“…… So, you took 10 million taels and exchanged it for the rich gambling house? ”

Sitting in the tidy yard, smelling the aroma of food wafting out from the kitchen from time to time, He Xiaoqiao held the title deed with one hand and studied it carefully, and with the other hand, he went down to smooth the fur of the little black dog Er Zhuang lying at her feet.

The smile on Jiang Fenghao's face remained unchanged, and he reached out and touched his left arm, which still had the tooth marks left by He Xiaoqiao's ruthlessness just now, "Although the gambling house makes more money than other businesses, it is not so easy to take out 10 million taels at once, rather than letting them open the long worm with an indefinite IOU, it is better for us to take the gambling house over ourselves, and we can earn as much as we want in the future." ”

"Makes sense." He Xiaoqiao nodded, very much in favor of this low-risk and profitable plan.

Although a gambling house is not worth 10 million taels no matter how good it is, but then again, in fact, they only paid half a tael of gambling money, and the money behind it was all earned back with profits.

With only half a tael of silver, they won back a gambling house with unlimited potential, no matter how they thought about it, they made a lot of money.

As for the 10 million taels that I haven't met? Let it go with the wind.

Carrying Erzhuang's top melon skin and holding it into his arms, He Xiaoqiao was in a good mood to take turns to scratch its neck with his fingers, and Erzhuang obediently raised his head and let her ravage, half-squinting and enjoying it.

"Lady."

After being silent for a while, Jiang Fenghao suddenly spoke, his expression was rarely serious.

A man and a dog looked up at him at the same time, and He Xiaoqiao's representative asked, "What's the matter?" ”

The corners of Jiang Fenghao's mouth twitched, his peach blossom eyes glared at Er Zhuang, and the little black dog who made the same expression as He Xiaoqiao instantly surged in his sense of crisis, whined twice, and pitifully lay back on He Xiaoqiao's lap, buried his head under his two paws and pretended to be dead.

cleared his throat and was about to start preaching, but he didn't expect He Xiaoqiao to laugh first.

Jiang Fenghao was stunned, "What are you laughing at?" ”

Of course, I laughed at you for being such a big person, and playing tsundere with a puppy and selling cuteness - of course, He Xiaoqiao didn't dare to say this.

"It's okay, it's okay." With a wave of his hand, he quickly brought the topic in the right direction, "What did you want to tell me just now?" ”

Jiang Fenghao held his forehead, and when she interrupted him like this, the original serious atmosphere disappeared, and even the opening remarks he had just thought of were not suitable for coming in handy.

“…… Don't mess around in the future, just protect yourself. "A thousand words are condensed into one sentence, and it is not easy for him.

Although everything that happened in the Fugui gambling house was under his control, when He Xiaoqiao suddenly rushed in front of him and wanted to block the stick for him, Jiang Fenghao was still shocked.

At that time, it was false to say that I was not moved and gratified, but when I thought about it, all the touching of those farts turned into cold sweat that flowed down.

This woman thought she was invincible Iron King Kong, so she rushed out rashly without bringing anything, and didn't look at her small body, if it really made people smash a stuffy stick on the back...... He didn't dare to imagine the next situation.

Is...... It's stupid enough!

Compared to this situation, he would rather be beaten by himself - at least he has thick skin and thick flesh and the blessing of internal strength, and it is not a problem to hold on so many sticks at all.

"In short," the person who was almost scared out of the heart said again, "if you encounter someone with a weapon in your hand in the future, you should run as far as you can, find a place to hide and don't join in the fun, understand?" ”

Come on, this kind of thing is a fool's knowledge, okay?

The fool who had long forgotten his previous 'heroic' actions pouted impatiently, but seeing Jiang Fenghao's serious face, he still patted his chest very respectfully and assured, "Understood!" No problem, it's all up to you! ”

...... "Are you sure you really know what I'm talking about?"

Jiang Fenghao looked up at the sky with great concern, and really didn't dare to hope that He Xiaoqiao, who was out of the situation, would listen to his words.

It's better for him to bother to look at her himself in the future.

The two chatted for a while, re-folded the title deed of the rich gambling house and handed it over to Jiang Fenghao to collect, He Xiaoqiao stretched his waist, threw the sleeping Erzhuang to him to take care of, stood up and walked to the kitchen, "I'll go over there and have a look." ”

Jiang Fenghao, who was left to be a wet nurse, and the little black dog who woke up looked at each other.

