Food for the people

Qiao Ling threw herself into Qiao Yu's arms suddenly, buried in Qiao Yu's arms and said, "Why did my brother come back?"

He didn't go to the academy all day today. Lu Jincheng asked him for leave yesterday. He wanted him to celebrate Qiao Yu's birthday. He discussed with Lu Jincheng and waited in Qiao's compound early. Lu Jincheng did not let them know that he was invited to the palace by the queen mother today, but he ordered someone to report the letter, saying that the two of them had something to do and would come back after finishing.

Qiao Ling was obedient, and didn't ask any more questions, so she just waited obediently, but she didn't see Qiao Yu all day today, and now she threw herself into Qiao Yu's arms and hugged her tightly, feeling a little worried after all.

Qiao Yu reached out and rubbed his head. In front of his younger brother, he was still a little embarrassed. He was hit by Qiao Ling, and he was so sore that he didn't dare to show any expression. He was very glad that it was getting late Now, Qiao Ling couldn't see his red ears, so he pretended to be nonchalant and said: "I'm sorry, my brother came back late today because of something, I kept Xiaoling waiting for a long time, let's go, let's go in first."

Qiao Ling hummed, looked up at him, and said, "It's my brother's birthday today, and I haven't had longevity noodles yet."

He waited for so long just to wait for his brother to eat a bowl of longevity noodles. Qiao Yu couldn't help but feel a little guilty when he heard the words. Those who value his birthday are still staying here so late and don't want to go back. They have to watch him pass his birthday to be able to relax. Qiao Yu nodded vigorously thinking of this, and said, "Okay, brother, I'll go back to eat with you right now." Longevity noodles."

Qiao Ling immediately stood up happily, greeted Lu Jincheng who was next to him, and dragged Qiao Yu to the courtyard of Qiao Mansion.

Lu Jincheng followed quietly, and taking advantage of the darkness of the night, he reached out and rubbed Qiao Yu's waist, apparently noticing the bump that Qiao Ling had just bumped into him.

Qiao Yu moved towards him calmly, asked Lu Jincheng to help him rub it twice, and then gently hooked his fingers.

Qiao Yu followed Qiao Ling into Qiao's mansion. This courtyard is in a remote alley on South Street. There are many wealthy and dignitaries on South Street. The small courtyard of Qiao's family is crowded at the end of the alley. Compared with the courtyard, it is much more spacious and elegant. It is divided into left and right courtyards. The left courtyard is the courtyard of the main house, which is divided into four rooms. The right courtyard is the servants’ firewood room and kitchen. There are also quite a lot of places, with flower beds and ponds built, and a small rockery and a gazebo built in the middle of the pond. Although it is not particularly large, it is quite elegantly built.

I don't know who bought this yard before. I think it should be bought to live in. I have only lived in it for more than half a year. I don't know whether I want to or not. In short, it was bought back by Lu Jincheng. These days, Lu Jincheng should be After carefully re-arranging it, everything inside and out is available. Even the fish in the pond in the backyard can be seen clearly under the moonlight. They are floating out of the water with their faces up and spitting bubbles. When they see someone approaching, He quickly hid under the rockery and refused to come out.

Lu Jincheng deliberately left space for the two of them and did not follow them. At this moment, it was just the two of them, holding a lamp, and walked around the small courtyard one by one. Qiao Ling walked in front, and Qiao Yu followed behind.

This place is of great significance to Qiao Ling and Qiao Sheng. Although Qiao Yu is dispensable to this yard, when he really saw it, he still felt that he should belong to this place. An indescribable sense of belonging.

At this moment, the two walked around the yard in silence. No one spoke for a moment. Qiao Ling walked quietly in front. After a while, Qiao Yu suddenly heard him sniffing. He didn't make a sound immediately. He can understand Qiao Ling's feelings standing in this place. This is the place where he was born and raised. It not only means home, but also means to rely on. Later, Qiao Ling's parents died, and they had no choice but to move out of this place. Not only did the place lose its home, but Qiao Ling also lost support.

