Chapter 237

Yanjing is an ancient capital with a long history. As the capital of China, it is also a very modern city. The combination of modern and ancient styles has also created many places in Yanjing. Surrounded by high-rise buildings, there are many old buildings with unique charm, and the most distinctive one is called Hutong.

Sun Tingting was born and grew up in Yanjing, but she can't say that she knows all the hutongs in Yanjing like the back of her hand. Now, she was pulled by Xiao Yao and walked in a strange alley for about ten minutes, feeling almost dizzy.

"Where are we going?" Sun Tingting finally asked.

Today is August 1st, Xiao Yao's 18th birthday. Although he played with Shen Na's team-mates until the early morning yesterday, he promised sun Tingting that he would have a birthday with her alone. Xiao Yao didn't sleep in. In the morning, he went to the sun's house to pick up sun Tingting, and then he took her to the place called "Moonlight alley" and came in.

"Take you to a special place for lunch." Xiao Yao said with a smile, "it's not far. It's five minutes at most."

"Lunch?" Sun Tingting took a look at the watch on her left wrist and said, "it's only half past ten now. Do you have lunch so early? I thought we were going to go somewhere and have a look first. "

"Er..." Xiao Yao felt his nose awkwardly, and then said with a smile, "it's a little early for lunch, but the environment there is very good. Even if we don't eat, it's good for us to sit there and talk first. Believe me, you must like that place. Even if we don't do anything today, it's very comfortable to stay there for a day

"Well, it's your birthday. Listen to you." Sun Tingting nodded and said with a smile.

They held hands and walked for a few minutes. Sun Tingting smelled a strong fragrance of flowers.

"It smells good." Sun Tingting sniffed.

"The smell of flowers means we're here." Xiao Yao pointed forward with a smile.

Sun Tingting looked along the direction of Xiao Yao's fingers, and saw a lot of flowers sticking out from the top of the courtyard wall, ten meters in front of her. They were red, yellow, white and colorful.

"Is that it?" Sun Tingting walked two steps quickly and came to the front of the courtyard wall. She saw a blue iron door closed. On the wall next to the door was a small log colored wooden sign, on which was written in very beautiful art font: "grandfather's Secret Garden".

"Grandfather's secret garden? What an interesting name. Is this where we eat? But why is the door closed? " Sun Tingting looks at Xiao Yao.

"So knock on the door." Xiao Yao said with a smile. He clapped his hand on the iron door and cried out, "sister Di, are you there?"

"Sister di? You know this place very well Sun Tingting looks at Xiao Yaodao.

"Ha ha." Xiao Yao smiles but does not speak.

"Here we are." A response came from the yard, and the blue iron door was opened from inside.

It was a girl who opened the door. She looked 267 years old. Half long hair casually in the back of the head, the upper body is a White Chiffon sleeveless shirt, the lower body is a light yellow half long gauze skirt, not particularly beautiful, but it looks very beautiful. The whole person standing there, the first impression gives sun Tingting a "light as chrysanthemum" feeling.

"It's early." The girl looked at Xiao Yao and said with a smile.

"Well, you have a good place. Even if you come to have a seat, it's a pleasure." Xiao Yao responded with a smile, and then introduced: "sister Di, this is my girlfriend, sun Tingting."

"Dor, this is sister Di, Xie Di, the owner of the yard, and also the boss, chef and waiter here." Xiao Yao told sun Tingting again.

"Hello, sister di." Sun Tingting shouts after Xiao Yao.

"Hello," Xie Di nodded with a smile and looked at Sun Tingting. "This sister has a good temperament. You two are a good match."

"Thank you, sister di." Sun Tingting bowed her head and said with a smile. It's like saying she's beautiful, which makes her happy.

"Of course, I don't dare to bring that kind of rough man to you." Xiao Yao said with a smile.

"Come on in, don't stand outside." Xie Di side body will two people to the yard to let, "you sit casually, I will give you some tea and snacks.". You sit first. I have to deal with the ingredients, so I won't be with you. "

With that, shedy closed the door and went back to the house.

"What a beautiful courtyard." Into the yard of sun Tingting can not help but sigh.

This is not a small courtyard. The walls around the courtyard are either covered with vines or decorated with various creative patterns made of flowers and green leaves. On the ground, there are all kinds of lush green plants, such as green bamboo, kumquat, pomegranate and loquat trees, protruding directly out of the wall. On the simple wooden frame, there are grape vines hanging, and under them are crystal clear grapes. There are many bonsai plants on the ground around the courtyard wall, such as Begonia, jasmine, Rhododendron, lavender, and many flowers that sun Tingting can't name, which almost turn the whole courtyard into a colorful world isolated from the world.

"No wonder it's called the secret garden. The flowers and plants here seem to cut off the bad air in Yanjing." Sun Tingting took a deep breath, full of all kinds of flowers, "this place is really elegant and romantic.""Here, have some tea and some snacks first." At this time, Xie Di came out with a wooden tray to greet the two people. A set of tea sets and a plate of dim sum were placed on the tray.

