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The mansion of the county order Jiangbei Pavilion is very lively today.

Dozens of domestic servants, guards, and maids all crowded at the kitchen door to watch the strange.

Because Xu Gongzi, who just came to Pei County on a blind date today, is now rolling up his sleeves and busy cooking in the kitchen, several kitchen workers and cooks are helping, running back and forth in and out to help prepare various seasonings and tableware.

Even the county honorable Jiangbei Pavilion stood at the door of the kitchen with his wife, son and daughter, watching the 'son-in-law' wearing a smock and a hat working excitedly inside.

"Husband, my uncle is here for the first time, this is ...... That's rude, isn't it? ”

Jiangbei Pavilion's wife, Qiu, is more than thirty years old, and she is a standard middle-aged beauty, looking at Chen Xu who is busy cooking in the kitchen at this time, her mouth has never been closed.

Although she has been living in Xianyang, but Chen Xu she has never met, the Jiang family believes in Confucianism, and there are more rules in the family, so the Qiu family usually teaches her husband and children at home to take care of housework and does not go out much, although the name of Qinghe Hou is heard hundreds of times a day, but it is only heard, even when she arrives in Pei County, which is two thousand miles away from Xianyang, she still hears the name of Qinghe Hou several times a day, but now it is suddenly in front of him, but he doesn't know it at all, and for this handsome little aunt who suddenly fell from the sky, Although she liked it at the first glance when she greeted the door, the new aunt was about to start cooking after chatting a few words at the door, and suddenly she felt that the sky was about to fall.

A man who likes to cook, there seems to be only one person in the world who is the legendary Qinghe Hou, but he didn't expect his uncle to also like to cook, I don't know how the Jiang family will face it after this matter spreads.

Jiang Beiting also pulled his beard and cried and laughed, and said to the Qiu family in a low voice: "Don't worry, madam, my uncle is probably influenced by the Marquis of Qinghe, in fact...... Men love to cook...... That one...... It's also good...... Well, we just waited for a meal cooked by my aunt...... It's delicious, hiss~"

Jiang Beiting swallowed a mouthful of saliva uncontrollably in the end, because as Chen Xu's onions, ginger, garlic mustard and various secret sauces and spices were put into the pot, the cleaned crabs were stir-fried in the pot, and suddenly a rich and extremely strong fragrance permeated the entire kitchen, and soon drifted into the entire kitchen courtyard in the evening breeze.

"Goodong~"

"Goodong~"

The onlookers in the courtyard all began to swallow, and their eyes flashed as they looked at the kitchen.

"Wow, it's so fragrant, my uncle can cook a lake crab full of claws so delicious, I can't help it!"

"It's a pity that I can't eat it, alas!"

"I can't walk just by smelling it!"

Outside the kitchen, the servants gathered to swallow and discuss.

Jiang Chuxing was very excited, Qinghe Hou was rumored to be the Great Qin Eater among the people of Daqin, and he was a unique food master in the world, and the food he made was also known to the world, but Jiang Chuxing had known him for so long, and he had only eaten a few meals of noodles, buns and dumplings in Qinghe Town.

But these noodles have already become ordinary food, and the delicacies on the menu of Xianyang Qinghe Hotel are the real delicacies, such as five-spiced snails, donkey meat roasted, spring rolls and fried crabs, all of which are just snacks to taste, and they cannot be put on the table.

It's a pity that I've never heard of it, but today I had the opportunity to eat the food made by Qinghehou himself, which has to be said to be luck.

Jiang Chuyue was wearing a light blue silk skirt and leaned quietly on the kitchen door frame, looking at the young man who was busy working inside, his forehead was sweating, a pair of beautiful eyes never moved away from beginning to end, everyone inside and outside the kitchen seemed to not exist, only Chen Xu's every move was imprinted in the depths of her eyes.

It's been three years, and he looks a lot more mature, but he's still so different, different from all the laypeople she's ever seen, that she can't extricate herself from it.

"Wow~~"

Chen Xu poured a scoop of water into the pot, then put in some fresh and tender lotus root slices and stir-fried a few times, then covered the pot and said to a cook next to him with a smile: "Look, simmer for a while, and the soup will dry up and you can start the pot!" ”

"Okay, uncle!" The cook nodded hurriedly.

