Chapter 12 Chapter 12 Brother Zhong didn’t know when…
Zhong Ge'er had left sadly at some point, and Wang Xiaolian was watching the scene from the side with gritted teeth, her heart in turmoil.
I didn't expect that Shen Xuan's man would look like this. I don't know what made him blind to fall in love with a poor and stupid guy like Shen Xuan.
Just by looking at the envious eyes of the girls next to her, Wang Xiaolian knew what they were thinking.
He has always been competitive, especially compared to Shen Xuan. But compared to herself who married a scholar, the unmarried girls and brothers in the village seemed to envy Shen Xuan's marriage more!
“Look, Wang Xiaolian dressed up specially today, but ended up being embarrassed by Shen Xuan.”
"Chen Xuan didn't have any dowry, but he still found a good husband, didn't he? Everyone has their own destiny, and Wang Xiaolian still lost this time."
"I've been hearing him bragging about a scholar these days. Who knows what it's like to marry him? I think he's not as good as Shen Xuan's man. He's good-looking and knows how to care for others."
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"A scholar is a scholar, but he has achieved academic honors. How can he be the same as ordinary people?" Wang Xiaolian couldn't help but say when she heard the whispers around her.
"That's because there's no betrothal gift. I think he married you just for the three acres of land as a dowry. What's there to be proud of?" Someone replied immediately.
"You are just jealous of me!" Wang Xiaolian felt so ashamed and angry that her teeth were itching. I thought it was all because of this man's good luck that he didn't die despite being so badly injured, which gave Shen Xuan a chance to turn things around.
However, when Wang Xiaolian thought that she was about to marry the scholar, she felt a little better.
After all, Mr. Sun had made great achievements, so he didn't have to kneel down when he met officials in the city. Such respectability, is it something that a commoner like Shen Xuan's lover who only has a few stinky dollars can get?
As long as he has the reputation of a scholar, Shen Xuan will never be able to surpass him. After comforting herself, Wang Xiaolian felt much better and hurried back home.
After all this trouble, the sky gradually became dark. The villagers who were watching finally went back to their homes.
"Finally, they all left!" Shen Xuan breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and led the fed mule to the back of the house and tied it up. In the backyard, I was just about to bring out some firewood to cook. Then he saw Xue Fenglin following him, snatching the firewood from his hand and saying, "Let me take it, don't worry about this kind of rough work in the future."
Xue Fenglin took the firewood from Shen Xuan without saying anything, and their hands touched each other.
Xue Fenglin’s palms were large and warm, and he completely wrapped Shen Xuan’s hands underneath. The subtle touch between the fingers gently brushed past, causing Shen Xuan's heart to jump, and his face couldn't help but blush.
He thought to himself that when Lin Ye was seriously injured before, he took off all his clothes, and he was the one who helped wash him bit by bit. What part of him was there that he hadn't seen before?
I was extremely calm at that time, and I don’t know what happened today? How come he came back alive?
Shen Xuan shook his head, walked into the kitchen, and took out the things he bought today from the bamboo basket.
A leg of lamb, an eggplant, a few potatoes and some vegetables. He first cleaned all these things and prepared them, then slowly cut them into thin slices two fingers wide and one finger long, and strung them together with bamboo sticks.
It was already late today and he didn't want to cook anything too complicated, so he decided to use these ingredients to make some fried skewers.
Shen Xuan asked Xue Fenglin to light the stove, and then put an iron pot on it. After the iron pan was heated, he poured in some vegetable oil, and then poured in the newly bought bean paste in the afternoon, and stir-fried it together with salt, soy sauce, garlic, pepper, chili, cumin and other seasonings.
After a while, the mixed seasonings exude a particularly fragrant aroma. The flavors of various seasonings blend perfectly, which is both lively and harmonious, making people's mouths constantly secrete saliva.
After the seasoning was fried, Shen Xuan scooped it out in a porcelain bowl and sprinkled some sesame seeds and chopped green onions on it. They will eat fried skewers later, and this is the dipping sauce.
Xue Fenglin had eaten a lot of food in Beijing, but this was the first time he smelled such a unique fragrance.
He didn't eat much at noon, and his stomach was already growling with hunger. At this moment, just the sight of the dipping sauce made him feel a little hungry.
Seeing Xue Fenglin swallowing his saliva, Shen Xuan smiled and picked up a little dipping sauce with chopsticks and brought it to his mouth and asked, "Try it, how salty is it?"
Xue Fenglin glanced at Shen Xuan, grabbed his wrist holding the chopsticks with one hand, and lowered his head to take a bite.
A complex and rich aroma exploded in Xue Fenglin's mouth. The taste is a bit spicy and numb, but it is so delicious that you want to try it again.
"It's delicious." Xue Fenglin licked his lips and said to Shen Xuan.
His face has basically returned to its original appearance now, but the action of licking his lips is a bit unfair.
Shen Xuan felt hot and numb on the wrist he held, and quickly broke free with a flushed face. I thought to myself: It seems that I am really obsessed with looks and have no resistance to good-looking faces. It's all Lin Ye's fault for growing up like this, making me so distracted. It's really a sin.
Xue Fenglin saw Shen Xuan blushing, but he didn't say anything. He just curled the corners of his mouth, took a step back and said, "I'll help you wash the pot." Then he took the pot away and washed it.
