Boil water, boil water, boil water, boil water three times in a row, Li Xiu just got enough bucket of bath water, which made him suddenly remember that he is not bad for money now, he accounts for half of the income from bean sprouts, and there will be income from greenhouse vegetables in the future, these are all huge profits, so should he also buy a few maids to corrupt it, there is no need to warm the bed, at least someone boils water when taking a bath!

"Hmm~, Shutan!" Li Xiu jumped into the bathtub, feeling the feeling of being surrounded by hot water, and couldn't help moaning at the moment, what could be more comfortable than taking a hot bath on this cold day?

"Woo woo woo~" At this time, Xiao San jumped his feet and wanted to jump into the bucket, but even if his four little short legs stood up, they were much shorter than the bath bucket, so anxious that it kept barking, but Li Xiu didn't plan to wash it with it, this little guy didn't stop at home all the time, even if he had just washed it today, and now it was very dirty, so let's wash it alone for a while.

After taking a bath, Li Xiu took out the borrowed pancreas, and then applied them all over his body, but he found that the effect of this thing was not very good, it did not foam on his body, and his decontamination ability was also very average, and he didn't know if there was a better pancreas in Chang'an City?

After taking a bath, Li Xiu washed Xiao San with the pancreas again, especially the dirty things under his neck, which were finally washed after he washed three times, and half of the pancreas was used, but this pancreas was originally only the size of a baby's fist, and the decontamination effect was not good, so it was used a little too much, and it was estimated that it was enough to use it once.

The next day, Li Xiu put on new clothes and went out, according to yesterday's agreement to celebrate Ma Ye's birthday, if someone else said not to bring a gift, it may be polite, if you really don't bring it, it will be a bit rude, but Ma Ye said that he is not allowed to bring gifts, then don't bring it, Li Xiu has already figured out Ma Ye's temper.

At that moment, Li Xiu walked out of the house, because it was a birthday celebration, so he wanted to let Xiao San stay at home, but he didn't expect this little guy to get used to going out with him during this time, no matter where he went, Xiao San had to follow, so he couldn't drive it away, so he finally coaxed it into the door, and waited until Li Xiu closed the door, but this little guy actually got out of the crack in the wall, saying that Li Xiu's home is indeed relatively broken, and it is time to build a new house.

couldn't get rid of Xiao San, Li Xiu was also very helpless, at this time Xiao San squatted on the ground, two big black eyes stared at him cutely, and the little tail kept shaking, which made Li Xiu a little unbearable, and finally had to take it with him.

A person and a dog came to the princess's courtyard with a familiar car, and the seventh was already waiting for him at the gate of the courtyard, but as soon as they met, the old seven, who had always cherished words like gold, suddenly said an inexplicable word: "Drink more water!" ”

"What...... What to drink water? Li Xiu was also stunned for a moment before he reacted and said, the time to know Lao Qi is not short, but this is the first time that the other party has taken the initiative to talk to him.

However, after Lao Qi said the above words, he immediately returned to his cool man's nature, and did not answer Li Xiu's words, turned around and took him to Ma Ye. When Li Xiu entered the living room, he found that Ma Ye was sitting there making tea, in this era want to drink tea is a very luxurious thing, not only the price of tea cakes is very expensive, and the procedure of making tea is also very cumbersome, so generally only on special formal occasions, and when both the host and guest have time and mood, the host will personally make tea to show respect.

"Sit!" Ma Ye nodded to Li Xiu and motioned for him to sit down, and then continued to boil tea with a serious face, now the tea cake has been ground and boiled by him in boiling water, but then Li Xiu was dumbfounded, because he saw Ma Ye throw all the onions, ginger, garlic, orange peel, mint, dates and other things into the tea soup, and finally even added a small spoon of salt and a piece of mutton fat, which made Li Xiu's scalp numb, no wonder there was a saying about tea soup in ancient times, and it was really a way to cook tea by boiling soup.

As the water boils, the green onion and ginger in the soup keep tumbling inside, and exudes a strange smell, this taste can not be described by fragrant smell, as if it is traditional Chinese medicine, it smells very uncomfortable, as for the taste, although it has not been tasted, but Li Xiu will not believe it, how good can the taste of this thing be?

The tea soup was cooked, and the thing that worried Li Xiu the most finally happened, only to see Ma Ye take out two tea bowls, put the tea soup in front of Li Xiu and said: "Boy, your luck is so good, this is the first time I have made tea for others to drink, how about you taste it?" ”

The elders gave it, and they didn't dare to resign. In Ma Ye's attentive gaze, Li Xiu had no choice but to pick up the tea bowl, but before it reached his mouth, the taste alone made him feel a little rushed to his nose, and he really didn't dare to put his mouth down, and suddenly raised the tea bowl and said to Ma Ye: "Uncle Ma, today is your birthday, my nephew is here to replace wine with tea, toast you with a cup!" ”

Good things must be learned to share, and when they are unlucky, they must also pull a cushion, not to mention that this thing is still from Ma Ye's hand, so naturally Li Xiu can't just let him drink it.

