The next morning, he was awakened by the scent of the wine. He arched his nose and sniffed, and suddenly opened his eyes. Just as he was about to turn over and get out of bed, he found Jiang Ran beside him, holding his head with his hands and staring at him.
"Miss, are you awake?"
"I woke up a long time ago. They told me to sleep outside, but you insist on fighting with me." Jiang Ran whispered, and sat up from the bed, preparing to get dressed and get up.
Jiu'er giggled twice, and while serving her, he whispered: "Isn't it just to protect the young lady?"
Soon, the two of them put on their clothes, and Jiu'er brushed his teeth with a willow branch, intending to find out where the scent came from.
As soon as she walked into the yard, she noticed something strange. She looked at the smoke coming from the roof next door. She quickly walked into the kitchen. What she saw was a mess. The kitchen knife stood on the chopping board with finely chopped vegetable leaves on it. The table next to it was covered with paper.
The flour is dyed white.
"ah!"
She pulled the willow branch out of her mouth and screamed loudly, but the next second something was stuffed into her mouth. She struggled twice and finally chewed it. A fragrance instantly exploded in her mouth, making her subconsciously lick it.
lips.
But that's not the point. She stared at Tang Ji with wide eyes: "You, you, you, what have you done?"
"Help you improve your life. Last night I said there was no food at home. I don't think we have everything!" Tang Ji looked proud. He was woken up by hunger in the middle of the night and wanted to find something to fill his stomach in the kitchen.
, who knew that he found a lot of ingredients, but it was also thanks to his rich life experience, otherwise he would not be able to make dumplings.
At this moment, he saw Jiang Ran walking in, smiled, raised his hand and said hello: "Good morning, Miss Jiang!"
Jiang Ran nodded and said with a soft smile: "Morning."
"Miss, look what he has done. There is chicken in this dumpling. It must be the small half of the chicken that Grandma Chen sent yesterday. This bad guy has used it." Jiuer finally fell in love with Tang Ji.
The good impression disappeared again.
Jiang Ran didn't feel angry because of this, his face remained calm, he touched Jiu'er's head and said: "It's okay, that chicken is just for eating. I happen to want to eat dumplings too, but I don't know Mr. Tang's cooking skills.
how."
Tang Ji's eyes lit up, and he immediately handed over the steamed dumplings on the table, and pointed to the stove and said: "The ones here are steamed, stuffed with leeks, and the ones cooked in the pot are stuffed with cabbage."
"Does the bread here have long-lasting vegetables?" Jiang Ran took a bite, and it tasted really good. She was also surprised by Tang Ji's cooking skills, but she put down her chopsticks after finishing one piece.
Tang Ji raised his eyebrows and thought about it. The ancients seemed to have called leek this name. Not only that, it also had other nicknames such as "immortality grass", "aphrodisiac grass" and so on.
"Well, I saw some seeds in the yard, so I cut a handful." After saying that, he noticed the change in Jiang Ran's expression, and continued: "You don't like leeks, it doesn't matter, there is still cabbage in the pot.
The stuffing, oh, it’s turnips!”
Immediately, Tang Ji walked to the stove, filled two bowls of freshly cooked dumplings and brought them to the table.
Jiu'er's little face was full of grievances, and tears were already welling up in her eyes. She lowered her head and murmured: "The last rice in the house was used to cook porridge for you last night. That bit of noodles is the last food. Is there any more food?"
That half chicken was specially sent by Grandma Chen to replenish the young lady’s health!”
Although her voice was very low, it was still heard by Tang Jijin. He did not expect that the matter would be so serious. He turned his eyes and quickly promised: "You can rest assured, I will find a way for dinner and I will never let you
Hungry!”
"What can you do if you look so weak?" Jiu'er couldn't control it at all, and tears flowed out like a flood.
Jiang Ran hurriedly wiped away her tears with a handkerchief and said comfortingly: "Okay, let's find a way. It's not shameful for such a person to cry and cry. Go and wash up first!"
Jiu'er stared at Tang Ji, wiped away her tears and returned to the courtyard to wash up.
Not long after, she walked into the room again, sat down next to Jiang Ran, glanced at the steaming dumplings in front of her, snorted coldly, picked up one and brought it to her mouth.
