"When the prince heard that the princess also loved this dish, he felt that the princess must not have appreciated it properly before. So he specially sent me to tell the young master to prepare more so that he can come and taste it again."
Lin Ziwen raised an eyebrow and glanced at Su Lixia unintentionally. This guy's real intention was not what he seemed to be. No one knew what he was planning.
"However, the crabs are probably not very big right now, so it will be easier to catch them. But this time it's your prince who wants to eat them, so you have to come along."
Yuan Ruo sighed, "I knew it. Fine, let's go then. I'll stay here tonight, and we'll go tomorrow."
"Judging from the weather today, it looks like it will rain tomorrow. You can stay here, but you'll have to go by yourself tomorrow."
Upon hearing this, Yuan Ruo's lips twitched: "As expected, it's fate! It seems they're determined to torment me!"
Su Lixia laughed and said, "Oh, it's alright, it's alright. We'll go after the rain stops. I'll go then too. I've never seen how crabs are caught before."
Yuan Ruo raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised, and asked, "Really?"
"Hmm, how could I miss out on something this fun?"
Lin Ziwen waved his hand: "Hey? This is no fun. It's all wind and sun, not something a delicate girl like you can do."
Su Lixia frowned: "Ziwen, it's not right of you to say that. Girls can be delicate, but that's definitely not the right way to describe me. It seems you still don't know me very well."
“Exactly, that’s right, we need to know more about it.” Yuan Ruo chimed in, only to be met with a glare from Lin Ziwen. She quickly calmed down and went to sit down next to Su Lixia: “Let’s learn more about it before we talk about it.”
Su Lixia reached out and gave Yuan Ruo a high five, saying, "It's a promise, take me with you."
Lin Ziwen sighed and said, "Okay, I'll definitely take you."
The next day, it started to drizzle at the crack of dawn. Lin Ziwen got up early and had a bowl of congee with some pickled vegetables, glancing at the gray sky outside from time to time.
Yuan Ruo was sleeping in the warm pavilion next to Lin Ziwen. She heard him get up early in the morning, but she stayed on the bed for a while.
Yuan Ruo stretched and yawned as she walked out, saying, "This rain has made it a bit cold."
"Autumn goes by so quickly. Why not change the autumn hunt to a winter hunt? The snow-covered landscape would be beautiful."
Yuan Ruo scoffed: "In the cold winter, those high-ranking officials and nobles probably can't even draw their bows. It's only in the cool, mild autumn season that they can manage."
Lin Ziwen reached out and touched his neck, then turned his head left and right, and said, "If you want to say something, just don't let them participate. Let our guards take advantage of this great event to get some exercise."
Yuan Ruo sat down and used Lin Ziwen's bowl to serve herself another bowl of porridge, saying, "I don't care about that. Anyway, we don't need his training opportunities. Besides, isn't that just showing off to them? We're not going to do that."
Lin Ziwen pushed the side dish towards him: "I was just saying it casually."
"These shredded radish are pickled well, they taste good." Yuan Ruo pointed to the pickled vegetables in the bowl with her chopsticks.
"Eat as much as you like. You can take some back with you. We pickled too much before the New Year and haven't finished it yet."
Yuan Ruo's lips twitched: "So you just wanted me to finish them off for you."
"What, you're not happy about it?"
“I’d love to, I really would. You can pickle some new vegetables for me to eat later.”
Lin Ziwen chuckled: "That's really unfortunate. There won't be any new ones until the end of the year, so you'll have to wait another six months."
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