After a while, a man surnamed Jiang suddenly poked the little black dog's round belly with the handle of a fan, grinning inwardly, "It's a lot fatter......

As soon as the end of the word 'ah' fell, the little black dog who had been frightened by the 'dog meat hot pot' countless times immediately jumped off his lap with lightning speed, and ran away with his tail between his legs.

"It's kind of acquaintance." Throwing off the folding fan and fanning the wind slowly, Jiang Fenghao half-squinted his eyes and leisurely poured himself a cup of tea.

It's really cool, it's autumn!

…………

Although she is nearly 60 years old, the physical toughness of Granny Qi, who is optimistic and open-minded by nature, is not even comparable to the young nowadays.

Standing in front of the stove, he carried a kitchen knife that looked very bulky with one hand, and easily chopped the fresh mutton into mahjong-like pieces of meat with a few aggressive strokes, and the pieces were all the same size, and there was hardly much difference.

He quickly threw the mutton into the fence on the side to wash it and set it aside, grabbed a large white radish with his right hand, and cut it into two pieces with a click, and chose one of them, which was also neatly peeled and cut into pieces.

Seeing that all the radish pieces of the same size obediently 'flew' from the chopping board to the big sea bowl next to him, He Xiaoqiao couldn't help but be speechless, obedient! No wonder Jiang Fenghao said that Granny Qi used to open a restaurant and was in charge of the spoon herself, look at other people's hard work, cutting vegetables so domineeringly.

"Mother-in-law, let me help you."

Turning her head to see that it was He Xiaoqiao, although Granny Qi was surprised for a moment, she quickly smiled, and handed her the watercleigh with water chestnuts in her hand, "It's just that you are here, please help you cut this thing." ”

"No problem, look at me."

It's just a matter of cutting water chestnuts, that's a job done from small to large. Rolling up his sleeves to his elbows, He Xiaoqiao sat down on a small bench and put the basket at his feet.

The water chestnuts have been washed, and the purple-black skin that is still stained with water droplets is shining, and the buds on the top are very short, so you can tell that the flesh inside must be tender and sweet.

Take a knife to cut off the skin on both sides, wrap the blade around the water chestnut, and then remove the skin on the bud mouth, and a water chestnut is peeled.

Seeing that Granny Qi was busy making the mutton fly water to remove the fishy and didn't have time to look at her, He Xiaoqiao put the white jade-like water chestnut meat into the water like a thief and soaked it, and then quickly stuffed it into her mouth and took a bite.

Kaz sounded, crispy and sweet, it was really a nostalgic taste.

By the time He Xiaoqiao finished cutting all the water chestnuts in the basket, Granny Qi had already started to put the oil in the pot, stir-fried the chopped garlic and other condiments until fragrant, and then added mutton to stir-fry to taste.

There was a sound from time to time in the boiling oil pot, and Granny Qi took out a small sealed crockpot from the closet next to her, and did not avoid He Xiaoqiao, she directly opened it and scooped some of the cleaned spoons into the pot.

As soon as the dark brown sauce is put out of the pot, a rich aroma of seafood spreads, and the taste smells like shrimp paste, which seems to be mixed with the sweet aroma of soybean paste, and the taste is very delicious and unique.

Out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of He Xiaoqiao looking at her with blank eyes, Granny Qi took a look, and then smiled and dipped some sauce with chopsticks and handed it to He Xiaoqiao's mouth, "Taste it." ”

He Xiaoqiao opened his mouth without hesitation, and the slightly grainy sauce had a slightly spicy taste as soon as it touched the tip of his tongue, in addition to being fresh and sweet like a mixture of shrimp paste and bean paste, there should also be chili peppers added to it.

"It's delicious, it's just a little salty." He Xiaoqiao confessed honestly.

"Silly girl, this is a sauce for mixed vegetables, of course it is salty to eat dry like you." Granny Qi laughed, resealed the crockpot and put it back in the cupboard, and turned around to deal with the mutton that had been bursting fragrant, "It's not that I'm boasting, but the fresh sauce of our old Qi family is famous in the surrounding towns and eight miles here, whether it is bibimbap or cooking, it is first-class." If you don't believe it, ask that stinky boy outside, he loves to eat. ”

Granny Qi said, smiling and smiling with her chin Nunu sitting in the courtyard waiting to eat, Jiang Fenghao, and her subordinates neatly put the cut water chestnuts, radish, angelica and other condiments and fried mutton into the clay pot, add the boiled fresh soup, and then cover the lid and put it on the stove to wait for it to be cooked.

