Chapter 14: Sweet Porridge
In October, guests came to the small house.
So we can see that a man and a woman sit at the stone table where the two usually play chess. The woman's cheeks were thoughtful and undecided. The male is quite patient, watching for a while and laughing for a while.
Aunt Lin boiled sweet porridge, put two servings on the table, and watched the two play against each other, secretly amazed.
Just one step away, the pawn will be a general.
"I lost." Chi Ran smiled and motioned to Aunt Lin to put the chess pieces in the box, "Pingping, what have you done these days?" ”
"Again."
Chi Ran clearly lost on purpose.
"Brother misses you, let's talk, okay?" Chi Ran stood up, walked around the chessboard, and opened his arms with an expectant expression.
I haven't seen him for a long time, Chi Ran has lost weight, and his slender fingers are thinner.
Aunt Lin sensibly took away the chess pieces and chessboard, went back to the kitchen and closed the door, the smoke rose faintly, and the smell of rice was permeated.
After waiting for a while, Ping still hugged Chi Ran's waist, which was strong but like a woman's waist.
Feeling Apple's closeness, he instantly relaxed, gently hugged his sister, patted the girl's back with one hand, and put the other hand on the back of the head, and asked, "Apple, what do you want to eat at noon today?" ”
The girl in her arms raised her head, her forehead was natural, her slightly pointed chin pressed against Chi Ran's stomach, and she replied, "Sweet porridge." ”
The two paused to hug, Ping handed him the porridge, and Chi Ran continued to laugh embarrassedly.
"I do want to drink this." Chi Ran scooped a spoonful and tasted it, the entrance was sweet and warm. The Adam's apple squirmed, and he couldn't help but scoop the second scoop.
A bowl bottomed out, Ping pushed the porridge bowl in front of her, Chi Ran shrugged, pretending to be helpless: "Okay, it's right to eat what my sister doesn't like." ”
Chi Ran likes sweet porridge, but Apple doesn't like to eat it.
"What about you? I have not answered a single question properly since I entered the door, and my brother is asking you now, why didn't you reply to a letter? ”
"You said it, you don't have to reply."
She wrote it, but she didn't send it to Chi Ran.
Hearing this, Chi lowered his head and put down the bowl, bent over, got closer, and hugged his sister again: "Then I want to reply this month." ”
She nodded, her jaw feeling soft. Chi Ran was awkward, so she had to push the girl away and give her a shock.
In fact, I was wearing a cotton shirt, but I could still clearly detect my chin on my stomach.
He always remembered that he and Ping were not brother and sister, and besides, the shadow of the master lingered, and Chi Ran's feelings for Ping were mixed with family affection and responsibility, and some sinful.
This should have been what Master would have gotten, and one day, Master would have taken all of this as well.
His eyes were gray for a moment, and he pinched Apple's cheek, feeling better again.
For lunch, there was fish and meat, a lot of side dishes, and wine. Aunt Lin took a lot of effort.
Chi Ran asked Aunt Lin to go to the restaurant to settle lunch, and the brother and sister had to get along alone to make up for the previous gap.
Most of the time, Chi Ran said, Ping listened, nodded, and ate the vegetables.
"The Sand Country and the Cao Country have severed several trades, and they are still amicable on the surface...... There is a grapevine that Linguo intends to start a war with the Sand country, but the two countries have successively broken off some transactions with the country. ”
Chi Ran put a piece of pork ribs and a piece of shaved fish belly meat into the apple bowl:
"Eat slowly.
More than ten years ago, there was a national teacher in the country, and since ancient times, it was the opposition of civil and military, and now that guy can manage both literature and martial arts, and he doesn't know what to do.
The emperor's thoughts are indeed not something we can speculate.
Maybe it's to make the national teacher called 'Le Qusen' embarrassed on both sides, and the mud.
You should have read about the travelogue and local chronicles organized in the study, right?
Which place is good, you remember to sketch it out, and when your brother is done, he will take you to play, where you want to go. ”
"Busy with what?"
A glass of ale wine left a fragrant taste, Ping looked at Chi Ran inquiringly, and he smiled: "Eat into a little flower cat, haha, stupid girl, what should I do if I can't marry after I don't eat well, alas, I have to raise it." ”
Apple rolled her eyes, nibbling on the ribs in an unruly manner.
Spoonful after spoonful, Chi Ran licked the edge of the bowl, solved the second bowl of sweet porridge, quite satisfied, put down the chopsticks and didn't plan to eat it. Outside the gate, there is occasionally the noise of neighbors or passers-by, dogs barking and chickens crowing. He listened for a while and asked, "Do you like it here?" ”
At this meeting, he asked a lot.
Because I want to know, I will ask.
"Hmm." Apple pokes a large chunk of hard bone with her chopsticks.
"If you like it, it's fine."
Chi Ran broke the pig bones with his bare hands and picked the bone marrow to feed the apples. The bone marrow is thin, white, and has a unique taste, and the focus is on tonifying the body.
After eating unhurriedly, he packed up the dishes and chopsticks and went into the kitchen to wash the dishes, and let Apple sit aside to eat.
While brushing the dishes, Chi Ran thought about how to speak: "There seems to be something wrong with the northern desert border, I have to deal with it in two days, and I'll leave tomorrow." Do you need your brother to sleep with you tonight? ”
"No, I'm a big girl." The girl's voice was displeased. A few years ago, Chi Ran said the same thing to Ping.
"Why do you still hold a grudge against me...... It's my brother who wants to sleep with Pingping, although he used to refuse to sleep with you, but in the end, he will lie in the same bed, and you still grab my quilt, drool, grind your teeth, ......" The voice behind me became quieter and quieter.
"Brother, you are an old man, if you don't find a daughter-in-law, you will become a bachelor." Apple fights back.
The boys from other families were basically married at the age of fifteen, but Chi Ran dragged it out again and again, even if the girls were upside down, they were determined and immovable.
"Heh, if my brother finds his sister-in-law, I don't want you, the little girl is worthless." The dishes and chopsticks were neatly arranged, and he wiped his hands with a cloth towel, "Let's go out for a walk and introduce me to this place." Remember to lock the door, Aunt Lin should have the key. ”