bookcurios Chapter 24
Chapter 24
"Are you uncomfortable? Not used to living in this house?"
Seeing that Chongyun was about to get under the quilt last night, Zeyu was quick to wit, and excused that the quilt was too small, and the two of them would be cold. After hearing this, Chongyun changed back into a bird shape with a bang, and lay motionless on the quilt all night.
Zeyu didn't think much about it at the time, but the next day, when Chongyun woke up, he still didn't change back to his human form, he still shrugged his head and was listless.
"Could it be that transforming into a human form consumes too much?"
Thinking of this, Zeyu's heart twitched. It turned out that he had wrongly blamed Chongyun earlier. Could it be that the white bird didn't want to transform into a human being, and his mana had not recovered?
"What should I do? Tell me to go to Mo Hui and ask him where I can find Qiongye Yulu nearby, so that your injury can heal faster?"
Just as Zeyu finished speaking, Chongyun jumped up, flapped his wings vigorously, and shouted loudly:
"Don't go looking for those two alone!"
Chong Yun is still immersed in the sense of loss of being rejected by his sweetheart yesterday, and even feels that the world has turned gray and white, and even Hua Ren finds it boring, and when he hears that Ze Yu wants to see Mo Hui, the alarm bells can't help ringing in his mind.
"Well, I also want you to recover quickly."
Muttering aggrievedly, Zeyu touched the top of Chongyun's head, and in order to ease the atmosphere, he joked casually:
"Tell me, Mo Hui and Chi Yu are so different in form, how can they both cultivate?"
"Speaking of which,"
Chongyun rested his neck on Zeyu's lap, and when he heard his words, he seemed to see a ray of dawn, and his heartbeat was about to suffocate, and he stammered and said in a muffled voice:
"You know, if someone is willing to double cultivate with me, it will be very helpful to improve spiritual power, like those two..."
"This one……"
After thinking hard for a long time, Zeyu forcibly ignored the inexplicable unhappiness in his heart, nervously hugged Chongyun into his arms, and said cautiously:
"But when I looked at it yesterday, those two eyes only saw each other. Wouldn't it be good for you to get in there? And you can't choose a partner for dual cultivation so casually."
Chong Yun: Despair.
"Speaking of which, seeing that our small restaurant has been open for a whole day, there really isn't a single customer."
This mansion is located in a remote place, originally there were not many people living in the surrounding area, and they were all small vendors, not in the habit of going to restaurants.
The two of them cleaned up the front hall and backyard yesterday, knowing that there would be no business immediately on the first day, so they just placed a few sets of tables and chairs randomly, but they didn't expect that it would be so deserted.
"If you don't have it, you don't have it. Who cares, so you don't have to wait."
Leaning half-dead on Zeyu's arm, Chongyun responded angrily, he really needs to be quiet now.
Unexpectedly, God seemed to like to sing against him. Just after the sun went down, a gust of wind blew past, making the door slam.
"Come here to make trouble, it's good, I'm just trying to vent my anger."
The snow-white feathers stood up one by one, before Chongyun could make a move, he heard a shrill cry:
"Great Immortal, please forgive me, we are here to congratulate the opening of the new store!"
Chong Yun: Why is there no one who came to congratulate?
As soon as the voice outside the door fell, two black cats jumped across the threshold in rather awkward postures with two shiny objects in their mouths.
"This is?"
Zeyu frowned. These two cats should be possessed, but they looked like wandering spirits. How dare they provoke them?
"Don't Daxian recognize us? We are wild ghosts who used to live next door to the noodle stall. You left without saying a word. It took us a long time to find out that the restaurant has opened here."
The two cats put down their mouths, shivering and leaned against the door, not daring to come forward.
"Ah, I remember, I said before that you can eat whatever you want when you come here, what do you want to eat this time?"
Thanks to this group of wild ghosts, Zeyu found Xiao Hei and Xiao Bai, so the previous promise should be fulfilled.
"No, no, we dare not. This is our congratulatory gift to the Great Immortal. I wish the two new stores flourishing and customers coming like clouds! This is just dug out by us. It is fresh and cold, and it is still suffocating. I hope the Great Immortal will not dislike it."
The black cat flatteringly pushed forward the thing it was holding in its mouth just now. They were two pieces of pure white jade, carved with dragon and phoenix showing auspiciousness, but the whole body was gloomy.
"It's not a question of dislike or dislike,"
Zeyu rubbed his swollen forehead helplessly, fearing that the visitors would not be human in the future, so he refused with a wry smile:
"It's really not necessary, how about I make you a three-cup duck and take it home?"
"Is it really okay? How about we go to the tea stand to ask for protection money, and pay tribute to the immortal?"
The two black cats glanced at each other, flattered, and one of them raised its paw and suggested:
"Since we found out that it was the owner of the tea stall who caused Daxian to close the stall, the brothers were all mad. They smashed his stall for three days before calming down. These two live cats were caught by the boss. Now he is very obedient. .”