Chen Xu turned around and opened a clay pot next to him, added water, put in green onions, ginger and peppercorns, and a small amount of peppercorns, and then poured a few catties of cleaned loaches into it, and also covered the lid and ordered to heat and simmer over high heat.

With the passage of time, the cauldron and crockpot in the kitchen began to exude a richer fragrance, and the crockpot continued to emit heat, Chen Xu would occasionally open the lid and test it with chopsticks, and in his spare time, he would smile and point out a few words with a few kitchen helpers, and a group of kitchen workers kept nodding.

"Bring the spiced leaves!"

A moment of time almost passed, Chen Xu felt that the loach was almost stewed, and instructed the kitchen to put the cleaned fresh five-spice leaves into the clay pot and cover the lid to continue simmering, and soon a more attractive fragrance emanated, and a group of servants who seduced again swallowed their saliva.

"Sister-in-law, is it okay to eat!" Jiang Chuxing, who was standing outside the kitchen, couldn't hold back any longer, squeezed to Chen Xu's side, stared at the cauldron and clay pot, and licked his mouth and said.

"Brother, wait a minute......"

Chen Xu lifted the lid of the cauldron, looked at the crab that had almost dried up the soup inside, picked up half of it with chopsticks and tasted it, then closed his eyes slightly and nodded: "Well, it tastes good, this lake crab is fat and delicate, and it is indeed delicious to make a spicy crab in a dry pot, uncle come and taste it!" ”

"Good!" Jiang Chuxing couldn't wait to pick up a pair of chopsticks, and also picked up half a crab from the pot, clicked down, and suddenly his eyes widened, and he shouted loudly: "Hmm...... It's delicious, delicious and delicious...... It was so delicious......"

"Goo Dong ~ Goo Dong ~"

The two of them tasted in the kitchen, and a group of servants began to swallow saliva collectively again, and even Jiang Beiting couldn't help but shake his Adam's apple a few times, feeling that he was almost hungry.

"Husband, this lake crab made by my uncle smells really fragrant...... Qiu Shi grabbed Jiang Beiting's arm and whispered.

"Hehe, that's natural, the husband that the old man found for Yue'er is not an ordinary person!" Jiang Beiting was already about to take the fake show he arranged seriously at this time.

"Alright, ready to eat!"

In the sound of people swallowing saliva all over the yard, Chen Xu dropped the chopsticks after eating the crab and tasting a piece of lotus root, so several kitchen workers hurriedly got busy.

Soon, a pot of spicy crab in a dry pot and a pot of stewed loach with spice were brought into the dining room and placed on the table, and several servants also brought the boiled rice and other seasonal vegetables to the table, and the dishes and chopsticks were carefully arranged.

After being busy for nearly an hour, Chen Xu finally completed the task, took off his coat and hat, washed his hands and came to the restaurant, and the Jiangbei Pavilion family was already ready to sit down together.

"Go and fetch the red wine, since there is such a delicacy, the old man wants to have a few drinks with the virtuous son-in-law!" Jiang Beiting happily instructed the maid to bring over the red wine that had been treasured for a long time, and personally poured a glass of red wine for Chen Xu.

"Uncle Yue is polite!" Since it was acting, Chen Xu still decided to finish the play according to the script of Jiangbei Pavilion's family, stood up and saluted Jiangbei Pavilion respectfully.

"Haha, don't use so much courtesy!" Jiang Beiting glanced at his daughter happily, and then handed the wine bottle in his hand to Jiang Chuxing.

Looking at Chen Xu's appearance, he doesn't seem to have any dislike for his daughter, and his daughter has changed a lot in the past three years, and she is no longer the rude and willful appearance she used to have, maybe this time she has the opportunity to make the fake show real.

Do you want to get Qinghehou drunk tonight, and then ......

As soon as he thought of this, Jiang Beiting's heart suddenly became excited.

His daughter's marriage is now a thorn in his heart, as he gets older, although he grows older and more handsome, but his personality is becoming more and more taciturn, taking the opportunity to cook raw rice into mature rice, according to his understanding of Chen Xu, it is also very possible to marry his daughter back, and it is not extravagant to be a flat wife, even if she is a concubine, it is better than not being able to marry like this, because if she continues to stay at home like this, her daughter will definitely become a laughing stock between princes and princesses.

"Come, the virtuous son-in-law is coming from afar, first drink a cup to wash the dust for the virtuous son-in-law!" Jiang Beiting's face was slightly treacherous, but there was apprehension and helplessness in the treacherousness.

