Food for the people

These two days were not long, but a lot of things happened. When Qiao Yu had time to visit the rented shop again, he found that Song Li had already started working.

The place next to the wall in the backyard is hiring masons to build a house. Song Li is plastered all over and directing others to work. Sir, if you have any request for changes, just tell me, and I will make it for you."

Qiao Yu didn't ask for anything, but asked him to make it more delicate. Song Li nodded in agreement, and Qiao Yu went back first. When the lunch was served in the afternoon, he gave the craftsman a pot of genuine braised pork. Bright, the aroma is overflowing from a long distance, the craftsmen usually eat casually, as long as they can eat, the taste is not very good, less meaty, Qiao Yu's pot of braised pork immediately won everyone's unanimous praise, the mouth is soft, the craftsmen I also put a lot of effort into my work.

The business of the shop was handed over to Song Li. Except for checking the progress from time to time, Qiao Yu rarely intervened. He would not be a difficult customer, and he would never go up and point out things he didn't understand.

The weather is getting hotter and hotter, and the noodles are not as durable as in winter, so Qiao Yu simply stopped the stall and concentrated on studying the dishes after the restaurant opened at home.

Lu Jincheng came every day as usual, and at Qiao Yu's request, if there was anything new to eat, he would bring it to Qiao Yu to have a look.

He didn't go out to set up a stall anymore, but Chen Cong still came to report every day, to see if he could help him out, and Lu Jincheng also came, but...the timing was always a bit strange.

Qiao Yu was drowsy, but when he heard a soft knock at the door, he turned over, woke up, and counted in his heart.

Sure enough, after a while, there was a cool sandalwood coming from behind. The person who came came lightly, paused for a moment and fell down, and then Qiao Yu's forehead felt cold, and he was hugged into his arms from behind.

"Joe is awake?"

There was moonlight streaming in the room, so it wasn't very dark. Qiao Yu heard the smile in his voice, and knew that this person came at this time on purpose again.

"If you come here for a few days, I will definitely be awake and waiting for you."

The person in his arms was still sleepy, his eyes were so sleepy that he couldn't open his eyes, but he arched into his arms, the moonlight shone on his side face, the porcelain white was as fine as agar, making Lu Jincheng want to swallow it in one gulp.

"Then I have to come here more frequently, so that Qiaoer can get used to it earlier."

Qiao Yu flinched from the hot air in his ear, half of her drowsiness went away, and she moved forward, wanting to stay away from Lu Jincheng, "My lord really likes my bed that I can't even turn over. You can send it to the palace."

Lu Jincheng stretched out his long arms, and trapped him back: "Then Qiaoer is also sent to the palace?"

Qiao Yu smiled: "No, send me the king's big bed."

Lu Jincheng rubbed Qiao Yuhong's ear: "Everyone can give you, what's so difficult about the bed?"

Qiao Yu was so troubled by him that he lost sleepiness at all, so she won't sleep tonight if she dawdles any longer, so she quickly changed the subject: "Is there any news from Bieyuan recently? Is Zhao Kang coming?"

Lu Jincheng hugged him a little tighter: "Qiaoer always lies to me with sweet words. Whenever I say something important, I immediately lead him to say something else."

He rubbed against Qiao Yu's ear again, and sighed half-truthfully: "But who told me to like it, I can only get used to it. Zhao Kang will arrive tomorrow, so Qiao Er can rest assured?"

Qiao Yu knew what he was talking about, but he didn't dare to answer. It's not that he has no desire/desire for Lu Jincheng, on the contrary, it's because he has, that makes him feel at a loss, like an invisible hurdle, waiting for that Let the opportunity flow by itself, Lu Jincheng stopped. He was relieved and at the same time felt a little regretful.

He was startled, and the roots of his ears turned red instantly.

Huddled in Lu Jincheng's arms, he didn't even dare to speak.

After a while, when Lu Jincheng almost thought he was asleep, Qiao Yu suddenly held his hand, and said in a hoarse voice without looking back at him, "Can I wait until my birthday?"

