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It has been more than a month since I returned to the village, and the mess in the village has been sorted out. Everyone has returned to a life of eating and drinking and doing nothing. After the Magical Sky Pearl entered Du Heng's body, the food he made was rich in spiritual energy. Every day everyone ate until their bellies were full. After a month, Xiao Yumao's pointed chin became round.
However, Du Heng has been absent-minded these days. Xuan Yu has seen him sitting under the eaves and staring at the sky in a daze several times.
On this day, Du Heng cooked a thick pickled pork soup under the eaves, and the fresh aroma filled the whole yard. Du Heng moved a small stool and sat next to the stove to clean the chopped green onions. Ciba lay at Du Heng's feet, squinting his eyes and basking in the sun.
When Xuan Yu entered the house, he saw this warm scene and couldn't help but smile. He put down the backpack, which contained the toon buds he had picked from Nanshan Mountain.
The buds of the Chinese toon tree are only three inches long, and they are neatly stacked in small bunches in the backpack. The buds of the Chinese toon tree in Nanshan are in season now, their leaves are red, and the buds are young and clustered, their stems are green, and you can smell the scent without picking them up.
Du Heng didn't like the smell of toon buds. He would feel dizzy when he smelled the smell. But apart from him, Nan Nan and the others all liked the smell, especially Xiao Xiao and Xiao Yu Mao. Xiao Xiao couldn't stop eating fried eggs with toon buds.
Du Heng looked into the backpack and said, "Wow, so many!" There should have been toon buds at this time last year, but he was busy practicing at that time, and was forced to practice by Wen Qiong every day. Not to mention going to Nanshan to pick toon buds, he could hardly even catch his breath.
Xuan Yu said slowly, "I haven't picked all of them yet. I can pick more tomorrow." Du Heng said, "That's enough. This much is enough for scrambled eggs."
Ciba stood up lazily, yawned, stretched, and then walked out of the yard with a cat-like pace. Whenever Du Heng was alone at home, there would always be small animals around him. Sometimes it was Nianniansuisui, sometimes it was Ciba, and more often it was wontons.
However, today Wonton went up the mountain with Lao Dao, so Ciba reluctantly took Wonton's place and watched over Du Heng for a while.
Du Heng picked up two handfuls of toon buds and said, "This is enough for lunch. Put the rest in the refrigerator." When it comes to scrambled eggs with toon, the more toon the better. A small handful of toon and a few eggs is the most perfect combination.
Xuan Yu responded, and he walked into the kitchen with a backpack on his back and stood in front of the refrigerator. After he opened the refrigerator and took a look, he closed it again: "There is no room."
There were too many fresh fruits and vegetables in the past month, and many vegetables were in season. The generals were afraid that they would not be able to eat this kind of food in the next year, so they went all over the mountains to pick wild vegetables. Take shepherd's purse for example, the shepherd's purse that the generals picked filled three large storage bags.
In addition, Du Heng brought back a lot of seafood when he returned from the Dragon Clan, so his refrigerator is now full. As soon as the door is opened, the things inside almost roll out.
Du Heng said, "The refrigerator I ordered at Wan Workshop last year should be ready?" One refrigerator was really not enough. Xuan Yu had already ordered a refrigerator at Wan Workshop last summer. But then the monsters attacked the village, and no one knew what happened to the refrigerator after the renovation.
Xuan Yu said, "If you hadn't told me, I would have almost forgotten. I will go to Wan Workshop tomorrow. However, the only person in Wan Workshop who can make refrigerators is Yan Hui. If he hadn't come back, the refrigerator would most likely not have been made yet."
Du Heng was putting down the toon buds and green onions in his hand beside the pond. He thought: "Yan Hui? I remember he was in Shenxu Palace before."
Du Heng was surprised when he saw Yan Hui in Shenxu Palace. However, he only met Yan Hui a few times and nothing happened. Yan Hui was also Jiang Shangzhou's weapon-making master. Du Heng's previous body was made of the flesh and blood of these two people. Now when he mentions these two people, Du Heng always has a subtle feeling in his heart.
If Du Heng remembered correctly, Jiang Shangzhou and Yan Hui disappeared after they came out of the demon-killing formation. Jiang Shangzhou was most likely imprisoned, but what about Yan Hui? Did he return to Wan's workshop?
