First smoked mind

Chapter 4 Walnut Cheese

After serving Jing Yi for dinner, Qiao Chuxun put the bowls, chopsticks, and soup cups on a tray and placed them on a round table aside.He took out a handkerchief from under his side and wiped his hands, walked back to the side of the couch, and said softly: "Young master, please stretch out your hand."

Jing Yi was leaning on the couch, half-closed his eyes, thinking about something.Hearing this, he slowly opened his eyes, raised his eyebrows, but didn't say much, Yiyan stretched out a palm from under the blanket, with the palm facing down.

Qiao Chuxun couldn't help but curled his mouth, put his hand on his cuff, turned his wrist over, and carried him on the small table beside him.

As soon as he stuck out his index finger and middle finger, someone grabbed his wrist. Qiao Chuxun was startled and couldn't help but look up at him.Jing Yi's long and narrow phoenix eyes flashed a trace of condensation, the pupils were dark and deep, as if wanting to peek into people's hearts: "What are you doing?"

Qiao Chuxun was puzzled, but his heart trembled when he looked at him coldly with a hint of disgust, and hurriedly lowered his eyes and replied softly: "Take the pulse."

Jing Yi seemed to be scalded, and quickly let go of the palm that clamped her wrist: "No need."

Qiao Chuxun frowned slightly, but still stood stubbornly at the same place: "I just want to determine how to take care of your body, and what medicinal materials to use to supplement food..."

"I said no." Jing Yi cut off her explanation a little coldly, pulled up the blanket on his body again, closed his eyes again, and turned his face to the other side: "Go down."

Qiao Chuxun didn't look up, but she also noticed the alienated attitude shown by the other party, so she responded softly, walked back a few steps, reached the round table, picked up the tray and left the room.

He bowed his head and just took two steps, and almost bumped into Gao Ling.Gao Ling stretched out his hand to support the crumbling soup cup, and noticed that Qiao Chuxun's face was pale, so he couldn't help frowning, and reached out to take the tray: "Let me do it."

Qiao Chuxun shook his head and smiled at him: "No need. I'm going back to the back kitchen anyway. Go in quickly."

Gao Ling hesitated for a moment, not knowing how to speak: "Miss Qiao..."

Qiao Chuxun smiled at him: "I'm not some kind of lady, just call me Chuxun."

Gao Ling shook her head and insisted: "Miss Qiao, we have discussed it just now. From now on, everyone will take turns to deliver meals to the young master every noon and night, and you will tell me when you are done. Like now...you can't eat a bite of hot rice every day, can you? Method……"

The corners of Qiao Chuxun's lips curved slightly: "It's okay. I ate some when I was preparing meals, so don't worry about me."

Gao Ling's mouth was clumsy, and he knew in his heart that this would not work, but his words were incoherent, and he was sweating for a while.

Qiao Chuxun winked at him playfully: "Okay, let's talk about it another day. Didn't you come here to find young master, go in quickly, don't let young master wait."

Back in the back kitchen, Xiao Taoer was already waiting at the door, hurriedly stepped forward to take the tray, and complained in a soft voice: "Sister Chuxun, show me the place tomorrow. I just wanted to go over and get it for you." Things, don’t know the way.”

Qiao Chuxun looked at her with a smile: "I was negligent. I will take you to identify all the places in the house tomorrow morning."

"Sister Chuxun, I saw it just now. There is still some porridge in the pot and two pieces of sweet-scented osmanthus cake." Xiao Taoer scooped a ladle of cold water from the tank to wash the dishes, and turned her head to look at Qiao Chuxun: "I have helped you It's too hot, eat it quickly."

Qiao Chuxun was taken aback for a moment, turned her face away and said "hmm", her fingers trembling slightly as she lifted the lid of the pot.

They were talking, one was eating, and the other was working, which was quite interesting.Xiao Tao'er moved very nimbly. Qiao Chuxun had just finished a bowl of porridge, and she had already cleaned the dishes, put them aside to control the water, and then began to tidy up the chopping board.

Qiao Chuxun washed the bowls and chopsticks she had used, and saw that the kitchen was cleaned up, so she brought in the bag of walnuts that she bought in the evening through the door.

The freshly crushed walnuts still have a faint smell of fresh and slightly burnt turpentine. When I bought them, I had the merchant help me remove the skins.Qiao Chuxun came over with a small stool and a hammer from behind the door, and sat near the door to smash walnuts.

Xiao Tao'er stepped forward to have a look, and was delighted with a "puchi".

Qiao Chuxun just broke open a walnut, feeling beautiful in her heart, when she heard Xiao Taoer laughing, she hurriedly looked up at her: "What's wrong?"

Xiao Tao'er reached out and took the hammer from Qiao Chuxun's hand, and pulled Qiao Chuxun's sleeve to get her up: "Sister Chuxun, you can cook for everyone, I will do this kind of chores. "As he spoke, a pair of round eyes blinked at Qiao Chuxun, with a sweet smile on his lips.

