At a suitable time, the whole family gathered around to make dumplings, which was a very romantic thing.
Although they were not a family for the time being, the four of them sat around the stone table. On Li Yi's side were Miss Chen and Zeng Zuimo, and Wan Ruoqing sat opposite him, talking and making dumplings. It was a happy and harmonious atmosphere.
Miss Zeng didn't know how to make dumplings. Miss Chen was born in an official's family and had always been the daughter of a rich family. She had never cooked before, but after watching Li Yi and Wan Ruoqing make a few, she soon became good at making dumplings.
Wan Ruoqing's dumplings were naturally the most beautiful of the four. Every dumpling was almost exactly the same. Compared with the strange shape of Zeng Zuimo's, it was like heaven and earth.
Li Yi looked at the results on her table and sighed. "If you make them like this, they will all fall apart when you put them in the pot. Who would want to eat them …"
Zeng Zuimo looked at the others' dumplings on the table, and then looked at her own. She blushed and whispered, "I made them myself. I can eat them myself …"
Li Yi couldn't stand it anymore. After wrapping one, he directly grabbed her hand and put in the dough and stuffing. "Look, like this. First knead the two ends, then fold the dough at the back inward, and knead them together with the front …"
"Let, let go of me …" Zeng Zuimo looked up in panic. Seeing Wan Ruoqing and Mrs. Chen looking at her with a smile, her heart was beating fast, and her face was even redder. She whispered, "I, I learned …"
Li Yi clapped his hands, looked at her, and said, "Then you make one and let me have a look."
After a while, seeing a dumpling that was even worse than before, Li Yi habitually rubbed his eyebrows and said helplessly, "Forget it, you can make it however you want …"
"Haha …"
Xiao Cui, who was watching from the side, laughed out loud. She pointed at Li Yi and said loudly, "Li, you have an eye on your forehead …"
Only then did Li Yi realize that he had forgotten that his hands were still stained with flour. Xiao Cui and Xiao Zhu giggled behind him. Third Miss Chen and Wan Ruoqing also looked at him with smiles on their faces. As for First Miss Zeng, she laughed even more unscrupulously.
Li Yi quickly reached out and wiped her face. The corners of his mouth twitched. "Keep smiling …"
"Ah!"
After the scream, the expression on Zeng Zuimo's face was stunned at first, then she showed a look of shame and anger. She dipped her palm in flour and pounced on Li Yi …
However, with her skills, how could she be a match for Li Yi? Li Yi tilted his body and dodged her attack. He even wiped the other side of her face and laughed, "That's more symmetrical. If I had another one on my forehead, I could directly go to the brothel to sing opera …"
"Ah, I'm going to kill you!"
Wan Ruoqing and Third Miss Chen continued to make dumplings, but there were two figures chasing each other in the yard, and there was a lot of chaos …
…
The result of the flour fight was that Wan Ruoqing and Third Miss Chen were making dumplings outside, while Li Yi and First Miss Zeng were washing their faces inside.
With Li Yi's skills, although he could ensure that he didn't get any flour on his body, he couldn't really do that. If he annoyed First Miss Zeng, his ending would be even worse.
"It's all your fault!" Zeng Zuimo took a handkerchief to wipe her face and threw it into the water. She glared at Li Yi and said angrily.
She was a woman, but she had actually played with him in the yard just now. Sister Ruoqing was fine, because she was used to it. Mrs. Chen also saw it. Wasn't this a joke to her …
Li Yi wet the handkerchief, wrung it out, and wiped his face. He was very sensible and didn't argue.
"You, that's mine …" Zeng Zuimo widened her eyes and pointed at the handkerchief in his hand. Thinking that this wasn't the first time, she waved her hand and said, "Forget it …"
Then she looked at Li Yi curiously and asked, "What's going on between you and Mrs. Chen?"
Li Yi put down the handkerchief and stood up with a somewhat complicated expression. He sighed and said, "It's a long story …"
The matter wasn't complicated, but it was a bit difficult to talk about it.
Although what happened 20 years ago wasn't caused by him, it had an inseparable relationship with him. Every time he thought about the current situation, he felt extremely uncomfortable.
"How, how, how …" Zeng Zuimo stood there in a daze. Her expression was a bit absent-minded as she murmured, "Mrs. Chen, she …"
She was a woman in the first place, so she could empathize with her. For a woman, this was such a cruel thing. Twenty years ago, Madam Chen was about the same age as Xiao Cui, perhaps even two years younger than Xiao Cui. Now … it had already been twenty years.
