Chapter 312 He Yanxiu's Gift
Su Yujin was answered by silence.
Su Yujin rolled her eyes impatiently, "If you don't come out, I'll be really angry."
A faint voice came from outside the door, "Come and open the door..."
You can't have to climb over the wall to come here.
Su Yujin, "..."
He Yanxiu really came? He stood up and pulled the bolt. After opening a door, Su Yujin saw the face that she had been thinking about for the past few days.
He Yanxiu, who was shivering all over, saw Su Yujin holding a lantern. He reached out to take it, helped her to tidy up her cloak, and squeezed her hand. He was relieved to see that her hand was warm and she was not cold.
"Why are you still awake so late?"
Miss you……
Su Yujin swallowed these two words and changed to another sentence, "I went to bed a little early last night, and now I can't sleep. I'm also a little hungry. Seeing that the moon is beautiful outside, I thought of roasting some sweet potatoes to eat."
"You are lucky. You arrived just when the sweet potato was almost cooked." Su Yujin took the bamboo tongs and took it off the charcoal stove. "It is a honey sweet potato. It is very sweet."
"I had planned to come earlier in the afternoon, but I was dragged by the Ministry of Rites to prepare some things for the Queen Mother's birthday banquet, so I didn't leave the capital until dark." He Yanxiu said, "I was thinking all the way that you would be asleep by the time I got here, and knocking on the door would wake you up. I never thought it was just a coincidence."
Su Yujin was actually watching the moon, drinking tea and roasting sweet potatoes in the middle of the night, as if she was waiting for him.
Is this perhaps what it means to be in sync with each other?
He Yanxiu looked at Su Yujin and couldn't help but curl the corners of his lips.
but……
He Yanxiu swallowed the extremely sweet sweet potato in his mouth and was quite surprised, "How did you know I was outside the door?"
He had just arrived, and the horses he and Xing'an rode were the same horses that had always been with them. They were well-trained and did not neigh at all along the way.
It can be said that he came quietly.
Su Yujin, "..."
Can she say she doesn't know?
Originally, the more she thought about He Yanxiu, the angrier she became, so she planned to call out the secret guards and ask them to give He Yanxiu a message to let him know that she was sulking!
As a result, the two shouts did not call out the secret guards, but instead called out He Yanxiu.
About……
Are you in sync?
Quite a coincidence?
Su Yujin lowered her head, covered half of her face with the teacup, and smiled awkwardly, "Maybe... well, it's a feeling, I feel like you are outside the door."
It turns out that we are in sync!
He Yanxiu's cheeks turned slightly red, and the roasted sweet potato in his hand tasted sweeter and sweeter as he ate it.
Su Yujin also blushed a little.
Two parts shyness and eight parts guilt.
"You haven't had dinner yet, so it's not appropriate to just eat some roasted sweet potatoes. The charcoal fire is burning brightly. I'll get some mutton and bread and roast them for you to eat."
During the day, Mother Liu went to buy a large piece of fresh mutton, and it was best to cut it by hand and eat it at this time.
He Yanxiu was hungry, so he didn't refuse, but he didn't want Su Yujin to work alone, so he went to help.
Su Yujin cut the meat while he prepared various seasonings.
Su Yujin prepared vegetable noodles and he was responsible for washing and sorting them.
Su Yujin was grilling meat there, and he was in charge of...
Well, eat.
The mutton is cut as thin as a cicada's wing, placed on a special grill, and lightly brushed with some oil. After being roasted over charcoal for a while, it will be crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, fully cooked. You can eat it as is, or brush it with some cumin, chili powder, etc.
No matter how you eat it, the roasted lamb slices are tender and delicious with a wonderful taste.
He Yanxiu ate with relish, and even Xing'an was chewing heartily beside him.
As a cooking enthusiast, I feel a great sense of accomplishment when I see others enjoying delicious and satisfying food.
Su Yujin felt the same at this time. She wished she could grill some more meat to fully satisfy herself. However, it was the middle of the night and it was not appropriate to eat too much. So Su Yujin grilled some mushrooms, radishes, young cabbage leaves, etc., and finally made a bowl of soup cake with the baked cake.
Finishing with a warm taste brings a lot of satisfaction.
When He Yanxiu put down his bowl and chopsticks, he hiccuped slightly.
It is certainly not appropriate to go to sleep right after a full meal. Su Yujin was not sleepy at the moment, so she simply continued to admire the stars and the moon with He Yanxiu in the yard.
The moon is dim and the stars are sparse, but the stars are brighter.
"The night is so beautiful." Su Yujin sighed again.
This is also the admiration Su Yujin would express every time he saw the starry sky and the bright moon.
After all, in modern society, due to the nature of study and work as well as the concrete jungle of the city, there is no time and environment to enjoy the night view.
Especially the night view at this time, I watched it with He Yanxiu.
Su Yujin liked to appreciate the night scenery in this way, so much so that her eyes would glance at He Yanxiu from time to time.
He Yanxiu calmly sat down next to Su Yujin and whispered, "I haven't had time to congratulate you on your title of county lady yet."
It seems like he still remembers it? Su Yujin raised her eyebrows, then stretched out her palm in front of He Yanxiu and waved it, "Congratulations are never just words, you need a gift to do it."
"A gift." He Yanxiu stretched out his hand and scratched his ear, "Yes."
"Where?" Su Yujin looked around.
"Then raise your hand higher and stretch it a little closer." He Yanxiu said with a smile.
Su Yujin, "..."
Is he going to perform the head-patting move again? However, He Yanxiu's hair is very soft and feels really comfortable to the touch.
Su Yujin curled the corners of her lips and obediently raised her hand a little higher as He Yanxiu said.
However, this time He Yanxiu did not put his head forward. Instead, like a magic trick, he took out a box and placed it in Su Yujin's hand.
"What is this?" Su Yujin saw that the box was not very big, but it was very delicately painted and very heavy.
"Open it and take a look." He Yanxiu's tone became unusually gentle.
Su Yujin looked at it for a moment, then opened the box with a click, and saw a hairpin lying upright inside.
It is made of top-grade small-leaf red sandalwood, with a pattern of auspicious clouds on the top. It looks small and delicate, and the whole thing is polished smooth and flat. However, if you look closely, you can see that the hairpin is not made very delicately.
Obviously, this hairpin was not made by a professional craftsman, but rather looked like it was carved and polished by an amateur.
Su Yujin held the hairpin in her hand and asked, "Did you make this yourself?"
"Yes." He Yanxiu nodded, "I specially got a piece of excellent red sandalwood from my aunt's warehouse, and learned from the craftsman for a few days."
"Several of the carvings in the middle were damaged. This... is the fifth one."
It is also the most successful one.
He Yanxiu originally thought that practice makes perfect, and if he carved five more, the tenth one would definitely be better than the one he did now. However, even though he had used other materials to practice at first, when he actually started to carve it, there were still many problems.
There was no more material as good as this for him to continue his experiments.
(End of this chapter)
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