Chapter Eighty-Five: Boiling Soup
When he approached Zi, there was the sound of firecrackers in his ears, and Baili Mo had already brought fireworks, just waiting for the moment of Zishi, so that the fireworks would bloom in the air.
Tonight's night is dark, only a little starlight, under the eaves, watching the fireworks explode in the air, illuminating this small world.
Tonight's New Year's vigil, the deeper the night, the more lively the valley becomes, the old and young alternately draw wine fists, carry out drinking orders, and not let one go.
Looking at this posture, it is not impossible to reach the brightness overnight, and Gu Qingyan has yawned again and again before he is ugly.
Turning his head to look at his mother and master, although they didn't say anything, they were also a little tired.
Gu Qingyan walked over and whispered, "Mother, Master, I'll help you go down to rest." ”
Yun Luan nodded: "It's okay." ”
Saying that, the three of them quietly left the table, and they didn't say a word to Xu Shaolin and them, for fear of disturbing everyone's interest.
The Pure Heart Courtyard was the closest, and the three of them went to Gu Qingyan Pure Heart Courtyard to rest, Gu Qingyan and Yun Luan stuck to the same bed again, Qianhuayu smiled, and went to sleep in the east wing.
The child with his mother by his side always looks a little delicate and precious, Gu Qingyan approached Yun Luan's arms and closed his eyes.
Yun Luan didn't say anything, but still gently patted her back like when she was a child and coaxed Gu Qingyan to sleep, and fell asleep together.
In the early morning of the next day, Gu Qingyan woke up, turned over and saw his mother beside him, naturally smiled slightly, turned his head to look outside, and a ray of sunlight had already sprinkled on the soft couch opposite.
The love of sleep is really not unique to her Gu Qingyan.
Lie quietly on the bed and breathe softly, as if you can smell the warmth in the air.
Sensing that there was movement beside her, Gu Qingyan turned her head and saw her mother wake up, and the mother and daughter looked at each other and smiled.
"Did you sleep well?" Yun Luan asked Gu Qingyan.
Gu Qingyan nodded, although she loved to sleep in the past, she could sleep lightly, and she could wake up immediately at the slightest movement, so it was not a sound sleep.
I did have a good night's sleep last night. The mother and daughter got up, and the thousand flower feathers outside had already ended, and she had maintained this habit for many years.
Seeing Yun Luan and her two come out, she didn't ask anything else, and directly sent a hidden weapon to them, Gu Qingyan's originally soft eyes became sharp in an instant, turned over and kicked, and kicked the hidden weapon to the side.
Knowing that this was the master trying her, she was on tiptoe, and went up to meet Qianhua Yu, and with a flick of her middle finger and thumb in her sleeve, a small pebble retaliated towards Qianhua Yu.
Yun Luan sat down under the railing, put on his cloak, and watched the battle quietly.
Gu Qingyan and Qianhuayu showed their skills in the courtyard. Fortunately, there is a large open space in the middle of Gu Qingyan's Pure Heart Courtyard, which is enough for the master and apprentice to toss back and forth a few times without hindering the people working next to them.
After about a dozen rounds, the two did not give in to each other, and each blocked the opponent's move with their bare hands, and they were deadlocked for a while, and each of them collected their strength.
Gu Qingyan clenched his fists: "Master agreed." ”
Qianhuayu said: "I have made a lot of progress. ”
Qianhuayu said, and unconsciously moved her wrist, she used to compete with Gu Qingyan, she didn't have to make any effort, this has been nearly two years, and I don't know if she is old, or if this girl has suddenly advanced by leaps and bounds.
After the move, it was a little difficult for her to parry, but she knew that Gu Qingyan had not used all her strength against her.
"Mother, I want to go to Shimen today." Gu Qingyan also returned to Yun Luan's side.
The three of them entered the house together, after all, it was still a little warmer in the house.
"Go ahead."
Yun Luan knew that Gu Qingyan would spend time with everyone in Shimen on the first day of the new year, but he didn't say anything, and after chatting for a while, he asked Gu Qingyan to go to Shimen.
As soon as Gu Qingyan entered the stone gate, there were guards in front of the door, and when he walked inside, everything was quiet, and the people in the small kitchen of the stone gate were cleaning up in the big open space, and the crooked wine jar could be seen last night.
