The sun quietly sets in the west and the yard is quiet.
Youlan and Konggu roasted sweet potatoes and peanuts in the brazier in the small room and ate them while waiting for instructions from the study.
In the study, the tea on the small stove was boiling, and steam was rising. Yan Gui poured the cold water in the teacup into the flower pot beside him, raised his hand and picked up the teapot to pour a cup of hot ginger tea for Wei Yang and himself.
Hot ginger tea with wolfberry, longan, jujube and brown sugar tastes sweet and warms your heart and stomach.
During the afternoon, Wei Yang only changed clothes twice in the bathroom with Kong Gu's help. The rest of the time, she sat on a chair and read quietly. If she saw something she didn't understand, she would ask Yan Gui.
Yan Gui had read almost all the books here, and he understood everything Wei Yang asked. He could also take the opportunity to derive the principles in the books and tell her a few stories from his own life or what he had heard.
For Weiyang, this is the best time. Reading books, drinking tea and listening to stories, there is nothing more enjoyable than this.
For Yan Gui, this was the best time, watching Wei Yang tell stories, and it would have been even more perfect if he hadn't drunk such sweet hot tea.
Ding Wu tiptoed into the tea room and asked quietly, "The general and the young lady have been reading for a long time. Do you want to go over and ask them to add more tea, hot soup or snacks?"
Konggu only peeled the sweet potato, blew it to cool down bit by bit, put it in his mouth, and ignored him. Youlan peeled a peanut and rolled her eyes at him unhappily: "You don't dare to disturb the general and the girl, so do we dare to go?"
"My two ladies, the general has agreed to attend the banquet. They have asked twice, and everyone is waiting." Ding Wu said with a bitter face, and stretched out his hands to bow: "Please, find an excuse to go over and ask."
"I'll go and take a look." Konggu glanced at poor Ding Wu, stood up, took a clean plate, picked out two roasted sweet potatoes and put them on it, then walked to the study next door.
There was a knock on the study door, and a hollow voice rang out at the door: "General, young lady, I have roasted some sweet potatoes, they are still hot, would you like to try some?"
"Come in." Yan Gui put down the book and said in a deep voice.
The door of the study opened, Kong Gu walked in with a plate, and Ding Wu followed in. Looking at Ding Wu, Yan Gui frowned: "What's the matter?"
"General, General Song has sent people to ask twice. I don't know when the general will go there."
"Oh." Yan Gui hesitated for a moment, then remembered that he had promised General Song to attend the banquet that morning. He looked at Wei Yang awkwardly. He didn't want to be disturbed or waste such a quiet moment.
Wei Yang's eyes were attracted by the roasted sweet potato that Kong Gu brought over. It was another black thing, still steaming. She couldn't help but ask Kong Gu curiously, "What is this?"
"This is roasted sweet potato, the staple food of country people in winter. But it is fragrant and sweet when roasted. Would you like to try it, girl?" Konggu skillfully peeled off half of the black skin, revealing the golden sweet potato flesh inside.
"Can I eat?" He looked up at Yan Gui who was standing aside and whispering to Ding Wu.
Yan Gui turned his gaze away from Ding Wu and looked at Wei Yang, then at the sweet potatoes that Kong Gu had peeled and placed on the plate, still steaming. "It's edible, and tastes pretty good."
Seeing Wei Yang reaching out to pick up the plate, he hurriedly reminded her, "Be careful, it's a little hot."
Weiyang scooped a piece with a spoon and blew it carefully. When it cooled slightly, she put it in her mouth. It was sweet and soft, really good.
“Not bad, delicious.”