress Wu, which is enough to show that he has something extraordinary.

Now that Li Hong met Zhou Xing one step earlier, he naturally won't let him go.

Because in the struggle for power, there are not only conspiracy, but also conspiracy, and sometimes even have to use despicable means to achieve their own goals. Li Hong thinks that he is not a righteous man, so he doesn't mind using insidious and ruthless means to seek benefits for himself when necessary, so he is not at all reluctant to take Zhou Xing under his command, and he is also looking forward to Zhou Xing's future performance.

Zhou Xing saw that Li Hong spoke eloquently and did not hide his selfishness towards himself, so the little worry that Li Hong had earlier about whether there was some ulterior conspiracy for Li Hong to lend him books so deliberately swept away, and saw him say in a serious tone, "Zhou Xing understands what Li Langjun means, please rest assured that he will take a scientific examination every day, and Zhou Xing will go to Li Langjun's mansion to pay a visit!" ”

Li Hong nodded slightly, he believed that Zhou Xing could do it.

At this time, Zhou Juan's green onion noodles were ready, she walked out with the noodles on a plate, and just saw that her brother was talking to Li Hongtian with great interest, and she couldn't help but feel warm in her heart, because she hadn't seen her brother chatting happily like today for a long time.

She walked quickly to Li Hong, put the three bowls of noodles on the plate in front of Li Hong, Yan Zhuang and Chen Gong's tables, and said with a shallow smile, "Li Langjun, your noodles are ready, you use them slowly." ”

Zhou Xing saw that his sister put more green onions in Li Hong's noodles, so he remembered the scene when Li Hong came to the noodle restaurant for the first time, and couldn't help but joke, "Sister, I'm also hungry and want to eat noodles, and I want to put more green onions." ”

When Zhou Juan heard her brother's words, her pretty face was slightly red, so she pinched Zhou Xing fiercely, and scolded with a smile, "Just finished eating, what are you hungry for!" Don't go read a book yet, don't disturb Li Langjun to eat! ”

Zhou Xing found that his sister was in a good mood today, so he turned around and made a grimace to Zhou Juan, and hurriedly saluted Li Hong before Zhou Juan was about to beat him, and quickly fled back to the back room to read. When Zhou Xing left, Zhou Juan said with a grimace, "This younger brother of the slave family made Li Langjun smile!" ”

"Fortunately, he worked very hard, and if he wants to pass this year's imperial examination, there is no big problem." Li Hong said affirmatively.

"With Li Langjun's words, the slave family is much more relieved!" Seeing Li Hong say this, Zhou Juan was very happy. Although she had only met Li Hong twice, from the first time she saw Li Hong, she believed Li Hong and what he said.

After Zhou Juan finished speaking, she didn't bother Li Hong again, but sat aside to watch the heavy snow outside the window, but she would peek at Li Hong from time to time.

Yan Zhuang and Chen Gong roughly understood the prince's thoughts, and hurriedly finished eating and left, saying that they were waiting for Li Hong outside the door.

At this time, there were only two people left in the shop, Li Hong and Zhou Juan.

"Does Li Langjun still want to eat?" Seeing Li Hong eating, Zhou Juan asked.

"No need! I'm already full! Li Hong smiled, seemed to think of something, and sighed and said, "It would be even more delicious if the green onion noodles were served with some pickles." ”

"Pickles?" Zhou Juan asked puzzled. Her family has been making green onion noodles for generations, but she has never heard of green onion noodles with pickles, and she doesn't know what pickles are that can be served with green onion noodles.

Seeing Zhou Juan's dazed look, Li Hong realized that he had said the wrong thing, because Datang did not have pickles yet. But thinking of this, Li Hong had an idea, he thought that if he taught Zhou Juan to pickle pickles and let her serve a small plate of pickles when buying green onion noodles, would the business of this noodle restaurant be better?

With this idea, Li Hong smiled faintly and explained to Zhou Juan, "It's a kind of appetizer, a side dish that can be used for cooking." But Datang doesn't have it yet, because this is what I saw in a book about introducing the food of the Western Regions. ”

"Can you also cook side dishes?" Zhou Juan asked a little excitedly.

If pickles can really be used as a side dish for cooking, and if the process of making pickles is simple and the materials are not expensive, and the green onion noodles can make her noodle restaurant business a little better.

But when I thought that I couldn't say that I could make pickles, I hadn't heard of it, Zhou Juan's expression dimmed again, so I heard her sigh slightly, "It's a pity, I won't do it!" ”

"If you want to do it, I can show you how to make pickles, and I know how to do it." Li Hong said.

"Really?" Zhou Juan said happily.

"Of course." Li Hong nodded and said, and briefly talked to Zhou Juan about the process of making pickles. Zhou Juan listened very carefully, and after listening, she suddenly said, "This seems to use a lot of salt?" ”

"Hmm!" Li Hong subconsciously said, "-Yes! ”

But looking at Zhou Juan's frowns slightly and her sad face, Li Hongcai suddenly realized, and suddenly understood why Zhou Juan said this, now the ordinary people of Datang can afford to eat salt, and there is still excess salted pickles!

Li Hong knew that he sent salt to Zhou Juan to let her pickle the pickles, and Zhou Juan would definitely not ask for it, so he could only say like this, "Otherwise, after you pickle the pickles, you will give me a part of it, and keep the other part for yourself to make a side dish for green onion noodles, as for the salt you need, I will pay for it, just as your salary for making pickles, what do you think?" ”

"Li Langjun is like this..."Zhou Juan was about to refuse, Li Hong smiled and said, "Little lady Zhou, I like to eat pickles, and no one in the house can do it, so I can only trouble you." ”

Zhou Juan saw Li Hong say this, and knew that Li Hong actually liked to eat pickles, so she didn't refuse, but nodded and agreed!

"In the evening, I'll send someone to deliver what you need!" Li Hong saw that Zhou Juan agreed, so he didn't say anything more, but strode out of the noodle restaurant.

"Hey, Li Langjun-" When Li Hong left the noodle shop, Zhou Juan remembered that she hadn't returned the hairpin to Li Hong, so she hurriedly rushed out of the door, only to find that Li Hong and his party had already gone away.