Eat the whole family? I emptied the storehouse of the Marquis' Mansion and married the crippled

Jiang Zhi looked at the somewhat large snowball and touched its little head in disbelief.

"Little guy, how did you grow so big?"

"Xuetuan has been eating vegetarian food every day recently and has lost a lot of weight. Some time ago, I felt a little pressure on my arms when I hugged him."

Ye Jintang really didn't expect that Jiang Zhi would come over during the New Year's Day.

"Master Jiang, please sit inside."

The so-called inside is just a short sit in the Snow Viewing Pavilion.

The door of the room was wide open, and there were maids and servants serving beside, so Ye Jintang was not afraid that Jiang Zhi would say anything inappropriate.

"Master Jiang is going to burn incense in the temple today."

The two sat down, and Ye Jintang took the initiative to greet Jiang Zhi.

She thought to herself that she should send the man away quickly so as not to delay her from eating dumplings.

"That's right. There aren't many people in our house. I'm all alone. It's really boring, so I came to the White Horse Temple early to wait."

"I thought that the Sixth Miss was alone, so I brought some food over. No matter how delicious the vegetarian food in the temple is, it is just a simple meal, not as exquisite as the one made by the cook in my house."

"But it took quite some time to get here. The food in the lunch box is already cold. You need to heat it up before you eat it."

"Thank you, Lord Jiang, for still thinking of me."

Jiang Zhi smiled bitterly when he heard Ye Jintang change her address again. The girl was really considerate in terms of etiquette, calling him "Sir Jiang" all the time, which sounded very distant.

"We are already very familiar with each other. Sixth Miss, there is no need to be so formal. It is better to just call me Brother Jiang. As long as you call me Lord Jiang, I always feel like I am still in the Censorate."

When Jiang Zhi said this, Ye Jintang immediately thought of how he was always addressed as Mr. or Miss at work.

This adult should have a similar effect, she imagined, and couldn't help laughing out loud.

It’s just that Brother Jiang sounded too intimate, but Ye Jintang was thick-skinned and just chatted for a few minutes without any hesitation.

As the sky gradually darkened, Wuwei and Liuli turned on the lights in the house.

"Brother Jiang, you haven't had dinner yet, do you want to stay and eat with us?"

Ye Jintang originally wanted to tell Jiang Zhi that it was getting late and time for dinner, so he could leave.

Unfortunately, Jiang Zhi was even more shameless than Ye Jintang, and he agreed readily.

"Then I'll have to bother Sixth Miss."

"It's okay. Liuli, go heat up the dishes and see if Madam Lou has cooked the dumplings."

Ye Jintang was obviously stunned for a moment, but she quickly calmed down. It was just a meal together, how could Jiang Zhi eat her?

"Yes, slave, go right away."

Liuli carried the food box to the small kitchen. Zhou Wuwei was sitting at the door. He frowned, glanced at Jiang Zhi, and lowered his head, not knowing what he was thinking about.

After drinking two more cups of tea, Liuli brought the cooked dumplings to the table.

"Wuwei, go eat dumplings."

Ye Jintang looked at Zhou Wuwei who was petting the cat.

"Yes."

Zhou Wuwei responded and went to the kitchenette.

"Wuwei seems to be much taller than the last time I saw him."

"Yeah, kids this age are like bamboos. It feels like they grow up overnight."

"Ah."

Not long after the dumplings were served, Liuli brought over the hot dishes.

Ye Jintang looked at the four dishes on the small table with a look of surprise. The dishes that Jiang Zhi brought over included a braised pork, a braised carp, stir-fried bamboo shoots with bacon, and fermented rice meatballs.

"We are in the temple, so we still have to follow the temple rules. We can't eat fish and meat."

"Sixth Miss, please try these dishes. They are all vegetarian. There is no meat or fish."

"Ah? All vegetarian?"

Ye Jintang picked up a piece of braised pork with suspicion. No matter how it looked or smelled, it looked like meat.

But when she put it in her mouth and took a bite, she found that it was a piece of frozen tofu soaked with soup.

"This is amazing. How can you make frozen tofu look like meat?"

Then she picked up a piece of braised carp with chopsticks, and it turned out that the pieces of fish were made of taro paste.

The whole braised carp is made entirely of vegetarian ingredients such as mashed taro, mashed potatoes, and bamboo shoots.

To be able to cook such a dish, one must be a royal chef.

With food to eat, Ye Jintang became noticeably more talkative.

"Brother Jiang, try the vegetarian dumplings."

"it is good."

Jiang Zhi had lived in the palace for many years. Although he was not favored, he still ate a lot of delicacies from land and sea.

A vegetarian dumpling is really nothing to him.

“It tastes very good, like home.”

"is it?"

Ye Jintang also picked up a dumpling and put it in his mouth. It tasted better than the vegetarian dumplings delivered from the White Horse Temple at noon. At least it had more oil and was more colorful.

“It tastes like home.”

Ye Jintang was in a good mood and smiled with her eyes curved. She remembered that she had eaten such delicious vegetarian dumplings at her neighbor's house.

The two chatted and talked about their respective family matters.

"I don't have such a deep impression of my parents. They died when I was very young. I was raised by the housekeeper left by my mother."

"I still vaguely remember that when I was little, my mother would give me lucky money and sew new clothes for me. Thinking back now, those were really great childhood days."

"I haven't received any New Year's money for many years since my mother passed away."

Jiang Zhi's voice was a little low when he talked about the past.

Ye Jintang, who had been rather distant just now, immediately softened his heart when he saw Jiang Zhi showing such a vulnerable expression.

I didn’t expect Jiang Zhi to have such a miserable childhood. He lost his parents when he was even younger than the original owner.

Ye Jintang, who had a similarly miserable childhood, could empathize with Jiang Zhi's sadness.

"Brother Jiang, you came all the way here to bring me so many delicious foods. I don't have anything to give you, so this jade ruyi is for you."

Ye Jintang took out a small jade ruyi from the box beside him.

The jade ruyi, which is only as big as a finger, has a hole on one end and is tied to a big red string, which is quite festive.

"Could it be that the Sixth Miss made this silk net herself?"

Jiang Zhi reached out and impatiently took the jade ruyi from Ye Jintang's hand, with a smile on his face.

"I hit him. If you don't like it, just take it off and return it to me."

After handing over the gift, Ye Jintang realized belatedly that she was in Tianqin Country, a society where boys and girls did not sit at the same table after the age of seven. It was inappropriate for her to give Jiang Zhi the silk cord she had made herself.

"How could that be? I think Sixth Miss is very good at knitting."

As he spoke, Jiang Zhi hung the jade ruyi directly around his waist.

When Ye Jintang saw that he couldn't come back, he had no choice but to give up.

The two talked for a while, but Jiang Zhi still showed no intention of leaving.

Ye Jintang simply made it clear.

"Brother Jiang, it's already late, I won't keep you here to talk."

"Hey, Sixth Miss, please don't chase me away. It's freezing outside and I have nowhere to go. I can only sit in the main hall and wait until Zizheng hour to burn incense with the abbot."

"How could that be? The temple didn't arrange a place for Brother Jiang to stay?"