The Taoist is in charge of the stove, and the girl burns the fire.

In the pot is a pot of loofah slippery broth.

There was only one oil lamp on the stove, casting a dim light, and Song You was using the light to put pieces of slippery meat into the pot, and small bubbles were constantly bubbling on the edge of the pot.

The meat is wrapped in a layer of starch, and after being cooked at high temperatures, it quickly turns a lotus-red color, and the outer layer of starch begins to become crystal clear and semi-transparent, and you can imagine a smooth texture.

The loofah is also just introduced from the outside world not long ago, it is the food produced in summer and autumn, because it does not occupy land when planted, as long as you rely on the tree can climb the tree, in addition to eating, the loofah inside can also be used as a dishcloth when it is dry, and many places in Yizhou are planted.

Yesterday, I was wandering around Lingquan City, and I saw someone selling it, and the price was very cheap, so Song You bought one without thinking about it.

Now it's cut into small pieces and floats in the pan with a fresh fragrance.

After putting the lid on the pot, he picked up a few more eggs, beat them in a bowl, added a spoonful of salt, and stirred quickly.

The chopsticks collide with the bowl and make a tinkling sound.

Sanhua Niangniang's face was reflected in the firelight, and she was raising her head high, staring at the Taoist's every move.

After the eggs were beaten, the broth in the pot was almost boiled, the Taoist lifted the lid of the pot, and the water vapor suddenly rose, and the light of the oil lamp immediately became hazy, and the water vapor was full of the fresh fragrance of loofah and broth, which blended perfectly.

Sanhua Niangniang stood up and stared at the pot.

The Taoist scooped up a little soup with a spatula, put it to his mouth and sucked it up, without touching his mouth, and sucked the soup into his mouth.

The flavor is rich, and the saltiness is just right.

“……”

The Taoist leaned down slightly, stared at the pot, found the smallest piece of slippery meat, scooped it up with a spatula, and handed it to Sanhua Niangniang:

"In our hometown, people who are busy in the stove house, especially children, have always had the right to eat the first bite of meat.

“！”

The girl stretched out her hand, carefully twisted it through the slippery meat, blew it quickly, and stuffed it into her mouth.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa......"

"Delicious!"

Sanhua Niangniang had a serious expression and sat down again.

This piece of meat is the smallest, and it is naturally cooked, and the other pieces of meat are larger, but they need to be cooked, and the Taoist took the spatula and waited for a while before using a basin to hold it.

Sanhua Niangniang sat still, always paying attention to the fire in the stove, and couldn't help but turn her head everywhere to look at this stove house.

In the past 20 years, especially in the first half of the year, it was often the Taoist who cooked, and she lit the fire, but except for the time when they were in Changjing and Yidu, they had their own stoves, and most of the rest of the time they built a small stove in the barren mountains and used small pots to cook - it's not that it's bad, but like now, there is always a different feeling.

There was the sound of a Taoist scrubbing the iron pot.

Rustling.

There was not much residual moisture in the pot, it quickly evaporated under the fire, and the sound also reached the girl's ears, and after the iron pot was heated, the lard went down, quickly dissolved, and then laid eggs, and suddenly made an obvious sound-

"Sneer......"

Even these sounds are pleasant.

Add to that the crackling of the flames, the warmth that comes from it, the aroma of the food in front of you, and the sense of peace of mind that comes from this place......

Sanhua Niangniang sent another piece of firewood to the stove, then raised her head again, and continued to stare at the Taoist and the pot, her eyes flickered, and she only felt that it was good to go on like this.

The aroma wafted again.

"The fire is smaller."

"Oooh......"

Sanhua Niangniang came back to her senses at this time, her eyes quickly regained consciousness, and her face was still expressionless, but she pointed to the stove, and the flame was suddenly suppressed.

Two quarters of an hour later, in the hall.

The oil lamp was moved here, illuminating a table of eight immortals, and several figures were all struck on the four walls.

Several dishes on the table.

