Mu Jincheng was really not there at noon, he had always acted casually, Mama Guo didn't care, and only asked Gu Qingzhu to take ice cubes to chill the double pepper chicken, in case he suddenly came in the afternoon.

Those vegetables can't be kept, Mama Guo ate some, the taste is refreshing, and I don't feel that I have eaten an extra bite of food, and the rest is appreciated.

In the afternoon, Gu Qingzhu played with Qingying for a while, and when she took a nap, she fanned her next to the bed, and her mind was in a trance for a while.

Where did this man go? Wasn't it okay yesterday? If you don't come, you don't know how to send someone to talk about it!

Just as she was thinking about it, there was a bang in the window, which woke her up from her meditation, she shook her head and cursed herself, he can't come, what does it have to do with me!

There was a strong wind outside, heavy lead clouds were piled up in the sky, and seeing that a heavy rain was coming, Gu Qingzhu hurriedly ran to the patio to collect clothes, in addition to their sisters, there were also a few Gu Dayas.

When she ran back and forth twice, she saw that the others were still working in the workshop, and none of them had returned, so she had to collect all the clothes in the patio, so as not to get wet and not have to wear them tomorrow.

The rainstorm came as soon as it was said, accompanied by lightning and thunder, and the raindrops the size of beans poured down, steaming the heat from the masonry into the air, and it was even hotter than Shicai.

The panicked girls stepped on the muddy water, rushed back, and when they saw that Gu Qingzhu had already helped collect the clothes, they all thanked them happily and took their clothes back.

Qingying was woken up, turned over and sat on the bed, staring at the people in and out.

Gu Erni and the others' clothes were also among them, the three of them hesitated and pushed for a long time, and finally only asked Yang Daniu to pick it up, Gu Qingzhu didn't mind, and only told her to take care of their clothes, so as not to take the wrong person's.

"Miss Gu, thank you." Yang Daniu held her clothes and thanked her repeatedly.

"It's okay, I'm just in passing, not just for you." Gu Qingzhu said lightly.

At this time, the outside world was dark, and the torrential rain was like a note, until it was time for dinner, the rain had subsided a little, but the sky had already darkened, and the patio was full of water, and there was a smell of mud after the heavy rain.

In such bad weather, Mu Jincheng would not come, and the food could not be kept, so Mama Guo asked Gu Qingzhu to take the chilled double pepper chicken for her to taste.

Sure enough, it is a very fresh taste, spicy and fragrant, and after being chilled, the chicken is firm, and the entrance is cool and silky, which is most suitable for appetizing.

Mama Guo is old, although she likes this taste, but she can't tolerate more greed, she ate a few pieces of chicken breast, she didn't dare to eat, and so Xiaolai sent Mama Guo, when she came back to eat, the fat woman housekeeper asked her with a shy face to try a piece.

"Auntie, how many years have you been in the kitchen, and you still think about this bit of food?" Xiaolai took a chicken leg to her and teased with a smile.

"Oh, don't tell the girl, this chicken is used the most in the kitchen on weekdays, braised chicken, dry stir-fry, stir-fry, stewed soup are all ordinary dishes, as for the roast chicken, roast chicken, sauce chicken in the big restaurant outside, I have eaten it a few times.

But this double pepper chicken made by Gu Qingzhu, I still see it for the first time, it smells fragrant, and it tastes even more fragrant, if it is paired with some wine, tsk, even the bones can be chewed into slag! The fat woman sat at the table, tilting her head and nibbling on the chicken legs regardless of the image, until her mouth was full of greasy.

"Look at what you said, I'm embarrassed to eat it, so I'll leave it to you at the bar." Xiaolai had to serve Mama Guo, and she didn't have time to chew and eat a meal slowly on weekdays, so she ate two pieces of flavorful chicken today, soaked some winter melon soup, and a bowl of rice was quickly finished.

