Chapter 33 Meals
He looked at Li Wuxiang and breathed out slowly in his heart.
This is really a smart person...you can't call him a child, but just a smart person.
Before meeting him, Chen Xin had two things in mind.
One is whether this person is a member of the Li family. He had seen many cases of people dressing up in disguise, recommending themselves as brides-in-law, and then trying to seize family property, especially for a family like his who only had an only daughter.
The second is, if it is really Li Jiye, how to deal with it. The road to Lijiawan is currently blocked, and the people he sent to inquire about the situation will not be able to come back for a while. But judging from the situation in the past few days, it should have been washed away into a wasteland. But the population of Lijiawan is nearly twice that of Jinshui. As time goes by, the people who were affected by the disaster slowly gather together again. This is really the only remaining branch of the Li family. When he figures it out himself, I'm afraid Things can get tricky.
That's why he agreed to his daughter to talk to Zhao Qi about accepting a disciple. It's one thing to not be able to withstand your daughter's harassment, but it's another thing to find out through the eyes of the immortal master first.
When Zhao Qi came back, he praised the child in a rare way and told him that he knew what he was doing. But before, he only thought he was a smart young man. But now, after listening to him say these words, he realized that he was so smart——
He only mentioned it briefly, and his mind immediately became clear and all his worries were resolved - he just wanted to practice cultivation and had no other thoughts.
These words may be sincere, or they may be said to reassure yourself. But no matter which one it is, it shows that this child has a clear head and is not the kind to ignore the consequences once his blood gets the best of him. He has seen such exquisite and clear-cut characters before, but he has never seen anyone reach this level at the age of sixteen or seventeen.
It's a good thing... It's a good thing to be such a smart person, because smart people don't do stupid things that hurt others and don't benefit themselves.
So Chen Xin stood up, put his hand on Li Wuxiang's shoulder and squeezed it gently: "Okay, what I just said, you will be blessed if you survive the disaster! Isn't your destiny meant to be a blessing? Now that you have come to Jinshui, don’t think about the past——”
As he spoke, he winked at Li Wuxiang and lowered his voice: "Is Master Zhao Xian easy to get along with?"
So he saw tears still in Li Wuxiang's eyes, and was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't expect that he would suddenly have such an attitude. After a while, he wiped his eyes quickly and showed a relieved smile: "Master Immortal..., alas, old man, it's not good for me as a disciple to talk about the master behind his back."
Chen Xin patted him hard on the shoulder and laughed loudly: "Okay, for such a pleasant young man like you, he won't bear to make things too difficult for you. Come, sit down, let's not talk about things that make you uncomfortable. , tell me something else..."
The next step is to talk about Zhao Qi. Li Wuxiang abided by his duty as a disciple and the upbringing of a wealthy man, and listened quietly to Chen Xin's talk about Zhao Qi. It seemed that he had temporarily let go of his worries and vigilance, or that he had buried other thoughts deeply. Chen Xin's words made people feel at ease. He told everything about how to serve Zhao Qi well, and interspersed a few jokes. When Chen Xiu couldn't help but poke his head in from outside the door, he saw young and old chatting happily.
So she happily ran back to the kitchen and leaned into her mother's ear: "Dad likes him too! Mom, do you think he's pretty good too?"
Liu Jiao nodded: "After meeting the real person, he is a pretty good young master."
Chen Xiu grabbed Liu Jiao's sleeve: "Then when will you propose marriage to me?"
Liu Jiao pinched her hard: "What crazy talk are you talking about again? Go and see if the food for the guy in that house is ready. I tell you, if you talk crazy talk again, don't go to Qingjiang City in the future, so as to avoid being attacked by you." Those friends over there are driving me crazy.”
Chen Xiu muttered: "Even Yue'e agreed to get married last year, why shouldn't I be in a hurry? People laugh at me every time I go back. I can't ask them to compete anymore——"
Liu Jiao was too lazy to pay attention to her. She rinsed the bowls and chopsticks again in the hot water in the small pot, prepared the food and wine, then pinched Chen Xiu a few more times and asked her to carry the food to the main room together.
At this time, the sun was almost at its peak, and it was getting hot outside, but the main room was high and deep, yet very cool. Liu Jiao prepared four dishes, including a plate of diced braised chicken, a steamed river bass, a plate of stir-fried shredded bamboo shoots, and a plate of river clams seasoned with shredded onion, ginger and salt.
