Chapter 103

Xue Congjia lowered his head, seemed to be thinking seriously about this question, and then gave an answer that made Chu Tao very dissatisfied: "I think, he is a handsome man with a bright future, you are a noble girl who has no worries about food and clothing, he is frank, you are straightforward, you should be a good match." ”

Chu Tao smiled helplessly, although his heart was like a knife, but it still didn't show it on his face, and he smiled for a long time without saying anything, what to say? People say that they are a good match with Shi Li, and they praise the two of you, what else can you say, you came in vain this time.

Why don't you go back now? It's still too late to go back, Penglai Island still has two friends, Shi Li and Shao Min, who will never say such cold words to themselves. Chu Tao took a deep breath and said, "Actually-I didn't have anything else to do, I just stopped by to see you and see if your injuries healed." I'm relieved to see that you're as healthy as ever. Then I'll go back first, Brother Shi and Shao Min are waiting for me. ”

Xue Congjia didn't move, rolled over the painting with one hand, stuffed it into the paper basket on the side, smoothed the corners of the books he borrowed from Mr. Zhu one by one, and then took out two blue and white porcelain cups from the porcelain plate, poured seven points of tea and handed it to Chu Tao, and said, "Aren't you thirsty?" Since I've been here for a while, let's go and visit Mr. Zhu. He said, if you don't have it on Yingzhou Island, you will be a little more lonely. ”

Chu Tao silently took the cup, and then saw the white jade vase in the corner, which also contained a bunch of sunflowers that he had picked before, the unripe sunflower seeds in the middle had turned black, and the petals surrounding the sunflower seeds had also become dry and faded, shrinking into a crumpled ball. Chu Tao felt a little sad, she had been away from Yingzhou Island for so long, and Xue Congjia probably had never noticed that she had happily put flowers in his room every day as decoration.

Chu Tao said sullenly: "Could it be that Mr. Zhu is addicted to beating me?" As soon as I left, he couldn't find anyone to call, so he missed me very much? Chu Tao remembered Mr. Zhu's gritted teeth when she hit her palm, and shuddered, she had been away from Yingzhou Island for a long time, and sometimes she would dream that Mr. Zhu was memorizing texts, she was the most troublesome student for Mr. Zhu, without one, how could Mr. Zhu miss her?

Xue Congjia said: "Don't you still hold a grudge against him? ”

Hatsu Tao said, "I just think it's weird. I don't hold grudges, I didn't complete the tasks he assigned, and I was often lazy and blamed him, after all, I was at fault first, what to talk about grudges. Chu Tao didn't feel like the water was hot, he drank it in three or two sips, put the cup on the table gently, and scribbled his mouth: "Okay, I'll go and take a look at his old man's house, and apologize by the way, I used to be too ignorant." ”

Xue Congjia said again: "But it's about to be lunch, and you rush to it, it won't disturb Mr. Zhu's meal." ”

Chu Tao nodded, touched his shriveled belly, and said, "Yes, then I'll go back later, or you do things thoughtfully." ”

Chu Tao rushed from Penglai Island to Yingzhou Island, and he didn't think about eating at noon, there was no one here to prepare lunch for himself, Xue Congjia's cold temperament, it was absolutely impossible to keep himself for lunch. Poor self can't go hungry, or go back to Shi Li and Shao Min, no matter what, eating and drinking enough is the most important thing.

So Chu Tao decided to go back to Penglai Island! "What, I'm hungry at noon, and I'm going to have lunch. Have you eaten it? Chu Tao planned to be polite to Xue Congjia.

Xue Congjia said: "I ate it before you came." ”

Chu Tao really wanted to leave now very spinefully to express her disdain for Xue Congjia, but her body was very honest, her legs were like lead, and she couldn't move, in other words, Chu Tao didn't want to leave here at all. Xue Congjia didn't mean to chase away the guests, so the two stood awkwardly.

One didn't want to leave, and the other didn't plan to rush.

Chu Tao said dryly: "Forget it, I won't go back to Penglai Island, it is estimated that they have finished eating at this time, and only a little scraps can be left for me, anyway, you also have a small kitchen here, or I will come by myself." Do-it-yourself! ”

Xue Congjia lives alone in Qizhu Pavilion, and he doesn't even have a subordinate, and he usually eats from outside, and sometimes he talks to Mr. Zhu until the meal, and Mr. Zhu will also leave him to eat, so sometimes he solves lunch directly at Mr. Zhu's. The kitchenette is fully equipped with cooking utensils, but there are really no fresh ingredients.

Chu Tao looked at Xue Congjia stunned there, and sighed: "Your small kitchen here won't have any ingredients, right?" You've never been in it before! I remember when I used to play with Xiaohong and Xiaozi, I saw honey jars, sugar jars, vinegar jars and soy sauce jars inside! I've seen garlic too! There are a few bags of wheat flour in there! I don't know who put it in. ”

Xue Congjia said: "You're right, I really haven't been in. "I don't know why, she's so familiar with where she lives, and I don't know why, she's so familiar with her little kitchen!

