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On the first day of the new year, Du Heng slept in for a rare night. He stayed up too late last night, and there was nothing to do on the first day of the new year. When he woke up, it was almost 9:00.
Du Heng had so much fun last night that when he woke up, his mind was still full of the fireworks. He turned over and felt a hand full of hair. When he opened his eyes, he saw Xiao Xiao lying on her back beside him.
When did Xiaoxiao come? Du Heng remembered that he went back with Feng Gui last night.
Xiaoxiao was snoring comfortably. If Du Heng hadn't been rubbing his belly and couldn't stop, Xiaoxiao wouldn't have woken up. Xiaoxiao opened his eyes and rubbed against Du Heng: "Chirp~"
Du Heng smiled and hugged Xiaoxiao and rubbed her. He said hello: "Happy New Year, Xiaoxiao. I wish you good health and academic progress this year! Here, I'll give you a red envelope."
During the Chinese New Year, you have to say auspicious words to everyone you meet. Du Heng said a lot of auspicious words to Xuan Yu before going to bed yesterday.
He also prepared a red envelope for Xiaoxiao, which was a red storage bag with a shiny spiritual stone in it. Du Heng had put the red envelope under his pillow last night, thinking that he would give it to Xiaoxiao when he saw her today.
Xiaoxiao took the red envelope with surprise. He hugged Du Heng's neck with his wings and shook them like a spoiled child. Du Heng touched Xiaoxiao's back and asked, "Where are Xuanyu and the others?"
Xiaoxiao let go of Du Heng, and he took out a red storage bag from under Xuan Yu's pillow. Du Heng raised his eyebrows and asked, "What is this?"
He took the storage bag and opened it. He saw that it was filled with sparkling spiritual stones. There was also a red note on the seal of the storage bag. Du Heng unfolded it and saw that it said: We went to Beishan to burn incense and will be back later. Happy New Year, please accept the red envelope.
The signature was Xuan Yu. It seemed that Xuan Yu and his companions had left very early, so early that Du Heng didn't even know Xuan Yu had left.
Du Heng held the storage bag and touched Xiaoxiao's head with a smile: "Xuan Yu asked you to give it to me?" Xiaoxiao nodded.
Du Heng smiled and put the red envelope between his and Xuan Yu's pillows. He stood up and said, "Let's go have breakfast!"
In ancient times, there was a saying in the area where Du Heng's hometown was located that wealthy families would leave enough food for three days without cooking to show that the family was wealthy. Later, when it came to Du Heng's generation, living conditions became better and better, and the saying of not cooking for three days gradually disappeared.
However, it is true that no new dishes are cooked on the first day of the Lunar New Year, and all the women in Du Heng's family do not go to the kitchen on the first day of the Lunar New Year. Because in the eyes of the Du family, women work around the stove all year round, and they should have a good rest on the first day of the Lunar New Year. So on the first day of the Lunar New Year, it is the father of the Du family who cooks, and the dishes they eat are all prepared in the twelfth lunar month.
Du Heng finished washing up and came to the kitchen. He was refreshed and lit three incense sticks on the stove and worshiped. I don't know if there are those legendary gods in the world of cultivation. In my hometown, Du Heng and his family would burn incense to the Kitchen God on the first day of the new year. But now, Du Heng lit incense on the stove as a sacrifice to the Taoist ancestor.
Not knowing when Xuan Yu and the others would return, Du Heng opened the refrigerator, pointed at his kingdom and said to Xiao Xiao proudly, "Come on, eat whatever you want!"
Xiaoxiao drooled excitedly as he looked at the shelves full of food. To be honest, he wanted to eat everything. But yesterday's lesson taught him that he had to be a good boy with restraint. Otherwise, he would spit out the food he had worked so hard to eat, which would be a waste and harmful to his health.
Xiaoxiao looked around but couldn't find anything delicious, so he finally gave the decision to Du Heng. He would eat anything Du Heng made!
Du Heng took out a few three-piece buns and sponge cakes with a smile: "How about eating this?" Xiaoxiao nodded, and he followed Du Heng to the kitchen in a hurry.
Xiao Wonton and Nianniansuisui were hanging around in the kitchen. Du Heng scattered a handful of magical rice to the two little chickens. Facing the chirping Xiao Wonton, Du Heng threw half a sponge cake to it.
