Four Seasons Three Meals

On Monday, Jiang Huai went to work with a hangover, so he went to the tea room to make tea to refresh himself.

Cong Shan prepared the tea bag for him, wolfberry chrysanthemum tea, which can dispel wind and dissipate heat, relieve alcohol and improve eyesight.The chrysanthemums were grown by Cong Shan himself, and the wolfberries were picked up by Jiang Huai at the farmhouse.Cong Shan was marinated with honey and dried, and wrapped into a small bag, which was easy to carry. Jiang Huai took it with him to work every day.

He was boiling a pot of water and met his senior sister walking in to make coffee.

The senior sister was frowning, and sighed when she took the coffee can.

Jiang Huai asked her: "What's wrong, Senior Sister?"

The senior sister said: "I was forced to go on a blind date by my family."

Jiang Huai patted his senior sister on the shoulder sympathetically.

The senior sister vomited bitterness to him: "As you know, Dr. Cong, my mother thinks that he is very suitable for a son-in-law, so she runs to Huichun Hall every now and then, only to find out that he already has a lover. She blames me for not knowing how to seize opportunities and force him every day." Let me go on a blind date. I am exhausted from working overtime every day, and I have to deal with those stinky men..."

Jiang Huai felt a little guilty, poured hot water into the teacup, and helped the senior sister make coffee.

The senior sister sighed: "Does she think I don't want to? Doctor Cong is such a good person, a god is worthy of it, and I don't know who is so lucky."

Jiang Huai accepted this compliment, pursed his lips and secretly smiled, a little proud in his heart.

Small chrysanthemums stretch out in the teacup, and the sweet aroma of wolfberry and honey overwhelms the taste of coffee, permeating the small tea room.

The senior sister sniffled and looked at Jiang Huai's teacup: "What are you drinking?"

Jiang Huai handed over the teacup and said, "Goji berry and chrysanthemum, do you want to taste it, senior sister?"

The senior sister took it, took a sip, and nodded.

"It tastes good," she returned the cup to Jiang Huai, "Where did you buy it? I'm also going to take care of my health."

Jiang Huai touched the cup, his eyes rolled up with a smile: "My partner made it for me."

The senior sister looked at him, her throat was sore and choked, like swallowing a whole lemon raw.

After a long time, the senior sister patted him on the shoulder in frustration and envy, and said, "You are also lucky."

Jiang Huai smiled without denying it.

He knew in his heart that to him, Congshan was an accident that came after suffering.

In the evening, Cong Shan picked him up from get off work, and the two went to eat Cantonese cuisine.

As soon as he walked downstairs, he heard someone shouting from behind: "Jiang Huai!"

Jiang Huai turned around and found that it was the senior sister.

The senior sister ran to him and asked, "Do you want to carpool with me back home?"

Jiang Huai looked at Tesla at the entrance of the law firm, shook his head, and said, "Someone is here to pick me up." He then asked, "Where is Senior Sister going? I'll see you off."

It was the evening rush hour, and the senior sister didn't hesitate, and just gave the address directly, and Jiang Huai found out that it happened to be on the way.

They got in the car, Jiang Huai was in the co-pilot, and the senior sister was in the back row.He fastened his seat belt and was about to introduce, when he heard his senior sister say in surprise, "Doctor Cong?"

Cong Shan was also a little surprised: "Hello."

Jiang Huai introduced in a timely manner: "This is my senior sister, and she recommended me to go to Huichun Hall at that time..."

Cong Shan smiled and said, "I thought you were just colleagues, but I didn't expect her to be your senior sister." He then asked the senior sister, "How is the old lady?"

The senior sister said: "My mother is fine, but recently she always complains of chest tightness, shortness of breath, and weakness in hands and feet..."

Cong Shan said: "The temperature has changed due to the recent change of seasons. The old lady may have caught the cold while dancing in the square."

"I think so too. She doesn't listen to persuasion, and she still wears clothes like young people when she's old," the senior sister realized belatedly, looking at Jiang Huai and then at Cong Shan, "You... have an appointment tonight ?”

Jiang Huai didn't speak, but looked at Cong Shan.Cong Shan took out the fruit box prepared in advance and let Jiang Huai eat two bites to fill his stomach.Jiang Huai took it and ate it happily.

Seeing their interaction, the senior sister had a vague guess in her heart, and the next second, this guess was confirmed by Cong Shan.

"No," Cong Shan said while starting the car, "I'm here to pick up my boyfriend home."

He admitted it frankly, and the senior sister was so surprised that she couldn't speak, and she was stunned to digest this fact.

She remembered what she said to Jiang Huai this morning, and she was so embarrassed that she wanted to find a crack in the ground...

Cong Shan got worse, took Jiang Huai's left hand to his lips, kissed the back of it, put it down, and interlocked his fingers.

