There was silence for a few seconds, and I thanked the other person.

Cui'er and the little guy who drove the car breathed a sigh of relief.

The two rooms that were given up were on the westernmost side of the corridor.

The sun was reflected in the west on the window lattice, casting a shallow shadow.

The view from this room is good, with a distant view of the river running through the center of the town.

I stood by the west window and looked at the scenery in the distance, and Cui'er walked up and pulled my sleeve and said, "

Girl, do you want to eat dinner on the street, or do you want to use it in the inn? “

"Let's eat at the inn." I didn't think about it before I answered Cui'er.

When that guy said something to keep us, I noticed something unusual about the other party.

It stands to reason that the man's facial features are extremely ordinary.

But looking at his figure, it is only those who practice martial arts that they can have.

After years of training, the imprint left behind cannot be hidden from the eyes of insiders, so it can still be noticed.

The other party is a practitioner, and he also said that he came to accompany his son-in-law.

I don't know what kind of person that son is.

At such a time, when I meet someone of unknown origin on the road, I must have a more mindful eye.

I agreed not to change the inn and stay for the time being, because I saw the above problems and agreed after consideration.

Although I have to be cautious when I go out, I still want to meet that son when I have the opportunity.

I had a gut feeling that the other party was not an ordinary person.

I went downstairs for dinner and brought four plates.

Spicy chicken is also often eaten in Qibei, but I don't know what ingredients are added to this shop. It tasted so weird that I couldn't eat a piece of it.

turned to fight another dish, looking at the sweet cake made of glutinous rice, who knew that he would bite into it. It was actually salty, without any filling, and the point was that it was not steamed at all.

Naturally, this snack can't be eaten.

Stir-fried vegetables, such a homely dish, open the oil pan and add salt, you can't go wrong, Cui'er grabbed a chopstick and spit it out immediately.

I was watching her reaction, and she turned to look at me, her head shaking like a rattle, and said, "Bitter." “

The last course. It is fish soup.

This dish was tested by the driver of the car. He took a sip of the soup. He shook his head silently with a bitter face.

I didn't need to drink it, staring at the plate of fish soup, and the corners of my mouth were a little sneering. Because it smells fishy.

Obviously, there is a problem with the handling of the fish, and it may not even be cooked with cooking wine.

I ate dry food for a few days in a row, and yesterday I ate a delicious home-cooked meal at the deserted village inn.

The ingredients are ordinary, but the craftsmanship is authentic.

In contrast, the chef of this Yuelai Inn can almost hang himself today.

Cui'er and the little maid both stopped their chopsticks, looked at me with a gloomy face, and waited for me to speak.

I sighed, I couldn't bear it, I thought about it helplessly, so I had to ask the running hall standing on the side: "Can you borrow it from the kitchen." “

The fart who ran the hall went to ask the shopkeeper. The latter agreed very happily.

When Cui'er saw that I was going to cook, she didn't want to be idle, so she volunteered to come up and said, "Girl, the slave maid comes to make a snack, as long as the cook has the ingredients, it shouldn't be a problem." “

I smiled and pushed her away and said, "Forget about the dim sum, it's too labor-intensive, I'll simply find some ingredients and get a few dishes for you to eat." “

The kitchen was next to the patio in the backyard, and Cui'er went upstairs to make the bed, and I went over to cook alone.

When I approached the kitchen, I could hear the sound of pots and pans inside.

I was stunned under the eaves for a few seconds, wondering if the guests I lived with couldn't eat the food at the inn and had to do it myself.

As a result, I hesitated.

Since they had already arrived in the kitchen first, I rushed in, didn't I disturb others.

That's not good.

So I took a few steps back and sat down by the flower bed in the courtyard.

I'm going to wait for the people in the kitchen to retreat, and then it's not too late to go in and do it.

Not long after turning around, a man rushed out of the kitchen.

I looked at it and was stunned again.

It's none other than the man who just kept us.

In this way, he is busy in the kitchen to cook for his son-in-law.

It's a bit rude to avoid it, after all, the other party has always been polite.

After thinking about it, I hurriedly stepped forward and asked politely, "I was in a hurry just now, and I didn't have time to ask what you called?" “

The other party was still the same, he didn't look at me at all, lowered his head to avoid my eyes, and said in a low voice: "Can you please do me a favor." “

What a strange person, who doesn't want to give his name, but asks me for help as soon as he asks.

I looked at him in amazement, and was thundered!

Let's say he's rude, the etiquette is quite thorough, but to say that this person is indeed outside of human feelings, he doesn't seem to be good at getting along with people.

My heart moved, it was not a personality that had been cultivated in training in a closed environment.

I didn't bother to scrutinize it, but I calmed my mind for a while.