"Master." Someone passed by Gu Qingyan and greeted him, and when he saw Gu Qingyan put back his mask today, he was a little disappointed.
After all, the fact that the four girls appeared in the Peach Blossom Stream yesterday has spread all over the valley, and they still hope to be lucky enough to see Gu Qingyan's true face.
Gu Qingyan didn't stay too long to prevent them from cleaning up, tiptoed, and went to the other side of the room. Eighty percent of these people only went back to their rooms to sleep when they saw the dawn.
Without disturbing their good dreams, they planned to go back to their rooms first, but when they walked to the door and looked back, they shook their heads helplessly, and turned towards the small kitchen.
When the people in the small kitchen saw Gu Qingyan coming, they heard her say, "Do you still have a medicine bag for hangover?" ”
"Yes." After speaking, he went to the cabinet, opened the cabinet door, and Gu Qingyan walked over.
"You are busy with your own, leave me alone." Gu Qingyan looked at the various dishes, plates, and cups in front of them, and let them work with peace of mind.
With Gu Qingyan's instructions, the kitchen people had no choice but to continue to go back to their own work, leaving the space to Gu Qingyan.
Gu Qingyan is not a person who does not touch the spring water with her fingers, she doesn't know how to make big dishes, she can still boil a soup and cook a medicine.
The pot used to cook the medicine, the fire was boiled by the kitchen people for her, put water on it, put the medicine bag, sat next to it, and waited for the pot of decanting soup to boil.
I don't know how long it took, Dong Xin walked into the kitchen, he woke up early, remembered that there were sobering herbs in the kitchen, so he wanted to come over and make soup for his brothers.
The moment he saw Gu Qingyan, Dong Xin stopped, thinking that he hadn't woken up, so he rubbed his eyes easily and tried to open his eyes.
I was sure that I saw Gu Qingyan pouring out the decoction with a large medicine jar, his hands were still trembling slightly, and his brows wrinkled unconsciously because of the gravity felt by his wrists.
Gu Qingyan had already poured several bowls in front of him, and what he poured in front of him should be the third time of this medicine. The medicine jar was already sinking, coupled with the soup and water inside, Gu Qingyan's hands were not very strong, and the fight always relied only on skill.
After tossing these few times, it is inevitable that the hands will be strained. I spilled a little in the bowl, put down the medicine jar and shook my wrist.
Seeing this, Dong Xin took three steps and made two steps, and hurriedly helped Gu Qingyan catch the medicine jar: "Master." ”
Gu Qingyan raised his head and said, "Wake up?" This is all for you, I don't know how many people need it, so I will press more first. ”
At this time, Gu Qingyan was only taking care of his friends, and he didn't treat them as subordinates at all.
There was guilt in Dong Xin's tone, and he said: "Master, you just tell us to do these things, why do it yourself." ”
Gu Qingyan said with a smile: "I'm afraid that you won't wake up completely, so I'll turn around and light this." Besides, they're also busy cleaning up the mess you had last night. ”
Dong Xin finished pouring the medicine and scratched his head embarrassedly.
Gu Qingyan asked, "You didn't reunite with the nurse yesterday?" "Dong Xin is Shen Sanniang's biological son.
"It's gathered, and when it's over, my mother sleeps, and my subordinates come back." So he can wake up a little earlier, and when he came back yesterday, this stone gate is very lively.
"That's good. You go and call a few people to come and bring these firsts over, and I'll change to the second pair and continue to boil. Gu Qingyan pointed to the bowls of decoction on the table.
Dong Xin nodded in agreement, walked out of the small kitchen, and hurried back to call someone.
Holly and Dongsheng didn't wake up long ago, and they were still sitting on the bed in a daze, as soon as Dongxin came in, he directly picked up his collar and was about to lift it out.
"What's going on?" Holly broke free and asked Dongxin.
Dong Xin said with a wry smile: "The master is boiling sobering soup for us in the small kitchen, what do you say." ”
This sentence really woke up a room of people completely, and by the way, the four of them who walked to the door heard it, and before anyone else could react, Beiming disappeared like a gust of wind.
The people in the house also quickly got dressed, and they all left the house, and it didn't take long for the small kitchen to be occupied by these people.
