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Today's meal Zhou Qingwu is going to cook by himself. In the evening, a few fish just arrived from the fish market, including two wild crucian carp, which can be used for steaming. return.

At noon, I made steamed crucian carp and a soup of water shield from the West Lake. In addition, all the vegetables were out this season. Zhou Qingwu thought that Meng Chuxi wanted to eat something lighter, so he had another scrambled egg with bitter gourd.

Naturally, Zhou Qingwu couldn't stay idle while cooking. As soon as she came back, she took half of the chicken that Zhou Qingwu bought to stew the soup, and ordered her servants to go out and buy a piece of ham. Chicken breast and ham are indispensable for West Lake water shield soup, and the boiled soup is also like this A highlight of the dish.

By the way, Zhou Nian'an has been at home for a few months, and he hasn't had a chance to try chili peppers yet. When Zhou Qingwu made steamed crucian carp, he cut green pepper rings and put them in it.

After cutting the onion, roll it up horizontally and cut it into thin shreds. After a while, the steamed fish is ready and placed on top for decoration. It is fragrant and beautiful.

The highlight is the West Lake water shield soup, whether it is water shield or side dishes, it is worth looking forward to.

The boiled chicken soup is reserved for later use, the cooked chicken is torn into shreds, and then the ham is shredded and cooked.

The treatment of water shield is particularly important. If the time is too short or too long, the color and aroma will be damaged. After water shield is blanched, the color will change from dark yellow to emerald green. Ham, that's it.

As soon as Zhou Qingwu put this water shield soup on the table, Zhou Nian'an couldn't help but wow, the water shield soup was smooth and tempting after thickening.Among them, the water shield is emerald green, and the white leg of the chicken is red, and the color is particularly beautiful.

Zhou Qingwu served a bowl for Meng Chuxi and Zhou Nian'an, "Come and have a taste and see if it tastes good."

Meng Chuxi took a spoonful and tasted it. The water shield was tender and fragrant, and its colloidal mucus made it have a unique taste. It tasted soft and tender, cool and delicious, and this soup was also mellow and delicious.

"It's delicious, no wonder it made Zhang Han quit his job and go home immediately." Meng Chuxi sighed.

Zhou Nian'an also liked it very much, drank a few sips of soup, raised his head and said, "It's Sister Qingwu who is good at cooking."

Meng Chuxi glanced at her, shook her head and said with a smile, "Too bad, I didn't even think that Ann could talk."

Zhou Qingwu gave her a blank look, and picked up a chopstick of bitter gourd for her: "I'm still poor when I eat."

Meng Chuxi actually doesn't like bitter gourd. Although he has always known that bitter gourd is a good thing, the bitter taste that can't be removed is really not good. He looks at the bitter gourd in the bowl with a bitter expression.

Zhou Qingwu said solemnly: "Don't be picky eaters, bitter melon is good for your health, and Nian'an eats it all."

Meng Chuxi just acted like a baby with her, except for Zheergen and coriander, she really couldn't eat it, and even if she didn't like the rest, she would eat it when Zhou Qingwu made it.

The steamed crucian carp is Zhou Nian'an's favorite dish, especially this thing called chili pepper, which she has never seen before. It has a spicy taste, coupled with the fresh and slightly sweet taste of wild crucian carp, without a trace of fishy smell, it is appetizing and delicious.

No one was around to serve this lunch, but Wuwu sat on the side and enjoyed the long-lost feeding from his master, wagging his tail happily.

After dinner, Zhou Nian'an went to the study to read and write, and Zhou Qingwu was lying in the yard with Meng Chuxi, talking for a while.

The Albizia julibrissin had been blooming for a long time, and one or two would float down from time to time. Meng Chuxi raised her hand to catch one, and squinted at the top of the tree. Zhou Qingwu quietly accompanied her without talking, and she didn't know what she was thinking.

Meng Chuxi turned her head to look at her, and after a long while said softly, "Do you think this kind of life is unreal?"

Zhou Qingwu glanced at her, took the acacia flower in her hand, and hummed.Then he sighed slightly: "I suddenly miss the days in Zhoujia Village very much. Even if the days are not so good, I can't speak, but I feel at ease because no one can take you away."

Meng Chuxi frowned slightly, and reached out to hold her fingers: "No one can take me away now."

Meng Chuxi spoke slowly but firmly. She thought for a while and then smiled: "Actually, as long as we don't get caught by him, we don't need to worry. Although the Meng family has a big business, they can't cover the sky with one hand. Now Meng Chuxuan is willing to help us. Our journey will be much easier."

