"I just saw Zhou Yu sharing some delicious food, and I just happened to not have eaten yet, so I came here uninvited."
Seeing Li Lizhi coming forward, Li Yuan couldn't help but explain happily.
As she spoke, Concubine Zhang came out of the kitchen carrying a plate. "Your Majesty, Young Master Zhou said these are fresh out of the pot. Please try them, they are delicious~"
"Okay, okay, bring it to me quickly."
Faced with the delicious food, Li Yuan no longer cared about Li Lizhi. He rubbed his hands excitedly and grabbed the fried chicken on the plate.
Concubine Zhang smiled and turned the plate in her hand, saying, "Your Majesty, this is very greasy. Let me feed you."
As she spoke, she raised her orchid finger slightly and placed a piece of golden fried chicken in front of Li Yuan.
Upon hearing this, Li Yuan was so happy that he couldn't help but show his teeth and eyes.
He gently stroked his beard with one hand, opened his mouth wide and bit down.
I don't know if it was intentional or because he was too anxious, but he actually sucked Concubine Zhang's fingers in his mouth.
Feeling the warmth on her fingers, Concubine Zhang's eyes and brows instantly turned into pink blossoms.
Li Lizhi, who was watching the scene nearby, couldn't help but feel a chill when she saw this.
What sin have I committed that I have to suffer the same sin again?
Without caring about etiquette, she took two steps back and hurriedly ran towards the kitchen.
"Sister, why are you so anxious?"
Li Lizhi had just run into the kitchen and was eating a small fried swordfish dumpling when she asked vaguely.
Even Zhou Yu, who was finishing up, turned around in confusion and asked, "Is your father busy?"
"No...no, Aye said he would be down soon."
Li Lizhi quickly waved her hands, but her cheeks began to turn red again while she spoke.
Zhou Yu didn't care about her strange behavior.
After turning off the gas, he said to the little princesses, "Don't fill your stomachs too full, otherwise you won't be able to eat the delicious dumplings later."
"Wow~ Do you want seven dumplings today?"
When the little girl heard this, she was stunned at first.
Then, he handed the fried fish in his hand to Zhou Yu's mouth and said: "I don't want seven now, I want seven fragrant dumplings~"
"I won't eat either."
Upon hearing this, Chengyang also stopped chewing.
But the piece of fish in her hand was handed to Li Lizhi.
Seeing that Zhou Yu had already swallowed the piece of fish handed to him by Xiao Sizi, Li Lizhi had no choice but to reach out and take it.
But now she has made up her mind that it would be better to let Chengyang take on the task of going upstairs to find her father and mother.
That's right, I am creating an opportunity for him to exercise.
Although Qinglan and others were only personal maids, after having stayed in modern times for a while, they could still do simple things like kneading dough and chopping stuffing.
Zhou Yu washed his hands and left the kitchen to them.
These basic tasks will not affect the taste of the dumplings.
As long as you season the dumplings yourself, you can control the taste of the dumplings.
That's right.
When it comes to cooking other meals, Zhou Yu’s skills may be average.
But making dumplings is his specialty.
Since he was a child, there were only three of them in his family: his parents and him. Every time they ate dumplings at home, everyone would come out.
His father was responsible for kneading the dough, his mother was responsible for seasoning, and he was responsible for rolling out the dumpling wrappers.
From childhood to adulthood, he has been exposed to the process of making dumplings and has already memorized it by heart.
In the past few years, he lived alone and could do without big fish and meat during the Spring Festival, but he would never be careless about the dumplings during the Spring Festival.
"Boy, what are Spring Festival couplets? Do you want me to write them myself?"
Zhou Yu had just walked out of the kitchen when Li Er's dissatisfied voice came from the stairs.
But as soon as he finished speaking, Li Yuan, who was enjoying the food fed by Concubine Zhang in the living room, started scolding him angrily.
"Do you still know that you are an emperor? If I were not here, I would not know that you are such a person! What's the matter? Are you enjoying yourself here and don't miss your homeland? How about letting Sizi take me back to take over the government, and you stay here to enjoy yourself? If I had known you were so lazy, I should not have passed the throne to you..."
Li Er: ...
I've been busy all year long and can't even take a break during the Spring Festival?
Besides, I am not like King Zhou and Yang Guang. I just want to practice my skills. Is there anything wrong with that?
Also, before you teach your son a lesson, could you please let Concubine Zhang stand up from your arms first?
…
Li Er felt very aggrieved.
But he only dared to mutter these complaints in his heart.
If he really dared to say this in front of Aye, even though he was already the Khan, he might still get scolded.
Just when Li Er was acting like a bullied young wife, Empress Changsun, who had dressed up, also came down the stairs.
After seeing Li Yuan, she hurried forward to greet him.
After seeing Empress Changsun, Li Yuan gave up the idea of continuing to teach his son a lesson.
But then he looked at Zhou Yu with curiosity and said, "Boy, what exactly are those Spring Festival couplets that Erlang just mentioned?"
Zhou Yu: ...
All right!
I forgot that there was no such thing as Spring Festival couplets during the Tang Dynasty.
These people have not been here long.
If it weren't for the Spring Festival, no one would pay attention to Spring Festival couplets.
Seeing that everyone was looking at him eagerly, Zhou Yu smiled slightly and told everyone the origin and history of Spring Festival couplets.
Wang Anshi’s poem “New Year’s Day”: “Amid the sound of firecrackers, the year is over, and the spring breeze brings warmth to Tusu. Thousands of doors and windows are bright in the sun, and people always replace the old charms with new ones.
Among them, "Tao Fu" is the predecessor of Spring Festival couplets.
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