C28 (1/2)
Seeing that Jiang Wan was still skeptical, Xiao Rui picked up the box he brought with him and pulled her away from the desk. They walked around the room's screen and sat down in front of the large black table.
Jiang Wan cast a sidelong glance at him, thinking, this guy really doesn't treat me as an outsider.
”See what I brought you.” Xiao Rui, who was in a good mood, looked at Jiang Wan with a smile on her face, and pushed the box in front of her.
The box was square, only two or three inches high. Judging from its appearance, it looked very ordinary.
”This is …” Jiang Wan slightly hesitated, but didn't dare to use her hand to receive it.
”These are some of the snacks I've ordered people to make.” Xiao Rui didn't think that it was unfair. She smiled as she opened the box, and then pushed it towards Jiang Wan, ”I don't know what taste you like, so I chose a few of them. Do you want to try some?”
He saw that the small gift box was filled with snacks, some red, some green, some yellow. Some were shaped into plum blossoms, some were shaped into ingots, some were carved into calligraphy, and some had been pinched into exquisite little animals.
Even Jiang Wan, who had been a grand concubine before, had to admit that even the imperial kitchens of the palace couldn't produce such exquisite pastries.
”Taste it!” Xiao Rui looked at Jiang Wan with a smile, then picked up the small box and gave her an encouraging look.
Jiang Wan casually picked up a fortune cookie, and discovered that it looked a lot smaller than anything she had eaten before. It was about the size of a hand, and one bite was enough to wrap the entire cookie into her mouth.
In order to not appear too ugly when eating, Jiang Wan still carefully took a light bite on the fortune cookie, and the smell of alcohol filled her entire nose without any warning.
Aromatic, but not tiresome.
Jiang Wan looked at Xiao Rui with a bit of surprise, but Xiao Rui's eyes were full of smiles. She said proudly: ”Delicious!”
Jiang Wan nodded, lightly took another bite of the small plum blossom cake, and carefully chewed it. That soft, exquisite taste, it was so delicious that one couldn't help but want to eat it.
”This is the eight pieces of wine I've made the kitchen improve on. Some people like it, but some people can't stand the smell of it.” Xiao Rui said with a smile. She took out a sushi from the food box and used her hands to break it in half, allowing Jiang Wan to smell the fragrant scent of roses.
”This is …” Jiang Wan stared at the birthday cake in Xiao Rui Xuan's hand and asked, ”Isn't this pie a bit too alluring?” In her impression, the birthday cake was usually stuffed with bean paste.
This is a new taste that has just been developed in the kitchen.” ”As if seeing the doubt in Jiang Wan's eyes, Xiao Rui explained with a smile,” ”When they made the noodles, they added in rose nectar and then used rose candied fruits. They just randomly grabbed a birthday cake to use because the new flower pattern hadn't arrived yet.
As he spoke, he swallowed the half of the rosary in his hand, then handed the other half to Jiang Wan.
At this moment, Jiang Wan heard the faint sound of a rattle coming from the gong tower, and her mother's voice also sounded outside the house at the right time, ”Fourth Miss, it's already the second rays of the sun, it's time to rest …”
”Mother Han …” Don't come in yet! ” Jiang Wan held the half piece of bread and shouted anxiously.
At this time, Xiao Rui Xuan was still in her room. If Han Li's mother saw her, she would be in trouble.
But before she finished, Mother Han already walked in with a copper pot.
Jiang Wan turned around anxiously. Xiao Rui's figure was nowhere to be seen in the room. If the box on the black square table wasn't still there, she would have thought she was hallucinating again.