Chapter 18
"What do you call me?" Xu Dang asked Liu Meilan's words again in disbelief, and for some reason, Xu Dang's face was pulled down in an instant, as if someone had brushed a few layers of paste. Liu Meilan saw all his expressions in his eyes, and his heart, which was originally relatively hot, suddenly became extremely cold.
The smile on his face faded away, replaced by a look of confusion and nervousness. Did she say something wrong? Liu Meilan silently asked herself in her heart, should it be. Is it because of the master who shouted himself? It shouldn't be, Master didn't ask her to call, why is he still not happy now, could it be that now he suddenly reined in the precipice.
Thinking about it all at once, don't you want to accept her as an apprentice? Liu Meilan frowned slightly, if this is the case, it is not incomprehensible. Liu Meilan pursed her lips, not knowing what to say again. In her opinion, Xu Dang's acceptance of apprentices can completely depend on the mood, and when he wants to accept it, he can not accept it at all, and he can not accept it at all, and there is no loss.
"Why don't you speak", Xu Dang, who hadn't heard an answer for a long time, couldn't help frowning, and his irritable thoughts came directly to his heart out of nowhere. Is this going to be angry, Liu Meilan asked herself, and the look on her face couldn't help but tighten suddenly. Although I have known Xu Dang for many years, the contact only started last night, "I didn't call it, I didn't ask Uncle Xu if he had eaten?" ”
Xu Dang couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, what is it called, does it have anything to do with eating, he didn't seem to ask this, but Liu Meilan did talk to him like this, could it be that this child has bad ears at a young age. Looking at Xu Dang's wood-like expression, Liu Meilan's heart was even more panicked, "Has Uncle Xu eaten?" I just made it. ”
Liu Meilan could blink her eyes twice, "If not, let's eat together", she smirked a few times and stood up, "I'll go serve it now, Uncle Xu go and go into the house, it's warm in the house." With that, she ran straight to the kitchen. She ran fast and in a hurry. The fan used to fan the fire in her hand was still in her hand before she had time to throw it away.
Xu Dang looked at the fan, and quickly appeared on Liu Meilan's side with a flat swing. Although he was very puzzled in his heart, he still inexplicably gave birth to a stronger smile. Although his face was not obvious, his mood was already happy. At this moment, his mind remembered the sound of Uncle Xu that Liu Meilan called back.
The good mood of the moment was frozen in an instant. He began to think about whether his face was not very good just now, so he asked Liu Meilan to take those two words back in an instant. Well, the sudden cold face, it seems to be a little unfriendly. Xu Dang scratched his head irritably, blaming himself for being negligent for a while, and he didn't care if he was too careless.
Now, it's time to start all over again. Xu Dang thought and looked at the location of the kitchen. In the kitchen, Liu Meilan's figure stood up for a while and squatted for a while, looking very busy. According to her temperament, none of this seems to give her a chance to do it again. "Tsk, Xu is a splash, what the hell is it to put on a face for a day."
Xu Dang scolded himself in a low voice, he finally had a close relationship with Liu Meilan, and now let him send away alive with such a stinky face. Thinking of the opportunity he racked his brains to get in exchange, and now he slipped away in vain, Xu Dang is simply going to regret dying, can this be justified without a slap? 'Smack! A slap rang out.
"Lan'er, this". As soon as Suning walked out of the door, he heard this crisp and loud slap. She didn't know that an outsider was coming, and she stood helplessly holding on to the door frame. Xu Dang came here for breakfast in the morning, and Suning knew Xu Dang, but this slap, she couldn't figure out why it was because she wanted to break her head, someone would smoke herself.
And when there is no one around, he pumps himself. Xu Dang didn't expect that his hands were faster than his brains, and he just raised his hand after thinking about it. But these are not very important, the important thing is that this scene was seen by Suning. What can be done about this, it is completely self-contained. The air seemed to condense, and the two stared at each other with wide eyes.
