First smoked mind

Chapter 5 Crab Stuffed Orange

Just after noon that day, someone outside the door was selling crabs.

Xiaolu carried the tea soup brought by Xiao Taoer, smiled and walked to the backyard: "Miss Qiao, there are crabs for sale at the door!"

Qiao Chuxun was making fermented rice, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but raised his head and smiled, "Want to eat crabs?"

Xiaolu nodded again and again: "Everyone loves to eat crabs! In the past, every autumn, we would go to restaurants to eat crabs every three days, such as drunk crabs, steamed crabs, ginger and scallion crabs... In the past, the young master liked to eat crabs stuffed with oranges. ..." As soon as the last "orange" was finished, Xiaolu immediately looked a little annoyed, bowed his head and took a sip of tea soup to stop his mouth.

Qiao Chuxun smiled slightly: "My son is afraid of the cold, so he doesn't like crabs."

Xiaolu nodded indiscriminately, turned around with the bowl in his hand, and was about to leave.Qiao Chuxun stood up, "I'll go with you."

Xiaolu turned around in surprise, and Qiao Chuxun looked at him with a smile: "Since everyone likes to eat, let's make some. Anyway, I haven't prepared dinner yet, so there's still time."

After finishing speaking, she asked Xiao Taoer to pick crabs by the front door.Take a look outside the door, the crabs are really fresh, all of them are oily and firm, full of fat and fat.Qiao Chuxun bought a big basket according to the head, and the other four guards came over in the past two days, including Gao Ling, Xiao Tao'er and herself, there were exactly twenty people in total.

Qiao Chuxun gave Xiao Tao'er some money and asked her to go to the street to buy two oranges and two jars of good Nurhong.Crabs are very cold, although they are delicious, but if you don't eat them well, it will easily hurt your food, so it is advisable to have some rice wine.Xiaolu volunteered to help carry the wine, and followed suit.

Xiaolu helped carry a basket of crabs to the back kitchen. Seeing that Qiao Chuxun seemed a little scared, she called two more people over and asked Qiao Chuxun for some string.Standing in the courtyard, wash the crabs with well water, and tie the crabs up neatly.

Qiao Chuxun watched from the side for a while, and also found the way out. Just as he reached out to try to catch one, he was immediately stopped by Xiaoni.The other two also spoke out to dissuade him, saying that they would not let him do these menial tasks.Qiao Chuxun could only sit back under the plane tree and continue to seal the wine jar.

That day, Xiao Taoer brought Jing Yi a breakfast meal, and Gao Ling brought the meal at noon, and in the evening Jing Yi called Gao Ling to the room, saying that it would be good for Miss Qiao to eat with him in the future.In this way, Qiao Chuxun can eat well without bothering everyone, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

Gao Ling was so happy to hear that, his son had lived for 25 years, but it was the first time he took the initiative to approach a girl's family!In addition, everyone still likes Qiao Chuxun, so I am happy to see more interactions between the two.

The parties didn't think much of it.Jing Yi never liked being close to strangers, and he didn't want Gao Ling and the others to be troubled by their own eating, and Qiao Chuxun was well-adjusted, and he didn't talk as much as the girls he knew before, so he chose Willing to let her eat with him.

Qiao Chuxun was a little surprised when he heard it at first, but he became calm later.Xiao Tao'er seemed to be quite afraid of Jing Yi, and although the rest of them had good skills, they were not good at serving people.What's more, what she does and how she does it now is just a matter of Jing Yi's words, and now it's just letting her eat at the same table, so it's not too difficult for anyone.

Because it was the first time to cook crabs, Qiao Chuxun made the simplest steaming.There are two steamers in a large basket of crabs. Xiao Taoer fills the firewood fully, and sits on the side with a small cattail fan.

Qiao Chuxun plans to make some light-flavored mixed vegetables, and then a pot of crab soup. The staple food is big steamed buns stuffed with cabbage, and dinner is ready.Arrange the vegetables that will be used on the side table, and leave it to Xiao Taoer to choose and wash in a while, and Qiao Chuxun starts to wash the oranges.

When Jing Yi held her in his arms that day, she suddenly realized that this man was not as cold as she imagined, and his arms were not as strong as those who had been bedridden for a long time.But his breath was indeed a little short, and his complexion was extremely pale.

Later, she asked Gao Ling in private, confirming that Jing Yi knew martial arts, coupled with the fact that she had been immersed in various medical books since she was a child, Qiao Chuxun thought, this person must have been severely injured before, and lost too much blood at that time, which hurt his vitality, but It's not as serious as it looks.

