Chapter Twenty-Eight: Candles and Tears Are Red

"Shanshan, close your eyes."

Li Shen's voice came from the kitchen, and Jiang Shan couldn't help but be full of anticipation. Last time it was a willow ring, this time I don't know what kind of shoddy trick it is.

She obediently closed her eyes, the light of the gas stove flickering wildly, the light refracting between the tiles, and her world flickering and darkening.

The fire stopped, and the sound of meals being plated came from the kitchen. The footsteps were getting deeper and deeper, and Li Shen was walking towards her.

A hand covered her eyes, and her world was really pitch black at this time, but the temperature on the palm of that hand seemed to ignite a fire.

"I'll lead you."

Jiang Shan was a little scared, his eyes couldn't see, and he was careful with every step.

Her hands were still groping, but suddenly there were more powerful palms on her waist, and she seemed to have become the rudder in the captain's hands, and she was safely pulled by him.

Li Shen pulled out the chair and let Jiang Shan sit on it. He stood behind her, his palms still covering her eyes.

The tip of her nose is the fragrance of various meals, and she still doesn't know what Li Shen wants to do, is it because of the teaching results of the past few days that I, as a teacher, have accepted.

She couldn't help but open her eyes, and her two hands wanted to pull down Li Shen's big hand.

Li Shen felt that the eyelashes under the palm of his hand were brushing the palm of his hand, and a pair of small hands had been stretched out. He immediately wrapped Jiang Shan's two hands in the palms of his hands, like holding two suckling pigeons.

"Teacher Jiang, don't worry, guess what ingredients I use to cook these dishes, there will be a reward for guessing correctly."

Jiang Shan knew that he was preparing for this hand. But what's there to guess, isn't there just a few combinations of home-cooked food?

She suddenly realized that Li Shen would not be innovating again, so her hard work in the past few days would be in vain.

Li Shen felt that his thigh was pinched, and Jiang Shan's muttering came from his ear: "You made the dish into a mess again, why don't you change it repeatedly?" ”

"I haven't been taught repeatedly, I've been very peaceful for the past three days."

Jiang Shan realized that he had said the wrong thing, and quickly changed the subject: "Come, try it, but you can't punish me if you guess wrong." Also, I'll decide the reward. ”

Li Shen let go of Jiang Shan's two hands, took the chopsticks, crushed the coagulated egg white, and sent it to Jiang Shan's mouth.

A sweet aroma bursts out of the egg white, the taste is very similar to that of a boiled egg in sugar, but it is not so sweet, it seems to be a condensed fruit sweetness, very mild.

Jiang Shan didn't rush to swallow it, the tip of her tongue picked at the egg white, and she keenly caught the taste.

The smoke of pine incense.

Li Shen felt that his calf was patted briskly, and Jiang Shan's proud laughter came from his ears: "It's brown sugar, longan, and eggs boiled in black tea and tea soup, don't think that I can't eat it if I put the tea leaves." ”

"How's it taste?"

"It's not bad, it's not so sweet and greasy after adding tea soup, but there is a tea fragrance."

After Li Shen was praised, he almost floated to the sky, but he still had the intention of teasing, and said, "What reward do you want?" ”

"I'll tell you when I get more rewards."

Li Shen stood and could clearly see the smug smile on Jiang Shan's face, the corners of his lips were crooked, and he laughed unconsciously, and he smiled very proudly.

How could he have lost so easily.

"It's a pity, you didn't guess right, if the tea soup dilutes the sweetness of longan and brown sugar, then the tea fragrance will be very strong, and you don't need to taste it at all."

"Hey, that makes sense."

Li Shen picked out a red thing from the egg soup and fed it to Jiang Shan's mouth.

Jiang Shan understood the moment he tasted that it was not the mild sweetness brought by brown sugar, but the wolfberry.

The sweet taste of goji berries is so natural.

Li Shen leaned on Jiang Shan's ear and whispered: "Goji berry juice is the main thing, add a little black tea, so that the sweetness and tea fragrance are there, and the astringency is light." Goji berries and black tea are warm, and cooking together just improves the deficiency and cold. ”

When Jiang Shan heard this, he smiled with relief, it seemed that Li Shen had listened to it. She could also be relieved, so she also whispered: "You can eat more like this in the future." ”

Li Shen's smile became weird, is wolfberry rice? Not really.

"Not at the moment."

Then, he felt a hard pinch on his calf and complained, saying that she didn't mean that.

"Again, I'll be able to guess the next one." Jiang Shan said.

She is also very cunning, secretly opening her eyes and secretly turning her head to the side, trying to cheat from the glimpse.

Li Shen also noticed the movement of Jiang Shan's little head, he sutured his hand, and pressed Jiang Shan's head into his arms with a slight force in his palm.

The palms and chests formed a two-fold clamp, clamping her showhead. On the chest, Jiang Shan's head was still struggling at first, and then only the horsetail was left rubbing gently.

"If you don't look at it, don't look at it, go on!" Jiang Shan said unconvinced, the melody of Li Shen's heartbeat hit wave after wave, through the skull, spread throughout the body, and the hearts of the two people seemed to resonate together.

Even after guessing several dishes, Jiang Shan always had the materials to guess, but she gradually mastered the rules, and when she guessed correctly, Li Shen's heartbeat would become extremely fast.

"It's the last course."

What appears to be a chili pepper-like stick is stuffed into the mouth. When you bite into it, the crispy skin is cracked, and the flexible plant fibers are underneath.

When I bite hard, there is gravy inside, which shoots out, with umami and salty fragrance.

"I see!"

"The okra is cooked, the seeds inside are removed, the shrimp slip and salted duck egg yolk are stuffed, the eggs are fried into the skin on a non-stick pan, the okra is rolled up, and then it is fried repeatedly and crispy, it is like this, absolutely it is like this!"

She was right!

Jiang Cong doesn't like to eat goji berries, while Li Shen doesn't like to eat okra. So she used to specialize in researching this dish and coaxed Li Shen to eat it.

Li Shen, isn't this a class with an axe?

Jiang Shan said loudly, and she suddenly felt that the heartbeat in the back of her head was like a war drum.

Li Shen was slightly stunned, how could she guess this? But he still asked, "What reward do you want?" ”

Jiang Shan, who was originally elated, suddenly became silent.

She didn't know.

The world is big, and all she wants is a little bit of happiness, and she's got it. No matter how much she wants, it's just a moment.

She whispered, "I'm going to think again." ”

"Then this time, let's treat it as a reward for nothing."

Li Shen took his hand away from Jiang Shan's eyes, but found that Jiang Shan's eyes were still tightly closed, and his eyelashes were trembling.

Why are you sad?

He put his hands on Jiang Shan's shoulders and rubbed them gently. His chin rested on her head and he whispered, "Open your eyes, this is for you." ”

Jiang Shan opened his eyes, and there were candles on the table, and the candles flickered, illuminating the smoke in the bowl.

The mist churned, forming strings of water on a early-blooming but withered okra flower.

It was a candlelit dinner for her.

Li Shen felt his eyes blindfolded, Jiang Shan got up, the wind driven by his clothes blew the candle flame, and the world wandered between darkness and light.