White Feather Wangsugi

"My lord, the hot tea is here!" Bai Lu carefully held the lacquered plate containing the tea set, and pushed open the half-hidden door sideways, but when she looked up, she saw her son warmly wrapping the sable fur for Zheng Chao.

Bai Lu lowered her head and snickered, then pretended she didn't see anything, and gently placed the tea set on the table.He deftly brewed two cups of tea, and respectfully offered Bai Yichen and Zheng Chao: "Young Master, Second Master, please use tea."

Bai Yichen nodded slightly, but Zheng Chao was very embarrassed by the "Second Master". He was a rough fisherman, and he had never received such courteous treatment. He hurriedly thanked Bai Lu, "Thank you, little brother."

Bai Lu couldn't help giggling and said, "Second Master, why are you being so polite? The ones who let our young master invite us into Wangshanju are all from our own family." Hearing this, Bai Yichen narrowed his eyes and squinted at the broken-mouthed boy. Seeing this, he immediately covered his mouth and kept silent, for fear that the young master would be angry.

"Young master." At this time, Gu Yu happened to knock on the door and come in, adding charcoal to the stove, which relieved Bai Lu's siege.Gu Yu was obviously much shyer than Bai Lu, when she saw Zheng Chao, she lowered her head and called "Second Master" timidly, then went to fiddle with the stove.

Holding the white porcelain teacup, Zheng Chao took a sip of hot tea carefully, a burst of warmth moistened his throat in an instant, warmed his internal organs, and seemed to warm his heart.He took one sip after another, drinking the hot tea contentedly, he didn't know what kind of tea it was, he just felt the tea's fragrance, which was indescribable.

Bai Yichen sipped his tea, and seeing Zheng Chao's impatient look, he persuaded him amusedly, "Drink the freshly boiled Yunshan spring water slowly, and be careful not to burn it."

"Yunshan?" Zheng Chao paused while drinking tea, looking at the teacup in his hand curiously, Yunshan is the highest and most dangerous mountain around Liyang, but there is a well-known sweet spring at the south foot of Yunshan, so, Then some rich and noble families hired porters to go up Yunshan Mountain to fetch water.Due to the difficulty of obtaining water, Yunshan spring water is more precious than oil.

Zheng Chao didn't dare to waste the tea in the cup, and then put the teacup back on the table.Bai Lu wanted to drink more for him, but Zheng Chao waved his hands quickly, not daring to drink any more.

Bai Yichen paused the hand holding the cup, annoyed that he had talked too much.He put down the teacup without much interest, and asked Gu Yu to prepare some meals so that Zheng Chao could stay for a while.

Gu Yu obediently responded, and asked, "My lord, how do you want to eat the fresh fish sent by the second master?" Bai Yichen turned his head to look at Zheng Chao, and smiled slightly at him: "What do you think? , Jiro?"

Being called by Mr. Bai like this, Zheng Chao's face suddenly burned.Although the neighbors in the village called him that, Zheng Chao actually felt like a cat's paw scratching his heart when he called this name from Mr. Bai's mouth.

Zheng Chao could hardly even speak, and stammered: "I...I..." Seeing his flustered appearance, Bai Yichen didn't urge him, but looked at him gently and patiently.

Seeing his gaffe, Zheng Chao blushed with embarrassment.He scratched the back of his head and thought about it for a while, thinking that there were two big crucian carps among the fish he brought this time, so he suggested: "Clean up those two crucian carp, blanch them in boiling soup, and remove the bones. Take some dried bamboo shoots and cut them into shreds, add pepper and rice wine to make crucian carp soup. It’s cold, drink some fish soup to drive away the cold.”

Bai Yichen raised his eyebrows slightly, and said with anticipation: "It seems that Erlang is very good at these things. I don't know, may I be lucky enough to taste Erlang's craft?"

Zheng Chao smiled embarrassedly, and agreed: "I can also cook some home-cooked dishes, Mr. Bai, don't dislike it." Bai Yichen shook his head and said, "Why would you dislike it?"

So, Gu Yu led Zheng Chao to the kitchen. To his surprise, Mr. Bai also insisted on accompanying him to the kitchen.

Zheng Chao took the two big crucian carp out of the fish basket, and scraped off the scales to remove the internal organs. When dealing with these, he was afraid that Bai Yichen would get annoyed by the blood, so he wanted to persuade him to go back to his room to rest and wait for the fish soup to be ready.But Bai Yichen shook his head indifferently, and stood quietly by the side, looking at him with a smile.

Seeing Mr. Bai looking at him, Zheng Chao's ears turned slightly red.Bai Yichen had a panoramic view of all this, the corners of his mouth raised up calmly, there was a bit of joy and satisfaction in his eyes...