noon.
The table was laden with food, and everyone took their seats in turn.
Braised pig's trotters, dry pot pig's tail, carrot stewed ribs, ginseng braised pork knuckle, stir-fried pig liver... as well as two big white geese, several fish, and some spiritual soup made from spiritual herbs and medicines.
These are all great supplements for the little ones.
The table was so long that it was almost too big to fit; it was piled up one stack after another.
"Yi Cheng, wipe your drool and go call Xiao Yunyan over for dinner."
Qin Shou said.
"Yes, Master."
With its tiny orange eyes glancing at the dishes, it stuck its little bottom out of the door, not running towards the cliff edge, but just slightly turning its head to keep its eyes on the table full of food, before shouting at the top of its lungs:
"Little mute, little mute, dinner's ready! Come here quickly!"
As she shouted, Yi Cheng's little eyes widened instantly, and she pointed at Black Rabbit, yelling, "Black Rabbit, what are you doing? The goose saw you! Quickly put down that piece of pig's head meat in your little claws!"
"Hehe, you little rascal, trying to steal food under the goose's big eyes? Hmph, you've been caught red-handed!"
Yi Cheng smugly exposed Black Rabbit's trick, causing Black Rabbit to murmur and scratch its head, looking embarrassed, before putting the piece of pig's head meat in its paw back onto the plate.
"I'm asking you to go and call Xiao Yunyan over for dinner."
Qin Shou watched this scene with annoyance, picked up a fruit from the plate and threw it at Yi Cheng.
"Hey. "
With a bouncy bounce, Yi Cheng, with her big belly sticking out, accurately bounced the fruit back.
"Goose, goose, goose, Master Goose is amazing, isn't it?"
Yi Cheng smugly pursed her big lips.
Smack! Smack! Smack!
Seeing this, Xiao Xuan quickly clapped his hands.
"Amazing! Amazing! Junior Sister is as agile as ever, even with her big belly!"
Smack! Smack! Smack!
When Little Yuanbao saw his father clapping, he imitated him and laughed heartily.
"Amazing! Amazing! Junior Aunt is as agile as ever, even with such a big belly."
Xiao Xuan glanced at the chubby boy beside him.
The chubby boy also looked up at his father.
A pair of intelligent, almond-shaped eyes meet a pair of innocent, wide eyes.
The father and son suddenly burst into laughter at the same time.
"Hahaha..... "
"Goose, goose, goose..."
Hahahaha.........
"Goose, goose, goose, goose..."
Snap!
Xiao Xuan slapped Xiao Yuanbao on the head and scolded, "Hey, you little bastard, how dare you imitate your father's voice?"
"Master..."
Little Yuanbao immediately covered his head with his hands, looking pitifully at Qin Shou. He didn't know why his father had suddenly hit him.
"Oh my, you silly child, I'm quite impressed! You've already learned to tattle at just four years old!"
Xiao Xuan rolled up his sleeves, looking at the chubby little boy with surprise in his eyes.
However, the next moment, he was slapped hard on the back of the head, his face making direct contact with the table.
"You're such a grown man, acting like a child. You're so irresponsible."
Qin Shou retorted angrily.
"Yes, Master."
Xiao Xuan relaxed his brows, straightened his sleeves, and sat up slightly.
Squeak!
Just then, the bamboo door, which had been half-open, was gently pushed open by a pair of small hands.
A little girl wearing a pale yellow dress and with two pigtails walked in gracefully.
After entering, he remained silent, sat at the end of the table, picked up the small bowl in front of him, and quietly began to eat.
"Hey. "
Seeing this, Yi Cheng's little eyes widened immediately. "Little mute, Master Goose hasn't said it's time to eat yet! You can't eat first!"
"It's alright, you guys eat too."
Qin Shou quickly raised his hand in greeting, smiling slightly.
When Yi Cheng heard that dinner was ready, she was so excited that she suddenly appeared in her seat.
The room trembled slightly, as if a gust of wind had been stirred up, but it was suppressed with a slight thought from Qin Shou.
"Yuanbao, hurry up and eat! There are too many people and not enough meat. If you're late, there won't be any left to eat."
While shoveling rice into her own bowl, Yi Cheng didn't forget to remind Xiao Yuanbao.
"Yes, yes, I will respectfully follow Junior Aunt's teachings, hachi hachi hachi..."
"Son, eat slowly, don't choke."
"Hachihachihachi..."
"son? "
"Hachihachihachi......."
"Alright, stop yelling. They have a built-in ability to mute themselves during meals. Little Yuanbao has gradually developed this ability by following Yi Cheng around over the years."
Qin Shou picked up the bowl and chopsticks in front of him, took a few bites, and said in a neutral tone.
