Everyone was shocked by Da Hei's actions: Da Hei is a very individual earth dog, in addition to not being squeamish and very easy to feed, its biggest feature is that it is very alert, and it recognizes people and will take care of the home.

But at the same time, for the foodie Da Hei, in addition to Lin Xinlan, only Mu Wanchun, who often feeds it to eat and drink, will attract Da Hei's enthusiasm and joy. Even Xia Mohan and Summer, as well as Xia He, have never received such enthusiasm from Dahei.

Lin Xinlan was stunned. She couldn't help but look at Xia Mohan.

Xia Mohan didn't expect that Da Hei would like Mulan so much, and couldn't help laughing: "This Da Hei seems to know that if there are no distinguished guests today, it won't be able to eat delicious." ”

Lin Xinlan's eyes were still circulating on Mulan's face. She saw a strange, but familiar face, especially her eyes.

This is a cold and noble person, there is a melancholy and coldness that is easy to see in her clear and jade face, and in addition, her whole person gives people a kind of coldness that rejects people thousands of miles away.

Xia Mohan came over and introduced everyone one by one.

When everyone walked into the courtyard, the lovely big black still followed Mulan all the way, following her happily.

In the courtyard, the pomegranate flowers and the moon season are in full swing, and everyone sits in the courtyard full of flowers and chats. The most talked about was that Mulan met Lin Xinlan in the cemetery and rescued her in time. Everyone thanked Mulan repeatedly, and Mulan also said some kind words.

Lin Xinlan saw some clues from her son's smiling eyes. She couldn't help but sigh in her heart: Is this the fate of the legend - only then did her son meet his true love, and the door of his heart was opened?

After chatting for a while, Lin Xinlan glanced at Summer: "Summer, come and give me a hand, choose vegetables and wash vegetables." ”

Summer will know, hurry up with Lin Xinlan to slip away.

"Tell me honestly, summer, this lady—what is she? I don't look at her like a simple person. However, in this circle, I have never seen such a woman?" As soon as Lin Xinlan entered the kitchen, she quickly closed the door and asked Xia quietly.

Summer swallowed for a moment before she said cautiously, "Madam, she is, the owner of the 'Mulan' jewelry. ”

Lin Xinlan nodded, and at this time, on the newspaper that Liu Qianlu brought a while ago, the appearance of the woman wearing sunglasses overlapped with Mulan just now: "It turned out to be her, I have heard of it a long time ago, it turns out that she is so young and beautiful, and she is so generous." Summer, what else do you know about her — like, where did she come from, her background, her family, by the way, is she married, is she married?"

Lin Xinlan's speed of speech was very fast, and the questions were thrown one after another, making Summer unable to parry.

After hesitating for a moment, Summer said with a dark face: "Madam, I heard that she has lived abroad since she was a child, and she is also a foreign national, and her husband is a European marquis......"

"What, she's already married......" Lin Xinlan listened to Summer's words, only to feel that her ears were buzzing, and her head was suddenly blank. She couldn't have imagined that her son, who had been counting on her, would finally come out of the shadows four years ago, and it seemed that she still had the woman she liked. Who would have thought that the woman who opened the door of his heart turned out to be a married woman with a deep background.

Although Mulan has a stunning appearance, her family background and net worth can also match the Xia family, it seems that her temperament is also okay. However, it is a pity that she is already married.

Lin Xinlan thought of this, she couldn't help it, and a piece of pain welled up in her chest. If her son really fell in love with this noblewoman, what should she do?

"Summer, you tell me the truth, Mo Hanhe, isn't it, is it for this, this lady, moved your mind?" Lin Xinlan endured the sadness in her heart, looked at Xia and asked.

Summer, who was washing vegetables, was stunned for a while, where did he think that the old lady actually had such a question when she saw Mulan for the first time, and it seemed to hit the nail on the head.

