Chapter 148 Return Gift
After Xu Zhiyi returned from the homestead, he took the vegetables out of the basket, put water in the pot and boiled it.
If you want to stew a chicken tonight, you can prepare dinner early and tie the chicken's wings with a rope so that when you kill it later, it won't move around and splash blood everywhere.
Shen Changan saw Xu Zhiyi catch the chicken, took a large bowl, cut the chicken's throat neatly, and then dripped the chicken's blood into the large bowl.
Xu Zhiyi: "Changan, let's eat rice tonight, I'll leave it to you!"
"Okay, I'll go wash the rice and cook now."
I took a wooden basin and filled it with boiling water, put the chicken in to scald it, and scalded every part of it. After trying it, I found that the chicken's feathers could be plucked easily, so I took it out to remove the feathers.
After the chicken is chopped, take out the clay pot, put the chopped chicken in, add water, put a few bricks under the stove, turn on a low heat and simmer slowly.
Then I remembered that there were still some winter bamboo shoots left from last time that had not been fried and soaked, so I could use them to stew the chicken.
For those white radishes, just cut them into shreds and stir-fry them! You can also stir-fry purslane in a dish. I stir-fried these two dishes in the evening, and also stewed chicken.
In the evening, before everyone was about to come back, Xu Zhiyi took out a larger bowl, put some chicken and bamboo shoots in it, filled it with chicken soup, and put it in the basket.
Then take a plate and cover the bowl, and find a piece of cloth to cover the top, so that when he takes it out, others will not be able to see what is inside.
"Changan, if mother and grandparents come back, tell them to eat first. I'll be back after I return the basket."
Shen Changan: "Okay, my lady, please come back soon."
Xu Zhiyi followed the ninth household Aunt Mu mentioned and started counting silently from the left side as he walked out.
After confirming that it was the ninth household, he saw that the courtyard door was closed, so he went over and knocked a few times.
There was a noise from inside the door, and a young man opened it. Seeing Xu Zhiyi's unfamiliar face, he asked shyly, "Girl, who are you looking for?"
Xu Zhiyi noticed that the person who opened the door was a boy of about fourteen years old, and asked uncertainly, "Uh, is this Aunt Mu's house?"
The young man nodded and said, "Yes, that's my mother." Then he shouted towards the kitchen, "Mom..."
"What's wrong?" Mu poked her head out of the kitchen. When she saw Xu Zhiyi coming over, she hurried over and wiped her wet hands on her scarf casually: "Hey, Miss Xu"
Xu Zhiyi saw her coming to him and quickly handed the basket to her: "Aunt Mu, this is the basket I brought back for you."
When Mu heard this, she saw that the basket was still covered with cloth, which meant there must be a lot of things inside. She immediately waved her hand and refused:
"Xu Zhiyi, what are you doing? If you want to return the basket, just return it. Why are you carrying things here? Take it back quickly. I won't accept it."
"Aunt Mu, I'm here to thank you for giving me such a big basket of vegetables today. I'm just giving you a small gift in return, but you're not willing to accept it. I won't dare to accept anything from you next time, Aunt Mu."
When Mu heard what Xu Zhiyi said, she was helpless and had to accept it as she wished: "Okay, just this once. Don't be so polite next time, okay?"
"Okay, then Aunt Mu, I'll go back first!" He was afraid that Mu would see that the bowl was filled with chicken soup and would have to push it back later, so he quickly slipped away.
Mu didn't expect this person to leave so easily, so she quickly shouted, "Miss Xu, I haven't made room for you yet, come back!"
Hearing this, Xu Zhiyi paused and turned around and said, "Aunt Mu, I can return it another day."
"Oh..." Mu looked at the people running away and had to go back to the kitchen with the basket. When she opened it, she was shocked to find that it was filled with chicken soup. This... this is meat!
I only gave him a few vegetables, but he got such a big bowl of chicken soup in exchange. He must be at a loss! If she had known, she would have opened the covered plate in front of him. If she had known it was chicken soup, she would never have accepted it.
When Xu Zhiyi was going back, he met a girl carrying a basket on the way. She was very pretty and her skin was very fair, which made her look even better!
It is said that a white complexion can hide a hundred uglinesses. Although the original owner had pretty facial features, her skin was rather dark and yellow. She also did farm work in the Xu family every day and was exposed to the sun, so naturally her skin could not be white.
After she came here, I don’t know if it was the effect of the spring water she drank in the space, but now her skin color has become whiter, and she looks whiter than most of the villagers.
When the girl passed by Xu Zhiyi, she just glanced at him curiously. The two of them just passed each other and no one said hello. They both had the same idea, they didn't know each other, so there was no need to say hello.
As soon as I walked to the door of my house, I bumped into everyone who had just returned. Seeing that everyone had returned, Shen Changan in the kitchen quickly brought the dishes and rice to the table.
Xu Zhiyi took a bowl and put a few large pieces of chicken in it and gave it to the eagle. He saw that the bowl of food for it had moved a little.
I put the pieces of chicken into its bowl, and then couldn't help but complain: "Hey, look, you still have to eat when you are hungry. Today I have meat to satisfy your craving."
The eagle raised its head and looked at Xu Zhiyi, then closed its eyes and went to sleep, as if saying, I don’t like those pieces of meat.
Xu Zhiyi: "Hey, you don't want to eat? You don't even want to eat meat? Then I can take it away?"
Unexpectedly, when Xu Zhiyi was about to reach out his hand, the eagle suddenly jumped up and grabbed a piece of chicken.
Xu Zhiyi was just teasing it on purpose! After seeing it eat, he got up and went back to the kitchen.
After dinner, I cleaned the big pot, boiled a large pot of bath water, brought over the clothes for changing, closed the kitchen door, fetched some water, and then slipped into the space to take a bath.
After taking a shower, he came out and came to the door of the room and said, "Mom, there is still hot water in the pot."
Su: "Ask Chang'an and Wuyou to wash first! I will do it myself later."
Hearing this, Xu Zhiyi came to the next room and said, "There's hot water in the pot. Who of you two will take a bath first?"
Shen Wuyou raised his head and saw Xu Zhiyi coming over with wet hair, and quickly found a dry towel for himself: “Brother, wash first.”
Hearing this, Shen Changan took a bath, there was nothing to push, so he got up, found clothes and went to the kitchen.
Shen Wuyou: "Madam, come and sit over here"
Xu Zhiyi was very puzzled when she heard this, but she still sat over, and as soon as she sat down, Shen Wuyou took a towel to help her wipe the water off her hair.
"My dear, the weather is so cold. If your hair is wet for too long, you will catch a cold. Next time you wash your hair, come here immediately and Wuyou will help you dry your hair. OK?"
Xu Zhiyi: "I see, Wuyou, you are so kind. I will help you wipe your hair later."
"I am your husband, and I should do anything for my wife."
"So, my lady, you can order me around, I'm happy to do it."
Xu Zhiyi: "Wuyou, I will make you something delicious as a reward someday. I guarantee you will like it very much."
Shen Wuyou heard this and whispered: “My wife, are you coaxing me as cousin Su? I’m not a child anymore, I’m not greedy.”
Xu Zhiyi: "Well, what else can be awarded?"
"My lady, give me a kiss. I like this reward."
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