The little girl had an incredible smile in her eyes, and her eyes were shining.

Probably because the movement of turning back was too violent, some hair slipped down, and her cheeks itched.

Gu Jiu rubbed it unconsciously, but saw that the flour in his hand had added a lot of color to his face.

However, Gu Jiu was unconscious, but when Qin Zheng saw her like this, he couldn't help but bend his lips slightly, walked over and brushed the flour off for her with his fingers, and his voice was a little more gentle: "I heard that Madame is going to hold a banquet tonight to celebrate my birthday, so I came over to watch." ”

That lady was extraordinarily gentle, making Gu Jiu's heart tremble. She curled her fingers before she wanted to say something, when she saw Qin Zheng's gaze past her, looking at the pile of crooked dishes on the table, and asked curiously, "What is this doing?" ”

Hearing this, Gu Jiu suddenly came back to his senses, hurriedly copied a basket, covered those dishes, and pushed him at the same time, saying, "This is a secret, the gentleman is far away from cooking, the prince should go out quickly." ”

The little girl's eyes dodged, those dishes were clearly greasy, but Qin Zheng only glanced at them, he couldn't even tell what the full appearance of these dishes was, where did he understand what Gu Jiu was doing?

However, looking at the shyness on her face, Qin Zheng suddenly looked forward to it.

He nodded kindly, and said softly: "Okay, obey the lady's orders." ”

After saying this, Qin Zheng's gaze looked at Gu Jiu's face, and he was satisfied to see the other party's face rise and clouds, so he chuckled and turned around and walked out.

After Qin Zheng left, Gu Jiu patted his chest and immediately muttered, "I was almost discovered." ”

Seeing this, the cook on the side immediately pursed her lips and smiled: "Madam, don't talk about the prince, even the slave maid has been cooking for so many years, and she can't see your name, you can rest assured, the prince definitely doesn't know what you're doing." But then again, what the hell are you doing? ”

She has been cooking for so many years, but it is the first time she has seen someone cut vegetables, both large and small, and she can't figure out what she wants to do.

Hearing this, Gu Jiu smiled with crooked eyebrows and said, "Secret." ”

And this secret was not revealed until the dish was served.

……

When Qin Zheng came back to the Ninth Courtyard, the sky was still bright, and by the time Gu Jiu finished his work, the sky had already darkened.

The begonias in the courtyard bloomed arbitrarily, and the evening breeze blew down, blowing down a rain of begonia flowers.

The maid set up tables, chairs and benches in the courtyard, and there was no one else at this birthday banquet, only him and Gu Jiu.

Gu Jiu took a deep breath, lifted the plate that was buckled on the dish, and said a little nervously: "Shizi, happy birthday, may you have today every year, and you will have a future every year." ”

The moment the plate was lifted, Qin Zheng's heart suddenly jumped.

No wonder he wasn't allowed to see it before.

There were six dishes on the table, and the plate was quite large, but in fact, only the middle place contained the dishes, and the edge of each plate was placed by her in a circle.

The characters are carved into thin strokes with various dishes, and then carefully glued together.

Horizontal and vertical hooks, at this time he can distinguish the appearance, no wonder he looked at a mess at that time.

It turns out that this is the kind of thing inside.

Probably because the craftsmanship is not very good, some words even have to be guessed carefully by Qin Zheng.

However, it was such an almost rough craftsmanship that made Qin Zheng almost greedy and refused to look away.

He silently recited in his heart almost word by word, his eyes swept over the words cut out of the various vegetables, and his eyes were a little red.

Those words are ordinary, but they were carefully carved and placed on a plate, and served in front of them, like a little girl's true heart.

He has been the eldest grandson of the Ming Mansion since birth, and he is blessed by his grandfather.

Later, when he gained fame and power, there were more people who were false and wronged with him.

Qin Zheng has never taken those words to heart, and even his birthday has become an occasion to deal with.

But tonight, there was a little girl, in the most clumsy way, carved out the blessings she wanted to say with a knife word for word, and placed them in front of him.

May you be like the stars and the moon, and the streamer will be bright.

Be 100 years old and enjoy peace and well-being.

Hao Hao is the empty moon, and the sun blesses Jun'an.

