No Worries about Food and Medicine

Chapter 56: Carrots are thin and crispy

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Because the newly improved Jinlingzhi sold well, Jiang Bingren tasted the sweetness, not because he had any ambition to carry forward his own restaurant, but because he simply fell in love with the fun of counting silver, after all, girls are stubborn There is nothing new, but money is a constant source of things, so I stopped shopping in Houhua Street, and ran to a bowl of noodle restaurants every three days.

The elders of the Jiang family naturally didn't like him being associated with poor people, Jiang Bingren didn't care about that, he just cared about being happy, and it was the same in Liuxiang, Hunhua Street in the past, except for his grumpy father, no one could talk about him.

Today, he ran to the west city gate again, and he came out after listening to both ears.

Those who know know that he came to Yiwan noodle restaurant to learn from the scriptures, but those who don't know think that he has fallen in love with the handsome gentleman in the noodle restaurant again.

Although Lang Jun is pretty enough, Jiang Bingren really didn't come to admire Ji Meiren. He pretended to order a bowl of goose soup noodles in the front hall of the noodle shop. He squinted and saw Yu Jinnian coming out, and immediately put down his chopsticks happily to catch up, and followed Yu Jinnian from the front hall to the backyard Let Yu Jinnian teach the cooks in Chunfeng Deyi Building some new dim sum.

Because the light snow solar term is about to come, although Xin'an County is located in the south, it is likely that there will be no snowflakes at this time of year, but Jiang Bingren wants to use this as an excuse to hold a tea tasting party in the building. Those who have a relationship with the number one scholar in the previous dynasty will inevitably hold some sour wine and tea parties every year, and try to be elegant.

At this moment Jiang Bingren was in charge of the restaurant management for the first time, and it was the time when the new official took office and lit three fires, and he was very excited. He had some good ideas in the store, but he kept them hidden, lest his colleagues would find out, Jiang Bingren But the young master wished he could pour out all the thoughts in his stomach and let Yu Jinnian be judged. He had many ideas, many times stronger than those old pedants outside.

Yu Jinnian mixed wheat bran from the kitchen, and came out with a basin to feed the geese. A few big geese had been slaughtered before, and the circle was a bit open, allowing those little yellow geese to run around and quack. , quite cheerful.

Jiang Bingren stood next to him, talking about what kind of tea to use, what kind of water to get, what delicacies from mountains and seas he had bought in the past few days, and he was planning which young masters and poets to invite to the tea ceremony...

Yu Jinnian squatted outside the circle and looked at the little velvet goose with his face on his face. Jiang Bingren spoke dryly. He was anxious why he didn't speak, so he couldn't help pushing him twice, and said slightly annoyed: "I'm talking to you, did you hear me?"

Yu Jinnian finally said: "Is it okay to ask your father about this, why ask me? If I can handle such a big scene, will I still work as a waiter in this small noodle restaurant in Xichengtou?"

Jiang Bingren was choked, and heard him say again: "If you want new snacks, no problem, just bring the same contract as last time."

This time I really choked to death, Jiang Bingren is young, there is no boy in the family who can get along with him, even the nephews of those relatives from the side of the house can't talk to him, and he can only talk about beautiful things with the dudes in the county. The thing about prostitutes is very boring. But Yu Jinnian is interesting, he thinks that although the Jiang family is just a low-level businessman, they can still get along with the county magistrate, and it is more than enough to associate with a white man like Yu Jinnian, but Yu Jinnian just doesn't buy his account, and wants to choke him when he opens his mouth.

Jiang Bingren was so angry that he pushed the geese-feeding basin in his hand, and there was a tinkling sound, as if it was a war. Ji Hong heard the sound outside, opened the curtain and walked in, and saw the young master staring and losing his temper Said: "Why did I come to chat with you! It's boring, I'm going back!"

Ji Hong was still holding the curtain in his hand, and was swept away by Young Master Jiang wrapped in a gust of wind. He looked back, and seemed to be a little puzzled, and asked Yu Jinnian, "What's the matter? There's a sudden commotion?"

