Red apricots make spring

Chapter 157
With the continuous shaking of the small ring, a bamboo stick fell out of the stick tube.After picking it up, she nervously handed it to the monk next to him who was unscrambling the sign, and watched him match the sign with the number on the bamboo stick.

"Congratulations to the benefactor, you have drawn an auspicious lottery, and everything you ask is satisfactory." The monk who unwrapped the lottery slipped a glance at the sign written on the red paper, and after handing it over to Xiaohuan, he clasped his hands and congratulated her.

This sentence alone made Xiaohuan's heart bursting with joy, her face glowing red.Ruan Rou curiously looked at the signature, but saw that it said - Langyuan is in spring, the flowers and willows in front of the court are new, the sound spreads the good news, and the vegetation is full of joy.

The meaning of the signature is simple, and you can understand it without explaining it. Wenrou also congratulated Xiaohuan, watching her carefully stuff the signature paper into her purse, and then imitated her appearance and signed a lottery Son.

The monk who released the sign came to the sign, looked at it and said softly: "I don't know what the benefactor is asking for?"

Most of the people who draw lots are looking for career, love, wealth, etc., but Gentle is looking for the fortune of this life. After a moment of hesitation, Fang said: "I want to live."

The words she used were weird. Monk Xiezhi thought for a while, then handed the letter to her and said: "After the ups and downs, there will be a smooth road."

Gentle took the lottery, and saw what was written on it - the new lotus was hit by the shower, and the red apricot let out the spring.

The meaning of this signature was not as obvious as Xiaohuan's, but the more she looked at it, the more interesting it became, and when she recalled the dismal days in the Zhao Mansion when she first traveled through time, she felt a little touched.

Seeing her pondering, Xiaohuan thought she didn't like this lottery, so she explained: "Sister, I think this lottery is pretty good, the word "chunguang" is the best, I can even imagine the scene of blooming flowers!"

"Yes, it's very good." With a gentle smile, he put away the signature.She can also imagine the scene of red apricots blooming in spring and the sun dancing on the petals, so this can be regarded as a good lottery.

After asking for the lottery, the accompanying monk led them to the quiet room. After sitting there for a while, Lu Ce came in with Xizhu.Rourou saw him pursing his lips tightly, although there was no obvious change in expression, but he seemed unhappy, then looked at Xizhu, lowered his head slightly, and frowned, not knowing exactly what happened, but again It's not easy to ask, so I just stood up and said, "Are you going back?"

"Wait a little longer, eat vegetarian food in the temple before leaving." After Lu Ce sat down, the little novice who was serving tea avoided going out.

No one spoke for a while, and the room was silent.

Rourou had no choice but to find something to say: "Where's the abbot?"

"Going to see off the Ninth Prince."

As soon as Lu Ce's words came out, Rou Rou was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect him to speak frankly.It turns out that the person who played against the monk in the gazebo just now is the Ninth Prince, but what is he doing here?
This kind of worldly dispute in the court is too far away from a gentle life. She doesn't know that a prince also needs to avoid taboos, and can't get too close to courtiers, otherwise most people will slander them behind their backs, saying that they are trying to form a faction , Plotting for the throne.However, the Ninth Prince has always been close to Lu Ce. Recently, after observing the holy will, he felt that his emperor's father seemed to have a lot of scruples about the Lu family, so he asked Lu Ce to meet him in this kind of place.

Xi Zhu didn't know the true background of Lu Cena's gentleness as a concubine, but felt that she was gentle and liked her in private, so she complained for her: "I don't know what the Holy Majesty meant. Concubine, why bother thinking of marrying the princess off again? It's just that famous savage..."

Before he finished speaking, Lu Ce stopped him and said, "Don't privately discuss royal affairs outside."

After Xi Zhu was drunk, she immediately lowered her head, her lips moved silently, and she didn't know what she was saying.

Xiaohuan was startled when she heard these words, she turned to look at Wen Rou, and saw her sitting there drinking tea with her head bowed, her eyebrows and eyes were buried in the mist of tea, she couldn't see clearly, and naturally she couldn't see the expression on her face. look.However, she drank this sip of tea for a long time, and it took half a stick of incense before she raised her eyes and said to Lu Ce with a faint smile, "Congratulations, you are going to be the son-in-law."

Lu Ce glanced at her, hesitated to speak, and finally put down his teacup to concentrate.

Wenrou's mood at the moment is also quite complicated, like a dish with too many seasonings, hot, sour, spicy, bitter and astringent mixed together, she couldn't tell what it was like, so she sat there for a while, and then laughed at herself No matter who Lu Ce will marry in the future, everyone's daughter or the royal princess has nothing to do with her, so why does she still feel a little uncomfortable?Sure enough, some things are easy to think about, but may not be easy to do.

