Bao Ning sat on the edge of the kang, watching Pei Yuan cooking.

She was really emotional when she quarreled with him, and the words came out in a hurry. Now that she has calmed down, she recalled the tears she had just shed, and she was so ashamed and angry that she wanted to die.

Now she knows it is embarrassing. But she didn't know it at that time. While talking, she wiped Pei Yuan's tears and snot. Fortunately, he didn't mind. He wiped it with a dry cloth and put on clothes as if nothing had happened.

What is she aggrieved about? Bao Ning couldn't explain it. It might be that Pei Yuan's rare gentleness gave her the capital to be unbridled, so that she could throw herself into his arms and cry without caring about the consequences.

Bao Ning would not have done such a little girl's pretentious thing before. This was the first time.

Although the process was a little embarrassing, it must be said that it still had some effect. The relationship between her and Pei Yuan seemed to have taken a step closer.

...

The window was wide open, and a pleasant smell blew in, mixed with the faint fragrance of winter jasmine.

The weather was warmer, and Bao Ning was wearing a silk skirt. The fabric was light and the hem of the skirt fluttered in the wind. She was barefoot, stepping on Ah Huang's soft fur.

Ah Huang lay obediently on the ground. The sunlight was shining on that place, bright and warm. It half-opened its eyelids and dozed off.

Pei Yuan insisted on making her a meal.

Bao Ning was reluctant at first. Pei Yuan walked too much yesterday. With the walker, he can walk, but the friction between the hard wood and the skin must be uncomfortable. When he took apart the wood yesterday, he saw several blisters on his legs. The largest one was as big as a fingernail.

Pei Yuan could endure it without even frowning, but he was not made of copper and iron armor, so how could he not feel pain?

"Which one is soy sauce and which one is vinegar?" Bao Ning was in a trance when Pei Yuan called him back.

He held two small pots in his hands, lifted the lids and squinted at the sunlight: "They are all black, how can we tell them apart?"

"..." Baoning said, "You can smell it."

Pei Yuan looked at her in surprise, raised his eyebrows and praised: "Good idea."

Baoning frowned, regretting her decision to agree to cook for him. He was pampered, what could he do? I'm afraid he can't even tell the difference between salt and sugar, how can the food he makes be eaten?

Sure enough, the next moment, Pei Yuan asked again: "Which one is salt?"

He looked at the two cans of white things, frowning: "They look the same."

But with the previous experience, Pei Yuan learned to be smarter, scooped a little on the back of his hand, and stretched out his tongue to lick it: "Let me taste it."

Baoning looked at him speechlessly.

"You can tell. The sugar is sticky and clumps together. The salt is very dry. You can tell by twisting it with your fingers."

"I didn't tell you earlier." Pei Yuan vomited and spat on the ground: "It's so damn salty."

"Forget it..." Baoning bent down to put on his shoes, "You watch from the side, I'll do it."

"No, just make a meal. Is it that difficult?" Pei Yuan said coldly, picked up the kitchen knife and put the cabbage on the chopping board. , "This stuff is all self-taught. It's my first time doing it and I'm not familiar with the situation. Just watch it. Once it's familiar, it'll be familiar the next time. I'm sure it will amaze you."

Baoning watched him boast in silence.

Pei Yuan continued, "Let's not talk about anything else, just this knife. When I started playing with knives, you couldn't even walk. Isn't it easy to chop this cabbage? I've seen the chefs in the palace chopping vegetables before. I've learned a little bit. Just watch and I'll show you what good knife skills are."

Bao Ning watched him grab the cabbage and fiddle with it in his hands, looking eager to try. His heart skipped a beat: "Don't mess around..."

Pei Yuan pressed the cabbage on the chopping board with his left hand, moved his right hand a little, gathered enough strength, picked up the knife and chopped.

Bao Ning was so scared that he closed his eyes. He only heard a "click" sound, followed by a loud "bang". When Bao Ning opened his eyes again, half of the cabbage had fallen to the ground with half of the chopping board.

Bao Ning was so distressed that he couldn't stop crying: "My cutting board is made of pearwood."

Pei Yuan curled his lips: "It's not strong, I'll make you one with stones tomorrow."

"Don't make trouble!" Bao Ning put on his shoes and went downstairs, snatched the knife from his hand, and pushed him to sit aside, "I don't have another cutting board for you to mess with."

Ah Huang was frightened by the sound just now and became energetic. He didn't sleep anymore. He chased after half a cabbage on the ground and licked it. He held it with his two front paws and rolled on the ground with the cabbage.

The chickens and ducks outside saw it and thought it was interesting. They rushed in and snatched it from it.

The house, which was not big to begin with, was filled with smoke and a mess. Bao Ning looked at Pei Yuan and saw that he looked innocent. He couldn't say anything to criticize him.

"Go out and make trouble." Pei Yuan poked Ah Huang's butt with his cane, "Don't you see that the master is angry? If you continue to make trouble, you will all suffer. Don't let me eat the spoils as well."

Ah Huang cried out, pulled his butt forward, and rolled out of the door pushing the cabbage. The chickens and ducks rushed over. Soon, there were screams outside, and the chickens and dogs were in chaos.

