The stove in the kitchen is burning, making the room extraordinarily warm, the board is sprinkled with flour, Su Niang kneaded the dough into round strips, and then cut it into small balls with a knife, the bracelet next to it held a small rolling pin in his hand, and quickly flattened and rolled the dough into a dumpling skin, Aunt Wang sat next to the board, holding chopsticks in her right hand and putting some dumpling filling on the skin, her hands were put together and then let go, and a white and chubby dumpling was completed.

Two days ago on the winter solstice, the family ate dumplings according to the habit brought from the north, and the dumpling filling was a little too much, and the winter solstice day could not be eaten at all, although it was cold now, but it would be sour after a long time, so at noon today, Aunt Wang decided to wrap dumplings again and eat the rest of the filling.

"I'm going to eat dumplings again, I'm here to help!" At this time, Zhou Zhong opened the curtain of the kitchen door and came in, and when he saw the busy Aunt Wang, the three of them smiled, and after speaking, he pulled up his sleeves and stepped forward to wash his hands and help.

"How can you be a big man doing these jobs all the time, go and sit in the house and wait, and I'll bring it to you when it's done!" Aunt Wang stopped him and said, she has always insisted that the kitchen is not a place where men should enter, because she thinks that men who enter the kitchen are not promising, and Zhou Zhong is a person who wants to study and become an official in the future, how can he go to the kitchen every day to cook? Although she also likes to eat the dishes that Zhou remakes.

Zhou Zhong didn't care and said: "It's okay, making dumplings requires a little more people to be interesting, everyone chatting while making dumplings, this is like a family." ”

However, as soon as Zhou Chong's words fell, Su Niang in front of the board smiled and said: "The young master's words are indeed reasonable, but you are the head of the family, and there are several women like us in the family, if you even let the young master do this kind of thing, then what do you want us women to do?" ”

After a few days of getting along, Su Niang has become familiar with the Zhou Mansion, no longer as restrained as when she first came, and she dares to speak when she sees Zhou Chong. It wasn't until this time that Zhou Zhong discovered that Su Niang was also a person who could speak well, and every sentence could get to the point, which was impossible to refute.

"Well, brother, you better go and accompany the little sister, we are here!" Bang'er also spoke at this time, and turned her head to smile at Zhou Chongyan after speaking.

Seeing that the three of them didn't want to let him help, Zhou Chong had no choice but to shake his head and go out of the kitchen, and as soon as he entered Aunt Wang's house, he was happy to play with Duo'er when he saw him, and immediately went to the bedroom again in fright, but Duo'er cheered, rushed over and threw himself into Zhou Chong's arms, shouting for him to play with him.

Coaxing children has always been Zhou Chong's good at fun, just when he was playing happily with Duo'er, he suddenly heard a heavy footsteps in the yard, and then Steward Xu opened the door curtain and came in, and saw Zhou Chong and said: "Young master, Miss Xie came to visit the eldest lady, and now she is waiting in the warm pavilion in the front hall, do you think you invite her to come to the inner house?" ”

Generally speaking, if the guests come to visit, they will receive them in the front hall, but Xie Lingyun is a woman, and she is named to visit Bang'er, which is equivalent to walking between girlfriends, which is not a formal visit.

"Well, I'll go and ask Bang'er to change her clothes, and then go with me to see each other!" Zhou Zhong immediately said after hearing this, although the other party said that he was coming to visit Bang'er, but with his understanding of Xie Lingyun, this Miss Xie would definitely not just come to find Bang'er!

When Bang'er heard Xie Lingyun's visit, she was also very happy, since the family business failed, among the sisters she had dated before, Xie Lingyun was the first person to take the initiative to visit, and the last rouge also moved Bang'er very much, and she already regarded Xie Lingyun as her best sister in her heart.

Soon Bang'er changed his clothes, and then rushed to the warm pavilion in the front hall with the gift that Zhou Zhong prepared for Xie Lingyun, Zhou Zhong couldn't catch up with him behind, when he arrived at the warm pavilion, before he entered, he heard the cheerful voice of Bang'er coming from inside: "The soap and glycerin are made by my brother himself, and the whole process is like a fairy's magic, and I can't figure out the truth until now......"

Hearing Bang'er's words, Zhou Zhong smiled, he wanted to teach Bang'er, but unfortunately the other party didn't have any chemical foundation, and if he wanted to understand the principle of saponification reaction, it was not something that could be explained in three or two sentences.

Zhou Zhong raised his legs and entered the warm pavilion, and just saw Bang Er and Xie Lingyun sitting on both sides of a coffee table, the little maid abacus standing behind Xie Lingyun, when he saw Zhou Zhong coming in, he glared at him fiercely for some reason?

The gift box on the table had been opened, and the soap and glycerin inside had also been taken out, and it seemed that the bracelet had already introduced these two things to Xie Lingyun. Among them, Xie Lingyun's palm gently stroked Bang'er's cheek, feeling the difference between the skin that had used soap and glycerin, and Bang'er desperately praised his brother for his ability in front of the other party.