Du Heng said thoughtfully: "By the way, Xiaoyu, I forgot to ask you before, whose business is Wan Workshop? Is it yours or Xixi's?"
Xuan Yu said: "It is considered the property of the beast tribe. But Nan Nan didn't take care of it during those years, so the people in Wan Workshop didn't pay much attention to our things."
Du Heng nodded: "I see. Oh, that Yan Hui, is he also a demon cultivator? What is his true form?"
Xuan Yu thought for a while and said, "If I remember correctly, it should be an armadillo." This answer was beyond Du Heng's imagination. He thought about how Yan Hui got nervous when he saw strangers. It turned out that he really looked like an armadillo.
Du Heng said: "I hope he can come back in time, otherwise there will be no room for the dishes later."
I had originally planned to only make a dish of Chinese toon fried eggs today, but now the refrigerator is full, so Du Heng has to find a way to use up the Chinese toon he just picked. After thinking about it, he said, "Make another dish of Chinese toon salad? And then deep-fry some Chinese toon fish?"
Xuan Yu smiled and said, "It's up to you. Just arrange it."
After removing the old roots, fresh Chinese toon can be cleaned by just washing it in water. The soil and water in Nanshan are good, and the Chinese toon produced there is very clean. The washed Chinese toon buds still have water droplets hanging on them. Du Heng is standing by the stove holding the Chinese toon, waiting for the water in the stove to boil.
After the water boiled, he quickly put the Chinese toon into the water to blanch it. After the Chinese toon was put into the water, the beautiful red color faded and turned into a green-brown color, and the smell of Chinese toon spread. Xuan Yu quickly pumped the smell of Chinese toon in the kitchen into the yard. He said to Du Heng distressedly: "I'll do it?"
Du Heng smiled and shook his head: "It's okay, I'll get used to it and it won't be boring anymore."
Du Heng doesn't like the taste of Chinese toon. Since Xuan Yu knew this, he asked Du Heng not to cook dishes related to Chinese toon, but Du Heng disagreed. Even if he doesn't like it, as long as the people around him like it, he is willing to try it.
Besides, such good toon sprouts would be very expensive if they were sold in my hometown!
Thinking of his hometown, Du Heng's eyes began to be empty again. He used chopsticks to flip the tung buds in the pot carelessly. He was so absorbed in his thoughts that if Xuan Yu hadn't reminded him, he would have been in a daze for who knows how long.
Xuan Yu asked, "Do you want to blanch the tung buds in cold water?" Du Heng suddenly came to his senses and hurriedly scooped up the tung buds from the pot: "Oh, I almost over-blanched them!"
The buds of the Chinese toon tree floated neatly in the wooden basin in the pool. The cold water cooled them quickly. The smell of the buds in the yard became stronger.
Xuan Yu said to Du Heng slowly, "Du Heng, clean up tomorrow."
Du Heng was stunned for a moment: "Huh? Are you going out? Oh, do you mean to go to Lingxi Town?"
Xuan Yu shook his head: "Let the Zhou brothers deal with the refrigerator issue. What I mean is, let's go home. Didn't you always say that you would go back to see your parents in your hometown after you finished dealing with things?"
Du Heng's pupils shrank. He was in a daze these days because of his parents back home. In fact, after switching bodies, he had completely drawn a line between himself and the previous Du Heng. Some cultivators in the cultivation world have to undergo various training to overcome tribulations. When they return from their training, what happened during the training can only be regarded as an experience. The people who have been in contact with them during the training will end with the return of the cultivator.
It didn't matter if Qing Heng no longer acknowledged Du Heng, but he couldn't get over it. He had been thinking about going back home these days, but he was no longer the Du Heng who had only a vague understanding of cultivation. He knew the risks of breaking through the two small caves.
It's okay for him to take the risk alone, but he can't let Xiaoyu and the others take the risk. They finally have a stable life, and it can't be ruined by his momentary thoughts.
Du Heng smiled bitterly: "There are tens of thousands of small caves near Taixu Realm. It is not easy to find the small cave where my hometown is."
Xuan Yu smiled and said, "I know."
Du Heng: !!!
