Jing Nan was a lively person, and he talked much more than Xuan Yu. He stood at the door for a while and started chatting with Du Heng. Du Heng felt that Jing Nan was kind and couldn't help but talk more. While Xuan Yu was sending the car to Uncle Xiaoxiao's house, the two chatted enthusiastically.
Jing Nan smiled and held Du Heng's hand and said to him, "Have you had nightmares recently due to qi deficiency?" Du Heng thought and said, "Yes." As expected of a doctor, he didn't even take his pulse, but could tell his condition just by holding his hand. He must be an old Chinese doctor! Reliable!
Jing Nan said, "It's okay. I'll prescribe some medicine for you later. I guarantee you'll be fine after you take it!" Du Heng could only nod like a chicken pecking at rice: "Thank you, Doctor Jing."
Xuan Yu came back soon. He handed the rope to Jing Nan: "Old Nan, thank you for your cow." Jing Nan raised his delicate eyebrows: "Xiao Yu, how many times have I told you? You can call me Doctor Jing, or Xiao Nan. If you call me Old Nan next time, I will be rude to you. Look how sensible Du Heng is!"
Xuan Yu nodded seriously: "Okay, okay, Lao Nan." Jing Nan's mouth twitched: "Are you taking revenge on me for calling you by your nickname?" Xuan Yu nodded solemnly, yes, that's what he meant.
Jing Nan sighed and hinted at Xuan Yu: "Du Heng, you and I hit it off right away. Look at Xiaoyu's house, it's so shabby. He lives alone and never takes care of it, so his things must be a mess. Why don't you stay at my place tonight and come back after he has cleaned up."
Du Heng waved his hand quickly: "Thank you for your kindness, Doctor Jing. No need for that." Du Heng saw Xuan Yu standing at the door. The weeds and his bleak figure looked particularly desolate. He thought quickly and tried to smooth things over: "I will live with Xuan Yu. When we are done, I will invite you to dinner!"
Jing Nan smiled and said, "Hey, okay, it's settled then! I'll live in the yard over there, just call me if you need anything. It's getting late, you guys should get busy first, I'll go back and see if there's anything you can use."
When Jing Nan turned to leave, Xuan Yu suddenly spoke: "Are there any fresh fruits and vegetables?" Jing Nan turned around and looked at Xuan Yu in wonder: "Huh?" Xuan Yu glanced in Du Heng's direction, and Jing Nan smiled knowingly: "Hahaha, don't worry." Du Heng was so embarrassed that he didn't know what to say.
Jing Nan happily took the reins from the cow, then patted the cow's butt and said, "Go play." The cow, which had accompanied Du Heng and the others all the way, slowly walked towards Daomu, its long snake tail swung in the wind.
Xuan Yu's house looks shabby on the outside, but it's actually quite good inside, much more spacious than it looks. Du Heng walked to the main house, only to see that there was nothing in the huge house, it was flat and you could see the top at a glance. Because there was a 'skylight' above the head, the room looked particularly empty. For a moment, Du Heng felt as if he was standing in a wilderness of thousands of acres, and a feeling of loneliness lingered in his heart.
Xuan Yu's voice brought Du Heng back to consciousness. Xuan Yu said, "I am alone on weekdays." Xuan Yu has said this several times, but this time Du Heng could hear the loneliness. Du Heng smiled and said, "From today on, it will be just the two of us living here."
Xiaoxiao came out from the next room: "Chirp." As if calling Du Heng. Xuan Yu said: "Xiaoxiao said that he has prepared a room for you and asked you to go over and take a look." Du Heng walked to the side room doubtfully and took a look.
Wow, Xiaoxiao was generous. There was a big Qiangong bed in the side room. It was so bright and golden that it almost blinded Du Heng's eyes. Xiaoxiao jumped onto the bed: "Chirp chirp~" Xuan Yu said: "No one lived in this room. When Uncle Xiaoxiao was not at home, Xiaoxiao would take turns living in Jingnan's house and mine. He cleaned this room himself. He gave it to you."
Du Heng was so moved by such friendship that he almost cried.
Xiaoxiao opened her mouth and fluttered her wings towards Du Heng: "Chirp~" It was obvious that she was begging for food. Du Heng understood that Xiaoxiao was bribing him with the room and expected him to make delicious food for her.
Du Heng placed a simple stove in the east side room. Before the house was renovated, this was his kitchen. He flipped through the storage bag and looked at the sky. It was getting late, so Du Heng wanted to make something simple and easy to digest. He flipped through the bag and saw wheat and flour that had been ground into powder.
In the world of cultivation, wheat is ground into powder by skilled monks, but few people eat it. Ordinary women who love beauty will smear the white powder on their faces, and alchemists will put it into the furnace. Most people who eat flour are ordinary people, who make some porridge or bake it into pancakes after working. However, porridge is not as good as eating spiritual rice, and the pancakes are hard enough to be used as hidden weapons, so not many people eat it.
Du Heng scooped out a few bowls of flour and put them in a wooden basin, adding water and kneading the dough. After being in Taixu Realm for so long, he could finally settle down and eat something hot. Now that the ingredients were complete, he wanted to make some noodles with minced meat. Southerners like to eat rice, and Du Heng didn't have many opportunities to eat noodles since he was a child, but whenever he didn't want to cook, boiling noodles was the best choice.