"OK, thank you, sister di." Xiao Yao and sun Tingting finish their visit to the small yard and sit at a table with a beautiful color matching tablecloth in the middle of the yard.

"Take your time. I'll prepare lunch for you." Shepardy called and went back in again.

"This place is so beautiful. How did you find it?" Sun Tingting opens a pair of big eyes and asks Xiao Yao curiously.

"Well, it was discovered in the first half of last year." Xiao Yao said, "I play Parkour with stone and Xu Fei? If you have nothing to do, you will ride around Yanjing to find the right place. A chance, turned here. Seeing this yard, I thought it was a shop, so I wanted to come in and have a rest and eat. Unexpectedly, when I first came here, I was directly rejected by sister Di and was driven out. "

"Ah? There are also those who drive the guests out. Does sister Di have such a character? Why? " Sun Tingting is curious.

"Sister Di has more than character. She has a lot of rules here. But the main reason why I was rejected was that I didn't have a good image at that time. As you know, Yanjing is very windy. At that time, I rode all over the place, sweating, and the dust and sand on the road could be regarded as dirt, so sister Di didn't entertain me. " Xiao Yao said with a smile, "if I was rejected by her once, I was more interested in it. And when she opened the door, I caught a glimpse of the environment in the yard, so the next day I came clean and tidy again, and she let me in."

"What rules does she have here?" Sun Tingting continued.

"Look at her. In such a big yard, there are only one big table, two small tables, and the rest is almost occupied by flowers and plants. So she only serves three tables at most. And only one day's advance booking is accepted at most. For example, if you make a reservation with her today to come to dinner the day after tomorrow, she won't agree. It's too long to remember. She only remembers the guests who will come tomorrow. " Xiao Yao gave a wry smile, and then said, "what she does here is all flower food, that is, food with plants and flowers as raw materials. She doesn't accept orders. She will serve you whatever dishes she makes today and she thinks you are suitable for those dishes. "

"What else did she do?" Sun Tingting was surprised.

"More than that," Xiao Yao continued, "she basically only provides lunch here, and there are only three tables. If you don't want to leave after eating, she won't drive you away even if there are guests coming. You can stay here at will for a whole afternoon, and she also provides tea and snacks. But she doesn't provide dinner. She closes the door as soon as it gets dark, and the guests can't leave. "

"She's not in business. Isn't she afraid of going bankrupt?" Sun Tingting is curious.

"She's not in business at all." Xiao Yao said with a smile, "this yard is left by sister Di's grandfather. That's why it's called grandfather's secret garden. A lot of flowers and plants here were planted by her grandfather for her grandfather in those years. Sister Di's parents are all abroad. Her grandparents died one after another, so the yard is left to her. She opened this shop because she wanted to make sure that the courtyard carefully built by my grandfather would not be abandoned and that some people who really like the environment and appreciate it could enjoy it. "

"In order to open this shop, sister Di went to learn how to cook flower food. This is a flower cake, "Xiao Yao picked up a snack from his plate and handed it to sun Tingting's mouth." it's made of rose petal sauce mixed with flour. It has the fragrance of flowers and fresh sweetness. You try. It tastes good. "

Sun Tingting took a bite from Xiao Yao's hand. It was really sweet. Then she nodded with a smile and said, "it's really delicious."

"It's from my boyfriend. Everything tastes good." At this time, shedy came out with a plate of food and put it on their table.

"No, it's really delicious." Sun Tingting gave Xie Di a thumbs up and said, "by the way, sister Di, how can he know you so well? Does he come here often? Are you familiar? "

"He," Xie Di was about to speak when he heard a knock at the gate of the yard. He said with a smile, "I'll open the door. You'd better ask him yourself."

"Sister Di will go to the yard to have a rest after lunch." Xiao Yao said, "at this time, she has two hobbies. One is to take pictures of the guests in the yard in the afternoon, especially the children. The other is playing the guitar in the yard

"Then I know why you and she are so familiar. Photography and guitar, both of which you are good at, must have a lot in common Sun Tingting immediately raised her hand with a smile.

"Yes, sister Di's photography and guitar are self-taught because of her interest. I've helped her solve many problems in these two aspects, so I'm very familiar with her. In fact, I'm the only VIP here. " Xiao Yao said with a smile.

“VIP？ Is there any privilege? " Sun Tingting blinked.

"The privilege is that she allows me to make a reservation today and only serves us two today. It's something other guests don't get. " Xiao Yao's proud way."Why do you want a private show?" Sun Tingting said, "sister Di is always picky about guests, and those who can come are certainly not that kind of rude people. In such an environment, even if there are people nearby, they won't disturb us, will they? As you said just now, all the people who come here really like it and enjoy it. Sister Di's rules are so big. It's so bad that you deprive others of the opportunity to enjoy here. "

Just at this time, Xie Di's voice rang out at the gate of the hospital: "sorry, today my friend is here for his birthday. I said hello specially. I don't want to be disturbed. So we only serve them at this table today. Come back tomorrow. "