The three-piece buns and sponge cake still maintained their temperature and texture from the pot, so there was no need to make extra tofu soup or anything like that, and he and Xiaoxiao could eat their fill.
Xuan Yu and the others were not at home, and Du Heng was really bored. He walked around the house with his hands in his pockets for a few times, looking at the shallots and bamboos he planted, and always felt that time passed by so long without doing anything.
During this time, he and Xiaoxiao brainstormed together and prepared a red envelope for Xuanyu as a return gift. As for what was in the red envelope, Xuanyu would know it only when he opened it!
After finishing the red envelopes, Du Heng touched Xiaoxiao's head and said, "Xiaoxiao, is there any recreational activity? I'm so bored."
Xiaoxiao tilted his head and thought for a while, then he lowered his head and took out a parchment scroll from his storage bag. Du Heng pinched a corner of the parchment scroll and shook it: "What is this?"
When Du Heng opened his eyelids, he suddenly felt a flash before his eyes. He seemed to see a strong man drawn on the parchment. Was he boxing?
Du Heng looked closely and saw that they were really practicing boxing, and each move was very clear. Only then did Du Heng realize that what Xiaoxiao was holding in his mouth might be a secret manual for cultivation.
Xiaoxiao chirped and stretched out his little wings to demonstrate each move to Du Heng, indicating that Du Heng could practice with him. Du Heng really gave him face, and the two of them started practicing in the yard.
Xiaoxiao spread her wings, and Du Heng opened his hands. After practicing for an incense stick, Du Heng felt as if something was surging in his body. He couldn't tell what it was, but he felt that his body was getting hot, and soon beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.
After watching the simple movements and following them for a while, Du Heng actually felt as if his body weighed a thousand pounds. He panted and sat down under the eaves: "Rest, take a break."
It was strange. He usually moved around a lot, and when he felt sore in his waist and back, Xuan Yu would use his spiritual energy to help him walk through his meridians and he would not feel so tired. Why did he feel so tired after doing these simple movements with Xiao Xiao today?
Du Heng sat on the eaves and wiped the sweat off his forehead: "Is this what cultivation is? It's harder than I imagined."
At this time, there was a knock at the door, and Wonton barked a few times in a baby voice. Du Heng was a little puzzled: "Who is it?"
It was the first time he heard Xiao Wonton make such a sound. He was familiar with everyone in the village. Could it be that a guest had arrived?
Xiaoxiao walked in front of Du Heng, and he jumped to open the door. When Du Heng saw the person standing outside the courtyard gate, his eyes lit up. There was no other reason, mainly because the person's appearance was too much in line with his aesthetic!
Standing at the door was a girl in a red cloak. She was not tall and petite, with a fair round face and two big eyes that were as black and bright as grapes. When she smiled at Du Heng, two dimples appeared at the corners of her mouth.
Du Heng felt his mind go blank. Could this be the girlfriend God has given him? ? Could it be that the incense stick he just burned worked? !
The girl spoke crisply: "Excuse me, is this Mr. Xuan Yuxuan's home?"
Du Heng nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, yes, who are you?" Wow, the little girl's voice is so sweet and cute! Du Heng's old man's heart began to beat wildly.
The girl looked at Du Heng with a smile: "I guess you are Mr. Du. My name is Wen Qiong, and I am the monk that Mr. Xuan has asked to enlighten you."
Du Heng was dazed: "Hello, Miss Wen, hello, please come in."
Wen Qiong stepped into the yard, and Xiao Wonton stopped barking and wagged his tail at Wen Qiong. Du Heng was about to burst into tears when he saw Xiao Wonton's reaction. People often say that people from the same family are alike. Is Xiao Wonton so smart? Has he already accepted Wen Qiong's identity?
Wen Qiong bowed to Xiao Xiao and said, "It's been a long time since we last met, Xiao Fengjun. Your cultivation has improved even more."
Xiaoxiao smiled at Wen Qiong. Wen Qiong looked around and took advantage of the fact that no one was around to bend over and hug Xiaoxiao. She buried her whole face in Xiaoxiao's body: "Ahhhh, Xiao Fengjun is still so cute!!"