Xuan Yu said: "I know that you can come to Taixu Realm because I have divined some information. If we use the Zhoutian Star Array, with our strength, we can go back and forth between the two worlds."
Du Heng blinked at Xuan Yu: "Really? The Zhoutian Star Array can break the passage between the two worlds?"
At this time, Feng Gui's voice came from outside the door: "Of course, otherwise wouldn't the scales that Xiaoyu lost over the years be meaningless?"
Jing Nan put his hands in his pockets and smiled, "Let's go. With the strength of a few of us, it's easy to go back and forth. If you want to go back, go back and take a look."
Du Heng's eyes began to sore again: "You guys..."
Xuan Yu said: "Nan Nan and I have done some research these days. The Zhoutian Star Array can locate the small cave heaven when you were Du Heng. However, there is a little time difference between the two worlds. You must be mentally prepared when you go back."
Hearing Xuan Yu's words, Du Heng's heart lifted again: "Be mentally prepared..." He understood that Du's father and Du's mother were just ordinary people. The life span of a cultivator could reach tens of millions of years, while the life span of an ordinary person was only a few decades.
When Du Heng looked up again, he was no longer confused: "I still want to go back and take a look." If there really was no such fate, he wouldn't say anything.
Xuan Yu said: "If it has been decided, we will pack up and get ready to leave tomorrow morning."
At this time, Xiaoxiao's voice came from the door: "Where are you going?"
Du Heng said: "We are going to my hometown." Xiao Xiao nodded: "I know, I know, Du Hengheng wants to go back to see his parents, I want to go too!"
Du Heng said: "Xiaoxiao, traveling through two time and space is very dangerous." Xiaoxiao said nonchalantly: "It's okay, I'm not afraid at all with my uncle and the others around."
Seeing that Du Heng didn't want to take him away, Xiaoxiao hugged Du Heng's legs and swung: "Take us with you!"
Feng Gui was also speaking for Xiao Xiao: "Take him there to broaden his horizons. There shouldn't be any danger." Hearing Feng Gui's words, Du Heng stroked Xiao Xiao's soft hair and said, "Okay."
Xiaoxiao smiled slyly and blinked his big, smart eyes: "Compared to this, did you just say fried fish?"
Du Heng corrected: "It's not fried fish, it's fried toon fish."
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The so-called toon fish is to coat the blanched and drained toona sinensis with batter and fry it in oil.
Xiaoxiao had eaten Chinese toon fried eggs and Chinese toon salad before, but he had never eaten Chinese toon fish. At this moment, he and Xiao Yumao transformed into monsters and jumped onto the stove. The two of them hugged Du Heng on the left and right, and they stretched their necks to watch Du Heng cooking.
Seeing this scene, Jing Nan didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Before, there was only Xiaoxiao, but now Xiaoyu has also followed suit."
Feng Gui drank his tea slowly and said, "If Qing Heng knew how to cook when we were kids, I'm afraid we wouldn't be much better than Xiao Xiao and the others."
Jing Nan glared at Feng Gui: "Nonsense, I won't watch it." Feng Gui smiled: "Yeah, just eat."
Feng Gui and the others sighed more than once, if Qing Heng could cook when they were young, they wouldn't have to be so skinny and ugly. Look at Xiao Xiao and Xiao Yu Mao, they are all so plump after eating.
Du Heng skillfully put half a spoonful of flour in a large bowl, added a little starch and a proper amount of salt to the flour, and then cracked three or four eggs into the basin. The eggs were not enough to soak all the flour, but after Du Heng added water to the basin, the flour mixed with the egg liquid turned into a paste.
Du Heng stirred the batter carefully. When there were no particles in the batter and a layer of batter could be attached to the chopsticks, he picked up a few Chinese toon leaves from the basket and placed them in the basin.
The batter was quite thin, and after the Chinese toon rolled around in it, a thin layer of batter was attached to it. At this time, a lot of green smoke had already come out of the oil surface in the pot. After Du Heng stirred the pot with a spoon, he could hear a sound coming from the pot.
When Du Heng put the Chinese toon buds into the pot, a large number of bubbles suddenly appeared in the pot, and there was a slight popping sound in the pot. The milky white, slightly flowing batter quickly formed a white coating, which soon turned golden yellow, and the Chinese toon buds also floated on the oil.
