My name is Chang An, your name is Gu Li

Chang An smiled. He didn't expect Gu Li to be so good at teasing now. He said, "Then I will eat it all. This way, all of Gu Niang's heart will belong to me!"

"Okay!" Gu Li looked at the two dumplings in Chang An's hand and asked, "What are the fillings of Chang Lang's two dumplings?"

"Chang Lang divided the heart into two halves, washed one half, pickled the other half, and used it to wrap two rice dumplings." Chang An of course knew what Gu Li meant, so he answered according to her words.

Gu Li laughed even more happily now, and then Chang An stood up and said to the servant: "Wrap the remaining dumplings according to my method just now."

"Yes, Lord Marquis."

Then Chang An put his two zongzi and Gu Li's big zongzi on a plate and said, "After cooking, steam these three zongzi directly. Then steam two more of these two kinds of zongzi. Remember, these extra zongzi must be separated."

"Yes, Lord Marquis."

Then, after Chang An and Gu Li washed their hands, they headed towards the kitchen. Gu Li also asked at this time: "Chang Lang, why do you want to steam two more?"

"This is for Sister Qi and Sister Qi." Chang An said directly without hiding anything.

"Ah?" Gu Li was a little confused.

Chang An thought for a moment and replied with a smile: "Because the two sisters, in addition to their own work, are also teaching Gu Niang to weave clothes."

Gu Li nodded in understanding. She was simple by nature and naturally didn't think much about it. In her heart, Chang An probably wanted to thank him for teaching her how to sew clothes.

When I returned to the yard, I found Chang Qi and Chang Qi were already waiting in the yard. When they saw Chang An and Gu Li coming back, they greeted them, "My Lord, Madam."

Chang An waved his hand and said, "You don't have to call us Marquis and Madam anymore. Call us Master and Sanniang instead."

Chang Qi and Chang Qi were both stunned for a moment, then quickly came to their senses and changed their words: "Young Master, Sanniang."

Chang An nodded, and then said: "In addition, your monthly salary will be the same as Huaiqin and Zhener's, two taels of silver per month. If you perform well, you can increase it by another 500 wen to one tael."

"This month, in addition to the two taels of monthly salary, you two will receive an additional tael of reward."

Chang Qi and Chang Qi were both a little surprised. After looking at each other, they quickly came to their senses and said, "Thank you, sir, and thank you, Sanniang."

Gu Li was also confused, but this was Chang An's decision and she would never object.

"What's the matter between you two now?" Gu Li suddenly asked at this time.

"Replying to Sanniang, are you still going to learn weaving clothes today?" said sister Chang Qi.

Gu Li realized at this time that since the two of them were "bought", she had to learn to make clothes every morning. But today, her husband was on holiday, should she accompany him or make clothes? In this way, Gu Li fell into a dilemma.

At this time, sister Chang Qi saw Gu Li's entanglement and said, "Sanniang, today is the master's day off, why don't you take a day off as well and accompany the master."

"Yes, it's still early, Sanniang, just learn slowly." Sister Chang Qi also said with a smile.

Since they had already reached this point, Gu Li had no choice but to go down. He nodded and said, "Then... continue tomorrow?"

"Yes, Sanniang."

After saying that, the two sisters Chang Qi and Chang Qi took their baskets and turned to leave the yard.

……

After lunch, Zhen'er and Huaiqin each brought in a plate of food. Zhen'er had medicine as usual, while Huaiqin had two plates of rice dumplings.

"The rice dumplings are ready." Gu Li reached out to take the medicine, and Chang An took the rice dumplings over.

While Gu Li was drinking the medicine, Chang An picked up a plate with four rice dumplings and said, "Mother Gu, drink the medicine in the room first. I will send the rice dumplings to Chang Qi and Chang Qi first."

"Okay," Gu Li nodded, and then said, "Then I will stay in the room and peel the rice dumplings for Chang Lang."

"Then I'll wait." Chang An touched Gu Li's head with a smile, then left the room with the plate.

In the backyard, the two sisters Chang Qi and Chang Qi were sorting out various needlework. Chang Qi, who had sharp hearing, suddenly heard footsteps and raised her head.

When they saw it was Chang'an, they stood up and bowed to greet him.

Chang An walked up and did not forget to look back to see if there was anyone following him, which made the two sisters a little confused.

"Sir, do you have anything to tell me?" Chang Qi asked.

Chang An pointed to the room behind them and said, "Let's go inside and talk."