Lu Jincheng didn't realize what he was saying for a while.

After a while, he hugged him tightly, his Adam's apple rolled into his ear and sighed: "Qiaoer is like this, how can I celebrate your birthday?"

Qiao Yu curled up in his arms, her ears were red and she was embarrassed to speak, but Lu Jincheng wanted to seduce him.

"Is Qiaoer comforting me? Or is she joking with me? I'm going to take it seriously."

Qiao Yu wondered if he was serious and asked him what to do, and he didn't believe it when he should believe it. He didn't hesitate to believe anything else he said casually.

He became more and more sure that this person was teasing him, his ears were so red that they were about to bleed, and he muttered softly: "If you don't take it seriously, forget it."

Before he could finish speaking, he was pulled to lie down opposite Lu Jincheng. Lu Jincheng's amber eyes seemed to overflow in the moonlight, and he looked at him without blinking. Qiao Yu looked at him. There was something wrong with his whole body, so he lightly pressed a kiss on his forehead, and said in a hoarse voice: "It's too late, I've already taken it seriously."

Qiao Yu's heart was beating like it was going to jump out of his chest. At one point, he felt that something would happen today before his birthday, but Lu Jincheng just held him tightly in his arms and didn't move. His hair, his voice is hoarse.

"Good boy, go to sleep."

Qiao Yu couldn't tell whether he breathed a sigh of relief or sighed, even though his body was still stiff, he closed his eyes obediently.

Lu Jincheng patted Qiao Yu's back lightly, until Qiao Yu's tense back slowly relaxed, and his breathing gradually became lighter, then he opened his eyes with extreme restraint, and exhaled the breath that was trapped in his throat.

Endure very hard.

But my heart couldn't stop the fishy sweetness, so sweet that it didn't seem real.

Qiao Yu felt that he might be so tense that he couldn't sleep all night, but unexpectedly, he fell asleep completely after a while. Lu Jincheng seemed to have a magnetic field. As long as he was by his side, Qiao Yu would have no reason. The peace of mind, even in sleep, can be clearly felt.

Early in the morning of the second day, the first ray of sunlight fell on Qiao Yu's face through the window. He just moved as if he felt something, but he vaguely felt that the light seemed to be covered. He turned over and wanted to continue to sleep. , but suddenly realized something, opened his eyes, and sure enough, he saw Lu Jincheng sitting on the edge of the bed with his clothes on, blocking the glaring light that shone on his face.

"woke up?"

As soon as he moved, Lu Jincheng looked down, as if he had been staring at him.

Qiao Yu turned over, rubbed her eyes, and asked, "Why did you wake up so early?"

Lu Jincheng smiled but said nothing, Qiao Yu suddenly stopped in the middle of speaking, and asked, "Didn't you stay up all night?"

Lu Jincheng got up and poured a cup of cold tea from the table beside him and drank it all in one gulp.

"How come, but wake up earlier."

Qiao Yu was still a little skeptical, and wanted to ask again, but saw a shadow flashing outside the window, it was Qiao Ling, he didn't know how long he had been up, wandered around outside, but didn't have the nerve to knock on Qiao Yu's door.

In the past two days, Lu Jincheng always came to Qiao Yu's place at night. After Qiao Ling knocked on the door for the first time and found that it was Lu Jincheng who opened the door, he was sensible and never knocked on Qiao Yu's door again. Although he was wandering outside After a round, they didn't wake them up, but obediently went to the firewood room to get firewood, and first went to the stove to boil a pot of hot water.

Qiao Ling got up, so Qiao Yu was naturally embarrassed to go back to sleep, got dressed and got up, and let Lu Jincheng out together.

Qiao Ling greeted the two of them obediently and sensiblely, and was not at all curious why Lu Jincheng was here, which made Qiao Yu feel much more at ease, at least not so embarrassing.

