Major General Through the Upper Gate

As the evening approached, Gu Xijiao picked a cloth bag full of sweet-scented osmanthus and went home. At this time, the sun was still hanging in the sky and was about to set.Because there were too many people and divided into two teams, it didn't take too much time to circle the mountain for half a circle.

Today their hunting team caught several snakes. Old man Zhang also dug up two nests of bamboo rats. The other team also caught snakes, and it is said that they also caught several hares.

The two teams didn't find anything new. After Mr. Zhang led the officials to re-confirm the two footprints, everyone dispersed and went back to their respective homes.

"Come back so soon?" Cheng Wei was peeling potatoes, and was a little surprised to see Gu Xijiao came back so early.

"Well, there are a lot of people today." Gu Xizheng handed him the sweet-scented osmanthus, while reaching out to take the potato in his hand, studied it for a while and began to peel it.

He hasn't eaten this thing yet, presumably Cheng Weicai dug it out of the ground.

"I don't need to cut sweet potato vines for a while, I cut them back in the afternoon. Tonight I stewed a few legs, and the fat hind legs will be used to fry potatoes later." Cheng Wei went to the yard to fetch water to wash his hands, and by the way The sweet-scented osmanthus also went through the water once.

"Huh?" Gu Xizheng paused for a moment, then picked up the unpeeled potatoes and looked at them.When he was working as a part-time worker in Liu's house, he ate fried potatoes with fatty meat at noon. The season was a little earlier at that time, and the boiled potatoes were not powdery.

It turns out that potatoes look like this.

"I saw that the leaves were already turning yellow, so I dug a few out to have a look." Wei Xiaopai also said that his potatoes were ripe, so he had to dig them up early, and wait for the rain later, or they might sprout in the ground .

"Have you finished peeling? Come and help me look at the fire." Cheng Wei finished washing the sweet-scented osmanthus and took it to the kitchen. After a while, he poked his head out and called Gu Xijiao.

"Right away." Gu Xizheng put the peeled potatoes in a wooden basin filled with water, washed his hands in a few moments, and then went to the kitchen to help Cheng Wei watch the fire.

"Don't let the fire go out, make it as hot as possible." Cheng Wei told him, and when the water in the pot boiled completely, he poured rice soup into the dustpan with a wooden spoon.

Pour one layer, cover and cook for a while. The rice soup is filtered, and Cheng Wei puts sweet-scented osmanthus in it.There was no candy at home, so he ran to borrow some from Wei Xiaopai on purpose.

The rice soup was poured layer by layer, and because the fire was so hot, the steam quickly filled the entire kitchen.The aroma of sweet-scented osmanthus also spread out, but after a while the air was full of sweet smell.

Cheng Wei spread nearly [-] layers of rice soup, and finally covered the lid with a high fire, and picked up the dustpan under the scalding heat.

He cut the rice cake in the dustpan with the bamboo slices he had peeled earlier in the morning, and then took a piece of steaming osmanthus crystal cake with his chopsticks and handed it to Gu Xicheng's mouth.

"Eat it while it's hot." Cheng Wei looked at him and handed the chopsticks forward with a smile, his eyes slightly bent.

It was the same way when Dad made crystal mille-feuille cakes in the past, the first piece of cake was his, even after having a younger brother, he still enjoys this privilege.

Gu Xicheng stared at him, then reached out to grab his wrist to stabilize the chopsticks, opened his mouth and took the piece of pastry away.

Cheng Wei raised his head and said, "Is it delicious?"

Gu Xicheng didn't speak.

"I know you can't eat it," Cheng Wei smiled again, and said, "But you have to know, it's sweet." Sweet things always make people feel happy, Cheng Wei ate a piece by himself, bowing his head It took a long time to chew before swallowing.

He misses his little dad a little bit.

But at this moment, Gu Xicheng reached out and touched the corner of his lips, he bent slightly and leaned forward to peck Cheng Wei's lips, then leaned against his forehead and whispered, "Sweet."

Cheng Wei didn't hide, he closed his eyes to suppress the emotion, then backed away slightly, turned around and took out several bowls from the cupboard.

He first filled a large bowl, and then handed it to Gu Xizheng.

