Although Chu Rao was in a bad mood when she was disturbed by Zhao's mother and daughter, within a few days, she put the matter behind her, because Qi Su was about to come back.
"Ziyan, which city gate did Qi Su go to this time?"
Chu Rao sat down at the table and wrote a letter, although he would be able to come back tomorrow, but what she wanted was a letter every day, not a day.
"Well, listen to Zhuo Wei, it should be Ximen."
"Why don't we pick him up?"
Chu Rao calculated that Qi Su had been out for more than half a month.
The mood of waiting for others is like this, the front is fine, the further back, even if there is only the last day, it can't wait.
Ziyan couldn't help but smile and said, "Madam, the slave knows that you want to be a son, but it's just one day, in case he doesn't go to Ximen, won't we miss it." ” Oh, too, Chu Rao nodded.
"In this way, it is better to let the slave teach you to make a snack and pastry, and when you finish cooking, the son happens to come back and can eat the snacks you made, he will definitely be very happy."
Chu Rao was a little moved by what she said, but, "Ziyan, I haven't cooked yet." ” "Madame, don't worry, it's just a small point, it's very simple."
"Good!"
After that, Chu Rao lowered her head and added one more sentence on the letterhead. ...
Each courtyard of the new house is equipped with a dining room, but Chu Rao was afraid of the smell of fireworks, so she randomly picked another vacant courtyard.
Ziyan taught her to make almond crisp cake, a snack in Yunzhou's hometown, the batter is spread out, proofed into a dough, embedded with almond seeds, supplemented by utensils to press the shape, and finally put it in a steamer to steam for half an hour.
If it weren't for the fact that the method was simple, Ziyan would not dare to let Chu Rao do it.
I couldn't sleep well last night, but thinking that Qi Su would come back soon, Chu Rao didn't have the heart to sleep lazy, so she ran into the dining room next door with Ziyan early, and after clearing the scene, only the two of them were left by the stove.
Someone assisted from the side, Chu Rao completed it smoothly, only the last step of the steamer was left, and after looking at the sky outside, Qi Su should be almost there.
"Madam, the slave maid goes to the storehouse to find a beautiful plate, madam, you wait for this wave of fires to be extinguished, and then add a handful of firewood."
"Okay, you go, don't worry, I'm here."
Chu Rao finished those steps and confidently guaranteed.
She sat alone on a small stool, staring at the fire at the bottom of the stove.
There was a sound in the stove, and after a while, Chu Rao found that there were not a few firewoods left, so she listened to Ziyan's words and added a large handful of firewood to it.
Everything was ready, Chu Rao got up happily, went to wash her hands in the copper wash on the windowsill, and waited for Ziyan to come over with a plate to put it on the plate.
The taste of the almond cake has a hint of bitterness, and she also added a little dried chopped osmanthus saved in autumn, the taste is fresh and not greasy, Qi Su doesn't like sweets, and it is the most suitable for him.
After waiting for a long time, Ziyan hadn't come yet, Chu Rao was a little bored, ready to see his elaborate work.
She pinched the thick water cloth, lifted the hijab, and waved away a puff of white smoke, thinking that she would see a plate of flower-shaped shortbread with a beautiful shape, but unexpectedly, the white cakes were all swollen and deformed, and they collapsed and wrinkled, which was extremely ugly.
Oops, Chu Rao looked at the fire at the bottom of the pot, it was still strong after so long, she must have added more firewood just now!
Chu Rao subconsciously took out the excess firewood from inside, and the wood that could be pulled out was loaded with sparks, and as soon as it was put on the ground, it immediately burned along the broken dry wood.
In the blink of an eye, the small fire had spread to Chu Rao's skirt.
"Ahh Chu Rao stomped her feet and ran, chickens and dogs jumped on the stove in the whole dining room, she hurriedly picked up the copper wash, and poured all the water on her calf skirt and the ground.
'Brush', the fire didn't have time to start, and it was already extinguished without danger.
Chu Rao breathed a sigh of relief and leaned against the white wall, finally did not cause a big disaster, but when she looked down at her current appearance like a soup chicken, as well as the deformed pastries in the pot, Qi Su's joy of coming back was also diluted a lot.
"Madam, the slave has found a beautiful plate!"
Ziyan ran back happily, and when she saw Chu Rao's scene, a smile was still on her lips, but she quickly froze halfway.
The stove room was in shambles, the lid of the pot was open, and the crispy cake had swelled into fat dumplings.
"Madam, you're not hurt, are you?"
Ziyan's face fell, put down the swing and walked around Chu Rao, patting her hand up and down, "It's okay, I'm scared of the slave to death." ” "Well, I'm fine..."
Chu Rao pointed to the pot with a sad face, and said, "But the crisp cake is gone." ” "Madam, in this situation, no matter what pastries, blame the slave and maid for being too talkative, if the son knows, I'm afraid he will drive the slave and maid out of the gate."
Ziyan walked out with Chu Rao in her arms, "Madam, let's go change into dry clothes, when the application is about to arrive, it seems that the son is about to arrive." ” "Hmm."
