In winter, the night in El always comes especially early.It is a habit for the residents of the city of El to prepare dinner only after dark, and every winter, the residents of the city of El keep large quantities of golden apples, onions, potatoes, spinach and turnips, which are stored in the cellar and stored all winter if stored properly.The people of El like to boil tomatoes and golden apples into a sauce and store them in jars sealed with paraffin, and on winter nights they can cut a piece of frozen meat, throw it into a large iron pot in the fireplace, and then throw the potatoes and onions into it, pour in some tomato juice or golden applesauce, and cook it into a thick broth, which can be eaten with a few scones and white bread.In the city of El in winter, the expensive food is not meat, but some greens in the greenhouse, only the aristocratic family can afford to build a sunny greenhouse, grow some greens in it, and see the food on the table with strong northern characteristics, which makes my heart suddenly surge with a strong warmth.The dining table looked a little old, many of the edges and corners had been worn off the brown paint, and on one of the legs there were still the words I had carved with a peeling knife, and I sat on the side against the wall with Winley, Katerina, Helena, and Becky, and Noah and Shirley.
Newman sat across from me, Tracy and Cindy sat opposite Shirley, Ryan sat on the main seat, and Fanny and Nancy sat across from him.So many people crowded into a dining table made the dining table seem a little too small, so that the candlesticks on the original table were placed on the windowsill and wine cabinet, Fanny was worried that the two three-pointed candlesticks could not bring enough light, so she erected six candles on the wooden shelves on the side, she skillfully dripped the melted wax oil on the wooden board, and then quickly erected the candles on the melted wax oil, after the wax oil solidified, stood firmly on the wooden board, and under the light of a dozen candles, the dining room looked very bright.Fanny and Nancy prepared a sumptuous dinner with their own hands, Fanny and Nancy each held a dinner knife in each hand, and a barbecue fork in the other, and cut the roasted golden leg of lamb into everyone's plate.Ryan kindly demonstrates to Win and Noah and the others, and says that the golden applesauce in El City can go well with anything, and that you can slice white bread with a crispy roast and spread some golden applesauce.You can also spread golden applesauce on scones, sprinkle them with chopped onions and sausage cubes, and bake them in the oven for three minutes.Or add some golden applesauce directly to the broth, which is delicious no matter how you eat it."
Jijia hasn't really liked this."
As he spoke, Ryan raised the white bread with golden applesauce in his hand, scooped a large spoonful of the soup with a wooden spoon and put it on his plate, and then soaked the white bread with broth broth, and ate it sweetly.Noah also followed the example of Rryant, but he didn't have the courage to throw the white bread with jam into the thick soup, but directly took a bite of the white bread with jam, his expression was a little exaggerated, he stretched his brows and looked very happy, and stretched out his thumb to Ryant and said, "It's delicious, it's so delicious." ”At the War College in El City, many students are reluctant to run home for lunch at noon, and they usually stuff a few slices of bread with golden applesauce in their school bags, which is a versatile food for children in El City.After Noah finished speaking, he cut another piece of barbecue meat with a knife and stuffed it into his mouth, his expression became richer, and he had to say that since Nancy married Ryant, the taste of the food at home has obviously improved a notch.Seeing that Noah liked the well-prepared food, Ryan was particularly pleased, he took a sip of his glass, and then said: "Giga is not like me at all, he doesn't like to drink golden apple cider very much, he likes to drink a little golden apple cider in the morning, and he only likes to drink some cereal porridge and milk or something, and eat two slices of white bread without jam." ”Helena and Becky were more interested in the furnishings than the food on the table, and they had only eaten a little roast and bread, and they had been looking at the small dining room with curiosity, and they were also curious about the patterns on the stained glass in the windows.Ying Li has been sitting very shyly next to me, Fanny and Nancy always take extra care of Ying Li, the food on her plate has been piled up into a small mountain, Tracy who was sitting opposite finally couldn't look at it, pointed to his empty plate, and said to Fanny euphemistically: "Fanny, you should take care of your daughter's empty plate." ”Fanny glared at Tracy and said, "You asked you to invite Arendt over for dinner, what about the others?"
”"He's on duty tonight."
Tracy said unconfidently to Fanny's questioning.She blew on her forehead bangs and glanced at Fanny with a weak look."
Hehe, can you skip eating on patrol?"
Fanny apparently didn't want to let Tracy go, so she questioned her.In front of Fanny, Tracy, who has always been rude, is like a lady.Tracy rolled her eyes and said to Fanny, "Dinner is served in the Guards." ”She winked at me, apparently wanting me to help her out, and after understanding, I immediately interjected and asked, "Arendt's military service is complete?"
”Tracy gave me an approving look and said, "Well, I'll be back in Eyre in the summer, but he's joined the guard battalion in Eyre." ”I wondered why Arendt didn't join an excellent adventurous group to go out to practice, but instead joined the guard battalion, I asked Tracy strangely: "Why can't he think so much, others join the guard battalion to avoid going to other places for three years of military service, why did he join the guard battalion at this time?"
”Tracy pursed her lips slightly, and said to me helplessly: "I also asked him this, and he told me: someone has to try to change, I don't know what he wants to change, I continue to ask him, but he won't make it clear to me." ”I asked Tracy, "When are you going to get married?"
”Hearing me ask, Tracy's face was stained with a faint flush, and he looked shy, bowing his head and saying nothing.Ryan laughed and explained to me, "The two of them have always wanted you to come back for their wedding, and they weren't sure when you would be back in El City, so there was no wedding ceremony, but since you're back, let Tracy and Ellen pick a date." ”I didn't expect them to be waiting for me to come back, I looked at Tracy with a touched face, and found that Tracy has changed a lot recently and has become more and more feminine.Tracy stroked the broken hair around her ears, but unfortunately her hair had not grown long, and asked me, "Jijia, when are you and Ying Li going to get married, do you have to wait until after graduation?"
