Age: Passionate youth, starting from graduation assignment

Chapter 129 Lan Qimei Goes to Xu Jichang on a Snowy Night
After staying in front of the fireplace for a while, everyone gradually warmed up.

"I'm going to the kitchen to cook, what do you want to eat today?"

Shen Danrui turned to look at Xu Jichang and said.

Zhu Chen responded accordingly: "I'll help you."

"You don't need to cook."

Xu Jichang said with a smile, "We're having hot pot today."

"Eat hot pot? Okay, I haven't eaten for a long time."

Du Xiaojing said happily, "I'll go and chop the cabbage, potatoes, etc., so that I can make hot pot side dishes then."

The four of them went to the outside of the yard together, Zhu Wei, Du Xiaojing and Shen Danrui went into the kitchen, Xu Jichang braved the snow to come to the water tank under the courtyard wall, took away the stones pressed on it, removed the wooden boards, and took some bears. Meat and wolf meat came out.

Outdoors in the Northeast in winter, it has the effect of a large natural refrigerator, and the previously stored bear and wolf meat have long been frozen hard.

Xu Jichang re-covered the wooden planks and pressed the stones, took two pieces of bear meat and wolf meat into the kitchen, asked Shen Danrui and the others to hydrate them with water, and then cut them into small pieces, which will be ready for hot pot later.

"Bear meat hot pot, I haven't tried it yet."

Du Xiaojing, who was busy cutting potato chips, heard that he would eat bear meat later, his eyes were full of novelty and anticipation.

"This time eat the water pot."

Xu Jichang said with a smile, "The amount of food is enough."

After finishing speaking, he left the kitchen, leaving the three girls to work in the kitchen together.

There are delicacies from mountains and seas such as bear meat and wolf meat. Naturally, a clear water pot can bring out their own flavors.

Back in the house, Xu Jichang took out the hot pot that he had prepared from the bedroom where he usually didn't sleep.

This hot pot was taken out from the shelf in the space earlier. The whole pot is divided into upper and lower layers. The material is brass. There is a small opening at the bottom through which charcoal fire can be put in.

The middle part is a pot with a flue, and the charcoal fire at the bottom passes through it to heat the ingredients added to the pot.

Xu Jichang picked up the thermos and added some water to the hot pot, waiting for Zhu Chen and the others to prepare the ingredients before adding charcoal to the bottom.

Sitting at the table, Xu Jichang saw that the snow was falling even more heavily outside the window, and even a thick layer of snow had piled up on the window sill.

With the continuous burning of firewood in the fireplace, the room is still warm, and there is no need to wear a coat.

After a while, Zhu Chen and others cut up all kinds of side dishes, put them on plates and plates, and brought them out from the kitchen.

"You have prepared so many dishes today,"

Du Xiaojing brought up the last plate of Hericium erinaceus, looked at the dishes on the table and said.

Indeed, for today's hot pot meal, Xu Jichang had already prepared many dishes in the kitchen, some of which were mountain products he collected and stored earlier, and some of which he took out from the shelves in the space.

No matter what kind it is, in terms of taste, it is many times stronger than the popular products on the market.

The girls sat around the table, and Xu Ji used tongs to pick up a few pieces of red-hot charcoal from the fireplace: "Leave it alone, be careful of burning it."

After speaking, he put the crushed charcoal into the bottom of the hot pot to heat the pot.

Speaking of which, although the process of burning charcoal by yourself is more complicated than that of a professional charcoal burner, it is also somewhat particular.

For example, when choosing a charcoal fire, you have to choose those that burn to [-]% to [-]%. At this time, the charcoal fire has the highest temperature and the least smoke.

"Goooooooooooo..."

What Xu Jichang added to the hot pot was originally hot water, but when it was heated by charcoal fire, small bubbles appeared soon and gradually boiled.

"Add meat on the upper layer, and vegetables on the lower layer, so as not to spoil the taste."

Zhu Chen proposed at this time.

Xu Jichang, Du Xiaojing, and Shen Danrui felt that what she said was very reasonable, so they put the meat in the upper layer of the pot and the vegetables in the lower layer.

There was still a while before the meat and vegetables were cooked. Everyone tasted the stewed vegetables that Du Xiaojing brought in together with the side dishes, and found that the taste was really full of praise.

At this time, the vegetables in the pot were already cooked first, Xu Jichang took a slice of potato from it, dipped it in some homemade dipping sauce, and put it in his mouth.

"The food distributed by your agricultural resources station is better than the ones on the market.

Xu Jichang said after eating the potato chips.

Du Xiaojing followed and added: "The flavor of the seasoning is also very good, Danrui, your hands are really skillful."

"Learned at home."