Zhou Qingwu's expression became more and more disturbed: "Our biggest help now is Meng Chuxuan, but if you confess your identity, Meng Chuxuan feels that we are deceiving her, and becomes angry from embarrassment, or turns the guilt towards Meng Chuxi into hatred towards you, then what should we do? "

Meng Chuxi looked at her and smiled slightly: "I understand, this is indeed a big gamble, but take a step back and say, unless they want to kill me again, all they can do is stop my current development. However, Qingyang is not Qingzhou, even if they resort to tricks, the worst thing is that our mulberry farm cannot continue to operate, but we can still get what we deserve."

After finishing speaking, she raised her body and looked at Zhou Qingwu: "As long as we don't separate, we can start over from the beginning. If he really kills them all, we will elope and take Nian Anwuwu to live in a small village that no one knows. Start over, live the life in Zhoujia Village, eat simple food, listen to gossip, and still be content, do you think so?"

Zhou Qingwu stared at her in a daze. No one knew better than Zhou Qingwu how much painstaking effort it took to develop Sangyuan to this day. Did Meng Chuxi even consider that?

Her throat was a little tight, and she reached out to hug her: "If it really gets to that point, is it worth it?"

Meng Chuxi frowned: "Is it worth it? Wealth and wealth are never what I want. The happiness and stability with you cannot be brought by money. You say, I can't sleep if you are not by my side for a few days." Well, what should I do if you leave me?"

Zhou Qingwu burst out laughing, but wanted to cry again.Meng Chuxi hugged her and patted her lightly: "You don't have to worry about our ending. We are destined to live and die together. What I worry about is that this process will hurt you, so we need to plan a good way."

She had never thought about how she came to the Dayan Dynasty inexplicably before, but when she was injured, she thought of that painting again, and she looked at the person in front of her, and her heart suddenly settled down.The girl in that painting is very similar to the girl in her arms.

Could it be fate, because the painting came here and met Zhou Qingwu.The joint tomb of two women, she couldn't help laughing when she thought of what the museum heard that day.Although it's a bit weird to think about it, she has to say that she likes it very much, which also makes her firm in their ending, which must be life and death.Right now, she doesn't plan to tell Zhou Qingwu, after all, she doesn't dare to say more about predicting the future, if there is a change, the gain is not worth the loss, but she wants to give Zhou Qingwu confidence.

Zhou Qingwu sniffed: "I'm not afraid, as long as you are well and we don't separate, I can accept any situation."

Meng Chuxi stayed in Jiangning Mansion for more than 20 days before leaving for his home in Qingyang Town.Luo Wu has already delivered the goods and returned, and the new shoots in the mulberry garden have begun to grow, just waiting for the new autumn silkworms to come out.

Meng Chuxi's injury is almost healed, basically no pain anymore, the blood scab from that wound has fallen off, leaving a tender scar half a finger long.

No one lived in the house for a long time, and a thick layer of dust accumulated. When he got home, Zhou Qingwu rolled up his sleeves and cleaned it with Zhou Nian'an. As a wounded man recovering from a serious injury, Meng Chuxi could only watch from the sidelines.

"Is it okay to leave them there?" Zhou Qingwu finally finished cleaning after busy for a long time, and asked after thinking that all the people left behind by Xiao Da and the others were dispatched to work in the mulberry garden by Meng Chuxi.

"It's okay. Besides, although they call me Miss, they don't really listen to me wholeheartedly. It's impossible to keep them with me, but it's impossible for them to stay in Jiangning Mansion obediently. It's okay to let them go to the mulberry garden to help. You don’t need to hire short-term workers. Didn’t Luo Wu say that you just need to fertilize and get rid of insects now? Such good labor is unnecessary, what a waste.”

Zhou Qingwu couldn't stop laughing: "Meeting a young lady like you, they probably complained a lot."

"I think they are very happy. Soybeans just started to grow. Let them pick some pods and send them over. I will make cold edamame for you."

Zhou Qingwu was taken aback, "The soybeans are not ripe yet, are you eating them now?"

Meng Chuxi nodded: "I went to see it, and the grains are beginning to plump up, so you can eat it. Fresh tender soybeans, the soybeans inside are still green, sweet, tender and delicious for cold dressing. You must like it. And how long is Tianbian? Less ash vegetables, pick some tomorrow, it can be used for steaming rice, it’s very good.”

