On the second day, it was still drizzling outside, but it didn't stop Satsuki from wanting to go out.

Wen Youyou was waiting for her at the gate of Anfu early in the morning, Xiao Yue looked at Wen Youyou, dressed in white, holding a black oil umbrella, standing at the door, Xiao Yue thought that such a man walking on the street was afraid that he would win the hearts of many Huaichun girls, and he didn't feel secretly funny.

Xiao Yue was dressed in men's clothes, and walked quickly to Wen Youyou: "You Gongzi, this rainy day, you are wearing a white dress, are you going to make a watercolor painting?"

Wen Youyou scratched his head: "I don't have clothes of other colors." ”

"Haha, I'm kidding you!" Xiao Yue took the oil umbrella handed over by Mu Shi, and said after opening the umbrella: "I originally wanted to ask Yun Yan to come with me, but she said that she didn't want to go out in the rain, so she learned shorthand in the study." Xiao Yue compiled a dictionary for Yun Yan, which is a comparison table of British characters and simplified Chinese characters, and as a result, Yun Yan found it interesting and addicted to learning.

"If she doesn't want to go, forget it, I guess you'll have to let her change into men's clothes. Wen Youyou led Xiaoyue out of Willow Lane slowly.

Because of the rain, there were very few people in the market, and Wen Youyou took Xiao Yue for a long time, and Xiao Yue felt that the whole city was going to be walked through.

"If you are tired, sit down in the teahouse in front of you to drink some tea and eat some snacks before leaving. Wen Youyou saw that Xiao Yue was rubbing her legs.

"It's okay, since you're going to eat something delicious, don't let tea and snacks take up your stomach. ”

Wen Youyou was speechless when he heard this.

The two walked side by side on the street, and began to talk back to each other, but later it was estimated that Xiaoyue was tired and didn't bother to speak.

"How long is it?" Xiao Yue thought to herself that this walk in the rain seemed to be a waste, but in fact, she was the most guilty, she kept staring at the road under her feet, and stepped on the small puddle a little accidentally, and some puddles were still reflective, and they didn't come out at all whether they were flat or puddles.

"I said that you should go out and walk around more in the future, your health is too bad. ”

"You think I don't want to, didn't I have no way before!" Satsuki stepped over a puddle of water, feeling proud.

"Okay, good, it's coming, it's coming. ”

As soon as she finished speaking, Xiao Yue stepped on a stone slab with moss, the soles of her feet slipped, and she was about to fall on one side of her body.

Wen Youyou hurriedly stretched out his hand, hugged Xiao Yue's waist, and asked anxiously, "Are you okay?"

Xiao Yue smelled the good citrus fragrance on his body and breathed a sigh of relief: "It's good to have you, otherwise I would have fallen all over the mud, and I wouldn't have been able to eat at noon today." ”

Wen Youyou was still worried about whether she was injured, who knew that she was still thinking about eating, and patted her head while laughing: "When are you still thinking about eating." ”

Xiao Yue looked at him with a smirk, the two were too close, Wen Youyou suddenly felt that her posture was a little ambiguous, so she quickly let go of Xiao Yue.

Satsuki didn't notice anything unusual when she arrived, and looked around.

Xiao Yue saw that they seemed to have passed through the market and walked near the dock, and at this time, Wen Youyou took her to the left and walked into an alley.

"Wen Youyou, you can, you can find it in such a remote place. Xiaoyue looked at this alley, it was sparsely populated, many shops were closed, and those who were not closed were also crowded.

Wen Youyou didn't speak, but kept reminding her to be careful about her steps until she walked to the end of the alley.

Xiao Yue looked up and saw a two-story restaurant standing tall, a willow tree at the door, the newly pumped branches were covered with rainwater, and the rushing river could be seen in front of the willow tree, which should be the Yudai River. This restaurant is built near the river, the scenery should be good, from the second floor of the restaurant floated down a signboard made of cloth, on which are written "welcome restaurant" four big characters.

At this time, the shopkeeper of the restaurant saw a guest coming to the door, and immediately greeted him, and greeted him warmly: "Ah, this is not Yougongzi, I haven't patronized the shop for a long time, what a rare guest!"

Xiao Yue looked at the shopkeeper, this person is estimated to be in his thirties, his face is not as philistine and slippery as the average shopkeeper, with a boxy face, and his eyes are full of compliments and a little honesty.