In the middle is a pot of loofah smooth broth, a pot of sauerkraut fish, a plate of sour eggplant scrambled eggs, a plate of cold preserved eggs, and a snail stuffed meat, full of aroma, quite rich, used to bid farewell to the 20-year travel journey, but also to commemorate the first day back to the Taoist temple.

Sanhua Niangniang held her royal small bowl, which was a precious and exquisite blue and white porcelain, while Song You, Yanzi and Xiao Jianghan used an ordinary thick bowl, and each person scooped a bowl of soup first.

"You've worked hard today."

Song You served them soup next to each other and handed it to them.

Sanhua Niangniang is picking up a snail with chopsticks, clamping it in front of her eyes and looking carefully at the meat in the snail, surprised that there is still this practice, and also thinks about whether the mouse is too thin, because she sees that the Taoist uses three fat and seven thin filling, and he usually uses minced meat for cooking, he also has a strict ratio of fat and lean, which is very difficult to operate for mouse meat, and suddenly heard the voice of the Taoist speaking, she immediately put away her mind and replied:

"You're welcome! What will you do tomorrow? ”

"Tomorrow the Sanhua Niangniang will open the door to welcome the pilgrims, and if anyone comes to worship the gods, they must be entertained properly." Song You said, "I'm going down to repair the stables." ”

"And then?"

"If you have time at dusk, you can burn the weeds in a few fields around the Taoist temple."

"And after that?"

"After that, we need to clear the land, and when the autumn comes, and the people at the bottom of the mountain have finished harvesting, we have to go down the mountain to harvest the grain left in the people's fields. We had to go to the city, we had to find craftsmen to rebuild a few statues, we had to retrieve the bedding we ordered, and we had to buy some chicks to raise. ”

Sanhua Niangniang listened attentively and seriously, and couldn't help but think of such a scene in her mind.

If you raise the fish in the small lake later, wait for the mountain to be full of rabbits, and then plant fruits and grain on both sides of the Taoist temple, and feed the chickens on the mountain, and keep laying eggs, that is not a fairy day, what is a fairy day?

"Is there anything else?"

"That's all I have to say for now."

"Is that all? So little! ”

"You......"

Song You looked at her energetic appearance, shook his head helplessly, and had to say to her, "Let's eat first." ”

“！”

The girl didn't say a word, lowered her head and ate violently.

Today is a good day, the dusk on the mountain is always longer than the bottom of the mountain, in the distance is the brilliant glow, the night sky is full of flying insects and bats shuttling back and forth, overhead is gradually emerging stars, the feeling of midsummer at this time is extremely strong.

After eating, the Taoist went to the attic.

No one has come in for more than ten years, and there is not the slightest dust on the attic, Song You came here with an oil lamp, spread out the paper and pen on the table for many years, and Sanhua Niangniang turned into a human form, still studying ink for him as many years ago, and then turned back into a cat, and sniffed everywhere in the attic.

The windows were open, and the mountain breeze filled the building.

The Taoist lowered his head and pondered for a long time before he put down his pen and wrote the last part of his travelogue.

"The late summer ...... of the 10th year of Da'an"

Small print appears on the paper.

During the period, Sanhua Cat pretended to be parkour, jumped on the table, tilted his head and eyes and glanced at him several times on the paper, but today it was rushing and buying, and cleaning up the Taoist room, no matter how energetic the cat was, it would feel tired, and the fatigue after being highly excited was even more difficult to resist.

By the time the Taoist was halfway through writing, she was already lying on the table and not moving, only looking out with her eyes open, not knowing whether she was looking at the glow or the starry sky, or the bats in the sky.

Song You could feel the sound of her breathing, and he could see her abdomen rise and fall evenly.

The quiet appearance is unbearable.

Song You looked at her like this for a long time.

And in fact, he knew what was going on in the heart of this little thing—

Although Sanhua Niangniang is a cat, she has always had a strong territoriality, which is probably related to her origin, her experience when she was a child, and it may also be related to the cat temple. In the past 20 years of accompanying him to travel around the world, she will be vigilant and uneasy every time she goes to a strange place, and she will be reluctant to leave every time she stays in a place.

Now that she finally has it, she is naturally very excited.

After the excitement, there is exhaustion.