Xiaoxiao looked at the basin and then at the oil pan, and asked curiously, "Du Hengheng, didn't you say there was some fish? Where's the fish?"
Xiaoxiao waited for a long time. He saw Du Heng take out the fried toon and put it in a colander on the side to drain the oil. He didn't even see Du Heng put the small fish into the wooden basin.
Du Heng smiled and said, "It's not the fish you understand. There is no fish in it. Look at the fried Chinese toon floating in the oil. Are they one by one? Do they look like fish?"
Xiaoxiao and Xiaoyu looked at it for a while and shook their heads in unison: "It doesn't look like..." No matter how they looked at it, they felt that it was just fried toon sprouts.
Du Heng said helplessly: "Okay, from now on this dish will be called Fried Toona Sinensis Sprouts."
However, Xiaoxiao had another opinion: "No, let's call her Xiangchun Yuyu, it's cuter that way." Du Heng laughed in silence, he really couldn't imagine what the child was thinking.
The fried toon was crispy on the outside, and Du Heng sprinkled a layer of chili powder on it. Seeing the chili powder, Feng Gui immediately became excited: "Hey, there's chili."
Jing Nan was already one step ahead of Feng Gui and picked up a Chinese toon sprout that was not stained with chili powder and stuffed it into his mouth. After biting through the thin and crispy outer layer, the taste of the Chinese toon filled his entire mouth.
The Chinese toon is relatively tender and soft in the mouth, and the crispy outer layer makes the Chinese toon taste even better. Jing Nan took a bite and nodded: "This is delicious, better than the Chinese toon fried egg."
Du Heng smiled and said, "Are you tired of it?" After eating Chinese toon fried eggs for several days in a row, Du Heng didn't believe that Jing Nan wasn't tired of it.
Xiaoxiao and Xiaoyu were eating the toon fish with a crunch. They actually agreed with Jingnan: "We think the toon fish is delicious too! Du Hengheng, fry some more!"
Du Heng rolled up his sleeves and said, "Okay, but you have to promise me that you won't have any food accumulation."
Xuan Yu was unable to finish the half basket of Chinese toon that he brought back. Looking at the fresh and tender Chinese toon buds in the basket, Du Heng carefully stuffed them into the storage bag: "If I can go back, I will bring these toon buds to my mother."
In fact, Mother Du likes to eat Chinese toon, but because Du Heng doesn’t like it, Mother Du has eaten very little of it in recent years.
If Du Heng didn't like something, it would rarely appear on the Du family's table. If Du Heng liked something, even if Du's father and mother didn't like it, it would often appear on their table.
Hearing Du Heng say this, Xuan Yu responded, "Okay, bring it."
The next morning, Du Heng woke up early. He stood at the gate of the courtyard and looked around in confusion, wondering where Xiaoyu had gone. A moment later, Feng Gui came out carrying the sleeping Jing Nan on his back, followed by Xiao Xiao and Xiao Yu Mao.
Feng Gui said softly, "Where's Xiaoyu?" Du Heng shook his head, "I don't know either."
After a while, Xuan Yu came back from Nanshan, carrying a basket of toon buds on his back. He nodded to everyone and said, "Okay, let's go."
Du Heng looked at Xuan Yu in surprise: "Xiao Yu you..." Xuan Yu said calmly: "You said that Mother Du loves to eat toon buds. I think we may have to stay in your hometown for a while. When we come back, the toon buds may be old."
So he got up early and went to Nanshan to pick all the toon buds he could. Du Heng was so moved that he didn't know what to say.
Xuan Yu put all the tung buds in the backpack into the storage bag, and he also put the refrigerator into his sleeve. When he left, he touched Wonton's head and said, "I'll leave the house to you."
Wonton wagged his tail, and beside him stood Nian Nian Sui Sui and Ci Ba. Xuan Yu and the others could leave, but they wanted to stay and look after the house.
The steps leading to the Saint Temple had been widened recently. After walking through the bamboo forest for an incense stick of time towards the top of the mountain, they saw the top of the mountain.
During this period, Du Heng also came to the Saint Temple. He came to collect all the Phoenix feathers that Xixi and the others used to nourish him, and also helped widen the mountain road. When he came here a few times before, he was very calm, but this time he was actually excited.
