Yun Qishen

[Bang, bang, bang!] The sound of fireworks came from somewhere, and no light could be seen in the spacious courtyard for a while.

"It's time for dinner!" Yun Qishen brought two plates of food and placed them on the wooden dining table in the courtyard. Soon, people from all over the place gathered around.

Mo Langqin drooled as he looked at the dishes on the table. He sat down without any hesitation. "Grilled snails, steamed river crabs, braised prawns..."

Wen Xiaoshao also came over to smell the aroma of the dishes, and then praised, "Brother Yun's cooking skills are really great, these dishes smell so delicious!"

Yun Qishen smiled at Wen Xiaoshao and said, "Then eat more. There's more in the kitchen. I made a lot."

"Then I won't be polite." Mo Langqin started eating without saying anything.

"You guys eat first, I'll go to the kitchen to check the fire." Yun Qishen said and walked towards the kitchen. He cooked every year. Is this group of people so short of cooks? Gu Choumian and Chen Yueluo were not here this year, so the kitchen was really short of manpower.

"What else did you do?" Dai Qi came over and asked Xiang Yunqishen curiously.

Yun Qishen pointed at the things in the steamer and said, "It's Mid-Autumn Festival, so I made some snowy mooncakes. They'll be ready to eat after dinner."

Mo Langqin stuffed food in his mouth while looking at Yun Qishen, "Young Master, you are such a good wife! Such a good wife!"

Yun Qishen raised his eyebrows, crossed his arms over his chest, and glanced at Mo Langqin with some dissatisfaction, "Hey, forget about calling me a virtuous person. I think you're right. I don't help anyone with my wife's help. I've always relied on myself."

"You are right." Mo Langqin turned back and continued eating. After eating too much meat, he ate vegetarian food. The result was - "Wow! This vegetarian dish is so spicy!"

"Ha." Yun Qishen raised the corner of his mouth with a smug arc.

Mo Langqin opened his mouth and fanned himself, "Young Master, I can't eat spicy food... It's so spicy, hiss, hiss——"

"Just eat your meal, why are you talking so much nonsense! Can't food shut you up?" Shi Wanyi, who was in charge of grilling snails not far away, yelled at Mo Langqin.

Mo Langqin picked up the plate of spicy food and moved closer to Shi Wanyi, "Why don't you try it? If you can resist not drinking water, I think you're awesome!"

"What's so wrong with eating this?" Wan Yi raised his head, took the chopsticks and took a bite of the vegetarian dish. It was spicy, really spicy, but he could bear it, "Hmm!"

Seeing Shi Wanyi pretending to be calm, Mo Langqin almost laughed out loud, "Ha! You can't stand it either, can't stand it, and you still say I'm your master!"

"Why...why can't I stand it! It's not spicy at all!" Shi Wanyi's lips were red but he was still stubborn.

"Then you eat more." Mo Langqin picked up a large piece of food with chopsticks and put it to Wan Yi's mouth.

"..." Shi Wan paused.

"Eat it." Mo Langqin was still adding fuel to the fire. He taunted, "You won't be burned by the spiciness, will you?"

"How could that be! I'll eat it in front of you... Hey!" Without waiting for Shi Wanyi to show off, Yun Qishen walked over and snatched the dish and put it back on the table.

"Come on, stop fighting here. You've eaten everything so what will others eat? Come and eat quietly!"

After Yun Qishen finished scolding Mo Langqin and the others, Long Yunhua, who was dressed elegantly, also sat at the dining table with Ling Si in her arms, "That's right, I like the spicy dishes made by Qishen the most. You eat everything. I eat nothing. Ling Si also likes it."

"Children can't eat spicy food..." Yun Qishen complained speechlessly.

"You two are the only ones here who can eat spicy food." Mo Langqin stuck out his tongue and fanned the air. He looked around for something to drink, but all he found was Coke and hot water. "Is there no cold water? Why did you only buy Coke..."

"Coke can relieve the spiciness." Dai Qi answered directly.

"Uncle Daiqi, please don't talk nonsense seriously. I know that you bought this drink..." Mo Langqin just told the truth.

【ding dong——】

The doorbell rang suddenly.

Yun Qishen had no choice but to turn his head to look at Daiqi, "Daiqi, help me open the door."