“……”

When Song You retracted his gaze, the ink on the paper had already dried, and bursts of fragrance were emanating.

Song You stood up cautiously.

During the period, I don't know if I noticed the movement, the little thing also writhed, covered his eyes with his paws, and made a mum sound, which was cute, but he was so frightened that he hurriedly froze, and after a while he continued to stand up, walked to the side, and took out a thick pile of paper.

Here are all the travelogues he wrote over the past twenty years.

I didn't realize that I had saved so much.

The bottom paper was already yellowed, and if it weren't for his spiritual power, I'm afraid it would have become dry and brittle.

Seeing this thick pile of paper, and seeing the earliest yellowed paper, I can realize that these 20 years are really not short at all.

The Taoist put the latest one on top, but he couldn't help but pick up the earliest one and check it at the light of the lamp oil.

"In the autumn of the first year of Mingde, I traveled to Yizhou ......"

In front of the Daoist, the young Taoist with a somewhat cold temperament appeared in front of him, as well as the innocent and ignorant Sanhua cat who was not familiar with him but tried to get closer to him, and tried to make some contributions to the small team of one person and one cat, as well as the small courtyard in Yidu.

"At the beginning of February of the second year of Mingde, I went to the ...... of Xuzhou County"

The first thing that came to mind in front of the Taoist was not the mountains and rivers of Xuzhou and Huijun, nor the Liujiang Conference, nor the old Guan Guan who wrote this travelogue, but the cat who jumped on the table and looked up to look at him suspiciously, asked him what it was, and then leaned closer to the paper to look at it.

She didn't understand the explanation, obviously she couldn't read, so she still had to look closer, just look at it, and pull his hand with her paws, so as not to block her and make it difficult for him to write.

Even on this piece of paper, there were traces and half a cat's paw print left by her picking.

When he came back to his senses, the cat was still lying on the table, sleeping soundly.

"In the spring of the fourth year of Mingde, I traveled to Changjing......

"In the winter of the sixth year of Mingde, north of Yuezhou, Qingtong forest, I didn't see a divine bird, so I got a letter from the black fish Taoist first......

"At the end of the seventh year of Mingde, he was separated from Wu Nuxia in Changjing......

“……”

Song You looked at it little by little, and before he knew it, the stars were already moving outside the window, and the night was getting deeper, from the first half of the night to the second half of the night.

Looking at these words, the picture at that time seemed to appear in front of him, and the feelings at that time were also picked up again, the oil in the oil lamp did not decrease in the slightest, and he seemed to revisit the experience of the past twenty years from beginning to end.

Almost at the same time, the cat also fell asleep.

It's just that what the cat dreams of is not the landscapes and stories of the past 20 years, but the beginning of the past 20 years, and the time before it begins-

In the small temple of other gods, the gods were dressed in colorful clothes and covered with divine light, which was the majesty of the gods that she did not possess as a cat, and spoke in a deep voice, saying that she would be taken down and disposed of according to the rules of heaven.

And she was just a cat, weak and weak, so she had to shrink at the feet of the Taoist who she had just met, entrusting her safety and trust to him, and trying to appear less helpless.

Then the Taoist and the gods said that they should take her with them and teach her well.

Taoists are very powerful.

The gods agreed.

Walking out of the temple, the cat was still worried, followed behind with small steps, looked up and asked him:

"What is probation?"

The Taoist replied in a gentle and indifferent voice: "It is to influence you and make you produce good changes." ”

"How?"

"Slowly affect."

"How?"

"If you talk too much, you'll be thirsty on the road."

"How?"

"Slowly change."

“……”

Half-asleep and half-awake, Sanhua Niangniang was also surprised, so long ago, she still remembered it.

The sky gradually glowed with a hint of fish belly white.

The morning star shines brightly.

I don't know when the oil lamp has been extinguished, and the Taoist is still lying in the attic, turning his head to look at the sky outside the window, quietly recalling the past.

……

Bow down and ask for a monthly pass!

Thanks to the big guy "Ko0ops" big guy alliance leader!

Bow and bare!

(End of chapter)