"Awake?"

Gu Tingwen's voice was steady and deep, slightly hoarse, and was softened by the night.

Well, it's a little sweet.

Ren Yan's hand was still slippery, and the cherry fell from the bone of the fish's head, fell into the porcelain plate and dangled twice, and did not move.

On the plate is the sweet and sour carp she made, with a pouting head and tail, covered in a golden-red robe with a syrup and a layer of strong and fat meat armor, a majestic fish general.

It's a pity that this general is wrapped in a sweet and sour fragrance, which hides his pungent and arrogant body, which will only make people salivate.

Ren Yan carried the cherry on his head, turned his face to look at the door: "No, I'm hungry, borrow it from your kitchen." ”

The cage drawer behind him was full of gas, and the sweet smell of jujube and yam came out, filling the room with fragrance.

Gu Tingwen took off his glasses and smiled: "I'm sorry." ”

said that today's dinner was good, and it can be seen that the night is already very deep, and if it is delayed any longer, it will probably be prepared early.

Ren Yan didn't care, he carried the steamer off the pot with a cloth, picked out the yams and red dates and put them in the bowl to cool, and took out a bowl of japonica rice porridge with his hands and handed it to him: "Then you can remember, you have to make up for two meals." ”

"Okay." He replied softly, not intending to wake up the silent night.

The porridge contains six round and delicate longan meat, and the fragrant flavor sinks at the bottom, like a treasure encountered on a trek through mountains and rivers, which can not be found.

That plate of river carp too.

It's just a dish she tried to make, and the first time she was able to learn the taste of ninety percent, the remaining one percent was lost to Qingshi. If you do it a few more times, the signboard of the master in Jinan Mansion will be smashed.

The little girl was unaware of this, turned her back to him and dried the scalded printing mold, and said, "I think Master Du's previous idea was wrong, many red cases and white cases are the same, and there are not so many differences." ”

She turned around and pointed to the fish: "It's like it's like it and lotus cake are both shaped with boiling oil, regardless of whether the dim sum looks like a fish or a fish, one side is done well, and the other side will not be too bad, practice makes perfect, right?" ”

He simply brushed his chopsticks and listened to her quietly.

"What about you, is it a white case or a red case that you learned first?"

Ren Yan pressed the yam puree into a round embryo, wrapped it in the jujube mud ball, wrapped it into a snow-white round ball shelf, pressed the mold, and put it back into the steamer to simmer.

Turning back to look at him, a pair of eyes crooked with a smile.

Gu Tingwen thought about it carefully and shook his head: "There are no rules, you can learn whatever you have with the master of the family." ”

Not.

According to the style of the Gu family, the master is always new, no wonder he has been able to work well since he was a child. Of course, this matter depends on whether God appreciates his face or not, and whether he is willing to give people this mouthful of food.

He was favored by heaven, and so was she.

It's a perfect thing to have the same talent as the man you like.

She came to drink porridge, and it was not good, kneeling on the stool and swaying with her feet crossed, taking a sip of porridge and smiling at him.

Helplessly, he reached out to hold her arm and knocked on it to warn: "How old is it?" ”

"Smaller than you." She rolled a piece of longan meat into her mouth, and pretended to think for a long time, "It's eight or nine years old, it's still a baby!" ”

The categorical sentence made Gu Tingwen laugh.

But she was telling the truth, she was still a charming youth, and he was almost in his prime, and he had a false name in the camp, but he had achieved nothing.

Ren Yan saw that he hadn't spoken for a long time, thinking that he had poked his sore spot, and smiled embarrassedly: "But the seventh master still looks like he is still in his prime, and he is still a rare beautiful person." ”

Gu Tingwen looked at her with a smile.

Ren Yan swallowed the longan meat: "Zhenge'er, when I went back to the bottom of the overpass, I wondered how there could be such a good-looking gentleman in the world, and later I realized that you are really good-looking!" ”

What is this saying?

He also laughed and coughed lightly twice: "Okay, eat." ”

A plate of jujube paste yam cake, a bowl of japonica rice porridge, and a plate of dazzling river carp made dinner satisfying.

Ren Yan rubbed his stomach and walked out of the club, squinting his eyes and sighing.

In the silent alley, there were many people standing near and far. Wearing the same black tunic and smoking against a wall or tree. If it weren't for the flickering dark red fire, it would have been hard to spot.

She turned back—

Gu Tingwen smiled: "It's okay, I'll send you home first." ”

"Is there something wrong?"

As they departed, some of the men followed, and got into two cars, one in front of the other, carefully escorting them.

He was silent for a moment: "It has something to do with my father's transfer to an official position. ”

Ren Yan nodded and didn't ask any more.

It seems that the visit of the acting agent surnamed Yan was not something she heard.

It was already the second half of the night, there was no one on the road, and there was a faint feeling of dryness in the empty May.

The four gentlemen on the other side were not at home.

Gu Tingwen's explanation for this is that the newspaper has reopened, or it is on Cherry Xiejie, they are the old people of the newspaper office, busy with many chores and have no time to separate, and told her to be cautious when living here alone.

"Don't you come back often?" She stood under the eaves of the porch in front of the door, thought for a moment, and asked him.

Gu Tingwen said: "I try my best." ”

"Oh."

She pulled the key out of her pocket, turned and inserted it into the keyhole, and twisted it open.

