It was quiet in the bedroom for a while and Gu Yunxi was not accustomed to it. She poked her head out of the quilt, opened one eye naughtily, and looked around.

On the corner table, there was only half of the candle and the wax dripped down.

On the soft blanket in extremely good fortune on the ground, there were some hazelnuts, peanuts, cinnamon, and lotus seeds that rolled down from the bed.

Indoor furnishings didn't change. Red window paper, red curtains, five-color incense packages, and other items added warmth and sweetness to the wedding room to the limit.

"Master... Darling..."

Gu Yunxi was wrapped in brocade with only two snow-white delicate shoulders outside. She called to the outside of the door sweetly.

No one responded.

She saw the marks on her body when lowering her head. They were silently reminding her that something had changed.

Thinking of Leng Qingtang's madness last night, as well as his lover's honeyed words, Gu Yunxi blushed with her heart racing. Then she pouted and returned to the quilt.

Tossing and turning in bed, she couldn't sleep because of hunger.

When she was worrying, someone opened the door with delicious food.

"Darling, breakfast is ready."

Lifting the red curtain, a tall slender man came to the bedside under the light.

Leng Qingtang smiled and stretched out his long arms. Holding his wife in his arms, he said softly,

"Darling, get up and have breakfast."

Gu Yunxi sniffed and smiled with bright beaming eyes,

"Oh, it smells so good. I'm hungry. Darling, could you bring me that grass-colored, smoke-water patterned dress?"

Leng Qingtang smiled, like a cunning fox with in-depth meanings,

"Darling, you served me last night and you must be tired. If you do not want to get up, you can eat in bed, let me serve you a meal."

Then he bent over, took a quartet's table, and put it by the feet of Gu Yunxi. He put a plate of roasted carp, a bowl of white rice, and a bowl of sweet rice porridge on the table, and then said,

"There are no pickles here. Darling, you'll just have it."

Seeing the incense-sprayed grilled fish, Gu Yunxi immediately came to the spirit. She grabbed the chopsticks and cheerfully said,

"That's good enough. I'm so happy to eat the food you made. As for the pickles, I'll make some when I'm free."

with a mouthful of fish, Gu Yunxi was pleased.

She winked at the handsome man with her almond-shaped eyes and asked tactfully,

"Come and eat with me, darling. Don't just watch me."

Leng Qingtang smiled softly. He provoked the woman's long hair and press it behind her ears. He said dotingly,

"I'm satisfied just to see you. What does a beauty to feast one's eyes on mean? That's it!"

"Darling..."

Gu Yunxi was shy and flushed. She frowned and complained bitterly.

Leng Qingtang smiled more and fed Gu Yunxi with a spoonful of white rice. He took off the grain of rice in the corner of her lower lip and snorted,

"I am very happy to have you as my wife as you're so nice. Come on. Have a try. My cooking skill is not as good as yours, darling. Don't blame me."

"I love to eat whatever you make, darling. However, this meal is very special. There is a sweet smell of butter. Did you put some in it?"

Leng Qingtang raised his eyebrows proudly,

"It takes time to set up a pot to freshly cook white rice. I worry that you'll be hungry for too long, so I take the butter from Hua'er in the ice cellar, melt it, and fry it with yesterday's leftover rice together in the hot pot. I only add a little salt. As long as you like it, that's good."

Gu Yunxi looked at Leng Qingtang in disbelief and suddenly pounced on his chest,

"Darling, you are really great. You actually learn to break the routine and spend your mind to invent new food!"

Leng Qingtang twitched his mouth, "Don't make a fuss. Calm down. Be careful."

After having three grilled mackerel, a whole bowl of butter rice, and half a bowl of millet porridge, Gu Yunxi happily massaged her belly and stretched herself against the wall.

Leng Qingtang wiped her mouth with a clean pap and his voice was unusually gentle,

"Darling, are you full?"

Gu Yunxi's eyes lit up and she nodded vigorously,

"Well, I'm full. Thank you, darling. However, aren't you hungry? Don't you need to eat something?"

She looked at him curiously in a bullet-ink robe.

The bread was the staff of life.

The Master was a human and must eat food to live.

After a night, he got up and cooked. He wasn't hungry now, was he?

Leng Qingtang removed the table and food and sat back to the bedside slowly.

"What do you want to do?"

Gu Yunxi frowned. Seeing his deep eyes with a hint of an evil smile, she vaguely had an ominous hunch.

Sure enough, the next moment the man showed his true colors. He came in with burning eyes,

"You're full, darling. Now it's my turn!"

"Wow. You—"

The two people entangled, laughing and rolling together again.

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The autumn wind was gradually cool. The sky was high and the clouds were light. In the courtyard, the roses were past their best. In the distance mountains and rivers were covered by golden fallen leaves. Every place had a good scene.

Gu Yunxi set up a small table in the corridor with various plates and cans.

She sat on the side of the table, mashing something with a pickled slug.

Leng Qingtang got up at night. Seeing Gu Yunxi was not there, he put on his cloud-print carved silk cape and went down to the first floor to find his wife.

Newly married, the 30-year-old man experienced unprecedented joy and satisfaction every time.

He felt like he was a free-range fish, swimming in the vast waters.

In the future, he would not want to leave his beloved wife. He wanted to be with her all the time.

The wind bells rang, and there were strange beats.

Leng Qingtang pushed the door and came out. Just then, his wife looked back with a beautiful smile.

"Darling, what are you doing?"

Leng Qingtang crouched down and held her in his arms behind her. He rubbed her top of the head gently with his straight bridge of the nose. Then he kissed her,

"It's windy. Don't catch a cold."

Taking off the cape and wrapping it around her, he turned to the table. He picked up a small porcelain dish and smelled it,

"Hehe, it's spice."

Gu Yunxi smiled gently and said in a low voice,

"They're spices like nutmeg, tangerine peel, cloves and fennel. Darling, a few days ago I read my mother's book, which mentioned how to make ten spicy flavors."

"I looked for them in the kitchen and found that Hua'er left a lot of spices. I can use them to make this soup. In the winter, when it's cold, I can use ten spicy flavors to stew a variety of delicious and nutritious soup!"

"Darling, thanks a lot."

Seeing her enraptured, Leng Qingtang also felt happy. He kissed her pink lovely small face and eagerly said,

"Let me help you."

Gu Yunxi shook her head, and only brought him a bench, "Darling, just sit here and watch me."

He fought day and night for the past two days and was tired enough.

She felt sorry for him and could not let him do such trivial matters.

When mashing the spices, Gu Yunxi said to Leng Qingtang,

"Well, darling, your rice with butter yesterday gave me a lot of inspiration. I'm going to reprocess my mother's ten spicy flavors and put some butter to make an all-match seasoning."

Leng Qingtang was confused and frowned,

"What do you mean?"

Gu Yunxi curved her lips and answered confidently,

"It's a mysterious seasoning that can be put in soup and can be used for frying and instant boiling."