Qiao Chuxun was slightly embarrassed, she had never done such a thing before.After coming here, I learned to do a lot of things little by little.She had never lighted firewood before, never cooked a big pot of vegetables, and never went to the market to bargain with people seriously.But everything has a beginning, right? Now that you have decided to start from scratch, learn to do it slowly, and you can always do well.

Xiao Taoer was smashing walnuts aside, and Qiao Chuxun took a small basin to wash the dates, which were sun-dried dates bought from the market two days ago.Qiao Chuxun tasted one at the time. It was thin-skinned, thick-fleshed and small-nucleated, and the taste was particularly sweet.I bought walnuts again today, just in time to make walnut cheese for my son.

Thinking of the situation just now, Qiao Chuxun felt a little sad, and quickly let out a self-deprecating smile.In any case, they gave her shelter, provided her with three meals a day, and extended a helping hand when she was in the most difficult time.All I can do is to do my best to repay Jing Yi's kindness.He doesn't like himself, so just keep as little contact with him as possible in the future.

In the master bedroom, Gao Ling entered the room and told Jing Yi what Xiaolu saw on the street in the afternoon.Jing Yi closed his eyes and remained silent for a while.

Gao Ling hesitated for a while, then said in a low voice: "Master, Miss Qiao..."

Jing Yi slowly opened his eyes.Gao Ling lowered her head with some self-reproach: "From now on, my brothers and I will take turns serving the young master's meals at noon and evening. We were negligent before."

Jing Yi quickly understood the meaning of Gao Ling's words, pondered for a moment, and then ordered: "You usually take care of her more, don't lack clothes and bedding..."

Gao Ling responded, and Jing Yi said slowly: "If she wants to leave, don't stop her. Remember to give more money."

Gao Ling raised her head abruptly: "My lord——"

Jing Yi had already closed his eyes, and obviously didn't want to say more: "That's all, you should rest earlier. Call Xiaolu over."

Gao Ling hesitated for a moment, but finally said nothing, took the door and left the house.

Early the next morning.Before dawn, Qiao Chuxun got up and saw that Xiao Tao'er was sleeping soundly, and did not turn on the lamp.I arrived at the courtyard in the dark, and after a brief wash, I went to the back kitchen.

The night before, the two of them were busy for an hour, peeling off the thin layer of skin on the walnut kernels, peeling off the skin of the red dates, and then smashing the walnuts into fine pieces, and crushing the red dates into jujube paste.Leave it for the morning meal the next day.

Qiao Chuxun emptied the rice that had been soaked overnight, poured it into a small basin, and pounded it with a stone pestle, adding water while pounding.It wasn't until my arms were sore and numb, and the rice milk in the basin was smooth and thick, that I took a piece of clean gauze and filtered out the dregs bit by bit.

The water in the casserole was boiling.Qiao Chuxun poured the rice milk into it, then added chopped walnuts and red dates in turn, stirring slowly with a long-handled spoon.

Xiao Taoer ran in, sniffling her nose and looking into the pot: "It's so fragrant! Sister Chuxun, what are you doing? I've never seen it before."

Qiao Chuxun kept stirring it with one hand, and scooped two spoonfuls of honey into it with the other hand, with a slight smile on his lips: "It's walnut cheese. I asked you to help grind walnuts and dates last night, just for this. "

Xiao Taoer watched eagerly from one side: "It looks delicious..."

After a while, the pulp in the pot was bubbling and bubbling. Xiao Taoer cleverly handed over two cloth towels and helped hold the spoon.

Qiao Chuxun quickly put the casserole on the long table aside, put down the cloth towel, pinched the earlobe, and blew several breaths on the fingertips.

Xiao Tao'er took Qiao Chuxun's sleeve to the water tank, scooped up a small ladle of cold water, poured it slowly on her fingertips, and looked at her worriedly: "I'll do these things in the future."

Then he caressed the back of Qiao Chuxun's hand: "Why is there a tear right now?" It's only autumn, if it gets colder in a few days, how will she survive...

The burning pain at her fingertips gradually dissipated, Qiao Chuxun put her hands back into her sleeves, and smiled at her again: "It's okay."

While helping to serve the porridge and serve the buns, Xiao Taoer looked at Qiao Chuxun worriedly: "Sister Chuxun, your skin is tender, don't touch cold water these two days. I will accompany you to buy a box of pear flower paste when you go to the street later." , specially for wiping your hands, so your hands won’t always be cracked.”

Qiao Chuxun was dividing the walnut cheese with a spoon, and the corners of his lips were always hooked: "Has Xiao Taoer used it before?"

Xiao Taoer put the steamed stuffed buns on the tray, and shook her head again: "No. I saw the sister next door used it. The taste is sweet and sweet, and there is a pear blossom fragrance."

Qiao Chuxun smiled slightly: "Really."

Soon Gao Ling and others also came over to help serve the food.

Qiao Chuxun put a bowl of white porridge, a small bowl of walnut cheese, three steamed stuffed buns with vegetarian stuffing, and a small dish of freshly pickled radish on the tray, then looked at Xiao Taoer: "Come with me. By the way Let me show you the place."

At the door, Qiao Chuxun gently knocked on the door twice, pushed the door panel open, and handed the tray to Xiao Taoer.

