Abandoned Women: The First Secret Service Concubine

Chapter 59 Mystery
Sweat dripped from Feng Yao's forehead: "I want to change, I already have plans, but it's not right now." Seeing what Su Xingyan wanted to say, Feng Yao quickly changed the subject: "Sit down, I'll boil water for you Drink. I will make some delicious dishes to entertain you later, and take a rest soon." As he spoke, he walked out of the yard, gathered a firewood in his arms, sat down by the stove and started to light the fire.

Su Xingyan's enthusiastic thoughts were still not dispelled, and he said: "The next time I come again, I will bring you a fire-burning girl."

Feng Yao's hand holding the firewood trembled and almost fell to her feet. She took a deep breath, what kind of person did she meet?

On the tall and beautiful mahogany dressing cabinet, Doudou hugged the little fox and lay on it, curiously looking at the little people and the little fox inside.He stretched out his hand, and the person in the mirror also stretched out his hand, touching each other, it was cold.

"Squeak." Xiaobai also stretched out his claws curiously, and the white ball in the mirror also stretched out.

The two little guys were playing on their own, one "giggled" and the other "squeaked".Seeing such a scene, Su Xingyan couldn't understand from the bottom of his heart, what kind of father could cruelly abandon such a lovely son?

Feng Yao sat by the stove, quickly boiled a pot of hot water, poured it into a bowl to cool, patted her body and said, "You sit at home, I'll borrow a handful of vegetables, and I'll cook them for you when I come back."

"Borrowing food?" Su Xingyan was stunned for a moment. In his consciousness, whatever he wanted to eat would be prepared in the kitchen and delivered to him. It never occurred to him that he needed to borrow food for cooking?

Feng Yao explained: "There are two dishes at home, and I haven't had time to buy them yet. I'll go to my sister-in-law's house at the east end of the village to borrow some. We often do this, you lend me some, and I'll lend you some."

In fact, people in the village never buy vegetables, because every household grows seasonal vegetables in their fields.Originally, Feng's and Doudou were also divided into several pieces of Susukida, but since Fengyao came, she was not good at farming, and because she had a better way to make money, she abandoned the fields.

At this time there was no food to eat, so Feng Yao wanted to borrow some from Wu's family.After explaining to Su Xingyan, he turned to Doudou and said, "Doudou, stay at home obediently, mother will go to uncle's house to get something, and she will be back in a while."

"Yes." Doudou nodded obediently.

Feng Yao stepped out of the house and walked to Wu's house.Doudou was lying on the dressing table with the little fox in her arms, and quietly turned her head to look at Su Xingyan.

I saw that Su Xingyan was tall and handsome, looking out the door, there was something he didn't understand.Doudou felt a little uneasy in her heart, and felt that this uncle seemed to be trying to steal his mother from him.That can't be done, the mother is his. Thinking of this, Doudou's eyes showed a little hostility.

This repelling look was quickly caught by Su Xingyan, feeling a little strange in his heart, but with a big smile on his face, he looked at Doudou and said, "Your name is Doudou, isn't it? My name is Su Xingyan."

Doudou lowered her head, touched Xiaobai's ear, and said nothing.

Su Xingyan said: "Is that a little fox in your arms? He looks really handsome. I have never seen such a beautiful little fox."

"Zhizhi." At this moment, Xiaobai in Doudou's arms proudly poked his head out and called out twice.

"Xiaobai." Doudou lowered her head and pressed Xiaobai back into her arms, still not looking at Su Xingyan.

Su Xingyan raised his eyebrows, feeling some interest in his heart, leaned over and said, "Do you often bathe little foxes?"

Hearing this, Doudou stopped stroking Xiaobai's ears.And Xiaobai's ears also perked up at this time.

"The little fox has such long fur. If it doesn't take a bath often, a lot of dust will accumulate on its body, and sometimes insects will crawl into it, making it uncomfortable to bite." Su Xingyan said with a serious expression.

"Really?" Doudou hugged the little fox's hand tightly, and seeing Su Xingyan nodded, she quickly lowered her head and pulled Xiaobai's hair, "Xiaobai, do you have bugs on your body? Is it itchy?"

"Does your little fox often scratch his body with his hind legs? If so, there are bugs on his body and he needs to take a serious bath." Su Xingyan said, got up and went to a brand new basin beside the bed, picked up a piece of incense Jianzi said, "If you use this to bathe the little fox, it will be clean and smell good. Don't you believe it? I'll show you."

Seeing that he was holding a brightly colored object in his hand, Doudou couldn't help forgetting the hostility just now, and approached Xiaobai with his arms in his arms.

In this room, Su Xingyan and Doudou gradually became acquainted, and on the other side, Feng Yao also walked into Wu's house.

"Sister-in-law, are you home?" Feng Yao stepped into the courtyard and shouted into the house with a raised voice.

"Big aunt!" Song Qiao'er was still the first to greet her, her thin body like a bamboo pole "swish" out of the room, and said quickly: "Big aunt, I heard that you have a visitor at home? Is it a rich man?" His noble son? Is that right?"

"Where did Qiaoer hear that?" Feng Yao touched the little girl's heart and asked with a smile.

"The fat woman next door said it." Song Qiaoer pouted.

"What a fat woman, this child just can't talk." Then Wu Shi came out of the house, stood under the eaves, and looked at Feng Yao with a little surprise: "Matchmaker Chen just left my house, she Did you say you have guests at home? Or are you driving a big carriage?"

Feng Yao nodded: "It's a friend of mine."