As Wen Qiong moved, the cape on her head slipped down, and her black hair flowed down like a waterfall. Wen Qiong's hair was decorated with two butterfly hairpins that looked like they were about to fly, sparkling and very beautiful.
Du Heng looked at Wen Qiong in a daze. What kind of a place is Yikeshu Village? The girl he likes actually came to him in this way. That's great, that's really great!
Wen Qiong's voice was as crisp as the first song of a yellow oriole. She sat in the living room holding the honey grapefruit tea that Du Heng poured for her. She took a sip of the tea and looked at the furnishings in the house with her dark eyes: "Master Xuan's family has changed a lot."
Du Heng nodded: "Yes." Compared with when he first arrived in the village, things have really improved a lot now.
Facing Wen Qiong, Du Heng didn't dare to speak loudly: "Miss Wen, are you a demon cultivator? Where are you from? It must be difficult to travel in the heavy snow outside, right?"
Wen Qiong smiled and said, "No, I am a human cultivator. I am a five-spiritual-root human cultivator. I have received the favor of Master Xuan. When Master Xuan heard that you needed a wood-spiritual-root cultivator to lead your cultivation, he sent me a talisman. I set out after receiving the talisman. I was delayed on the road for two days, otherwise I should have arrived two days ago."
Du Heng was completely intoxicated by Wen Qiong's voice. He stared at the two little butterflies on Wen Qiong's head. The little butterflies fluttered like two rays of light flying into Du Heng's heart.
Du Heng asked, "Miss Wen, do you live in the demon world? I thought I was the only one living in the demon cultivation world."
Wen Qiong smiled and said, "Don't be so formal, just call me Wen Qiong. There are also human cultivators in the demon cultivation world, just like there are demon cultivators in the human cultivation world."
Xiaoxiao came from the kitchen with a piece of sponge cake in his mouth. He jumped onto the armrest beside Wen Qiong and put the sponge cake into Wen Qiong's palm. Wen Qiong's eyes were full of stars when she saw the pink sponge cake: "Ah, what a cute cake! Is it for me? Thank you, Xiao Fengjun!!"
Xiaoxiao laughed, and Du Heng couldn't help but give her a thumbs up. Xiaoxiao really had an advantage in chatting up girls. Just look, a cake could make a girl smile.
Du Heng thought, with Xiaoxiao's help, Wen Qiong would definitely fall in love with him...right?
Wen Qiong asked, "Are Lord Xuan and the others not at home?"
Du Heng said, "They went to the North Mountain to burn incense and will be back later. Miss Wen, you are exhausted from the journey. Do you want to rest for a while?"
Wen Qiong said generously: "Okay."
Unexpectedly, Wen Qiong agreed so quickly, and Du Heng was in a dilemma. He did have rooms in his house. The places he and Xuan Yu used most were the kitchen and bedroom, so there were several empty rooms.
There were only empty rooms, one of which was the room Xuan Yu originally lived in. The other one on the second floor was reserved for Xiao Xiao. No matter which of these two rooms was suitable for Wen Qiong to live in.
Du Heng thought about it and decided to let Wen Qiong sleep in Xiaoxiao's guest room first. Xiaoxiao had never stayed in that room anyway.
Just when Du Heng was about to let Wen Qiong go upstairs to rest, he found that Wen Qiong was actually sitting cross-legged on a chair meditating! Wen Qiong's five hearts were facing upwards, and when she was meditating, she looked like a porcelain doll. Du Heng immediately showed his white teeth - Wen Qiong was so cute.
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With Wen Qiong in the living room, Du Heng felt like there was a little hook in the living room that was hooking his heart. He would occasionally stretch his head out to see if Wen Qiong had finished her meditation, and then he would smile foolishly.
Xiaoxiao looked at Du Heng like this, and he sighed while eating the sponge cake.
Du Heng said to Xiaoxiao earnestly: "Xiaoxiao, you have to help me with something."
Xiaoxiao tilted her head: "Chirp?"
Du Heng pointed to the living room and said, "I... have a crush on Miss Wen. Can you help me be a matchmaker and help me pursue her? Actually, you don't have to do anything, just... say more good things about me in front of her, okay?"