”"In fact, we're already married, right after the bar mitzvah!"
After a pause, I sat down at the table and said to the crowd at the table.Noah and Shirley.
Newman had known about this for a long time in the imperial capital, so their faces did not change.But Ryant, Tracy, Fanny, Cindy, and Nancy looked at me with their mouths wide open and in shock.Although I got married on the night of the coming-of-age ceremony, Ryan and Fanny were still in the imperial capital at the time, and I was not able to invite them to my wedding, in fact, I was kept in the dark until I arrived on the small island by the lake of Kig, and I did not tell Rryant and Fanny about it at that time to avoid unnecessary trouble.The crowd fell silent.Only Tracy jumped up, pointed to my forehead, and said, "What?
Are you married?
And keep us all in the dark and tell me what else you wouldn't dare to do?
”"There was something special about it."
I can only defend myself.When Tracy heard me say this, he thought I was deliberately trying to play a perfunctory role with her, and said to me suspiciously: "Whatever the circumstances, I think you should introduce your wife to us before the wedding, it is the custom of the city of El.Or are you worried that when you come back from winter vacation, I have no one to ask for, and Fanny will force you to marry me?
”I said to Tracy, "It's not what you think, please listen to me!"
Actually, I had a very special situation at the time," Tracy said sarcastically to me, "Do you want to tell me that Ying Li is actually twenty-five years old, and if she can't get married soon, she will be forcibly assigned to other nobles?"
”I hurriedly said to Tracy: "Don't talk nonsense, it's not that Ying Li is twenty-five years old" Tracy looked at me in surprise and asked me, "What do you mean by that?"
Can I understand that in addition to Ying Li, there is someone else who has married?
”Then, her eyes fell on Katarina."
It's not Caterina either, it's Kig!"
I said to Tracy."
Well, didn't that girl named Qige come back with you?"
Fanny interjected to me."
Last month, something happened at her house that she needed to go home and fix it!
So she is not currently in the imperial capital. ”I said to Fanny.When Tracy heard me say this, he just said, "Kige, this name sounds really good, it's the same name as the Prince of Wales's princess-to-be!"
”I asked Tracy, "You've heard of Kig too?"
”Tracy said to me: "Of course, the Prince of Wales is the youngest general of the Green Empire, his classic battles and glorious achievements in the Warsaw plane have long been spread to the Northern City, all the girls in our shop are solid supporters of the Prince of Wales, of course I know a lot of information about him, and I also know that Her Royal Highness Princess Qige is still teaching at the Royal Academy of Magic, and she is the youngest magic potion scholar in the imperial capital" Her voice became quieter and quieter, and finally hesitated for a moment, and finally stopped to ask me:" You mean to say that you robbed the fiancée of the Prince of Wales in the imperial capital?
”I said to everyone, "It's a long story, but there's time to talk about it later, and that's all it takes." ”I continued, "And I'll make one more point. ”Tracy looked at me speechlessly and said, "If there's anything more exciting, let's talk about it together!"
We can afford it for the time being. ”I said to Ryant, "Ying Li is actually the daughter of Prince James, the supreme commander of the Southwind Legion, and she has the title of Princess Angel Bird in her surname, so she is still the princess of the Grimm Empire. ”"Her Royal Highness Princess" Rent slipped the wine glass in his hand and fell on the table, and suddenly the golden cider in the glass splashed everywhere."
You still call me Yingli, it will make me feel a little more kind."
Ying Li said with a smile to Ryant.Ryan wanted to smile too, but his face stiffened.When Ryan and Fanny heard that Ying Li was the princess of the royal family, their expressions were a little restrained, and their faces were not as calm as before.Nancy and Cindy secretly looked at Ying Li with a look of consternation, as if they wanted to see something else from Ying Li Divine.The fact that a princess of the imperial family would marry into her own family was something that Rent had never imagined, but the topic was quickly closed at the dinner table, which made me breathe a sigh of relief.It was in such an atmosphere that the dinner ended.Noah and Shirley.
Newman said goodbye early.Because I have limited rooms in my house, I can't keep them in the house, they live in the most luxurious hotels in the city of Eyre.Worried that there would be no magic caravan when he went out too late, Noah and his party did not sit down to chat with everyone after dinner, he hurriedly took Shirley.
Newman walked out into the alley to find the magic caravan.Our family sends Noah out of the yard, and Fanny asks Tracy to follow us and help Noah and them find the magic caravan on the street.Noah winked at me before leaving.Then we went back to the house, sat down on the couch in the living room, Nancy made us a cup of lemon tea, and I began to talk about what I had done in the last year.I've done a lot of things in the course of the year, so the story is long, and you hear it late in the drawing-room, but I'm only talking about the duel with William.Tracy and Cindy were naturally in good spirits and not sleepy, but Ryan and Fanny were too old to stay up late, so I stopped and said, "I'll talk about the rest tomorrow night."
Next, faced with the problem of allocating a room to sleep, Fanny asked Tracy to squeeze with Cindy and vacate Tracy's room for Ying Li to live in, while I still had to live in the small attic on the top floor that originally belonged to me, the attic was thoroughly cleaned by Fanny, and when I pushed open the wooden door of the attic, I could smell a soaphorn smell in the room.There was still a thick stack of magic parchment on the writing desk next to the windowsill, but the magic ink on the table had dried up, I picked up a magic engraving pen on the pen stand, and said to Ying Li next to me with a smile: "Speaking of which, the magic grocery store that Ma and I opened in El City has always done very well!"
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