Mu Jincheng said with some humility: "I can only say the taste, but I don't know how to do it." ”

"If you can say it, I can do it!" Gu Qingzhu said casually.

She was mixing salt with crushed chili peppers, and she took a small piece and tasted the saltiness.

"Fragrant, spicy, fresh and crispy." Mu Jincheng blurted out.

In my memory, the flickering lights of the street night market, the flickering fire, and the aroma of dry-fried shrimp, spicy crab, pickled fish, and jumping frog in the air are clearly like yesterday.

He once mourned Luo Shuang to make spicy crabs, but unfortunately Nancang County is not near the sea, and fresh crabs have been brought a few times, but no matter how to do it, they are dead when they are transported back, and Mu Jincheng has died several times in a row, so in the past 20 years, he has missed the taste of hugging and lying on the street with his dead friends more and more.

"That's all? I thought it was so hard. Gu Qingzhu poured the chili pepper into the jar and said disapprerovingly.

"Haikou is not good to boast, if you can't do it, you will be embarrassed." Mu Jincheng smiled and narrowed his eyes.

This meal is gone, no matter what Gu Qingzhu makes, he will probably eat it.

Gu Qingzhu ignored him, tilted his head and said, "Qingying, you pour the crab into the basin and pick it, don't be too small." ”

"Good!" Gu Qingying ran and dragged a wooden basin.

Mu Jincheng poured out all the crabs in a hurry, and for a while the basin was crawling with crabs running rampant with tongs, and the three of them compared them one by one, picking the big ones and putting them into the fish basket with chopsticks.

The people of Gujiaao never eat crabs, and most children catch and play with them, so these crabs grow fat and strong, and some are as big as Qingying's palms.

Just as they were arguing about which one was bigger, Gu Qingshan and Fang Kui suddenly came.

"Qingzhu, are you okay?" Gu Qingshan stepped into the door and said eagerly.

"You two are in the village, the shopkeeper of the noodle shop was almost taken captive to be the daughter-in-law of a ruffian, and you are only here now!" Mu Jincheng snorted in a low voice.

Gu Qingshan's face turned red, rubbed his hands, and whispered: "I went out of the mountain to sell tea after Fang Kui and I had breakfast, and as soon as I came back, I heard about Qingzhu. ”

"It's not to blame you, even the tiger has a nap, not to mention that my second uncle was premeditated, he must have secretly watched you go out of the mountain, so he came to trouble me, and today, thanks to the third master, he saved Qingying." Gu Qingzhu said, patting the crumbs on his hands, and moved the jar to a shady place to put it.

Gu Qingshan and Fang Kui looked at Mu Jincheng, who was squatting on the ground, arguing with Gu Qingying about the size of a crab, and the two stepped forward and saluted: "Boss, thank you, thank you." ”

"Okay, you guys have a little bit of eyes in the future, by the way, which of you has soju at home? Let's eat crab at night, why don't we have a drink together? Mu Jincheng dropped the chopsticks in his hand and got up, and said very familiarly.

Fang Kuixi said: "I have it at home, and I will move an altar in a while." ”

"Brother Kui, don't listen to him!" It was too late for Gu Qingzhu to stop it.

Gu Qingshan persuaded Gu Qingzhu: "It's a guest at the door, not to mention that it's still the owner, and I saved Qingying, my father can't get up from bed this time, otherwise he should personally invite him to the house for dinner." ”

"You ......" No one was on her side, the opposition was invalid, and Gu Qingzhu could only stare dryly.

The happiest is, of course, Mu Jincheng, he succeeded in his treacherous scheme, eating spicy crabs, no wine, so how can he do it!

"We're going to come together in the evening!" Seeing that they were leaving, Mu Jincheng did not forget Yin Yin's advice.

If it was only him and Su Duchun who were there, Gu Qingzhu would definitely not give him wine to drink, and only by pulling Gu Qingshan and Fang Kui would she not be able to say anything.

"Okay, we'll be here." The two of them said and went back.