Yu Jinnian bent down to pick up the basin that was overturned by Jiang Bingren, he was also at a loss, he thought he didn't say anything serious, and he didn't know why the young gingerbread man suddenly lost his temper. He was puzzled here, because his legs and feet were a little numb after squatting for a long time, and he was pulling on the goose fence to get up, when Ji Hong stretched out his hand.

The man's palms are white and broad, the skin between the wrists is thin and transparent, and there are faint blue-purple blood vessels flowing underneath. His fingers are long and the fingertips are narrow, like the hands of a lute player.

Yu Jinnian handed him his hands, and Ji Hong held one hand, while the other went around behind the young man, supporting him tightly or loosely. The young man's back was thin, but when he stood up, he would tense tightly, looking very strong strength, Ji Hong felt that the butterfly bone under his hand tightened suddenly, as if it was about to sprout wings, he rubbed it temptingly, bowed his head and said: "Since we have made a business agreement with him, we will follow each other. some."

The young man nodded, not knowing if he could hear it, Ji Hong bowed down in front of him, bent very low, and lightly slapped the wheat chaff and goose food spilled on Yu Jinnian's body: "I'll clean it, you go in and change your clothes .”

Yu Jinnian immediately turned bitter, and muttered, "I don't have any clothes anymore."

Ji Hongqi asked, "Why don't you have any clothes?"

Yu Jinnian pointed to the bamboo clothesline in another corner of the yard, on which were hung a few dusty clothes: "Qing Huan said that in winter, it will always be cloudy, and there will be some rain in the future. Tonight The weather was fine, she insisted that the clothes in my closet had a musty smell, so she took all my clothes to wash and hang them to dry..."

He looked up at Ji Hong, and said distressedly: "It's really gone, there are only two obscene clothes left."

"Only these few?" Ji Hong went over and grabbed the clothes on the rope. The material was not good, but they were all worn out.

Yu Jinnian nodded: "Originally there were only three or four sets of clothes. When I came here, I came here with nothing. These clothes were changed by Er Niang from his former man's old clothes. It's pretty good... the one on me is It has just been washed, it is clean, and it can be worn for a long time, but who would have thought that the gingerbread man would suddenly lift my basin."

The boy's clothes were all dusty, and the styles were similarly old-fashioned. Ji Hong, who is used to seeing cloud silk and colorful neon, really couldn't tell the difference. Today, I asked Qing Huan to take them all out to dry. Only these few pieces.

He turned his head and went into the room, calling the boy to come in together: "Come here, wear mine."

Yu Jinnian was surprised for a moment, he fumbled into the room, poked his head, and saw Ji Hong flipping through his clothes in his bag, he was standing by the table, and saw the man fumbling in a cloud of good material, he couldn't help but Said: "No need, I'll put on two obscene clothes and just make do with it. At worst, I won't walk in the front hall..."

Ji Hong frowned: "What does it look like to be wearing obscene clothes?"

From the pile of clothes, he took out a water-blue one, and another jade-colored one, which was exactly the one that Ji Hong was wearing on the day when he first saw him. It was a very light color, like the water slightly leaking from Hetian jade. He asked Yu Jinnian which one he liked.

Yu Jinnian took a hasty glance, thinking of Ji Hong, who was the only one in Osmanthus Alley that day, he stuck out a finger out of nowhere and pointed at the jade-colored one. After a while, he came back to his senses, shook his head and said, "It's still okay." Forget it, it’s not good for you to wear it out.”

"If you don't want to wear anything, it's fine if you like it." Ji Hong dragged him over, hugged him in front of him, and opened the waistband of the young man. The gray linen clothes were not like silk and satin, so he couldn't wear them on his shoulders. When it slides off, you have to take it off with your hands.

In broad daylight, he and the boy huddled in the room and stripped off their clothes.

