"Cousin, what do you want to eat? Today I'll show you my cooking skills," Gu Qingtong said smilingly as he carried two bowls of porridge into the kitchen, "Do you want to eat steamed buns with small fish? You haven't had it for a while."
"What? Don't you have to go to the pharmacy to work today?" Chen Qingxuan took the porridge and looked at Gu Qingtong.
"I asked for leave from the shopkeeper," Gu Qingtong said with a smile. "Cousin, you won the first place in the imperial examination. Of course we have to celebrate."
"Why is it so troublesome?" Chen Qingxuan laughed dumbly, looking at Gu Qingtong's obviously thin face, he felt very distressed. This Chengzi, Gu Qingtong has to go to the medicine shop to work, and she has to prepare three meals a day for him. It's really hard. Chen Qingxuan didn't say it on his face, but he felt very sorry for this cousin in his heart, and he said to Gu Qingtong. "If you really want to celebrate. Then we can go to a restaurant outside for a meal. This Chengzi is too busy. We haven't eaten out since we came to the capital. It's a good opportunity to try what the food in the capital tastes like."
"That would be great." Gu Qingtong said with a smile, "Everyone says that the roast duck in the capital is the best. I have always wanted to try it. But my cousin is always too busy, and I am embarrassed to bother him. So why don't we go and try it today? I know my cousin is very generous, and he must treat me to a good meal today."
"Okay," Chen Qingxuan said while eating white porridge, "where to eat is up to you."
"How do I know this? I only know a few small restaurants on our street, and they're not high-end," Gu Qingtong propped up his chin with one hand and stirred the porridge with the other. He thought for a moment and then said happily, "We're unfamiliar with the place, so we don't know where the duck is delicious, but Brother Kong must know! Cousin, how about we go to the Imperial Guards camp to find Brother Kong and ask him to come with us?"
"Don't make trouble. Your brother Kong is busy. How can he be as free as us?" Chen Qingxuan rejected Gu Qingtong's idea without saying a word. "Besides, what kind of place is the Imperial Guard Camp? How can ordinary people like us dare to set foot there? Otherwise, we should..."
“Pah, pah, pah!”
Before Chen Qingxuan could finish his words, he heard a knock on the door.
"Who is it? So early in the morning?" Gu Qingtong put down his bowl and chopsticks, then got up and walked outside.
"Cousin! Brother Kong is here!" Chen Qingxuan had just picked up the bowl when he heard Gu Qingtong calling from outside, with undisguised joy in his voice, "Cousin, Brother Kong brought over a roast duck! It's so big!"
Chen Qingxuan heard it and hurriedly put down his bowl and chopsticks and came out to greet them. Sure enough, he saw Kong Wenmin coming in with Gu Qingtong, holding a small cloth bundle in one hand and a large oil paper bag in the other. There were patches of oil stains under the oil paper. A strong aroma of burnt roast duck wafted over from afar.
"Why are you here?" Chen Qingxuan looked at Kong Wenmin in surprise. Since arriving in the capital, he had hardly seen Kong Wenmin. On the one hand, he was busy taking the exam, and on the other hand, Kong Wenmin was also very busy. This time, he not only came to send Chen Qingxuan and Gu Qingtong to the capital, but Ma Zhiming also had other arrangements for him, so he asked him to come to the capital. He was afraid that he would not be able to return to Ningguta for a year or two.
"I'm free today, so I'll come over and take a look," Kong Wenmin said, handing the roast duck to Gu Qingtong, and smilingly said to Chen Qingxuan, "Besides, why can't I come over? Could it be that Mr. Chen has now transformed himself into Chen Huiyuan, and a mere guard like me can't enter Chen Huiyuan's door?"
"You're becoming more and more sharp-tongued now," Chen Qingxuan laughed as he punched Kong Wenmin, and said with a smile, "Have you had breakfast? If not, let's go together?"
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