"??????" Xiao Xuan raised an eyebrow and laughed, "Alright, Junior Aunt is really generous. It's clear she's passed on all her culinary expertise to my son."
When catching fish, shrimp, or king cobras, you must hold the bowl steadily, scoop the rice quickly, and when eating, you must be able to empty your mind and mind of everything except the rice.
Da da da!
Yi Cheng peeled half of the orange, then suddenly jumped off his stool, picked up a huge piece of braised pork with his chopsticks, and ran to the end of the table, placing the meat into Luo Yunyan's small bowl.
"Little mute, have a piece of meat, it's delicious!"
Yi Cheng wiped the oil from his mouth and grinned foolishly, saying, "Don't be shy at Goose's place, we have plenty of meat."
My master said that we should learn to share.
Master also said that this little mute girl is so pitiful. She has lost all her relatives, and her mother was killed by bad people, so she wandered here. Master told him to have fun with her.
Luo Yunyan looked up, clearly stunned for a moment.
Then he picked up the meat from the bowl, put it on a plate, and started eating two slices of carrot and some bok choy.
"Um? "
Yi Cheng frowned immediately, thinking that she was annoyed that the meat was too small, so she picked up the braised pork with her chopsticks and stuffed it into her mouth with a "whoosh".
Then he ran back with a "de de de" sound, picked up an even bigger piece of braised pork and put it in Luo Yunyan's bowl.
Luo Yunyan picked it out as usual and quietly ate her meal.
Qin Shou watched from the side without saying a word.
"Little mute, why don't you eat the braised pork?"
Yi Cheng scratched her little head, her small eyes filled with great confusion.
She couldn't understand how anyone could dislike such delicious meat. No wonder she was so thin and didn't even have a belly.
"Oh, I see. She probably doesn't like braised pork, but she likes other kinds of meat."
Yi Cheng's little eyes lit up immediately, and she ran back with a "da da da" sound, snatching a goose leg from the little fat boy's hand that was about to be eaten.
Where are my legs?
Little Fatty looked confused for a moment, then frowned and shouted angrily, "Yi Cheng!"
However, when she saw that Yi Cheng wasn't for her, but for the new older sister, Little Fatty stopped talking, picked up her chopsticks and started rummaging through the pot, looking for a goose leg to eat.
Because she thought goose leg was the most delicious.
"Little sister, the host said that it's impolite to rummage through and pick at the food like that while eating at the table."
Da Mei gently comforted Xiao Pang.
The chubby boy pouted and said, "Master also said that I can order whatever I want at home, according to my own preferences. So, sister, please find me a goose leg quickly, I want to eat goose leg."
Here, that's for you.
Yi Cheng ran up to Luo Yunyan again, proudly tilting her little face up, and handed her the goose leg.
Luo Yunyan raised her drooping eyes and quietly looked at the chubby girl with greasy mouth. After hesitating for a while, she did not refuse this time, but took the goose leg that Yi Cheng handed her, and then quietly started eating her meal again.
It wasn't that she liked eating goose legs, nor that she disliked them, but she felt that if she refused again, the fat boy would keep putting meat into her bowl.
She hates trouble; she likes quiet, the quiet of not being watched.
"Goose, goose, goose, you really do like goose legs. Geese are so clever."
Seeing this, Yi Cheng became even more smug.
Master said that there is a mind-reading ability in the human world that can read other people's minds. It is a very powerful supernatural power. Yi Cheng felt that she had suddenly learned this supernatural power. Otherwise, how would she know that she did not like braised pork but liked goose leg?
Da da da!
Yi Cheng ran back to show off her food again.
Qin Shou looked at the quiet little girl, then at Yi Cheng, and couldn't help but smile.
Since arriving on the mountain, this little girl has remained silent. Every day she gets up and sits on the edge of the cliff in a daze. When it's time to eat, she will usually come obediently when called. However, once she sits at the table, she sits at the very end, eating her food with her head down, without greeting or speaking to anyone.
After finishing their meal, they would go to the kitchen themselves and wash the dishes.
Sometimes Qin Shou would say, "You don't have to wash the dishes. Go play with Yi Cheng and the others."
But the little girl remained silent and continued washing her dishes. Qin Shou seemed to know something, so he didn't insist and let her do as she pleased.
Time brings gentle breezes that constantly wash away the gloom in people's hearts. When the gentle breezes blow and the gloom dissipates, that will be the beautiful February day.
But even if the gentle breeze blows away the gloom, it won't dissipate...
"Squeak squeak..."
Black Rabbit glanced at the goose leg she had just picked up from the pot, looking somewhat troubled. She leaned down and whispered in Yi Cheng's ear, "Yi Cheng, should I give this goose leg to that pretty young lady?"
"Hachihachihachi......."
