"How do you feel here? I feel it's much better than a few days ago," Ah Chou pinched Zhong Mingwei's left shoulder and said, "It was as hard as a rock a few days ago. Now it's finally softened. How do you feel? Is it still sore and swollen?"
"Do you like peanuts?" Zhong Mingwei did not answer, but asked Achou instead.
"Yes. I love to eat them very much. Fried peanuts are so delicious. One bite is so delicious that I can bite off my tongue. Hehehe," Ah Chou's eyes curved into two lines when he mentioned peanuts. While pinching Zhong Mingwei's shoulders, he continued with a smile, "The meals in the laundry department. Two meals a day are either steamed buns and pickles or pancakes and pickles. How can they be as delicious as peanuts? So if the palace servants in the laundry department are greedy, they have to think of a way, such as helping others wash clothes. I can get a handful of peanuts for washing ten pieces of clothes. Hehe. Sometimes if I'm lucky, I can even get a scallion pancake or something."
"What else? Besides peanuts and scallion pancakes, what else do you like to eat?" Zhong Mingwei asked again. He really liked to listen to Ah Chou's chattering about the warm and sad past. It was supposed to be the most tormenting time. But with the company of this girl's chattering, he didn't feel it was hard anymore.
"There are still many, hehe. Let me tell you, I am more fortunate than other palace maids in the laundry department," Ah Chou smiled slyly, and then said with a little pride, "Do you know where in the palace the palace maids' clothes are the most difficult to wash?"
Zhong Mingwei had no idea and immediately shook his head.
"Of course it's the imperial kitchen! You're so stupid." Ah Chou laughed and gently pinched the tip of Zhong Mingwei's nose.
The longer she has been with Zhong Mingwei, the bolder she has become. In the beginning, she would kneel down and beg for mercy at every turn, but now she would bully Zhong Mingwei from time to time. It has become a common occurrence. However, neither Achou nor Zhong Mingwei think there is anything wrong with this, as if this is how they are supposed to be.
It is said that time passes without notice in the mountains. Polished by the lazy and fragmented time in the mountains, the two of them gradually took off their armor and revealed their true appearance. He was not a noble prince, and she was not a humble and rough palace maid. He was him, and she was her.
"Think about it, what do the palace servants in the imperial kitchen deal with all day? Chicken, fish, meat and eggs will be covered with blood spots if touched, and the smell of smoke and fire will be unpleasant. There are also oil spots and other things, which are really difficult to wash. Therefore, the palace servants in the laundry department will avoid the clothes sent from the imperial kitchen. I just started working at that time and didn't know these things, so I took the clothes from the imperial kitchen. Later, I washed them until midnight." Ah Chou thought about his past stupidity and couldn't help laughing again. "After washing, both of my arms were crippled. I swore to the sky that I would never take clothes from the imperial kitchen again, but later I took them again. Do you know why?"
"It's like a hungry cat meets a fat mouse." Zhong Mingwei pursed his lips and looked at Achou's smiling face through the strand of hair. The corners of his mouth kept curling up.
"Hahaha, your analogy is very appropriate," Ah Chou did not feel embarrassed and continued, "The next day when I delivered the clothes to the imperial kitchen, the palace servants in the imperial kitchen thanked me profusely. One of the eunuchs even gave me a bag of peanuts. It was such a big bag!"
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