The sky was clear with a fireball-like sun, not a single cloud in the sky, not a single wind.

It was noon, and everyone in the house was in the house, hiding from the temperature that was about to scorch people outside.

Tang Qing was cooking mung bean soup in the kitchen that was almost crowded, and the air was filled with a refreshing sweet and glutinous taste.

"The mung bean soup has been boiled for so long, why hasn't it been cooked yet, I just finished lunch, smelled this smell, and I was hungry again. Da Mao leaned over to Tang Qing with his hands behind his back, sniffing the smell of the pot with his nose from time to time.

On the other side, Aunt Chen, who was sitting on the small bench by the window and collecting the soles of her shoes, stopped what she was doing and pouted: "Da Mao, don't make it around, you can't be sloppy about things on this stove, whether the mung beans are ripe or not, Tang Qing has the final say." Fu lowered his head again, and put on the soles of his shoes stitch by stitch.

Da Mao lowered his shoulders and didn't speak again, but stood by the cauldron and sniffed deeply in the air, looking very intoxicated with his eyes closed.

"Brother Da Mao, this water is already boiling, and it will be cooked in another ten minutes, don't worry, it will be soon." After Wu Xinlian finished speaking, she wiped the sweat on her forehead, her face was red as she sat behind the stove and burned the fire, and the whole person looked like she had been washed in water.

Since she was robbed of the house, she has eaten much better than she used to use at home, and from time to time she uses things in her own space to replenish her body, and the ten-year-old girl quickly faded from her previous black and thin appearance, and her more fleshy face can already see the cute outline.

As soon as she said this, everyone sitting in the kitchen looked at her secretly. The weather is hot, and everyone is reluctant to stay outside, and those who are cleaning outside, patrolling, and running errands are inconvenient to sit in the hall, so they all run to the kitchen. It's also a big kitchen area, and there is a big area across the stove.

"This little girl who burns the fire looks sweet, and she talks very sweetly. ”

"No, it's only ten years old, and it's like a human spirit, and it's evil. ”

"I heard that he is also a child of a poor family, and his parents can't take care of him at home, so of course he has to stand up on his own, and it's normal to be able to do something. ”

"It's too capable, I really can't underestimate the current children, a sister is only seven years old, and she almost managed the entire kitchen, this sister, not to mention a fuel-efficient lamp, from time to time to Mei Niang to offer good, everything is rushed to do, together she is capable, we people are eating dry food. ”

"You everyone, I know it's not easy for you, I originally decided to let you come to the kitchen to help, but Xiaoqing took up your place when she came, but I can't afford to say these words to smear the black sisters. I think people are very good, down-to-earth and hard-working, and they don't procrastinate in doing things, and they don't usually talk about any gossip, if I am Mei Niang, I also like this kind of person. ”

"Aunt Yuan, you want to deviate, I'm just talking about things, she Tang Qing squeezed me down with her ability, I was convinced, and I really praised her, but Xinlian's girl, three times and twice in front of Mei Niang to rob me of my work, how can I be comfortable in my heart, I usually look at her as a little girl, and I don't really care about her, but I can't say a few words about her in front of you. "Indignant voice.

"You" still wanted to refute the uneven voice of the "sisters", but was pushed by the person next to him and pointed to Aunt Chen by the window.

In the middle of the night, there was no sound from the sitting crowd, they sat far away, and spoke in their voices, and from the side of the stove they could only hear the humming sound, and the content of the speech could not be heard clearly.

Tang Qing took out a large piece of rock candy from the white porcelain jar and put it in the pot, frowning, and the movement of holding the spoon in his hand slowed down.

Taking the spoon handed over by Da Mao, Tang Qing stirred the mung bean soup in the pot, mixed the pumpkin in the soup evenly, finally had a smile on the corner of his mouth, and raised his head to greet everyone: "Big guys, come over and serve some mung bean soup, it's hot, drink something to cool down." ”

The people who were sitting in a circle all stood up, and no one helped them when the small bench was tripped over, so they all rushed to the underground cabinet to find their own bowls and come to the side of the pot. The mung bean soup boiled with pumpkin has a unique flavor, the skin of the mung bean is slightly blooming, the soup presents a turquoise brown color, and the yellow-orange-orange pumpkin is cut into small pieces and exudes a sweet aroma in the soup.

Everyone scrambled to hold the bowl under Tang Qing's hands. They are all porcelain bowls with openings, but they are worth a lot of money in modern times, some of them are the words of peace in the four seasons, some are monochrome white porcelain, and there are new people's commune patterns.

Aunt Chen, who was sitting on the soles of her shoes, also got up and put her shoes in place, washed her porcelain bowl with water, and walked over.

A vacancy quickly dispersed in the crowd.

"Aunt Chen, Xiaoqing's mung bean soup is really a must, you can try it. Aunt Yuan was closest to Aunt Chen, and diligently wiped the Longquan porcelain bowl in her hand with a cloth.

