Shen Le turned sideways to let the proprietress in, and hurriedly walked through the aisle and stepped into West Road's yard. He stepped in with his front foot and opened the lid of the food box with his back foot:
"Wow! So beautiful!"
In the oval food box, three crystal clear, shiny Sweet White small porcelain plates are lined up quietly. In each plate, there is a flower blooming:
To be precise, they are three flower-shaped pastries, blooming side by side.
The one on the left has white, translucent petals that stretch out layer by layer. Although the petals are complicated, they are light, just like a white peony just picked from the branch.
In the center of the peony, there are pale yellow stamens that are trembling, and a drop of honeydew is about to fall from the tip of the stamen, exuding an extremely alluring sweet fragrance.
The middle one is pink in color and has five petals. Each petal has a shallow outer edge, a deep center, and a concave center. It is deep red in color, with fine stamen marks carved out, and has a slight milky fragrance.
The light green lotus on the right has a delicate texture and a refreshing smell. In the center of the lotus, on the lotus chamber slightly larger than your thumb, there are actually twelve lotus seeds inlaid on it, which are slightly raised above the lotus chamber, as if you can reach out and peel them out to eat.
Shen Le looked left, looked right, stretched out his hand to the left, stretched his hand to the right. He stretched out his hand several times in succession, but then he retracted:
"... How can anyone be willing to eat this!"
He struggled for a while, finally took a long breath and made up his mind.
I found a beautiful Boxwood Half-Table, placed the plate, adjusted the lights, and went to the table in front of Floor Screen in the main room, picked out the Yuhuchun Celadon Vase, and placed it next to it.
Then, raise the phone and adjust the angle--
"Please eat with your mobile phone first!"
Click, click, take a few photos in a row. Select the photos, edit them, and send them to your circle of friends. Sit down and start eating!
Pluck a white petal. The texture is a bit like cloud cake, but much lighter than cloud cake and melts in your mouth;
Pull a piece of peach blossom petal, it is filled with jujube paste, your mouth is full of jujube aroma, sweet and sour. The jujube paste is dense and delicate, if there is less sugar, it will be too sour, if there is too much sugar, it will be too greasy. Just this seasoning will not take ten years of effort to make it;
Then grab a lotus petal, the tea in your mouth is fresh and fresh, the water surface is clear and round, and the wind lifts each one.
Shen Le took a sip, then took a sip again, and immediately felt a faint heat extending from the mouth to the stomach, and then spread from the stomach to the whole body:
Hey, what is this made of?
Why does it taste so similar to the special mutton I ate at Heavenly Fragrance Restaurant before?
He took two bites, closed his eyes and did the exercises, took two more bites, and performed the exercises a few more times. After finishing the three snacks one by one, he felt that he had done dozens of more rounds than usual during the exercises given by Copper Fragment today -
Ah, there is no saying that there is no repayment in return. If you have a snack like this every day, it is repayment!!!
He thought about these words for seventy or eighty times and was really embarrassed to say them out. Looking at the circle of friends, he had already received seven or eight likes:
Dormitory boss: Which store? Dianping. com links to one?
Senior Martial Brother, who helped him send samples for experiments: Did you secretly eat something delicious?
Senior Sister who is studying for a Ph. D.: Which big boss is treating me?
Roommate in the same dormitory: Foster father! Foster father! Take the child with you! Where are you? I'll come find you right now!
Shen Le:... cough.
The snacks were brought over by the boss of Heavenly Fragrance Restaurant, and they may have been made in the store. As for whether they are sold in the store, this...
The next morning, he went to Heavenly Fragrance Restaurant to have breakfast. He couldn't help but poke his head around, looking at the menu and other guests on the table:
Well, there is no such snack...
The landlady and several waiters were so busy running around that they had no time to talk to him. Not in the morning, not at noon, until the market closed in the afternoon, when the landlady brought Xiao Yu and made a special trip to express her gratitude:
"Mr. Shen, thank you for yesterday. If it weren't for your protection, Xiao Yu would not have passed this round of disaster so easily.
--Sir, you are a master. We dare not use vulgar things to repay your kindness. This is the only thing that is barely acceptable. If you don't mind it, please accept it."
She took out a Boxwood Box like a magic trick and pushed it forward. The box was half a foot long, one inch high and one inch wide, with a clump of bluegrass lightly carved on the surface. From the carving to the material, it didn't look very precious.
Shen Le looked down and wanted to push it back:
Who told you not to repay with worldly things?
What I lack now is worldly things!
Please repay me with common things! I am short of money to buy old wood, short of money to buy reagents, and short of money to buy many things!
"Sir's practice has its own inheritance, and there is nothing we can do to help." He was scratching his head, and the landlady observed his words. She probably saw that his face was a little stiff, so she smiled and pushed the box:
"There is only this box of Elixir, which can nourish your vitality and has mild medicinal properties. Sir, you are in the world of mortals and many medicinal materials are inconvenient to obtain. When you are short of things, you can use this box of Elixir."
As he spoke, he pushed the lid of the box open slightly with his delicate hands, revealing the three pills inside.
The three pills are all the size of longan, wrapped in Gold Foil. You can't tell what the contents are, and you can't smell the medicinal fragrance. There is a piece of paper under the pills, which may be a prescription. It's not easy to pick it up and read it at this time...
Shen Le Even if he believed her words, he didn't dare to eat whatever he got. He made up his mind, and if that didn't work, he would take the pills and feed them to Copper Fragment, and nodded casually:
"Well, well. Thank you very much..."
"By the way, Xiao Yu, this girl has nothing to repay you." The landlady smiled and continued:
"She wants to come to your house every day and help you clean your house and take care of your flowers and trees. What do you think?"
"... That's not necessary! I didn't do anything..."
Seeing Xiao Yu's eyes flowing, lowering his head with a smile, without any sign of reluctance, Shen Le subconsciously refused.
It's good to have multiple hourly workers, but in this house, outsiders can't just come in!
Little Puppet dances gracefully when nothing happens, and Ink Marker directs the tools to work on a daily basis. When an outsider comes who doesn't know the details, is he afraid that it won't be regarded as a ghost?
"If you really want to repay me, can you give me a link to yesterday's snack?"
"We made this ourselves. If Mr. Shen likes it, ask Xiao Yu to make one every day and send it to you on time."
The landlady smiled slightly. Shen Le froze on the spot:
"Isn't it necessary? You can just eat it in the store!... Also, it doesn't have to be so exquisite, the key is the material..."
"Mr. Shen, you don't have to be polite. Xiao Yu must repay your kindness, otherwise it will be detrimental to her in the future--"
The landlady said seriously:
"Besides, I am also a bit selfish. If the other girls in my shop encounter difficulties, they would like to ask for your protection."
"Shelter for what?"
"The matter has come to this, I won't hide it from you." The landlady leaned back slightly, crossed her fingers and placed them gently on the table:
"What do you think I am? Or, what are we?"