Xu Dang's hand has been on his face, and it is not just to put it like this, nor is it to take it down. It wasn't until Liu Meilan walked out of the door with the meal that he reacted and withdrew his hand. In order to avoid embarrassment, Xu Dang also specially pinned his head to the side and did not look at Suning's face. Suning also came back to his senses, turned his head to look at Liu Meilan, "Lan'er, that..."
Suning wanted to speak and stopped, seeing her like this, Liu Meilan looked at Xu Dang and looked at Suning again in confusion, and she understood a little bit in her heart, she suddenly didn't know how to explain this matter to Suning. She stepped forward quickly and instructed in Suning's ear, "Mother, Uncle Xu is just coming to the house for a light meal, you go to the house first, I'll call him over." ”
Saying that, Liu Meilan smiled in front of her. Seeing her expression, Suning also breathed a sigh of relief, and couldn't help but feel a little more steady. She nodded, ready to take over the things in Liu Meilan's hand. But Liu Meilan took the first step to move the food aside, and she whispered, "Mother, go to the house first, I don't have to help me with these things." ”
Suning was a little hesitant, but he still reached out to take the things in Liu Meilan's hand. Seeing this, Liu Meilan took a step back directly, "Mother, I don't need your help, I'll do these things myself, you go to the house first, I'll go to Uncle Xu for a while and bring him over to eat." Liu Meilan's meaning is obvious, and Suning also knows that this is not a way to interfere.
So she pulled back the foot she had just stretched out, and went back to the room to stand. Liu Meilan walked into the house with the food and put all the dishes on the table. He stood up and wiped his hands with the white cloth he had brought with him. She took a long breath, and a very strong sense of accomplishment suddenly rose in her heart. Turning around, about to get something more, he suddenly froze.
Suning in front of her stood with a sad face, not knowing what she was thinking, her hands were pulling at each other, as if she had encountered something that could not be solved. "Mother, what's wrong with you?" Liu Meilan asked out loud, and paused to play with the towel. Suning cautiously looked back at Xu Dang outside the door, and saw that the person was still squatting in place and did not move.
Then he stepped forward, "Lan'er, when he came today, the house was in chaos like that, what's going on now," Suning didn't continue to say the rest of the words, and Liu Meilan also knew what she meant, this is indeed a problem, but it's already over, isn't it, and it seems useless to remedy it. "Mother, no matter what, it's already happened, and you can't kick people out."
"Although this is the case, but、" Suning said more and more anxious, she turned left and right, and picked her hand a little harder, like an ant on a hot pot. "Mother, I'm afraid that I won't be able to get over my face", Liu Meilan boldly guessed, Suning didn't think about hiding it, and nodded generously to admit this sentence, "Yes, what if you say this spreads." ”
"It shouldn't be spread out", Liu Meilan said, she didn't think Xu Dang would be such a person. Anyway, she still has some trust in Xu Dang, and she believes that she will not lose her eyes. Suning sighed, "I'm afraid I'm afraid that it will be spread out, you said that our family's reputation is not very good, and now such a thing must not be poked in the backbone." ”
Liu Meilan's eyebrows suddenly wrinkled, and then stretched out again. "Mother, don't scare yourself, sit down and eat first, I'll call Uncle Xu." Before leaving, Liu Meilan deliberately patted Suning's arm, Suning still wanted to say something, Liu Meilan had already walked out of the door. There was no way, she had to sit at the table and wait, her heart panicking.
Liu Meilan ran to Xu Dang's location, "Uncle Xu is ready, let's go eat together." Xu Dang still didn't move in the same position just now, and now when he heard Liu Meilan's voice, he finally put down his hand and looked up. "I'm not going, you and your mother are delicious, I'll show you the medicine here." With that, he lowered his head and poked at the small fire.
Seeing that it was not possible to invite someone, Liu Meilan directly began to play the scoundrel, "Uncle Xu, let's go, I'm done, my mother made the morning food, and now this meal is made by me, how about tasting my craftsmanship." Xu Dang was dumbfounded, could it be said that in fact, Liu Meilan didn't care about his performance just now. When you think about it, it seems unlikely, or not.