The sponge cake in Xiaoxiao's mouth fell to the ground. He looked at Du Heng as if he had seen a ghost: "Chirp?"
Du Heng didn't understand what Xiaoxiao was saying. He thought Xiaoxiao was asking for favors. He was still bargaining with Xiaoxiao: "For example, you can send me flowers and snacks. Don't worry, I will make you lots of delicious food. What do you think?"
Du Heng immediately decided that Wen Qiong was a good girl. He thought that if he worked hard, he would be able to hold Wen Qiong's hand in a few months. Ah, thinking of this, Du Heng was so happy that he almost flew away.
It's a pity that Xuan Yu is not here, otherwise he should be able to help Xiao Xiao translate the meaning of the two chirps. Xiao Xiao's words were: "Are you crazy?"
However, seeing that Du Heng was so sincere in wanting to treat him to delicious food, Xiao Xiao nodded and reluctantly agreed: "Chirp!"
Du Heng was so happy that he felt like he had eaten honey. He felt that Wen Qiong was like the sweet and sticky brown sugar rice cake. When this recipe came to his mind, Du Heng took action. He prepared to fry a few slices of rice cake for Wen Qiong to taste.
Du Heng, who was obsessed with beauty, completely forgot what he said when he got up in the morning. He had agreed not to cook any fresh dishes today, but he actually started cutting rice cakes.
These rice cakes were made a few days ago. They are white and as thick as an arm, and a little hard. They look warm and mellow like jade, and smell the fragrance of magical rice. Those who don't know may think that this is some rare warm jade, but in fact, it is a kind of cake made of magical rice.
To some extent, the method of making rice cake is similar to that of sponge cake, but the final product is very different.
The ratio of polished rice flour to glutinous rice flour in sponge cake is about 4 to 3, while the ratio of polished rice flour to glutinous rice flour in rice cake is 3 to 1. Take three bowls of polished rice flour and one bowl of glutinous rice flour, sift them, add a little salt, then add warm water and slowly knead them to form loose rice flour and continue sifting.
Put the sifted rice flour in the steamer and steam it for two incense sticks, and the rice flour will become rice cake. At this time, if you want to eat it directly, you can do so. However, if you want to make it into rice cake, you need to add a troublesome process - beating.
There is a big stone mortar at the entrance of Du Heng's hometown. The middle of the mortar is hollow and looks like a cone. Usually, villagers will pound sesame paste or something like that in the mortar.
Whenever the Chinese New Year comes, the villagers will clean the stone mortar and then line up in front of it to beat the rice cake.
Steamed rice flour is relatively loose, so you need to beat it with a clean, round wooden mallet while it is still hot. After being beaten, the gaps inside the rice flour will gradually disappear and become sticky. When beating the rice cake, there will be people standing next to the stone mortar with water on their hands. When the rice cake sticks to the wooden mallet and the stone mortar, those people will ask the person in charge of beating the rice cake to stop.
At this time, they will quickly wipe the rice cake off the wooden mallet and mortar, and roll up the rice cake in the mortar to facilitate subsequent beating.
The successfully beaten rice cake is white as jade, soft and sticky. When the freshly beaten rice cake is still warm, you can pinch off a piece of it, dip it in sugar and put it in your mouth, which can make a sad-looking girl smile immediately.
Some families add sesame and jujube paste to their rice cakes, which look good and taste good, but most families make rice cakes in their original colors. Du Heng and his group of children like to see villagers gather together to make rice cakes and fried rice candies, because at that time even the most stingy families will be willing to share some of the finished products for everyone to taste. Children are not picky, as long as there is something delicious, they will be as happy as birds.
Du Heng remembers that every year at the end of the year, his mouth would always be full, and he would always have endless snacks. He could always take out a handful of snacks from his pockets, and that was truly the happiest day of the year.
Later, for some unknown reason, the mortar broke, like a broken bowl, and it was no longer possible to pound sesame paste and rice cake in it. Du Heng and his group of children also had no way to lick the sesame paste and rice cake crumbs stuck to the bottom of the mortar after everyone left.
After that, Du Heng’s childhood ended, and the scene of tasting rice cakes from each family one by one can only remain in his memory.