"Enough, you are not allowed to harass him in the future, so that you can cultivate and reincarnate, and don't do anything harmful."
Zeyu shook his head and spoke to stop him. Although he was framed by the tea stall, the matter has been resolved and the other party has also learned a lesson. There is no need to force people to die.
The duck that Mo Hui sent yesterday hadn't been eaten yet, Zeyu washed it and bled it before going to bed, marinated it with salt overnight, it was tasty enough.
Three cups of duck in three cups refers to a sauce with a rich taste that can be cooked with only one cup of soy sauce, one cup of lard, and one cup of rice wine.
Zeyu first boiled lard, then poured in rice wine and soy sauce, and heated it until the fragrance came out.
At this time, pour the duck meat that has been cut into large pieces into the pot, sprinkle with a little sugar to neutralize the saltiness of the soy sauce, and keep turning to ensure that each piece of duck meat is fully infiltrated into the sauce.
Cook in this way for three quarters of an hour, until the sauce becomes thick, it can be out of the pan.
Finally, in order to prevent the cooked duck meat from falling apart when cutting, let it cool down before cutting it into a size suitable for the mouth, and finally pour the duck sauce just now, and you're done.
"Daxian, how should we repay you?"
The house was filled with the smell of meat, and the two black cats were about to drool on the ground. The duck meat was fragrant but not greasy, and the color was rich. The two ghosts thought at the same time: It would be great if they could really come every day in the future.
"Don't make up your mind."
Chongyun ruthlessly pierced the wishful thinking of these two ghosts, flapped his wings like a threat, and instantly scared the two ghosts to hide in the corner.
Sending off the two black cats, Zeyu was thinking that there would be no guests anyway, so he should rest early, when he heard a familiar voice:
"Is this the taste of Three Cups of Duck?"
The smell of boiled duck just now lingered in the living room for a long time, Zeyu was a little embarrassed, and reminded himself that he had to improve this problem next time, he forced a smile and said:
"Yes, a guest just came, and I forgot to clear up the smell, which made Uncle Deng laugh."
Chong Yun just flew to the table to eat cold dishes, when he heard Uncle Deng's voice, he flew down in front of Zeyu with a "swish", looking warily at the visitor.
Uncle Deng, the steward of the Ning Mansion, wore a dark blue cotton and linen robe and a pair of black-soled cloth shoes, looking simple yet dignified.
He strode into the hall, raised his head and looked around casually, then glanced at Chongyun at Zeyu's feet, and said with a half-smile:
"I didn't expect that there would be guests here. It's really not easy. Mr. Ning's suggestion at the beginning is still valid today. Brother Xie, have you ever thought about changing your mind?"
"Thank you Mr. Ning for your love, I really can't afford it,"
Zeyu suppressed his impatience, hoping that the Ning Mansion would not stalk him in the future. He tried his best not to show displeasure, and asked politely with his head bowed:
"I don't know if Uncle Deng is here for something important?"
"Exactly, Mr. Ning found a precious ingredient yesterday, and he wants to invite Brother Xie to come and cook it tomorrow."
He said "please", and there was no room for rejection in Uncle Deng's tone, all he had to do was order to Fu Shichen directly.
"May I ask what the ingredients are? If I'm not skilled, wouldn't it be a waste?"
Zeyu frowned slightly, somewhat resisting in his heart, but Uncle Deng insisted:
"You will know when you arrive. No cook in the house is qualified to touch it. Brother Xie, don't worry, Mr. Ning will definitely not force others to make things difficult for him."
Zeyu couldn't help but rolled his eyes: won't you force others to make things difficult?So what are you doing now?
"If you don't want to go, don't go."
In the early morning of the next day, people from the Ning Mansion were already waiting in front of the door. Zeyu packed himself up and was about to go out, but Chongyun grabbed his sleeve tightly.
"I'm a little curious about the ingredients he said. If you accompany me, I won't be unhappy. At worst, I'll run away after reading it."
Scratching Chongyun's chin with her slender fingers, Zeyu squatted down, raised the corners of her mouth, and a pair of golden eyes sparkled, reflecting Chongyun's shadow.
"I really can't stand you."
After complaining, Chongyun hid himself, turned into a white sparrow and squatted on Zeyu's shoulder, and pecked at the man's dimples like revenge.
"It's so kind of you."
Rubbing the fluff on the top of the little white bird's head, Zeyu smiled brightly and walked out the door briskly.
"In the kitchen, please."
Uncle Deng took Zeyu to the door of the kitchen, but he didn't intend to enter. It was empty and there were no servants to order.
Such a cold attitude inevitably made Zeyu feel unhappy, secretly thinking about whether to run away secretly, the headache will be in the future, how can we prevent people from the Ning Mansion from making trouble.
He answered Uncle Deng, walked straight to the stove, and heard a crying child's voice:
"Please, don't eat me."
The author has something to say:
Chongyun (heart-stuck); stop being human 00
Zeyu (innocent): But you are not human...