Chapter 70: Eat for you, don't look at me
"Auntie, I'll come to see you later~" Su Xingyu turned and waved to Shi Jianli.
"Okay." Shi Jianli nodded and put the peeled loquat into her mouth. It tasted a little sour at first, but then it became sweet.
Looking from a high place, Ming Zhou and the others were now on the third floor. For a moment, only Shi Jianli and the servants were left on the second floor.
The maids on the pleasure boat brought up fresh fruits and pastries, including the roast goose from Zhenweilou that Mingzhao had mentioned.
Shi Jianli picked up the jade dish, picked up a piece, dipped it in their homemade sauce, and tasted it slowly.
In a place like the capital, a dish that is known and praised by dignitaries must be truly delicious.
When she first came to the capital, Ming Zhouhe took Ming Zhouqing to visit the streets, looking for delicious and fun things for her. They had eaten roast goose many times.
Shi Jianli picked up the small basket again and handed the remaining loquats to Lanxing and Xianyue who were standing behind him. "There aren't many people here now, so you can sit down for a while. You don't have to stand all the time. You can go to the corner and take a break. I'll call you if I need anything."
"Thank you, young lady." Lanxing and Xianyue went to sit at a small table nearby.
After eating some roast goose slices, Shi Jianli just put down his chopsticks and reached out to grab the lychees beside him, and saw Mingzhao still sitting next to him, handing him a lychee, about five or six in total.
Shi Jianli took it with both hands and said, "You can bring the basket over here."
"If you want to eat it, I'll get it for you." Mingzhao picked one, pinched off the hard shell on the head of the lychee, and gently squeezed the crystal clear flesh into the jade bowl in front of her, and put the remaining shell aside.
"I'll peel it myself." Shi Jianli put down the lychees in his hand, picked up the chopsticks and ate the lychee flesh he had put in the bowl.
Mingzhao looked around. The servants were moving around, but they didn't force her to peel more. He took a handkerchief and wiped his fingers. "The fish sashimi at Baiweizhai is delicious. Do you want some? I'll ask someone to buy some."
"I won't eat it raw."
"Yeah, I remember."
Shi Jianli glanced at him, as if saying this to show how close they were.
Mingzhao even had a smile on his face. Compared to her previous indifferent look towards him, he preferred her current lively look.
When Shi Jian finished eating the pear, he used a handkerchief to catch the lychee core he spat out and put it into a small bowl beside him. He was about to peel one, but when he saw him looking at him from time to time, he handed the lychee in his hand to him.
"Let me peel it?" He reached out to take it and asked with a smile.
The bright red, plump lychees lay in his broad palm, looking a little small.
"Here, eat it. Stop looking at me." A hint of annoyance appeared in her cold eyes.
"Okay." Mingzhao lowered his head to peel the lychees in his hand, with a smile that became increasingly larger at the corners of his lips.
I heard footsteps approaching. It was a maidservant carrying tea. She half-bent down to bow and put it down, "Master, Miss Li, this is tea to clear heat."
"I'll pour it for you. Go ahead." Mingzhao picked up the upside-down teacup, poured a cup of clear tea and placed it in front of Shi Jianli. "You're getting a sore throat from eating too many lychees. Try something else?"
After he finished speaking, he took the cherry and placed it next to her.
Shi Jianli lowered her eyes, picked up the tea and took a sip, "Okay."
Mingzhao also ate lychees and poured himself a cup. Thinking of her previous embarrassment, he turned his gaze, which was about to fall on her, to the scenery outside the pleasure boat for a long time before looking at her again.
After putting down the tea, Shi Jianli picked a few cherries and put them on the plate. Noticing that he was looking at her again, she tilted her head to look at him and pushed the plate in front of him.
Mingzhao felt inexplicably itchy in his hands and wanted to touch her head.
He ate all the cherries on the plate without hesitation.
Shi Jianli withdrew her gaze, bit a cherry and looked outside the boat.
The painted boat moves slowly, and the lotus leaves are swayed by the wind.
The noise gradually got closer, and the people who were enjoying the view on the third floor came down. Their figures gradually appeared at the corner of the stairs, talking and laughing as they came over.
Shi Jianli looked over and saw Ji Yangqing and his family of three there, but Shi Jianli did not see Ming Yuelin and Ji Rangzhou.
Ming Zhou and Zai Shijianli sat down next to each other, their eyes flicking between her and Ming Zhaohuan, and they asked, "Why don't you go up and enjoy the scenery?"
"I just walked for a while and didn't want to go up to the second floor. I can see it here." Shi Jianli Su picked up the teapot and poured him a cup of tea. "Where did Sister Lin go?"
"She and Brother Ji are on the third floor."
Su Zhuochen held the twisting and turning Su Xingyu and sat next to Ming Zhouhe. As soon as he sat down, Su Xingyu climbed into Ming Zhouhe's arms.
Ming Zhouhe pinched the back of his neck, "What are you doing?"
Su Xingyu raised his chin and grinned at him, "I promised my aunt that I would come back to see her."
As he said that, he pulled Ming Zhouhe's hand away and crawled to Shi Jianli's side, "Auntie~"
Others also took their seats one after another, and there were nearly ten or twenty people around the long table.
Shi Jianli stared at the expectant child, reached out and held him in her arms, picked up a cherry and fed it to Su Xingyu's lips, smiling and asking, "Would you like some?"
Su Xingyu ate it in one gulp, "Thank you, Auntie~"
Shi Jianli rubbed his furry head.
"You like your Aunt Shi so much?" Ji Yangqing asked with a smile.
"Auntie is beautiful and can peel fruit for me. She smells so good, like a lotus!"
Hearing this, Shi Jianli took off the scent bag hanging from her waist and handed it to him, "Put this on, and Xingyu will also smell good."
"Thank you, Auntie, for helping me put it on~"
"Okay." Shi Jianli lowered her head and helped him tie the sachet.
Mingzhao even glanced at the sachet. This brat got a sachet just by opening his mouth.
"Aunt, my uncle is bad."
"What's wrong with your uncle?" Shi Jianli rubbed his fair and smooth cheek with her fingers.
Mingzhao also picked up a piece of roast goose that had just been served and fed it to him, "Roast goose, do you want to eat it?"
I thought they would stay on the third floor longer, but they came down so quickly.
Su Xingyu's attention was drawn. He took a bite of the roast goose slice, then turned to Shi Jianli and complained, "Mother didn't look for me. He lied!"
His thoughts turned slightly, and Shi Jianli turned his head to look at Ming Zhaohuan. He looked normal and changed his pair of chopsticks to pick up the food.
She smiled slightly and squeezed the little Su Xingyu's hand, "Yeah."
Ming Zhouqing, who was sitting next to Ming Zhaohuan, asked, "Want to play the promotion map?"
Ming Zhouhe: "Okay."
Hearing this, Ming Zhouqing waved his hand and asked Di Hui behind him to find the game board and the spinning top with "Virtue, Talent, Merit and Smuggling" written on it. He then asked, "Who else wants to play?"
"I want to play!" Su Xingyu raised his hand excitedly.
"You haven't even learned all the characters and official titles yet, do you know how to play?" Ming Zhouqing teased him.
"I..." Su Xingyu puffed up his cheeks and raised Shi Jianli's hand, "I can spin a top. Auntie can help me walk. I will definitely do it!"
He blinked at Shi Jianli and said, "Isn't that right? Auntie."
Shi Jianli nodded, "Okay, I'll help Xingyu go."
Mingzhao also said: "I want to play too."
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