The freshly made rice cake should be kneaded into long strips while it is still hot, and then cut into long strips. Some sophisticated families will also make the rice cake into a rectangular shape and print beautiful patterns on it with a mold.
Du Heng was not so particular, as long as it was edible. With Xuan Yu's help, he harvested a basin of rice cake balls that were beaten like jade.
After the rice cake is cut, it should be placed on a bamboo stick smeared with oil to cool. When the rice cake is completely cool, it will become hard and can be placed in water for ten days or half a month without going bad.
Du Heng has a refrigerator, so he waits until the rice cakes have cooled down and puts them directly in the refrigerator, so they will not go bad no matter how long they are kept.
There are many ways to eat rice cakes. You can cook them into soup or steam them. Du Heng sometimes stir-fry rice cakes. Rice cakes are versatile and can be eaten as a meal or a dish.
At this moment, Du Heng wanted to make the simplest brown sugar rice cake. After frying the rice cake in oil until both sides are crispy, sprinkle it with syrup, and it will taste fragrant and sweet.
Ah, this is the taste of love.
He poured a thin layer of soybean oil into the pot, and then slid the one-inch-thick rice cake along the edge of the pot to the bottom of the pot. After being washed by the hot soybean oil, the rice cake began to swell and squeak. Compared with the smooth rice cake slices before entering the pot, the rice cake in the oil shed its cold coat and became more attractive.
Du Heng turned the rice cakes over several times, and soon they swelled up and became golden on both sides. Some of the rice cakes were fried into flat round balls. When Du Heng picked them up and put them on the plate, they were still chirping in dissatisfaction.
At this time, the rice cakes are no longer as cold and hard as before. If you take a bite now, you will be burned by their soft inside.
At this time, all that was left was a spoonful of thick and sweet brown sugar syrup! Du Heng liked the feeling of brown sugar syrup being unevenly poured on the rice cake the most. He happily took out a jar from the refrigerator.
This was the brown sugar syrup he had made before. He was lucky enough to find cane sugar in Zhou's shop. When he had nothing to do a few nights ago, he took a few pieces of brown sugar and made brown sugar syrup.
The finished red sugar syrup is red in color. When you stir it with a spoon, you can see the red syrup hanging on the wooden spoon, and the sweet smell of the syrup overflows. Xiaoxiao's eyes suddenly widened, and he jumped onto the stove again.
Du Heng smiled and poured a spoonful of syrup on the fried rice cake. The golden rice cake with the red syrup looked particularly tempting. If some soybean powder was sprinkled on it, it would look even better. However, Du Heng was lazy and was satisfied with the way it looked.
He put away the syrup jar, then picked up a piece of brown sugar rice cake and put it into Xiaoxiao's mouth: "Try it, is it delicious?"
Xiaoxiao put the rice cake in her mouth, and then she heard a slight chewing sound.
Hearing Xiaoxiao eating, Xiao Wonton whimpered and circled around Du Heng's feet, grabbing Du Heng's shoes with its short and fat paws. Du Heng was so annoyed by it that he could only put a piece of brown sugar rice cake in Xiao Wonton's bowl: "Eat slowly, it's very hot!"
The little wonton's tail shook in the wind, and it bit the rice cake in its mouth and crackled open. However, the rice cake was a little hot, so the little wonton was a little embarrassed to eat it.
Du Heng also picked up a piece. He couldn't eat it all in one bite like Xiaoxiao did, so he took a careful bite.
The crispy outer skin of the rice cake hides the soft and glutinous interior. Du Heng took a small bite and found the rice cakes inside were sticky and clump together, so he was reluctant to separate them and pulled out long threads.
Du Heng exhaled: "It's so hot..."
This is how you eat this thing, you can't be impatient. Du Heng chewed the rice cake slowly. The outside of the rice cake was a little crispy, but the inside was soft, and with the taste of red sugar syrup... this is the taste of first love! !
Du Heng took a beautiful flower-shaped plate and put a few pieces of brown sugar rice cake on it. Then he took out another plate and cut the remaining rice cake into two pieces and put them on the plate.
This is for Xuan Yu, who loves sweets, and Du Heng promised him that he would be the first to taste the rice cakes after they are ready. However, Xuan Yu went out at an inappropriate time, so the first pot of rice cakes made by Du Heng must be kept for Xuan Yu anyway.