Standing on the star array, Du Heng took several deep breaths: "May the Dao Ancestor bless me, and I hope everything goes well."
Xuan Yu and his companions formed a triangle and surrounded Du Heng, who held two children in his arms. Xuan Yu waved his hand, and the sixteen stone tablets around the star formation emitted brilliant light, and thousands of stars appeared under their feet.
Du Heng felt like he was in a nebula, with stars of all sizes flying past him. Du Heng was dazzled by the passing of the stars, and he couldn't tell which one was the small cave he had stayed in. At this moment, a star that looked lifeless appeared in front of him, and a voice appeared in Du Heng's mind: "That's it!"
After this thought came to Du Heng's mind, the general situation of this star appeared in his mind. There were land and sea in the star. Du Heng's sight quickly moved down from the sky. The scene on the star quickly distorted and he felt a little dizzy.
After he stood on the ground, the dizziness dissipated. After a while, he heard Xuan Yu's voice: "We're here."
Du Heng opened his eyes and saw that they were standing in the middle of a road. There were camphor trees as thick as a bowl planted beside the road, and a street lamp was on in the middle of the tree. It was night in his hometown at that time. The light of the street lamp illuminated the road. There was a slogan on the trash can on the side of the road: Everyone has the responsibility to protect the environment.
Xiaoxiao and the others looked up at the street lamp in surprise: "Wow~ What a strange night-shining pearl!" Fenggui and Jingnan frowned: "Hehe, what is this smell?"
The Taixu Realm is full of beautiful mountains and clear waters, and the air there is full of spiritual energy, and a breath of it makes you feel refreshed. The air in my hometown is polluted, and even at this time, it is already late at night, the smell of exhaust gas and oil smoke still lingers in the air.
Du Heng sniffed the air nostalgically: "Ah, it smells like my hometown."
Xuan Yu looked around: "Are Daddy Du and the others here?" Du Heng identified the location and soon recognized where this place was. This was the small park in front of his neighborhood. Mommy Du would come here to dance square dance in the evening!
Du Heng's consciousness quickly looked in the direction of home. His heart began to beat wildly. He was afraid that he would come back too late and his parents would no longer be alive. His consciousness passed through the small park before him and headed for the house where his family lived. At this time, the house was dark, but Du Heng sensed two familiar auras.
Du Heng smiled happily: "Yes, they are sleeping!"
The group walked along the road towards Du Heng's home, which was in the suburbs. People in the town had a regular schedule, and most people would go to sleep at night. However, it was possible that some night snack stalls were still open, and there was a barbecue restaurant next to the small park.
At this time, there were a few young men drinking beer and eating skewers in front of the barbecue restaurant. When Du Heng and his friends walked by, one of them whistled in their direction: "Hey, beautiful ladies!"
The people around the young man laughed: "What are you looking at? These guys are all men. They must be filming a movie?" "Don't say that. Actors are just good-looking." "That's right. They have waists and butts."
Feng Gui was frowning, and he said to Du Heng: "Can I shut them up?" Du Heng vetoed: "No, my hometown is a society ruled by law. If you hurt someone, you will be locked up!"
Feng Gui sighed with regret: "Forget it." Jing Nan said cheerfully: "Why do you bother with mortals?"
At this time, the young men were commenting again: "The guy in green clothes over there is very ordinary, and seems to have no distinctive features. He should not be famous?"
A hashtag popped up above Jing Nan's head: "I'm going to tear their heads off."
Feng Gui quickly held Jing Nan down: "Keep a low profile, keep a low profile."
The street light in front of the barbecue stall was broken, so they had to walk through a dark alley to get home. When Du Heng was in school, he was most afraid of walking this road at night. At that time, whenever he finished his evening self-study class, his father Du and his friends would come to greet him with flashlights.
Now when he walked on this road again, his steps became lighter.
At this time, a flashlight was lit up in the alley. The flashlight was shaking, and a familiar voice called out: "Xiao Heng?"
Du Heng's eyesight was better than that of an ordinary person. He saw a tall, thin middle-aged man standing at the end of the alley. Who else could it be but Father Du?
Du Heng opened his mouth, his voice trembling unconsciously: "Dad - I'm back!"
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