The mother and daughter said goodbye to Li Guangbi and went back to their small corridor, Asu returned to the courtyard, and went straight to his hut, the first thing he thought of was the various small things he bought on East Street, which is an important western town with many merchants, and there are many things that can be bought, especially spices, and it is rare to find the pepper and cumin he knows. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Seeing these two things, she could smell the delicious smell of the barbecue, and Aso was looking forward to finding a time to go to the kitchen.

During the day, there were always people coming and going in the kitchen, and even though she had her mother's approval, Aso could only watch from the sidelines, and the cook would throw a dough or give her some fruits and vegetables to practice cutting everything, and she never had the opportunity to do it herself in front of the stove. Aso could only wait for the evening time, in order to make her own barbecue in the evening, she secretly collected a brazier and some charcoal, and even found a few long bamboo sticks, and pretended to be careless to look at the approximate placement of the ingredients in the kitchen.

In fact, if you have to make your own barbecue, your mother won't necessarily stop you, but it's the first time you've done it, and Aso still hopes to let her mother and sister know about it after she succeeds.

In the afternoon, Asu was in the kitchen and began to prepare things for himself, because he had been here for a while, and everyone didn't think it was strange, not to mention that everyone was also very busy, so they didn't pay attention to what this little girl was doing, so they just played as a child.

Finally, when it was time for dinner, it was getting dark, so Aso sorted out the things he needed, packed a small bag, and slipped lightly to the kitchen.

Because it was getting late, and there was only some light from the residual heat of the stove in the kitchen, Aso took out the candle he bought, lit the lamp, opened the baggage, and prepared to start his own chef action.

The first thing to move out was a small brazier hidden in the firewood pile, Aso felt that the stove was too big, and it was far away from the countertop from the fire, so it was not suitable to put barbecue things directly on it, and it was much more convenient to use a small brazier, and it was not a problem to grill a small meat skewer casually. After the small brazier was arranged, Aso poured the sawdust charcoal he had prepared into the brazier.

Next, I found a small wooden stick and pulled out some firewood with Mars from the stove, blew lightly, Mars was bigger, quickly pulled out a piece of straw paper, found it, and threw it into the brazier, watching the fire gradually get bigger, Aso quickly took out a small fan and gently fanned it, at this time, I vaguely felt that something was wrong, as if someone's eyes were staring at him, but I couldn't care so much, just concentrate on the fire.

Not long after, the charcoal of the brazier also burned, and Aso suddenly felt that he was really talented, a natural fire-burning talent. At this time, there is no mirror, and if there is a mirror, Aso will find that he is actually still a talent with a black face.

After lighting the fire, Asu found the meat slices he had cut in the afternoon, which had been marinated in a small bowl for a while, and now it should be just right to make meat skewers.

"So, you're going to have a kebab?" A young man's voice came from behind him.

"Ahh Asu was so frightened that he screamed, and the whole person was shocked again, even the meat skewers fell to the ground, so shocked that he put his hands on his chest to calm his mood, and then slowly turned around, and under the flickering candle light, he saw that it was actually Saburo Li Hui, at this moment he was standing with his hands in his hands, looking like he was watching a good show, somehow, he looked at it like this, Asu was a little embarrassed, so he hurriedly wiped his face with his sleeve.

Asu wiped his face, Li Hui couldn't help but laugh after seeing it a little clearly, and then couldn't help but smile and said, "It turned out to be the little black cat Asu, I thought which maid was stealing food here." ”

Little black cat? Aso hurriedly looked at his sleeves and found that the cuffs were indeed darker, so he quickly wiped them hard. Here, Li Hui saw her anxious and shy way to wipe her face, shook his head, took out a small handkerchief from his clothes, turned around and dipped water from the water tank and handed it to Asu.

"I wanted to come to the kitchen to find something to eat and bring it back, but I found that there was a little girl who made a fire there, and I thought it was strange, so I stood by and watched, and thought that the little girl was playing with the brazier, but it turned out that you were preparing a kebab, and it seems that the roast lamb was still not full." Li Hui stood next to him and watched Asu wipe his face, and said slowly.

Asu wiped his face and returned the handkerchief, a little embarrassed, and a little distressed about the meat that fell on the ground, and pouted, "Brother Hui didn't say a word next to him, I was scared that I wasted a string of meat, I want to learn to make barbecue by myself, it's not fun, I want to learn skills." ”

Looking at Asu's aggrieved pout, Li Hui smiled and continued. "You're so focused that you can't feel it when someone behind you is watching?"

