Mu Ziling stood there looking at those receding figures for a long time, wondering if it was because of what Li Zhan said today that she felt a little uneasy.
She turned her head and said to Long Xiaoyu: "I want to go back to live in Mu's residence in two days."
Long Xiaoyu took her into his arms: "Okay, I will accompany you back."
…
When the two returned to the City Lord's Mansion, the sky was completely dark, with no moonlight or starlight.
The city lord's mansion was brightly lit, the east and west courtyards, and at the entrance of the dining hall, there was a servant girl looking at the courtyard door with her head poking her head.
Mu Ziling and Long Xiaoyu entered the courtyard gate and headed towards the dining hall.
Seeing the two, the maid hurriedly ran into the hall and told the people who had been waiting for a long time: "Master! Ma'am! Come here, the city lord and the young lady are back."
Yun Jin was overjoyed, and quickly straightened her appearance. Out of the corner of her eye, she caught sight of Long Wenyin holding chopsticks to pick up food. She raised her hand and knocked on it: "Who asked you to move the chopsticks? The children haven't come in yet, don't move."
"Hmph!" Long Wenyin was so angry that his beard was about to blow.
It is enough for him to wait for his son, and it is enough not to let him touch the dishes on the table.
Long Xiaoyu entered the door, and slightly nodded at the two elders: "Father, mother."
Long Wenyin snorted heavily, without even looking at him.
Mu Ziling didn't call out to Long Xiaoyu, she called out, "Father, mother."
The daughter-in-law was still good, and she called her dearly. Long Wenyin turned back and said "Hey".
With a smile on her face, Yun Jin waved to the two of them: "Don't stand still, come sit down and eat, the dishes are still hot when they arrive."
Is it still hot? It has been hot twice, Long Wenyin picked up the chopsticks on the table that he had patted several times, and picked up the vegetables in a muffled voice.
Yun Jin asked Mu Ziling to sit beside her, Mu Ziling had already found a seat to sit down, she turned her head, pretending to look for someone: "Why don't you see A Ze and Qing Ling?"
Afraid of sleeping in the study room at night, Long Xiaoyu walked around to the empty seat next to Yun Jin and sat down.
Yun Jin froze for a moment, then took a piece of meat into Long Xiaoyu's bowl with the chopsticks: "Ze'er and Qing girl also just came back from outside, and they said they ate outside, and they should be walking in the back garden right now." .”
Long Xiaoyu moved his chopsticks and ate the piece of meat first.
Yun Jin was smiling, and she also gave Mu Ziling a piece of meat: "Come on, Linger."
With Long Xiaoyu in the middle, Mu Ziling passed the bowl over: "Thank you, mother."
"This is barbecued pork. It's my first time making it. I don't know if it tastes right. Come on, try it."
"This is Huadiao Drunken Chicken. Yu'er liked to eat it when he was a child. Try it and see if it tastes the same."
"This is old hen soup, Ling'er should drink more, it's good for your health..."
“This is sweet and sour fish…”
The chopsticks in Yunjin's hands have not been put down since she picked them up, and she has been picking up vegetables. The bowls of her son and daughter-in-law are covered with rain and dew, but they don't get into the bowl on her left, which only has rice but no vegetables.
Long Wenyin didn't look up, he glared out of the corner of his eye.
Madam didn't bring any food for him, so he picked up the white rice, feeling very unhappy: "Feng Cen, pour the wine!"
Feng Cen has been demoted from Eunuch Feng to Steward Feng of the City Lord's Mansion.
Steward Feng didn't care about the affairs of the house, but only took care of the master. When he heard that the master wanted to drink, he became anxious: "This is impossible, master. The doctor said that you are too weak to drink."
Long Wenyin glanced pointedly: "Who said I want to drink?" Now that his wife wants to accompany him, it is a pity that he will die.