"They are all wild vegetables that were only eaten during famines in previous years. You can always eat something new." Zhou Qingwu, the gray vegetable, knows that when there is no food to eat in a famine year, let alone edible wild vegetables, even grass roots and bark can be eaten. I ate it.But at that time, the mountains and rivers were so poor that some food was good, and no one would bother to think about how to eat it, and there was no oil, water and salt, so no one would think that wild vegetables were delicious.

Meng Chuxi shook his head: "Nowadays what people dream of is to eat well. Being able to eat white rice is better than miscellaneous grain rice. Big fish and meat are always better than vegetarian dishes. But in later generations, most of the living standards are very good. Instead, people pursue wild vegetables and think green Healthy and full of new ideas.”

Zhou Qingwu was inconceivable when he heard it: "I can't imagine that kind of scene, you have wronged you here." Thinking of the world that Meng Chuxi once described, life is convenient and rich, and there are many magical things. It's crude, and there are so many potential risks.

Meng Chuxi stretched out his hand and flicked her forehead: "I'm thinking again, didn't I tell you that I'm not happy there, although many things here are not as good as there, but with you here, it's better than that."

She spoke seriously, with warm eyes in her eyes, Zhou Qingwu couldn't help biting his lips and laughing, and then he was embarrassed to look into her eyes, rubbing his hands to bury her in her arms and laughing: "I can coax people."

Meng Chuxi hugged her and didn't say a word. How could this be coaxing? She felt that her only connection in the world was her grandfather. Got a new life.

The next day, Meng Chuxi and Zhou Qingwu went to the mulberry garden. The mulberry garden of more than 70 acres was endless in sight. The lush mulberry leaves were green and pleasing, and the wind blew through the green waves. This mulberry garden has become a major landscape in Qingyang Town.

When Meng Chuxi went, the people from the Meng family and the long-term workers in the mulberry garden were digging the ground and fertilizing the mulberry trees.At the beginning of spring, Meng Chuxi planted mung beans and black beans in the mulberry garden, and also planted a lot of soybeans in the empty field next to it, and now they are full of pods.

When Luo Wu saw them coming, he ordered his wife to pour tea. Meng Chuxi waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about it. Just let them help you pick some soybean pods."

"Soybean pods?" Luo Wu was a little taken aback, "Boss, the soybeans are still tender."

"She just likes to toss around, it's okay, just pick a small basket." Zhou Qingwu responded with help.

Luo Wu nodded and ran to do the same.A lot of weeds grew by the side of the path next to the mulberry garden, among which was the gray vegetable that Meng Chuxi mentioned.

Gray vegetables do not look edible, the edges of the leaves are irregular and sawtoothed, and there is gray powder on the back, so it looks slightly grayish green, not the green and beautiful appearance of ordinary wild vegetables.

But gray vegetables are still a kind of medicinal material, which is very good for the human body. It is delicious when steamed and eaten cold.

The two of them pinched off the young leaves from the top of the ash vegetable, and took the picked pods with them to go home.Before going back, Meng Chuxi gathered all the people left behind by Xiao Da and Meng Chuxuan, and looked at them with a smile on Meng Chuxi's face: "Are you still used to being here?"

A group of people nodded hurriedly: "Miss Hui, adapt, adapt."

"Recently, you have worked hard to help, and the wages will still be the same as theirs. It may not be as good as when they were in the Meng family in Qingzhou, but I will not use you as coolies."

"Miss, you are welcome. We are servants of the Meng family. We already have monthly silver, so we dare not ask for wages." The man who spoke was about 40 years old, and he was the oldest among the group left by Xiao Da.

Meng Chuxi said casually: "This is not a conflict, just take it. Now that my sister and Uncle Xiao have returned to Qingzhou first, they must be worried about this place, so it is really hard for you to protect me and let you leave your hometown. I am hurt. It’s almost there, and everything here is going well, so when you write back to them, just say that everything is fine, and don’t let them worry about other things.”

The words were very soft, but Meng Chuxi's words were quite intriguing because they knew exactly how much of this group of people stayed to protect them and how much to monitor them.

Before they could show their loyalty, Meng Chuxi continued: "This incident also made me understand how important it is to have a group of trustworthy people around me. You follow me in Jiangning Mansion, and when I recover from my injury, you will be rewarded for your meritorious deeds." The main industry in the family is silkworm, if some of you are good at Taoism, you can also show your strengths when you go back, so you can study hard."

"Yes, miss, we must do a good job. You can rest assured to recover from your injuries, we will not let the master and eldest miss worry."

The meaning of Meng Chuxi's words is obvious. In the eyes of everyone in the Meng family, Meng Chuxi must be the next head of the family, so it seems self-evident who should listen to.

Although it is a bit unkind, it is also forced by the situation.