The little sweetheart of the rough family

"Master, do you see what good things I brought back for you?"

Cheng Yanping excitedly opened the door but found no one at home, only the big rooster who heard the movement stared at him with small round eyes.With lingering fear in his heart, he swallowed and subconsciously took two steps back, knees slightly bent, apparently ready to run away as soon as the big cock moved.

Just when Cheng Yanping was hesitating whether to go in or wait outside, Zhao Hou's voice came from the next door.

"here!"

Cheng Yanping didn't realize it for a while, but after he did, he remembered that the next door was his home, and he went back to his home with Artemisia baba in his hands.As soon as he entered the courtyard, he saw Zhao Hou bending down to harvest the cut grass into a pile.

Then he pinched and walked towards him, and said with a cold face: "You know you're back?"

Cheng Yanping didn't care what kind of nerves he had, and said with a smile: "Master, guess what I brought you?"

He moved his nose lightly, glanced at Cheng Yanping, and went back to his home with a blank face holding the grass.After entering the yard, he threw the grass in his hand into the chicken shed.

Cheng Yanping didn't know why, and saw that he had only been out for half a day, and the yard was cleaned up.Why is there such a big difference between this person and another person?He spent so much effort that day to only cut a little bit, and he was covered with injuries, and fell on Zhao Hou, and he finished the job without pain or itching.

But after all, he is a master, and he works neatly.

He stumbled to the next door, Zhao Hou was washing his body by the well, he walked over, took out the two pieces of wormwood cake from his bosom, and handed it over.

"It's a coincidence that I went here today. Aunt Zhang just made this. I think it tastes good. I thought you might like it too, so I ordered two yuan and brought it back. You wash your hands and taste it quickly. It's cold." Not tasty."

Zhao Hou wiped the water droplets on his face with his hand, took the Haozi Baba and took a big bite.It's just a very common thing, and it's not difficult to make, so this neighbor from the capital is just a treasure.

Artemisia baba still retains a slight temperature, and there seems to be another fragrance mixed in the clear fragrance.

It doesn't seem to be a powdery fragrance, it's light and nice.

He originally planned to finish the meal in three or two bites, and didn't want to comment.But Cheng Yanping couldn't help but stared at him with those almost seductive eyes, looking expectant.

So he let out a "huh" without pain or itching, and finally felt that the strength was not enough, so he nodded again.

Cheng Yanping got a response, her cheeks flushed with excitement, and her eyes were crescent-shaped, "It's the first time I've eaten Artemisia Baba, and when I have time to turn around, I'm going to learn how to make Artemisia Baba from Aunt Zhang. "

"Need not."

Cheng Yanping was puzzled by Zhao Hou's words for no reason, and asked in surprise, "Why not?"

"Everyone in Longmen Town can make Haozi Baba, so why should you..."

Before Zhao Hou could finish his sentence, Cheng Yanping suddenly approached him, his eyes were wide open, and his almost dull face was reflected in his dark pupils.

The faces of the two were very close, and their breaths were intertwined.

"Master, you can even do this. You are really amazing. If you were a girl, I'm afraid the threshold of your family would be stepped down by suitors..."

Cheng Yanping's words came to an abrupt end in Zhao Hou's darkened face.

He let go of the arm holding him, and consciously took two steps back, pulling a little distance away from him.With his small body, he couldn't hold back his fist like a small hammer.

The air pressure in the small courtyard dropped instantly, and even the big rooster in the chicken coop pretended not to see anything, pecking at the grass with its head down.

After a while, Cheng Yanping called out tentatively, "Master, I have no other intention..."

Zhao Hou didn't know why he got angry, it wasn't all because Cheng Yanping compared him to a woman, but the place where Cheng Yanping was holding his arm, it's weird now.

The man's hand was very cold, holding it on his hot skin, there was a slight strange feeling.

Zhao Hou let out a "hmm".

"Don't run around if you have nothing to do, hurry up and pack up your house."

Cheng Yanping obediently responded.

Just when the two were about to fall into an embarrassing situation with nothing to say, there happened to be a knock on the door.Cheng Yanping turned around to look, and saw an old woman with gray hair walking in.

The old woman is very thin, with many wrinkles on her face, but she looks kind and kind, very kind.Seeing Cheng Yanping, Xu's eyes were not very good, and after looking at it for a while, he said, "Xiao Hou, who is this? Is it your new husband?"

When the words fell to the ground, the two looked at each other and denied it almost at the same time.

"No."

"no!"

Zhao Hou stepped forward to help the old woman sit down, and explained: "This is a newcomer to Longmen Town, his name is Cheng Yanping, he came from the capital, and he plans to live in our town, and he lives next door to me."

The old woman laughed.

"Look, I'm so old and confused. I just look at this young man's handsome appearance, and I think he is your newly married husband. You said you are too old, why don't you get married? When two people are together, at least they have a companion." , no matter how difficult things are, you can support each other, don’t you? Besides, you are the only one in this house, so you don’t feel empty and have no place in your heart? "

Zhao Hou listened quietly to the training.

