Chapter 157 Familiarity (2 in 1)(1/2)
The golden jade mentioned by Xu Jie is the name of Niang Jin.
Every delicacy she cooked in her previous life was unforgettable for red medicine. One of her biggest regrets since she was reborn is that she can no longer eat those delicious foods.
While speaking, Xu Jie had already opened the bottom layer of pickled fresh rice and served a bowl of soup for the red medicine. He said leisurely: "The winter bamboo shoots in Beijing are really expensive. I searched for a long time before I bought these."
He diligently handed the steaming soup cup to the red medicine. He didn't know what he thought of, and smiled: "Speaking of it, I noticed you first, but I heard you talk about crystal soap beans."
While taking the soup bowl, Hong Yao smiled and said, "I knew you were going to say this. I missed that day. It was because the situation was a little afraid of people at that time, so I accidentally brought out the cover."
Rather than saying that it was her negligence, she was too nervous.
Emperor Jianzhao, Xu Chenglu, Pan Tigan, and three great gods were standing in front of her. It would be strange if she was not nervous.
Xu Jie added a spoonful of fresh bamboo shoots to her and said apologetically: "I want to forgive you, it's actually my fault."
The red medicine was slightly stunned.
What does this mean?
Xu Jie said: "Originally, they wanted to call a martial woman to play the role of a lady from a wealthy family and protect His Majesty from the palace. The skeletons of those women are different from ordinary women. The most serious thing is that the rules are too bad and they walk around in a skeleton manner. I said I should find a palace maid and do a good job of acting, so that people will not see the flaws. Just like that..."
He stopped talking and smiled at Hongyao with some guilt.
He didn't expect that he would just talk casually and sway a red medicine.
Although it was a good thing that the two met, Hongyao was very scared that day, and the masked people were holding knives.
"So that's it." Hong Yao took a sip of the soup and narrowed her eyes.
So fresh.
It's been a long time since she ate this easy-to-eat. Every hair on her body is stretching out, as if she is coming back to life.
With this fresh soup and looking at the full box of delicious food, what else can she do?
Of course, I chose to forgive him.
God's will, it's God's will.
After drinking two more sips of soup, Hongyao's eyebrows and eyes condensed. After thinking for a moment, he said in a very light voice: "That's the matter of the Tang family..."
"It's me." Xu Jie said as he stood, his face also cold.
However, he soon smiled again: "Forget it, let's not talk about these disappointments. Speaking of which, that was the first time you showed your flaws. When you were in the palace the second time, you called me Mr. Liu directly, and I guessed it. Your accent is also quite heavy, and I heard the Lingnan tune as soon as I heard it."
"Nonsense, I have no accent at all." Hong Yao was displeased and rolled her eyes at him.
Her official language is very standard, okay? The old man must have heard it wrong.
"Chengchengcheng, you don't have an accent in your official language, so I'm fine." Xu Jie habitually did not bother with Hongyao.
This has been like this for decades in his previous life. He never won the arguments, so he developed the habit of not quarreling with her.
Besides, it’s not interesting to quarrel with a woman’s house, right? If you win, you can’t show any ability. If you lose, you will be too embarrassing.
It's better to let her win.
Hong Yao was used to his concessionate attitude. He looked at him and suddenly remembered something. He grabbed his hands that scooped soup: "Don't always serve meat, eat some bamboo shoots and some dishes."
After saying that, he snatched the tablespoon without saying a word, while catching the tip of the bamboo shoots, and advising him earnestly: "I have told you so many times. It's not good to eat meat alone, so you have to eat some vegetables and mix meat and vegetables to nourish your body."
It is clearly a tender girl's voice, but the tone is from an old lady. However, when it is heard, it is soft and sweet, so I don't realize that my nagging is a kind of gentle care.
Xu Jie shook his mind, and in an instant, it seemed like he was back to the scene where the two of them had dinner at the same table in their previous life.
So, he habitually hid the bowl behind him.
The red medicine had expected it. He quickly stretched out his arm, "pop", and a spoonful of bamboo shoots fell accurately in Xu Jie's bowl: "What are you hiding? I'll hide if you give you something delicious."
In my previous life, it was the old lady showing her power; but now it was the little girl showing her coquettishness.
Whether it is in the past or present life, when Hong Yao said this, Xu Jie could only smile bitterly: "Okay, okay, can't I eat it?"
After decades, Hongyao has added experience to him, fast, ruthless, accurate, and never lost. He went from resisting at the beginning to accepting things later.
Anyway, a good man doesn't fight with a woman.
For a moment, the soup and cups were all filled with them. Then they sat on the small terrace with hot soup in their hands, and started drinking it with a "sigh" sound. After drinking a soup, it moistened the stomach and intestines and intestines, it was served with white rice.
Poor that the plum shadow overlapped, the faint fragrance was shallow, and it was disturbed by the invisible eating and drinking of both of them. However, they both had no consciousness and had a great time eating.