Lu Jincheng really didn't have any embarrassment at all. Qiao Yu's small courtyard was like his own backyard. He was familiar with walking around with his eyes closed. After washing, he followed Qiao Yu into the kitchen. Although Qiao Yu didn't Ask him to help, but don't mind him standing by and watching, the two stand opposite each other, looking extremely harmonious.

When Qiao Yu woke up in the morning, he automatically blocked what he said last night. He didn't mention it and didn't think about it. Anyway, he had already made a decision for himself. Naturally, he wouldn't regret it if he regretted it, but he didn't dare to think about it. Whenever he thought about it, his face would blush and his heart would beat faster. .

Lu Jincheng didn't mention it too much, the two ate breakfast peacefully, and sent Qiao Ling to the study, only then did Qiao Yu suddenly realize that he seemed to have missed some important news.

"You said last night that Zhao Kang would be here today?"

Lu Jincheng responded, looked at Qiao Yu and turned away calmly. He didn't know what he was thinking, and his eyes were dark.

Qiao Yu's face showed joy, he was finally distracted by other things, he couldn't help thinking about what happened last night, and said: "Arrange a place for him today, didn't he bring his mother with him? Arrange the place for him." Well, let the doctor come to see the symptoms first."

Lu Jincheng was brought back to his senses by what he said, and said with a smile in his eyes: "Qiao Er ordered it."

He acted as if he was relying on Qiao Yu to be the master of the house, but Qiao Yu didn't want to say anything more, he just felt that this person was bad from skin to bone, knowing that he was feeling embarrassed right now, but poking him in pain, making him My thoughts drifted back to last night again, and I couldn't stop thinking about it.

Qiao Yu simply shut up, making up her mind not to give him a chance to tease her.

Qiao Yu didn't have to go to the street to set up a stall these days, she gave Aunt Qiufeng a few days off, her salary was still paid, and she was asked to go back and rest for a few days, and she must be busy before and after the restaurant opened.

Therefore, he has nothing to do right now, and the two of them stayed at home for half a day. Although there was nothing to do, the time passed quickly. Before the two of them had lunch, Sanqi came to report and said yes People have arrived.

Lu Jincheng wanted to go back to the mansion to resettle them, so naturally he couldn't stay for long, Qiao Yu had nothing to do, so he went to Prince Yan's mansion with him.

He has been with Lu Jincheng for some time, and he has never been to Yanwang Mansion once. On the way, he heard Lu Jincheng say that Yanwang Mansion is full of old people who have been with him for a long time, and Qiao Yu started to feel a little nervous again. It's like going to Shen Lao's mansion once.

Lu Jincheng held Qiao Yu's hand all the way, squeezed Qiao Yu's fingers once in a while, and when he reached the gate of the palace, he lowered his head and kissed Qiao Yu's hand.

"Let's go, here we are."

Qiao Yu's heart was beating fast, and she followed Lu Jincheng out of the carriage expressionlessly.

The steward of the palace, Chen Bo, was waiting at the door, as if he knew that Qiao Yu was coming, and when he saw Qiao Yu, he was about to kneel down and salute immediately. , He didn't say anything to let him kneel down, and repeatedly shied away before letting Uncle Chen stand and salute him.

"My lord, my son, Zhao Kang in Bieyuan is already waiting at the back, but my son wants to see him now."

It was the first time Uncle Chen saw Qiao Yu, but he seemed to be familiar with him long ago, and his attitude was just right, neither being slighted in the slightest nor making Qiao Yu feel too enthusiastic.

Qiao Yu glanced at Lu Jincheng, and Lu Jincheng signaled that he could decide for himself, Qiao Yu responded: "Now let's settle him down, he still has his old mother with him, and the journey is exhausting, so let the doctor go to see his mother first." Let's see."

Uncle Chen nodded in agreement, without asking Lu Jincheng again, he immediately ordered people to go down and do it.

After all, Uncle Chen is an old man who has served Lu Jincheng for decades, as long as he looks at him, he can immediately understand that this is the future "mother-in-chief" of the palace.

Of course he couldn't be negligent.