Chu Tao said, "Then you don't have anything to cook here?" ”

Xue Congjia thought about it, there really is, the small pond behind is full of Jiangnan river shrimp. "This ...... Are river prawns considered a cooking thing...... Forget it. Xue Congjia asked and answered himself, and when it came to cooking, it really touched his blind spot.

Chu Tao heard the river shrimp, and his eyes bloomed with greed: "Oops! O river prawns! Xue Congjia, you are from Chang'an, have you ever eaten our Jiangnan, the soup is thick and fresh, the shrimp is tender, and the shrimp brain is fragrant, I am drooling when I think about it. ”

"Is it that delicious?" Xue Congjia was about to drool when he saw Chu Tao.

Chu Tao said excitedly: "Of course it's delicious!" Did I lie to you? That's okay, I'll treat you to noodles today, but you have to deal with the shrimp for me first. ”

When Xue Congjia came to the small kitchen with a large bucket of shrimp, he couldn't help but wonder if he could really eat the legendary? I saw Chu Tao stirring the dough like thin mud in the wooden basin, and then scooped some flour into the wooden bowl and stirred, seeing that the flour was put in too much, Chu Tao then poured water into it, and so on, the dough in the basin became bigger and bigger......

Xue Congjia said, "I'll come, when you finish the noodles, we should have dinner." ”

Chu Tao said forcefully: "What's the hurry, I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry!" Don't move, I'll be reconciled in a while. You go and deal with these shrimps. ”

"How?" Xue Congjia took out a river shrimp from the bucket and looked at it carefully, the shrimp shell was a faint gray-cyan color, and the white and tender shrimp meat inside could be seen.

Chu Tao finally reconciled the noodles, holding a white and chubby dough to show off to Xue Congjia: "I said I can do it!" Next it's up to you, first of all, you have to distinguish between female shrimp and male shrimp, male shrimp does not have shrimp roe, you have to take out the shrimp roe in the female shrimp shell, and then peel out the shrimp paste, this season shrimp is very fat, there must be a lot of shrimp paste, you don't waste it, and then separate the shrimp shell and shrimp meat. I'll do the rest. ”

"But these shrimp roe are so small, when will I get them?" Xue Congjia saw the dense shrimp roe and looked at Chu Tao blankly. How can I listen to this girl? Why did you obediently hunt this bucket of shrimp for her and come back?

Chu Tao said: "I don't know this, I see that five or six cooks in our family pick shrimp roe together, and it will be done in less than half an hour!" ”

Xue Congjia went on strike and said, "I see that you don't want to eat at all, you want to exhaust me." ”

Chu Tao said: "Please, one of my eldest ladies will cook for you personally!" Do you know what it would be like to be someone else? Chu Tao bowed his head and said, "But but, I think, you should have not eaten the food that someone else cooked for you for many years, right?" ”

Yes, three meals a day are prepared and delivered by servants, and even when he goes to Mr. Zhu's to eat, they are all made by his subordinates, how long has he not eaten the dishes made by others for him? Xue Congjia was moved by Chu Tao's words, but when he was tortured by shrimp roe to the point of collapse, he suddenly remembered that it was her Jiang Chu Tao who was hungry, so why did she become cooking for him again?

Xue Congjia rubbed his sore waist, and looked up to see Chu Tao struggling with the dough very hard. Chu Tao concentrated on kneading the dough, very seriously, as if nothing in the world was important, only making this meal was the most important thing.

In the end, what is the quiet of the years, maybe this is the case, a lovely girl works hard and hard to make a bowl of noodles and share it with you, which is about what the years look like.

The sunlight shone in through the small window, illuminating the small white face of the first peach almost transparently, only the cheeks were as bright as a piece of pink. There are five swirls on the little hands of the first peach meat kneading the dough, and it is very cute, and she keeps kneading the dough finely, and then carefully pulls the two ends and shakes it into the air. Pull and fold first, pull and fold again, and repeat.

But the dough was too soft, and it soon broke off in the middle, and Chu Tao wondered: "It's strange, I see that the cook girls will pull the dough thin and long after a while, how can I not pull it well." ”

Xue Congjia was almost done with the work at hand, thought about it and said, "I heard that when making this kind of ramen, you need to put some fluffy ash in the flour, so that the noodles can be strong and easy to draw into a slender shape." ”

Chu Tao shook his head: "That...... Then I'd better give up, alas, I'll be hungry. "There is so much knowledge about how to make a face!

Xue Congjia washed his hands and said, "No, you can't give up, I finally washed out a little bit of shrimp roe, and you said you want to give up." Even if you can't make a slender ramen, you can roll it out into a wide noodle. ”

Chu Tao nodded, fortunately, although there were no ingredients in this small kitchen, the cooking utensils were still very complete, and there was also a rolling pin, so Chu Tao waved the rolling pin again and tried to roll the dough into thin slices.

Xue Congjia lined up the processed shrimp meat, shrimp shells, shrimp paste and shrimp roe at one time, and asked, "What should I do then?" ”

Chu Taole said: "And then ...... You made me think about it, and I don't quite remember it either. It seems to be ...... Cook the soup with shrimp shells first! ”e8

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