Chu Rao was depressed in her heart, she had boasted about Haikou in her letter to Qi Su, and now she had nothing in her hand.
When Chu Rao returned to the room and changed her clothes, Ziyan ran in with a shouting smile, "Madam, Madam, we have time." ” "What's in time?"
"We'll have time to redo it."
Ziyan hurriedly said: "Childe, he has something to change his route temporarily, and he won't come back until tomorrow afternoon." ” "Really!"
...
The avenue not far from Qi's house temporarily changed the carriage and drove towards the city.
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In the carriage, Qi Su carefully folded the letterhead that Chu Rao had sent him before and put it into a small lacquer-colored box.
Zhuo Wei stood on the wheel of the carriage, and suddenly felt that he had just said the wrong thing at the door, "Childe, did I say the wrong thing, I shouldn't have told you." ” He was in charge of the guards in the courtyard, and when he was exploring back and forth, he happened to see Chu Rao tossing in the dining room, and just as he was about to help, the fire was extinguished.
Later, he saw Childe's carriage at the door, and he told what he saw in accordance with the principle of reporting everything in detail.
Unexpectedly, Childe didn't even go home, so he directly ordered him to turn around and leave, and he had to stay at the inn at night.
Didn't he just say the wrong thing?
"You're not wrong."
Qi Su remembered Chu Rao's annoyed stomping in the dining room, the corners of her mouth rose slightly, and she wrote the word 'read' on the last reply.
[Qi Su, when you come back, I have a surprise for you. 】 *** The next day, when it was almost time for Qi Su to go home, Chu Rao held the remade almond cake and stood in the courtyard looking forward to it.
When Qi Su stepped into the main garden, as soon as he raised his head, a smiling woman was holding a jade plate, which was covered with a lid, and it was impossible to see the contents inside.
"Qi Su, guess what this is?"
In this way, what else could it be besides pastry and pastry, but Qi Su still cooperated with her, and his face was light, "I don't know." ” "I knew you wouldn't have guessed."
Chu Rao lifted the lid, raised her little face towards Qi Su, and said with a smile as if she was asking for a reward: "This is almond crisp cake, I made it myself, and I skimmed off all the sugar!"
” Qi Su lowered his head, and on the indigo-green porcelain plate with entwined branches and lotus patterns, there were a few pieces of flower-like jade-colored pastries, which looked as good as the white fingertips holding it.
Ziyan sent a cloth to clean his hands, Qi Su cleaned his hands, twisted a piece and took a small bite, "Isn't it delicious?"
Although the question is so, Chu Rao and Ziyan have already tasted it in the dining room, and she won't take it out if it's not delicious.
"yes, that's okay."
It's okay, Chu Rao muttered, she thought it was delicious.
Qi Su looked at her lost color and couldn't help but add, "I like it very much." ” Sure enough, after Chu Rao heard this, a smile rose on her face again, "It's the first time I've done it, and Ziyan said that I have talent." ” After she finished speaking, she looked at the remaining three pieces on the plate, "You just eat one." ” "I've got enough."
Qi Su doesn't eat much, eats regularly every day, and rarely uses extra pastries , many of the dim sum that Chu Rao ate after marrying in, Qi Su even knew it for the first time.
Chu Rao understood this habit, so although he had some regrets, he didn't want to force Qi Su to finish it.
It's just that you can't waste it. ...
[Hey, you can't go in. 】 [I'm Rao'er's cousin. 】 [That's not going to work either!]
】 There was the sound of Zhuo Wei arguing with someone outside the door, Chu Rao listened carefully, it turned out to be her cousin who came, she poked her head out with a pastry and looked, sure enough, it was Lin Zhan.
Lin Zhan knew martial arts, Zhuo Wei entangled with him, and the two walked to the main garden on their front and back feet.
Zhuo Wei exhaled angrily: "Childe, I won't let him in, he broke in!"
” Lin Zhan looked at Qi Su with a calm face, and explained: "There seems to be no one in the gatehouse, I was in a hurry to return to the Gyeonggi camp in the afternoon, and I heard the sound of you talking inside, so I went directly to the door." ” Qi Su bowed his head lightly, Zhuo Wei bowed his head and retreated, and snorted unwillingly in his heart before leaving.
There were three of them left in the courtyard, and Qi Su said expressionlessly: "Who are you looking for this time." ” "Rao'er."
Qi Su glanced at him and walked towards the study without any further stopping.
Chu Rao also knew that Qi Su didn't like to see strangers, so she didn't stop her, but in fact, he wasn't there, but she wasn't so restrained and nervous.
Remembering that she still had pastries in her hands, Chu Rao stepped forward and said, "Cousin, are you hungry, I just made a few pieces of almond cake, do you want to taste it." ” "Okay."
Qi Su, who had already walked to the gate of the courtyard, heard this, bowed his head and said something to Sijiu.
I saw Sijiu drooping his head, stiffening his head, and taking the porcelain plate from Chu Rao's palm, "Madam, the son said that this is his." ” “...”