Ma Ye didn't see Li Xiu's sinister intentions, after all, it was not the first time he drank tea soup, he always thought that tea soup was originally this taste, and he also knew that Li Xiu didn't drink alcohol, so when he heard that he wanted to replace wine with tea, he didn't think much about it, he took the tea bowl and drank it all, which made Li Xiu also stunned, didn't he have a sense of taste?

Everyone drank it, Li Xiu couldn't find an excuse anymore, so he had no choice but to pick up the tea bowl and put it to his mouth, hold his breath and take a small sip, but Li Xiu was stunned all of a sudden, although this thing smelled very strange, but it tasted ......, well, the taste was even weirder! Anyway, after this small mouthful, Li Xiu has already begun to wonder if it was a mistake for him to cross over to Datang? What is the meaning of my life in these two lifetimes?

"Nephew, how does it taste?" Ma Ye asked very unknowingly.

"This tea should only be in the sky, how many times is it rare to taste it in the world?" Li Xiu praised with a clear conscience, he felt that his tongue was no longer conscious, and his eyes were a little sour.

"Hey, why are you crying?"

"Thanksgiving!"

From now on, the tea soup, like the wine, will be labeled as a fast by Li Xiu, unless he will also get the roasted tea of the later generations in the future. Fortunately, after tasting the tea, Ma Ye began to let people serve the dishes, and was washed by the taste of various dishes, and the strange smell of the tea soup finally faded a lot, which also made Li Xiu finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Because there is only one guest Li Xiu, there are not many dishes, Ma Ye has always been a practical person, but the last dish made Li Xiu a little dumbfounded, because what came up was boiled eggs, and there were more than twenty on each of the two large plates, adding up to forty or fifty, how can this be eaten?

"Decades have passed, I was also born in a poor family, but every year on my birthday, my mother always tries to boil eggs for me to eat, and eat a few eggs when I am a few years old, but unfortunately my mother died early, I can't remember what she looked like, and she didn't leave any relics, only this habit let me keep it!" At this time, Ma Ye picked up a boiled egg from the plate and said with emotion.

Mother's kindness is more important than the mountain, and it is normal for Ma Ye to think of his mother on his birthday, but then he turned his thoughts into food, peeled off the eggs and ate them one by one, and also signaled Li Xiu to help him eat too, after all, he will definitely not be able to eat forty or fifty eggs alone, and the main reason for calling Li Xiu today is to let him help him eat together.

Looking at the mountains of eggs piled up in front of him, Li Xiu once again had a feeling of wanting to cry without tears, he found that it was a mistake that he promised to come to Ma Ye's birthday banquet yesterday, first there was tea soup in the front, and then there were eggs in the back, how could this birthday banquet feel not much worse than the Hongmen banquet.

It's hard to be warm, not to mention that this is the only thought left to him by Ma Ye's mother, Li Xiu had no choice but to peel the eggs and eat them, but he choked after just eating three of them, and then he finally understood what Lao Qi meant by reminding him to drink more water before.

finally swallowed the egg yolk blocked in his throat, but at this time he suddenly thought of something, and immediately raised his head and said to Ma Ye: "Uncle Ma, what did you do when you had a birthday before, do you have to eat so many eggs alone?" ”

"Of course not, the princess and a bunch of old brothers used to be there, and everyone was very lively together when I was doing my birthday, and sometimes the eggs were not enough to eat." Ma Ye's face did not change and swallowed seven or eight eggs in a row.

"Huh? The princess isn't here, so why don't you bring those old brothers here? Li Xiu asked strangely at this time.

"Don't mention it, Li Zhongwen is dead, Xiang Shanzhi, Qiu Shili, He Panren and others have all followed the princess to fight, and I am the only one left in Chang'an, otherwise how could I be so bored that I fish every day." Ma Ye looked a little depressed at this time, and the people he said were all generals of the women's army, and they were all lifelong friends with him.

"Then why don't you go?" Li Xiu finally asked this question that he had wanted to ask for a long time, Ma Ye is the most trusted person of Princess Pingyang, and it is said that he should follow the princess to quell the rebellion.

"Look at it yourself, if Lao Tzu hadn't been injured, he would have followed the princess to kill the enemy a long time ago!" Ma Ye pulled his collar at this time, and saw that there was a scar on his right chest that had not yet grown, and he had obviously been seriously injured before.

"Why is it so badly injured?" Li Xiu was also shocked when he saw the scar on Ma Ye's chest, if he could survive such a serious injury, it would be considered Ma Ye's life.

"Last year, the Turks came to attack and were cut into a hole by a Turkic barbarian, but the other party's head was also cut off by me." Ma Ye said lightly, it seems that he is talking about a very ordinary thing, this may be the true nature of the general that others say.

"By the way, I heard that you took a piece of pancreas from me yesterday, how is it, is it easy to use?" Ma Ye seemed reluctant to talk to Li Xiu about military matters, after all, Li Xiu was not a soldier, and he had no common language with him, so he changed the topic.

"It's okay!" Li Xiu said and casually pointed to Xiao San who licked the egg shell at his feet, "Uncle Ma, look, Xiao San's body is clean, doesn't it look much cuter?" ”

"Poof~" Hearing Li Xiu's words, the egg in Ma Ye's mouth squirted out at once, and then his right hand trembled and pointed at him, and said with a sad and indignant face, "You...... You actually bathed a dog with pancreas? ”