"Uncle Yue, please~" Chen Xu didn't care, picked up the wine glass and drank it all, then picked up the chopsticks and began to gobble up.

This way from Xianyang to eat and sleep, although it is said that accompanying the emperor on the parade is the supreme glory, but it is indeed hard, the tour seems to be leisurely, but it is not good to eat and sleep, everyone has almost lost weight for more than a month, Chen Xu is the same, I feel that the beard on my chin has grown a little, and it is not so smooth to the touch.

Lao Tzu is only eighteen years old, do you want to grow a beard, well, it seems that you have to get the razor out after you go back, your ideal is to be a little white face for a lifetime, how can you grow a big beard, not to mention that it is inconvenient to eat and eat, and it is inconvenient to kiss a few wives.

At present, Chen Xu is ready to throw off his arms and make up for the hard work of more than a month.

"Sister-in-law, I will give you a drink!" I don't know if it was because of Jiang Beiting's hint, Chen Xu hadn't finished eating a loach, Jiang Chuxing raised his glass.

"Uncle, please!" Chen Xu could only raise his glass.

"Uncle has been driving all the way from afar, this red wine has the effect of nourishing qi and nourishing blood, and the woman also toasts you!" As soon as Chen Xu put down the wine glass and began to nibble on a crab, Qiu Shi also held the wine glass with both hands.

"Ah, thank you, mother-in-law!" Chen Xu had no choice but to quickly put down the crab and drink.

"Xu Lang came to visit from afar, Chu Yue is grateful, please drink a full lamp as a concubine to catch the wind for Xu Lang!" Jiang Chuyue stood up with red cheeks, holding wine in both hands, and a pair of beautiful eyes looked at Chen Xu as always, as if she was afraid that Chen Xu would run away in the blink of an eye.

"Oh, thank you Sanniang, please!" Chen Xu had no choice but to raise his head again and drink it all.

Loach Chen Xu has not eaten after crossing over, although he knows that this thing is delicious and replenishes the body, but Xianyang does not grow loaches and eels very much, and there is no chance to eat it, since I met it on the road today, I suddenly came to the interest, and bought back this big pot has six or seven catties, which is simply stewed with ginger, shallots, garlic peppers and spiced leaves, but it is very delicious, the meat is delicate and the soup is fragrant, much more fatty than the loaches dug in the farmland ditch in my hometown before, and there is no muddy smell, it is very delicious.

As for the spicy crab in the dry pot, not to mention the crabs growing in this big lake, the crab meat and crab roe are also very rich, and after they are done, they are not like those small river crabs caught in Xiaohe Village and Xianyang are shriveled, and the juice drips down in one bite, which is not an ordinary enjoyment.

These two dishes are not said to be the first time that Chen Xu has crossed over to eat, and the Jiangbei Pavilion family has never tasted this delicacy, so several people drank while eating, and also talked about some interesting stories about the emperor's parade and Pei County, most of the time Chen Xu and Jiang Beiting were talking, Jiang Chuxing occasionally interjected a few words, Qiu basically accompanied the meal without talking, and Jiang Chuyue almost never shifted the direction with a pair of big eyes, whether it was eating or drinking.

Alas~! Jiang Beiting saw it in his eyes, and could only persuade Chen Xu to drink while constantly sighing in his heart, hoping to spoil his daughter a few times after getting him drunk, and then the depression in his heart.

And Jiang Chuxing seemed to be more diligent than his father, every time he ate a few bites of food, he had to have a cup with Chen Xu, and the cups were staggered, and soon the three men drank a full six bottles of wine, Jiang Beiting's face was already red and shaky, and he began to speak unfavorably.

Jiang Chuxing is young, strong, and much more resistant, although his face is also red, he is still full of interest.

And although Chen Xu was also slightly drunk, Chen Yiyi's amount of wine was not comparable to these ancient people who were somewhat allergic to alcohol, three or four bottles of wine were in his stomach, and he still continued to attack the crabs and loaches with his face as usual, and the bones and crabs piled up in front of him were a lot of shells, and like red wine, almost half of them fell into his belly.

Half an hour later, there was still most of the vegetables left on the table, but a pot of loaches and a pot of spicy crabs had bottomed out, Chen Xu was basically full of wine and food, and Jiang Beiting couldn't shake the five mysteries and three words that Jiang Beiting had already drunk.