"This, how to say it - I think the boss is just a business cooperation with the Marquise, I don't know what kind of affection there is between them. Madam, are you afraid that you are thinking too much?" Xia saw Lin Xinlan's worries and knew the reason for her worries.

"Hey-" After Lin Xinlan let out a long sigh, she began to cook silently.

In the courtyard, Da Hei still circled around Mulan, and Mulan also put away the restraint and stiffness just now, and played happily with Da Hei.

Xia Mohan sat on the side, looking at the situation in front of him with a smile in his eyes. Once, Mu Wanchun was also like this, he also sat in this courtyard, sitting under the sun, and playing happily with Xiao Hei who was just a few months old (Da Hei when he was a child).

It's a pity that at that time, Xia Mohan only had Xia's business in his heart, and in his eyes, even if he saw such a comfortable scene, he didn't realize how plain this was, but it was a precious happiness!

"It's surprising that Big Black likes you very much. Xia Mohan couldn't help but say, "I can see that my mother also likes you." ”

When Mulan heard Xia Mohan say this, her hand stopped teasing Da Hei, and she sat up straight, returning to her usual appearance.

"Mr. Xia, when I was on the road, where could I have imagined that I would come to your mother's house today to disturb her. If I had known this was the case, I would not have come anyway. ”

"I can guess. Xia Mohan's face also turned cold, he knew that he had said the wrong thing, and he also knew that the smart Mulan would definitely be able to guess the meaning of his words.

"We live in a country where only very close relatives, friends and neighbours go into someone's private house and attend a family gathering. I think that Mr. Xia and I can only be regarded as business partners, not private, friends. Mulan said word for word, she was making her stand out.

"Sorry, it's me, not thoughtful. Xia Mohan hurriedly said humble. I don't know why, it's the woman in front of him who is always cold, always disrupting his thinking and proportions, making him speak and act abnormally.

Suddenly, two screams came from the kitchen, and Mulan and Xia Mohan quickly got up and ran to the kitchen.

When she came to the kitchen, Mulan saw that Lin Xinlan's left hand was cut by a knife. She quickly opened a cupboard, and in a box inside, took out a bottle of Yunnan Baiyao, sprinkled some medicinal powder on Lin Xinlan's injured finger, and quickly opened a band-aid, tore it, and stuck it on Lin Xinlan's bleeding finger, and then pinched it tightly with her fingers.

The whole process was concise and neat, without a trace of hesitation and hesitation, which made the other three people present look at each other and couldn't help but look at each other.

After a while, Mulan said to Xia Mohan: "Mr. Xia, you take your mother out to rest, here, leave it to me, and Xia, it's fine." ”

"How can this be—you're our honored guest!" Xia Mohan blurted out, "What's more, haven't you lived abroad since you were a child, and do you have any research on Chinese cuisine?"

Mulan said with a smile: "Mr. Xia forgot that my parents are Chinese, and their favorite is naturally Chinese food." With that, Mulan took off the apron on Lin Xinlan's body, tied it neatly on herself, and sent Xia Mohan and Lin Xinlan out of the kitchen.

Sitting on a chair in the courtyard, Lin Xinlan looked at the big black hair shrunk at her feet in a daze.

In the kitchen, Summer was surprised to see Mulan's exquisite cooking skills and fluent movements while laying her hands. In the summer, watching Mulan cook is like watching a beautiful documentary. And this situation reminds me of a person in the summer, Mu Late Spring.

Once, in the summer, I also liked to be like this, watching Mu Wanchun who was busy in the kitchen. It's a pity that whenever this happens, Xia Mohan will always suddenly appear behind him, and then force him to leave the kitchen with a sharp look, not even letting him smell much.

Until now, summer still remembers the taste of Mu Wanchun's cooking, which is delicious and unique, and has a taste of home. Later, after Mu Wanchun passed away, she never tasted like that in the summer.