Jiang Huai blushed with embarrassment, and the senior sister called out "I can't see it" in the back row. After a while, she couldn't help but leaned over and asked the two gossip.

Cong Shan concentrated on driving, and Jiang Huai told her in detail that the hands he held were not loosened during the conversation.

Thinking of the wolfberry and chrysanthemum tea she drank during the day, the senior sister lamented that there are adult fairy tales in this world, but when she thought about being single, it only added to the troubles of hurting spring and autumn.

After a while, Jiang Huai picked up an apple, handed it to the senior sister, and asked in a low voice: "Senior sister, do you want to eat an apple?"

The senior sister was not polite, took it with a long sigh, took a bite, and felt that this autumn's apple variety tasted like a lemon.

They went home after dinner, Jiang Huai picked out a documentary, Cong Shan squeezed the juice, prepared snacks, and watched TV with Jiang Huai in the living room.

Seeing Xing's head, Jiang Huai wanted to eat something, so he reached out to the coffee table and groped, grabbed a piece of pastry and fed it to his mouth. After chewing for a while, he felt that the taste was novel, and then he slowly came back to his senses.

He looked at the pastry in his hand, which was shaped like a plum blossom and had an attractive color.The pastry has distinct layers. The upper layer is soft and chewy Lantern Festival, the lower layer is dense bean paste and raisins, and the top layer is drizzled with melted white sand syrup, which has a caramel aroma. Finally, it is sealed with strawberry jam.The taste is sweet but not greasy, moderately soft and crunchy, suitable for all ages and endless aftertaste.

He saw that the one Cong Shan was holding was made of similar materials, except that the sealing sauce was replaced with honey.

He quietly leaned over to take a bite, but was discovered by Cong Shan.

Cong Shan said: "Huaibao, there are still in the plate."

Jiang Huai refused: "I don't care, I will eat yours."

Cong Shan couldn't laugh or cry, and fed him the pastry in his hand.

Jiang Huai has strawberry flavor in his left hand and honey flavor in his right hand, and he is very happy to eat one bite at a time.

After he finished eating, he asked Cong Shan: "What is this?"

Cong Shan said, "Plum blossom cake."

Jiang Huai took another piece in his hand, looked it over carefully, and was a little puzzled: "How can there be plum blossoms in it?"

Cong Shan said: "It is said that when Emperor Qianlong went to the south of the Yangtze River, the local people offered colorful cakes. After tasting them, Qianlong felt astonished. They were named after them because they resembled plum blossoms."

Jiang Huai pursed his lips and said, "There are no plum blossoms in the plum cake."

Cong Shan asked back: "Huaibao, have you ever seen a wife in a wife's cake?"

Jiang Huai thought for a while, and indeed he didn't, and he couldn't refute it.

Most of the names are gimmicks, not only for cakes, but also for jewelry, calligraphy and paintings. "Love is forever, and a piece will last forever" is just a marketing tool for advertisers.

There is no such thing as absolute sincerity.

Thinking of this, he felt cheated and a little bit downhearted.

Cong Shan felt it and comforted him: "When the plum blossoms bloom, I'll make plum blossom soup cakes for you."

Jiang Huai looked at him, his eyes were wet, like a spring with a crescent moon in his mouth, shining with a gentle light.

Cong Shan looked at it and thought of an old movie, which has nothing to do with the content, but has something to do with the name - "My Beauty and Sorrow".

All the tenderness and affection in the world are hidden in Jiang Huai's eyes, it's really romantic.

Cong Shan couldn't help coaxing him: "There are really plum blossoms in the plum blossom soup cake."

Jiang Huai's eyes lit up: "Really?"

Cong Shan nodded.

Jiang Huai laughed and went to wash his hands in satisfaction.

After watching the documentary, Cong Shan went to the study to deal with work, and Jiang Huai went to read.He took a collection of poems casually, opened the title page, and saw a collection of books stamped with "Shiji" written in seal script.

Shiji is the character of Congshan.

Jiang Huai felt that it was beautiful and neat, so he put his finger on it and stroked it lightly.

He asked Cong Shan, "Did you carve this yourself?"

Cong Shan nodded, Jiang Huai wanted to see the seal, Cong Shan found it out and handed it to him.

Jiang Huai took it. The Shoushan stone used for the seal is pure in texture, white in color and warm in touch. He likes it very much.

Cheng Yusheng walked in and rubbed against his feet, trying to trick Ye Su into eating.

Jiang Huai looked at the seal, then at Cheng Yusheng, and sighed, "Collecting books and walking birds, visiting gardens and listening to operas, what playboys know, Dr. Cong is the same."

Cong Shan laughed, imitating Su Shi's words: "Where is there no seal? Where is there no goose? But few idlers are like the ears of the two of us."