"Okay." Dai Qi was close to the door, he responded and turned around and walked towards the entrance.

As soon as he opened the door, he saw Lu Ren's fake smile, and then a box of mooncakes was stuffed into Dai Qi's arms, and even a few bags of folding lanterns.

"Happy Mid-Autumn Festival, this is a gift. And also something you asked me to buy. Okay, see you later." The lawyer responded with a word and turned to leave.

"..." Dai Qi was speechless.

Jia Yu, who came with Lu Ren, smiled and tried to smooth things over, "Ha, you guys go play first, we have things to do."

"Would you like to sit down and have something to eat together?" Dai Qi invited.

The lawyer turned around and said bluntly, "You guys go and reunite with your friends, but I also have friends I need to reunite with."

"..." Dai Qi fell into speechlessness again and even smiled back.

Jia Yu also smiled to ease the awkwardness, "Let's play together again next time we have a chance, bye."

Jiayu waved to Daiqi and left with Lu Ren.

Dai Qi closed the door of the entrance hall and walked towards the courtyard. When Yun Qi saw Dai Qi holding a mooncake gift box and a folding lantern, he spoke with concern.

"Who's here? The lawyer?"

Dai Qi nodded and placed the folding lantern in his hand on the rocking chair in the yard, "Yeah. He gave me mooncakes and some folding lanterns."

Xiao Shao left the table and ran over curiously to look at the folding lanterns. "Wow! Thank you! The lanterns are so pretty, they are crabs! And prawns! Can this kind of lantern be folded?"

"Not only these, there are also Kongming lanterns." Dai Qi picked up a bag of Kongming lanterns and handed it to Yun Qishen.

Mo Langqin came over while drinking Coke, "Well! I want to let it go!"

"Then just put it in the yard after dinner." Yun Qishen said.

"Great!" Wen Xiaoshao happily took apart the foldable lanterns, "I want to put all these foldable lanterns together!"

Shi Wanyi also gave up his work of grilling horn snails and came to persuade Wen Xiaoshao, "Eat first, Xiaoshao. Look at how thin you are. Children will be malnourished if you eat like this."

Wen Xiaoshao smiled sweetly, "Haha, if I know what will happen, brother, I will definitely eat a lot later!"

Mo Langqin nudged Shi Wanyi with his elbow and teased, "You are so fussy!"

"I am you--" Shi Wanyi was covered his mouth by Yun Qishen before he could finish his curse.

"Hey, hey, hey, it's a holiday, please be civilized." Yun Qishen pushed Shi Wanyi towards the place where the horn snails were being charcoaled, "Go ahead and grill your horn snails!" "Tsk." Shi Wanyi was unhappy, "Why should I do this? I'm not a cook!"

【ding dong——】

At this time, the door of the entrance hall rang again.

Yun Qishen shuddered, calculated the time, and smiled as he looked at Dai Qi again, "Master and the others should be here."

Dai Qi clapped his hands slightly, turned around and walked towards the entrance again, "I'll go open the door."

After the entrance door opened, it was Chengxu and his fellow disciples who came in.

"Dinner is ready." Chengxu stuck his head out of the entrance door and looked into the bustling courtyard.

Dai Qi smiled and invited them in. "Dinner has just started. You've arrived just in time, please take a seat."

Chengxu and the others put down the gifts and followed Daiqi into the yard.

Seeing Chengxu's figure, Shi Wanyi changed his complaining look. He stood there like a soldier, "Ah, hello, teacher!"

Cheng Xu saw Wan Yi was a little surprised. He went closer to take a look at the snails and couldn't help but praise them, "Wan Yi, you roasted them very well."

"Thank you, teacher!" Shi Wanyi was very proud. Now the job of grilling horn snails must be his, and no one could snatch it from him!

Long Yunhua looked around among the people who came, but didn't find Ling Jingdao. "Where's Ling Jingdao? Didn't he come with you?"

Chengyun looked at Long Yunhua and explained, "Professor Ling said he had some things to take care of and would be late."

"Is that so..." Long Yunhua was not very happy.

"The clouds are covering the moon." Xiaoshao suddenly shouted.

Taoist Master Xuyun approached with a kind look on his face, "It's the fifteenth day of the eighth month when clouds cover the moon, so on the fifteenth day of the first month, there will be snow to light up the lanterns."