Cheng Yanping had never seen Zhao Hou so obedient, even in front of the mayor, he would show an impatient look, but he was obedient to this mother-in-law.

The old woman began to chatter again, snapping her fingers.

"The matchmaker Xu in our town told you about several girls, and they were all girls from a good family who knew everything, but you didn't even want to meet the girls face to face, so you rejected them directly. There is also Mrs. Han from the town next door. , I also came here a few times, saying that there is a girl who likes you to be steady and steady, but you also turned her down..."

Zhao Hou didn't tell the difference, and listened carefully.

The old woman talked for a while before she remembered the purpose of this place. She grabbed a handful of "vegetables" from the bamboo basket at her feet.

"I picked this from the vegetable field early in the morning. It's still tender. You can fry it at noon."

He bent down again and rummaged through the bamboo basket, grabbing several handfuls of long "green beans".

Zhao Hou thanked him, and went to the kitchen to get a few eggs in return, and respectfully sent the old woman out of the door.

Although the old woman is old, her body is still strong, and her walk is not slower than that of young people. After walking for a while, she said: "Little Roar, the seedlings are almost ready in a few days. You close the paddy field and rake it." , almost ready to plant rice seedlings."

Zhao Hou replied from a distance: "Understood, thank you mother-in-law."

When he returned to the yard, he saw Cheng Yanping squatting on the ground, smelling it with a "green vegetable" on his nose, and observing carefully with a long strip of "green beans". He walked over and sat down on the ponytail. , Skillfully peeled the "green beans".

"never seen it?"

Cheng Yanping saw that after peeling off the thick skin, there were pieces of turquoise flesh the size of fingernails, and he was very curious, "What is this?"

Zhao Hou still had a sullen face.

"The emerald green ones are pea tips, and these are called broad beans. At this time, the broad beans are still tender and can be eaten fried or steamed. After a period of time, when the broad beans are old, they can be taken back and dried in the sun. Broad bean paste can also be made into fried broad beans."

Cheng Yanping seemed to have read the heavens. He held a broad bean and looked at it again and again. He never knew that such a small thing can have so many ways to eat and uses.

These are wisdoms unique to life that he has never read no matter how many books he has read.

He stared at Zhao Hou eagerly, wanting to hear him explain in detail.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Hou got up and went back to the house, and when he came back, he was holding a wooden sewing box in his hand.He took out the needle, threaded the thread again, and threaded the stripped broad beans one by one.

Cheng Yanping saw it as a novelty, and took the initiative to continue the job of wearing broad beans.

After putting it on, he tried it on around his neck, just like the Buddhist beads hanging in front of the great monk.

"Master, why do you wear broad beans like this?"

Taking advantage of the time when Cheng Yanping was wearing broad beans, Zhao Hou peeled off the remaining half of the broad beans, and put the broad bean rice in the basin.

Hearing Cheng Yanping's question, he pretended to be mysterious and said, "You will find out after a while."

Cheng Yanping was not in a hurry, and followed him to the kitchen, where he sat down and lit the fire.

Zhao Hou scooped rice from the rice jar, cleaned it twice, put it into the pot, put in an appropriate amount of water, and put Cheng Yanping's threaded broad bean skewers into the rice pot before covering the pot.

Cheng Yanping has always been smart, and with his first experience in lighting a fire, he will be more comfortable cooking it this time. It's just that the two pot holes are burning at the same time, and it is inevitable that he will be in a hurry.

Zhao Hou took three eggs from the cupboard, beat them into a bowl and stirred them well, waited for the oil to heat up and poured them into the pot, and the eggs were formed, he casually poured broad beans and rice into the pot, stirred them up, and quickly Sprinkle some salt when cooking.

The pea tips are very tender and ready to cook.

The dishes are ready soon, a plate of scrambled eggs with broad beans and rice, the eggs are golden in color, and the broad beans and rice are green in color.A plate of stir-fried pea tips, the color is emerald green and shiny, and people can't help but move their index fingers.

Cheng Yanping felt that if he stayed in Longmen Town for a year or so, he might become a fat man.

Because the food here is so delicious.

I only ate Artemisia Baba at noon, and now I have lunch again.

Seeing that the rice was about to be cooked, Cheng Yanping hurriedly wanted to remove the fire in the pot hole, but Zhao Hou said, "Don't remove the fire yet."

Although Cheng Yanping didn't understand why he did this, he did it anyway.

After washing his hands happily, he went to the main room for dinner.

After the meal, Cheng Yanping volunteered to wash the dishes, although Zhao Hou still had doubts, but as a master, if he kept his apprentice from doing it himself, he might never be a master for the rest of his life.

Simply holding one or two bowls to the left was nothing worth much, and with the mentality of falling and falling, he agreed to let Cheng Yanping wash the dishes.

Cheng Yanping was gifted and intelligent, he had seen Zhao Hou wash himself once, and he remembered it all.

Zhao Hou had the habit of taking a nap after meals, and was squinting his eyes to rest his mind, but Cheng Yanping's extremely excited voice came from beside him.

"Master, what are the seedlings you told your mother-in-law just now? Can you eat them?"