After a while, Fang Kui sent a jar of soju, and Gu Qingshan even sent a piece of pork belly that was newly cut today to add vegetables, Gu Qingzhu refused a few times, but he couldn't accept it.

Gu Qingzhu poured a small half bowl of soju and poured it into the wooden basin, and after a while, those crabs were drunk one by one, unable to move, and the big tongs that were waving just now were all drooping.

Brush the crabs one by one, peel the shell to remove the stomach and cheeks, wash it again and dry, the crabs after the Mid-Autumn Festival, the cream is fat and yellow, and each crab leg is bulging white meat.

Gu Qingzhu scooped half a bowl of flour, halved the crab, and wrapped it in a thin layer of flour.

Qingying had already sat in the stove to light the fire, Gu Qingzhu waited for the oil in the pot to be hot, and fried them one by one, and the original black and green crab shells all turned golden yellow, which was enough to fill the big sand bowl for boiling soup.

With the remaining oil in the pot, fry the green onions, ginger, garlic, chili peppers, and peppercorns, then pour in the fried crab pieces, pour the soju, add soybean paste, boil over high heat, and boil a cup of tea over low heat.

The fresh smell in the kitchen could not be hidden, and it drifted through the door and window in the small mountain village at dusk.

Mu Jincheng took a deep breath and was so moved that he almost shed tears, the smell of twenty years ago, smelling it again, is comparable to the reunion of old friends!

"Taste it, don't you mean it?" Gu Qingzhu filled a large bowl and brought it to the table.

Mu Jincheng couldn't wait to pick up a piece and put it in his mouth to suck, full of fresh and spicy mouth, which satisfied the deep desire of his soul, but the stone crab is not as good as the meat crab in the previous life, there is not so much yellow paste, and the crab meat is less and hard, that is, eat a little umami.

Su Duchun was used to it, he really couldn't learn Mu Jincheng grabbed and ate it with his hands, and sucked the crab roe on his hand from time to time, he ate one, then stopped, and just sat there and watched him eat.

When Gu Qingzhu made dried bamboo shoots and roasted pork, shredded edamame meat, stir-fried leeks, roasted lentils, fried loofah with small shrimps, and dried mushroom and egg soup, a mountain of crab shells was piled up in front of Mu Jincheng, and he was struggling to peel the last crab leg, and Baoying was greedy to see it.

Packed a bowl of dried bamboo shoots and roasted meat, Gu Qingzhu carried it to Gu Shifu's house in a basket, he was injured, it was rare to buy back the meat, and he gave it all to her, although it was used to entertain guests, but she couldn't bear it in her heart after all.

Sun was busy making dinner in the kitchen, all of which were vegetables grown in the field, she pushed a few times, in the end, she took the bamboo shoots and roasted meat, and boiled it on the stove, it didn't matter what she ate, the family was injured, and she always had to have a little oil and water.

Gu Shifu heard Gu Qingzhu's voice, and hurriedly called her to speak, although he listened to Gu Qingshan's whole story, he was always not at ease, and Gu Qingzhu had to say it himself, so he put down the stone in his heart.

"I heard what bastard things your second uncle said in the house, and I was so angry that I wanted to slap him in the face, but unfortunately this leg didn't work!" Gu Shifu let out a long sigh.

"Qing Yingfu has a big life, last time it was the third master who saved her, this time too, Uncle Fu, don't worry, in a few days, my household registration documents will be completed, and in the future, he can no longer do whatever he wants." Gu Qingzhu sat next to the small pestle next to his bed and comforted.

Gu Shifu nodded: "Well, in the end, it is a figure with a face in the county, and it will be done at once." ”

"The son of Su who came with me is the son of the county lord, I am lucky, and I happen to have his help." Gu Qingzhu said with a smile.