After taking a small bite, I immediately forgot that I was still angry and showed a look of surprise.
The dumplings made by this disciple are so delicious!
Even more delicious than hers!
Tang Ji came back to his senses, picked up the steamed leek dumplings and stuffed it into his mouth, sat down opposite the two women, and said solemnly: "Miss Jiu'er, how about we make a bet?"
Jiu'er took another bite of the dumpling wrapper and raised his eyebrows slightly: "What are you betting on?"
"If I can give you a full meal and meat at night, you must be polite when you speak to me in the future and don't touch me!" Tang Ji couldn't figure out why Jiang Ran's gentle and elegant temperament could teach such an arrogant and unreasonable maid.
.
In order to convince the other party, he had no choice but to take action himself!
"How can I do anything... Forget it, I promise you, but what if you can't do it?" Jiu'er raised her eyes and looked at him.
Tang Ji spread his hands and replied casually: "Let me do whatever I want."
Jiu'er didn't have high expectations for this guy who seemed unreliable. If he wanted to eat meat, he would have to have 180 cents. Uncle Cheng next door could only make iron for less than 10 cents for a day, unless he went to rob.
, otherwise he would never earn so much. He snorted coldly and said, "If you can't do it, clean all the huts in Linxi Lane!"
"Jiu'er!" Jiang Ran glanced at her and signaled her not to go too far.
But Tang Ji patted the table: "It's a deal!"
Although Tang Ji didn't know what he could do, he still had an extra motivation!
Just like that, the bet between the two came into effect.
Jiang Ran didn't have time to spend time with the two of them. After eating breakfast, he took out his handkerchief, wiped his jade lips, and walked towards the courtyard.
"Miss, wait for me." Jiu'er drank the dumpling soup, quickly got up and chased after her.
When Tang Ji followed him out, he found that Jiang Ran had already reached the gate.
"Jiu'er, you can borrow some clothes from Brother Cheng later so Mr. Tang can change into them, and then use the silver to buy some food." After Jiang Ran finished speaking, he took out a tael of broken silver from the bag on his sleeve.
But before Jiu'er could take it, Tang Ji grabbed the silver first: "Miss Jiang, what if she, a little girl, makes a miscalculation when buying something? Leave it to me."
"You!" Jiu'er bit her silver teeth and was about to get angry, but was stopped by Jiang Ran.
"Then I'll trouble Mr. Tang." Jiang Ran saluted again, then turned around and hurried away from the door.
After watching Jiang Ran leave, Jiu'er looked at Tang Ji with a pout, and said angrily: "Miss, I only have one tael of silver. If you dare to spend it arbitrarily, I will fight you to the death, and you will lose the bet!"
Tang Ji nodded quickly. He robbed the two taels of silver just to save a capital for business activities. He had no intention of spending it randomly. In order to prevent the little girl from continuing to stare at him with hateful eyes, he quickly moved away.
Starting the topic: "Jiu'er, what is your lady doing?"
Hearing his question, Jiu'er had a bitter look on her face and whispered: "Miss, it's hard work. She used to be the oiran of Yuexian Tower. She was famous and all the men in the county were obsessed with her, but Miss didn't like that."
They wanted to use the money they saved to redeem themselves, but the madam refused. After some discussion, the two finally allowed the lady to move out, but she had to go to the building to play music for the guests every day. If the lady violated it, she would be punished.
We need to pay compensation of ten thousand taels of silver."
Tang Ji didn't expect that there was such a story behind Jiang Ran, and comforted him: "When we get rich, we will redeem your young lady's life!"
Jiu'er glared at him. Even having enough food was a problem, so he redeemed himself for the young lady. He shook his head and shook the matter away, saying, "I'll go borrow some clothes for you."
Tang Ji nodded in thanks, turned and walked back to the kitchen to tidy up.
After a long time, Tang Ji put on the clothes borrowed by Jiu'er. Although they still didn't fit, they were men's clothes. He then straightened the messy hair on the back of his head, revealing his handsome face.
Jiu'er didn't expect him to look decent after tidying up, so he couldn't help but take a second look.
Tang Ji returned to the courtyard and looked at the sun crawling out from the east. Without wasting time, he walked towards the gate and murmured to himself: "Now that the flag is set, where should we go to get money?"