All the sorrow blocked his heart, Xu Dang couldn't help frowning irritably, suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly raised his hand and rubbed the tip of his nose. The moment he put down his hand, he felt that his action was too deliberate, so he stretched out his hand and pointed to the fire under the pot, "The fire is too small, I'll add more", he said, and put some firewood into the fire.
"It's best not to boil medicine in the courtyard on this day, you see that the fire can't get up, it's better to put it in the house, and it doesn't make people worry about snacks." Xu Dang had some heartfelt instructions, and Liu Meilan agreed to answer a few times. Xu Dang put his hands on the knees of his face, okay, now there is nothing to do, "Your way of boiling medicine is right, have you survived." ”
Xu Dang looked at her and asked, Liu Meilan shook her head very honestly, "No, although I haven't survived it, Lang Zhong has written the rule of law on paper." Seeing her honest, Xu Dang gave up the next words. Xu Dang patted his leg, and there was really nothing to say now. Liu Meilan squinted her eyes, "Uncle Xu, let's go and eat." ”
She said, Xu Dang couldn't refuse at this time, he stood up and patted the soil on his body. "What about this medicine?" He asked, Liu Meilan pretended to think for a while, "Since Uncle Xu said that this is not good for cooking, then I will change the place to cook again in a while, and eat first." Liu Meilan beckoned, she first took a step in the direction of the door and looked back at him.
Xu Dang came, Liu Meilan followed behind Xu Dang, and the two walked into the house. Considering that the weather was a little cold, Xu Dang closed the door after Liu Meilan entered. "Huh?" Liu Meilan paused, turned around and asked, "Uncle Xu, what are you doing when you close the door?" Xu Dang looked at the dark environment in this room, and silently fell into self-questioning and contemplation.
How is Liu Meilan's home different from other people's, and the place to eat should not be placed in ...... He turned his head, and there was a window next to the bed where it was placed. Compared to the dining table, the lighting over there is not too good. This, what did he say, did they have other lighting things that didn't need to open the windows, "If you have an oil lamp, take out all the oil." ”
As far as Xu Dang's cognition is concerned, the only thing that can be lit is the oil lamp. Liu Meilan raised her forehead, walked past Xu Dang to the door, and stretched out her hand to open the door. "Uncle Xu, our family used to have oil lamps, but now they don't. I'll buy it in a few days, so I'll take it first. After the door opened, the light inside the room was restored, and Liu Meilan walked over.
"Uncle Xu, sit down and eat", Liu Meilan greeted. Xu Dang stepped forward and sat on the stool, he lowered his head and didn't look at Suning's face. Liu Meilan saw that there was only one dish in front of her, no bowl and no chopsticks, so she ran to the kitchen alone to get something. After going back and forth several times, she brought all the meals she had prepared, cakes, dishes, and after serving, she sat down at the table.
Xu Dang didn't move the chopsticks, Suning didn't move, Liu Meilan saw that neither of them started to eat, and as a junior, it was not good for him to take the chopsticks first. So the three of them waited like this for a while, each of them was very anxious, but they didn't want to move the chopsticks first for the sake of face. I don't know how long it took, Liu Meilan smiled and was the first to break this inexplicable tranquility.
"What do you all see, eat and move your chopsticks, if you don't eat again, it will be cold." After he finished speaking, Suning looked at Xu Dang, and Xu Dang also looked at Suning. The two still have no intention of taking the lead, "This," Liu Meilan wanted to complain, but she didn't know what to say, "You guys are moving chopsticks, it's going to be cold soon, and if it's cold, it's not delicious, move chopsticks." ”
Xu Dang still didn't move, and so did Su. Liu Meilan reached out and picked up two of the cakes and handed them to the person next to her. The two of them took it, and then they ate with confidence. "That's right", Liu Meilan quickly finished eating and put down the bowl, "You eat first, I'll see if the medicine is good." After finishing speaking, he ran out of the door, Suning's hand paused, and he put the food into his mouth.
Xu Dang also finished eating quickly and followed Liu Meilan out of the door. Only Suning was still eating in the house, she looked at her table and bed, and seemed to understand why Xu Dang looked in the direction of the bed next to her after closing the door twice. The place where the bed is put is bright, the table is a little darker, and when the door is closed, it is invisible, so it should be repositioned.