She didn't understand why Jing Yi pretended to be terminally ill, but she also knew that this person must have a lot of secrets.What's more, she only needs to prepare three meals a day and help Jing Yi recuperate slowly, the rest is out of her hands as an outsider.

After learning about Jing Yi's physical condition, Qiao Chuxun became more daring when cooking, and did not blindly help him tonic as before.Originally, things like ginseng and ganoderma are great tonics. If the body is not extremely weak, it is better to eat less.Otherwise, good people will suffer from illnesses even if they are not sick!
With this in mind, Qiao Chuxun cut an opening in the orange, scooped out some of the orange meat inside with a spoon, leaving the orange meat as wide as a finger, and then stuffed the cleaned crab meat and crab paste into it, before covering it Cut fruit stems.Then put two oranges into a hot steamer, pour some sweet vinegar and rice wine into it, put only a little salt, cover the lid again and simmer over low heat.

Xiao Taoer picked all the vegetables on the side, washed them, wiped the water stains on her hands on the small apron, and then leaned in front of Qiao Chuxun, and said mysteriously: "Sister Chuxun, guess what I'm talking to Xiaoxiao today. When Brother Lu went to the street, what did you hear?"

Qiao Chuxun gently stirred the porridge in the pot with a spoon, and gave her a funny look: "What?"

Xiao Tao'er's eyes were wide open, and she said with a serious face: "Sister Chuxun, don't you laugh! This is not funny."

"Today, brother Xiaolu and I went to a wine shop to buy wine, and we heard someone crying behind the curtain, and a man's voice comforting beside... Later we heard from the second brother in the store that his boss's Daughter, she disappeared more than a month ago, but people came to the yamen early this morning, telling them to identify the body..." Xiao Tao'er said, her small mouth was flattened, and her eyes were a little bright, "Hey, that one Madam is crying miserably, everyone in the store is scolding, I don't know who is so wicked..."

Qiao Chuxun lifted the lid of the pot, leaving a gap, and went to the chopping board to cut vegetables, with a serious expression on his face: "You said that the owner of the winery went to the yamen to identify the corpse, are you sure it's his girl?"

Xiao Tao'er nodded: "I'm sure!" As she spoke, she rubbed her small hands on the apron again, lowered her head and said, "I heard that the death was so miserable..."

Qiao Chuxun was thinking while chopping vegetables.A few days ago, I saw a notice posted by the government on the street telling women not to go out after dusk. Even if they go out, it is best to be accompanied by someone. Is it because of this?Although I thought it was a bit weird at first, I didn't think much about it...

Soon, several refreshing side dishes were mixed, and Qiao Chuxun added the ginger vinegar sauce that crabs have.A bunch of people stood at the door, looking eagerly at the two big steamers to swallow their saliva, but no one dared to step forward to urge them.Qiao Chuxun asked Xiao Taoer to lift the lid, so that the crabs could be served.Then he handed a few plates on the chopping board to the people waiting at the door: "Today I made steamed ones. This month is the time to eat crabs. If you like it, let's make it a few more times in the future..."

Xiaowan was carrying a small pot of steamed crabs, her mouth was watering: "Miss Qiao, let's go there first!" Everyone helped carry the plates and bowls, and Xiao Qiaoer and Xiao Lai each carried a pot of crabs. Yuan Tang, go last.

Qiao Chuxun smiled and nodded, took the small steamer off the stove without opening it, put a plate under it, and put it directly on the tray.Then there were two more bowls of porridge, two small bowls of crab soup, two small dishes of vegetable cold dishes, and a small pot of hot Nurhong. Finally, I picked up two more vegetarian stuffed buns.

Up to one end, it's still full!Qiao Chuxun curled the corners of her lips. Fortunately, she has done a lot of work these days, and her arm strength has also been developed. Otherwise, these things were really useless in the past...

Walking to the door of the bedroom, I found that the door panel had been left with a slit for people to push it open.Qiao Chuxun walked around the screen with the tray, but saw Jing Yi standing in front of her, her arms trembled in fright, and when the tray tilted, the food would spill out.

Jing Yi supported one arm of hers with one hand, and directly held the bottom of the tray with the other hand. The small bowls on it shook and did not overflow a bit.Jing Yi simply took over the whole tray, walked slowly to the table, put down the things, and looked sideways at Qiao Chuxun who was standing there in a daze: "Why don't you come over?"

Qiao Chuxun hurriedly lowered her eyes, responded, and stepped forward to help carry things.

