Chapter Fifty-Eight: Food and Beauty

Lu Yue and the county lord's wife were talking, when they heard a woman's voice, Lu Yue was familiar with it, and turned around to find that it was a lady with a slightly yellow face, about forty years old, with a straight face, a serious expression, wearing a dark yellow trimmed embroidered skirt, I couldn't remember who it was for a while, the county lord's wife whispered: "It's the lady Zhao Chengxiang you saw last time~"

Lu Yue suddenly understood in her heart, and hurriedly nodded and said hello.

After Mrs. Zhao saluted the two from afar, she left with the maid.

Lu Yue looked at the back of Mrs. Zhao leaving, and always felt that Mrs. Zhao didn't seem to be in a good mood.

Seeing the smile covering the handkerchief, the county lord's wife turned her head and whispered: "That Mrs. Zhao fell in love with Miss Yu, but who knew that the Yu family pushed back and refused to let the Zhao family come to the door several times, I heard that the Yu family wanted to marry their daughter to the East Palace~"

"That Miss Yu Youlan?" Lu Yue's eyes were surprised, no wonder there were two Yu juniors last time who said that this Yu Youlan was going to marry into the high gate, this East Palace is really a high gate, but she didn't seem to hear that there was a prince.

The county lord's wife glanced at Lu Yue meaningfully, "Don't look for it, Miss Yu didn't come to the lake today~"

Lu Yue blinked her eyes, averted her gaze, and couldn't help but admire in her heart that this Pingning County Lord was quite well-informed.

The county lord Xiao Xiang covered her mouth and laughed, the corners of Lu Yue's mouth twitched, and she laughed awkwardly, not thinking that this Ningping county lord would see through her mind at once.

The boatman who painted the boat put down the plank on boarding, and Lu Yue's eyes swept around, and found that Mrs. Zhao and another lady wearing red and dark patterns were talking, and the two were laughing and laughing.

Hey? The daughter of Lord Li, the commander of the Nine Gates, was also there, she was following a few young ladies to enjoy the shade under the tree, she waved her handkerchief, her face was drenched in sweat, and she looked at this sweat wiping action, which was indescribably elegant and gentle.

Just looking at Lu Yue, she suddenly heard a lively girl's voice.

"Wow! It's so beautiful here! ”

Lu Yue turned her head and saw that the girl was dressed casually, she was wearing an ordinary pink and white embroidered skirt, but with the girl's round face, there were two small dimples when she smiled, tsk~ It looked like a peach, and it looked quite cute.

"Miss~ Let's go." Lu'er's voice successfully regained Lu Yue's attention, only to see that the maid next to her hurriedly helped the county lord of Pingning and the young master Zihao to get on the boat, Lu'er stood next to her and helped her, and Bai picked up Qin Zixuan, and several people got on the painting boat together.

"Here!"

The county lord of Pingning chose the position near the window, and she sat on the top position with the maid's hand, only to see that the table was full of melon seeds, salted plums, fragrant fruits, snacks, tea, etc.

Lu Yue sat on the left hand side of the Pingning County Lord with a smile, and Qin Zixuan and the little fat man couldn't sit still at all, the Pingning County Lord looked at the little fat man of their family lovingly, a pair of black eyes turned around on his round face, and his buttocks sat on the chair and moved around, looking at his mother for a while, looking at Qin Zixuan for a while, and paying attention to what the hell was going on in his eyes.

"Go ahead, but remember not to run around, and be careful not to go to the side of the boat." The county lord of Pingning stretched out his hand and nodded the nose of the little man, and the little fat man immediately stood up, and said with a mouthful of small white teeth: "Got it, thank you~"

After saying that, his eyes turned to Qin Zixuan again, "Zixuan, let's go over there to play." Qin Zixuan glanced at the little fat man and pointed to the window, and suddenly looked at Lu Yue with crooked eyes.

"Let's go~" Lu Yue looked at Qin Zixuan and smiled.