"Uncle, it seems that my father-in-law is already drunk, so let's help him go to the bedroom to rest first!" Chen Xu saw that Jiangbei Pavilion was about to get under the table, and couldn't help but remind him.

"Xing'er accompanies my uncle, I'll send my master to the bedroom!" Qiu stood up and ordered a few maids to leave with Jiangbei Pavilion.

"My sister-in-law sits down for a while, it's convenient to go!" Jiang Chuxing was also dizzy from drinking, and staggered to get up and go out to pee.

There were only two people left in the room.

Facing Jiang Chuyue's straight eyes, Chen Xu touched his cheek and said, "Why does Miss Chuyue keep looking at me like this today?" ”

"I haven't seen him for three years, Xu Lang hasn't changed much, and he is still different from ordinary people!" Jiang Chuyue said softly with a flush on her cheeks.

"Miss Chu Yue, this arrangement is just a scene, you still call my name when no one is around, it's more convenient?" Chen Xu said embarrassedly.

"Do you want to make a scene...... Jiang Chuyue's body shook slightly, and then slowly stood up and saluted, "Chu Yue is not strong enough to drink and go to rest first, you ...... You've been tired all the way, and you're going to rest early! ”

"Miss Chu Yue, please!" Chen Xu nodded, watched Jiang Chuyue leave the restaurant, and then let out a long breath and leaned back on the back of the chair in a daze.

Jiang Beiting's arrangement can be said to make him extremely surprised, although he also thought that he might meet Jiang Chuyue on the way here, but he definitely didn't guess that there would be such an embarrassing thing for him.

I thought that when I came to see Jiang Chuyue this time, she was still the same rude and willful little girl who would roll her eyes and even draw her sword when she saw him, but she didn't expect to see something completely different, Jiang Chuyue would change so much, not only did she become much more beautiful, but her temperament was also quiet and gentle.

"Maybe it's because my current identity is different, right?"

Chen Xu could only comfort himself in his heart like this, maybe when he left or where there was no one, Jiang Chuyue would still be the same Jiang Chuyue.

Even Chen Xu had a little regret.

found that I missed the hot-tempered little girl very much.

Because of Jiang Chuyue's huge change, he had an indescribable feeling, and his heart was slightly tingling, as if he had lost his soul.

For Jiang Chuyue, Chen Xu actually didn't have much direct contact, and there were only seven or eight times before and after, the first time was selling big snakes in Qinghe Town, and he was rolled his eyes when he first met, the second time he was kicked in the face in Xiaohe Village, the third time was he stayed at Jiangbei Ting's house in Pheasant County, and was seen naked, and then he almost fought, the fourth time was in Wancheng Qinghe Store was chopped with ink, and the last time they met was to harvest wheat in Qinghe Town, that time I felt that Jiang Chuyue began to have a huge change, but the two have never met since that time, Chen Xu definitely doesn't like Jiang Chuyue, but she definitely can't say that she hates it, after all, she was still a little girl from a noble family at that time, and the identities of the two were one in the sky and one in the ground, and the Jiang family's power and status were definitely not something he could cling to.

Jiang Beiting also had the intention of recruiting him as his son-in-law, but Chen Xu, such a rude little girl, didn't bother to deal with it at all, not to mention that when he met Shui Qingrou later, this thought was even more indifferent.

Wancheng said goodbye from then on, and the two never met again.

"Hey, why is there only one sister-in-law, Sanniang?" Jiang Chuxing, who came back after peeing, staggered at the empty restaurant and sat down to ask suspiciously.

"Miss Chu Yue went back to the room to rest, Brother Jiang, you and I are not outsiders, this time it's just a show, don't call me my sister-in-law, call me by my name!" Chen Xu smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"Uh~" Jiang Chuxing also smiled bitterly and nodded, "Master Hou, today's matter is arranged in a hurry, please forgive me if you don't take care of it, you don't have to take Sanniang's matter to heart, she won't think much about it!" ”

"That's good, I'm tired of traveling these days, I'm going to wash and rest, and tomorrow I'll want Brother Jiang to help me be a guide and have a good tour of Pei County and the scenery of Dahu!" Chen Xu stood up and said with a smile.

Jiang Chuxing had no choice but to stand up and call the maid to take Chen Xu to wash and rest.