Chapter 38: Orchids
"Dad, Uncle Chenggang." Xianghua said hello.
Cheng Linchang said: "Little flower, you're back." I asked Taro to take Donglin and Xiangmiao to play, you call them back to prepare for cooking, and today your Uncle Chenggang will have dinner at our house. ”
Xianghua sighed and asked with concern, "Uncle, what's wrong with your eyes?" Into the sand? ”
Cheng Gang rubbed his eyes twice, waved his hand and said, "I'm fine." Xianghua, I'm sorry for you today. ”
"What's the trouble, our family eats by ourselves!" Xianghua came out with a smile and just in time to see Taro come back with two little dolls.
The four of them went to the kitchen together, and Xianghua asked Kanae to close the kitchen door.
Xianghua asked in a low voice, "Why is Uncle Chenggang crying?" Did the have an accident? ”
Taro glanced at her and said slowly, "You don't know? ”
Xianghua glared at him: "I know and still ask?" ”
Xiangmiao sighed sadly: "Sister, Uncle Chenggang likes Sister Orchid, don't you know?" ”
"What?" Xianghua hurriedly covered her mouth, "What time did it happen?" ”
"That's it for a long time, Brother Taro knows it." Xiangmiao whispered, "It's all my sister who is busy making money, and she doesn't care about Uncle Chenggang." ”
Xianghua couldn't find the words to excuse herself, so she could only say: "Okay, I admit my mistake." How can you tell? ”
She asked about taro.
Taro said: "Some time ago, when the embankment was repaired, Orchid and her mother came to deliver tea, and Chenggang often secretly watched her. ”
Xianghua sighed slowly, and then frowned: "Then Uncle Chenggang already knows that Sister Orchid is going to get married?" What is Sister Orchid's own attitude? ”
Taro said, "Just now we were playing outside, and I heard a few words. Chenggang heard about it, but the orchid didn't know what to do. ”
Xianghua walked around the house twice, and said hatefully: "Since he has long liked Sister Orchid, why didn't he let his mother propose marriage earlier?" Now, it's not just a matter of worry. ”
Xiangmiao sighed, "Sister Orchid also likes Uncle Chenggang, I know." ”
"You see it again?" Xianghua glanced at her.
Xiangmiao snorted and said methodically: "Once Uncle Chenggang went out late and didn't come home, Sister Orchid quietly asked me to go to his house early the next morning to see if he came back." ”
This......
Xianghua's mouth was full of bitterness, "The farthest distance is not that I love you and you don't love me, but that you and I clearly love each other but don't know each other", the most regrettable thing in the world is nothing more than this.
"I heard that Sister Orchid hasn't gone out since then, and it seems that she doesn't want to marry her son, could it be that the village chief forced her to marry?"
Kanae clenched her little fists: "How can that be done?" How can you force your daughter to marry? ”
Donglin also said: "Sister Orchid is good to us, we want to help Uncle Chenggang and Sister Orchid!" ”
Taro smiled lightly and asked, "How can I help?" ”
"Break each one! Uncle Chenggang and Sister Orchid have to communicate with each other, and the village chief has to refuse to be outside the staff. ”
Taro: "You see Chenggang's appearance, do you think he can speak now?" ”
Xianghua said: "Spit out the truth after drinking, I'll make a good appetizer later, and then find a way to ask Sister Orchid out too......"
"What is this?" Taro kept looking at what she was holding behind her back.
Xianghua hurriedly took it out, and said with a fluttering eyebrow: "This is the good thing I said, let you taste it later!" ”
Donglin looked at the slender and long, red, green, and green thing, and asked, "Sister, what is this?" ”
Xianghua said: "This is a chili pepper, which will open another door to your sense of taste." ”
Xiangmiao also touched it: "How do you eat this?" ”
"You can eat whatever you want, but let's fry it first!" Xianghua looked at the third-line meat on the board, and said in a division of labor, "Xiangmiao burns the fire, taro cooks, Donglin does chores, I'll prepare a few good dishes!" ”
After half an hour, lunch was ready, and Xiangmiao taro and Donglin coughed out of the kitchen repeatedly, and a choking fresh fragrance came from the kitchen.
Cheng Linchang set the table and asked, "What's the matter?" Why did they cough so much that tears came out? ”
Xiangmiao pointed to the kitchen: "Sister said to cook well, isn't this making poison?" ”
Xianghua covered her mouth and nose with a dry handkerchief, and brought out the dishes: "Come, ready to serve!" ”
Lunch consisted of three dishes and one soup, mushroom soup, stir-fried seasonal vegetables, scrambled eggs with leeks, and a dish of stir-fried pork with chili peppers. Xianghua also deliberately brought her father's wine.
The fragrance of chili peppers is so unique that Cheng Gang observed it a few times and asked, "Xianghua, what kind of dish is this?" ”
Xianghua smiled: "This is a small fried meat, fried with chili peppers." ”
"Chili?" Cheng Linchang and Cheng Gang asked in unison.
"Ah, chili pepper is the name of the people in the west, and the seeds were given to me by General Zhao Xiao. I tried to plant it, and it worked. It tastes a little rushy, so let's try it later to see if it fits the taste. ”
Xianghua now throws things on Zhao Xu's head when she encounters things that don't make sense, and no one really dares to check it.
Cheng Linchang half-believed and put a piece of red chili pepper into his mouth, chewed it carefully a few times, his brows slowly stretched out from the tight wrinkles at the beginning, and he couldn't help but stick out his tongue: "It's really rushing!" ”
Several children were curious, and they all tasted it with chopsticks, and the reaction was the same, so spicy that they stuck out their tongues.
Xianghua covered her mouth and smiled, poured tea for several people, and a few people drank water to get better.
She smiled: "This chili pepper is hot on the tongue, I originally ate it in winter to ward off the cold, and then I ate a lot in summer, and it is more refreshing to sweat in summer and go home to take a bath." ”
Xianghua herself also sandwiched a chopstick, the aroma of pork oil mixed with the spicy aroma of chili pepper, is the most harmonious concerto, she enjoyed eating a big bite, and pulled two mouthfuls of rice, it was so delicious!
Cheng Gang learned from her and took a bite, at first he felt that he was not used to it, but after careful experience, he soon understood the refreshing feeling that Xianghua said.
A few people just ate and tasted a product, and soon a plate of fried meat was eaten cleanly.
At this point, everyone finally realized that they were sweating and wanted to drink water.
"Dad, it's rare for Uncle Chenggang to come, you can have a few drinks with him." Xianghua squeezed her father's eyes.
Although Cheng Linchang didn't quite understand, he also took the cup and persuaded: "Yes, the time is rare, let's drink two cups in a few days!" ”
Cheng Gang excused himself twice, but he was really thirsty, so he took the wine glass.
The two of you went back and forth, and after a few drinks over the meal, Chenggang was a little drunk.
Xianghua stretched out her hand in front of Cheng Gang and asked, "Uncle Cheng Gang, how many is this?" ”
Cheng Gang shook his head and said upside down: "...... Three...... No, five ......"
Xianghua said to Taro: "When the time comes, I'll call Sister Orchid, and you can talk to your father about our plan." ”
When Xianghua arrived at the village chief's house, their family was also eating, but only the village chief and Aunt Tao were eating, and the orchid was not there.
"Village Chief, where's Sister Orchid?"