The shadows between the window papers swayed, and the sunlight shifted, making people's eyes light up and darken at times, in a trance, sometimes it was the boy's handsome but not gorgeous face, and sometimes it was his waist that was tightly pressed under the milky white underwear. Ji Hong's eyes were a little confused, he peeled it twice but didn't take it off, Yu Jinnian clutched the sleeve by himself, there was a rough sound between the cloth and the cloth, then he pulled it off and threw it on the ground at his feet.

The thin obscene clothes inside covered his chest. Ji Hong glanced at his neckline twice. He was as white and greasy as milk. Because he hadn't seen the wind and sun, he was tenderer than his face. He looked away for a long time and shook off the jade. The long-colored gown covered the young man.

The clothes were invisible when worn on Ji Hong's body, but on Yu Jinnian's body, they were very light and airy. It was too big, as if he was wearing an adult's clothes secretly. Walking forward, the whole child tripped over his hem and staggered into Ji Hong's arms.

There was a bronze mirror for combing hair on the small cabinet by the bed. Yu Jinnian turned his head, and his eyes just hit it. Seeing his embarrassed appearance, compared with Ji Hong, he was like a buffoon. He turned his head to Ji Hong Burying on his chest, he became angry from embarrassment: "It's so ugly, it's time to take it off."

"Where is it ugly?" Not only is it not ugly, but with a little dressing up, he will be a handsome young man. Ji Hong grabbed his hand that was peeling off his clothes and shouted, "Qing Huan, come in!"

Yu Jinnian looked up: "What do you want her to do?"

Ji Hong said: "Just change it for you."

Qing Huan responded and ran in, asking what was the matter, Ji Hong pinched a piece of his sleeve: "Change the clothes for Brother Nian, make it shorter here, and put the hem up a bit." The little girl nodded after listening, He ran quickly to get the needle dowry.

Yu Jinnian hid a few steps back clutching his sleeves, huddled on the bed, and said anxiously: "It's a pity to change such a good dress! Qing Huan, don't listen to him, don't change it!"

Qing Huan saw that the two were at a stalemate, it was a pity that Brother Nian felt sorry for Young Master Ji's good clothes, and it was a pity that Young Master Ji felt sorry for Brother Nian who refused to wear good materials. It's good for each other, she stood in a daze for a while, interrupted them and said: "Actually, you don't need to cut it, just put it in a little bit, you can't see much from the outside, but the inside may not be pretty. …”

Ji Hong pulled out the little mouse hiding in the bed curtain, and threw it in front of Qing Huan: "You can change it as you like, as long as it fits you well."

Yu Jinnian was also tempted. He still wanted to wear Ji Hong's clothes. Hearing that he didn't need to cut the material, he pretended to hesitate for a while, then smiled, and stretched out his hand happily, asking Qing Huan to sew it carefully. She was so angry and happy that Qing Huan couldn't laugh or cry. She held the clothes and pulled up the thread, while Yu Jinnian kicked her legs and directed her eyes intently: "It's better to make the cuffs a little longer. I think the young masters only show half The palm came out, very expensive."

Holding the tea, Ji Hong couldn't help but say, "Are you okay?"

"It's so pretty." Yu Jinnian suddenly jumped off the stool and went into the cupboard to rummage through the boxes. Ji Hong asked him what he was looking for, but he didn't say anything. It took a long time before he dug out a plain fan from which corner. On the eve of the moon, Ji Hong threw the pot. He opened the plain fan and spread it on the table, put the pen in Ji Hong's hand, and begged him to "write any one", and added at the end: "It must be good-looking."

Ji Hong thought for a while, sipped his ink and inscribed on the fan: Half the curtain is full of smoke and rain, and the bucket of wine is full, and a bowl of incense in the ten-mile long street.

The worst brush pen, the cheapest small ingot of smoke and ink.

Because pens and inks are expensive, Yu Jinnian has always been careful about using them. This time, the ink was a little thinner. Ji Hong paused habitually when finishing the pen, and accidentally splashed a small drop of ink on the blank space next to him. He thought for a moment, and then let the ink dot casually throw out a plum, fortunately it didn't damage the entire fan.

Yu Jinnian held the fan and carefully dried the ink, tucked it in his arms, smiling from the corners of his eyes and brows.