He put the cleaned pot back on the stove and added two more pieces of firewood underneath.
Shen Xuan poured in some clear oil and put the prepared mutton skewers on it.
He didn't add much cooking oil this time, but there was still a small amount of fat in the lamb skewers. After frying for a while, the aroma of the mutton filled the air, and the fat inside turned into mutton oil and flowed out, and the oil in the pan increased.
At this time, Shen Xuan turned the lamb skewers over and fried them until both sides were cooked through, then took out all the skewers and placed them on a plate.
There was still some old oil mixed with mutton fat left in the pot at this time, so Shen Xuan used the old oil to fry the remaining vegetables. The eggplant was the last thing to be put into the pot, and it absorbed all the remaining oil in the pot.
Shen Xuan then put them all on a plate and placed the previously fried dipping sauce next to it, and tonight's fried skewers were ready.
"You can eat it now." Shen Xuan said to Xue Fenglin, then picked up a skewer of meat, dipped it in some sauce and handed it over.
This was also the first time Xue Fenglin had seen this way of eating. He couldn't wait to take a bite and found the mutton to be tender and smooth, and the dipping sauce left a lingering fragrance in his mouth. The combination of the two was simply perfect.
"It smells so good." Shen Xuan also picked up a skewer of meat and put it in his mouth. After taking a bite, he said, "I haven't eaten mutton for a long time. It's so delicious. I'll make you some mutton soup next time if I have more time."
Xue Fenglin felt warm in his heart and nodded, "Okay, then I'll wait for you to cook for me."
After a while, the two of them ate up all the fried skewers.
In addition to mutton, the eggplant and potato chips that were soaked in oil were also particularly delicious. Even the vegetables that Xue Fenglin usually didn't like were eaten up by him.
The dipping sauce contained chili peppers and bean paste, and Shen Xuan's lips turned red after eating it.
He usually has a plain face, but after eating chili peppers, it looks like he has put on a layer of lip balm. Her lips were slightly swollen and bright red, and she looked very kissable.
Shen Xuan stood up to clean up the dishes, and put on the new clothes, which outlined her waistline very beautifully.
Xue Fenglin watched him kneeling on the ground, holding an iron hook in his hand, leaning forward to use the iron hook to put out the fire in the stove. Her butt was wrapped in a green robe, showing a complete and perky shape, and suddenly she felt a little itchy.
He straightened his back, picked up the boiled water that had cooled during the day and drank a large bowl of it.
The clear water flowed down his chin to his chest and wet his clothes. Xue Fenglin pulled his collar irritably to let in some air, but he still couldn't stop feeling hot.
Even so, his eyes never left Shen Xuan.
A lot of evil thoughts flashed through his mind like a revolving lantern, each of which could make Shen Xuan suffer enough and he could never say them out loud.
After Shen Xuan put out the fire, he patted his sleeves and got up from the ground, only to find that Xue Fenglin was sweating profusely, with his collar open on his chest, and he looked very hot.
"Is it so hot?" Shen Xuan looked at him doubtfully, wondering if he had put too much chili in the dipping sauce, which made Lin Ye feel too spicy.
"It's too hot today. I'm going to take a shower." Xue Fenglin stood up with a hoarse voice and went to the well in the backyard.
Chen Xuan was very sensible and did not follow him. They lived together now and took turns to take a bath with water, so they had some tacit understanding with each other.
After several basins of cold water were poured over his head, Xue Fenglin's heat was finally relieved a little.
He used to be in the marquis's mansion, and he saw the old marquis's wives, concubines and maids in the backyard, so he was not ignorant.
As the eldest son of the Marquis's mansion, he had just come of age when the Marquis had already given him a concubine to serve as a tutor. But because the girl was specially found by Bai from outside. Xue Fenglin dealt with it for a while, and then found a reason to sell the person off.
As the eldest son of a marquisate, he has no power at home. If he wants to gain a foothold in the court, the powerful Yue family is indispensable.
Because of this, in order to marry a wife of noble status, Xue Fenglin always kept himself clean and even when he went out for social events he never lingered in brothels.
He always thought that he was a man with indifferent desires, and even if he married a wife, he would treat her with respect. How could I have thought that there would be such a day for me? Just because of Shen Xuan's action, I couldn't control myself.
Wake up, Chen Xuan is just a country boy, he can't help your career at all, Xue Fenglin thought.
At the same time, a strong sense of shame rose from the bottom of his heart, making him seem to be shrouded in a feeling of emptiness and numbness.
Xue Fenglin looked up at the moon in the sky. The moon was so white and bright. The bright moonlight fell on him and cast a shadow behind him.
It is precisely because of the bright moonlight that I can see the unbearable black shadow behind me...
Xue Fenglin took a quick shower, changed his clothes, and returned to the front yard. Then he saw Shen Xuan coming out of the house, and asked worriedly: "Are you okay? Did I put too much chili in the dipping sauce? I'll put less next time."
“It’s not about the chili pepper.” He looked at Shen Xuan and sighed.
"You go and take a shower, I'm ready." Xue Fenglin said hello and went back into the house and closed the door.
Just now, Shen Xuan took off her bun and tied it into a loose braid at the back of her head.
Just seeing this, Xue Fenglin had a lot of obscene thoughts in his mind, which made his beautiful hair scatter all over the ground. The mood that had just calmed down with great difficulty was a little confused again.
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