Chapter 009 Snack Goods

She found him, and Du Yi, who was crouching on the wall, immediately gave up the idea of retracting his neck.

He lifted his chin and looked down at her. "What are you looking at? The prince has come to see if you, this woman, are dead. Is that not allowed?"

"Well, it seems that the prince is going to be disappointed! I am destined to be a trouble that will plague the ages," Gu Caiwei said leisurely, then took a bite of the remaining half of the wonton.

After finishing one, she picked up another one, gently bit through the elastic skin, and nodded in satisfaction. "The early spring shepherd's purse is so fresh and tender. Stir-fried with lamb, it is incredibly fragrant. This is my favorite thing to eat in spring."

"Tsk, just some wild vegetables from the fields, we city folks don't eat that. Only a woman like you from the countryside would treasure it!" Du Yi snorted impatiently.

"Isn't that right? Our Gu family are all country bumpkins, haven't seen the world, and we just love to eat those things that are not fit for the table." Gu Caiwei smiled and nodded, quickly finishing the bowl of wonton.

After finishing, she looked at the extra wonton skins and filling on the table, and quickly wrapped a few more, then threw them back into the pot to cook.

When the new bowl of wonton was ready, Du Yi was still crouching on the wall.

Gu Caiwei smiled. "Aren't you tired standing on the wall, my lord? Why don't you come down and have a taste of our country folks' food, broaden your horizons a bit."

Du Yi immediately stiffened. "I won't eat this kind of thing!"

"Is that so? What a pity!" Gu Caiwei sighed softly. "I happened to make an extra bowl today, and since the prince doesn't want it, it seems it will go to waste."

Saying that, she called Qingluo. "Throw this bowl of wonton out and feed it to the cats and birds outside!"

Qingluo quickly agreed, indeed taking the wonton outside, and then closed the courtyard door, with everyone following Gu Caiwei back to the room to rest.

Du Yi, a little boy, stood on the wall and watched the scene, his face immediately turning stiff.

Ah Zhong stood below, holding the ladder for him, and asked softly, "My lord, do we need to continue watching here?"

"What's there to watch? Is there anything worth watching?" Du Yi immediately climbed down the ladder and was about to leave.

But, after his front foot landed, his back foot hesitated to lift.

Slowly, he turned his head, and his eyes fell on the bowl of wonton placed at the door, unable to move away for a long time.

Ah Zhong couldn't help but take a deep breath. "It smells so good! My lord, just by smelling it, you can tell it's definitely delicious. How about... we secretly take it back and eat it, then return the empty bowl, they won't know we ate it, right?"

Du Yi's eyes flickered.

He grunted softly and turned to leave.

After watching Du Yi walk away, Ah Zhong looked around and, making sure no one was watching, quickly picked up the bowl of wonton and hurried to catch up with Du Yi's steps.

Half an hour later.

Gu Caiwei woke up from her nap and saw Qingluo coming in.

"Madam, look at this!" She handed a clean white porcelain bowl to Gu Caiwei.

"Isn't this the wonton bowl I asked you to put at the door just now?"

"Indeed it is," Qingluo nodded with a smile. "I went out to check just now and found it like this. It's so clean, not a drop of soup left, as if it had been washed. Do you think those little birds outside are also foodies?"

"Of course. There are quite a few foodies in this marquis's mansion!" Gu Caiwei nodded with a meaningful look.