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Chapter 16 Eating Tofu

Author: Science and Technology Innovation Board

There is also a wooden door behind the screen of the lacquer night banquet. When you open the wooden door, it is a big and small yard.

Beside the wall in the yard is a vegetable bed with coriander and several peach trees.

A chicken coop and pigeon cage were built in the corner with blue bricks. A few hens were croaking and laying a few eggs. There was also a large blue and white glaze tank next to it. The fish raised were not koi for viewing, but all were carp that could be slaughtered for eating.

The little donkey stays in a straw shack, next to it is a stone mill, and the rope is placed on it and you can pull the mill at any time.

The situation in the backyard was not as he had guessed, with all kinds of flowers and plants planted, and looked elegant and graceful.

Li Mian liked the scene in front of him even more, full of fireworks, and praised him: "It's pretty good. You are flew in the sky, swimming in the water, and running on the ground. He is a virtuous and family-owned wife. Whoever marrys you will be blessed."

Chen Yuanyuan heard a saying that she would be blessed to marry her, and her ears turned red. She wanted to joke whether the young master would marry her. She pursed her cherry lips, but she still didn't say it.

This is ambiguous and it is inevitable that people will misunderstand it when they say it.

But somehow, she wanted to ask such a joke.

Chen Yuanyuan gently turned her face, looked at Li Mian, and then looked at the beautiful maid beside him. It was probably not a marriage, otherwise why wouldn't she have traveled with her wife and wandered around with her.

Li Mian walked into the yard and came to the straw shed. He wanted to teach Chen Yuanyuan a way to deal with the stubborn donkey. He saw a wooden square in the shed with a stone pressing on it.

A scent of tofu spread to the nose.

"Tofu Xishi?"

Li Mian thought of a very appropriate word and asked curiously: "From the plum petals and Chunlans placed in your house, you can see that the family is well-off, so why do you think of making tofu? You just sell tofu but can't afford expensive plum petals and Chunlans. In addition, your father."

The second half of the sentence was to ask why she didn't see her parents. Li Mian thought that she had grown up in a mountain temple and did not continue to talk. She met three times in total, and meeting her seriously was the second time.

It is taboo to ask about parents’ privacy, so I didn’t ask.

Chen Yuanyuan didn't hide it and said bluntly: "I lost my parents when I was very young. Later, I was adopted by my aunt to become an actor in the Pear Garden. Later, I became famous and spent money to redeem myself. I bought this courtyard again. I used all the money in my hand. I couldn't just wear clothes and open my hands and mouths like before. I always had to learn to live."

When Chen Yuanyuan said the word "Actor", she deliberately looked at Li Mian, wanting to see how he reacted.

The actors are just singing, but they are all inferior like prostitutes. Although they are respected as scholars for their reputation, they are popular among scholars and are sought after by officials, gentry and princes.

In order to hear Chen Yuanyuan's pipa singing, the officials and gentry spent a lot of money just to hear Chen Yuanyuan's song singing.

After all, her status is low, and Li Mian doesn't know her fame.

Chen Yuanyuan was surprised. Not only did she not see any disgust on Li Mian's face, but she also had the true respect she had seen for the first time.

I have seen many respects, mostly hypocritical attempts.

This is the first time I have seen her true feelings. Those who don’t know her thought she is not an actor, but a famous calligrapher and painter who is respected by the world.

Of course, Li Mian would not care about the identity of an actor. In his world, prostitutes are still inferior to those of ordinary people. Actresses are different. They are real artists and are respected as famous calligraphers and painters.

Chen Yuanyuan saw that he was not disgusted and felt relieved. He didn't know what happened today. He always rejected men, but he just cared about Li Mian's opinion.

In normal times, I still like her, so what does it have to do with her?

In addition, what is more unpredictable is that Li Mian is more interested in tofu than her life experience. After hearing about her life experience, she just said oh and didn't have any other reaction.

He walked straight to the straw shed, observed around the pressed tofu, nodded first, and shook his head.

Chen Yuanyuan was amused and crying: "Young Master wants to eat my tofu?"

Li Mian staggered and almost pulled her crotch, with a strange expression: "Is that OK?"

"The young master has kindness to me, just tofu, eat whatever he wants."

Chen Yuanyuan walked over, lifted up the sleeves of the cloth skirt, exposed her jade-like arms, and struggled to lift the bluestone slab and placed it on the hardwood table next to it.

It looks very difficult, but it is very skillful in movements. It should be that it is often made tofu.

There was no bluestone slab on the wooden square, and the yellowed tofu blocks were lifted.

Chen Yuanyuan wiped the fine sweat from her forehead, her hair was gathered in her ears, and she cut a square piece of tofu with a knife, turned her face and asked, "Honor, have you brought a basket?"

The vendors in the street market sell vegetables, but they cannot spare the luxury of wrapping them in oil paper. Most of them are put into customers' baskets. If there is no basket, they can only hold them in their hands.

Li Mian's reaction made Chen Yuanyuan strange: "Oh, it turned out to be this tofu."

"This tofu?"

Chen Yuanyuan covered her yellowish cloth again and asked in confusion: "The tofu in the world is like this. Is it possible that the young master has seen other tofu?"

The two of them answered the question irrelevantly, and what they said was not the same.

Li Mian smiled and said seriously: "This is an old tofu made of brine. It is yellowed in color and is not as delicious as white tofu, especially the tofu flowers are very delicious. Well, suddenly I remembered one thing, do you two like to eat sweet or salty."

After saying this, Li Mian looked at Chen Yuanyuan and the other two with great anticipation, waiting to see the sweet and salty battle. Judging from the fact that the cheesus likes to eat candied fruit, he should like to eat sweet tofu flowers.

It’s hard to say that Chen Yuanyuan is from Nanzhili. Logically speaking, she likes to eat sweet tofu flowers, but she has lived in the capital for many years, and the bigger thing is that she eats salty tofu flowers.

Li Mian waited for a long time, but didn't wait for a response.

Zhinu looked confused, not knowing what tofu flower is, nor knowing which sweet or salty one is more delicious.

Chen Yuanyuan Qiushui looked at him in confusion, but he didn't understand the tofu flowers in this sentence. Could it be that the tofu flowers are like chopped and blooming in the green onion?

Li Mian choked and suddenly remembered something. He wandered around the Jinshui River for a long time and had never seen a vendor selling tofu flowers: "Is there no white tofu in the capital?"

Chi Nu quickly shook her double-ring bun. She was so greedy that she had never seen white tofu before. If there was really a unique white tofu, she would definitely taste it.

Chen Yuanyuan thought about it carefully for a while and said affirmatively: "I have never seen the white tofu that the young master mentioned in Nanzhili and Beizhili."
Chapter completed!
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