Ice Acacia
The summer festival is the most rainy season in the world, the new rain melts, and the plums moistened by the water have good acidity, and they are the most suitable for sake brewing.
I don't have much appetite to eat lately because I'm sick, so Dongzhu brought me a plate of honey and plums, which my mother made last year. This morning, my mother sent someone to bring it to me, saying that I should taste the strong and light in advance.
I poured a glass and took a few sips, and although the wine had not been buried for a long time, it was still sweet and delicious. After a few glasses, I got myself drunk, and I lay down on the chaise longue and slept for half a day.
A few days ago, Baili Yuan gave me a pot of gardenias, saying that raising flowers can nourish children and calm the mind, and he transplanted it from Zhanhua Palace. I've heard that smelling this flower can calm the nerves, and it's the most suitable for people like me who have a quick temper. The flower is now on the windowsill, not yet open, only buds, and the green leaf pavilion stands in a new pot. The pot containing the flowers is newly made by the lacquer jade division, and the vermilion lycoris is painted on the white porcelain, and the gardenia flowers and leaves are new and green, and the veins are affectionate.
The rain outside the curtain flew into my room, staring at the new green, staring at it with affection, thinking that the flowers were not far away.
I walked out of the room, looked up at the sky, learned the amorous Miss Jiao in the playbook, and said weakly to Dongzhu: "I want to go out, I haven't looked for a lack for a long time, I think about it tightly, I don't know if she is angry." It's been a long time since we've eaten Ganmu Curie's food, and I'd love to see if they have added new dishes. It's just that it's dark and dark on this day, but there are no dark clouds on the top, whether it will rain or not, it's really hard to figure out this day. ”
When Dongzhu heard this, he walked leisurely and took two oil-paper umbrellas and held them in his arms, and sighed: "What's the matter with the crown princess, isn't it okay to bring an umbrella when it rains." Why be so sad. You, you've been sick for a while, and you've learned to be sentimental. ”
I grimaced at her and stuck out my tongue.
It seems that this delicate, sick little woman's style is really not suitable for me.
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I wanted to invite Que Que to go to Ganmuju for dinner together, but I was afraid that she was still angry with me, and I didn't want to deal with me, so I went to touch a nose of ash, which made me feel even worse, and besides, she had recently become obsessed with female red, and shouted that she wanted to make a belt for Changji, and to make a belt at home behind closed doors, and she should have no time to take care of me at this moment.
After weighing the left and right, it's better to figure it out yourself.
In Ganmu Curie, I lay down at the table, listening to the little two of the shop, and introduced the names of the dishes to me one by one.
"This is the signature dish of our store, Miluo fish belly, take the fresh fish cut into thin slices and cover it on the ice, when eating, it is dipped in the secret sauce, which is extremely delicious; And this dish is called locust honey bean paste, which is poured on the rice dumplings made of bean paste filling made of local acacia nectar produced in Jiankang City, and when eating, it is refreshing and sweet on the tip of the tongue; And this charcoal-grilled beef, that's a must......"
The table was already full of food, and it was tempting to look at. It's just that I have no appetite, I don't move, I just stare at a table of dishes in a daze.
"Go down, I'll call you again when there's something." Dongzhu sent the shopkeeper away, moved back and approached me and asked, "But I think these foods are not to my liking, if you are not satisfied, withdraw them and let them re-serve them."
"No need, the dish was good. It's me, it's me who has lost my appetite. ”
I don't know why, looking at my favorite food on weekdays, I can be so calm, and I will eat to my heart's content. It's just that now, my heart is full of tides, just like this desire to rain, not up or down, and I refuse to give an accurate feeling.
"You've been out of appetite for a few days, so you'll have to eat a little bit."
Dongzhu sighed and reached out to take a small bowl on the table. This small white jade bowl is filled with fine crushed ice, mixed with boiled soft and glutinous red beans, and the red and white are very popular.
I had a little strength and asked her curiously, "I haven't seen this dish before." What is the dish called? ”
Dongzhu smiled at me and said, "This name is a bit special, some people think that this name is poetic, but others say that it sounds nondescript and strange." Would you like to guess what is the right name? ”
I shook my head, signaling that I didn't want to guess. At the moment, I don't have this leisure, even if I am interested, I don't bother to think about it.
Dongzhu smiled, and Nuno explained: "It's called sick acacia, and the ice takes the homonym as sickness, and the word acacia refers to the red beans mixed in it."
I tilted my head and asked, "What ice acacia, why don't you just call it acacia directly?"
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"It's not nice to get a name, but it's very particular."
The voice from the volley replied to my question for Dongzhu, but the sound that came out of the flat end disturbed my heart, as if hanging above the clouds.
“… What are you doing here? I got up excitedly and watched him giggle.
He took me to a seat, and instead of answering, he asked, "Why don't you try it and see if it pleases?" If you don't eat it, the ice will melt. ”
After that, I took the spoon and handed it over, he smiled, and I was so crispy that I forgot to pick up the spoon he handed over.
I put my hands on my cheeks, my eyes smiled and my eyebrows were slight, "Baili Yuan, aren't you busy, why do you still have time to come out to find me?" ”
When he saw me laughing stupidly, he couldn't help but say, "You laugh so stupidly." ”
"Hmph. I thought you were going to compliment me on how good I looked. ”
I took the spoon in a fit of rage and scooped a large spoon into his mouth.