Chu Rao looked at the empty hand in an instant, then looked at the back that disappeared in the distance, smiled apologetically at Lin Zhan, and clapped her hands awkwardly, "By the way, cousin, didn't you say that you would go to Yangzhou to persuade your father and mother, what do they say now, are you willing to come?"
” Lin Zhan shook his head, "Uncle still refuses." ” "I knew it."
Chu Rao sighed, her father was the most stubborn.
"Don't worry, I'll let my colleagues take care of it."
Lin Zhan looked at Chu Rao gently.
"Well, and my brother, did he write back to you recently?"
Chu Rao asked the same question as Chu Lingshan, but in the past two months, Chu Sui has disappeared as if he had disappeared, there was no news, although there were not many in the past, but there would be a letter from home every month.
"He's always too lazy to tell you, but I know he's preparing for this fall, and it's normal not to contact you."
Chu Rao was surprised: "My brother is going to participate in the Autumn Festival, why didn't he tell me?"
” Lin Zhan smiled and said, "It's because you don't know Chu Sui too well, he is much more reliable than you think." ” Chu Sui's talent is excellent, and after so many years of waste, he finally made up his mind.
With his character, the things he has set are necessary to make good results to be accomplished.
Thinking of what Chu Sui did for her, Chu Rao's heart warmed and she nodded emphatically.
The wind was blowing from the south, and Lin Zhan moved the tuyere in front of Chu Rao without a trace, "I'm here, I have something to ask you." ” "Well, cousin, you say."
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Lin Zhan rarely looked for her, and Chu Rao didn't find it strange.
"Do you know the Dafang Zhao family, looking for a matchmaker to tell me about Qi Yuwan's relationship."
Chu Rao remembered the two people who came a few days ago, nodded and said, "They have already found a matchmaker in Guangling City?"
” "Yes, and besides, they said they consulted with you."
"What?"
When Chu Rao heard this, her eyes widened, and she hurriedly waved her hand and said, "I don't have it!"
” Lin Zhan couldn t help laughing, how could Chu Rao become a pro or is it like this, joy and anger are in shape, it seems that Qi Sudang It's really not a constraint on her at all.
He said softly: "I know you don't, no matter what, you still have to guard against them in the future, I always feel that there will be trouble in the big house, that younger brother of the Zhao family, he has been making some connections in Beijing recently, and I don't know what he wants to do." ” "Well, okay, I got it."
She will never see Zhao again.
It's not a big deal, after speaking, Lin Zhan has nothing else to say, knowing that he shouldn't ask, but Lin Zhan still can't help but be tempted: "Rao'er, are you, and you don't want me to marry Qi Yuwan."
He didn't know what he was expecting, and perhaps what he hoped for most was that Rao'er would be even a little different from him.
Chu Rao was suddenly asked by Lin Zhan, and she didn't know how to answer, she lowered her head and thought for a while.
When I looked up again, my face was full of seriousness.
"Cousin, I know you're very good to me, but I really like Qi Su, and I only like him."
Lin Zhan was stunned, he didn't expect Chu Rao to answer the question like this, but it was just right to cut off all his retreats, "Oh, yes." ” "Yes."
Chu Rao said slowly: "I hope my cousin can meet a woman who really agrees, no matter who that person is, I will support it." ” After Chu Rao finished speaking, her heart was a little lighter, she was reborn and came back, and it didn't seem that anything had been done, as before, there were always so many people who loved her, she was very grateful, the only thing she owed was the man in front of her, but she couldn't give him any response, she could only hope that Lin Zhan could have a good home in the future, and he deserved to be better than her.
Lin Zhan listened to her words, but his heart was empty.
All along, he thought he was hiding it well, from the time she suddenly didn't reply to him, and when Tianxiangju came back to see her, he had already faintly felt that Chu Rao was aware of his intentions, but there was always an excuse to escape.
Every time I came to see her, at least in the name of my brother, I didn't expect that I would lose this name in the future.
"I'm sorry."
"I'm sorry."
Two identical words were uttered at the same time, and the two stood opposite each other, leaving only each other speechless.
After a long time.
"Ma'am, ma'am."
Sijiu stood at the door with a troubled face, and he didn't want to bother, but he really couldn't help it.
"Huh?"
Chu Rao collected her emotions and turned her head sideways in response.
"Childe, he's choking on pastries, I want you to go over and take a look."
Sijiu finally squeezed out the words, why is it always him, Gongzi always finds some strange reasons, jealousy is jealousy, and it is him who suffers every time.
How can anyone choke and still command the errands....
That's why Madame would believe that...
But this time Chu Rao also found it hard to believe.
"Huh?"
How do you choke on such a small piece of pastry?
Thinking that Qi Su never lied to her, Chu Rao was a little worried in her heart, for fear that it would be something else, she frowned and looked at Lin Zhan, "Cousin, then I won't send you, I'll go to the study to see Qi Su." ” "Okay."
Lin Zhan looked at Chu Rao's hurried back, turned around and walked in the opposite direction, and when he arrived at the door, he glanced back, and as expected, it was an empty corridor.
He smiled bitterly, in the future, probably he really couldn't find a reason to come...