Fourth Master's Little Cook

Facing Fourth Master's question, Ye Xue nodded without thinking too much. After all, this matter cannot be concealed. Fourth Master eats her dishes every day, so why can't he feel the difference?Ye Xue only wanted to do her best when cooking, so that she could repay Fourth Master's kindness to her, and didn't think about hiding clumsiness at all, but now that Fourth Master asked, Ye Xue suddenly felt a little worried: "If After a while, I remembered everything, will fourth master drive me back to Hangzhou?"

"Of course not!" Fourth Master's words almost blurted out without any hesitation, "Even if you want to go back by yourself, I won't let you go back. You treat me as my mansion, and you can come in and out as you want ?”

The fourth master was asked by Ye Xue, and began to think about whether Ye Xue remembered everything or just remembered part of the memory as she said, but no matter how much she remembered, one thing is for sure, that is, he will not Let her leave his side.

"What fourth master said is that I will always make delicious dishes to repay his kindness to me, no matter how much I think about the past."

Ye Xue smiled brightly, and she didn't seem to remember the fact that she was kicked by his horse at all. Fourth Master carefully observed the expression on her face, but finally did not come to a conclusion. After all, he once He was lied to once by her, and at that time he couldn't see that her heart belonged to someone else, and now he couldn't see if she was lying, after all, her acting skills were better than his.

Eating the strong noodles in the bowl, and listening to Ye Xue chattering about what he had seen and heard about the farm, Fourth Master slowly let go of his defenses. Maybe Ye Xue really just remembered some things, but he still hasn't remembered the picture of riding a horse and kicking Come, that's why I am so grateful to him.

So, has she thought about her purpose of approaching her?Thinking about Ye Xue's actions so far that she didn't understand, Fourth Master thought she probably didn't think about it, otherwise she had so many opportunities to push the boat, why didn't she take advantage of it once, she only knew how to eat, eat, and talk to her. The eunuch walked so close, even if she wanted to win people's hearts, she couldn't do that.

Fourth Master thought about it, but still couldn't come up with a reason, and the hot and sour Chinese cabbage that he wanted to eat inadvertently was taken by Ye Xue for the last bite.Fourth Master shook his head and sneered at himself, why did this happen for a woman?But after thinking about it, he won everything, but lost to Lao Ba in Ye Xue's matter, he was really not reconciled.

***

The night at the farm is very lively, pigs, sheep, dogs, cows, chickens, ducks, geese, donkeys... Ye Xue was very excited by the calls of various animals. She felt like visiting a zoo. Go to feed the sheep, and then recite the famous "Goose, Goose, Goose" to the big white goose, which can only be described as "chicken flying dog jumping".

Fourth master let Ye Xue toss around, thinking that today is her 16th birthday, no matter how much she thought about it, she temporarily put it behind her.The farm chores can be dealt with tomorrow, but tonight, let's have fun with Ye Xue.

The moon hung higher and higher without knowing it, and Ye Xue turned around, not only did not feel sleepy at all, but felt a little hungry instead.She touched her stomach, and the fourth master who was standing by saw it, and knew that she was hungry: "Want to eat roast leg of lamb?"

Ye Xue's eyes lit up when she heard the words "roast leg of lamb", how could she say no?A bonfire and racks were quickly set up in the yard. Ye Xue wrapped the pre-processed lamb leg with a layer of egg white, and then pierced small holes on it for roasting.

Roasting the leg of lamb with the bonfire was more of an emotional appeal. Sitting on the sidelines and watching Ye Xue concentrate on roasting the leg of lamb, the corners of his mouth raised slightly unconsciously.

The mutton quickly made a sizzling sound. Ye Xue brushed it with seasoning while turning it over, and when the mutton was about the same color, brushed it with a layer of honey.It didn't take long for the whole piece of lamb leg to change color, and the unique aroma echoed in the yard.

Ye Xue is good at roasting mutton, and even better at slicing mutton. Seeing that the roast was almost done, she picked up the dagger provided by Siye and cut the whole leg of lamb into countless thin slices of the same size.Slices of tender lamb shank were poured on the plate, each slice was golden in color, not to mention how tempting it was.

Naturally, two people couldn't finish such a leg of lamb. Fourth Master kept some of it and gave the rest to the servants. Although he was strict with the servants, he was not harsh.

Ye Xuewo has already started eating by the side. Although she rarely eats barbecue like this, she thinks the taste is not bad. Ye Xue already feels very happy to be able to eat a piece of lamb roasted by herself on such a winter night. It will be even more beautiful if you can have another bowl of mutton soup.

Just as she was thinking, Ye Xue saw Fushun brought two bowls of mutton soup, and Ye Xue could smell the unique fragrance of mutton soup from a long distance away, she was really satisfied now, Fourth Master took a sip and felt The whole body is refreshing, away from the hustle and bustle of the capital, and not thinking about those headaches, time seems to slow down a bit.

At the same moment, Ba Ye was standing with his hands behind his back in the pavilion of the other courtyard in the suburbs of Beijing. The moonlight slowly elongated his figure, and the lonely figure looked very lonely.

