About half an hour later, there was a mellow fragrance in the room. Wei, who was closest to the kettle, stared at the ruddy color of the kettle, and the large pieces of meat that were boiling in boiling water and shaking slightly, his face was full of incredulity. Although she is poor, she can eat meat several times a year, and there has never been a time when pork has such a rich and attractive aroma.

Webster stared at the meat in the kettle for a moment, his eyes fell on Cao Ang, and his incredible expression revealed deep doubts, wanting to ask something, but he didn't know how to speak.

Cao Ang took a deep breath twice, he had never seen such a rich fragrance, even if he had a more tempting piece of meat in his mind than what was in front of him, but it was invisible after all.

Zhang Qiang's face was weird, as if questioning, but also ashamed, very complicated, his eyes wandered back and forth between the steaming, fragrant kettle and Cao Ang, every time he glanced at the kettle that made a sound, he immediately glanced at Cao Ang, and his expression became more and more weird, and in the end, he rushed to Cao Ang, stared at him, and asked in a throat: "You tell the truth, are you from a big family, or was you originally a chef who is proficient in cooking?" ”

Cao Ang rolled his eyes and looked at Zhang Qiang amusedly. Xiao Qin'er, who was drooling greedily, suddenly rushed to Webster, pointed at the kettle with his little fingers, and called out in a milky voice: "Meat, meat." "As he spoke, he drooled, jumped and jumped, and was impatient.

Webster is angry and funny, but his heart is beautiful. Suddenly, Zhang Qiang took three steps and made two steps, picked up Xiao Qin'er, took the chopstick, and poked it into the meat with a little force. raised the crispy piece of meat in his hand, a drop of half-red oil and water dripped straight down, and looked at Xiao Qin'er with a smile.

"Father-in-law, flesh and flesh. Father-in-law, fleshy flesh. This time, there was no need to be lured by Zhang Qiang, the little thing immediately screamed, and the two little hands waved towards the piece of meat, how could the little arm be short, and the fat piece of meat was close in front of him, but it was difficult to reach.

Zhang Qiang suddenly smiled, carefully blew the meat piece, tested the temperature, and when it was not too hot, he held the chopstick and sent the meat piece to the mouth of the little thing, and the little thing immediately grabbed the meat piece with both hands, and the squirrel held the pine cone to grasp the meat piece tightly, and the small mouth went up and chewed it in a big gulp.

Zhang Qiang laughed, then squeezed his eyebrows at Wei, leaned in front of him and whispered to Wei: "You see how affectionate Xiao Qin'er calls me, if you ...... when"

Wei Shi immediately blushed, Zhou Quan's face was red, and his eyes were wide and staring at Zhang Qiang, revealing a trace of shame. Zhang Qiang's neck shrank, he laughed dryly, and hurriedly took two steps back.

Cao Ang was amused to see it on the sidelines, this guy was clearly interested in Webster, no wonder that a reckless man who was stingy and not amiable in temper would be very obedient to such a little woman as Webster. Looking at Wei's appearance, it seems that Zhang Qiang is not uninteresting, but he seems to have some scruples.

Cao Ang smiled in his heart, shook his head, and said to Wei: "Madame keep in mind this practice, a lot of meat left in the family can be concocted according to this method, and if you take it to the city, you may also be able to exchange it for some money." ”

Wei Shi was stunned and looked at Cao Ang in disbelief. The flattering smile on Zhang Qiang's face also disappeared, and he looked at Cao Ang with wide eyes, and after a short while, he gasped and asked in a deep voice, "You mean...... Teach us these skills...... To the Du family? ”

Cao Ang smiled and nodded, and said sincerely: "I am grateful to Mrs. Xiameng for taking me in. Mrs. values righteousness over wealth, slaughters the only valuable person in the family, and uses it to entertain her. ”

Merriam-Webster never seemed to have been praised like this, his face flushed, and his head bowed. Zhang Qiang laughed violently twice, suddenly reached out and patted Cao Ang on the shoulder twice, then raised his eyebrows, and asked again: "Brother, are you really a child of a big family?" ”