Thinking of himself, Jiang Huai also imitated the ancient saying: "Don't say that your husband is an idiot, there are even more idiots like your husband."

The moonlight shines in coldly, the wisteria table lamp is on, and every piece of stained glass is reflecting the brilliance, like small wisteria flowers, stacked into a string of small purple waterfalls, and the small bells hanging on the lampshade Blown by the wind, tinkling, and taking your breath away.

When they sang together, it was like being in an old dream of the past.

After Cong Shan finished his work, he found that Jiang Huai was still playing with the collection of books and seals, and he couldn't put it down.

Cong Shan sat beside him and asked him: "Huai Bao, do you want to live the life of a playboy?"

Jiang Huai nodded excitedly, knowing that Cong Shan was going to make something for him, he couldn't hide the smile on his face.

Cong Shan went outside to get a carrot and came back. He traced and extended the characters on the rice paper, and after a while, he carved a small seal.

Jiang Huai leaned over, dipped in the ink pad, and tried the seal.

It turned out that the word "Huaibao" was engraved in beautiful official script.

Jiang Huai took the radish seal and wandered around the study, printing everything that pleased the eye.The title page of each book was printed by him, and he went to the balcony to find Cheng Yusheng.

Jiang Huai was not kind, so Cheng Yusheng flapped his wings and screamed, covering the balcony to hide, Jiang Huai tried his best to catch him.

Jiang Huai breathed a sigh of relief, and stamped on Cheng Yusheng's snow-white wings.

Cheng Yusheng turned his head and almost grabbed the carrot in his mouth and ate it.

Jiang Huai was startled, and quickly let go, Cheng Yusheng flapped his wings and flew away.Jiang Huai turned around on the balcony, went back indoors to harm other things, was caught by Cong Shan, confiscated the radish seal, locked it in a small box, and urged him to wash and sleep.

In the middle of the night, Cong Shan was half asleep and half awake, feeling the coolness on his cheeks.

He wanted to open his eyes, but Jiang Huai covered them: "I just had a nightmare and woke you up."

Cong Shan didn't think much, grabbed his hand, warmed it in the palm of his hand, hugged him tightly, and fell asleep again.

Waking up the next morning, Jiang Huai yawned profusely, his face full of sleepiness.

Cong Shan raised his eyebrows and asked him: "Huaibao, were you a thief last night?"

Jiang Huai shook his head and yawned again.

Cong Shan was even more suspicious.

Jiang Huai felt guilty and got out of bed to wash up.

Cong Shan followed him into the bathroom, saw his face in the mirror, and froze for a moment.

There was a red mark on his face, saying "Huaibao".

His name is Jiang Huai: "Huai Bao."

With a guilty conscience, Jiang Huai concentrated on brushing his teeth and dared not respond.

Cong Shan pointed to the red seal and said, "Huaibao, can you explain?"

Jiang Huai spat out the toothpaste foam in his mouth, rinsed his mouth with water, and said indiscriminately: "I see, it's Cheng Yusheng. He has been coveting my carrot for a long time..."

He lied without borders, his face didn't blush and his heart didn't beat, Cong Shan was amused by him, and wanted to catch him and kiss him, but Jiang Huai deftly dodged it.

Cong Shan had no choice but to wash off the inkpad on his face, and went out to make him breakfast.

After they had breakfast, Cong Shan went to the bedroom to get his tie and found a familiar red seal.

He didn't know whether to laugh or cry, he took his tie and went to the porch to reason with Jiang Huai.

Jiang Huai is a bully and has his own set of fallacies: "The books I like should be stamped, and the people I like should also be stamped."

Cong Shan approached him, condescending, and said, "Then you come here and let me build one?"

Jiang Huai wanted to escape, but the entrance was cramped, he ran around, and slammed into Cong Shan's arms.

Cong Shan hugged him tightly, lowered his head, and kissed his lips as a seal.

Jiang Huai lost his temper after being kissed, and stayed in Cong Shan's arms obediently.

After a long time, Cong Shan let go of him, he blushed and spoke in a low voice.

"With my seal, those uncles and aunts will no longer recruit peach blossoms for you."

He was so jealous that he didn't know what to do, Cong Shanfu came to his mind and understood.

Jiang Huai still remembered the matter of his senior sister, and sought a sense of security in a clumsy way.

Cong Shan smiled, kissed him, and suddenly confessed: "Huaibao, I like you."

Jiang Huai was startled, his face was on fire: "Why are you saying this all of a sudden..."

Cong Shan didn't care and continued, "Huaibao, I like you."

Jiang Huai was shy, and reached out to cover his mouth, but he was very happy in his heart, and the little awkwardness disappeared.

They quarreled at the door for a while, then went to work hand in hand.