Border Cook

Chapter 242 Grievance
At this time, the tarpaulin curtain fell down, covering most of the doghouse, so that the situation inside could not be seen clearly from the outside.

"He's so smart, it must be Xiao Hei!" Mao Sanli's tone became more and more certain.

Xia Mingyue was also more and more surprised, "Brother Mao has always called Wu Jin "Little Black", could it be that he has seen it before?"

"Not only have I seen him, I even fed him for a while." Mao Sanli said, "At the beginning of last summer, my master and I were at home and saw Xiao Hei wandering outside. He was skinny and looked like he had no one to live with, so I brought some food from home to feed him."

"Xiao Hei was also very clever. Seeing that I kept feeding him, he waited outside the door every day. After feeding him for about a month, I finally managed to coax Xiao Hei into my home and raise him there."

"During the spring, Xiao Hei suddenly disappeared. At first I thought he was out running around as usual and would come back after a few days, but he never came back. I searched for him for a long time but to no avail."

"I was a little worried that this little black guy might have gotten lost or been caught and eaten. I was sad for a long time, but I didn't expect that he would be here with Madam Xia!"

Wu Jin came here in early summer, so the timing matches.

Wu Jin is smart and clever, which is consistent with what Mao Sanli said.

but……

"This Wu Jin doesn't seem to admit that he is Xiao Hei." Xia Mingyue said, "Could it be that this is just a dog that is somewhat similar to the one adopted by Brother Mao, so Brother Mao has made a mistake?"

"This..." Mao Sanli scratched his ear.

Even if the dogs are similar, they shouldn't be exactly the same.

But he had fed Xiao Hei for a while, so logically he had some feelings for him. Why did Xiao Hei seem unwilling to recognize him?
Even looking like he's trying to avoid it?

what is happening……

"I can't figure it out either." Mao Sanli was a little distressed.

"Wu Jin is indeed a dog I adopted along the way, and I also wanted to find the original owner for Wu Jin. Although Brother Mao adopted Wu Jin for a period of time along the way, Wu Jin did not recognize Brother Mao, so I definitely cannot hand Wu Jin over to you, Brother Mao." Xia Mingyue expressed her attitude.

"I understand this." Mao Sanli nodded. "If I adopt a dog, I can't give it to others without knowing the whole story. This is to be responsible for it."

"Besides, I only adopted Xiao Hei for a period of time, so I can't be considered Xiao Hei's original owner, so Madam Xia did nothing wrong."

The only thing he couldn't understand now was why Xiao Hei was avoiding him.

Are you afraid that he will take it away?
"Thank you for your understanding." Putting down the things in her hands, Xia Mingyue began to make meat patties for Mao Sanli.

Xia Ji's food stall hasn't sold meat patties for a long time, but every day everyone misses the taste of meat patties, especially the black vegetable meat patties. Xia Mingyue often goes to find some black vegetables and makes some black vegetable meat patties to satisfy everyone's cravings.

Therefore, Xia Mingyue had not yet lost touch with the skill of making meat patties, and she was still as adept at making them as ever.

Mix the filling, knead the dough, wrap the meat filling, roll it into meat patties, and fry it in a pan...

Twenty meat patties were quickly ready, and considering that Mao Sanli might really be the original owner of Wu Jin, Xia Mingyue felt a little guilty about taking away someone else's love, so she made five or six more and put them all for Mao Sanli.

Mao Sanli could tell at a glance that there were a lot of meat patties, and couldn't help but thank Xia Mingyue, "Thank you, Madam Xia."

"Xia Ji's stall will not open until the eighth day after the New Year. I don't have many relatives here in Jinqiu County, so I don't have to go back and forth to pay New Year's greetings. If Brother Mao still needs meat patties, you can come and buy them anytime." Xia Mingyue said with a smile.

"Thank you, Madam Xia." Mao Sanli thanked her again, held the meat pie wrapped in cage cloth in his arms, and left.

Before leaving, he looked again and again in the direction of Wu Jin's doghouse and finally sighed.

This little black...

And Wu Jin in the nest was secretly looking out.

It was not until it saw Mao Sanli leave and not show up for a long time, probably thinking he would never come back, that it heaved a sigh of relief and stuck its head out. After observing for a while, it stretched out its front legs.

Peeking around and acting furtively.

Xia Mingyue found Wu Jin's appearance funny, and then rolled her eyes and suddenly called out, "Xiao Hei?"

When Wu Jin heard this name, the paw he had just raised quickly retracted as if he had been electrocuted. The whole dog also quickly retreated and curled up in the doghouse again.

Obviously, Wu Jin is indeed Xiao Hei.

Xia Mingyue sighed slightly, walked to the doghouse, and squatted down, "Wu Jin, come out."

When Wu Jin heard the sound, he stuck his head out again. Seeing Xia Mingyue stretching out her hand, he rubbed his head against her palm, making a humming sound.

It has a bit of a coquettish tone.

"You." Xia Mingyue rubbed Wu Jin's forehead, took out the meat pie that she had just made specially for Wu Jin, without onions, ginger, garlic, and very little seasoning, and put it in Wu Jin's earthenware pot.

Only when Wu Jin smelled the fragrance did he come out of his nest.

However, it did not come out completely. Instead, it stuck out most of its body, picked up the earthenware pot or bowl, and brought it to a place quite close to the nest, and ate it with big bites.

When he had eaten to his heart's content, Wu Jin finally came out of his nest and squatted at Xia Mingyue's feet.

He even shrugged his back, signaling Xia Mingyue to take action.

Xia Mingyue rubbed Wu Jin's back very tactfully, and said with a smile, "Are you really Xiao Hei?"

Wu Jin paused while eating the meat pie.

After a moment, he raised his head and looked at Xia Mingyue, his face full of grievance.

"Did you suffer injustice over there?" Xia Mingyue asked again.

"Woof!" Wu Jin replied.

It’s really unfair.

Xia Mingyue stroked Wu Jin's back, frowning.

But Mao Sanli looked honest and didn't seem like someone who would be bad to a pet. Moreover, when he first met Wu Jin, Wu Jin was a little dirtier and thinner, but there were no signs of abuse on his body.

What kind of injustice did Wu Jin suffer? This needs to be thoroughly investigated.

But since Mao Sanli knows that Wu Jin is here, I think he will come again. Then we can have a good communication with him and probably understand the key.

Xia Mingyue touched Wu Jin's head.

Wu Jin continued to eat the meat pie with gusto.

In the afternoon, Xia Mingyue, Jiang Zhuguo and Lu started steaming buns and dumplings together.

When kneading the dough, knead it long enough and the steamed buns will be chewy and delicious, with the dough layered and you can even tear it apart and eat it. The more you chew it, the more delicious it will be.

As for the buns, Xia Mingyue steamed some black vegetable and meat buns, some radish and meat buns, some vegetarian buns with cabbage, tofu and vermicelli, and some sugar buns.

The sugar buns are made with brown sugar. Simply mix brown sugar and flour in a certain proportion, put them into a rolled out round dough, pinch the dough tightly from the edge along the three corners, and then you can steam it.

When eating the steamed sugar bun, you must start from one of the corners of the triangle, sucking up the sugar juice inside while eating. It is extremely sweet.