"Hey, be careful, this bowl was given to me by Mei Niang yesterday. Aunt Chen grabbed the edge of the bowl tightly, staring at the long spoon in Tang Qing's hand with a good glance, until the bowl was full and about to overflow, and then said, "Xiaoqing, okay, that's all." ”

Tang Qing smiled: "Ambiguous." Then he turned his head and scooped the soup for the other people, but he stopped at the halfway point of the bowl. Except for You, everyone's face was a little uncomfortable, and everyone else looked happy.

saw a blue and white porcelain bowl printed with a dove of peace under Tang Qing's eyes, Tang Qing raised her head, it was Wu Xinlian who looked at her with a bowl and smiled: "Xiaoqing, the weather is so hot, I'll send some to Sister Mei, it just so happens that she likes to eat pumpkin." ”

Tang Qing was a little stunned, but then reacted and scooped a big spoonful into the bowl.

Wu Xinlian took out a bowl lid from the cupboard, wiped it carefully, put it on the porridge bowl, found a wooden tray, and carried it out of the kitchen.

"Heh", Aunt Chen sneered and walked to the window with the bowl, looked outside, lowered her head and blew the soup in the bowl, and drank it in a big gulp. Da Mao's face also seemed to be a little sneering, and he just buried his head in blowing the porridge in the cold bowl.

Hearing Aunt Chen's sneer, there was a buzzing sound in the crowd again, and the movement was not a little bit louder than before. Tang Qing didn't bother to listen to their gossip anymore. Zuo is just some "little girls who know how to please Mei Niang all day long", "There are so many thoughts at a young age, and when they grow up, they have to get it", the language is vulgar and completely unscrupulous, and they are talking about a ten-year-old girl.

Da Mao took small sips of the soup in the bowl, and he didn't know what he was thinking, and he didn't know when he bit into the bowl. It wasn't until everyone sat down with the bowl that he made up his mind: "Xiaoqing, let me tell you something, you must take it to heart, and let your sister go to Sister Mei less in the future, it's not good for girls to be too smart, and Sister Mei's appreciation is not so easy to swallow." After speaking, he took a sip of it, and he didn't know how to blow it into the bowl, and he could only stick out his tongue when he was burned.

Xiaoqing thought about it, and in the end brought a little sincerity: "I know, Brother Da Mao, thank you, I will tell her when I go back." ”

Da Mao's face flushed, and he took the bowl and walked out of the stove: "Get out of the way, I want to sit here." He kicked the bench closest to him, sat down and hung his head.

The silent house suddenly exploded like a little water dripping into boiling oil, there was a lot of noise outside, I don't know what happened, there was a girl in Mei Niang's room, named Du Juan, staggered into the kitchen, ran too fast, and the anger had not yet smoothed out: "Oh no, no, Tang Qing, the mung bean soup served by Xinlian is poisonous, and the man in Sister Mei's house is dying." ”

As soon as the words fell, the people in the kitchen also panicked. "What, mung bean soup is poisonous. "All of them were as earthy as they were, and they wanted to spit out everything they had just drunk, and the delicacy suddenly turned into something poisonous, and everyone's reaction was a little fierce. The eyebrows on the face of the man with an impatience were raised, the green tendons in his hands burst out, and he was about to pull Tang Qing's collar when he came up with an arrow.

Da Mao stopped drinking: "It's been so long since you drank mung bean soup, if it's really poisonous, you are still standing here well, and you still have the strength to beat people?"

Tang Qing was also stunned at first, and when he reacted, he pulled Du Juan: "Don't worry, tell me the matter clearly, didn't my sister send the mung bean soup to Sister Mei, why is the man who is recuperating from his injuries dying, you tell me about the matter before and after." ”

Mei Niang's house is the "boss" who kidnapped Tang Qing and them before, and the house is nominally Mei Niang's, but it is this "boss" who is in charge. As for what Mei Niang did, everyone also knew it. In this era, it is obviously impossible to take the girls to do this business safely and steadily, without a strong background.

Du Juan swallowed her saliva and brushed her sweat with her hand: "The weather is hot, Sister Mei doesn't want to move, and she doesn't want to drink sweet soup, so she wants Wu Xinlian to bring it back. Since Brother Zeng came back from his injury this time, Sister Mei has been obedient to him, and she will never say a "no" to what she can promise, but not long after Brother Zeng drank it, he shouted that his stomach hurt and vomited very badly. Du Juan sighed: "Sister Mei's feelings for Brother Zeng are so deep, I definitely can't let go of Xinlian this time, if it weren't for Xinlian's usual work for us, and the sending of such a good face cream, I wouldn't be able to risk taking the time to report to you, how much preparation are you in your heart." I'll go back first. After saying that, he ran all the way back to Mei Niang's house.

Tang Qing's hands were propped up on the stove, his legs were a little weak, and he could barely stand.

A short time later, a man who looked like a doctor came into the kitchen, filled a bowl of porridge, dipped it in his mouth, tasted it, and shook his head at the man who had followed him.

Knowing which person was making the soup, the man dragged Tang Qing out with the collar of his clothes.