With its mouth full of rice and eyes raised, Yi Cheng stammered, "Give...give..."
"Understood. "
Black Rabbit nodded heavily, jumped off the chair with a "whoosh," and ran to the end of the table.
"Feed it to the geese."
Yi Cheng fell silent, staring wide-eyed at her large goose leg as it drifted further and further away.
"Here, have some."
Black Rabbit held up a large goose leg, its bright black eyes fixed on Luo Yunyan without blinking.
Luo Yunyan looked up at the dark-skinned, chubby boy in front of her, then glanced at the goose leg in his hand. After thinking for a moment, she took the leg with her chopsticks and put it in her own bowl.
"yeah! "
Black Rabbit watched as the pretty young lady accepted his goose leg, and immediately jumped up and down with joy.
"Yi Cheng, she ate my goose leg."
Black Rabbit ran to Orange's side and couldn't wait to share.
"Hachihachihachi......."
However, Yi Cheng ignored him, knowing that every extra second she had to cook meant she could eat several more pieces of meat.
"Big sister, I'll share Yuanbao's meat with you too."
Seeing his junior aunt and Uncle Black Rabbit sharing their meat with the new girl, Little Yuanbao also took a big piece of fragrant goose meat that his father had put on his plate and ran to Luo Yunyan, standing on tiptoe, trying to put his meat into Luo Yunyan's bowl.
Luo Yunyan looked at the short, chubby boy without saying a word, then gently shook her little finger and silently put down her rice bowl.
"Hey, miss, you're too far from the meat. If you want some, Yuanbao will get it for you."
Little Yuanbao squinted his big eyes and smiled, "Let me tell you, my little aunt is amazing! She catches succulents to eat every day!"
Luo Yunyan nodded.
Little Yuanbao ran back and called to his father to put some meat on the table for him, but the table was too big for him to reach.
Luo Yunyan glanced at the little guy who had run away, then at the chubby figures who were working hard to eat, and finally her gaze fell on the upright immortal figure eating lightly above.
Her eyes suddenly filled with tears.
She lowered her head, buried her face in the rice bowl, her shoulders trembling slightly as she nibbled on the goose leg.
Qin Shou glanced at the small, delicate figure that looked as fragile and pitiful as a pear blossom in the rain, and suddenly sighed in his heart.
This reminded him of how his little lover looked when she first came to the mountain; she was pitiful from head to toe, dressed like a little beggar.
She appears lively, but is actually quite repressed and melancholic. Several times she secretly cried in bed at night. When Qin Shou saw her, he just stood outside and sighed, without going in to disturb her.
He knew the little girl was stubborn by nature; otherwise, she wouldn't have insisted on avenging her senior sister herself.
Cry...
The world will eventually see sunshine after the rain.
Swoosh—
At that moment, several streaks of rainbow light flashed across the vast wilderness.
Qin Shou sensed something, waved his sleeve, and activated the mountain-protecting formation.
A figure landed on Turtle Mountain.
Her features remained unchanged, possessing an indescribable aloofness, yet the moment she landed on the mountaintop, her eyes involuntarily softened.
It felt like a lifetime ago as I surveyed every blade of grass and tree on the hilltop, as well as those few peach blossoms.
She was tall and slender, wearing a dark red dress with flames spreading across the hem, and a phoenix spreading its wings.
"Master."
With gentle grace, she performed the disciple's salute, her eyes soft and tender. "Disciple Wenqing greets Master!"
"Haha, senior sister, you're so young again!"
At that moment, in the main room, Yi Cheng, who was cooking rice, seemed to sense something and suddenly stopped cooking. Her small eyes looked blankly into the courtyard, and then she saw the figure descending from the sky.
"Senior sister, the goose really wants to be young!"
Yi Cheng grabbed Xiao Pang's red bib, hastily wiped the grease from the corner of her mouth, then spread her arms and, like a happy fat butterfly, pounced out, tightly hugging Wen Qing's leg. With a thrust of her little belly, she picked him up and spun him around in circles.
"Hey hey hey... Senior sister, have you been missing the goose?"
"The goose wanted to see the tender one, but Master Goose insisted that he would only let the goose descend the mountain after the goose broke through to the Void Realm."
"Senior sister, could you talk to Master and ask if I could stay at your house for a few more days?"
"Senior sister, senior sister..."
Yi Cheng called out again and again.
"Alright, Yi Cheng, let's put Senior Sister down first, okay?"
A gentle smile appeared on Wen Qing's lips as she patted Yi Cheng's head.
"good. "
Yi Cheng obediently put down Wen Qing.
At this moment, Qin Shou and the others also came out of the house.
"Si Wu greets Second Senior Sister."
Xiao Xuan bowed and smiled slowly.
"Um. "
She nodded warmly, and then met her senior brother.
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