Gu Chao, the reborn little brother

After lunch, Gu Chao started to get busy with the preparations for the New Year's Eve dinner. When he was busy with the work at hand, he didn't wander off like he did in the morning, and the restlessness in his heart gradually calmed down.

For this meal of saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new, here is no different from Gu Chao’s previous world, and they all pay attention to reunion and abundance, but Gu Chao’s family is only two people, he and Gu Huai. It was a bit extravagant.

So Gu Chao had already considered it a few days ago, to eat hot pot for the New Year's Eve dinner.

Hot pot saves the frying and cooking of other dishes, and it is steaming hot. Eating it can warm up the whole person, which is suitable for this season.

Gu Chao did not turn off the stove for cooking at noon, and kept it burning with a small flame. When he used it again later, he just had to throw a big piece of wood into it.

The first thing Gu Chao prepared was the bottom of the hot pot. Two days ago, a pig farmer in Gujia Village killed a pig. Some of them were sold in Wenshui Town, and some were sold in the village. Gu Chao also went to buy some pig bones. and pork.

Now that the weather is cold, the pork will not deteriorate if it is left to dry.

Gu Chao first scalded the pork bones with hot ginger water. After removing the fishy smell and anger, he made another pot of clean water, put ginger, garlic and some spices on hand, and added a few more pieces. Firewood, start to boil bone soup, this is the bottom of the hot pot tonight.

There was a fire in the stove, and it was warmer than the room, so Gu Chao asked Gu Huai to come and sit in the stove, and let him do simple things like washing cabbage by the way.

While cooking the pork bone soup, Gu Chao cut the pork into two pieces, put one on the stove to defrost, and put the other on the cutting board. He took a knife and sliced ​​the frozen pork.

Frozen pork slices are easier to cut than those at room temperature, and they are also easier to use. This is what Gu Chao discovered recently.

After cutting the slices, the piece of pork on the stove was almost melted, then Gu Chao first separated the lean meat from the fat meat, and then took the lean meat and fat meat according to the ratio of three to one, and started to eat all of them first. Cut into small pieces, and then start chopping with a knife and cut into puree.

The burning wood in the stove made a thunderbolt sound, the knife hit the cutting board to make a rattling sound, and the boiling bone soup made a thumping sound, and the air in the stove room was filled with hot water vapor.

These add up to the taste of the Chinese New Year.

When the meat paste was almost finished, Gu Chao divided it into two parts again, sprinkled some flour into one part, and put it aside with his hands, while the other part, Gu Chao chopped a few slices of cabbage and put them in. Then he handed a pair of chopsticks to Gu Huai, and asked him to sit aside and hold a large bowl to stir, then Gu Chao began to prepare the dumpling wrappers with the flour,

It took Gu Chao more than an hour just to prepare the minced meat and make dumplings, and rows of small beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, but when he saw Gu Huai's shining eyes, At that time, all the hard work seemed to be worth it.

The bone soup has already exuded a strong aroma, Gu Chao changed the stove to a low fire and kept it warm.

He has already prepared all the other ingredients, but there is one more important thing, which is the sauce.

Regarding this sauce, Gu Chao still has another plan to add it in. The pancake fruit he made before also lacks the flavor of sauce.

Among the general sauces, the most common are hot sauce and sweet bean sauce.

The hot sauce is a little simpler. Grind the dried chili into powder, then pour it into the hot oil, and stir it while pouring. It's almost the same.

But for this sweet noodle sauce, Gu Chao really has no idea, but he thinks that the ingredients used are sugar, soy sauce and so on.

Not only will it be used for hot pot tonight, but if the business of pancakes and fruits can really start in the future, these two sauces must also be an important part.

Gu Chao planned to start with making chili sauce first, by making the dried chili into powder, but Gu Chao’s family did not have a stone mortar. He remembered that Dr. Ning had a stone mortar at home, which was used for pounding medicine, and it was placed next to the main shelf in the yard. .

Gu Chao instructed Gu Huai to watch the stove fire, then he fastened the collar of his cotton coat and walked towards Dr. Ning's house.

When he arrived at Dr. Ning's house, Gu Chao saw that the gate of the fence in Dr. Ning's house was open. He didn't think much about it, thinking that it was blown open by the recent strong wind.

When he went in to get the mortar, he heard the sound coming from the room on the right side of Dr. Ning's house where various medicinal herbs were placed, and Gu Chao's heart sank immediately.

The villagers of the Gu family are simple and honest, and there has never been any such thing as theft. Almost every house only closes the door and does not lock it.

Could it be that he met him by such a coincidence today?

Gu Chao approached on tiptoe, putting his ear on the door panel to eavesdrop.

In the room, there was the sound of something falling, and there were a few deep male growls, that sound seemed to come from the depths of the throat, with a suppressed pain.