The carefully arranged dish in his hand was what he was going to give to the lovely Miss Wen Qiong.
The remaining rice cake on the plate belonged to Xiaoxiao. Du Heng touched Xiaoxiao's head and said, "Enjoy your rice cake."
Du Heng hummed a little tune and walked towards the living room. Xiaoxiao shook his head and lowered his head to pick a few pieces of rice cake in his mouth. Can a girl be as cute as rice cake? Xiaoxiao really couldn't figure it out.
Wen Qiong was meditating. When she felt Du Heng approaching, she opened her eyes.
Du Heng handed over the plate with a smile: "Are you hungry? I made some snacks for you to eat first."
Wen Qiong showed Du Heng two dimples, and those sweet dimples touched Du Heng's heart. Du Heng's heart started beating uncontrollably again, and he felt dizzy as if his brain was lacking oxygen.
Wen Qiong stretched out her hands and took the plate from Du Heng: "Thank you!"
Du Heng was almost crying with joy. Where could he find such a lovely girl? Wen Qiong was sweet and cute. To be honest, Du Heng had already started thinking about what to name their child.
Wen Qiong bit the brown sugar rice cake in small bites, her eyes sparkling: "This is delicious!"
Du Heng said with a smile: "If it tastes good, eat more."
Du Heng felt very familiar with these words. After thinking carefully, he realized that this was an advertisement slogan. However, in this situation, only these words could express the joy in Du Heng's heart.
Wen Qiong had a good appetite, and soon she finished all the brown sugar rice cakes. She licked her lips and smiled at Du Heng: "Delicious."
Du Heng took the plate and said, "As long as you like it. You can continue to rest. I won't disturb you."
Which love secret book says this? When pursuing a girl, you can't be too active, because being too active will scare the girl away. But you can't be too cold, because being cold will make the girl feel that you are not interested in her. Du Heng thinks that his current performance is very good, and he can get 80 points!
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Xuan Yu and his friends didn't return home until the evening, when Du Heng had already prepared several dishes for them. Hearing the call of Da Hundun, Du Heng walked out of the yard and saw Xuan Yu and his friends coming out of the bamboo forest behind Jing Nan's house. A large group of people walked on the snow without making any sound. If it weren't for the barking of dogs, Du Heng wouldn't have known they were back.
Xuan Yu was the first one to walk in with an umbrella. Du Heng smiled when he saw him: "Xuan Yu! There are guests at home!"
When they reached the door of their house, Xuan Yu put away his umbrella. He looked at Du Heng calmly: "Is Wen Qiong here?"
Du Heng nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, how did you know?" As soon as he finished speaking, Du Heng wanted to laugh at himself. Wen Qiong was recruited by Xuan Yu, and Xuan Yu must have known her whereabouts a long time ago.
Seeing Xuan Yu and the others coming in, Wen Qiong bowed deeply and said, "Wen Qiong greets Lord Xuan, Lord Feng, and Mr. Jing."
Chonghua and the others were happy: "Wen Qiong, you are here! Long time no see!" Wen Qiong narrowed her eyes and smiled: "Hello, seniors."
Du Heng was puzzled. There was something wrong with the way Wen Qiong addressed Xuan Yu and the others. She called Jing Nan and the others "sir" or "sir", but called Chonghua and the others "seniors". Wasn't that inappropriate?
Thinking about it carefully, when Du Heng and Xuan Yu went to Lingxi Town together, the demon cultivators they met did not call them according to the names in the cultivation world, but called them adults or sirs. Could it be that Xuan Yu and the others liked such names?
Xuan Yu nodded calmly: "I'm here. Thank you for your hard work along the way."
Du Heng suddenly felt that Xuan Yu's aura was as high as 2.8 meters, just like when he first met Xuan Yu. Xuan Yu was so distant and kept strangers away, which made Du Heng a little confused. Could it be that Xuan Yu didn't like Wen Qiong?
Wen Qiong bowed respectfully and said, "After receiving the talisman from you, Wen Qiong will set off immediately."
Xuan Yu walked towards the kitchen: "Come in and talk."