This kind of food is considered a delicacy for ordinary people, but Li Wuxiang eating these ordinary things now is like a person drinking water when he is hungry. Although he can be slightly full, it cannot relieve his real hunger. So while talking to Chen Xin, I tasted and chewed slowly.
Liu Jiao watched her daughter eat. The more she ate, the more delicious it tasted, and the happier she felt. At this time, I watched Li Wuxiang eat, chewing slowly and tasting briefly, but he also felt happy, thinking that this was indeed the style of a wealthy family. But he was worried that his cooking skills, which he had always been proud of, would not be able to enter his mouth, so he couldn't help but ask: "My child, are you not used to eating? What else do you want to eat?"
Li Wuxiang immediately put down his chopsticks and smiled warmly: "It's delicious. Madam's river clams should be boiled until they are slightly cooked and then passed through cold water. They taste springy and tender, very delicious, and there is no muddy taste." Taste——"
He frowned slightly: "I think the lady should have added a few peppercorns when cooking."
Liu Jiao was stunned for a moment, then she smiled brightly and said to Chen Xin and Chen Xiu: "I usually cook it for you and eat it for nothing, but this kid knows how to eat it. You will know it as soon as you taste it - are you used to eating bamboo shoots?" < br>
"It's delicious, and there's no bitter taste at all. Thank you for your hard work, ma'am. I guess it's because I cut it into shreds several times and soaked it in water for a long time... Well, I also added sugar and vinegar to remove the bitterness and increase the freshness."
Liu Jiao patted her hands on the table and said with a smile on her face: "Listen, are you eating in vain? Do you usually know how much effort I put into it?"
Chen Xiu widened his eyes, looked at the dishes on the table, and then looked at Li Wuxiang: "Can you tell me what's weird about this fish?"
Li Wuxiang laughed: "When ordinary people handle this fish, they only remove the gills and internal organs, but there is always a fishy smell. Madam, this fish also removes the fins and tail, and all the blood attached to the spine of the fish in the cavity. After cleaning it and scraping off the white film on the fish ribs, it only tastes fishy, but the fishy smell is just right and it also adds freshness. ”
Chen Xiu smacked his chopsticks and widened his eyes: "Oh my God, you are so amazing. How do you know so much? Zhao Qi——"
She quickly lowered her voice: "Zhao Qi has been saying all day long that they are good here and there on the mountain. They seem to be so particular. I think it is just a wild boar and I can't eat it..."
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Liu Jiao patted her on the head: "You can't even stop your mouth with food, you can say anything!"
The meal was slowly eaten until the soldiers from the Chen family who went to work in the fields came back. Li Wuxiang drank another cup of tea, went to Zhao Qi's house to say hello, and left.
After he left, Chen Xin spent a while to get rid of Chen Xiu, who was pestering and noisy, and winked at his wife. The two of them walked out of the back door while talking and turned to a path in the bamboo forest behind the house facing the river.
When only the gentle sound of wind and birdsong in the bamboo forest were heard in her ears, Liu Jiao breathed a sigh of relief: "You should feel at ease now, right? This child seems to be the young master of the Li family. Ordinary people can't imitate that kind of behavior." ”
He couldn't help but smile again: "I have a mouthful, and it looks like I was raised by a wealthy family. I'm afraid that my craftsmanship still won't be able to get into his mouth. But I'm so sensible, and I don't have any dandy habits. Oh my god. If we were to blame, if it hadn’t been for this disaster, our son-in-law wouldn’t have been around.”
Chen Xin put her hands in her sleeves and walked quietly for a few steps before looking at her: "I thought about this before he came, but now, I can't see it."
Liu Jiao was stunned: "Why can't you do it now? Did you hear him say that he wanted to practice and become immortal? Master, do you believe this too? There are so many people in the world who practice, but in the end they will get old, sick and die like us? No. Are you delaying getting married and having children? He is still a child. Even if he is a smart child, he still talks like a child. He will gradually understand it in a few years."
Chen Xin stood down and looked at Liu Jiao. Only then did Liu Jiao realize that her husband had a serious look on his face. The last time he saw this look was when he was about to lead people back to Jinshui a few years ago.
"I'm not just talking about him, but also Zhao Qi." Chen Xin lowered his voice, looking over Liu Jiao's shoulder in the direction of his house, "Don't you realize that there is something wrong with the food we ate today?"
The second update is at eight o'clock in the morning.
(End of chapter)