“It must be very cold on a snowy day.” Xiaoshao blinked innocently.

Yun Qishen looked up at the moon and smiled, "It's not cold when it snows, it's cold when the snow melts."

Asked Xiaoshao holding the unlit lantern and pouting slightly, "I don't like cold weather."

"That's why, Xiaoshao, you should eat more so that you won't feel cold. Because the fat will be burned!" Yun Qishen couldn't help but joke to make Xiaoshao happy.

“Hmm…” Xiaoshao put down the lantern and hugged Yun Qishen directly.

Yun Qishen raised his hands, feeling somewhat helpless as he endured Xuyun's complaining gaze, "Hey, don't hold my spoon, my apron is all greasy!"

Wen Xiaoshao raised her head and looked into Yun Qishen's eyes, "Xiaoshao feels... as long as I am with Brother Yun and everyone else, I will never feel cold in this life. As long as everyone is together, everything will be warm."

Yun Qishen felt warm in his heart after hearing what Xiaoshao said, "Yes, as long as everyone is together, everything will be warm."

It was such a warm occasion, but something unexpected happened. Mo Langqin ran into the kitchen at some point, and her screams rang out from the kitchen.

"Ah! Kitchen! Pot! Don't keep warm in the front! It will be too hot in here soon!"

Hearing Mo Langqin screaming, Yun Qishen hurried to the kitchen to check the situation, but it turned out that the pot was just boiling...

Yun Qishen went over to turn off the gas, then raised his hand and hit Mo Langqin on the head, "Since you are close, can't you help turn off the fire?"

"I don't know how to do that!" Mo Langqin answered sincerely.

"Why are you hanging around in the kitchen for no reason?" Yun Qishen put his hand on his waist to express his dissatisfaction.

Mo Langqin covered his head with his hands and said, "I just wanted to see the mooncakes. I'm sorry, young master."

"Really..." Yun Qishen lifted the lid of the pot, took out the mooncakes inside and placed them on the chopping board, "It's not convenient to eat mooncakes when they're so hot, why are you in such a hurry?"

"After all, it's rare for me to eat such a reunion mooncake." Mo Langqin said with tears in his eyes.

"Mo Langqin..." Yun Qishen looked at Mo Langqin speechlessly.

Mo Langqin was acting to the end. He looked at Yun Qishen affectionately, "Young Master..."

Fu Quxiao, who had not said much since the beginning and was almost invisible in this reunion, finally found an opportunity to speak, "The atmosphere between you two is so weird. This is the first time I've seen someone treat free food and drinks as if it was natural... Why are you two being so sentimental?"

Yun Qishen was not being sentimental. He held his forehead and looked forward, then pushed Mo Langqin out, "Forget it, I don't want to argue with you on Mid-Autumn Festival. Let's go back to the table and eat, go!"

"Xiaoshao, let's light a lamp first." Xuyun on the other side lowered his head and suggested to Xiaoshao.

"Okay, Master!" Xiao Shao's eyes lit up. She quickly opened a Kongming lantern and saw that there was a space on the lantern paper for writing blessings. "You can even write on it!"

"What does Xiaoshao want to write?" Xuyun asked her.

Xiao Shao thought for a moment and replied, "I want to write 'I hope we can be together forever.'"

"No need to write hopes, because everyone is always here." Xuyun raised his hand and rubbed Wen Xiaoshao's head. After they wrote the blessings together, they lit the Kongming lantern.

As the Kongming lanterns were released, everyone's attention was drawn to them. Mo Langqin was the first to cheer and shout, "Happy Mid-Autumn Festival! Yoho!"

"Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!"

Dai Qi looked at Yun Qishen and blessed him, and Yun Qishen also looked at him and said something in return.

Not long after Long Yunhua watched the Kongming lantern fly up, a hand was placed on her shoulder.

"Sorry, I'm late." Lingjing Dao smiled gently at Taki Yunhua.

Long Yunhua tilted her head and looked at Ling Jingdao. A smile suddenly appeared on her face. "I will punish you by kissing me."

Ling Jingdao bent down and kissed Long Yunhua on the cheek. Long Yunhua smiled even more happily, and Ling Si in her arms also giggled.

As long as everyone is here, every moment is Mid-Autumn Festival.

(End of this chapter)