Aso thought about it, he was really focused and engaged, and he did feel that something was wrong just now, but he didn't think much about it when he threw himself on the fire. But why did this San Lang come to the kitchen by himself, Asu couldn't help asking, "It's only been half an hour after dinner, why did Brother Hui come to the kitchen to find food." ”

"Of course I'm not hungry at this time. It's just that I'm going to deal with the big exam this time, and I'm going to read a book tonight, I'm afraid that I'll be hungry in the middle of the night, so it's not good to call the kitchen, so I came to the kitchen early to get some food to take back, and I don't have to trouble others. After that, he took a few steps forward, lowered his head and leaned over to Aso and whispered, "Actually, I can also get something to eat, and when I was tired from reading before, I also came here to make food." ”

Asu looked at Li Hui's face and leaned over, his black eyes were shining like stars, there was a smile in his eyes, warm and bright, under the flickering candlelight, his handsome face became more and more radiant, and, because the distance was relatively close, he seemed to smell a faint and elegant agarwood fragrance on his body, this taste is not as sweet as flowers and no cologne, it seems to be there and refreshing, Asu's heart throbbed, and he felt that his face began to be a little hot, so he didn't dare to look at him closely, So he immediately turned his head, turned his back to Li Hui, and began to wear meat skewers again, lowered his head and whispered, "Brother Hui, can you also kebab meat?" ”

Li Hui saw that Asu turned his head and turned his back, just thinking that she was in a hurry to make meat skewers, so he also walked to the opposite side of the stove, looked at Asu and continued, "I haven't done this before, it's too much thought, I usually just bake a sweet potato or something." ”

Ah Su lowered his head and saw Li Hui standing opposite him, but for some reason, he didn't dare to raise his head, only blamed Su Yangyang in his heart for being a coward, and he couldn't help but be nervous when he saw the handsome young man approaching, and even the now fourteen-year-old Ah Su couldn't think innocently and chatted with Li Hui.

At this time, footsteps sounded outside the kitchen, and Asu suddenly felt so nervous, for fear that others would see that he and Li Hui were in the kitchen, so he hurriedly said to Li Hui, "Brother Hui, don't make a noise, I'll go out and have a look." After speaking, he trotted out, leaving behind Li Hui with a surprised face.

Outside the kitchen came Xiao Ju, who was not surprised to see Aso running out of the kitchen, because Aso often wandered around the kitchen when he was free.

"Qin Erniang, come to the kitchen to study at night." Xiao Ju smiled and said, "I heard a voice here just now, so I'll take a look." ”

Asu hurriedly pulled Xiao Ju to turn around, and said to Xiao Ju with a smile, "Xiao Ju, you know, I'm interested in learning to cook, I got a lot of good things from shopping during the day and I'm making them now." ”

"Oh, really, I'll take a look." Xiao Ju listened to it and became interested.

Asu was naturally frightened, and hurriedly said, "No, no, I'm not used to having people next to me when I make food, and when I make something delicious, I'll definitely send it to you, good sister, don't worry about me." ”

Xiao Ju patted Asu's head and said with a smile, "Okay, you have to be careful of the candles, don't light the kitchen, when the time comes, your mother won't spare you." With that, he smiled and walked away.

Asu looked at her back as she walked away, and let out a long sigh of relief, but when she turned her head and thought, what were you afraid of?

Walking into the kitchen, seeing that Li Hui was helping himself fan the fire of the small brazier, and seeing Asu coming in, Li Hui couldn't help but raise his head and ask, "Why are you so nervous?" ”

"I'm afraid that Xiaoju will misunderstand." Aso blurted out, and regretted it after saying it, what was the misunderstanding? Did you misunderstand that you and Li Hui are dating here? Now I'm only fourteen years old, not to mention, plus my development is slow, my head is not as tall as other people's shoulders, and I look more like a child.

Li Hui listened, pursed his lips and thought about it, and couldn't help but smile, tilted his head to look at her and said, "Asu, I found that you have a lot of thoughts in your head." ”

Asu scratched his head, and also felt that his mind was a little complicated, so he quickly raised his head, revealing his signature smile with two small pear vortices, and said sweetly with big eyes, "Brother Hui, I'll give you a kebab." ”

Under the moonlight, Li Hui looked at Asu, who was smiling brightly at him, with an innocent expression, the corners of his crooked eyes seemed to be flashing with starlight, and the small pear vortex at the corner of his mouth seemed to be full of happiness, and the warm smile was like sunshine in his heart, and he actually felt a little moved.