"Friend?" Mrs. Wu frowned, and said in disbelief: "But, I heard from Matchmaker Chen that he is your brother? And he brought you many good things, such as silks and satins, fine porcelain dishes, sheets and quilts, and even And the dressing table?" The more Wu said, the more she felt strange, and she looked at Feng Yao with more suspicion: "Where did you come from such a rich friend?"

At this time, Yan Shi and Song Qingqing also came out, stood under the eaves, and looked at Feng Yao together.

Feng Yao smiled faintly, and said: "I want to make two dishes for my friends, but there are no garlic sprouts and coriander at home, do sister-in-law have any here? If so, lend me two."

"But—" Mrs. Wu wanted to say something, but was pushed by Mrs. Yan behind her: "Hurry up and get it?" Mrs. Wu shut her mouth and went into the kitchen to get something.

Yan's looked at Feng Yao with gentle eyes: "Are these two things missing? Is there anything else? Oil? Salt? Is it enough?" Her stubborn daughter-in-law really has never seen the world .Does she care if Feng is entertaining his brother or a friend?After all, no matter what your identity is, it's all Feng's good fortune, so if you ask too many questions, you won't be afraid of being annoying?
When Yan was not out of the cabinet, she was the lady of the teacher's family, and she often listened to her father's lectures, so her vision and heart were much higher than ordinary women.With just one glance, one can tell that Feng Yao is different from ordinary women, even from the cowardly Feng family from before.

Wu took out two handfuls of garlic sprouts and parsley, handed them to Feng Yao and said, "Take it."

"Thank you, sister-in-law." Feng Yao took it with a smile, then nodded to Yan Shi: "Auntie, I'm going back." After stroking Song Qiaoer's head, she turned and walked outside.

"How did Feng's become so mysterious?" Wu frowned and muttered.

"Don't think about what you have and what you don't have. Is lunch ready?" Yan hit the cattail fan, turned and entered the room.

Song Qingqing let go of the door curtain and entered the room with her head down.Instead, she sat by the bed, opened the bedside cabinet, and took out a flower that Feng Yao gave her a few days ago.The bright and soft fabric fell into Song Qingqing's heart at the moment, and she didn't feel very happy anymore.

Matchmaker Chen's words sounded in my ears: "Oh, you didn't see how generous that young man is! When he entered the door, he yelled first, 'Brother brought you six sets of sheets and bedding, six sets of dishes and tea sets, silk and satin Two horses each, and a dresser...'"

Although she didn't see it with her own eyes, Song Qingqing seemed to see a colorful beauty just listening to Chen Matchmaker's description.The Feng family is so rich, but the gift for their own marriage is just a piece of flowers.Song Qingqing lowered her head, crumpled up the flowers in her hand, and stuffed them into the cabinet.

After Fengyao returned home, she saw two figures squatting in the yard, one big and one small, both bare-armed, holding down a ball of white snow that was constantly struggling in the basin.From a long distance, the little fox's "squeak" can be heard.

"What are you doing?" Feng Yao walked into the yard and asked.

Doudou raised his head and said seriously: "Mother, we are giving Xiaobai a bath." Holding a piece of creamy soap, he wiped it on the struggling Xiaobai, muttering: "Xiaobai, be good!" , don’t move, your body won’t itch after washing.”

Feng Yao raised her eyebrows, and looked at Su Xingyan who was squatting opposite Doudou.I saw Su Xingyan with a sullen face, holding back a smile, met Shang Fengyao's eyes, and winked at her.

Feng Yao shook her head amusedly, and went into the room to cook.

Taking advantage of Su Xingyan's great deal today, he had to get two good dishes.Feng Yao put the garlic sprouts and coriander on the stove, looked out through the window, the surface of the Moshui River shimmered in the sun.Feng Yao wanted to catch two fish very much, as the saying goes "no fish can't make a feast", you must have fish when entertaining distinguished guests.

However, in front of Su Xingyan, it seems that it is not good to roll up the trousers.After all, this is not a modern place, and men and women still have to be more cautious.What's more, if Su Xingyan sees her method of spearing a fish, I'm afraid it will cause another burst of surprise.After thinking about it, he shook his head and let go of the thought.

There are also some fried pork and beef at home, but they can also make two dishes.Feng Yao looked at the ingredients on the stove, and planned to make a stewed potato with twice-cooked pork and beef.She looked outside the yard and saw the two servants guarding the carriage, um, let's have beef ramen again.

Just do it, Feng Yao opened the bag of noodles, and took out a piece of hard noodles.Put it into a basin, add half a scoop of water into it, knead and stir it together, then start pouring flour into the basin little by little, and start kneading the dough.

For beef noodles, when kneading the noodles, pay attention to "three times of water, three times of ashes, and ninety-nine and eighty-one times of kneading".The ash is the flour alkali. When kneading the dough, you must add water at least three times, three times the flour alkali, and spend a lot of effort to knead the dough to make the dough pliable and chewy.

After the dough is reconciled, it needs to be left for about two quarters of an hour, which is called wake up.Feng Yao put the reconciled dough into the basin, and while she was waking up the noodles, she planned to stir-fry the twice-cooked pork first.

The steps of twice-cooked pork are relatively simple. First, pour a few scoops of water into the pot, and cook on a high fire under the pot.At the same time, Feng Yao peeled off a white garlic clove, smashed it with the back of a knife, then cut the onion and ginger into pieces, waited for the water in the pot to boil, grabbed a handful of peppercorns, and poured them into the pot together.

Cook for half an hour, remove the onion, ginger, garlic and peppercorns, put in the sliced ​​radish and cook, add a little salt.Serve the pork cubes that have been sitting in the shade, slice each piece, pour into the pan, roll a few times, and then fish out.

(End of this chapter)