"Auntie, we're going." Qin Zixuan stood up and finished speaking to Lu Yue, and his hand was led by the little fat man and ran over there.

Lu Yue looked at Qin Zixuan's back as they left, and motioned for Yan Bai to follow, after all, this is not the Qin Palace, there are many words, and besides, they are the most playful at this age, so they can't be careless.

The county lord of Pingning motioned to the maids to bring their tea, and after the maids poured it, she smiled and brought a cup of teacup for Lu Yue, "You taste it, this is the Pu'er tea I brought from the house." ”

Lu Yue nodded slightly to express her gratitude, took the tea, held her breath and took a deep breath, um~ This smell is good, she used the teacup to pull the tea leaves in the cup, squinted her eyes and blew, the entrance is mellow, the taste is sweet after the slight bitterness, and it is a rare good tea, fortunately, Lu Yue used to have a college roommate who loved to drink tea very much, and he was forced to be forced to be instilled with a brain of tea art.

But now Lu Yue felt a little proud in her heart, and she didn't think much about it, so she said: "This is last year's Pu'er tea, the taste is mellow and a little sweet, it should be picked from the ancient tea tree." ”

Lu Yue said it casually while tasting it, and she didn't expect how shocking these words would be in other people's ears.

The county lord of Pingning was surprised when he heard this, and patted the little incense fan again and again, "Princess Qin is really smart and clever, she can even taste this!" Haha..."

Among the people on the painting boat, some looked at them suspiciously, some had a little admiration in their eyes, and some looked at the county lord of Pingning and Lu Yue curiously.

The lord of Pingning covered the corners of his mouth and smiled: "This tea is what I got when I entered the palace yesterday, and the people in the palace said that it was picked from an ancient tea tree in the south, but I didn't expect Princess Qin to be so good at tea art, and I tasted it as soon as I tasted it." ”

Lu Yue swept everyone's eyes, and then realized that she was a little careless just now, she didn't expect that such a few words would provoke such strange eyes from everyone.

"The county lord's wife has won the award, Lu Yue is just fortunate to have learned some tea art with the master of the tea house, and she is not particularly proficient, so she is ugly here, but let the county lord's wife see the joke~" Lu Yue covered her handkerchief and smiled.

The county lord of Pingning pursed his lips and smiled, "Princess Qin is modest!" ”

Lu Yue's eyes rolled, and she didn't want to worry about this matter with the county lord's wife anymore, so she said, "Lu'er, come and bring our food box." ”

"Yes!" Lu'er brought up the food box and put it on the table, only to see that the food box was several layers high, made of mahogany, the lid of the box had eight corners, and there were many birds and paintings carved on it.

The lord of Pingning County saw that this horseshoe cake was not the same as the chestnut cake sold on the street, and then he reacted. I heard that Princess Qin likes to cook food on weekdays, this can't be made by Princess Qin herself, right?

Look at this color is as white as jade, with red dots on it, as if it is a piece, cut into four squares, and neatly placed on a plate.

Then opened the second layer, Lu Yue brought out a plate of walnut crisp, the color was golden, just looking at it made people appetite open, the county lord of Pingning couldn't help but think, no wonder Zihao loves to eat the food made by this princess of Qin so much, and every time he comes back, he will inevitably chant in front of her.

The third and fourth layers are all Lu Yue came out one by one, and the owner of Pingning County couldn't help but murmur in his heart, this flower is green, just like this is very good-looking, no wonder Zihao, this stupid boy loves to eat.

"Mrs. County Lord, please!" Lu Yue set the plate and motioned to Mrs. Pingning to taste it, and the county lord of Pingning smiled, "Okay!" ”

She stretched out her chopsticks and added a piece of green pastry, which was soft and sweet in the mouth, "Well~ good!" Good! What is this? ”

"It's mung bean cake~" Lu Yue blinked her eyes, "It tastes good!" The county lord of Pingning smiled and gave a pertinent evaluation.