"Thank you, girl." The fat woman looked at the remaining half bowl of chicken, and her face was full of joy.

The mother-in-law in the kitchen secretly smacked wine to satisfy their hunger, Gu Qingzhu was afraid that Qingying would be bored in the house, so he carried her around the courtyard, when it rained, the wind was heavy and rainy, and there was a trace of coolness.

The sky was getting darker and darker, and mosquitoes were pounced on people recklessly, Gu Qingzhu hurriedly took his sister back to the house and fetched water for her to bathe.

Sleeping until the middle of the night, Gu Qingzhu suddenly woke up, Qingying beside her breathed a long time, she reached out and touched her sister's forehead, it was cool, she turned over, a new moon hung on the sky outside the window, and the moonlight like water poured in from the window lattice, as if a layer of white floating silkworm yarn was laid in front of the bed.

She stared at the swaying moon shadow for a while, and was a little annoyed that in the evening, she didn't ask Mama Guo if she wanted to buy vegetables tomorrow, who knows if he would come?

After tossing and turning on the bed for a while, Gu Qingzhu finally fell asleep in a daze.

Early the next morning, Gu Qingzhu still went to the vegetable market, and happened to meet an old man selling ducks, she bought it at a glance, took a look, and saw that people in the mountains came out to sell mountain goods such as dried bamboo shoots and fungus mushrooms, she bought some of everything, and the bamboo basket was full at once.

At this time, the summer heat is blazing, which will make people angry, resulting in spleen and stomach difficulties, loss of appetite, and the old duck in the free-range water is cool, which is a good thing to replenish in summer, and the dried bamboo shoots and other mountain goods are the most suitable for adsorbing oil, the two are matched, the taste is light, refreshing but not greasy.

The most difficult thing for ducks is duck cheeks, you have to cut the tail clean, otherwise it is easy to cook a pot of soup, Gu Qingzhu In order to prevent the taste from being wrong, Gu Qingzhu also deliberately put the green onion and ginger in water first.

After that, the cleaned duck pieces are poured into the sand bowl, filled with water, put green onion and ginger shochu, boil over high heat, simmer slowly over low heat, this pot of soup has to be boiled for more than an hour to really taste.

Gu Qingzhu soaked some dried bamboo shoots and fungus, which could be left in the soup for a while to enhance the freshness and flavor.

The fat women next to her were also busy cooking, chattering and not knowing what to say, Gu Qingzhu sat on the small pestle to choose vegetables, unconsciously pricked up her ears to listen, she was not a person who liked to listen to the corner, and she didn't know what was wrong now, she always wanted to hear what they said.

"The double pepper chicken made by Gu Qingzhu yesterday is really delicious, and today I saw that she bought a basket of mountain goods, and I don't know what to cook." The thin woman smashed her mouth and tasted back.

"It's really hungry for you, no matter what she eats, it's the master's, do you dare to think about it?" The fat woman spat on her.

"Seriously, I don't know if the third master will come today? Miss Gu carefully cooked good dishes, and when it came, they all ate for us, and it was really ginseng grass fed to the cows, and it was wasted. The big-faced woman muttered.

"I heard the old man Zhao who delivered the food say that yesterday Master Mu didn't know why he was angry, not only beat the third master, but also punished him for not being allowed to eat." The thin woman said in surprise.

"His words are not credible, how can he be beaten in a good manner, besides, he is the heart of the ancestor and wife of the Mu family, how can he give it up?" The woman with the big face asked in disbelief.

"Okay, okay, let's all work, what can a food delivery person know, but it is just a few words from the mother-in-law in the kitchen, or it may not be rumored." The fat woman was calmer and interrupted them.

Gu Qingzhu listened to it here, and secretly thought in his heart that if he was really beaten, it must be those shops that damaged things and came to claim compensation.

But he was always for Qingying, Gu Qingzhu was a little reluctant in her heart, staring at the fire for a while, she had no money to compensate those merchants, so she could only cook a few meals as a thank you gift.