Glancing at the man with some resentment, I said noncommittally: "I'll make more, just put it in the kitchen, and you can pick it up in half an hour." “

"Okay." The voice is calm and self-contained.

He said yes, and slipped away like a rabbit, and I froze in place before I realized that he could see where I could cook, and I hadn't been guarding outside.

Why don't you guess I'm here to eat or to find something to eat?

I said to myself: I should pay back the favor they gave up two rooms.

When I walked into the kitchen, I was stunned for a moment, it was quite a large room.

The floor is neatly paved with bluestone slabs, and the stove is clean.

On the west side of the room is a long table, which is considered an operating table.

The fire had been lit, but there was nothing on it but the kettle.

On the side of the table, there are a few pots of different sizes.

Fresh vegetables and fruits are stacked in bamboo baskets.

On the window by the stove hung some air-dried chicken, duck and goose meat.

There was no second person in the whole kitchen except me.

How did the movement of pots and pans just now come out? Anyway, when I walked in, I couldn't see any traces of cooking.

I don't have to think about it, after all, cooking is important.

I rolled up my sleeves and got to work!

…… The lotus root is finely chopped and stewed with white rice in a clay pot.

Because the bitterness of the fried vegetables just now left a shadow. I switched to a mustard stir-fry.

Air-dried goose breast with a sauce made with fresh plums and pitted tops.

It's such a simple recipe, and two servings are prepared for each of the last two dishes.

Half of the porridge in the crockpot was given to others.

…… Cui'er and I had dinner at the table in the room.

The most popular is the goose breast with plum sauce, which means that there is no rice.

"Cui'er, you go and help him take a look, if you have one, take two bowls." When I came out of the kitchen just now, I glanced at it, and it seemed that in addition to the boiling water sitting on the stove, there were several pots resting on the side of the table, and there might be leftover rice in it.

Cui'er had just left the bench when there was a knock on the door outside the room.

The voice was unhurried. With a deep voice, he said, "Excuse me." Is anyone there? ”

I exchanged glances with Cui'er. Motioned for her to open the door.

The moment the wooden door opened, I saw a young man standing in the doorway.

Without much thought, I recognized that the person must have been one of the men I had met earlier.

The clothes on the two of them were too similar.

He stooped and bowed to me. He handed out a red lacquered wooden box with both hands and handed it to Cui'er, who opened the door.

He stood up straight, strangely not looking at me, although he spoke in the direction of me: "Childe ordered a small food box to come." ”

Cui'er quickly took the food box, didn't open it and held it in her hand, I didn't have time to make my eyes, this girl moved very fast!

I stood up and walked over to the person at the door, "It's useless, we can live in this inn today, it's already a sign of your son-in-law's love." ”

"How can I accept your gifts again?"

"Childe said, what is in this box is the dim sum from the temple. Please be sure to accept it. “

"Temple? Which temple is your son from? “

My second monk was puzzled and looked at him strangely.

The other party smiled and said meaningfully: "The prince came from the temple in the east of the city, and he has been rushing over non-stop in the past few days." ”

"A few days ago, one of Childe's beloved kittens ran into the temple by himself because he was naughty."

"Childe didn't know where the kitten had gone, so he sent someone to find it in the temple, but he didn't dig three feet into the ground."

As I listened to him, confusion flashed in my eyes, and my brow furrowed.

"There are no cats in the temple, and the son feels that he has disturbed the monks of the temple, so he can't go away, so he donated a large amount of incense money."

"This snack is exchanged for gold, so it's rare, Childe, please be sure to accept it."

With that, he bowed again, withdrew and closed the door.

I was still stunned, listening to the previous big talk, and I was in a trance for a moment.

Cui'er muttered: "What cats, dogs, it's a lot to say a snack." ”

She took the box, put it on the dining table, opened it with her hand, saw the payment in the box, and shouted: "Girl, come and see." ”

"Don't look at it," I said with a wry smile, "do you want to tell me that it's the payment of Longfu Temple." ”

"Ah, how do you know, girl, yes." Cui'er responded happily, and instantly raised her hand to cover her mouth as if she was choked.

As soon as the lid is lifted, the room is filled with fragrance.

When I lived in Qibei, the chef in the garden once told me that the best osmanthus cake in Qibei was not any restaurant or dim sum shop in the people, but Longfu Temple.

I sighed, stared at the wall across from me, and didn't say anything for a long time.

Cui'er walked over and gently touched my arm.

I patted the back of her hand and said, "Cui'er, let's go, go meet that son with me." ”

"Girl, what kind of person is he?" Cui'er pulled the corner of my coat and cast an inquiring gaze at me, looking at me and asking.

"It's my teacher, and she's a great beauty."

I whispered in my heart: "If a man can also be described as a beauty, there is really no one in this world who can match him." ”

...... "What did you say?" Let's go? ”

"Just a little bit of effort."