Gu Shifu sighed: "There are always more good people in the world, we mountain people don't have any skills, but we can't get people's favors in vain, you go back and tell them, if you want to order some mountain goods, as long as there are in the village, I can help prepare some." ”

Gu Qingzhu nodded and agreed: "They came for Zizhu, I will give them the best one, in addition, if they really want something to eat, I will come to Zhang Luo, you just rest, take care of it, just look forward to getting better sooner, it is the blessing of our village." ”

"Zizhu? This...... It's so hard for you! Gu Shifu patted Gu Qingzhu on the shoulder.

Dozens of people in Gu Jiaao know that Gu Qingzhu's biggest reverse scale is his younger siblings and purple bamboo, how many bamboo shoots are sent a year in the purple bamboo bush, each bamboo grows for a few years, and she has an account in her heart, and she knows one less branch.

When he was young, Gu Dabao stole a bamboo, and was stared at by Gu Qingzhu every day, and beat him when he had the opportunity, and he didn't care about his life, so that Gu Dabao, who could obviously win, was defeated by Gu Qingzhu's momentum every time, and over time, he was afraid when he saw Gu Qingzhu, and he walked around from afar every time.

Now, it is really not easy for her to give away Zizhu, which is regarded as her life.

Gu Qingzhu smiled faintly: "It's not all for this time, I agreed last time, but this time it was chosen by Su Gongzi, and he was directly elected until he was satisfied." ”

"He's a good boy." Gu Shifu didn't feel good in his heart.

If it weren't for the fact that her parents were not around, how could she be so thoughtful, carrying everything on her shoulders, Gu Shifu felt more and more pity for her.

Outside the house, there was the voice of Gu Qingshan coming back from work in the tea garden to speak, Gu Qingzhu stood up and said, "Uncle Fu, I called Brother Qingshan to come to the house for dinner." ”

Gu Shifu waved his hand: "Go ahead, don't be slow to treat the guests." ”

When Gu Qingzhu and Gu Qingshan stepped into their courtyard, they saw that the tables, chairs and benches had all been moved out, and Mu Jincheng, Su Duchun and Fang Kui were already sitting under the pipa tree in the courtyard, the dishes had been put on the table, and the wine had been poured full.

"Come on, come on, just waiting for you!" Mu Jincheng beckoned anxiously.

The four of them sat down at the table, peeling crabs and drinking, Su Duchun didn't have much alcohol, only drank one or two glasses of soju, and then he was a little dizzy, Gu Qingzhu cooked autumn tea for him, replaced the wine with tea, and accompanied the three of them to eat some dishes.

The crab meat was cold, and it was spicy, Gu Qingzhu was afraid that Qingying's accumulation of food would be difficult to eliminate, so she was only allowed to eat one or two, and brought some other dishes to her and ate them in the kitchen.

By the twilight, Yan Mo was escorted by the black-clothed house slave with two big burdens, those were naturally Mu Jincheng and Su Duchun's daily necessities, and the old lady of the Mu family couldn't hate it, so she also sent the girl from Ruihua Courtyard, but she was persuaded by Xiong Yongnian.

Seeing that the three of them were drinking happily, and it would probably not be over for a while, Gu Qingzhu packed another pot of crab pieces, and put some dried bamboo shoots and roast meat, as well as a few vegetables and vegetables, for Baoying Yanmo and a few people outside to eat.

It wasn't until the middle of the moon that the courtyard was illuminated by the moonlight like frost and silver, and the four of them had a good time, the soju was strong, and the three of them drank a jar, Gu Qingshan and Fang Kui were already drunk, and they stumbled under their feet.

"Third master, Ming'er, please come to my house for dinner!" Fang Kui squinted his eyes and said several times in a row.

"Good!" Mu Jincheng was slightly drunk and readily agreed.

Gu Qingshan and Fang Kui supported each other to go back, Gu Qingzhu was not at ease, and wanted to follow along, but was stopped by Mu Jincheng and waved Bao Ying to go.

The night breeze gradually rose, and Yan Mo was worried that Su Duchun would catch a cold, so he helped him into the house.

The moon was bright and clear, the autumn breeze was cold, Mu Jincheng held her shoulder, blinked his drunken hazy eyes vigorously, and stared at her eyes: "Gu Qingzhu, you ......"