To think that the extremely kind and kind Madam Chen would actually have such an encounter. Her head full of white hair had actually turned white in just one night … ….
Her eyes were a bit moist. She looked at Li Yi and suddenly felt a bit angry. "You …"
Li Yi clarified, "Not me. I didn't exist at that time."
Zeng Zuimo gritted her teeth and said, "You men are all the same. Using and then abandoning. Not a good thing."
Li Yi shook his head and said, "I'll say it again. Some men do like to use and then abandon, but they are them, and I am me. I will not use and then abandon."
"You are!"
"I am not."
"Yes!"
"Say it again?"
"Yes!"
Slap!
Li Yi slapped her butt. "We'll talk about it later?"
Zeng Zuimo was stunned on the spot. A certain part of her body felt numb, but more of it was shame. Her pretty face was flushed, and even the roots of her ears were red.
She looked up at Li Yi and said hatefully, "Yes!"
Slap!
Li Yi looked at her and asked again, "Is it?"
"Yes!"
Slap!
"Yes, it is!"
Slap!
Slap!
Slap!
…
"No, no, no …" The numb feeling came again and again. Her face was so red that it seemed like it was about to drip blood, and her voice was already sobbing.
Slap!
Another wave of numbness came. She raised her head and looked at Li Yi in disbelief. "I, I already said it's not …"
Li Yi looked down at her and said with some embarrassment, "Sorry, I hit you casually. Why don't you say 'no' again?"
…
It was never too late to mend the fold after the sheep were lost. A prodigal son's repentance was more valuable than gold, and there was still a glimmer of hope at the end of the tunnel. To be able to recognize one's mistakes was a good thing, and Li Yi still had to learn from Miss Zeng on this point.
"Miss, why is your face so red?" Xiao Cui asked Zeng Zuimo in surprise when the two of them walked out of the backyard.
Li Yi explained, "The water is too hot, and your miss is thin-skinned, so her face turned red."
Xiao Cui nodded, not really understanding. She didn't know whether the water was hot or not, but she knew that every time the miss was alone with Li, her face would turn red.
Wan Ruoqing looked at the dumplings on the plate and said, "It's just the few of us. We're almost done."
When Li Yi helped to clean up the tray on the stone table, there was a sudden knock on the door.
"Open the door!"
"Open the door!"
"Li Yi, don't hide. I know you're inside!"
…
Li Yi frowned, dusted off the flour on his hands, and walked toward the door.
Third Miss Chen was startled and murmured, "Second Brother?"
At a certain moment, the knocking stopped. Chen Chong took a few steps back and looked at the two people who suddenly appeared in front of him. He asked, "Who are you?"
The dozen guards behind him also looked at the two warily, as if they were facing a great enemy.
One of the men said expressionlessly, "I want to ask, who are you, and what are you doing here?"
Creak …
The door opened from the inside, and Li Yi walked out.
"Young Master." The two men looked at him at the same time and lowered their heads slightly.
Li Yi nodded, then looked down and asked, "May I know what business you have here, Lord Supervisor?"
Chen Chong's face was filled with anger. "You dare to ask me? Where is my third sister? Hand her over!"
"Second Brother." Third Miss Chen hurried out and said, "Second Brother, I'm fine."
Chen Chong looked at her nervously and asked, "Miaoyu, did this bastard do anything to you …?"
Li Yi looked at him, his eyes narrowed, and his fists clenched. He didn't offend anyone, so how did he become a bastard? If not for Third Miss Chen being here, he would definitely let this guy know what it meant to be a bastard!
Chen Chong glanced at Li Yi, then supported Third Miss Chen and said, "Third Sister, let's go. Follow Second Brother home. The preparations have already been made …"
"We can't leave now." Third Miss Chen shook her head.
Chen Chong frowned and said, "Don't mess around. Hurry and follow Second Brother home. The guests are all waiting."
Third Miss Chen shook her head again and said, "Miaoyu just made some dumplings here. Why don't Second Brother stay and eat some with us?"
"Dumplings?" Chen Chong's expression froze. "Third Sister made them personally?"
He found it hard to believe. Ever since he was young, his third sister had never done such things. As the daughter of the Chen Clan, who would dare to make her do such manual labor?
Even as her elder brother, he had never eaten … the dumplings she made personally.
Third Miss Chen waved her powder-stained hands and said with some embarrassment, "I just learned how to make them, so I didn't do it well …"
Chen Chong stood there in a daze. After thinking about it, he nodded slightly.
"Then … then eat some."
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