Seeing that it would take a while for Qing Huan to change his clothes, he proposed to make some snacks to reward them, so he walked outside.

Qing Huan was proficient in needlework, looked at Yu Jinnian's back and said with a smile: "Brother Nian is really easy to coax."

Ji Hongzhi stopped writing, and gave a warm "hmm".

Not long after, Yu Jinnian came back with a plate of crispy radish slices, that is, thinly sliced radish, salted and dehydrated, then deep-fried in an oil pan until hard and crispy, then picked up to control the oil, and ready to serve. It is made in the same way as potato chips—a large white plate with blue patterns, inside is filled with red radish slices like a hill, with the head and tail tilted up, it tastes clear and crisp, salty and sweet, served with a cup of tea, as an afternoon snack The most comfortable.

After talking and laughing, Qing Huan finished off a plate of crackers, and Qing Huan also changed her clothes.

Yu Jinnian couldn't wait to try on his upper body, the fit was perfect, as long as he didn't look carefully, it was perfect, he praised Qing Huan's amazing craftsmanship, and he didn't want to take it off when he put it on, luckily it was late in the evening and there weren't many diners, otherwise he would have With a cautious attitude, for fear of soiling the clothes, let alone working in the kitchen, even carrying a bucket and feeding the geese are all tied up.

At night, he admired himself in the mirror for a long time, and was finally abducted by Ji Hong to the bed.

He turned around, stepped on Chi Jihong's calf, and said in a good voice, "Ah Hong, lend me to wear it for another two days, okay?"

Seeing that he liked him so much, Ji Hong didn't intend to come back at first, but listening to the young man's soft words was very beneficial, so he deliberately froze for a while before agreeing to him. Yu Jinnian stood up and sucked on Ji Hong's face Take a sip and be happy.

The clothes are placed on the head of the bed, and the plain fan is placed beside the pillow.

After a while, hearing him still not stopping behind his back, Ji Hong turned around and saw that he was still looking at the not-so-exquisite fan, whispering the words on it between his teeth. With a strand of hair, he said lightly: "I'm so happy because of a piece of clothing? I will accompany you to buy a new set in a few days."

"It's not because..." Yu Jinnian muttered something, his voice was too soft, Ji Hong couldn't hear clearly, he didn't like to force anything, in the past, if he couldn't hear clearly, it was a failure. It doesn't matter if he doesn't listen, but at this time he is slightly moved, he seems to have heard it, but he doesn't seem to hear it, so he wants to confirm what it is, so he pulls back the boy's shoulder, holds his face, and wants him to say it again : "Didn't hear clearly, good boy, say it again."

Yu Jinnian didn't feel ashamed at all, but after being coaxed gently by Ji Hong with the ambiguous word "good", he couldn't help his neck burning. I always feel damp and hot during the pillow banquet, the feeling of being cooked by the moist and warm breath. There is a yellow candle stub in the room far away—it is a new trick that Yu Jinnian came up with, because the candle burned all night The fire was too expensive, so he estimated the time when Ji Hong would fall asleep, and cut off a short candle stub to light it, so that when Ji Hong fell asleep, the candle had just burned out.

Tonight, because of the clothes, the commotion was later than usual. At this time, the candle was about to be exhausted, and the weak flame danced rustlingly. Ji Hong kissed the tip of his nose and cheek amidst the flickering lights. So the habit is terrible - Ji Hong often does this before going to bed, asking for a light kiss, or a hug - Yu Jinnian also naturally raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and leaned forward.

Ji Hong smiled teasingly.

Yu Jinnian immediately covered his face with the quilt, and said angrily, "Stop talking, go to sleep!"

It's just that he couldn't stay angry overnight, and the next day, when his clothes were dry, he put on his old sackcloth again, put Ji Hong's body on the bedside, and went to the Chunfeng Deyi Building to teach .