"Wow! Mother has something to eat! The little fat man didn't know when he saw the snack on the table, so he ran over excitedly and reached out to take it, "Ho! The lord of Pingning stretched out his chopsticks and hit the little fat hand, and the little fat man withdrew his hand in pain, "Mother~ Zihao wants to eat~"

The little fat man looked at the county lord of Pingning with aggrieved eyes, and the county lord of Pingning reprimanded with a smile: "There are no rules at all!" ”

She said and smiled embarrassedly at Lu Yue: "This kid is used to being bad by me. Lu Yue smiled unhindered, and said to Qin Zixuan who was not far away: "Xuan'er, come here!" ”

"Xuan'er, are you hungry?" Lu Yue took Qin Zixuan's hand, picked up the handkerchief in his hand and wiped Xuan'er's hand.

Qin Zixuan looked at the snacks on the table and nodded, he knew that these were all made by his aunt herself, the corners of his mouth were hooked, and he looked at it happily.

Qin Zixuan and the little fat man took snacks and ran to the flower window to look at the scenery in the lake.

Lu Yue and the county lord's wife chatted for a few words, and then they heard everyone on the painting boat gradually gather around the railing, looking at the scenery outside, "Wow! It's so beautiful! ”

"Yes, yes!" Quite a few people are chiming in.

The county lord of Pingning took a look, "Then let's go and take a look at the outside scene~" Lu Yue nodded with a smile, and the two came to the edge of the railing, the mountains and rivers are beautiful, the lake is sparkling, the painting boat slowly pushes forward, little by little to cut the ripples on the water surface, the large lotus leaves are round and connected, in the green lotus leaves, bustling with small buds, some are about to bloom, and some are like shy girls showing their faces slightly, which is really beautiful.

Lu Yue stretched out her hand to block the light in front of her, and looked into the distance, which was cool on the water, and the wind blew her hair gently, and the county lord of Pingning saw that Lu Yue was so comfortable and leisurely, and suddenly the corners of his mouth curled.

"Wow! Mother, look at the fish! Next to Lu Yue, there was the sound of a little fat man dancing happily.

Lu Yue looked along the little fat man's fingers, tsk~ It's really a fish, Lu Yue lay on the railing and looked at the lake carefully, and saw that the fish was chasing by his companions, sometimes its head came out, sometimes it went out of the water, and sometimes it flicked its tail smartly, which attracted the little fat man and Qin Zixuan to climb the railing and applaud loudly.

Lu Yue brushed away the broken hair in front of her forehead, and just wanted to turn around and speak to Mrs. Pingning, but suddenly, her movements froze, just now it seemed that a black thing floated from the bottom of the water, she straightened up and bent down again, her eyes stared at the water, could it be that she was dazzled just now?

"Auntie~ What are you looking at?" Qin Zixuan didn't know when he had come over, and looked at Lu Yue curiously with a pair of eyes.

Lu Yue stretched out her hand and pulled Qin Zixuan into the boat, and said with concern in her eyes: "Xuan'er, this waterside is very dangerous, don't get too close." ”

"Xuan'er? Xuan'er, what's wrong with you? Seeing that Qin Zixuan ignored her, Lu Yue stretched out her hand and pulled the stunned Qin Zixuan, and when she saw Lu Yue, she was startled in her heart, only to see that Qin Zixuan's expression was slightly wrong, "Xuan'er, what's wrong with you?" ”

Lu Yue saw Qin Zixuan's lips move, and opened her mouth to say, "Aunt... Auntie, it seems that we have something on the bottom of the boat. There's something~"

As soon as Qin Zixuan finished speaking, his whole body trembled slightly, and he threw himself into Lu Yue's arms, Lu Yue heard it, his expression changed slightly, and he glanced at everyone, fortunately, everyone was watching the scene, Xuan'er also said quietly, that is, the county lord's wife and the little fat man did not notice, Lu Yue patted Qin Zixuan's shoulder, hugged the child comfortingly, and handed Qin Zixuan to Lu'er, Lu Yue came to the side of the boat quietly, supported the railing with both hands, stretched his head out, swept down, and suddenly changed his expression.