An hour later, a sumptuous lunch was finally placed on the table, with six dishes and one soup, hot and cold, meat and vegetarian, both healthy and rich, and all of them were everyone's favorite home-cooked dishes.

Lin Xinlan and Xia Mohan glanced at the dishes on the table, and they were a little distracted. These dishes have been made by Mu Wanchun, and in terms of appearance, they are almost the same.

In the summer, who couldn't hold back his saliva for a long time, seeing that Xia Mohan and Lin Xinlan were still in a trance, he couldn't help but complain: "Let's go, everyone, I'm in the kitchen, and I've long wanted to steal ......"

Everyone laughed. So, they lifted the chopsticks together and started.

After eating a few bites, Summer extended his thumb again and again: "Mmmm, it's delicious! This one is delicious, and this one is delicious...... Marquise, the dishes you make make make me feel like I have a sense of déjà vu...... By the way, I remembered, it was the taste of Madame, the taste of Madame's meal in late spring......"

After Xia finished speaking, the faces of the other three people present instantly changed color. Xia Mohan threw Xia a roll of his eyes, blaming him for having no eyes, his mouth was gagged, and his head was closed.

After Xia Mohan and Lin Xinlan tasted a few bites, they also looked at each other: these dishes, even the taste, are also familiar! Summer is right: the seasonings and accessories in each dish are exactly the same as the dishes Mu Wanchun once cooked.

"Miss Mulan, where did you learn your cooking skills—it's really amazing! Even I, an old man who has been cooking Chinese food all my life, have to praise you. Lin Xinlan looked at Mulan with a smile.

A mouthful of food stayed in Mulan's mouth, and she couldn't swallow it for a while, and she couldn't spit it out, which made Mulan very embarrassed. It was only at this time that Mulan realized that it seemed really inappropriate for her, as a stranger, to enter this strange courtyard for the first time and show off her skills in someone else's kitchen.

After a moment, Mulan chewed the food in her mouth a few times and said slowly: "My cooking skills are all learned from my mother. She loves my father so much that she cooks a lot even abroad, and she loves Chinese food very much, and my mother is very focused on healthy eating, and she is very strict in the combination of food and the choice of seasonings. It seems that when my mother was young, she also studied systematic Chinese cuisine in a certain institution. So maybe, the dishes she and I make, whether it is the appearance or the taste, should still be acceptable to everyone, right?"

Lin Xinlan nodded, Mulan's explanation was reasonable, and it seemed to explain very well why the food she made was so imaginary with Mu Wanchun's cooking. Lin Xinlan knew that in order to improve her cooking skills, Mu Wanchun had studied cooking for a long time in a very famous culinary institution.

"By the way, ma'am, do you have any more wine you make yourself?" said Summer suddenly, "how can you not drink some sweet and delicious wine for such a good dish?"

Xia Mohan glared at Xia: "This, you remember it clearly!"

Summer stuck out her tongue and said embarrassedly: "Isn't it today, are there distinguished guests? Besides, if you don't drink some wine, you always feel ashamed of the good food on this table." ”

"Yes, yes, I'll take it. Lin Xinlan said, stood up with a smile, and patted her son on the shoulder, "You and Xia are the same." If there is anything delicious and delicious, I will always think about it. I know I like to drink my wines in the summer, and I'm going to make more of them this fall. ”

After a while, Lin Xinlan came out with wine. In the summer, everyone poured them one by one, and then, everyone clinked glasses, ate and drank.

For the first time, for the first time in four years, Mulan ate the dishes she made herself, not only the joy of reunion after a long absence, but also the vicissitudes of time. This complex feeling is intertwined, making her eat very slowly, as if as soon as she eats faster, this joy from the heart will be reduced, or reduced.

Mulan looked at the three people talking and laughing in front of her, and the softest part of her heart slowly unfolded. She didn't know when she would be able to sit together again with the relatives in front of her, who were once her most familiar, drinking happily and complaining to each other.