Jiang Zhi looked at Xue Tuan, who was quite big, and touched Xue Tuan's little head in disbelief.
"Little guy, why have you grown so big?"
"Xuetuan has been eating vegetarian food every day recently and has lost a lot of weight. Some time ago, I felt a little pressure on my arms when I held it."
Ye Jintang really didn't expect that Jiang Zhi would come over during the Chinese New Year.
"Master Jiang, sit inside."
The so-called inside is nothing more than sitting in the Snow Pavilion.
The door of the room was wide open, and there were maids and servants waiting nearby. Ye Jintang was not afraid of Jiang Zhi saying anything that was beyond the pale.
"Master Jiang is going to offer incense in the temple today."
The two sat down, and Ye Jintang took the initiative to chat with Jiang Zhi.
She thought in her mind to send the person away quickly so as not to delay her eating dumplings.
"Exactly, there are not many people in our house and I am alone. It is really boring, so I came to White Horse Temple early to wait."
"I thought that Miss Six was also alone, so I brought some dishes to her. The vegetarian food in the temple is delicious, but it's just plain food, not as exquisite as the ones made by the cook in my house."
"But it took a lot of time to come here. The food in the food box has become cold. The girl needs to heat it up to eat it."
"Excuse me, Lord Jiang, you still remember me."
When Jiang Zhi heard Ye Jintang change his title again, he smiled bitterly in his heart. The little girl was really thoughtful in etiquette. She spoke like Master Jiang, and felt alienated.
"We are already very familiar. Miss Six, you don't have to be so formal. It's better to just call me Brother Jiang. Whenever you call me Lord Jiang, I always feel like I'm still in the Metropolitan Procuratorate."
When Jiang Zhi said this, Ye Jintang immediately thought of calling him "Mr." or "Ms." at work.
This adult should have a similar effect, she thought, and couldn't help laughing.
It's just that Brother Jiang sounds too affectionate, but Ye Jintang is thick-skinned, and his small talk can be said to be smooth.
As the sky gradually darkened, Wuwei and Liuli lit the lights in the room.
"Brother Jiang hasn't had dinner yet. Do you want to stay and eat together?"
Ye Jintang wanted to tell Jiang Zhi that it was already very late and it was already dinner time, so he could leave.
Unfortunately, Jiang Zhi was thicker-skinned than Ye Jintang, so he readily agreed.
"Then I'm going to bother Miss Six."
"It's okay, Liuli, go and heat up the dishes and see if Grandma Lou has made the dumplings properly."
After Ye Jintang was obviously stunned, he quickly calmed down. They were just having a meal together, so Jiang Zhi couldn't eat her.
"Yes, slave, go right away."
Liuli carried the food box to the small kitchen. Zhou Wuwei sat at the door, frowning and looking at Jiang Zhi, lowering his head and not knowing what he was thinking about.
After drinking two more cups of tea, Liuli brought the cooked dumplings to the table.
"Wuwei, go eat dumplings."
Ye Jintang looked at Zhou Wuwei, who had been petting the cat.
"yes."
Zhou Wuwei responded and went to the small kitchen.
"Wuwei seems to be much taller than the last time I saw him."
"Yes, a boy at this age is like a bamboo tree. It feels like he has grown up overnight."
"Um."
Not long after the dumplings were served, Liuli also brought the hot dishes.
Ye Jintang looked at the four dishes on the small table with a look of surprise. The dishes Jiang Zhi brought over included a braised pork dish, a braised carp dish, fried bacon with bamboo shoots and wine-filled meatballs.
"When we are in the temple, we still have to abide by the rules of the temple. We cannot eat fish or meat."
"Try it, Miss Six. These dishes are all vegetarian. There is no meat or fish."
"Huh? Fully vegetarian?"
Ye Jintang picked up a piece of braised pork with suspicion. No matter how it looked or smelled, it looked like meat.
But when she put it in her mouth and took a bite, she discovered that it was a piece of frozen tofu filled with soup.
"This is amazing. How can you make frozen tofu look like meat?"
Then she picked up a piece of braised carp with chopsticks, and it turned out that the pieces of fish meat were actually made of taro paste.
The whole braised carp is made entirely of mashed taro, mashed potatoes, bamboo shoots and other vegetarian ingredients.
To be able to make such a dish would probably require the level of an imperial chef.
Ye Jintang obviously talked more when he had something to eat.
"Brother Jiang, how do you like the vegetarian dumplings?"
"good."
Jiang Zhi had lived in the palace for many years. Although he was not favored, he still ate a lot of various delicacies.
A vegetarian dumpling is really nothing to him.
“It tastes very good, like home.”
"Yeah?"
Ye Jintang also picked up a dumpling and put it in his mouth. It was more delicious than the vegetarian dumplings sent by Baima Temple at noon. At least it was full of oil and water, and it was also brighter.
"It feels like home."
Ye Jintang was in a good mood with a smile on her face. She remembered eating such delicious vegetarian dumplings at her neighbor's house.
The two chatted and talked about their respective families.
"I don't have that deep impression of my parents anymore. They passed away when I was very young. I was brought up by my mother's stewardess."
"Now I vaguely remember that when I was a child, my mother would give me lucky money during the Chinese New Year and sew me new clothes. Now that I think about my childhood days, it was really good."
"Since my mother passed away, I haven't received any New Year's money for many years."
When Jiang Zhi mentioned the past, his voice was a little deeper.
Ye Jintang, who had been relatively distant just now, immediately felt a little soft-hearted when he saw Jiang Zhi showing such a fragile expression.
I didn't expect Jiang Zhi's childhood to be so miserable. He was younger than the original owner and lost his parents.
Ye Jintang, who had the same tragic childhood, could sympathize with Jiang Zhi's sadness.
"Brother Jiang, you came all the way to bring me so many delicious foods. I don't have anything to give you. This Yu Ruyi is for you."
Ye Jintang took out a small jade Ruyi from the box beside him.
The jade Ruyi is only as big as a finger, with a hole punched in one end and tied to a red band, which is very festive.
"The sixth girl couldn't have done this by herself, right?"
Jiang Zhi stretched out his hand and eagerly took the jade Ruyi from Ye Jintang's hand, with a smile on his face.
"I beat him. If Brother Jiang doesn't like it, just take it off and give it back to me."
After giving away the things, Ye Jintang realized belatedly that she was in the Tianqin Kingdom, a society where men and women were not seated at the same age as seven years old. It was not appropriate for her to give Jiang Zhi the knot she had made with her own hands.
"How is that possible? I see that the sixth girl is very good at doing it."
As he spoke, Jiang Zhi directly hung Yu Ruyi around his waist.
When Ye Jintang saw that he was not going to come back, he had no choice but to give up.
The two talked for a while, but Jiang Zhi still had no intention of leaving.
Ye Jintang simply made it clear.
"Brother Jiang, it's already very late. I won't leave you here to talk."
"Hey, Miss Six, please don't drive me away. It's freezing outside. I have nowhere to go, so I can only sit in the main hall and burn incense with the abbot until the time comes."
"How come the temple didn't arrange a place for Brother Jiang to stay?"
