Xu Wanning waited for Pei Heng from the edge of the afternoon until it was already dark. She had already eaten and was now walking around under the pear tree to eat.
As she walked, Xu Wanning realized that someone was looking at her.
She looked up and saw a man dressed in purple sitting on the two-meter-high courtyard wall. Covered by the lush branches of the tall pear tree, it was really difficult to detect it unless you looked carefully.
"Are you here?" Xu Wanning stood under the courtyard wall, looking up at Pei Heng: "Come down, why are you sitting so high?"
"Sit high to see clearly."
"What do you see clearly?" Xu Wanning looked confused.
Fubai hasn't come back yet, so he naturally doesn't know what the trouble is with this guy.
"See how heartless you are." Pei Heng jumped down and landed steadily in front of Xu Wanning from the two-meter-high courtyard wall. Xu Wanning's face darkened: "Did you see clearly?"
"I can't see clearly." Pei Heng's eyebrows were crooked, and he smiled so hard that he couldn't see his teeth: "I haven't eaten yet, I'm a little hungry, so I can't see clearly."
Xu Wanning was about to say how could you, the governor, have no food, but then she turned around and thought, she was the one who called him, and he probably rushed to see her, so he didn't have food.
It was particularly embarrassing at this point. The meal had already been eaten and the kitchen had been cleaned up. Besides, she had just eaten in the evening and now she said she wanted to eat, which would definitely arouse suspicion.
It's better not to spread this suspicion and just keep it in Lihuayuan.
Qing Xing has a stomachache and has been in bed today. Chen Wang is staying with her.
Hongmei Jixiang went to An Ge'er's place, but Fu Bai hadn't come back yet. Now, it seemed that she was the only one who could shout in the yard.
Xu Wanning: "I'll cook it, okay?"
Pei Heng's eyes lit up, but he still pretended to be reluctant: "Okay. As long as it can fill his stomach."
Xu Wanning went to the small kitchen of Lihuayuan, and Pei Heng followed behind.
The small kitchen is very clean. Once you enter, you can clearly see what is inside.
Xu Wanning searched around and finally found only a few eggs and some noodles: "Can you cook noodles?"
Pei Heng nodded: "Okay."
Xu Wanning also lived a hard life when she was a child, but compared to other ordinary people, her hard life consisted of not being able to eat big fish or meat, so she would eat eggs and noodles.
She remembered that when she was a child, she always ate poached egg noodles.
Xu Wanning walked to the back of the stove, lit a fire, and added more wood. The fire gradually became stronger. Pei Heng stood next to her and watched. When he saw the fire rising, the light in his eyes became brighter and brighter.
Pei Heng: "Will you still do this?"
Xu Wanning threw a handful of firewood in and asked, "Is it difficult?"
"No, I just feel that you shouldn't be doing this kind of menial work."
"My family's conditions were average since I was a child. I had to do all the cooking by myself. When my mother cooked, I would follow behind and light the fire. I had enough food and clothing by myself, and the taste of what I cooked was actually different from when someone else was waiting for you."
Pei Heng listened and sat next to Xu Wanning: "I'll do it. You teach me."
"It's actually very simple..." Xu Wanning added a handful of firewood to the stove and went to work on the stove.
Rinse the pot again, add oil when it is dry, fry two poached eggs, add water, add noodles after boiling, add seasonings, and cook.
Xu Wanning: "Okay, don't be angry anymore."
Pei Heng obediently blocked the mouth of the stove for me.
Before putting it in the pot, sprinkle a handful of chopped green onion, and lay two poached eggs fried until golden on both sides. A very simple but delicious bowl of egg noodles is ready.
"Is it ready?" Pei Heng didn't believe it. It only took a while and it was ready?
"Others take a lot of work, but egg noodles are quick. Aren't you hungry? Come and eat." Xu Wanning took a pair of chopsticks.
Pei Heng looked at his hand and raised it to show Xu Wanning: "Look at my hand."
When I was blocking the mouth of the stove, I accidentally rubbed the black ash on the edge, and the back of my hand was dusty. Then I wiped it again and again, and the palm of my hand was stained.
Xu Wanning chuckled: "You are indeed a young man who has never done anything. Come on, wash your hands."