Shen Danrui was affirmed one after another, with a smile in his eyes, "I will give out benefits next time for vegetables, and I will bring you some more."

"Come on, the bear meat is ready, let's try it quickly."

At this moment, Zhu Chen said.

So everyone stretched out their chopsticks one after another, and picked up the bear meat to try it out.

It melts in the mouth, tender but not greasy, Zhu Wei and others took a sip and were immersed in the delicious taste of bear meat.

Especially Shen Danrui, because Shen's mother hadn't cooked the bear paw that Xu Jichang gave her, so today was the first time she ate bear meat.

As soon as she put the bear meat into her mouth with chopsticks, she felt the unparalleled freshness and indescribable taste.

"It's really delicious, stronger than beef."

After tasting the bear meat carefully, Shen Danrui admired it from the bottom of his heart.

"That's not right, the taste that Jichang has harvested from the mountains is not comparable to that of domestic ones."

Du Xiaojing also picked up a piece of bear meat for himself, and said without raising his head.

Fragrant, it is so fragrant.

Xu Jichang, Zhu Wei and the others just put a few small pieces of bear meat into the pot, and the whole room was filled with fragrance.

At this time, Shen Danrui got up and went to the kitchen to get some noodles back, put some Hericium erinaceus into the pot, cooked for a while and served a bowl of Hericium erinaceus noodles for everyone.

Zhu Chen took a mouthful of noodles and drank some noodle soup: "It tastes so fresh, even fresher than chicken soup."

"It must be better than chicken soup. This is an authentic mountain product."

Du Xiaojing said after eating a few mouthfuls of noodles.

"Come on, have a taste of wolf meat, and you won't be afraid of the cold after eating it outside."

Xu Jichang said, pouring a small plate of wolf meat into the pot on the upper level.

Wolf meat is a kind of medicinal material, which has the effect of warding off the cold. It is the same supplement that hunters often bring when they go to the mountains in winter.

……

It was snowing heavily outside the window, knee-deep snow on the ground, and a layer of ice crystals formed on the window glass.

The north wind whizzed past, rolled up the snow on the ground, and blew waves of white hair wind.From time to time, branches were overwhelmed by the snow, and broke with a click.

Inside the house, it was another warm scene.

In front of the warm fireplace, Xu Jichang brought three girls, Zhu Wei, Du Xiaojing, and Shen Danrui, to eat delicious bear meat and wolf meat, taste delicious mountain products, chat about those happy things, and burst out laughing from time to time.

After eating the hot pot, Xu Jichang waited until the three girls finished washing and brushing, and sat with them in front of the fireplace for a while until late at night.

Xu Jichang sent the girls away and returned to his home, ready to wash his feet and go to sleep.

"Tuk Tuk..."

Just as he was carrying the thermos bottle to pour water, there seemed to be a knock on the door outside the yard.

Xu Jichang suspected that he had heard wrongly, so he listened carefully with his ears sideways.

"Tuk Tuk..."

There were two more knocks on the door, this time it was really confirmed.

Who is this.

Xu Jichang murmured in his heart.

It's a snowy day, and it's night again. I don't want to be a cat at home. What are I doing at my own house?

It can't be the three girls who live in the next courtyard. The two courtyards are connected, so there is no need for them to go around and knock on the door.

Feeling a little puzzled, Xu Jichang put down the hot water bottle and walked out. When he just reached the door, he remembered something, turned back to the bedroom, opened the holster, took out his five-four black star, opened the safety and held it in his hand.

Don't be afraid of [-], just be afraid of what happens.

On a snowy night, there are uninvited guests, so be careful.

Xu Jichang walked to the door with a gun in hand, and asked who it was.

No one answered him outside the door, but he knocked lightly on the door twice.

Let's just play silent here.

Xu Jichang pondered for a while, shook his head and decided to open the courtyard door to see what happened.

At the same time, he raised the muzzle of his gun, just in case someone came from outside the door.

"Squeak..."

"Pfft!"

As soon as the door was opened, there was a figure outside who fell straight towards Xu Jichang.

Xu Jichang shrank back instinctively, but he couldn't dodge, and the other party still fell into his arms.

Yes, still a woman.

Xu Jichang held the gun in one hand and supported the opponent with the other, feeling the hair on the opponent's shoulder, thinking in his heart.

At this moment, he clearly felt that the other party was trembling in his arms, as if he wanted to say something but couldn't.

Xu Jichang raised the woman's face, and discerned her eyes twice in the dark night, and found that it was Lan Qimei.

At this moment, Lan Qimei's face was icy cold, and she could clearly feel that her whole body was stiff.

Xu Jichang was surprised in his heart: "Why did you come to my house? How do you know that my house is here?"

Lan Qimei just shook her head in his arms without answering.