She let out a sigh of relief, tried her best to temporarily drive away the feelings that shouldn't be in her heart, and told herself that if some things make people uncomfortable, then don't think about them. There are always things in life that can make people feel warm and peaceful. Happy things, think about Xiaohuan, and then think about Mrs. Liu, maybe they will meet again soon, and she should get rid of this "concubine" status as soon as possible and live the life she wants.

Thinking that she has almost saved enough money to open a restaurant, she will probably be busy for a long time in the future, and thinking that if the restaurant is well managed, she can buy a small house and live an ordinary life behind closed doors. Smile naturally.There is no such thing as the best of both worlds in this world, but when God closes a door to people, it will definitely remember to leave a window. She can't walk out of the door swaggeringly, she can always jump out of the window!

Xiaohuan saw the change in her face, she didn't know what she was thinking, she wanted to persuade her, but she didn't know how to persuade her, just about to say something casually to ease the atmosphere, she saw Rourou looking at the sky outside the door and said: " It's almost noon, when can I eat? I feel very hungry."

I don't know if the abbot in this temple is a roundworm in Wenrou's stomach. She just finished saying this sentence for a while, and he came in with two little monks holding lacquer plates, and he clapped his hands together and saluted everyone, while laughing. Said: "There is nothing good in this temple, only a few bowls of plain noodles to entertain guests, a few benefactors will use some, don't think the old man is negligent."

Lu Ce stood up and exchanged some polite words with the abbot, while the young novice monks brought the noodle bowls on the lacquer trays in front of each of them, they felt a fresh fragrance wafting to their nostrils, looked down, and couldn't help but let out a "huh".

It turns out that the plain noodles are really vegetarian. In a bowl of golden noodle soup, there are clusters of distinct snow-white noodles. There is not even a little bit of oil or toppings on it. It's boiled plain noodles!But the scent is really tempting, no less than the soup made from delicacies from mountains and seas, it really hooked her gluttons!
At this moment, Lu Ce dismissed the abbot, turned his head and saw Wen Rou impatiently picked up the chopsticks, he couldn't help smiling and said, "The old monk's plain noodles are famous here, and they only serve twenty bowls a day for pilgrims, and those who come late can't eat it." Arrived."

They came late, but they still ate four bowls. It seems that the monk also opened the back door for others!Wenrou will not be able to talk now, she lowered her head to eat the noodles first, only to feel that the noodles are extremely smooth in the mouth, although the elasticity is slightly less, but the taste is very fresh, it seems that there are other things mixed in the noodles.Take another sip of the soup, it is mellow and delicious. When it is in your mouth and you have not swallowed it, you feel that the liquid has a very thick texture, but it has no impurities. It is clear, but it is not bland and tasteless. It must be The essence of the ingredients has been boiled out.

"It's delicious!" Xiaohuan praised after taking a sip, and wondered, "How do you make this noodles? There's no toppings, and the taste is still so good."

Rou Rou took another mouthful of noodles, pondered it carefully, and then smiled: "It would be better if there were no toppings. If you put in miscellaneous things, it will take away the natural taste, and it will lose a little bit of vegetarian flavor." Food Ah, it really can make people feel happy. Now she feels much calmer and calmer.

"Guess what's in it?" Lu Ce asked casually.

Wen Rou frowned, took a few more mouthfuls of noodles, and then hesitated: "I can only taste the umami of bamboo shoots and mushrooms, and there is another flavor..."

She was thinking, when Lu Ce said, "Pine nuts!"

"That's right!" Wen Rou's eyes lit up, she looked at him unconsciously, and said with a smile, "Fresh bamboo shoots, mushrooms and pine nuts, these three flavors are ground very finely, and mixed into the noodles, so that they have this taste , just reduced the tendons of the noodles."

"What about the soup? What is it made of? I can't believe it's a vegetarian soup." Xiaohuan asked.

Now Rourou began to shake his head, and said with a wry smile: "Don't look at the clearness of this soup, the taste is actually very complicated. I only know that fresh bamboo shoots must be indispensable, and you can also taste a little bit of mushrooms. I can't tell what it is. Out." She is a chef after all, and she has a strong thirst for knowledge about culinary arts, so she asked Lu Ce, "Do you know what's in this soup?"

"The old monk refused to tell me." Lu Ce also shook his head and said, "I just said that the soup is made with more than a dozen kinds of mushrooms such as Hericium erinaceus, bamboo fungus, and chicken fir."

Ruan Wen was speechless immediately after hearing the words, she just lowered her head and continued to eat noodles.

It's strange that the taste of this side is so good, it turns out that so many mountain delicacies are used.The price of these mushrooms is very high. After careful calculation, probably this bowl of noodles can be worth a tael of silver. What an expensive clear soup plain noodles, what a group of extravagant monks!
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