He was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "It's really cool and refreshing, sweet but not greasy, and it melts in your mouth."
I looked at him with disgust and joy, and wanted to get closer to him, but I couldn't move my position. Secretly looking at his movements, his elegant demeanor was cold and arrogant, and the breeze slowly blew his green hair, like a jade carved out of ice, giving people a feeling that he could only be watched from a distance and could not be blasphemed. Just like this bowl of ice acacia, it can't touch a little fireworks in the world, if it is lightly moved, it will turn into a puddle of water, and there is no beauty.
I shook my head, despised myself fiercely. How did I become such a coward in front of him?
I leaned in, winked, and said, "Is it delicious, is it really delicious, do you want to give me a taste?" I asked him pretendedly, not because I wanted to eat, but because I wanted to talk to him more.
Baili Yuan smiled when he heard this, gently scooped a spoonful, didn't eat it, and really gave it to my mouth. The crushed ice in the mouth, only felt cold, no taste, smashed the tongue and tasted it carefully, only then did I feel a trace of sweetness, like the sweetness of soft glutinous red beans.
I Yin Yin looked at Baili and smiled and said, "It's not very sweet, but it's quite refreshing." It's just that why do you want to call it lovesickness, it's better to call it lovesickness directly. ”
Baili Yuan nodded and brought me another bite: "Well, you have to ask the master who made this dessert, I can't answer."
I asked him vaguely, "Did you come to find me on purpose, or did you happen to meet me?"
Baili made a movement in his hand and replied honestly: "It's just a coincidence."
He paused, and then said: "I have a friend who has been unwell recently, and he has no appetite for food in the house, and he will vomit whatever he eats. I remember when I was a child, every time she lost her appetite, as long as she ate the locust honey bean paste in Dongshi, she would have a great appetite. I went out and searched for a long time, and then I learned that the cook of that shop had come to Ganmuju to help cook, so I found this place. ”
I should have felt cold and refreshing in my stomach, but now I feel that it is in my belly and turns hot in vain, like a burning knife, which makes me unbearable.
Dongzhu's face darkened, and I stopped talking, and I shook my head at her. turned around and asked Baili in a low voice: "That friend, it's Wen Er." ”
Baili frowned and nodded admittedly.
I don't know if I had a convulsion, or if I didn't go out with my brain today, I actually said: "You really care about Wen Ruren."
For a while, relatively silent.
I thought he would cover it up, but I didn't think that he would reply cheerfully: "Well, I care a lot, how can I not care about my love for many years."
He replied too decisively and honestly, without thinking, completely ignoring whether I would taste it or not. He told me so sincerely, but it was not what I thought, and I would rather he deceive me than tell me so lightly. Even if he told a lie, at least I could feel that he still cared about me, and he didn't tell me for fear that I would taste it. It's so undisguised, it should be a hint to me, it doesn't matter if I know it or not, it doesn't matter anyway.
The human heart is really a strange thing, afraid of being deceived, but afraid of no one. I remember A-Niang said that if you meet someone you treat sincerely, you must not live up to it, don't lie to him and hide it, but there are exceptions, that is, when you are extremely affectionate, you will bother to hide some things, for fear that he will be sad if he knows. The deception between lovers is more learned, and they do not want the other party to deceive, but they are afraid that the other party will not be too lazy to deceive.
This is complicated, in short, a person who cheats on you may not like you, but a person who doesn't even want to cheat on you will definitely not like you. It used to sound ridiculous, and I scoffed at it, thinking that A-Niang was talking nonsense, after all, she herself was not living happily. But now, I am emotional, and this nonsense has become a proverb.
The belly turns over the river and the sea, which is very unpleasant.
But seeing his calm demeanor, his heart became more and more depressed, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly: "You went out that day, and you said you were coming back." I waited on the stone chair for a long time with the acacia flower rice ball, but you didn't come. ”
Before I finished speaking, I only felt a labor pain in my chest, and subconsciously covered my chest.
Probably frightened by me, Dongzhu on the side was at a loss, and his anxious face turned yellow and hurriedly greeted him.
I turned my head and pulled out a smirk at Baili Yuan, not wanting him to see my embarrassed appearance, so I had to say: "I think about it, it seems that I still have some things to do, I have to find the gap, and she is still waiting for me." Then I'll go first. You...... You go home early. ”
Without waiting for his answer, Dongzhu helped me out of the door. got into the carriage and left in a hurry as if fleeing.
I didn't go looking for the vacancy, and went straight back to the East Palace.
Dongzhu said that my face was pale, my eyes were blank, and I hurriedly took the cold pill for me to take, and took several quilts to cover me, but I still felt cold.
I obviously took the medicine, why do I still feel a dull pain in my chest?
Dongzhu advised me not to be cranky,
I softened my voice, tried to contain my emotions at the moment, and said hello slowly.
But I still can't help but think about it.
I know, I knew it from the beginning. The person he likes is not me, never has been. He treats me well only because I can help him, political marriage, and has to be nice to me. Everything he did wasn't because of me.
It's just strange, I already know this, why am I still sad, sad.
I pulled the quilt up to my neck, only my head was exposed, and I stared at the bed curtain in a daze. This emotional troubles are really depressing.
Dongzhu stayed with me for a long time, and when my pain was gone, he reached out and touched my hand and said: "The princess has a good rest, the slave maid is waiting for you outside, what is there to call Dongzhu?"