Otherwise, you have to open the door for dinner in the future, there is not much heat in the first place, and as soon as you open the door, you will let it go. Why didn't he think of this question before, Suning took a bite of the cake and thought about it carefully. Xu Dang walked out of the door, walked to Liu Meilan's side and squatted down. "Otherwise, I'll bring you some oil lamps from me", Xu Dang suggested that Liu Meilan glance at him.
"I shouldn't have to open the door", Liu Meilan felt that this was nothing, because she was used to living like this, and she couldn't notice anything wrong. "Aren't you afraid of the cold?" Xu Dang asked again, Liu Meilan stopped and thought about it, she was indeed afraid of the cold, but she was used to doing it like this, "Just open the door for dinner, and don't open it at other times, it shouldn't be nothing." ”
"I'll go get you some oil lamps, and the heat will run out when you eat and open the door." As soon as Xu finished speaking, he went back to his yard. Liu Meilan looked at his back, a little distracted. Xu Dang and Xu Hua, no matter how these two say they are similar, they are not like each other. "Tsk, strange." Liu Meilan continued to add firewood to the pot, and spread a towel from time to time to open the lid.
According to what Ah Fu wrote, when it is almost cooked, you don't have to worry about it anymore. "It should be it now," Liu Meilan said. She looked at the medicine in the pot and fell into deep thought, this is medicine, not something else. If not, it would be a waste. When she hesitated, Xu Dang had already flipped over from the railing with an oil lamp.
He carried an oil lamp and walked into the house where Suning was. Suning saw him coming with a lamp, because he didn't understand what it meant, so he had to get up and stand. "Mrs. Liu, you sit, I'll light a lamp", Xu Dang comforted Suning, and then lowered his head and put the lamp on the table to light it. "Okay, now there is a light, then Mrs. Liu, you continue to eat, I'll go out first."
I didn't understand how Suning said thank you, so I went out. Suning trotted to the door and stood, "Thank you Xu Langjun." "It's nothing, you remember to close the door", Xu Dang finished answering, and walked quickly to Liu Meilan's position and stood down. When Suning saw this, he didn't say more. The two have a good relationship, and now they have sent the lamp, even if they know each other, they have to take care of it a few more times in the future.
She secretly decided to come down and clean up the dishes and chopsticks. Liu Meilan stared at the medicine pot in a daze, and there was a bubbling anger, but I don't know if it was good or not. "What are you looking at?" Xu Dang asked, Liu Meilan muttered, "I'm looking to see if this medicine is cured, it should be better if it has been boiled for so long according to what is written above, but I'm afraid it won't be better." ”
"I'll take a look", Xu Dang squatted down, "It's not good". Liu Meilan looked up at Xu Dang in surprise, looking at his face full of adoration. Just because it's just a glance, you can see the problem. Xu Dang was looked at by her like this, and his vanity exploded somewhat, "Don't look at it, aren't you holding that hand hot?" Put it down. He said that Liu Meilan hurriedly covered the lid.
"You're too godly, you haven't read the prescription, how do you know if this is good or not." Liu Meilan said, Xu Dang wanted to explain simply, but when he recalled that he had taken her as an apprentice, he was still a little hanging, so he deliberately deified a little, "This one, there is a way, I can't really see this, I'll teach you?" ”
As soon as she heard that Xu Dang was going to teach such a powerful thing to herself, Liu Meilan was instantly excited, and nodded like pounding garlic, "Okay, good, good, how to teach?" Want to get another one? She asked, Xu Dang pretended to cover his mouth and coughed a few times, pretending to be very embarrassed, "I also want to teach you, but how to teach these things that are not passed on?" ”
"Don't spread the word? So since it is not spread, why did those Lang Zhong still give me the medicine and let me go home and boil it myself? She asked, Xu Dang almost couldn't hold back, worthy of being the apprentice he identified, his brain was just better and he asked the idea, although he didn't understand anything, "That's because everyone can, but they don't necessarily have mine as well." ”