The old man looked at the Su family's unyielding stance and glanced longingly at the boiling soup pot.
Immediately, he shoved the bare wooden skewer in his hand into Su Dalang's hand, chuckled, and said, "Little kid, this viper meat is rare. I'm not going to eat for free. How about you serve me a bowl of some kind of dragon and phoenix soup? I'll pay for it, okay?"
After saying that, he immediately reached into his chest and rummaged around.
However, they only managed to pull out about a dozen oddly shaped small porcelain bottles.
Looking at his chest, where he couldn't produce any silver, he awkwardly stroked his white beard. "Well... I was in a rush today and forgot to bring any silver with me. How about I exchange these medicines for some? Or, I can have my brat bring you some silver later. Can I have a bowl of this soup first? Just one bowl, okay?"
No sooner had he finished speaking than his stomach rumbled, just as expected.
What would I do with these medicines?!
Seeing the row of small porcelain bottles the old man was offering, Su Dalang quickly took a step back, then stood on tiptoe and whispered to Su Hua, "Auntie, what kind of medicine is in these little bottles? Do you want to take a look?"
Hearing this, Su Hua looked down at him and caught a glimpse of the reluctance in his eyes. She shook her head and chuckled softly, "Let's not worry about this medicine for now. It's just a bowl of Dragon and Phoenix Soup. Our Su family can afford it. Go and serve it to him."
The iron pot was full of dragon and phoenix soup. There was some for the Su family to drink themselves, some for Xiao Jinhan and Yu Feng and Yu Yu, and even a portion for the White Tiger couple. Letting him have a bowl was no big deal.
The three grandchildren of the Su family are clever and kind, so she was happy to cooperate.
"Oh my, you're such a kind-hearted young lady!" The old man with the chicken coop smiled broadly upon hearing this. He looked at Su Hua for a few moments, then his smile deepened. "How old are you this year, young lady? Still not married? I know a rascal, just as good-looking as you, and a good person too. The only downside is that he's a bit too cold-hearted; he's like an icebox..."
Su Hua: "…………"
It's just a bowl of dragon and phoenix soup. Is this a way to set her up on a blind date?
She suddenly became unsure whether she should serve him the Dragon and Phoenix Soup.
Fortunately, the old man was only halfway through his sentence when a deep voice interrupted from outside the courtyard, "Old man, weren't you resting in the wooden cabin? What are you doing here?"
Looking up, she saw Xiao Jinhan and Su Baishi entering from the courtyard gate.
The former had his usual cold and indifferent expression, revealing nothing about him, while the latter had a wide smile on his face, and even his slanted eyes couldn't hide his joy, clearly indicating that he was in a great mood.
Su Hua couldn't help but feel curious. Her mother had just said she wanted to have some private words with Xiao Jinhan. What did she say?
Why are you smiling like you've struck gold! And it's a real treasure!
Wait, is the old man Xiao Jinhan is calling out the same gluttonous old man in front of us?
The old man in the chicken coop looked at Xiao Jinhan with an arrogant tilt of his head, "You brat, how dare you say that? I don't know if you were in a hurry to get married or to be reincarnated, but you dragged this old man along with you for three days and three nights without sleep. If it weren't for my good fortune, I would have ended up like those horses that ran to their deaths!"
As he said this, he rolled his eyes to the sky, "And what do you do? You just landed and then disappeared without a trace. My old man didn't even have a hot meal at home. If I hadn't come here by following the smell, I probably would have starved to death."
Oh, right, I just ate twenty venison skewers and twenty snake skewers. You'd better hurry up and give them the money, don't let them go hungry.
Also, I want to drink a bowl of dragon and phoenix soup, no, two bowls, no, we'll calculate how many bowls there are after I'm full, but no matter how many there are, remember to pay the bill for everything..."
Seeing that Xue Lao was rambling on and on, Xiao Jinhan didn't interrupt him. He waited until Xue Lao finished speaking before smiling and saying, "Didn't you keep talking about seeing Hua'er? The person in front of you is Hua'er. Why do you only remember eating now?"
"What?" Old Xue was taking the Dragon and Phoenix Soup from Su Dalang's hands.
Hearing this, he almost dropped the bowl. "The person you mentioned in your letter before, is that her?"
If his previous gaze towards Su Hua was one of matchmaking and amusement, now it was as if he had seen a ghost, his eyes filled with disbelief. "Little girl, no, Miss Su, do you really know how to cure the Yellow Springs Poison? Or is this brat lying to me?"
Su Hua looked at his greedy expression just now, and now he even forgot to drink the soup, and couldn't help but feel a little amused and exasperated.
It turned out that the person in front of him was the old man Xiao Jinhan had mentioned a long time ago, the one who always asked him to massage the legs of the military dogs in the barracks. No wonder he was so good at martial arts, and no wonder he could tell the age of ginseng at a glance.
She glanced at the Su family members gathered around and only said vaguely, "I've never heard of this so-called Yellow Springs Poison, but I can barely get a little bit of the Three Insects and Three Flowers Poison."
After saying that, he smiled and pointed to the large iron pot on the stove, which was bubbling with fragrance.
"The old gentleman has traveled a long way to Shanghe Village. Why don't we sit down first, have some soup and meat, and talk slowly while we eat, so that the soup in the pot doesn't dry up? We can also roast some chives with the venison later."
The shrewd and experienced Madam Su Bai, upon hearing this, immediately chimed in with a smile, "Hua'er is right. Since we're all family, there's no need to mention the bill anymore. Food is the most important thing, and tonight, there's plenty of dragon and phoenix soup, roast meat, and kebabs..."
As he spoke, he efficiently helped his two daughters-in-law prepare soup and roast meat.
At the same time, he didn't forget to direct the three little guys, Su Dalang, to go to the vegetable garden to pick chives to roast.
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