Xiao Tao'er's eyes opened wider, Cherry's little mouth opened slightly: "Me?"

Qiao Chuxun gave her a funny look: "Yes."

Xiao Taoer took the tray, and gave her a timid look: "Sister Chuxun..."

"It's okay, I'll wait for you here." Qiao Chuxun looked at the silhouette reflected on the window paper, and helped Xiao Tao'er tuck her hair around her ears.

The food in the side hall is in full swing, and no one has ever drank walnut cheese, so this taste is incredible.The deep reddish purple color, the smooth and thick taste, the sweetness of dates, the aroma of walnuts, and the unique light fragrance of rice milk blend together, making it hard to swallow in your mouth.

After drinking the walnut cheese, everyone went on to eat steamed stuffed buns and white porridge, and soon all the food on the table was swept away.

Xiao Tao'er didn't have a moment to go in, and came out empty-handed.Yuanyuan's eyes were foggy, and her small mouth was tightly pursed. When she saw Qiao Chuxun, she threw herself into her arms with two steps.

Qiao Chuxun was taken aback, what happened?
"Woo...Young master is so fierce! Sister Chuxun, you can ask me to do whatever you want in the future, just don't ask me to deliver food to young master... I, I don't want to deliver food to young master..." Xiao Taoer looked up pitifully At the beginning, "Sister Chuxun, don't drive me away, I can do anything..."

The little guy said a few words upside down, but Qiao Chuxun got the general idea, and reached out to touch the top of her head: "Okay. You go to eat first. I put your walnut cheese in the steamer for you, and I will eat it right away." Come."

Xiao Tao'er, with a big teardrop still hanging on her cheek, looked at Qiao Chuxun in horror: "You, you still want to go in?"

Qiao Chuxun was almost amused by her: "Young master is not in good health, I'll go in and see if there is anything I need to help."

Xiao Tao'er nodded timidly, and turned her head three times before walking away.Qiao Chuxun entered the room softly, and saw Jing Yi sitting at the table, holding the lotus seed bowl in his hands with some difficulty, sipping walnut cheese.

Seeing Qiao Chuxun coming in, Jing Yi paused slightly, his long and narrow phoenix eyes gave her a lazy look, and said softly, "Why are you here again?"

Qiao Chuxun walked up to him and saw that he was still wearing a black jacket, only a thin cloak over it, and the fox fur scarf that had been around his neck was not on, so he couldn't help frowning.Looking around, he took out the scarf and thin blanket, bent down to help him cover the blanket on his legs, and passed the scarf over.

Jing Yi raised his eyes to look at her, but didn't reach out.

Qiao Chuxun kept his eyes down, seeing that he didn't move, he was at a loss for a while.

Jing Yi put down the lotus seed bowl in his hand, and coughed lightly twice.Qiao Chuxun bit her lip, took a step forward with her head down, put the scarf gently on the back of his neck, said "Sorry" softly, gently lifted his hair, and tied the brocade belt on the scarf .

Jing Yi Rumo repaired his eyebrows and raised his eyebrows: "Why do you want to say sorry?"

Qiao Chuxun had already retreated to where he was standing before, the corners of his lips were slightly curved, but his voice trembled a little: "I know you don't like to be in contact with people."

Jing Yi seemed to have heard something particularly interesting, sneered, and pulled the person into his arms with a tug of his hand.

Qiao Chuxun's heart trembled, and a pair of apricot eyes widened to look at him, how could this man...

Although Jing Yi looked up at people, he still had an imposing manner, his bloodless lips curled up a little flirtatiously, and his deep voice was somewhat cold: "It's because ordinary people dare not come into contact with me."

Qiao Chuxun's body was slightly stiff, and after a while, her hibiscus-like lips squirmed slightly: "You are not that kind of person."

Jing Yi raised one eyebrow: "What kind of person?"

Qiao Chuxun pursed her lips, and looked at him with almond eyes: "You are not what everyone says you are, Zhao Qi, Young Master Zhao."

Jing Yi let go of the arms around her waist, and the smile on his lips was a little mocking: "You've only known me for a few days!"

Qiao Chuxun took two steps back, and put the porridge bowl and buns on the table back on the tray: "It's already cold, I'll go get some hot ones."

After walking a few steps, Qiao Chuxun turned his head slightly, but still did not raise his eyes: "The person who will like that poem will not be a bad person."

Qiao Chuxun didn't know this person for long, but she realized very early on that this person was far from the cruel, tyrannical, ambitious little prince who killed his father and brother as everyone rumored, and even looked like two different people.

Green ant new fermented wine, red clay small stove.In the evening, the sky is like snow, and there is nothing to drink.This is a state of mind that is self-sufficient and indifferent to the world.Most teenagers are proud and arrogant, yearning to gallop on the battlefield, and like chivalry, but very few people at that age would like such calm poetry.Those who know how to appreciate must be those who have gone through hardships when they were young, and yearn for a leisurely life.

Jing Yi was taken aback for a moment, and the curve of his lips gradually faded, leaving only a trace of bitterness that only he could taste.

(End of this chapter)