The guest was in the academy, serving half a cup of tea, while looking at the scenery outside the bamboo building, the smoke and rain in the south of the river. One hand was tapping some beat on the table, it was a long, early song. Ordinary minor, pleasant.

There was a half-volume of pages on the desk, which was a commentary on Nie Hanshu's past reading, and he freely criticized the characters in the book and even teased the author. The temperament between this kind of words is a bit like that person.

Nie Hanyu sat down opposite him, although he was amnesty and could sit, he was also very respectful. A cup of tea was added, and the man said, "When I saw her ten years ago, she was only a little higher than the corner of the table. Now that I've grown up, I can live this life in peace after all. The person you picked, I looked at it, it's not very good. ”

Nie Hanyu said respectfully: "The last general is guilty. ”

He added: "But it's not too bad, mediocrity has mediocre benefits." What you gave her and gave it to her? ”

"The girl is smart, and I have guessed that there is no such valuable thing in the end. Didn't ask any more? I was very happy. The will be decreed, but you don't have to come in person. ”

He said quietly: "When the younger generations in the family come out of the pavilion, they naturally have to come and see it in person to rest assured." Looking at the decoration of this courtyard and the arrangement of trees between them, this child has some thoughts. I am very relieved that you have taken the trouble to teach. ”

Nie Hanyu said: "The last general didn't dare to take credit, after being seriously ill ten years ago, he got better, and his body recovered well." As for teaching, sometimes she teaches more than the end. ”

He looked at the lotus flowers standing in the pond downstairs, and double-clicked the words on the books on the desk and said, "I look, she has some talent in it." ”

Nie Hanshu hesitated in the kitchen for a while before putting away a lot of shocks, maybe many things were either coincidences, or, nothing, maybe the person who came was not someone he was familiar with.

She still called: "Sister-in-law, help me find the spices I saved last month." ”

Han Shi looked at her Taocheng flour, and said, "What do you want spices for?" It's not that I don't cook on weekdays, so why do I have to do it today? ”

Nie Hanshu didn't answer, wiped his hands clean, and then took the bamboo basket and went outside.

"This lonely temper came up again, and he didn't answer anything."

Aunt Zhang comforted her while preparing all kinds of ingredients: "Who doesn't have a sister-in-law or sister-in-law who is difficult to serve, the girl's family has some temperament, and they are all the same." ”

She took the bamboo basket and went to the paddy field, and the first basket was a fat crab. The second basket was a plump river prawn, and half of the lotus root was pulled out of the field. And with the crisp lotus leaves and lotus flowers and long lotus roots in their yard.

Seeing that she had picked the flowers, Han Shi said with concern: "You said that the flowers were not allowed for the children to toss when you watched them, why did you leave them so much today?" ”

While rinsing the crabs, shrimps, fish, lotus flowers, etc., she said: "For cooking, sister-in-law, are you looking for the previous bamboo and wood mud mold, which one of the small lotus lotus leaves?" In the cupboard with red lacquer in the sake house. ”

When Han heard this, he had to put down the work in his hand and find it for her.

"What is this doing, girl?" Aunt Zhang picked up some fish and shrimp and asked.

She smiled: "My aunt just helped me out, since my brother has guests, he should cook some Jiangnan dishes." ”

The crab was cleaned and steamed upside down with thin slices of ginger. Then the shrimp was washed, peeled, and the thread was removed, soaked and beaten into a puree with two points of rice wine, and the egg yolk and a little flour, with crushed salt, soaked in lotus leaf juice, and after a while, Han found the mold and cleaned it for her.

The stuffing was put into the mold, and then poured out the appearance of small lotus lotus leaves. She took a bowl of stewed chicken soup and poured it into the water to make it fresh, boiled the soup three times, and put in the lotus leaves and lotus canopy. Cut the lotus leaves into thin strips and wrap them in a thin gauze cloth.

Aunt Zhang saw some clues, but she was also puzzled, so she asked tentatively: "This dish has a bit of Jinling, it really looks like it was made by an imperial chef." ”

This dish is indeed an excellent imperial chef's skill, and the way of cooking is naturally left in the palace.

"I often smell this in my dreams, and when the harvest is better, I try it. Hopefully it won't be too bad for the taste. ”

After the crab is steamed, the meat of the fat crab leg is squeezed with a dough pin, and a section will be squeezed out to make a plate of dim sum.

The crab roe and crab meat were half bowled, and he steamed some crystal skins and wrapped them little by little and put them on a plate.

When you're done, take a little flower from the laurel tree outside the door. On a few plates, a small booklet, a book with a lot of soup and a few words.

After another while, Nie Hanyu came to call her.

"The guest who came today, you can call him Mr. Long. is also considered a benefactor of our family, don't slack off, get ready, go and see it. ”

"I've never heard you say that there is such a distinguished guest, big brother, I feel as if you are hiding something from me lately. Am I overthinking it? ”

Nie Hanyu said: "There are too many things to hide from you, do you want to hurry up?" ”

The stairs of the bamboo building are stable, but every step is like a thousand catties of lead tied to the legs. It was a habit to wash your hands and make soup and warm wine to serve your teacher. Yes, I did my part. No, it's all a courtesy.

And she opened the beaded curtain, and the man sat at the table and looked at her. It's almost unsteady to stand, in addition to being destined in the dark, what else can explain the reunion in front of me, spanning more than ten years of mentor-apprentice kindness and righteousness.

With Nie Hanyu's pace, she forcibly endured the tears that burst out of her eyes step by step.

Nie Hanyu said: "Sir, this is the sister-in-law. Have you ever seen one? ”

She looked sideways and asked, "When it was, I don't remember it at all." Suddenly, he felt a little rude, so he said, "Hello sir, Nie Hanshu has seen Mr. Long." ”

Mr. Long motioned for her to sit down and explained gently: "When you were young, we had a relationship, and you were very sick at that time, so it is reasonable not to remember. ”

At this time, her eyes were slightly red, and the person in front of her was as peaceful and gentle as before, and there seemed to be some kind of extremely firm power between her words.

"Why are your eyes red?"

"When I saw my husband, I had an inexplicable sense of familiarity. Maybe it's because I've seen it in my previous life and don't know it, so I don't know how to say it. ”

Nie Hanyu said: "Don't be rude. ”

"It's okay, kids. It's nothing, and it's okay to count it as a conversation between the elders and the juniors, your child is still young, go and see it. ”

Nie Hanyu was respectful and unusual, but now Han Shu was no longer willing to think more about the relationship between the eldest brother and the person in front of him. The joy of seeing one's relatives after death and life is many, much more transcendent.

He said, "You did all this, tell me what they are?" I tasted the soup and it was delicious. ”

Han Su poured a glass of osmanthus liquor and said: "The lotus root festival is sweet, and it has to be paired with this liquor to taste." ”