Yan Fei

Chapter 23 Langya

The young man poured a sip of herbal tea into his thin and pale lips, and continued to look at the few bamboo slips in his hand.

A beautiful girl took the tray from the boy with two red clouds flying across his face, smiled at him, turned around and went upstairs and put the tray on the low table in front of the young man.

On the tray is a strangely shaped food box, which rests on a small clump of flames burning in a small metal plate.Open the lid of the food box, and you can see that it is divided into two layers. The upper layer is a small cake lying on a small perforated bamboo tray covered with a layer of rice paper. I bought the best rain rice tea and used it as the bottom of the food box, which is convenient for making tea.

The woman took out the cakes, put a pair of tea bowls, long bamboo plates and two pairs of jade chopsticks on the table, lifted the food box, and the fragrant rain rice tea flowed out from a small spout on the box and fell into the bowl end.

The young man put away the bamboo slips and put them on a side of silk and satin, picked up the jade chopsticks and divided the pastry into two portions, which were placed on two bamboo plates.

At this time, a girl in black walked in from the gate of the inn, with a smile on her lips and curved eyes.She took a pot of rice and a plate of pickled meat with preserved vegetables from the little second hand who was stunned in place, and before the little second hand could speak, she carried them upstairs steadily.

The girl in black knelt down beside the woman, serving the young man together with her, but her movements were slightly skillful.

The young man looked up at her slightly, and let her take out the tray from the food box and put it on the vacant flame, and put the pickled vegetables and meat on top of it together with the white porcelain plate.

"Louy," said the young man, "go and see if the surname Xu is alive."

Louie froze for a moment, looking at him strangely.

The young man stared at her for a long time before he realized what he had said, and hurriedly coughed in embarrassment: "Go... go get some food for Ganu, it doesn't need too much, and if there are too many people surnamed Xu, they will nag .”

Louis heaved a sigh of relief, got up and bowed slightly, and went downstairs in small steps.

As soon as she left her seat, a person sat down opposite the young man.It was also a young man, but he looked a little older than him.And his eyes are covered with a black belt with crow-blue dark stripes.

"Yan Zi."

Yan Zi let out a "huh", scooped up two spoonfuls of rice and put them into two tea bowls, and then poured in a spoonful of preserved vegetables and braised pork.

The rice has just been soaked in rain rice tea, and the smell can penetrate directly into the soft and glutinous rice grains.The rice grains are full of tea, but they will not break because they are not soft and glutinous. With the addition of pickled vegetables and meat, it will not be too dry in the mouth, like eating dry food, nor too wet, like drinking porridge.

The small pastry on the other side is steamed on a bamboo plate, with the fragrance of green bamboo, and because it is steamed with rain rice tea, it also brings the aroma of rain rice tea. It is really delicious when paired with herbal tea. Nice after-dinner refreshments.

"Lui helped you go down to see Ganu." Yan Zi said.

The man nodded, picked up the chopsticks accurately, and picked up the bowl leisurely, while eating, he seemed to be waiting for Yan Zi's next words.

Yan Zi added some tea and rice to his almost empty bowl, and picked out some hot pieces of meat that were placed at the bottom of the plate of preserved vegetables, and put them in his bowl, spreading them slightly. Hot dried plums were served on top, and finally a thin layer of tea was poured on it. Then he knocked on the table and said, "This is Wu Hui, Miss Wu. Wu Hui, this is the third young master of the Xu family."

"Ming Zhiming." Xu Zhiming continued.

Wu Hui nodded in response.

"Miss Wu is from the Department of Yan, and she was in the first batch transferred to me..." Yan Zi was talking, but suddenly paused, and tapped the back of Xu Zhiming's hand with his chopsticks, "What do you choose?!"

"Fat meat." Xu Zhiming poked at the smooth fat meat, picked up a piece with chopsticks, held the trembling fat meat in front of Yan Zi, as if he could see it, "Look, Is it fat? I can't eat this kind of soft and oily thing..."

Yan Zi's face was half black, and he leaned out half of his body unexpectedly and stuffed the meat back into his mouth: "Eat it, you!"

Xu Zhiming was startled and almost choked to death.

"You are so thin, if I don't make you fatter, what happened to you later? If your annoying father sues Brother Shu, do I still want to live a good life?!" Yan Zi angrily put his cup The herbal tea was poured out of the window, and I poured him a cup of warm rain rice tea and put it in his palm.

After Xu Zhiming finally calmed down after drinking two sips of tea, Yan Zi just said slowly: "Miss Wu was one of the first people transferred to my place. She is quick at work and has been staying in Langya Valley."

The Langya Valley they mentioned earlier is a valley not far from Zuiwengzhuang here, and there is only a small town in it, Langya Town, but the environment is indeed too good to say anything.

"Let's go to Langya Valley to stay for a while. If there is nothing else to do, then go to the Central Plains to find a foothold. If there are no cases along the way, we will go back to Yiwei to cross the river." Yan Zi raised his head and drank the tea bowl clean, holding a piece of pastry Put it in your mouth.

On the Yiweidu River, there are small islands scattered on the river, and the Gusu Pavilion Tunnel City is located on several islands in the middle of the river.

That was the place where Yan Zi grew up when she was young.It's also been a long time since I returned, no wonder he misses it.

Xu Zhiming just smiled and nodded slightly.

"Speaking of which, the things in your house are really useful."

"You are also very useful." Xu Zhiming replied unceremoniously.

Wu Hui glanced at him.

The corner of Yan Zi's mouth twitched a few times, and he let out a long sigh and said, "Wu Hui, when are we going to Langya Valley?"

"As long as the son is willing, it can be done now."

Yan Zi absent-mindedly responded, and didn't continue.But Xu Zhiming returned first: "In three days."

Yan Zi asked with chopsticks in his mouth, "Why?"

"I want to drink all the wine from Zui Ongzhuang first."

"It's up to you. Three days will be three days."

Wu Hui opened his mouth, hesitantly glanced at his son, then at the blind man over there.

She had served Yan Zi for some years, and it was the first time she knew that her young master would have such a good day.

Xu Zhiming said it was three days, but it really was three days. He didn't leave at night on the third day, and he didn't stay in the drunken manor during the day on the fourth day.The four of them walked slowly towards Langya Valley in the morning light of the fourth day.

It's already summer now, so it won't be too hot if you go at this hour.It's just that although Zuiwengzhuang is not far from Langya Valley, it's not too close. The group of people stopped and stopped for nearly two hours before entering Langya Valley.

Yan Bu's house is not in Langya Town, after leaving Langya Town, walk along the Canzai River in the valley for a while, and then you can find the stone road to the house.

"What kind of tea is grown on this mountain?" Xu Zhiming turned his head and asked.

Yan Zi glanced at him: "How do you know there are tea leaves on this mountain?"

"The smell of tea here is quite strong. I smelled a similar fragrance when I passed the tea shop in the town just now, so I guessed that the same kind of tea is grown on this mountain."

"Well, ancient green tea. It is only produced in Langya Valley. You know that [-]% of the output is paid tribute to the court every year." Yan Zi laughed.

Xu Zhiming didn't reply, but followed him for a while with no expression on his face, then turned his head silently.

It is rare to see the sun in Langya Valley, and it is the same as usual at this time.The sky is gray, and there are constant buzzing of insects in the mountains, and there are rustling sounds in the grass from time to time.

"careful!"