"Someone changed in the kitchen? What is being stewed today, it smells so good. A man stepped through the door, in a familiar tone.

"Ouch, it's the third master who is here, the mother-in-law can't change it, it's Miss Gu who is cooking." The fat woman greeted her with a smile.

"Oh?" Mu Jincheng was a little surprised, turned his head and grinned at Gu Qingzhu.

Gu Qingzhu's gaze quickly swept him from head to toe, he was wearing a moon-white snow silk robe embroidered with bamboo leaves, sword eyebrows and phoenix eyes, his expression was handsome, and he didn't find anything abnormal on his face.

Although it was only three or five breaths, Mu Jincheng still noticed that her inquiring gaze was different from the past, and asked with some doubts: "What's wrong with my face?" ”

"It's stuffy in the kitchen, and the smoke is big, so the third master should go out and wait." Gu Qingzhu was seen by him at a glance, panicked, lowered her head and said, but she didn't know that the back of her ears was already involuntarily red.

"Hurry up, I'm hungry." Mu Jincheng muttered and went out.

The taste of the duck soup with dried bamboo shoots and fungus became stronger and stronger, and it could be smelled far away through the door and window, Gu Qingzhu had just brought the hot soup to the table, Mu Jincheng couldn't wait to scoop it up, the sand bowl was still boiling, and he had to blow and cool down while drinking.

"You didn't eat yesterday!" Gu Qingzhu saw that he was in such a hurry, so he had to serve him a bowl with a soup spoon.

"yes, I didn't have to eat yesterday, how do you know?" Mu Jincheng only cared about drinking soup and said casually.

"Did your dad really beat you?" Gu Qingzhu asked eagerly.

"You care about me?" Mu Jincheng turned his head and asked with a hippie smile.

"Eat yours!" Gu Qingzhu said angrily, turned around and left.

"Hey, I didn't get beaten, I just didn't accept that they wronged me, so I didn't eat, but this is really not a good trick, I didn't punish others, but I starved myself." Mu Jincheng said with a smile, his hand couldn't help touching his shriveled belly.

Gu Qingzhu paused in a place where Mu Jincheng couldn't see, listened to his words, smiled, and went back to the kitchen briskly.

After a while, Gu Qingzhu brought a few plates of vegetables and stir-fries, and Mu Jincheng's phoenix eyes narrowed when he ate it.

"No wonder I haven't seen you lately, I used to hide here to eat and drink!" A man slammed in.

"Third master, Second Master Qian said that he came to look for you, I ......" The mother-in-law who guarded the door trotted all the way and said in fear.

"Okay, I see, you go down." Mu Jincheng waved his hand.

"Look, it tastes good, I just didn't eat it, so add a pair of dishes and chopsticks." Qian Yi sat down unceremoniously.

"It's like I owe you, wait!" Mu Jincheng gave him a blank look, got up and went to the kitchen.

When he went to the kitchen, he not only told him about the tableware, but also said that he had a guest, and asked Gu Qingzhu to go out through the small door of the kitchen for a while and go around to the dining room to eat.

Mu Jincheng came back with his sleeves, and after a while, the fat woman sent a set of blue and white bone china dishes.

Qian Yi took a sip of soup and said with some disgust: "This is too bland, you don't have no money, and you don't know how to put a little ginseng angelica." ”

"Do you eat or not? If you don't eat, get out! You and I are you, and I only rely on ginseng tea every day to hang a breath! Mu Jincheng scolded unceremoniously.

"Okay, okay, I'll accompany you to eat a vegetarian diet." Qian Yi, who was scolded, was not annoyed at all, but coaxed him.

The fat woman served some dishes one after another, made by Gu Qingzhu, more made by the kitchen mother-in-law, and set a table full of them, compared to the light duck soup, Qian Yi prefers to eat fatty and heavy food, braised pork, braised chicken, which is more in line with his appetite.