Cao Ang couldn't cry and laughed, nodded lightly, and thought: "I was born in the Cao family, my father was the official of the dynasty, my grandfather was the first lieutenant of the dynasty, and the uncles in the clan were mostly leading generals, and then the ancestors were also many official eunuchs, and even had a relationship with the first emperor Song and Hou, although this kind of background is not as good as the Runan Yuan family, Hongnong Yang family and other famous families, but it is much stronger than a general wealthy and powerful family. ”

Based on Cao Ang's understanding of Zhang Qiang, it is expected that he will be disappointed and even ridicule himself. Which Zhang Qiang only sighed regretfully when he heard this, and then still smiled on his face, and said to Cao Ang quite happily: "Even if you are from a big family, my old Zhang also recognizes you as a brother." ”

Cao Ang has been squeezed by him a lot in the past few days, and at this moment he finally has a glimmer of hope for relief, and suddenly nodded with a smile. Wei Shi on the side snorted coldly and said, "What is the identity of Mr. Cao, and you still need to be recognized as a brother?" It's really stinky. ”

Zhang Qiang's expression suddenly froze, and he laughed dryly. When Cao Ang saw it, he smiled secretly in his heart: "Let you run me all day long, I am favored by you, and these runs have to be born." Now this Mrs. Du has left you speechless, and she can be regarded as speaking for me. ”

Zhang Qiang smiled dryly, glancing at Cao Ang, as if signaling Wei to save him some face, Wei snorted twice, resisting the urge to continue counting. Seeing this, Cao Ang shook his hand and said: "Madame is serious, she is just an ordinary person in Xia, and she has received a lot of favors from the two. ”

Wei glanced at Zhang Qiang, who straightened his chest and grinned: "Yes, yes." You see that Brother Cao has said this, how can you know about the friendship between our men? ”

The corners of Webster's mouth hooked, but he didn't say anything more. On the ground, Xiao Qin'er cried out in a milky voice again: "Meat, meat." ”

The three of them looked at each other, and the meat in the little guy's hand was gone, and the greasy little hands reached out to the meat in the kettle. Zhang Qiang pinched his little face, looked at Cao Ang and Wei Shi again, and said, "Let's eat, I'm hungry for this fragrance." It's a pity that we don't have wine at home, otherwise we would have had a few drinks with Brother Cao. ”

Wei Shi also seemed to be a little embarrassed, lowered his head to serve the food, and when the food was ready, he was suddenly stunned, and then said with a red face: "Sir...... The food hasn't been steamed yet......"

Cao Ang and Zhang Qiang were stunned, Cao Ang waved his hand to indicate that it was okay, but Zhang Qiang said loudly: "Anyway, there is a lot of meat today, let's use meat as a meal and eat him to the fullest." ”

Cao Ang was also greedy, and he didn't object to it at the moment. Seeing this, Webster was relieved, gave bowls and chopsticks, and handed over a bowl full of red puffy square meat. The three of them buried their heads in hard work with Xiao Qin'er, and they all had a sound in their mouths.

Cao Ang eats more gentle, although the meat is extremely delicious, but it is also chewed slowly.

Zhang Qiang and Webster ate very energetically, and their eating appearance was even more ugly, and they ate the square pieces of meat in three or two bites. Cao Ang had just eaten half a bowl, and Zhang Qiang had already grabbed Wei's and his own bowl, and ran to serve the second bowl, and when he came back, he said to Wei's vigorously: "You eat more, there is more in the kettle, no need to save it." ”

Cao Ang secretly thought in his heart on the side, although Zhang Qiang's mouth is a little bad and he is very stingy, but he is very good to the people he cares about, and such a person is not very annoying at the moment.

Three or four catties of meat were quickly sold out under the ferocious offensive of the three adult gluttons, Zhang Qiang finished eating the meat in the bowl, ran over again in a hurry, and filled a bowl of generals, and when Cao Ang walked over, there was no meat in the kettle. Zhang Qiang walked back unnoticed, followed by Cao Ang. Webster was very embarrassed when he saw Zhang Qiang returning with a full load and Cao Ang's bowl empty. It's embarrassing that the guests are at home, the host has something to eat, but the guests don't.

