ebookland Chapter 21 Days When Someone Cooks
Chapter 21 Days When Someone Cooks
The next day, after Wu You finished practicing horse stance and swordsmanship for an hour, he went back to his room and took a shower.
Wu You was heading to the kitchen to make some breakfast. Passing by the dining room, she saw a variety of exquisitely prepared breakfast items already laid out on the tables. "Wow, such good skills! The presentation is beautiful too. Looks like I've struck gold!" Wu You couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.
Tongzhu, carrying several bowls, was coming over. "Did you make all of these? Your skills are quite good," Wu You praised.
Tongzhu curtsied and said, "Greetings, Princess. These were all made by this servant. I didn't know what the Princess liked, so I made a little of everything."
Wu You waved her hand: "You don't need to bow every time we meet. Just refer to yourself by your name. What else can you do besides cooking?"
"Yes, Tongzhu can cook, do needlework, comb hair, and read," Tongzhu replied.
“Not bad, it’s good to have multiple skills. I’ll have a good taste of it later. If it’s good, I’ll leave the cooking to you from now on. You don’t have to only cook Beijing cuisine, try cooking other dishes if you know how. Don’t cook too much each time, just four people, it’s not good to waste food.”
Wu You took the opportunity to escape the three-month cooking period.
"Yes, Tongzhu remembers." Tongzhu nodded in response.
"Give me the bowls first, go and wake Leyang up for breakfast." Wu You took the three bowls from Tongzhu and placed them on the table.
"Now that we're outside the palace, you're the one cooking the meals. When there are no outsiders, you can eat with them too. Take good care of Leyang's meals. When we return to the palace, things will be as they should be."
"Tongzhu dares not." Tongzhu knelt down in fear.
"Didn't I say no more formalities? Get up, just listen to what I say. Go get some hot water for Leyang to wash up, don't use cold water on her." Wu You waved for them to leave.
"Yes, Tongzhu obeys." With that, Tongzhu got up and walked towards the kitchen.
Wu You looked at the three sets of tableware on the table, then took another set from the kitchen and put it on top. Usually, she would still be making breakfast at this time, and Li Lianhua wouldn't be here for a while, so Wu You went to call Li Lianhua.
Wu You arrived at the door and saw that Li Lianhua's door was closed. Wu You reached out and knocked, "What is Huahua doing?"
After instructing Wu You in sword practice each day, Li Lianhua would return to her room. Except for the first time she called him to eat breakfast, he would always estimate the time and go to the restaurant. This was only the second time Wu You had come to call Li Lianhua.
"What is it?" A cold voice came from inside the house.
"I'm calling you to eat breakfast. I didn't make breakfast today, so come out now," Wu You replied.
"Coming right away." Footsteps approached, and the door opened with a 'snap.' Let's go.
The two walked side by side toward the restaurant.
“I’ve noticed you’ve never liked lively scenes. Now that there are two more people, is it not good? Are you not used to it?” Wu You couldn’t help but ask when he saw that Li Lianhua had been silent.
"There's nothing to like or dislike about it. You should be happy to have two more people with you, right?" Li Lianhua said calmly.
Wu You turned to look at Li Lianhua's handsome profile: "Maybe I'm just naturally indifferent. I don't have anything I particularly like, no one I particularly want to see, nothing I absolutely have to do. I don't like crowds, and I don't like being alone, but I also enjoy solitude. Don't you think I'm strange?"
The two had arrived at the restaurant while they were talking. "You sit down for a while, I'll go check on Leyang." After saying that, Wu You turned and left, leaving Li Lianhua alone at the table.
When Wu You arrived at Le Yang's room, the little girl had already washed up and was changing her clothes.
"Let's go, I'll take you to eat." Wu You took Le Yang's hand, who had changed her clothes, and walked out. "Did you sleep well last night?"
"Auntie, I slept very well. You can see very far away from here, and the air smells different. I like it," Leyang replied in his childish voice.
"I'm glad you like it. Eat more rice later, and after we finish, I'll take you to the mountain to dig bamboo shoots, okay?"
"Okay, okay, Auntie, what are bamboo shoots used for?"
"Bamboo shoots are for eating; we'll have them for dinner."
"Okay, Leyang wants to eat a big bowl."