After doing this, he seemed to think of something, and turned his head to look at He Xiaoqiao again, and said with a kind face, "Mother-in-law, I heard that you are good at cooking, and when you go back, I will put some on for you to take back, and you can take some and put them in the dishes to try." ”

He Xiaoqiao's eyes lit up, and he was busy responding, "Thank you, mother-in-law!" ”

As the saying goes, 'the elders give it, and it is impossible to say goodbye', how can there be any reason not to accept the things sent to the door? Not to mention that it is still a unique secret and rare good material.

No? That's a head show funny!

The waiting time was a bit long, and just when both of them were so hungry that their chests were pressed against their backs, Granny Qi brought out the hot crockpot with a soft cloth.

The thick soup is still bubbling, absorbing the essence of various condiments and simmering the cooked meat pieces are bright red and oily, sprinkled with a handful of verdant green onions, soft and elastic in the mouth, refreshing and not greasy, so delicious that people can't wait to swallow it with their tongues.

A bite of rice, a bite of mutton, and a glass of home-brewed millet wine, it's a treat on earth!

Granny Qi, who was also young, put down her chopsticks and went back to the room with interest, and only Jiang Fenghao and He Xiaoqiao were left in the yard, and there was also a little black dog waiting for pies to fall from the sky.

The afternoon sun is just warm, and when the wind blows, the bamboo baskets hanging side by side under the eaves collide with each other and make a crisp sound, and the camellia trees standing on the corner of the wall also sway.

"Eat slowly, no one will rob you." As soon as these words came out, Jiang Fenghao couldn't help but laugh dumbly.

Thinking about it carefully, it seems that He Xiaoqiao said this to him before, when did the roles between them actually switch over?

Stretched out his hand and rubbed her head, and stuffed a few strands of her long hair hanging down to her forehead back behind her ears with his hands, seeing her holding the bowl and gobbling it up while whining with satisfaction, Jiang Fenghao stopped his chopsticks and just looked at her, his eyes were full of smiles.

It's a pity that He Xiaoqiao was busy scooping the soup with a spoon and pouring rice, and he had to take the time to break some meat and share it with Erzhuang, who wagged his tail violently, and didn't notice Jiang Fenghao's strange gentleness.

"It's so delicious, it's not elegant." His mouth was stuffed with something, and He Xiaoqiao said vaguely, "If you don't eat it again, I'm not welcome to Erzhuang." ”

"Eat, I'm full." Unexpectedly, this time Jiang Fenghao did not immediately join the snatching battle, but tepidly raised his wine glass.

After a pause, he said, "If you like it, I'll bring you over every day in the future." ”

"Okay, that's what you say." He Xiaoqiao chewed the things in his mouth and swallowed it, and habitually stretched out his little finger, "Come, pull a hook, don't regret it!" ”

"Okay." Jiang Fenghao had a smile in his eyes, drank all the wine in the cup in one gulp, and also stretched out his little finger to hook her, "Never regret it!" ”

After eating, he secretly deducted two taels of silver at the bottom of the bowl, took over the small crockpot with fresh sauce, and said goodbye to Granny Qi with satisfaction.

The little black dog Erzhuang has been whining behind him, looking very reluctant, if it weren't for the rope, it is estimated that he can follow them all the way back.

Although there are only five or six streets in Yucheng, there are too many small alleys to count. When he went back, in order not to let himself be dizzy again, He Xiaoqiao resolutely did not squint, did not look at or listen to anything, and only obediently followed Jiang Fenghao and walked forward.

After going around the labyrinthine alley for a long time, Jiang Fenghao took He Xiaoqiao to buy some novelties by the way, such as special-shaped flutes made of beef bones, with a crisp and melodious sound but looking like a five-pointed star, maltose with special seasonings, and a king-size 'sugar gourd' blown out of a bamboo tube after being dipped in sesame seeds, as well as grasshoppers, cats and dogs made of straw that are more common on the market.

By the time the two of them were back on the street, the sun was almost setting.