Du Heng scratched his cheek and asked Jing Nan weakly, "What happened to Xuan Yu? Did you encounter anything unhappy on Beishan Mountain? Why is he so serious?"
Jing Nan smiled happily: "You want to know? Make me some brown sugar rice cake later, otherwise I won't tell you."
Du Heng readily agreed: "Okay, OK." But he quickly came to his senses: "Hey? How did you know I made brown sugar rice cakes?"
Du Heng looked at Xiao Xiao accusingly. Could it be that Xiao Xiao, the big mouth, had told Feng Gui in some special way? Xiao Xiao looked at Du Heng in confusion. He flapped his little wings and followed everyone into the kitchen.
Du Heng scratched his cheek. It was so strange. Why was Xuan Yu in such a bad mood today, the first day of the Chinese New Year? Did he fall down on Beishan Mountain? Or was there something on Beishan Mountain that made him sad?
During the meal, Du Heng felt Xuan Yu's unhappiness even more. Usually Xuan Yu would eat three bowls of rice, but today he only ate one bowl. Moreover, he didn't say a few words during the meal. Although Xuan Yu usually doesn't talk much, he has never said so little.
Jing Nan and Feng Gui were quite nice to Wen Qiong. Jing Nan asked Wen Qiong carefully, "It was not easy to come here this time, right?"
Wen Qiong said with a smile: "Yes, it's a bit chaotic outside at this time, and it's also a mess inside the sect."
Feng Gui said slowly, "It's rare to see you, so I must stay a little longer this time. By the way, you can sleep at Jing Nan's house for the time being. Lao Nan, you can sleep at my house?"
Jing Nan said unceremoniously: "Okay, Xiao Qiong, let me tell you, my things at home are now in your hands, and you can't mess them up for me."
Wen Qiong was not polite: "Okay!"
Du Heng figured out what was going on. Wen Qiong was a frequent visitor to Yikeshu Village. She always slept at Jingnan's house. Originally, he, Lao Dao, and Dahundun lived at Jingnan's house, but in order to make room for Wen Qiong, Jingnan moved to Fenggui's house. What a great honor!
Wen Qiong has a lively personality and speaks in a crisp and pleasant voice. Her laughter and responses can be heard in the kitchen.
Du Heng was both happy and tormented. He was happy that such a lovely girl came to the village. He was tormented because...what on earth was Xuan Yu angry about? ! Du Heng was in a panic.
Before leaving, Du Heng grabbed Jing Nan's sleeve and said, "Jing Nan, tell me quickly, what happened to Xuan Yu today? Why did he look like he had lost five million spirit stones on New Year's Day?"
Jing Nan showed his small white teeth: "You underestimate Xuan Yu. Even if he lost five million spirit stones, he wouldn't be like this."
Du Heng became even more panicked: "What happened to him? Tell me quickly."
Jing Nan looked Du Heng up and down: "Didn't I remind you before? Why are you so slow to react? If you want me to tell you, make me a portion of brown sugar rice cake."
Du Heng was wondering again, why did he bring up the topic of brown sugar rice cake again?
At night, Du Heng was lying in bed, but Xuan Yu didn't show up. Usually, Xuan Yu would have shown up at this time. Du Heng got up, put on his clothes, and went downstairs to look for Xuan Yu.
He actually found Xuan Yu in the kitchen, squatting in front of Xiao Wonton's bowl. Xiao Wonton also looked listless, and for some reason, the backs of the man and the dog looked so lonely.
Du Heng walked out carefully: "Xuan Yu, what happened to you today? Did something happen when you went to Beishan?"
Xuan Yu stood up and forced a smile: "Nothing, just a little tired. Why did you come down? Go back and rest."
Tired? Xuan Yu would be tired? He could handle so many mountain maggots with his bare hands, and he was the one doing all the heavy work at home. In Du Heng's eyes, Xuan Yu was a man more reliable than the mountain. Such a man, he actually said he was tired?
This is a big deal!
Du Heng saw Xuan Yu was in a low mood, and he thought he should give Xuan Yu some quiet time and space. But he turned around and took two steps, and suddenly Xuan Yu's lonely figure flashed in his mind.
Du Heng turned back suddenly: "I almost forgot one thing, Xuanyu, I left some delicious food for you."