During the meal, Xu Jie took a peek at the red medicine that was focusing on food, and a warm feeling gradually surged in his heart.
In his previous life, the two of them often visited each other and had some food. However, later there was a bit of gossip outside, so he gave the Jin Jade family a red medicine to fill her mouth.
Now, after thinking about the lively scene of a large number of people sitting at the round table having dinner, they have never had it since they were reborn.
He often feels nostalgic.
He and Hong Yao, plus the family of Jin Jade, six or seven people, the laughter of children and the voices of adults, filled the room with warmth. Outside the house, there was sometimes a spring light with falling reds, sometimes a winter scene with flying snow, and sometimes a swaying autumn scene with bleak rain and bleak autumn scene.
No matter how the season changes, the aroma of the food in the house and the lively and joyful atmosphere never change.
In Xu Jie's half of his life, this was really a rare warm memory.
In a flash, Xu Jie's eyes became a little hot, so he hurriedly dug a spoonful of dried tangerine peel beef and mixed it into the rice and started eating.
The strong aroma of the sauce and the fresh aroma of the rice spread from his lips and teeth to his heart. He chewed it in big mouths, only to think that this was the best meal he had ever eaten in his two lives.
If someone enters the yard at this time, he will be surprised. The young man and woman are handsome and beautiful, with flowers and tender willows, but they speak in an old way. When they raise their arms and beat their waists, they will make them look like two old men and women.
The north wind was windy and the weather was gloomy, but the two of them (especially the girls) in the yard were enthusiastic about food. Even though the courtyard was empty and the stone steps were cold, they both ate the lively and hustle and bustle of the restaurant.
When the food and drink were finished, the food in the food box had already been seen. Hong Yao was satisfied. She put down the bowl and carefully wiped her lips with a veil. She had the joy of tasting the delicious food on her face.
Well, it looks like I feel good.
Sure enough, Gu Dachong will always feel very happy after eating something delicious.
Xu Jie was secretly happy, packed up his food box, and took out two cups of hot tea from the house like a magic trick. He rinsed his mouth with red medicine, then changed into new tea before he talked casually.
"When did you come back?" asked with a sip of tea.
"At the end of last year," Xu Jie held the teacup and looked at the red medicine sideways: "Where are you?"
"About two months later than you," Hong Yao said, looking up at the sky.
Beyond the eaves, there are gray clouds. At some point, the sunlight has disappeared, and there is only endless dullness between the world.
Her mood seemed to be affected by the sky and became depressed: "At that time, I thought I was dreaming, so I pinched myself hard. It took almost half a month to realize that this was not a dream."
Xu Jie couldn't help laughing, shook his head and smiled, "You are really a joke. I've seen so many stories in vain. It's time travel and rebirth again. Can't you understand?"
"Isn't that a script? Who knows that it will come true?" Hongyao said, his voice lowered: "I figured it out afterwards. But I felt that this was not as good as a dream."
After speaking, he sighed again, looking lonely.
She has never said anything.
In fact, even at this moment, she still hoped that this was a dream. When she woke up, she was not a servant in the deep palace, but an old lady who had already walked through the hardest part of her life, enjoying a peaceful and happy old age.
The wind swept through the remaining flowers in front of the steps, and the courtyard was filled with endless loneliness.
Xu Jie looked at Hong Yao in a daze.
Her reaction was beyond his expectations.
It took him a long time to realize that Hong Yao's situation was not better than him, and it might even be worse.
Jianzhao, Yuanguang, Yankang, and three dynasties changed, and the imperial city was once bloodbathed.
Hong Yao must have lived a very difficult life when she is in the palace.
I heard that hundreds of people died in the palace after several bloodsheds, and she could survive until the end and left the palace with all her tail. I don’t know what kind of changes she had experienced and how many people had seen their lives and deaths.
When he was desperate, Hong Yao was struggling to survive in the imperial city.
It turns out that he is not the only one in this world who suffers, but others suffers even more than him.
Xu Jie bowed his head sadly.
For Hongyao, that period of time should be the one she most reluctant to review, but in this life, she may have to experience this past personally.
Xu Jie finally understood why Hongyao was so attached to his previous life, and would rather be old and weak than return to his youth.
It was really because that day was too difficult and that road was too difficult to walk, so she was so timid to live a life of rebirth.
Thinking of this, the heat in Xu Jie's heart gradually cooled down.
Did he do it right?
The red medicine just wants to live a peaceful life, and what he does at this moment may cause her to fall into a danger she has never experienced in her previous life.
Is he too selfish?
He seemed to have forgotten that their status was very different, and it was even more difficult for her to do the things that were not easy for him.
However, after another thought, burning flames ignited in Xu Jie's eyes.
They were not ordinary people, but people who lived for a lifetime. He believed that based on what he knew in his previous life, he could protect her.
What's more, he was not for his own selfishness, but for the Great Qi.
However, during this thought for a lifetime, Xu Jie suddenly realized something strange again.
To be continued...