I didn't see Jiang Bingren, the people below said that a rockery was going to be built in the back yard, and Young Master Jiang was supervising the work behind him, he hesitated to speak, and evaded, as if he wanted to get some gossip out to hear, probably it was the little pancake man who supervised the work It is false, it is true that she is angry with him, and she refuses to see him with an excuse.

Yu Jinnian was puzzled, couldn't figure it out, didn't know which of his words made people unhappy, and could make that bastard so angry.

The news that the Chunfeng Deyi Building was going to hold a Xiaoxue tea tasting party spread, and when Yu Jinnian entered and exited the back kitchen, he saw the staff and servants coming and going, holding small bean-green invitations in their hands, and they went to various houses in an orderly manner , Some well-known poets and literati even sent a box of small gifts for knocking on the door. Although the gingerbread man was so angry that he didn't even want to see him, when he left and went home, he still sent a boy to chase him out and gave him a small invitation.

It’s also pea green, but not as exquisite as Yu Jinnian’s. It seems to have been written in a hurry, and the words in it are stingy. It probably means: We are going to have a tea party on Xiaoxue Day in the Spring Breeze Building, and I will send you a courtesy letter. I have an invitation card, you can just take a look, you don't have to come, if you want to come, we have no choice but to entertain you casually.

Yu Jinnian: "..."

Do you have to be so arrogant to be a gingerbread man

The light snow day is an excellent sunny day, the morning mist has also melted away, wisps of wind are chilling through the hall and across the street, the sky is still a bit gray, not as dazzling blue as in spring and summer, but The nose is quite refreshing, accompanied by the bitterness of fallen leaves, it really feels like winter.

Open the window, facing the noisy front hall, Yu Jinnian leaned his elbows on the window coffin and looked up, when suddenly a bird flew by, he waved his jade-green sleeves and exclaimed: "Oh, It’s the solar terms, it’s time to brew some lamb wine, and it’s refreshing to drink this wine during the New Year’s Eve, to replenish your vitality!”

Ji Hong passed by the window and stopped when he heard him speak, not knowing how he got from a gray sparrow to lamb wine. For a moment, Ji Hong turned his head to look at the jade green robe he ran back to the house to change into, and the duck egg green headband that he had given him before. His hair was combed deliberately, and he lay there with his head on his head, as if A peach and plum flower obediently waiting to be picked.

He used to nest in the kitchen making milk cakes, made of cornmeal and milk, small cubes, so soft that people couldn't bear to eat them. Later, he listened to the diners in front of him yelling about "Chunfeng proud building" It was only then that I remembered about the tea party, I hurried back to the house to change clothes, I wanted to dress beautifully, and I was going to go to see how lively the tea party was when celebrities gathered.

"New Year's Day?" Ji Hong was a little dazed, walked over and squeezed the young man's hand, "... so the year is almost over."

Yu Jinnian didn't move his hand either, he let him pinch his knuckles and asked tentatively, "Aren't you going home yet?"

"What to do when you go back." Ji Hong said lightly, like a piece of feather that doesn't touch the ground, wherever the wind blows, he will follow it, and where it lands in the end, it all depends on God's will. It was originally like this, but he Glancing at the young man lying on the window sill, I couldn't help but drop on his shoulder, "Do I look like a bead?"

"Huh? What do you mean?" Yu Jinnian looked up at him, earnestly, the corners of his eyes were a little red from the sun, making him want to rub his hands.

As he got closer, he could smell the sweet milky scent, like honey, overflowing from his shoulders, neck and hair. Ji Hong bowed his lower back, and gently rubbed his temples through a window, making it itchy. , He heard a few sticky laughs from the young man's throat, and he couldn't help but feel relaxed when he heard it. The corner of his mouth curled up and said: "Only beads are pushed away. If it is useful, push it, and if it is useless, push it away." In the corner, stop there and no one will ask."

"Tie a string for you." Yu Jinnian said with a smile, "Hang it around your waist and wear it every day... Have you ever seen a palace belt?"

Ji Hong looked down, he had seen it, Yu Jinnian gestured and said: "That's it, tie you up safely, put on a safe and auspicious buckle, and make it a little pendant that everyone loves."