When he left, although he secretly told himself that he would come back one day, he knew in his heart that everything was unknown, he might come back, or he might never come back, so now standing here again, Joe Qiao Yu could only imagine how sour Ling felt.

He stood silently behind Qiao Ling until there was no sound from him, then he went forward and hugged Qiao Ling into his arms, gently stroked Qiao Ling's head and said, "Don't worry, everything is over. You see, this courtyard has returned, and we will definitely get better and better in the future."

Qiao Ling nodded angrily, and hugged Qiao Yu tighter with his backhand.

This courtyard was bought by Lu Jincheng. Although it was given to Qiao Yu as a birthday present, it still looks very precious. Let alone how much effort Lu Jincheng spent on it, even if it is only about money, it is also the same as Qiao Yu's current situation. The debt could not be repaid no matter what, but Qiao Yu still accepted the gift with peace of mind, because this gift was not only what Qiao Yu wanted, but also what Qiao Ling wanted very much.

Besides, Qiao Yu saw not only the money in this gift, but also Lu Jincheng's heart.

This is something that no amount of money can exchange. It doesn't matter if you still owe something like this. He can pay it back slowly with his heart, and it doesn't matter if he pays it back for a lifetime.

Qiao Yu accompanied Qiao Ling to revisit the old place, and after taking a good look at the place, he went back to the room. There was a lamp in the room, and Lu Jincheng was sitting on the couch, with a bowl of longevity noodles in front of him. There is also a small food box next to it.

Qiao Yu saw the food box at a glance, and suddenly remembered that there was still his own cake in it, and said, "I didn't even think about it, but you brought it here together, and thought it would be left at home."

Lu Jincheng put down the book in his hand, opened the food box, and brought out the small cake inside.

"I saw that you put it so carefully, so I brought it here together."

It was only then that Qiao Yu remembered that he put a straight heart on it, and he didn't feel it when he made it in the morning, but now he was serving it in front of Qiao Ling, and he felt a little embarrassed.

Quickly said: "Yes, it is specially made for eating, cut it up and eat."

Although he made a cake, he didn't plan to light candles and sing birthday songs to eat the cake according to the modern way of eating. After all, he couldn't find candles at the moment, and he couldn't teach everyone to sing birthday songs.

When Lu Jincheng heard this, he smiled and said, "Qiao Er's arrangement is rare, I really like it, and I'm a bit reluctant to eat it."

Seeing his dark eyes and the corners of his mouth slightly turned up, Qiao Yu knew that this person was deliberately teasing him again, so he sat down calmly in front of Lu Jincheng, only to find that his stool was padded with cushions, and looked up at Lu Jincheng again. Jincheng glanced at it and said, "Then you can ask Xiao Ling, if he has no objection, you can keep it for yourself."

Qiao Ling hadn't seen clearly what was on the cake, seeing that Lu Jincheng liked it, how could he have any objection, Lu Jincheng smiled and said, "It's better to eat it in your stomach."

Sanqi sent a knife to share the cake, besides Lu Jincheng, Qiao Yu, Qiaoling, each had a piece, and Sanqi, Chen Cong, and Zhao Kang each left a piece for everyone to try.

Qiao Yu took a sip by himself. It was the first time he used this kind of oven to bake the hurricane. The cake was not as soft as the one baked in the oven, but it was still full of custard flavor. It was wrapped in rich and sweet strawberry jam. Not greasy, although rough, but also very delicious.

For the top cherry, Lu Jincheng played tricks when he cut it. Except for Qiao Ling who divided the whole cherry heart into half, the remaining half went into his plate. When eating, he not only looked at the bright red cherry , and looked up at Qiao Yu, as if saying that Qiao Yu was pretty and delicious, and ate a plate of chiffon cake with jam.

Qiao Ling also ate up his share of cake, then wiped his hands and seriously put the longevity noodles in front of Qiao Yu.

"Brother, eat noodles."

