The next day, Zhang Shixun did not go anywhere and stayed at home to strengthen his body.
Yue Fei's bow force is more than three stones, so I must catch up with him, or at least not be worse than him.
Just after I finished exercising, someone was knocking on the door.
Zhang Shixun opened the door, and the person standing outside was Ding Dusai, still dressed like a scholar.
He was overjoyed.
"Mrs. Ding."
"Mr. Zhang." Ding Dusai said with a smile.
"Please come in, Madam Ding!" Zhang Shixun smiled and warmly led her into the yard.
Ding Dusai hesitated for a moment, but finally came in.
"I was going to look for Sister Li and passed by here." Ding Dusai made an excuse for himself.
Zhang Shixun thought to himself: Nizi, you don’t need to make excuses for yourself, you just fall in love with me.
"I just wanted to ask how you did on the martial arts exam."
"I did OK on the test, I should be able to pass, but..."
"What?"
"It's about that Lotus Pavilion incident last time. I got Wang Husun jailed. His father, Wang Fu, won't let me off easily. He might even interfere with this matter." Zhang Shixun invited her into the living room and sat her down. He sighed and said, "I ran into Wang Husun at the restaurant yesterday. He's already said he's going to stop me from passing the military exam."
"What should we do?" Ding Dusai was worried about him.
"General Gao won't just sit back and do nothing. He'll definitely ask for help from the Ministry of War."
"Even if General Gao were to intervene, it wouldn't be easy. Wang Fu is a higher official than him."
"General Gao is also a favorite of the emperor." Zhang Shixun thought of the treasure that Gao Qiu had obtained from here. If Gao Qiu presented the treasure to the emperor, as long as he mentioned this matter in passing, there might be a not-so-bad ending.
"Wang Fu is a bad guy. He has many servants at home. You must be careful of him and don't go out on the street at night."
"I'll be careful, don't worry." Zhang Shixun was not worried about his safety at all. With the Black and White Impermanence, two robots with terrifying fighting power, ordinary means could not cause any harm.
If someone could really threaten his safety, Zhang Shixun had several ways to deal with him, the most extreme of which was to physically destroy him.
However, this method should not be used unless absolutely necessary. If you are used to solving problems with violence, it is easy to go to the other extreme.
"Sir, it's almost noon, goodbye." Ding Dusai stood up, knelt down and bowed.
Ding Duchui's bowing posture was so elegant that Zhang Shixun was stunned and stood there without returning the greeting.
Seeing that he didn't respond, Ding Dusai couldn't help but laugh and said, "Mr. Zhang, why don't you say anything?"
"Oh!" Zhang Shixun reacted and said quickly, "Since it's time for dinner, why don't you just stay and eat with us? I'm a very good cook."
Ding Dusai glanced at the kitchen, seemingly unconvinced: "Master, you can cook? Don't lie to me."
"Of course I can. The egg pancakes I make are delicious. Even a foodie like Gao Yanei praises them highly. Do you want to try them?" Zhang Shixun urged her.
It’s not that he only knows how to make egg pancakes, but he didn’t have the ingredients on hand, so he had to make do with this. Besides, the egg pancakes he made were a family heirloom, with great color, aroma and taste, and were also verified by Gao Yanei, a foodie.
Ding Dusai asked curiously, "Egg pancake, what is that?"
"You'll know after watching me do it once." Zhang Shixun smiled mysteriously and said, "Come on, I can have you eat it in a cup of tea."
"Just a cup of tea? So fast?" Ding Dusai's curiosity took over and he followed him to the kitchen involuntarily.
Zhang Shixun deftly turned on the fire barrel, smiled at Ding Dusai, and began to knead the dough.
Ding Dusai stood aside, staring at him with wide eyes while he worked.
Men in this era don't cook, that's women's job.
It is so rare to see a man cooking. Ding Dusai has never seen it since he was a child.
"Making egg pancakes is very simple. With your intelligence, you should be able to do it after watching it once." Zhang Shixun explained to her while busying himself: "The ingredients are very simple. A few eggs, some flour, and some chopped green onions. Mix them with water, and pour some oil into a non-stick iron pan."
As he spoke, the oil in the iron pan heated up. Zhang Shixun scooped a spoonful of the egg and flour mixture into the pan, and quickly spread it into a thin pancake with another spoon. After a short pause, he turned it over...
Ding Dusai watched without blinking, and as a golden pancake was made, he couldn't help but applaud and said, "It's amazing! I've never seen steamed pancakes made like this before."
"I can also make many other delicious foods, all of which you've definitely never tasted before. However, I don't have the ingredients right now. I'll find a chance to make them for you later." Zhang Shixun boasted as he placed the fried egg pancake on the prepared plate nearby. "...Just to correct you, this isn't called a steamed pancake, it's called an egg pancake, or simply a pancake."
"Oh!" Ding Dusai looked at the golden pancakes on the plate, sniffed lightly, and said, "I smell the fragrance, it smells so good."
"Would you like to try one first?" Zhang Shixun handed over a pair of chopsticks.
Ding Dusai shook his head and said shyly, "Wait until you're done, and then we'll eat together."
As Zhang Shixun was making an egg pancake, he said, "What a pity there's no frying pan or spatula."
Ding Dusai looked at Zhang Shixun with surprise in his eyes: "Sir, how come you, a grown man, can cook? I'm so curious."
She even omitted the surname in front and just called him "Master".
"What's wrong with being a man?" Zhang Shixun smiled and said, "No one says only women can cook."
"Mencius said: A gentleman stays away from the kitchen." Dingdu track.
Zhang Shixun laughed. "These are just excuses men make for not wanting to go into the kitchen. They're taking Mencius's words out of context and deliberately misinterpreting his original meaning."
"Misinterpretation, what do you mean?"
Zhang Shixun quickly had Xiaomei display the original text on the screen and said, "Mencius' words are very clear: 'A gentleman, seeing animals alive, cannot bear to see them die; hearing their cries, cannot bear to eat their flesh. Therefore, a gentleman stays away from the kitchen...' The meaning of this passage is very clear: it means that people should have a heart of benevolence and righteousness."
Ding Dusai pursed his lips and smiled, "Anyway, I've never seen a man cook since I was a child."
"You saw it today." Zhang Shixun put the last egg pancake on the plate, picked it up and said, "Look, it's ready in the time it takes to make a cup of tea... Let's go, we don't need to go to the living room, we can eat directly in the yard."
Zhang Shixun placed the pancake on the stone table and said with a smile, "Madam Ding, please."
Ding Dusai sat down awkwardly on the stone bench, took the chopsticks handed to him by Zhang Shixun, glanced at Zhang Shixun secretly, but did not move his chopsticks.
Zhang Shixun knew that she was shy, so he picked up a piece of cake with his chopsticks, gestured to her, and took a big bite.
Seeing that he had already picked up his chopsticks, Ding Dusai picked up a piece of egg pancake, took a small bite, chewed it a few times, his eyes lit up, and he chewed a little faster.
Zhang Shixun was afraid that she would feel embarrassed, so he said, "You eat first, I'll go take some to my cousin."
He went back to the kitchen to get a plate, put a few pancakes on the plate, smiled at Ding Dusai, picked up the plate and walked to the backyard.
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