……

Seeing that Qin Zheng was speechless for a long time, Gu Jiu was a little apprehensive for a while.

It was only when she entered the kitchen yesterday that she thought of such a method, which she only thought was interesting at the time, but who knew that it was extremely difficult to implement.

Not to mention anything else, just saying that her hands that have never cut vegetables are very disobedient to her own call. I love to read Chinese

Fortunately, after practicing so many times, it can be regarded as presentable.

It's just that now she saw Qin Zheng's expressionless face, but she felt empty in her heart.

Does he like it or not?

"Shizi, do you think it's still possible?"

Hearing Gu Jiu's words, Qin Zheng came back to his senses, raised his eyes and saw that he was facing the little girl's nervous appearance.

The expectations and uneasiness in it are clear at a glance, sincere and clean, just like her people.

Qin Zheng suddenly smiled, he looked directly into Gu Jiu's eyes, and his voice was full of sighs: "I thought I would meet a star, but who knew that you gave me a river of stars, which caught me off guard." ”

There was a sigh in the man's voice, and he said, "How can I repay such kindness?" ”

Although he didn't know what to do, he had long known that Gu Jiu was very good.

However, whenever he thought so, she would tell him by her actions that in fact, she was better than he thought.

Like the moon in the sky, it is the person in the heart.

The peach blossom brew on the table had not yet been opened, but Gu Jiu felt that he was already drunk.

The man had an unconcealed affection in his eyes, but she was a little overwhelmed for a while.

She bit her lip and lowered her head almost shyly, just about to say something, but the man smiled lowly and said, "Such a delicious banquet, dare to ask Madame, can I start?" ”

He was too emotionally exposed, as if he was scared of her, Qin Zheng laughed at himself for being too anxious, so he simply returned to his normal attitude.

The previous charm seemed to be a dream of Gu Jiu, she was shocked by his voice, but when she looked at him, she saw that he looked as usual.

For a while, Gu Jiu didn't know whether he was disappointed, or relieved.

"Of course, you're a birthday boy, let's try this meal to suit your taste?"

The taste is naturally good.

When the food on the table was eaten, Gu Jiu got up and said with a bit of mystery: "The prince waits for me for a while, there is still a dish." ”

Qin Zheng raised his eyebrows, put down his chopsticks, and looked at her back as she left in a hurry, becoming more and more interested.

I don't know what other surprises she will give herself.

It's just that Qin Zheng didn't expect that it would be such a surprise.

It was a bowl of longevity noodles.

The chicken broth simmered in the casserole is the base, and the vegetables and tomatoes are cut in the middle, and the noodles are rolled into long roots, which are half a bowl, the red ones are tomatoes, the green ones are green vegetables, and the top is a boiled round egg that has been cut open.

When it was brought to the table, it smelled fragrant.

Gu Jiu was very nervous at this time.

The previous dishes were all made by the cooks, and she just helped set the plates, but this bowl of noodles was cooked by herself, and it took half a night to test the finished product.

I don't know if he'll like it.

"Shizi, do you have a taste?"

At that time, when he saw Gu Jiu's words, Qin Zheng could still praise him, but this time when he saw Gu Jiu's face, he didn't say a word, and showed his attitude with his actions.

In just a moment, the bowl of noodles all went into Qin Zheng's stomach.

Gu Jiu was a little nervous at first, but later he saw Qin Zheng bowing his head and concentrating on eating noodles, but he couldn't help laughing, and said softly: "Don't be in such a hurry, no one will rob you." ”

It's just that my heart is steady.

I think it's delicious, otherwise Qin Zheng wouldn't be like this.

After eating a bowl of noodles, Qin Zheng felt that the tears that had been forced out at that moment were suppressed.

It's ridiculous to say, in the rain of swords and guns, he has never frowned once, but now he is forced by the little girl's bowl of noodles to almost collapse.

At this point, he came to his senses a little, and laughed softly: "A table of wine and a bowl of noodles, Mrs. Shizi is honest and does not deceive me, tonight is really a surprise." ”

It was simply the most celebratory day in his twenty-three boring years.

"Is that a surprise?"

Gu Jiu wanted to laugh at him, but he was a little sour by these words, bit his lip to support his smile, and said softly: "Then you go to the room with me, how about I surprise you again?" ”