At this time, Asu had already squatted down and picked up a meat skewer and was roasting it on the fire, while not forgetting to sprinkle some pepper and cumin, his eyes looked at the meat skewer but his mouth was muttering, "Brother Hui, you really have oral mouth, this is my first barbecue, I ate my secret barbecue, I promise that you will not be hungry until midnight when you read a book." ”

Li Hui looked thoughtfully at Asu, who was squatting aside and grilling meat seriously, she looked like a child on the outside, but the smile just now made people feel like an amorous girl, maybe it was really her own feeling that something was wrong, she was just a little girl.

Because Asu cut the meat slices thinly, and after roasting for a while, the aroma of roasted meat came, and the meat slices also changed color, Asu quickly stood up and raised the meat skewers to his nose and smelled them, "Well, yes, I think it's okay, Brother Hui, you can taste it." ”

Li Huigang wanted to take the meat skewers, but Asu shrank his hand again and quickly withdrew it, "I'll taste it myself first and see if it's cooked." ”

Li Hui's hand hanging in the air had to be retracted in embarrassment, and then the corners of his mouth slowly hooked up, nodded as if he had an epiphany, and then poked his head down and said to Asu, "You want to eat more." ”

Asu ignored him, finished eating a piece of meat by himself, wiped his mouth, and then handed over the meat skewer very generously, "No, you can eat it, the meat is cooked, but it's a little salty." Brother Hui, I'm really not greedy, I just want to learn skills, although A-Niang doesn't agree with me learning this, but, I really think it's important to learn to cook, everyone has to have some skills, otherwise what to do in troubled times? As soon as he finished the last sentence, Asu hurriedly covered his mouth, ah, said that he had leaked his mouth, and hurriedly added, "Eh, I'm not saying that there will be troubled times, I mean to take precautions." Hey. ”

Listening to Asu's serious explanation, Li Hui didn't show anything unusual, but slowly turned around, looked at the sky shining with faint starlight outside the door, and said lightly, "Yes, everyone has to have some skills, whether it is troubled or prosperous, it is very important." With that, Li Hui suddenly turned his head again and looked at Asu with a smile.

Seeing that Li Hui didn't make fun of himself, Asu suddenly thought of a question, stared at Li Hui deeply, and asked softly, "Brother Hui, why don't you practice martial arts like your eldest cousin and second cousin, otherwise, you can teach me." Supposedly, Asu should be closer to her cousin, but she felt in her heart that she would be happier if Li Huiken taught her martial arts. Moreover, if it was Li Hui, he might not take her words seriously like his second cousin, and just find a reason to prevaricate.

Hearing this, Li Hui was silent for a moment, lowered his eyes and looked away, his expression was not clear, and he replied in a gentle tone, "I also thought about this question when I was a child, the eldest brother and the second brother were taught martial arts and the art of war by their father since they were children, and I went to the state school to read the Four Books and Five Classics. Occasionally, my brothers would call me to practice together, but my father always said that I should go to school and should not be distracted by this. Ah Niang said that this is because everyone's talent is different, she and my father think that I am more suitable for the road of the imperial examination, she always advises me to obey my father's wishes, read books well, and work hard to take the imperial examination. After saying this, he turned his head and said to Aso with a relaxed expression, "Do you still have meat skewers, the barbecue made by Aso tastes really good." ”。

"Yes, Brother Hui, you are responsible for fanning the fire, I'll roast it, and you can eat four or five skewers." Asu hurriedly handed the small fan that fanned the fire to Li Hui, and then squatted in front of the brazier himself, holding the meat skewer and sprinkling spices while flipping.

The smell of barbecue permeated the small kitchen at night, and although the two of them did not talk much, the atmosphere was as peaceful and beautiful as this night. Li Hui didn't talk to Ah Su as a little sister like his second cousin, which made Ah Su feel very useful. Aso was also secretly thinking in his heart that he was not personally cultivated by his father as a military general like his brothers, but took a different path from them, and he might still be a little lost and unwilling to be a concubine in his heart, but he still accepted all this optimistically and obeyed his parents. In fact, this is good, because what he doesn't know is that for the upcoming troubled times, the road in the army is much more dangerous than the road to the imperial examination.