Jing Yi was sitting lazily on a padded rosewood chair, wearing a thin purple cloak, his long black hair hanging behind him, his face was still pale, but his eyes were darker and darker. It seems to be able to reflect a deep purple, and the color of the eyes is so smooth that people almost dare not look directly at them.This person's appearance was originally beautiful, but now because of the thick clothes on his body, he was even more enchanting and strange, but his temperament was as condensed as before.

Qiao Chuxun brought the small steamer in front of him, lifted the lid, and held the cloth towel in his hand to help him take out the oranges.Jing Yi caught a glimpse of the scar on her hand, raised his hand and pulled the cloth towel in her hand: "Go and close the door."

Qiao Chuxun froze for a moment, quickly let go of her hand, and quickly walked around the screen to cover the door panel.When he walked back, he saw the man drinking the soup with a spoon in one hand, and tasting the crab stuffed orange with chopsticks in the other hand. The man who usually had a cold and stern temperament was now like a child. pleasure.

There are two lamp stands in the room, one is by the round table, the other is by the couch, and octagonal gauze lamps are placed in the four corners, so the whole room is extraordinarily bright.Qiao Chuxun sat down opposite him with curled lips, picked up the spoon and began to drink the soup.

There are crab meat, shiitake mushrooms, dates, shredded bamboo shoots, shredded tofu, and finely chopped ginger and shallots in the crab soup. It tastes sweet and delicious. After drinking a bowl, the stomach will be warm immediately .

The two side dishes, one sweet and the other salty, have a crisp taste, and they are just right to eat with porridge and steamed buns.

Jing Yi was tasting crab-stuffed oranges, the crab meat was delicious and the orange meat was sweet, with the sourness of black vinegar and the mellowness of rice wine, together with a mouthful of warm Nurhong, Jing Yi could not help squinting his eyes slightly, as he hadn’t eaten such a dish in a long time It's easy...

After eating one, Jing Yi opened the lid of the second orange, and was about to pass it to Qiao Chuxun while holding the small steamer, but she shook her head and refused.

Jing Yi raised one eyebrow: "You don't like to eat?"

Qiao Chuxun smiled slightly: "I'm not used to the taste of crab roe."

Jing Yi slowly raised the corners of his lips: "Then I won't be polite."

Qiao Chuxun swallowed a mouthful of porridge, with a smile on her lips: "Eat it." She knew that Jing Yi was still a little chilly, so each orange left more orange meat, but less crab meat. With the functions of crab soup and rice wine, Jing Yi can eat two crabs stuffed with oranges.

Jing Yi had eaten oranges stuffed with crab, and he also drank a small bowl of crab soup.While sipping wine, he ate steamed buns with side dishes.Seeing that he ate a lot more than before, Qiao Chuxun was very happy, but felt somewhat helpless.I used to think that his body was weak and cold, and his diet was mainly soup and porridge, plus one or two light dishes. Although it was very nourishing, it was obviously not to this person's taste, but he never said it, and occasionally praised himself. Good workmanship.

Jing Yi's appetite was great. Seeing Qiao Chuxun drank the porridge, he stopped chopsticks and didn't touch the bun, so he asked, "Don't you want to eat?"

Qiao Chuxun thought about it here, then lowered his eyes and nodded, but actually didn't listen to what he asked.

Jing Yi picked up the steamed stuffed bun and took a bite, a smile flashed across his dark and deep eyes: "Can you make me crab stuffed oranges tomorrow?"

Qiao Chuxun continued to nod, but suddenly felt something was wrong, subconsciously raised her eyes, and was looking into the man's slightly mocking phoenix eyes.Recalling what this person said before, Qiao Chuxun hurriedly shook his head: "No. You are weak and cannot eat crabs every day."

Jing Yi was almost choked by the steamed stuffed bun, picked up the wine cup and took a sip of the liquid, forced down the smile, but the corners of his lips unconsciously twitched slightly: "I'm weak?" Does this girl know that some words are true? Can't talk nonsense.

Qiao Chuxun didn't realize the ambiguity in his words, and said with a serious face: "You are still a little weak now, and you are afraid of the cold. Crabs are very cold, so you should not eat more."

Jing Yi was really about to be amused by her, her phoenix eyes looked at her meaningfully for a long time, and Qiao Chuxun also looked at him very seriously.

In the end, it was Jing Yi who was defeated first and continued to bury his head in eating buns. This girl obviously doesn't understand anything...

(End of this chapter)