Duofu's eyes lit up. After eating strong-flavored food for a year or two, he switched to light dishes in the last day or two. Even though his uncle put a lot of effort into cooking for him, he still didn't enjoy the food as much as before.
Tomorrow's barbecue will be marinated together, so even if he eats less seasoning and eats less, he can still taste it, which is much better than eating bland dishes all day long.
Once the decision was made to have a barbecue, the whole family started preparing after lunch the next day.
Duofu is already very skilled with the knife, and Duolu and Duoshou have been using knives since they were four years old. The three of them are the main force in preparing food today.
Duofu's movements became lighter as he thought about the delicious barbecue he would be eating soon.
Taro and Tasuke, who were cutting meat beside him, watched as the meat came out thinly and evenly from his knife.
Duolu couldn't help but shudder: "Brother's knife skills have improved again."
He was thinking back on the events of the past two days. He hoped he hadn't offended his older brother. Ah, he seemed to have made fun of his brother a few times the day before yesterday. Would his brother beat him up?
Thinking back to the past two days when he practiced martial arts and sparred, his older brother seemed to beat him particularly hard. At the time, he only thought that his older brother had become stronger, but now, looking back, it seemed that his older brother was teaching him a lesson.
Duoshou glanced at the guilty Duolu: "Let's see if you dare to provoke Big Brother again next time."
Duolu's voice, lowered and tinged with a hint of uncertainty, said, "Duoshou, your older brother wouldn't be so petty, would he?"
Duo Shou silently mourned for him for a second. Everyone here had internal energy, and the distance between the three of them was less than two meters. They could hear even the sound of a leaf falling, let alone a conversation.
Duoshou turned around and saw that Duofu's eyes were indeed looking in his direction.
Duolu belatedly realized something was wrong, and when he looked up, he found Duofu staring at him sharply. Duolu froze.
Duofu: "Duolu means to concentrate on one's work."
Dorjee replied stiffly, "Yes."
Duoxi, who was taking care of Duoji, quietly moved to a different spot and hid behind Duoji's cradle so that Duofu wouldn't see him.
Second brother is a good man, but he always teeters on the edge of self-destruction, and he has been implicated by second brother many times.
When he practices martial arts later, he should stay away from his second brother so that his eldest brother can't see him and get implicated again.
It can only be said that as Duoxi gets older, she's starting to develop her brain in other areas and is already developing into a more considerate and gentle person.
After the barbecue, it's time for our usual herbal tea. Duolu and Duoxi don't like the bitterness of herbal tea, so they always drink it as quickly as possible.
This time was no exception; I downed it in one gulp.
After drinking it, Duolu was about to drink some plain water to wash away the bitterness in his mouth, but before he could even drink it, he discovered that his mouth not only wasn't bitter, but also had a faint sweet taste.
Unconvinced, Duolu checked his tongue again and confirmed that it was indeed sweet.
Duolu shared his discovery: "Auntie, why is the herbal tea sweet today?"
Yu Rujia deliberately asked, "What, do you want to drink bitter herbal tea?"
Duolu was so frightened that he shook his head repeatedly: "No, no, no, today's herbal tea is very good. We will drink this herbal tea from now on."
Yu Rujia stopped teasing him and revealed the answer: "Today's herbal tea was prepared by Duoshou."
Although Duoshou is young, he has learned a lot about pharmacology. Today's after-dinner herbal tea was specially made by him and approved by Yu Rujia before it was brewed.
Duolu's face turned pale, and her small hand trembled as she pointed at Duoshou: "Duoshou, it's one thing for you to drug me all the time, but why are you drugging the whole family now?"
It's no wonder Duolu thought that way. The herbal tea they used to drink was bitter, but today's was sweet. If there was no medicine added, how could the herbal tea become sweet?
He suffered from qi stagnation, and this sweet herbal tea was something he had painstakingly developed, all because he didn't want to drink bitter herbal tea.
That ignorant fool, Dorje, not only didn't appreciate it, but also slandered him.
Duo Shou's eyes darted around, and he said with a smile, "The other people's herbal teas didn't have any drugs in them, but yours might not."
Duolu stammered, "You...you...what kind of medicine did you...what kind of medicine did you use this time?"
Duoshou continued smiling: "Guess?"
Duolu burst into tears, her little heart filled with grievance: "Auntie, I washed and chopped vegetables at home all day today, and I didn't do anything bad when I went up the mountain, but Duoshou still drugged me. He's so mean."
He used to want to do bad things, so Duoshou drugged him. He was in the wrong and could only silently endure the pain of the drug taking effect.
He was so well-behaved today. Why did Duoshou drug him? I have to report him!
Duo Shou remained calm. He hadn't drugged Duo Lu; he had only said that to scare him, since Duo Lu had framed him.
Who would have thought that the fact that Duolu had drugged him would become a conditioned reflex? Even though his body didn't feel any pain, he still firmly believed that Duolu had drugged him.
Yu Rujia rubbed Duolu's little head: "I know you're a good boy, so I don't have to worry about Duoshou drugging you. If you don't believe me, feel if there's anything that feels uncomfortable?"
Duolu carefully checked himself and found nothing wrong. The little guy finally realized what was happening, his big eyes blazing with anger, his voice full of accusation: "Duoshou, you lied to me."
Duoshou: "You were the one who started talking nonsense, so I started talking nonsense too."
Doro: "What did I say that made you lie to me like this?"
Duoxi, the girl with the leaky cotton-padded jacket, tugged at him: "Second brother, you just said that third brother drugged all of us."
Doro remembered that he had indeed said those words, and felt a little guilty about accusing him, but he still muttered resentfully, "Why didn't you just say you didn't put any drugs in?"
Gao Guojing patted him and said earnestly, "Duolu, you must remember, never mess with doctors, because if you mess with them, you won't even know when you're gone, and they'll still be innocent."
"You can jump around here alive and kicking because Duoshou is your brother; if it were anyone else, it wouldn't be so easy. So be careful when you talk to Duoshou in the future, lest you upset him one day and he actually drug you."
Since Duoshou opened up his Ren and Du meridians, his pharmaceutical skills have improved dramatically. He had seen Duolu's miserable state over the past two or three months, which is why he advised his friends not to mess with Duoshou.
Duolu was very frustrated, and the fat on his face drooped: "Uncle Guojing, is it too late for me to learn about medicinal herbs now?"
Gao Guojing: "If you can learn it, then learn it."
Duolu had just started thinking about the variety of medicinal herbs, but then he dismissed the idea and decided to increase his martial arts training time to become stronger so that his aunts could feel at ease letting him go into the mountains. That way, Duoshou would have no reason to poison him.
In the evening, after the kids finished practicing martial arts, they prepared to go back to take a shower and go to bed. When Gao Shujing was carrying hot water for the kids, he counted them and found that Duolu was missing.
Gao Shujing: "Where is Duolu?"
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