Everyone loves, what a greedy word.

Ji Hong didn't feel depressed, nor did he feel sorry for himself because of it, he lifted Yu Jinnian's chin, put it on and kissed it. The breeze was blowing, and the sunshine on their bodies was half-warm. Behind them was the front hall separated by a curtain. There were noisy conversations, joking, and gamblers who met to touch Pai Gow. Qing Huan lifted the curtain, Seeing the two of them sticking together head-on, he threw down the curtain with a blushing face and said angrily, "It's broad daylight!"

The window coffin is not high, Yu Jinnian leaned out, arched Ji Hong's forehead and called him: "Little pendant."

Ji Hong felt as if his heart was pinched by someone, and the blood was gushing inside and couldn't get out or in. He stretched out his hands to support the boy's upper body, fearing that he would fall out if he stepped on it, and wanted to just hug him out like this , wanting to use his hands to really become a pendant on his waist, Ji Hong rarely muttered nervously: "I can't be loved by everyone..."

Yu Jinnian's crooked eyes opened slightly rounder, purely with some doubts.

Ji Hong grabbed his front lapel, it was obviously his clothes, but it felt a little hot to grab, he just grabbed it, and suddenly remembered that the young man regarded this clothes as a treasure, so he held back and pulled him out again. The urge to be intimate, let go and smoothed out with him, and said if there was nothing: "... only greedy you."

As soon as he said it, he regretted it a little. Such words seemed to be extraordinarily deliberate and blatant. Before these words, those provocative words seemed not so strong, but this was indeed the true meaning in his heart. , he spit fast. He wanted to say it out, to give an upright reason for the lingering these days, but he said it out, but he was afraid that Yu Jinnian would not hear or understand, and even more afraid that he would tactfully avoid the important point.

It shouldn't be an age of impulsiveness, but it has been repeatedly lost in Yu Jinnian's hands.

"That's all." Ji Hong retreated half a step first, "Clean up, let's go to Chunfeng Deyi Building."

Before he turned around, Yu Jinnian gently tugged at his sleeve, and when Ji Hong turned his head, he pointed to the jade green clothes on his body and asked, "Does this dress look good?"

This time it was Ji Hong's turn to be puzzled, but the clothes were stitched and worn on him, and it really looked good: "Yeah."

Yu Jinnian raised his sleeves, the cuffs were changed as he said, just enough to cover half of his palms, only a section of slender fingers were exposed, he stepped on a small box surface under his feet, and stood up all at once He was so tall that he almost fell out, so frightened that Ji Hong stretched out his arms to hug him, but he himself was smiling very much, as if to scare him deliberately.

"Because it's yours, it looks good. I don't want to wear it, and I don't want to take it off." Yu Jinnian put his chin on Ji Hong's shoulder and muttered in a low voice. , hugging it like a soft fish, quickly and slyly changed the subject, "Ah Hong, you carry me out."

"You also know that I don't have the strength..." Ji Hong said no, "I'm afraid I'll throw you, so go down and walk through the door by yourself."

Yu Jinnian: "Try it."

Ji Hong hesitated for a while, then stretched out his arms to wrap his arms around his waist, and pulled him out of the window. Yu Jinnian kicked off the surface of the box, and when he got up, he put his knees against the window coffin, and used his strength to flip him outward. Ji Hong's hand swept over his leg, and the other hand was raised under his armpit, and he really hugged the boy out of the window.

When hugging horizontally, the two were face to face, neck to neck, so close that they seemed to be entangled. But after a while, Yu Jinnian let go of his hand, jumped down by himself, straightened his clothes and asked him with a smile: "Princess Hug. Is it fun? Do you still want to play?"

Ji Hong: "..."

Yu Jinnian shook his sleeves: "If you still want to hug, then start practicing planks and sit-ups tomorrow, and I will teach you when I come back."

Ji Hong: "..." So it was a candied date that hit the whip.

Yu Jinnian smiled slyly at him, and urged him to go out: "Okay, let's go to Chunfeng Deyi Building for tea!"