The two looked at each other, then went into the house first, and when Chang An came in, he closed the door. Then he found a table, put the zongzi on it, and said, "Thank you two sisters for protecting Gu Niang these two days."

Chang Qi and Chang Qi were both stunned for a moment. The younger sister Chang Qi even subconsciously lowered her head slightly, but the elder sister Chang Qi remained calm and said with a smile: "Sir, what does this mean?"

Chang An sat down at the table and said, "King Qi has told me everything, there is no need to hide it."

At this point, even her elder sister Chang Qi frowned and said, "Master, you know everything?"

"I see," Chang An nodded and said, "I saw Qi A-mei when I went to Xishi yesterday."

As soon as this sentence came out, Chang Qi lowered her head even lower, and Chang Qi said for her: "I'm sorry, sir, my sister is a little introverted. Yesterday, my sister was just going to buy needles and thread."

"But since Sanniang happens to be going out, let her go with you and take care of those eyes. It shouldn't affect your trip, right?"

Chang An shook his head and said, "Indeed not. I believe in your abilities."

"Your job should be limited to protecting my mother Gu anytime and anywhere, right?"

"That's right." Chang Qi replied, "Please rest assured, sir, we will not interfere with anything else."

"That's enough. You are King Qi's men. I don't have anything better to reward you with. I can only increase your wages." Chang An scratched his eyebrows and said.

"Speaking of which, why did King Qi come up with this method? He even went so far as to insert someone into my house?"

"Because your only weakness is Sanniang." Chang Qi said, "Only by protecting Sanniang can you let go and do things. What we have to do is to do everything we can to ensure Sanniang's safety."

Chang An was stunned for a moment and asked, "It doesn't have to be that serious, right? What if you die?"

Chang Qi smiled and said, "We are just secret guards. We don't have any identities. If we die, there will be others to replace us."

Chang An's original intention was not this, he was worried about their own safety, but the other party said this. This is not treating the secret guards as human beings, right?

"Then you don't have a registered permanent residence either?" Chang An asked.

"No, sir," Chang Qi said, shaking his head.

Chang An pinched his forehead, thought for a while, and then asked, "Do you get any salary from King Qi?"

Chang Qi and Chang Qi looked at each other and shook their heads, indicating no. Chang An sighed and then asked, "Besides you, are there any other people near my house?"

The two sisters looked at each other, and then the elder sister Chang Qi said, "If it was someone else, my sister and I would have dealt with it. But there are only two secret guards like us in the entire Anrenfang."

Chang An nodded. These two sisters are quite efficient...

"If you two sisters were gone, would there be many people who would come into my house, openly or secretly, just to protect my mother Gu?" Chang An confirmed for the last time.

"That's right, sir." Chang Qi nodded and replied.

"why?"

Chang An suddenly became a little uneasy. Does this mean that from now on, there will always be two outsiders in our home? Although it is to protect Gu Li, it still doesn't feel good.

"So that you can work for His Majesty without any worries." Chang Qi said. Although it was a nice thing to say, why did it sound wrong?

Chang An sighed and said, "Forget it, it's enough now that I have made things clear."

After he finished speaking, he stood up and pointed at the rice dumplings on the table and said, "Among these four rice dumplings, there are two salted pork dumplings and two egg yolk pork dumplings. Seeing that you work hard on weekdays, I made them especially for you."

"this......"

The two sisters didn't react when given money, but when talking about food, they became a little excited.

"Don't worry, after you finish eating, there will be more for the Dragon Boat Festival. This is my way of thanking you." After saying this, Chang An left.

When I left, I was still thinking about something in my mind - this person is not my family, it always makes me feel a little uncomfortable, should I go to King Qi and ask them to come over when I have some free time in a few days...

After Chang An really left, her sister Chang Qi came over, sniffed the rice dumpling gently with her nose, and said, "Sister, it smells so good."

"Does it smell good?" Chang Qi asked with a smile.

"It smells good, better than other rice dumplings." Chang Qi nodded and replied.

Chang Qi also came up curiously at this time, gently picked up a zongzi, put it to his nose and smelled it, and said: "Sure enough, I heard before that the young master is a famous chef, now it makes me believe it a little bit."

After that, she peeled the rice dumpling, put it in Chang Qi's hand, and said, "If it smells good, eat it. This is a special reward from the young master."

"it is good."

Chang Qi took the zongzi, took a bite, and his eyes lit up. Chang Qi asked, "Is it delicious?"

"tasty......"