Xuan Yu was stunned for a moment, his expression was a little surprised: "Huh?"
Du Heng walked to the refrigerator and opened it. He took out a plate of brown sugar rice cake. He smiled and said to Xuan Yu, "I almost forgot that I left some brown sugar rice cake for you. I saw that you didn't eat much for dinner just now. You must be hungry now, right? It's a good time to eat some."
Xuan Yu's eyes lit up immediately: "Left for me?"
Du Heng put the plate on the table: "Of course! Come and try it and see if you like it."
Xuan Yu's smile returned. He sat down at the dining table, picked up a piece of rice cake and put it in his mouth. After chewing it carefully, a gentle smile appeared on Xuan Yu's lips: "It's delicious."
Du Heng held his chin up with a smile: "If it tastes good, eat more."
Just now Jing Nan asked him for brown sugar rice cake, but he didn't take it out. He didn't make many rice cakes today, so he didn't leave much for Xuan Yu. If he took it out during the meal, there would definitely not be enough to share, so he didn't take it out and just kept it for Xuan Yu.
Xuan Yu squinted his eyes and chewed the rice cake carefully. After finishing one piece of rice cake, he reached out and took one and fed it to Du Heng's mouth.
Du Heng smiled and said, "I have already washed up."
But even as he said that, he still ate one.
After eating two rice cakes, Xuan Yu suddenly said, "Sorry."
Du Heng was stunned for a moment: "Huh? Why are you apologizing all of a sudden?"
Xuan Yu said: "Something happened today that made me feel a little bad, but now I am back to normal. I apologize to you for making you feel uneasy, but I won't do that again in the future. I think I will be more honest with you in the future."
Du Heng looked at Xuan Yu's face and said, "Maybe I am not qualified to ask about your affairs, but I still hope you can be happy. If you are unhappy on the first day of the new year, you will be unhappy for the whole year. I may not be able to help you, but as long as you are willing to tell me, I will be a good listener. If you need anything, I am willing to listen to you!"
Du Heng didn't know what was going on, and these words just came out of his mouth. He didn't like to see Xuan Yu being serious and lonely, he liked to see Xuan Yu being gentle and diligent. He knew that he couldn't compare with Xuan Yu because of his low status, but he already regarded Xuan Yu as his best friend in the world of cultivation. He hoped to see Xuan Yu happy, not so worried.
Xuan Yu looked at Du Heng and asked, "What do you think of Wen Qiong? Do you like her?"
Du Heng's eyes lit up, and he suddenly stretched out his claws and held Xuan Yu's hands: "Speaking of Wen Qiong...Xuan Yu, I want to thank you! She is so cute!!"
Xuan Yu's eyes sparkled: "Really? As long as you like it. You said before that you like girls with round faces and big eyes. I hope you can get along well with Wen Qiong in the following training life."
Du Heng was so touched: "Xuan Yu, you are really my good brother! You actually remembered that I like girls like Wen Qiong. Don't worry, I am not the kind of person who values women over friendship. As long as you need me, I am willing to go through fire and water for you!"
Xuan Yu patted Du Heng's shoulder and said, "You don't need to go through fire and water, as long as you are happy. Let's go and have a rest? By the way, did you see the red envelope I prepared for you?"
Speaking of this, Du Heng was even more moved: "I see, I see! So many spiritual stones. By the way, I also prepared a gift for you, I hope you like it!"
Xuan Yu was in an extremely good mood, and his voice was so gentle that it could be soaked with honey: "Let's go and see the gift you prepared for me."
The lights in the kitchen went out, and Du Heng's voice could be heard faintly: "It's just that the gift I prepared is a little shabby compared to yours, please don't despise it." "No."
In Feng Gui's palace, Feng Gui and Jing Nan stared at each other: "What? Du Heng prepared a New Year's red envelope for Xiao Yu?? How can this be justified? What about ours?"
Xiaoxiao flapped her wings and asked him what he was doing. He knew nothing. He was just a cute little chicken who ate and drank for free and was carefree. He didn't understand the complicated adult world at all!
The author has something to say: Xuan Yu: I heard that you like petite girls with round faces and big eyes, so I found one for you.
Du Heng: Xuan Yu!!
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