"Don't always think about letting others get angry with you, you don't really care about a trivial matter like us." Liu Zheng wiped the sweat on her face and handed her herbal tea, "Go upstairs and sleep for a while, I'll clean up my things." ”

Wang Chucui shook his head, drank a few sips of tea and wiped his mouth: "I have to guard you, and I can't bully us with anyone." All sold out? ”

"Leave some, I'll put it in the well for a while."

Wang Chucui nodded and sighed: "Actually, I didn't mean that I was looking forward to them just to get angry with the nobles, I really wanted to thank them." We ordinary people are small, there are no good things, but cooking is okay, the nobles have eaten a lot of delicacies from the mountains and seas, and they may not like it if they taste it occasionally. ”

Liu Zheng pressed her shoulder, pushed her back and urged her to sleep: "I understand, grandma." We have that heart, and we are not afraid that people will not know. After a while, I washed the dishes and chopsticks and closed the door, don't worry. ”

Wang Chucui sighed a few times before entering the house. Liu Zheng went downstairs to clean up the tables, chairs and benches, cleaned the dishes and chopsticks, and sent the two noodle bowls to the next door. Sister-in-law Cai comforted her a few words and wanted to keep her sitting, but Liu Zheng came back under the pretext that her clothes had not been washed. Halfway through, she suddenly stopped.

Not far away, a tall horse was stepping, and the young man on horseback came to meet her gaze and smiled at her. Liu Zheng shook his head for a moment, and after reacting, he blessed him.

The boy jumped off the horse with the head of the horse, trying to lift her up, but when he was about to touch her arm, he retracted his movements and bowed to return the salute. Song Yan turned his head to look at the closed door of the Liu family, and smiled a little reluctantly: "Sorry, I'm late." ”

"It's not too late, it's not too late, the official is polite, please come in." Liu Zheng opened the door and sideways invited him and Feng Ce in. Pedestrians crowded across the street, craned their necks to look in.

Wang Chucui heard the unusual movement, and while putting on her shoes on it, she hurriedly raised her voice and asked, "Is it a distinguished guest?" Zheng, pour tea! ”

Liu Zheng smiled when he heard this: "Grandma has been looking forward to the officials coming today. ”

Song Yan's eyes flashed with joy, he pursed his somewhat pale lips, and his ears were still pink: "Are you looking forward to me coming?" ”

Feng Ce coughed lightly in the back.

Liu Zheng handed the tea to Song Yan and made a pause, he didn't expect him to ask like this, but he still tried his best to say in a natural tone: "Of course I look forward to it, you and Feng Junye are our honored guests." ”

The smile on the corner of Song Yan's lips faded, but the light in his eyes did not decrease. He looked at her softly: "Have you sold out Miss Liu's tofu brains?" I haven't eaten breakfast yet and I'm hungry. ”

"Yes, yes, keep it for the two of you! Zheng, go and bring the rice cakes and shortbread and oil nuts that were steamed in the morning, and the water tofu is all in the well, right? I'll catch it! Wang Chucui hurriedly ran downstairs to the backyard.

Liu Zheng hurriedly helped her and asked her to go to the kitchen: "Don't fall into the well by yourself, I'll go." ”

She rolled up her sleeves and combed her hair and walked to the well, Song Yan got up and always kept a distance of about half a zhang to follow: "I'll come by myself, Miss Liu." ”

"No, no, how do you get the guests to do it? Master Song, don't be polite. As he spoke, Liu Zheng shook the well wheel, and his movements were swift and skillful, and he quickly fished up a clay pot. She picked up a cloth to dry the water on the can, and her white fingers and wrists were also stained with a few drops, wet. Song Yan didn't dare to look at it anymore after looking at it twice.

When a few people returned to the hall, Wang Chucui had already filled the table. Liu Zheng lifted the clay pot, put two bowls out, and asked them: "Do the officials like to eat salty, sweet or spicy?" ”

"Sweet, my grandfather loves sweet!" Feng Ce rushed to answer beside him, emphasizing, "Mrs. Liu has to remember." ”

Liu Zheng smiled and asked, "Then what kind of flavor do you like to eat?" ”

"Anything goes!"

Song Yan suddenly felt that Feng Ce was too noisy, even more annoying than the cicadas outside.

Liu Zheng put two spoonfuls of dried fruits, crushed dates, crushed peanuts and melon seeds into the two bowls of tofu brains, dug up a large spoonful of home-brewed wooden nectar, and finally put the spoons in front of them. Song Yan tasted it, it was sweet and slightly cool, and the bean fragrance filled his mouth, and it went all the way down the tip of his tongue, ironing his lungs. The physical pain seems to be insignificant because of this little sweetness.

Feng Ce finished eating in three or two bites, and when he stretched out the bowl and wanted it, Liu Zheng silently withdrew his gaze at Song Yan. While giving Feng Cesheng to her, she thought in her heart that the grandfather who grew up in the family would eat like this, the bowl and spoon would not bump into each other, and the lips and teeth would never show half an ugly state, which was a little pleasing to the eye.