It was very dark in the house, and Mrs. Tong often came to rearrange the furniture for her, but she did not know much about the furnishings of the house for a few days. Stumbling to the button on the wall—

Someone grabbed her arm.

The moment the light was on, she turned her head and saw Gu Tingwen's dark eyes.

"I'm not invited." He smiled, slightly apologetic.

The two men huddled between the walls, their thin sleeves overlapped, and the temperature on their bodies could quickly be transmitted to each other.

"Oh, I acquiesced." There was some heat on her face.

He smiled first: "There is a batch of agar, which will be sent to Hongpheasant Hall tomorrow." ”

Ren Yan's eyes were full of joy.

"It's getting hotter, so make some parfaits, or almond tofu, or do you have other ideas."

In the morning at Hung Pheasant Hall, she heard people talk about a kind of tea called yokan in the East.

First from the Chinese mutton soup passed in the past, because the monks do not eat meat, gradually made into a long strip of bean jelly or jelly, similar to another kind of dim sum wailang cake there, plain and sweet.

Now is the time to eat loquat cherries and bayberry, and it is said that there are also cranberries shipped from Russia, so can you make such parfait with agar?

Back in the middle of summer in July and August, you can hang out these parfait signs at the entrance of the hall?

She was so preoccupied with the snack that she ignored the person in front of her.

Gu Tingwen was not in a hurry, lowered his head, smiled, and had her little shadow in his eyes, waiting patiently for her to finish thinking about her thoughts.

The clock in the room struck, and the little girl suddenly came back to her senses and raised her eyes blankly: "Seventh Master? ”

"It's me."

It's probably because she's been thinking about it for so long that she's forgotten the time and place.

"Rest early!"

She sent him away and stood on the steps.

He looked at her on the steps: "Good night!" ”

"Okay."

No one moved.

Or he smiled first: "Hurry up, let's go." ”

Seeing her close the door and turn off the lights, she turned around and left.

The pocket watch had slowly moved past two o'clock, and in three or four hours, it was about to dawn.

The living room on the second floor of the club was brightly lit, and Liang Fu and Ye Songqu were touching dominoes.

Seeing him enter the door, Liang Fu opened his mouth first and smiled: "I thought that I wouldn't be able to wait for the seventh master tonight." ”

The Gu family has strict rules, and the cards are not allowed to be touched by juniors, which is the shortcoming of Gu Qiye, and now he has to sit down on the sofa on the side and drink the tea.

"I've let you down."

Mr. Liang touched the card and shouted: "Send Jiao'er for ten miles and eight miles, and you can not return tonight." How to disappoint people with a beautiful talk of wind and moon, as a sibling, you are naturally happy for this dead tree in spring. ”

"It's too early."

Mr. Ye also looked sideways: "What do you say?" ”

"I'm still courting Miss Ren."

He was blunt, and the two gentlemen were disappointed.

After laughing, let's get back to business.

Mr. Ye said: "Acting Secretary-General Yan has just made three phone calls, and I still strongly invite you to join the PCPD, hoping to meet with you tomorrow, and I think you should also talk about it again." ”

Gu Tingwen said: "He is inviting the forces in my hands. ”

Mr. Ye said: "You borrowed his knife to kill your relatives for righteousness, so you can't repay it." ”

"It's a loss to me because my surname is Gu, if I change my surname?" He smiled and drank the tea in his hand, "About me and my two brothers will make an alliance with blood." ”

"Follow the Seventh Master, it's also fast!"

After touching the cards, the two gentlemen also sat on the sofa one after another, and swore proudly, and the situation of burning eyebrows had to be solved.

"Brother Songqu is going to Yokohama soon, and Shi'an will soon go to the northwest, should I slow down my southward journey?" Liang Fu asked.

Gu Tingwen raised his hand: "No need, everything here has me." ”

It's been almost August.

The signboard at the entrance of the Hung Pheasant Hall has almost changed, except for the seasonal dishes, the summer pastries are the most pleasing, and four or five out of ten are embellished with the name of Ren Yan.

Xiao treats his apprentices and Du Liren differently, if he has the skills to promote it; However, for more than two months, Ren Yan, the apprentice of the white case of Hongpheasant Hall, has become famous.

Xiao Tong often takes her to the club to meet the master or learn the craft, which master in Beijing is there to make a banquet, can take this proud protégé, and he will take Ren Yan to go.

Or get married or the last time Miss Ruoping had a banquet, invited Ren Yan to be the master, regardless of the red case and the white case, Xiao Tong is all accurate, if he has to be free, let the big apprentice clean up and follow.

For a while, these fashionable young masters and young ladies talked about eating, if they hadn't invited Master Ren from Hongpheasant Hall, they wouldn't be lively.

At the end of August, the examination was over, and Ren Yan had become an accomplice of the small case from an apprentice.

Her daily routine was more regular, so she found her free time to go to the girls' school.

In July, the Ministry of Education issued a general order that all schools should set up women's departments; Cheng Huiyu asked the teachers of the girls' school for help, and found a seat for Ren Yan to observe, and occasionally went to and from school together.

After getting along with her for a long time, Cheng Huiyu learned a little bit of Ren Yan's rebellion.

When he got off work that day and went to the house, Ren Yan saw a pretty girl standing at the door, wearing an old dress and holding a stack of books in her arms.

"Xiao Yan, I escaped from home." Far away, Cheng Huiyu trotted to her, blushing, "I'll live here with you in the future!" ”