Jing Nan came back soon, with a bunch of fruits and vegetables in his backpack, a basket of red and green fruits. He walked outside the side room, and saw white steam coming out of the side room window, and a smell of meat and wheat came towards him. Xiao Xiao was anxiously circling around the stove, and Du Heng comforted him: "Don't worry, you can eat soon."
Jing Nan walked in: "Are you busy?" Du Heng turned around and smiled: "Doctor Jing is here at the right time. The noodles will be ready soon. Please wait."
Jing Nan put the basket in the corner and walked over to Du Heng: "What are you doing?" On the chopping board, evenly cut hand-rolled noodles dipped in fine dry flour covered the entire chopping board. The water in the big pot was steaming and was about to boil. There was a large pot of oily and fragrant chicken sauce in the small pot.
Jing Nan sniffed: "It smells so good and tastes so good. It smells even better than the one made by the chef of Yunyanlou in Qingxi Town!" Du Heng laughed and said, "Don't say that. I'm just an ordinary person who likes to eat. How dare I compare with a chef." Du Heng was actually so happy that he almost flew up, okay?
As he was talking, the water in the big pot boiled. Du Heng grabbed the chopping board and pushed half of the noodles into the pot. After spreading the noodles with chopsticks, the noodle soup turned milky white. Du Heng looked at the pot of noodles and said regretfully, "It would be better if there were some vegetables."
Jing Nan said, "I have some. Wait for me." Jing Nan's figure spread out at once. Du Heng was shocked. Isn't this acrobatic skill too amazing? After a few breaths, Jing Nan came in with a few green vegetables in his hand. Du Heng looked closely and saw dark green spinach, small greens, and a few handfuls of shepherd's purse.
Jing Nan said, "I wonder if there are any vegetables you like. These are wild vegetables grown in my fields. I saw the chef at Yunyan Tower also cook them. I think they should be edible." Du Heng was overjoyed. He stretched out his hands to take the dish and said, "Yes, yes! Thank you, Doctor Jing."
Du Heng took the vegetables and quickly washed them under the water-gathering talisman. He threw the green vegetables with water droplets into the pot. The vegetables changed color after entering the pot, and they looked particularly good mixed with the white noodles. After a while, Du Heng asked Jing Nan: "Doctor Jing, do you like softer noodles or harder ones?"
Jing Nan narrowed his eyes: "I can do anything!" Xiao Xiao chirped twice firmly, and Jing Nan said with a smile: "Xiao Xiao said that he wants to be soft."
Du Heng gave a thumbs up: "I like soft noodles too, so let's cook them softer." But Du Heng also thought of someone: "Xuan Yu! Xuan Yu!"
Xuan Yu heard Du Heng's call, and he came out with his hands in his pockets: "Hmm?" Du Heng stood in the white steam with a strainer in his hand, smiling: "Do you like noodles to be softer or harder?" Xuan Yu said: "Both are fine."
Du Heng neatly put the noodles into a large bowl, then picked up a piece of green vegetables with chopsticks and placed it on the noodles. Then he picked up a spoonful of meat sauce and placed it on the noodles. While stirring the noodles, he said, "If you like it dry, you can eat it now. If you think it's dry, you can add some noodle soup."
Du Heng handed the first bowl to Xiaoxiao: "Children first~" Xiaoxiao jumped onto the stove and started pecking at the noodles. Although he was a chicken, he was very ferocious when eating noodles, and he slurped the noodles more skillfully than Du Heng.
The second bowl was handed to Jing Nan: "Try it~" Jing Nan bowed and took the noodles. He took a long breath: "It smells delicious!" He picked up a piece with chopsticks and put it in his mouth. He felt that the noodles were smooth and chewy, the meat sauce was salty and delicious, and the vegetables were garnished... Jing Nan took one bite after another without stopping: "This is the first time I know that vegetables can be so delicious..."
On the third night, Du Heng handed it to Xuan Yu. He selfishly added a little more meat sauce to Xuan Yu's bowl: "Try it?" Xuan Yu took it politely: "Yes."
Three adults and a chicken were slurping in the kitchen. Jing Nan praised it endlessly: "This noodle is amazing! It's so delicious! Can I have another bowl?" Xiao Xiao was already knocking on the bowl beside him. Xuan Yuhe handed over the empty bowl: "It's delicious."
Du Heng smiled and said, "Let's have another pot!"
Xuan Yu was very restrained when eating, eating no more and no less than three bowls, while Jing Nan was much more relaxed, he ate four bowls and was so full that he couldn't walk. Xiao Xiao was still strong, and Xiao Xiao bought all the remaining noodles and even drank up all the noodle soup.
Jing Nan touched her belly happily: "Xiao Yu, you picked up a treasure. Ah Heng, your cooking skills are much better than the chef of Yunyan Tower. Oh, by the way, I brought you some fruits and vegetables, take a look?" Du Heng had noticed the basket in the corner a long time ago, but he was too busy to take care of it. Hearing Jing Nan say this, Du Heng smiled and said, "Thank you, Doctor Jing."
Jing Nan waved his hand and said, "Why are you being so polite? We are all from the same village. If anyone embarrasses you when you are out in the world, just say that you are under the protection of Jing Nan and Xuan Yu from Yikeshu Village. If anyone dares to touch you, we will not let him off."
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