Gu Qingyan looked at the eyes that suddenly became dark, and when he raised his eyes, he saw that these people were standing outside the door, and Beiming came in, and he didn't know what to say.
Gu Qingyan couldn't cry or laugh, and said, "Why are you stunned, didn't you come here to drink sobering soup?" ”
"Also, don't come all over here, how do you make the kitchenette work?"
"Master, this..."Before Bei Ming finished speaking, Gu Qingyan waved his hand: "It's a big holiday, there are not so many false courtesies, if you don't sober up, I should consider whether I want to ask you to continue tonight." ”
Gu Qingyan said this, if these big men are still awkward, Gu Qingyan will feel angry, Beiming understands this.
He let go and beckoned Holly and a few people to come over: "Let's take it back to the brothers, leave a few people here to help clean up in the kitchen, and Dongxin decanting soup will be handed over to you." ”
After some instructions, Gu Qingyan smiled with satisfaction, which allowed Dong Xin to take over and go back with Beiming and laughing.
When they returned to the compound, everyone did not go back to the house, but set up a table, moved the stove out, and put all the cattails, horse hangers, and dice on the table.
Gu Qingyan also didn't care about anything else, and then started playing, and the three of Dongli, Nanke, and Xiduel were also detained by Gu Qingyan, saying that Xu Shaolin and they had nothing to do, and they didn't have to be with them every day.
Anyway, with Gu Qingyan here, the three of them looked at each other and smiled, so they stayed.
While playing and making trouble, he also talked about the interesting story between them drinking yesterday, which also made Gu Qingyan feel good, and his luck was smooth when he played the horse hanging, and he won a few games in a row, making several other people cry out to be replaced.
Gu Qingyan simply replaced someone else, and played with Dongli and a few of them.
The small kitchen was cleaned up quickly because of the addition of manpower, and now that the smoke is rising, I have begun to prepare for tonight's big meal.
Dong Xin ordered some wine, the consumption yesterday was too big, and there was not much left today, so he went to ask Gu Qingyan for a token, and went to the warehouse in the valley with Dong Li to move wine.
Xu Shaolin and the others woke up and were not idle, the three of them wanted to find Gu Qingyan to play in Qiwu Courtyard together, but they did run into Yunluan and Qianhuayu and said that Gu Qingyan had gone to Shimen.
These people instantly felt that they were left out, so they could only go back to Qiwu Courtyard and play by themselves. Now in the room, I heard a report from the next person, saying that Dongli Gongzi and Dong Xin were carrying wine in the warehouse with the tokens of the four girls.
Xu Shaolin nodded in acquiescence, and Bailimo quipped: "Look, as soon as you enter the stone gate, the three under our hands are all his people." ”
"Well, each other."
"Do you know what the four girls are doing in Shimen?" Zong Yue asked the next person.
The subordinate replied: "Back to the second master, I heard that the four girls were playing horse hanging, calamus, and dice with everyone in Shimen. ”
"Go and call the East Fence." Xu Shaolin listened to that and said.
The subordinate retreated first, trotted to the storehouse, and told the lord of the East Fence Valley to call him.
Dong Li didn't say a word, and went back to Qiwu Courtyard first: "See the master, the second master, the third master." ”
"How is the luck of the fourth girl in Shimen?" Xu Shaolin asked.
Dongli didn't expect Xu Shaolin to ask him this, but when he thought of Gu Qingyan's luck, the tone of his reply was a little relaxed and happy.
"The four girls have excellent luck, and their subordinates all won everyone before they came out."
After speaking, I didn't forget to look at the three people in the house, well, compared to the stone gate, this place is really much more deserted.
Xu Shaolin exhaled, turned around and went to the back room, and when he came out, he held a box in his hand, handed it to Dongli and said, "Give it to the fourth girl, she naturally understands." ”
"Yes."
"Go ahead."
"Wait." Bai Limo said loudly, "Tell Xidu, don't come back in a hurry, he can just come back when Beiming returns to the fourth girl." ”
"Nan Ke is the same."
"So do you."
"Yes, the subordinates will treat Nan Kexi and thank the valley master, Xie Second Master, Xie Third Master."
"Go quickly, lest the fourth girl come out and ask me for someone in person." Xu Shaolin said and let Dongli go back to Shimen.