Liu Zheng pushed the snacks on the table to them, and after paying a little attention, he found that Song Yan really only picked sweet ones to eat. Wang Chucui was a little nervous, afraid that they would be used to eating exquisite dim sum and would not be able to eat what she made, but she didn't expect Song Yan to eat several pieces in a row. Looks like I'm really hungry.

After eating, Song Yan took a square handkerchief and pressed the corner of his lips, and bent his eyes and said, "It's delicious." Miss Liu ......," he hesitated briefly, "Can I call you Zheng from now on?" ”

Liu Zheng was slightly stunned: "The official ......"

"You don't have to call me that. I know the word ink, and my nickname is Amo. Song Yan also looked at Wang Chucui, "Which one you think is smooth, call me which." ”

"But in the end, this is a loss of respect......"

Song Yan shook his head: "I have nothing to respect, I just want to be close to you." ”

Wang Chucui smiled a little excitedly, but he couldn't help but be apprehensive while being happy, so he set his eyes on Liu Zheng. Liu Zheng's fingertips were unconsciously fiddling with the belt of her clothes, and when she noticed her grandmother's gaze, she looked at Song Yan twice. The young man's jade white face was slightly red, waiting for her answer.

Let's call him shy, he can say so bluntly that he wants to be close to them; Let's say that he is not shy, he is always careful in his words and deeds, he has not crossed the slightest, and his face is red and his ears are red, and he has not faded since he entered the door. Liu Zheng thought he was very interesting, and he seemed to be so simple that he was extremely deceived.

"It's hard to get me to call you by your nickname or nickname. It doesn't matter what my name is, you can call it whatever you want. However," Liu Zheng raised his eyes and simply spread out the conversation and asked, "Why does the official want to be close to us?" Did you really come to us yesterday just to beg for water? ”

Liu Zheng has the answer in her heart, she is not like other girls of this age who can't read men's salivating eyes, and will indulge in men's purposeful kindness and nice but useless words, she knows very well that she has a face that is difficult to be innocent in the mouths of idlers. She just wants to know what Song Yan is going to do, is it really simple to the point that she will try her best to win her because she fell in love with her at first sight? Didn't he know that in his capacity, there was no point in doing this?

Song Yan understood the inquiry in her eyes, and simply admitted: "Asking for water is indeed just an excuse." I want to get to know you. ”

"Why?"

"Because...... When I see you, my heart beats fast, and when I can't see you, I always think of you. I ......" Song Yan said as if she was distracted, her breathing was chaotic, and her eyes didn't dare to look at her, "I like you." ”

Feng Ce and Wang Chucui, who were standing behind, glanced at each other, and then turned their heads back in unison, looking at Song Yan in shock.

Liu Zheng was also a little stunned, so direct?

Song Yan blinked her eyelashes and couldn't hear a response for a long time before she looked at her: "Do you hate that I like you?" ”

Liu Zheng had already clumped his clothes into a mess. She's never been a timid or disorganized person in front of men, but she's a little at a loss at the moment. He told the truth about everything and caught her off guard.

Wang Chucui saw Liu Zheng's helplessness, and hurriedly stepped forward to interrupt and asked her if her clothes had been washed.

Liu Zheng immediately put down what he was doing and turned around and walked towards the yard: "Not yet, I'll wash it." ”

Song Yan's eyes followed her figure, but Wang Chucui blocked her vision. Wang Chucui didn't know when he brought a food box and picked up the things on the table one by one: "Presumably, the officials still have a lot of official things to do, right?" Look at my old woman, I was so excited that I pulled you to talk for so long, don't delay. Since the officials love to eat these, I will decorate more, and the leftover tofu brain Feng Junye will also bring it up, remember to finish it quickly, this weather, it can't be left for too long. The officials will come back tomorrow! ”

Song Yan's hands were stuffed with things, and he could hear from Wang Chucui's faster and faster speech that he was driving him away. He turned around and went out in a daze, standing in the doorway and glancing aggrievedly into the courtyard. Does she really hate the fact that he likes her?

The sun was hot on his back, but his heart was wet.

Feng Ce couldn't stop wiping his sweat, moved to his side little by little, and whispered, "Master, you are too undisciplined...... Don't say that the girls were scared, I was scared. This is the second time...... You can't say everything. ”

Although he said this, Feng Ce still held his arm worriedly and looked at his back: "Master, let's go back, the imperial doctor said that you have to stay in bed for at least half a month, and you can't go out and walk around." The wound was so deep that you could see the bones......"

In this way, I had to ride a horse, for fear that it would be too late and make the family wait for a long time.

Song Yan was still struggling with what he had just said to Liu Zheng. So his truth is so scary? He didn't mean to, he just felt that he shouldn't lie to the person he liked.