Daily life in the academy

"Of course we have a good relationship. He's my brother!" Mu Bailian patted his chest and agreed.

Yan Qingchen knocked on the table: "Okay, stop talking nonsense and eat quickly, it will get cold soon."

Mu Bailian cheered, pushed Bai Zhi aside, and couldn't wait to sit on the table, picked up the bamboo skewers and started showing off the meat.

"Mmm—so delicious." His eyes sparkled. In order to eat more, he even used his left hand to join the fight, holding a string in each hand. The corners of his mouth were stained with condiments. "It's really delicious."

Wenzhe was attracted by his wild eating style: "Is it really that delicious?"

As he spoke, his hands moved much faster, fearing that if he was any later, the whole plate of meat would be eaten by Mu Bailian. The moment he put the barbecue into his mouth, he couldn't help but nod in agreement, quickly swallowed the barbecue in his mouth, and then ate one bite after another, without any trace of his usual elegance.

Sure enough, in front of delicious food, any pretense will be conquered.

Bai Zhi quickly put the other plate of meat in front of her and Yan Qingchen, picked up the skewers and ate while urging, "Brother Yan, eat quickly. Those two are too scary. If you're any later, they'll all be gone."

The roasted meat was soft, tender, elastic and tasty. Although it was not as delicious as in the previous life, it was still the delicacy of her hometown. At this moment, Baizhi's eyes were slightly moist and she wanted to cry!

The performances of both of them were so exaggerated. He had eaten the skewers in Xishi before, and the taste seemed to be similar. Yan Qingchen picked up the skewers and tasted them doubtfully.

Everyone's eyes were focused on Yan Qingchen, and they were waiting with bated breath for his evaluation.

Yan Qingchen had the most discerning taste among the four. In the first half of the year, Xiyun Tower launched new dishes several times. The four of them went to taste them together, but he was the only one who thought the taste was mediocre. Perhaps it was because he had been in the palace for many years, and in front of the top imperial chefs, ordinary chefs were not up to par.

"It's really good."

Just four short words, but they carry a lot of weight.

"Brother Yan said it was delicious. Ah Zhi, your cooking skills are really good. Where did you learn it?"

Mu Bailian originally intended to flatter her, but he never expected that it would make Bai Zhi's expression hesitate slightly.

"I learned it in the West Market... I tried it last time and it wasn't quite right, so I figured it out myself."

"So, you are not using us as an experiment, are you?" Wenzhe grasped the key point sharply.

Bai Zhi laughed awkwardly: "Hahaha, isn't this quite delicious? It's not a failure, is it?"

"It's such a success! Ah Zhi, you can open a shop with your cooking skills." Mu Bailian bit off a piece of pork belly with a satisfied look on his face.

"really?"

"real!"

Wenzhe also agreed: "It is indeed much better than the taste in Xishi."

Bai Zhi looked at Yan Qingchen expectantly. The latter swallowed the meat in his mouth and said affirmatively, "It tastes very good. You have talent." After a pause, he continued, "However, students who graduate from Yunlu Academy, as long as their academic performance is acceptable or even not so good, can be hired to teach in private schools. They will definitely not be forced to sell their labor to survive."

This person has grasped the essence of first praising and then criticizing.

Why is the barbecue restaurant failing? Is it making less than the meager income of a teacher?

They are all serious jobs. As long as you make enough money, you can live a very comfortable life!

Of course, these were just Baizhi's inner complaints, and she didn't refute them openly.

"Is there any wine? As the saying goes, barbecue goes well with wine, the more you drink, the better." After eating for so long, I felt my mouth was dry and needed some wine to moisten it.

After a big meal, Mu Bailian was already half full, and he always felt that something was missing. Bai Zhi's words touched his heart.

"Just now I was thinking that something was missing. Ah Zhi, we are really good brothers. We think the same thing."

Yan Qingchen waved to the servants to get it. Soon, two servants came over with two large jars of wine. They opened the jars and took out the wine, and the fragrance filled the air.

Bai Zhi picked up the wine glass and sniffed it, then asked curiously, "What kind of wine is this? I've never smelled this before in a tavern. It smells so good."

"Prajna wine, it was brought in when my uncle the Emperor gifted me the villa. It is the royal wine sent as tribute from India." Yan Qingchen picked up the wine glass and took a sip.

"Prajna wine?"

Bai Zhi and Mu Bailian looked confused, so Wenzhe explained, "In the birthplace of Indian Buddhism, there's a clear spring. The locals consider it holy water. It's said to have a sweet, refreshing taste, and drinking a sip can cure all ailments and gain ultimate wisdom. 'Prajna' is a transliteration of the Sanskrit word, and this wine is brewed from that holy water."

"Can it really cure all diseases?" they both asked in unison.

Wenzhe was slightly stunned and teased, "I don't know if it can cure all diseases, but I know this wine will definitely make you two stupid."

"really?"

"No way?"

The two of them made Yan Qingchen and Wenzhe laugh. Yan Qingchen shook his head helplessly, feeling that his action of pulling the two apart was very unnecessary.

"Drink it and you'll know if you'll become stupid."

"Brother Yan, you drank it just now, and I didn't see you become stupid. You must be lying to us." Mu Bailian confidently analyzed it and said to Bai Zhi seriously: "Drink it, there is absolutely no problem."

Of course Bai Zhi knew that she would not become stupid. It was just a subconscious reaction. She was not as stupid as Mu Bailian.

The aroma of wine was so strong that Bai Zhi could no longer hold back and drank it all in one gulp: "Good wine." It had the refreshing taste of a clear spring and the lingering and melodious taste of mellow wine.

She closed her eyes and savored the taste for a moment, then said, "This delicious wine is worth it even if I become stupid." She poured herself another full glass and raised it proudly, "Come on, cheers, I won't leave until I'm drunk tonight."

"cheers."

The four of them held the cups, and the crisp sounds of porcelain clinking came one after another.

“Delicious!”

"Come again!"

Under the moonlight, four like-minded young men drank and talked happily, laughing and briefly forgetting their troubles.

Mu Bailian: "We will be good brothers for life."

Bai Zhi: "Yunlu Academy has successfully concluded."

Wenzhe: "May the almanac bless me and bring me good luck every day."

Yan Qingchen: "The sea is clear and the river is feasting, the country is peaceful and the people are safe."

"Here, drink."

Bai Zhi didn't know when she got drunk, nor when she returned to the house. When she woke up again, it was already late at night. She was awakened by the urge to urinate. After getting up in a daze and urinating, she felt much more sober.

She just felt the smell of alcohol all over her body, and was extremely sticky. Bai Zhi scratched her neck, with only one thought in her mind: hot spring.

Without stopping, Bai Zhi cheered up and walked out quickly. She should not be discovered in the middle of the night.

Mu Bailian was also woken up by the urge to urinate. After he finished in the toilet with a dazed look in his eyes, he pushed the door open and saw a white shadow passing by in front of him, which scared him. At that time, the white shadow had already staggered to the door of the main courtyard. Under the light of the candle in the lantern, he could vaguely see the figure that seemed to be Bai Zhi.

It's so late, why is Ah Zhi out? Could he be sleepwalking?

Mu Bailian opened his mouth to scream, but he remembered his mother once said that people with sleepwalking might become stupid if they were awakened hastily.

He had the same symptoms once before. According to his mother's later description, he walked around the mansion for two hours before he calmed down. The next day, when his legs and feet were sore, he complained why they didn't wake him up, and he got this answer.

But if you accidentally fall, it will be terrible.

Seeing Bai Zhi's figure disappear behind the door, Mu Bailian slowly followed.