A certain kid doesn't feel too flustered when he just eats vegetables, so what if we don't serve him some spirits
The master gave a wink, butler Feng understood it in seconds, and walked to Long Xiaoyu's side with the jug in hand.
Long Xiaoyu had stopped drinking, he just raised his hand to stop Steward Feng from pouring him wine.
Yun Jin put down her chopsticks and took the jug from Butler Feng's hand: "Yu'er, your father is not in good health and cannot drink, but mother is in good health, so mother will drink with you."
How can madam drink? !
Long Wenyin raised his head in shock: "Ma'am—"
Yun Jin glanced at him and saw that there was a piece of sweet and sour fish and a piece of braised pork in his bowl. Her face darkened slightly: "Butler Feng, did the doctor also say that you can't eat high-sugar food?"
Butler Feng thought for a while and replied, "Yes."
Yun Jin: "Change the old master's bowl, put another bowl in it, and put some vegetables for him."
"Hey." Feng Butler, with his old arms and legs, was always active, and immediately complied.
"!" Long Wenyin's eyes were about to pop out.
Although these dishes are not as delicious as the delicacies in the palace, they are just home-cooked side dishes, but they are all cooked by his wife himself. There are good wine and good dishes on the table, but he can only serve white rice with vegetables? !
Long Wenyin wanted to pat the chopsticks again, but this time he might not even eat the vegetables, he tried to argue: "Ma'am, braised pork is not—"
"I put sugar in all the meat dishes." Yun Jin put a plate of steamed tofu in front of him: "The doctor said that you should eat light food these days, so you should eat more vegetarian dishes, Steward Feng, keep an eye on it, don't let him eat it again." Steal meat."
Rumble! Rumble!
Outside, the dark clouds were rolling, the thunder was rumbling, and the big raindrops were beating on the door.
Long Wenyin: "..." The splashing rain, his tears.
Yun Jin ignored the bearded and staring old man, she turned her head and asked her son, "Would you like to have a drink with your mother?" The hope in her eyes couldn't be hidden.
Long Xiaoyu, who was already abstained from alcohol, did not refuse: "Okay."
He didn't let his mother pour the wine, he took the jug and filled it up himself, poured less than a third of it into his mother's wine glass, and filled the rest with water.
Yun Jin's eyes were sore and she wanted to cry, but she held back and picked up the wine glass: "Damn it."
Long Xiaoyu also picked up the wine glass, and lightly touched her wine glass: "Do it."
Long Wenyin chewed the tender tofu like a stone, his face smelled unusual.
The son and the daughter-in-law want to drink both rain and dew, and after drinking with their son, Yun Jin calls the daughter-in-law: "Would you like to have a drink with your mother, Linger?"
Mu Ziling agreed, and she got up: "Let's have a drink together, Dad can replace wine with tea."
It was still his daughter-in-law who thought of him intimately, Long Wenyin couldn't wait: "Feng Cen, pour tea."
The family of four toasted together, only Long Xiaoyu drank wine, and the other three drank tea without adding a drop of wine.
Afterwards, Yun Jin and Long Xiaoyu's mother and son drank together, and kept on drinking. The son drank and the mother drank tea, and the son cherished words like gold and listened to his mother.
It took a long time to eat this meal, and it rained outside for a long time.
The smoky rain and fog permeated everywhere, making people feel drowsy, and the servants who served them couldn't bear the drowsiness, so they stood and squinted and dozed off one after another.
Long Wenyin was also very sleepy, but he refused to go back to his room to rest before he said anything. He sat and dozed off, and would grunt from time to time, protesting dissatisfaction.
It wasn't until the rain stopped outside, and Yun Jin called him to leave, that he was supported in a daze by Steward Feng, who was also in a daze, and went back to the room with his wife, who couldn't stop being happy all night.
Mu Ziling stood at the door of the dining hall, watched her in-laws leave, and then turned back into the hall.
At the dinner table, Long Xiaoyu sat upright, in this posture all night long...
(end of this chapter)