"Help me take it to Wei Xiaopai's house, Xiaoliu likes this." He still has to sandwich the rest to dry separately, otherwise it will stick to a ball after a while, and it will not be so easy to separate.

The food in the evening was rare and sumptuous, Gu Xizheng didn't know if he ate well, but his mouth was full of greasy food before the process.He burped, and saw Gu Xijiao picking up a chopstick of bitter gourd and putting it into his mouth.

Then he frowned indistinctly.

"This one is bitter." Cheng Wei was amused by his appearance, and he put a chopstick into his mouth, chewed it carefully, and said, "This bitter melon is already very ripe, and it doesn't have any bitter taste, can you taste it? "

Because the dishes at night were relatively oily, Cheng Wei was afraid of getting bored, so he fried a plate of bitter gourd to relieve his greasy taste, but Gu Xijiao ate more after one night.

Gu Xizheng shook his head, his tongue would feel a little numb after eating this, and the feeling would disappear if he had too much.

Cheng Wei asked him some more questions, but there was nothing he could do about Gu Xijiao's loss of taste.The two cleaned up the dining table, sealed up the crystal cake and the unfinished meat and put them in the well for resting. They lit the wormwood again before closing the door and going to sleep.

In the dead of night, when everything was asleep, two fireflies quietly lit up on the hilltop of Tonghua Village.

"You don't go to the rocky mountain to squat your little fat sheep in the middle of the night, where is there something to eat?" In the bushes, a tall wolf closed his eyes and yawned. He shook his two ears on his head and drove away. Mosquitoes circling above.

"I want to go down to the village to see that person." The colorful tiger squatting on the top of the mountain opened its eyes like lanterns, shining coldly in the dark night.

"The trash you're talking about?" The wolf, whose eyes were closed, raised his head. He stood up and shook the grass clippings on his body, and silently walked to the side of the tiger.

He looked at the white flags planted everywhere in Tonghua Village with his slender eyes and said, "You might as well wait until those annoying dogs leave before you go."

"The group of dogs will stay here until the rainy season. It's been too long, so you're not curious about him?" The colorful tiger stood up, his long tail that mopped the ground swayed slowly, and then walked down quietly.

The green wolf who was standing there shook his ears, he stood for a while, and followed silently.

Lan Huo told him a few days ago that he saw a clansman who couldn't transform in the mountains.There is no animal stone on his body, no animal marks on his face, but he is an adult, and his human form is no different from them.

The point is that Lanhuo also saw him grab the mountain table with his bare hands on the rocky mountain. Although his explosive power was a little lacking, he had to say that he was perfectly developed except for his beast transformation.

The males of Yunjing Country have the ability to turn into beasts, but this power needs to be guided by beast stones, otherwise the power accumulation cannot be transformed and the cubs will die young.

Just like the female Frostleaf who escaped from their tribe a few years ago gave birth to male cubs with ordinary humans in Tonghua Village.The little thing could grow to be five years old and only had one breath left. As a result, Shuangye had to go back to the tribe to steal the beast stone, and was caught by the tribe.

Lan Huo was very interested in the person named Gu Xijiao, so he asked him to take a look together.

A wolf and a tiger walked quietly through the village, and they leaped silently into the yard of Chengwei, trampling down a few eggplant seedlings.Lang Qing didn't go in, he squatted outside the yard and licked his paws, staring vigilantly at the place where the slight noise was from time to time.

Lan Huo looked around the yard and didn't move the door. He blinked his flooded eyes, and finally lay quietly on the window.The pitch-black night did not prevent him from seeing the situation in the room clearly. The two of them were sleeping soundly on the bed against the wall.

The claws on the window sill suddenly twisted, the original tiger shape receded, and the tall man crouched in front of the window.His thick claws turned into human hands, sharp hard armor shot out from his fingertips, Lan Huo moved his wrist, and gently grasped the wooden pane.

Gu Xizheng, who was soundly asleep, suddenly opened his eyes at this moment. He grabbed the dagger on the bedside with one hand, and threw the dagger out the moment he got out of bed.

A sharp dagger pierced through the air and nailed to the wooden window, making a "ding" sound.

"Who!" Gu Xizheng shouted sharply.