Gu Chao cautiously looked in through the crack of the door, and saw a man wearing only a pair of trousers and his upper body naked.

This picture seems familiar...

The man's back was strong and tight, but when he turned over his right side shoulder, three parallel wounds were exposed.

When Gu Chao saw the wound, he recognized the man as Chu Ming, and he stretched out his hand to open the door without hesitation.

Chu Ming in the room turned his head immediately after hearing the sound of the door opening, his pupils opened slightly, a little surprised, "Brother Chao, why are you here?"

Gu Chao didn't speak, just stared at Chu Ming with his eyes, his little face tensed.

"Did you come here to look for medicine because you felt uncomfortable?" Chu Ming didn't see Gu Chao's answer, so he asked again.

"How did you get hurt?" After a long time, Gu Chao seemed to have recovered his voice, and walked forward to see Chu Ming's wound, but Chu Ming sideways avoided him.

"Don't look." Although Chu Ming couldn't see it, his body was his own, and he still knew what it would be like. It should be bleeding again.

"How did you get hurt?" Gu Chao asked again, "Did you meet a wild wolf?"

"No," Chu Ming quickly denied, "I accidentally pulled the wound again."

Chu Ming went up the mountain again this morning. When he was going down the mountain, his foot slipped and he rolled down the mountain. He reached out and grabbed a big tree in desperation. The child used too much force, and the wound that was already scarred opened again.

Gu Chao still remembers how deep the wound on Chu Ming's back shoulder was, and the image of the flesh and blood bruised and bruised can't be left in his mind. The flesh that had grown together was pulled apart alive again, how painful it must be .

Gu Chao just thought about it, and his slender eyebrows had already formed a mountain peak.

"It's okay, it will grow back in a few days, but the medicine at home is gone, so I came here to get some." Chu Ming showed a slightly naive smile, which was both an explanation and a comfort.

"Let me help you with the medicine." Gu Chao took the medicine bottle in Chu Ming's hand, with a tone that could not be refused.

Chu Ming looked at Gu Chao's serious expression, but he didn't dare to disobey, so he obediently found a chair and made it so that Gu Chao could give him medicine.

Although he had already imagined how painful the wound that Chu Ming couldn't hold back his voice would be, but when he saw it with his own eyes, Gu Chao couldn't help but gasped. He just looked at it and felt very pain.

"I'll do it myself, don't look at it."

Hearing Gu Chao's sobs, Chu Ming anxiously wanted to turn around, but was held down by Gu Chao.

"Don't move anymore." Gu Chao ordered.

Although Chu Ming was sitting, he felt restless and lost.

This was the first time the two met after last night, but when Chu Ming was injured again, there was no embarrassment or ambiguous atmosphere.

Chu Ming felt a little sad in his heart. After he finally said what was in his heart yesterday, he was looking forward to hearing something from Gu Chao's mouth, something that would make him so excited that he couldn't fall asleep. if.

However, these good expectations were ruined by Gu Chao accidentally bumping into him and getting injured.

Gu Chao applied medicine to Chu Ming in silence, and then helped him tie a bandage. This was the second time, and it was obviously easier for Gu Chao to tie him up.

It's just that he didn't say a word, as if a big stone was hanging over Chu Ming's heart, which made him uneasy, and he secretly looked at it from the corner of his eyes.

After the bandage was tied, it was not convenient for Chu Ming to raise his hand, so Gu Chao helped him put on his clothes again, buttoning up the buttons one by one.

Then Gu Chao raised his head, his clear eyes met Chu Ming's directly.

"Chu Ming, did you really mean what you told me last night?"

Chu Ming didn't expect Gu Chao to change the topic from the matter of his injury to the matter of last night all of a sudden, he was a little startled and didn't have time to answer.

"If you say you like me and want to marry me, are you sincere?" Gu Chao asked again.

This time, Chu Ming replied without hesitation: "It's all from the bottom of my heart, there is no lie."

"If we get married, will everything about you be mine?"

"Of course. As long as you like it, I'm willing to give it to you."

"Then you, are you mine?"

"Yes." Chu Ming nodded.

"Then your body is also mine?"

"Yes." Chu Ming nodded again.

"Since it's all mine, I won't allow another scar on this body without my consent!" Gu Chaoyu said domineeringly.

As soon as he finished speaking, he stretched out his hand to hook Chu Ming's neck, and then pulled him up to the waist. Gu Chao didn't need to step on his feet, nor did he need to raise his chin. He just moved forward slightly, and printed his lips on the On Chu Ming's lips.

As if Chu Ming had been petrified, he froze all of a sudden.

When Gu Chao let go of Chu Ming's neck, Chu Ming still maintained the cat's waist posture, seeing his stupid face, Gu Chao's mood improved slightly.

Gu Chao took the mortar and prepared to go home, and finally said to Chu Ming, "I made New Year's Eve dinner, you should come over to eat together tonight."