Bao Ning looked outside. Ah Huang had already been defeated, and the cabbage didn't want it anymore. He ran away with his tail between his legs and went to the backyard. There was a small cucumber field there. It was cool and quiet under the cucumber rack. Maybe he went there to heal his wounds, so he loved to go there.

Pei Yuan took a bowl and stood beside Bao Ning: "I'll help you beat the eggs."

Bao Ning looked back at him and pointed to the small pot in the corner: "The eggs are there."

She didn't want to discourage Pei Yuan's enthusiasm for cooking. It was a good thing that he was willing to help. She liked to be busy and she also liked Pei Yuan to accompany her. They worked hard together, and the home would feel more like home.

The premise is not to harm things again.

Bao Ning put the eggs and the bowl on the kang table, helped Pei Yuan to sit aside, and let him rest his legs.

She taught him: "Just hold the egg and tap it lightly on the edge of the bowl, just lightly, and then break it like this, it's done. Isn't it simple?"

"I thought it was so difficult." Pei Yuan started to brag again. He has never been humble for a few times.

Bao Ning said helplessly, "You try first."

Pei Yuan crushed one in the blink of an eye.

He didn't feel embarrassed, threw the eggshell on the ground, and smeared the sticky egg liquid on his hands into the bowl: "Don't mind, it's not clean, it won't make you sick, I'll make you a few more."

Bao Ning was in a dilemma. She felt that Pei Yuan might really not have the talent for this. His fingers were as hard as a rolling pin.

"You can't eat it. It's so dirty." Bao Ning took the bowl outside, and the egg liquid splashed on the ground. The chickens that were snatching the cabbage over there saw the movement and ran over to peck at it.

Pei Yuan looked at her actions and said with a click of the tongue: "You are so cruel to let the chicken eat the eggs."

Bao Ning was speechless. She looked at him for a long time and uttered: "You have no common sense and you are so pleased with yourself."

Pei Yuan smiled while lying on the table, his head resting on his arm, and tilted his head to look at her .

It was rare for Bao Ning to see him so happy. In the past, even if he smiled, he would just slightly curl the corners of his lips, unlike now, when his nose, eyes and eyebrows, every part of him came alive.

Bao Ning laughed with him unconsciously.

Pei Yuan crushed five eggs in a row. He thought the problem was with the eggs. The eggshells were too brittle, so he tried to practice with goose eggs. Bao Ning had just bought the goose because it was big, but he didn't expect it to be good-looking but useless. It was very laborious to lay eggs, only laying one every half a month, and it cried out in pain.

Bao Ning felt sorry for it and didn't let him do it, but Pei Yuan's stubbornness came back and he insisted.

In the end, he crushed it in his palm.

Goose eggs are so expensive, Bao Ning couldn't bear to feed them to the chickens, so he made up his mind and fried them for food.

For brunch, there were two dishes, one goose egg fried with garlic sprouts, one deep-fried meatball, and a bowl of wolfberry and red date soup that he couldn't shake.

Pei Yuan laughed at Bao Ning while eating: "You think my hands are dirty, but you also eat delicious food, pretending to be clean in front of me?"

He has a bad mouth, and when he is unhappy, he says hurtful things. Now that he is happy, his words are not pleasant to hear. Bao Ning felt that the quarrel with him in the morning was in vain.

Bao Ning glared and moved the dishes to her side: "Eat it if you like!"

"No, no, don't be angry." Pei Yuan tried to coax her, wiped the rice grains from the corner of her lips with his fingers, and put them into his own mouth.

Baoning's face wrinkled into a ball: "Are you mean or not?"

"No." Pei Yuan winked at her, "Sweet."

Baoning was led astray by Pei Yuan and also learned to flatter people: "Look at you, you are a prince, but you are not dignified and reserved at all."

"Your identity is for outsiders to see." Pei Yuan put a meatball into her mouth, and said in an ambiguous tone, "In front of you, I am your grandpa."

I don't know where he learned the rural dialect.

Baoning's level was too low, the salty taste of the meatball melted in her mouth, she blinked her eyes, and her cheeks turned red.

Pei Yuan looked at the braid hanging on her shoulders. She liked to comb her hair like this, simple and beautiful, and the feeling of the hair on the skin of her neck was also good, itchy.

There was a red hair tie at the end of her hair, which was blown up by the wind.

Baoning sat there, shy and cute, with the demeanor of a little girl.

Pei Yuan never thought that he would be where he is today, with someone accompanying him, and that he didn't need to be rich or powerful, but just live a simple life with the daily necessities, and there was also fun in the clash of dishes.

He was a conceited person, and it was a habit since he was a child. He was used to being superior, and no matter if he did something wrong or not, he never apologized to anyone, let alone a woman.

He wanted to stalemate with Baoning to the end last night, but when he closed his eyes in the morning and saw Baoning's busy back, he suddenly realized that something was wrong with him.

She was so thin, so light, and her waist was so thin that he could break it with just one finger. He was a grown man, and he had the upper hand in terms of force, but why couldn't he lower his head in terms of character?

I thought it was very difficult, but after I said it, I realized that it was actually quite easy. She was also easily satisfied.

Life was pretty good this way.