Webster glared at Zhang Qiang and motioned for him to give the meat in the bowl to Cao Ang. Zhang Qiang grinned, didn't listen, and said to Cao Ang: "Brother Cao, we've all eaten a lot, let's keep this last bowl of meat for Xiao Qin'er to eat, this little thing is greedy, and we don't eat much, and we are not bad at this mouthful." ”

Cao Ang nodded in agreement, stopped Wei Shi, who was about to continue talking, and watched Zhang Qiang clip the meat to Xiao Qin'er piece by piece. This little thing was eating with a greasy face at this time, and its small face was made into a big flower face, and its dark and smart eyes were staring at the meat in the bowl, and its small mouth was chewing all the time.

The more Cao Ang looked at it, the more he liked it, and suddenly a thought popped up, and after thinking about it for a while, he asked Wei: "Dare to ask Madame, have you ever intended to let Xiao Qin'er learn literature and martial arts?" ”

Webster was shocked and stood up suddenly. Zhang Qiang on the side also made ordinary movements, standing up straight and staring at Cao Ang.

Wei Shi was stunned for a moment, his eyes burst with extremely bright light, and he asked Cao Ang in a trembling tone, "Sir...... Mr. is taking Xiao Qin'er as an apprentice? ”

Cao Ang didn't understand why Wei Shi was so out of shape, nodded affirmatively at the moment, and said: "Xiao Qin'er is naughty and cute, I am very happy, if Mrs. is relieved, I am willing to accept him as an apprentice." Although he can't do it in the next place, it's enough to enlighten him, and he will stay ...... In the next self, I will look for famous teachers to teach. ”

Webster thanked him with a thousand thanks, and his eyes overflowed with tears of happiness.

Zhang Qiang looked at Wei and Cao Ang, and remembered what Wei said after he and Wei came back from the Shushui River yesterday: "This person is dressed extraordinarily, although he is quite embarrassed at the moment, but looking at his fine skin and tender meat, he must be from a big family." Seeing that Xiao Qin'er was getting bigger and bigger, I couldn't afford to ask Xixi to teach. Now that we have saved this person, then we must take good care of him, and when he wakes up, I hope he can be kind and teach Xiao Qin'er a thing or two, in this way, it is bankrupt, and I am very happy. ”

At that time, Zhang Qiang strongly objected, in his opinion, the children of large families did not have a good thing, and it was normal to be ungrateful. Unexpectedly, Cao Ang not only did not have the stinky problems of the children of those big families, but was polite and gracious.

On the ground, Zhang Qiang looked at Cao Ang deeply and said, "The villain has offended a lot before, and I ask Mr. to punish him." ”

Cao Ang hurriedly helped Zhang Qiang up, looked at him sincerely, and said with a smile: "Didn't Brother Zhang recognize me as a brother?" Why is it so polite now? ”

"Hahaha......" Zhang Qiang stared at Cao Ang, seeing his sincere expression, he laughed violently, and said, "Okay, sir...... Brother looks up to me Lao Zhang like this, as long as my brother has something to tell him in the future, go up the knife mountain and go down to the sea of fire, I Lao Zhang frowns and is considered a bad seed. ”

Wei Shi looked at the two men who called him brother with a smile on his face, feeling a burst of satisfaction in his heart, and his eyes looked at Xiao Qin'er, who was still concentrating on eliminating pork, and his eyes burst out with unprecedented hope.

After a while, Cao Ang suddenly looked at Wei Shi and asked, "Madame, can you prepare some paper and pencils, and take advantage of the fact that you have nothing to do now, and want to write some enlightenment materials for Xiao Qin'er." ”

Wei and Zhang Qiang were overjoyed at first, you look at me, I look at you, they are all full of joy. Since Cao Ang is willing to write materials for Xiao Qin'er in person, it shows that he really values him and wants to teach him well. But then the two of them looked gloomy again, the surplus food at home was still insufficient, where could there be such a precious object as paper and pen, which was consumed by rich families.

"That's it, I'll go to Huang's house to borrow some and pay him back in the future." After a little silence, Zhang Qiang suddenly held his throat and said.

Cao Ang looked at him deeply when he heard this, and had a better impression of him in his heart, looked at the two of them, groaned slightly, and said: "This matter is not in a hurry, in a few days, it is better for me to go to the meeting in person, and see if I can borrow one or two classics by the way." ”