"Miss Xie's arrival is really making the humble house shine, and Zhou is really rude and rude!" Zhou Zhong came in and bowed his hand to Xie Lingyun. For this scheming woman with a city government, Zhou Zhong can't talk about likes and dislikes for her, but instinctively doesn't want to deal with the other party too much, so as not to suffer, but the usual etiquette is very thoughtful.

Seeing Zhou Chong coming in, Xie Lingyun looked at Zhou Chong with a strange gaze, to be precise, it should be a little curious in the scrutiny, because she really didn't expect that in addition to writing novels, Zhou Chong would also make things like soap and glycerin.

"Zhou Gongzi is really a hidden master, soap and glycerin are two things that the little woman has never heard of, but the effect is surprising, I don't know where Gongzi learned this manufacturing method?" Xie Lingyun looked at Zhou Zhong for a while, and then smiled and said.

"Ha Luha, soap and glycerin are just small gifts made by Zhou by chance on a flash of inspiration, I really don't deserve such praise from Miss Xie!" Zhou Zhong said that soap is one of the killer tools he is ready to accumulate funds, and of course it is impossible to leak too much information.

"Oh, it turned out that Zhou Gongzi came up with it himself, which really made the little girl admire!" The corners of Xie Lingyun's mouth were slightly raised, and there was a bit of incomprehensible smile in the corners of her eyes, and then she turned her head to Bang'er next to her and said, "Sister Bang'er, it's noon now, my sister ran all morning today, and I haven't even eaten breakfast so far, I don't know if you would like to leave me in the house to eat?" ”

Bang'er was obviously stunned when she heard this, she already regarded Xie Lingyun as her best sister in her heart, and it was naturally no problem to leave the other party to eat, but she didn't know in advance that Xie Lingyun was coming, and there were only some dumplings in the house, plus it was already noon, so she didn't have time to prepare other meals, if she only took dumplings to entertain guests, wouldn't it be too shabby?

Bang'er is still young, and she has suffered a big change in her family, which makes her self-esteem extremely sensitive, so she thinks more about some things, compared to Zhou Chong, she doesn't have so many scruples, and when she heard Xie Lingyun actually offered to eat in the house, she immediately took it and said: "Miss Xie is willing to stay in the house to eat, Zhou is naturally very welcome, but now the people in the house are scattered, and they don't prepare other dishes, but the aunt and they made some dumplings, if Miss Xie doesn't dislike it, please eat in the backyard!" ”

Xie Lingyun saw Zhou Da generously admit the predicament of the Zhou Mansion, and did not show any self-ashamed expression, and his evaluation of Zhou Zhong in his heart was a few points higher. I saw a little wry smile on her face: "Lingyun is not a delicate and expensive eldest lady, as the only daughter of the Xie family, in order to manage the family's business, Lingyun comes and goes in the wind and rain every day, and she doesn't know where to eat her next meal, and even a lot of time is too late to eat, she can only eat a few snacks in the car to satisfy her hunger, if she can, Lingyun also hopes to be like Sister Bang'er, there is a good brother who can shelter her from the wind and rain!" ”

When it comes to the most reluctant, Xie Lingyun looked at the bracelet in her eyes, and rarely showed a feeling of envy, no matter how capable she is, but she is also a woman, and the heavy responsibility of the family should not be shouldered by her, but unfortunately there is no brother and brother in the family, Xie Lingyun has no choice at all.

It was also the first time for Bang'er to hear Xie Lingyun complain, and she was also very sympathetic at the moment, and she was also glad that she had a good brother. However, Zhou Zhong was surprised, because in his impression, Xie Lingyun was not like a person who easily showed his feelings, and now the other party suddenly changed his previous cold personality and complained in front of him and Bang'er, which was obviously very abnormal.

Since Xie Lingyun wanted to stay to eat, Zhou Chong couldn't really let the other party only eat dumplings, at that moment he and Bang'er took Xie Lingyun back to Aunt Wang's courtyard in the inner house, and then Bang'er accompanied her to chat, and Zhou Zhong asked Aunt Wang and Su Niang to prepare a few more dishes, and Aunt Wang and Bang'er sat with them during the meal.

After eating, Bang'er chatted with Xie Lingyun, and Zhou Chong returned to his room and took out the manuscript of Jin Zhumei to sort it out, because he could conclude that Xie Lingyun would definitely come to him to look at the manuscript of the new book. Thinking of Xie Lingyun's reaction when he saw the Golden Bottle Plum, Zhou Zhong couldn't help but show a dirty smile.

Sure enough, Xie Lingyun didn't let Zhou Chong wait too long, and half an hour later, Bang'er took Xie Lingyun to Zhou Chong's place, still followed by the little maid's abacus. I saw Xie Lingyun enter the room and take a look, when she saw that there was no furniture in the room except for the table, chairs, and the stove for making a fire, she was also very surprised, she didn't expect Zhou Chong to write such a sensational novel as Journey to the West in such a humble place.