As soon as Wen Youyou came out of Anfu, he automatically changed into that poker face, cherishing words like gold, his face was expressionless, and the shopkeeper also seemed to know Wen Youyou's temper, so he didn't say anything more, just led the way in front: "Childe, please." ”

Xiao Yue looked at Wen Youyou's appearance as if she was familiar with the way, so she followed them to the restaurant. Entering the door was a spacious and bright hall, with five or six tables and stools, but empty, and on the right hand side of the door there was a solid wooden staircase two people wide, and the shopkeeper led them to the elegant seat upstairs. The second floor is a single room separated by a door panel, all of which are window-facing and river-facing locations, and the middle of the second floor is a patio where you can see the hall on the first floor. The decoration is also very simple, all solid wood tables, stools and floors, unlike the first-class restaurants, there is not even carving on the wood, just round wood.

The shopkeeper led them to a private room by the river and sat down, and then Wen Youyu said: "A pot of snow bud tea, all the signature dishes of your store are served." The shopkeeper nodded happily and said, "Okay, you Gongzi will sit down for a while, and the dishes will be ready immediately." Then he went downstairs.

Xiaoyue found that there was still no one on the second floor of the restaurant, and she asked Wen Youyou curiously: "Did you charter the venue today?" Wen Youyou scratched her head and said, "Do you think I will charter the venue?" No matter how rich I am, I won't do such a thing. Xiaoyue thinks about it, although Wen Youyou is a second-generation official, she doesn't have the style of a gentleman. She continued, "Didn't you notice that we were the only ones in this hotel today?" Wen Youyou looked around and said, "Well, it seems like this." Xiao Yue asked again: "You were like this when you came before?" Wen Youyou said: "How come, the last time I came was with the official school at the same time, there were a lot of people at that time, and I still need to locate it in advance." As he was talking, a thin and shrewd little er pushed the door in with a handpot and a tea tray in the other, and made them two cups of tea with his hands and feet: "The two sons use it slowly." ”

After the tea is brewed in hot water, the whole room emits a fresh fragrance. "Good tea!" Although Satsuki is not familiar with the tea ceremony, she also thinks it is very fragrant. Wen Youyou said: "It is said that this tea grows on the high mountains, and the first sprouts are like snow covering the branches, so it is called snow buds." Xiaoyue nodded, took a sip of tea, her mouth was full of fragrance, and after thinking about it, she said, "Don't you wonder why there are no guests here?"

Wen Youyou is actually not as curious as Xiao Yue, but he thinks that this restaurant has fewer customers and is cleaner, and it is not so noisy, which is also a good thing.

But Xiao Yue found the peculiarity of this restaurant, and when the shopkeeper personally served the food, she kept the shopkeeper and chatted.

"Shopkeeper, it seems that you won't be too busy with this son, why don't you sit down and have a glass of wine?" Xiao Yue asked Xiao Er to take an extra pair of bowls, chopsticks and wine glasses.

The shopkeeper waved his hand, looked at Wen Youyou again and said, "I can't do it, I can't help it." ”

Wen Youyou only cared about the wine and food in front of him, and he didn't raise his eyelids. Xiaoyue coughed, and Wen Youyou said slowly: "Don't get in the way, you can sit down, there are more people." ”

The shopkeeper sat down a little restrained.

Xiao Yue looked at the dishes on the table, which were basically big fish and meat, and the simple method was nothing more than boiling and stewing, as well as grilling. The roasted yellow crispy leg of lamb has an appetite when you look at it. But she wasn't interested in what she was eating now, so she grabbed a piece of meat with chopsticks nearby, put it in her mouth, and melted in her mouth, so she said, "The taste and texture are very good." ”

The shopkeeper immediately said: "This is stewed pig's feet, remove the fine hair with fire, wash it, use the back of the knife to pat the meat tendons softly, and then marinate it with turmeric wine overnight, and simmer it slowly over low heat in the morning on the second day, stew until the soup is thick, the meat becomes as tender as tofu, and add some green vegetables and young leaves before serving."

"Well, the shopkeeper has a lot of experience in cooking. Xiao Yue listened to what he said, and wondered if this shopkeeper was still a part-time cook.

"Don't dare to be, the small surname Cheng, my father opened this shop, when this shop is still a small chicken feather shop, I am in charge of the kitchen myself, and then everyone cheered, the business became more and more prosperous, I brought an apprentice, and now the apprentice is in charge, I ended up idle as a shopkeeper. The hotel shopkeeper was a little embarrassed when he said this.

Xiao Yue looked at the empty restaurant and said, "Since business is booming, why is it strange today, except for us, there is no one guest." ”