It had been six years, this was the first year since he picked up Ye Xue, she was not spending her birthday by his side.Ba Ye sighed, he didn't know whether what he did this time was right or wrong, but the arrow had already left the string, so he couldn't allow him to retreat any more.

Ba Ye still remembers that snowy night six years ago, when he was 17 years old and met Ye Xue, who was [-] years old, he was astonished.However, at only ten years old, she was about to be sold into a red building. Facing her blank eyes, Ba Ye didn't know whether he was moved by compassion or selfish thoughts, and saved her.

Ye Xue probably also understood what Yihonglou was, and left holding his hand tightly, like a drowning man grabbing a piece of driftwood in the water.Ba Ye still remembers his mood at that moment, it was a strong sense of satisfaction as a man, and the impulsiveness of that time when he was young has never been there until now.

I still remember that Ye Xue, who was still a child at that time, both of her parents died, seemed to have lost confidence in life, and her eyes were full of gloom.Ba Ye didn't know what she had gone through, he just told her that everything was over and no one could hurt her anymore.

Ye Xue regarded him as a lifesaver, but Ba Ye couldn't really do anything for her.Fujin is jealous, if Ye Xue follows him, she will live in Fujin's shadow for the rest of her life, not to mention that she is only ten years old, and in a few years, I don't know what she will look like, I'm afraid I will see her Everyone would think she was a beauty.

But Ba Ye was unwilling to let Ye Xue leave, after all, her beauty made people feel happy just by looking at her.After asking Ye Xue about her wishes, Ba Ye bought a small courtyard house for her to live in. He would occasionally find opportunities to visit her and watch her grow up bit by bit and become a more exciting person. woman.

Last year, Ye Xue's appearance had become alluring, and Eighth Master had an idea: let her get close to the prince and become a powerful weapon for him to bring down the prince.Beauty is easy to find, but country is hard to come by. After thinking about it, Ba Ye thought it was a good trick, and Ye Xue agreed.

Over the past year, Ba Ye was looking for his confidants to train Ye Xue, while looking for an opportunity to get close to the prince, but this opportunity was not so easy to find, so Ba Ye turned his attention to Si Ye, after all, Si Ye is the right-hand man next to the prince , through him, maybe it can be done.

This time, during Fourth Master's trip to Hangzhou, Eighth Master made a move. Although the process was not smooth, the result was satisfactory.It's just that Fourth Master didn't seem to have any intention of dedicating Ye Xue to the prince, but kept her by his side.The last time I saw Ye Xue, Eighth Master had very complicated feelings in his heart. Fortunately, Fourth Master seemed to treat her well, and he didn't push her into the fire pit.

After six years of companionship, even a dog will have feelings, let alone a person?Dreaming back at midnight, Ba Ye would often think, did he do something wrong?Now standing in this other courtyard with Ye Xue's shadow everywhere, Eighth Master can only face the moon and say "Happy Birthday" to her in his heart.

This year's Mid-Autumn Festival, Eighth Master took Ye Xue to the mountains to hunt. He once said that he would hunt a fox as a birthday present for her, but Ye Xue only wanted a well-behaved and obedient little white rabbit.Now...he can't give this gift anymore.

Ba Ye let out a long sigh, letting the cold wind chill his heart bit by bit.

***

This night was undoubtedly painful for Eighth Master, but it was very sweet for Ye Xue and Fourth Master.After eating the roast mutton and drinking the mutton soup, Ye Xue and Fourth Master took a walk in the yard for a while, and then watched the stars together for a while.

Ye Xue still remembers the last time she watched the stars with Fourth Master. Although more than a month has passed, she felt like it happened yesterday: "I feel that the stars I saw here are better than those I saw in the mansion." It’s going to be brighter and brighter.”

Ye Xue raised her head, the hair on her forehead had been blown away by the wind long ago, Fourth Master's eyes fell on her brown scab, he stretched out his hand to touch it gently, and said in an unusually gentle tone, "Does it still hurt?"

Ye Xue shook her head lightly, the scabs were about to fall off, and the wound would occasionally feel a little tingling, but that kind of pain was completely tolerable for her, and it was nothing, as long as she didn't be careless this time. Peel off the scab, and the little crescent moon on her forehead should no longer follow her.

"Then you have to be careful, don't make others feel bad." The fourth master heard Ye Xue say that she "accidentally" peeled off the scabs the previous two times, so he restrained himself from raising the corners of his mouth.Seeing how well-behaved she is today, he shouldn't be that villain this time.

The night was getting dark, it was time to sleep, amidst the crackling of the fire, Fourth Master patted the ashes on his robe and stood up slowly, stretching out his hand towards Ye Xue.In the warm firelight, Ye Xue looked up at the fourth master with hope in his eyes, slowly put his hands in the palm of the fourth master's, and gently closed them.

Ye Xue was led all the way back to the house by the fourth master, and she didn't know whether her face was red from the light of the fire or from embarrassment.When she found that fourth master had closed the door and started to unbutton it after entering the room, she felt nervous for no reason, what fourth master was going to do.