Even Xu Jichang couldn't see the specific expression on her face.

All right, take her to Nuannuan first, and then it's not too late to ask these questions, she is probably too cold to speak.

Xu Jichang thought to himself, closed the courtyard door, held a gun in one hand, supported Lan Qimei with the other, and led her to the door of his house.

When he held Lan Qimei's waist with his hands, he clearly felt that she was wearing very thin clothes and her body was soft, as if she was going to faint at any time.

If she hadn't opened the door, she probably would have frozen to death in the snow.

Thinking of this, Xu Jichang shook his head, took off his overcoat, put it on Lan Qimei, opened the door and helped her into the living room, settled down on the side of the dining table near the fireplace.

"You sit here first, and when you can talk, tell me what's going on."

Xu Jichang said, took a thermos bottle and poured her a cup of hot water in front of him, went out of the house, took some firewood, and threw it into the fireplace that was already about to go out.

Wearing Xu Jichang's clothes, Lan Qimei warmed up in the room for a while, and then she gradually recovered, raised her arms and took a few sips of water slowly.

"Have you eaten."

Xu Jichang asked.

"No……"

Lan Qimei shook her head.

Xu Jichang then turned around and went into the kitchen, heated up the leftovers from the hot pot that the four of them ate just now, put it in a small bowl, and brought it into the room.

After the small bowl was placed on the table, Lan Qimei faced the delicious food in the bowl, took only two mouthfuls of food, and put down her chopsticks to stop eating. Her fair and delicate face was completely numb, and her eyes were filled with tears.

Seeing her like this, Xu Jichang probably guessed what happened.

"How did you find my home?"

He asked Lan Qimei.

"I'm... After talking to you that day, I thought you were a nice person... So I asked the staff about your address and wanted to pick a day to thank you."

"As a result, as a result, today..."

When Lan Qimei said this, the tears in her eyes couldn't stop flowing down her eyes, and her shoulders heaved up and down, sobbing.

Obviously, she was kicked out of the house by Chen Lie.

"Oh, stop talking, let's warm up for a while."

Although Xu Jichang still couldn't figure out why Lan Qimei ran to him after an accident at home, but seeing her sad appearance, it was hard to let her continue.

Lan Qimei closed her eyes and didn't speak, but her crying became louder.

"Woo, I, I..."

"Woooo, woooooo..."

She lay on the table and kept crying, Xu Jichang scratched his head when he saw her.

It was snowing heavily outside, of course he couldn't drive the homeless Lan Qimei out.

But if she was allowed to cry like this, Du Xiaojing and the others next to her would definitely hear it, and it would be difficult for her to explain it.

In the middle of the night, a strange woman's cry came from the house, and anyone who noticed it would be puzzled.

"The firewood is almost gone, let's go to the cellar, it's warmer there."

Xu Jichang casually made up an excuse and said that he wanted to take Lan Qimei into the cellar with invincible sound insulation, where she could cry as she liked.

Moreover, in the middle of the night, and it was snowing again, it was impossible for Du Xiaojing and the others to run into the cellar without incident.

"Um……"

Lan Qimei wiped away her tears, nodded docilely and said.

In fact, when the firewood is burned out, you can add more.It's just that with Lan Qimei's current state, she definitely can't even think about it.

Before going out, Xu Jichang not only brought the oil lamps necessary for entering the cellar, and the unfinished dishes just now, but also found a towel for Lan Qimei to wipe her face.

The two came to the door from the living room, and when they went out through the snow-covered yard, Xu Ji used his free hand to pat Lan Qimei's shoulder.

Lan Qimei temporarily stopped crying and looked at him.

Xu Jichang shook his head and said nothing. In fact, he just wanted Lan Qimei not to cry when she passed the yard, so that Du Xiaojing and the others could not hear her.

Taking Lan Qimei into the cellar, Xu Jichang lit the oil lamp in his hand, and walked down the stairs with her step by step.

The cellar is full of vegetables such as radishes, cabbage, potatoes, etc. Only a small space is left in the innermost side. There are two stools on it, which are usually used to step on it and pick up the vegetables piled on top.

Xu Jichang took the oil lamp to the bench and sat down. He struck a match and lit another oil lamp in the cellar. Together with the one in his hand, the inside was brightly illuminated.

"sit down."

Xu Jichang put the small bowls containing meat and vegetables on the ground, and said to Lan Qimei who was following behind.

Lan Qimei bit her pale lips, sobbed in a low voice without speaking, and her crying gradually became louder after she sat down.

Xu Jichang didn't bother her, but when her crying was a little quieter, he picked up the small bowl on the ground and handed it to Lan Qimei, "I must have eaten yet, eat first and then talk about it."

"I don't even have the energy to cry when I'm hungry."

(End of this chapter)