She scooped up a ladle of water, came to the basin, and looked back at Pei Heng: "Why don't you come over? Wash it, it won't taste good when it's lumpy."
Pei Heng walked up to Xu Wanning obediently and stretched out his hand.
The water flowed down and passed over Pei Heng's hands, feeling ice cold.
He raised his eyes and looked at Xu Wanning. She was half-bent, her hair falling to her chest. She held her hair in one hand and held a water ladle in the other, her eyes as gentle as water.
Pei Heng didn't dare to look any further, so he quickly scrubbed it twice and regarded it as completed.
"Let's go eat outside. It's too stuffy in this room." Xu Wanning put down the water ladle.
Pei Heng also knew Lihuayuan well, "Let's go to Shizhuo to eat. It's a bit windy there."
It's definitely windy tonight.
Pei Heng ate the noodles. Xu Wanning sat aside, shaking his fan. The wind gently brought Pei Heng to his side and brushed the hair on his chest. The surroundings were as quiet as water and silent.
Pei Heng seemed to have thousands of words to say to Xu Wanning, but in the end, his heart was filled to the brim with a bowl of noodles that was so simple that he would never eat it on a daily basis.
After finishing the bowl of noodles, there was not even a mouthful of soup left.
Xu Wanning's eyes were filled with laughter: "Is it delicious?"
Pei Heng wiped his mouth, and two pear dimples appeared: "It's delicious." For such a big man, this is the most delicious bowl of noodles he has ever eaten.
"So don't go hungry. There are so many delicious foods in this world. How can you be worthy of yourself if you don't eat them?"
Pei Heng took the fan from Xu Wanning's hand and said, "It's really hot today, let me fan myself. Fu Bai said you have something to say to me?"
"Yes." Xu Wanning nodded and sat upright: "My eldest brother has gone to the Duke Wei's Mansion..."
Didn't he say last time that the Duke of Wei's mansion had his own people, and he wanted Pei Heng to protect Xu Jia in the mansion.
Pei Heng inquired about the news about Duke Wei's mansion and slowly told Xu Wanning about the situation of everyone inside. Xu Wanning listened carefully.
It wasn't until he finished speaking that Pei Heng turned around and left.
After taking two steps, he suddenly looked back at Xu Wanning: "A Ning..."
Xu Wanning held the fan and asked inexplicably: "What?"
"It's okay." Pei Heng smiled, pointed to the big empty bowl on the table and said, "The noodles are delicious, I like them very much."
Before Xu Wanning could speak, Pei Heng jumped up, climbed up the two-meter-high courtyard wall, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Xu Wanning shook her fan and planned to go back to rest.
Fanning all the way, her wrists felt a little sore, and Xu Wanning suddenly froze.
After eating the noodles, Pei Heng snatched the fan away, saying it was hot, but in fact, the wind from the fan hit Xu Wanning, and he was fanning himself...
Fubai came from behind: "Miss, why are you here?"
Seeing the empty bowl in Xu Wanning's hand, she smiled mischievously: "Did you have supper, Miss?"
night snack?
"No, it was your governor who came and ate a bowl of noodles."
Fubai was overjoyed: "Longevity noodles?"
"Longevity noodles? Just a bowl of ordinary poached egg noodles." Xu Wanning was suddenly stunned: "Today is the birthday of your governor?"
"Yes." Fu Bai nodded fiercely and shook the thing in his hand: "I went to buy a birthday gift for my governor."
Xu Wanning suddenly understood what Pei Heng had not said before leaving.
He probably wanted to say that today is his birthday.
Xu Wanning pulled Fu Bai: "It's almost midnight, please go to your governor's house quickly. By the way, help me bring a gift too!"
"what to give?"
Xu Wanning gritted her teeth: "Send me a message first, and I'll make up for the gift next time. It's almost too late now."
"What words?"
"Pei Heng, happy birthday."
Fu Bai was stunned for a moment, then he was delighted, "Okay, I'll go right away."
They were running with their arms and legs stretched out in all directions, people were jumping on their backs, and they were so happy that they just beat the gongs and drums.
Damn it, this is probably the first time in his life that he has called the governor by his name in person, and he can still avoid being ripped off!