Yangguo likes rice, but you must eat noodles on your birthday. Not only do you have to eat noodles, but you also need to eat a long-lived noodle that lasts from the end to the end. A child from a poor family is a bowl of white water and soy sauce noodles. egg.And the bowl of longevity noodles in front of Qiao Yu, the soup base is boiled with beef bones, the soup is clear, the noodles are snow-white, a few cabbage is boiled, a pinch of green onion is sprinkled on it, and a round and beautiful poached egg is cooked Put them together in a bowl, and the noodles are uniform in thickness from one end to the end, which symbolizes health and longevity.

Lu Jincheng also looked at Qiao Yu, and after watching him pick up the noodles with chopsticks, he said with Qiao Ling, "Eat it in one bite, don't break it."

Fortunately, this bowl of noodles was not too much, otherwise Qiao Yu might not be able to finish it in one bite. He managed to find the end of the longevity noodles, and sucked in the noodles in one gulp, without pausing for a moment. One of the noodles of Changshou Noodles was eaten up in one go.

When Qiao Yu finishes eating the longevity noodles, Qiao Yu's birthday will be over. Although it is not the same as Lu Jincheng's plan, it is much more memorable than Lu Jincheng's plan. Qiao Ling waited so late, After Qiao Yu finished eating the noodles, he was really sleepy. The yard of Qiao's house had already been tidied up by Lu Jincheng. Qiao Yu accompanied him back to the house where he originally lived, and talked to him a few more times. , coaxed him to sleep, and then came out of Qiao Ling's room.

Outside under the moonlight, Lu Jincheng stood in the courtyard with his back to him, and when he heard Qiao Yu's voice, he turned around and stretched out his hand to him.

"My husband still hasn't told Qiao Er for a while, is Qiao Er willing to take a look with me?"

Qiao Yu was quite surprised, and asked, "Isn't this the Qiao Mansion's yard a great gift from you? What else have you prepared?"

Lu Jincheng smiled and said, "This Qiao's courtyard is not a great gift from Qiao Er, Qiao Er and I will know it at a glance."

Lu Jincheng's side face was soaked in moonlight, his eyes were tender like a deep pool, and he was about to drown Qiao Yu in it. There was no reason why he should, so he nodded, and reached out to hold Lu Jincheng's hand.

Lu Jincheng held him tightly, and led him all the way into Qiao Sheng's original bedroom.

This bedroom was re-arranged by Lu Jincheng, with small crimson decorations hanging everywhere, just like a wedding room, making Qiao Yu's ears red as soon as he entered.

He thought to himself that this person was really dishonest again, and he didn't tell him what he said for a while, so he was talking about his feelings, right?

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but think of the panic during the day, his palms were hot, and he was faintly sweating.

Just as he was thinking about it, Lu Jincheng suddenly turned around, put Qiao Yu in front of an altar, took out a piece of red paper from somewhere, and wrote a few lines on it, and handed it to Qiao Yu .

"How about Qiaoer just take a look and agree to me?"

Qiao Yu instinctively felt that this didn't seem like a hooligan, so he reached out to take the red paper and checked it with a puzzled expression.

For a moment, I felt that the blood in my whole body poured into my heart, and it started to beat fast.

Qiao Yu shook his hands, looked at the red paper again and again, and finally raised his head to look at Lu Jincheng and asked, "You wrote this nonsense, have you asked the Queen Mother and the Emperor?"

Lu Jincheng squeezed Qiao Yu's trembling hand, kissed delicately from the fingers to the wrist, raised his eyes and sealed Qiao Yu's lips again.

"I begged the emperor to give me a marriage certificate, which has been personally approved by the emperor's brother Yubi and sent to the mansion. If Qiao Er doesn't believe it, you can follow me to see it tomorrow. Today, I just ask Qiao Er if she is willing to accept me?"

Qiao Yu loosened her fingers, held Lu Jincheng's hand back with red eyes, and kissed back viciously.

"Yes, why not, I like you so much."

The red paper fluttered to the spot, revealing the handwriting written on it with silver hooks painted on iron.

"Marriage letter."

"The valley is in a different room, and the death is in the same acupoint. It is like saying that I don't believe it."

"Qiao Sheng, Lu Jincheng."