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On the dining table was a clay pot with milky white pork elbows stewed in it. Beside it were spiced broad beans, salad shredded lettuce, deep-fried crabs, and half a salted goose. The salted goose was made yesterday, and Xuanyu had never tasted it before, so Du Heng cut half of it for Xuanyu to try.
Before eating the pork elbow, Jing Nan suddenly raised his eyebrows: "Hey." Seeing Jing Nan's smile, Du Heng immediately thought of the word "bad intentions".
Sure enough, Jing Nan spoke up: "Du Heng, you know that some monsters are naturally poisonous, right? Before you stewed the soup, did you ever think about what if Zhu Yan is poisonous?"
Du Heng's hand holding the soup spoon trembled a little, and he looked at Xuan Yu for help: "Xuan Yu..."
In fact, he had really thought about this question, but Jing Nan asked him first if he wanted to eat Zhu Yan, and when he came back, Zhu Yan had already packed it up.
Xuan Yu calmly scooped a piece of pork elbow with tendons for Du Heng: "Don't listen to what Lao Nan says. If it was poisonous, he would have used it as medicine long ago."
Jing Nan rolled his eyes: "Xiao Yu, you are so silly, can't I just tease Du Heng?"
Du Heng complained: "Since Feng Gui left, Jing Nan has become even wilder."
Wen Qiong took a sip of the pork elbow soup, and stars suddenly appeared in her big eyes: "I like this taste so much!"
Xuan Yu peeled Zhu Yan's skin off, so there was not much fat on the elbow, so the stewed soup was very light. Du Heng added bamboo shoots to the soup, and the freshness of the bamboo shoots made the soup more delicious.
Xiaoxiao had something important to do today, so he didn't have time to savor the food carefully. He begged Du Heng to soak the soup in the bowl, and ate two bowls of rice in a few sips. Du Heng knew that he was thinking about the goslings in the bamboo basket. The goslings were now nestling beside Nianniansuisui. There were already ten goslings in the big family, and three were struggling in their eggshells.
Du Heng touched Xiaoxiao's head and said, "It's okay. The temperature in the kitchen is high. The little goose won't get frozen."
Xiaoxiao finally breathed a sigh of relief. Du Heng picked up the largest piece of pork elbow for him, which had the most meat. Du Heng said slowly, "Eat it, eat slowly."
Hearing the tender cries of the goslings, Du Heng felt that the depression in his heart was slightly relieved. However, whenever he thought about the black letter Xuan Yu received and the matter of his life spirit sword, his heart felt like it was being burned on fire.
Wen Qiong drank a mouthful of soup and wiped her mouth. She looked at Du Heng in confusion: "Hey? Disciple, do you have a poor appetite today?"
Du Heng smiled and said, "Isn't this just reminding me of something? I always feel like I'm thinking about it."
Wen Qiong said: "If a cultivator has any confusion or obsession in his heart, he must find a way to solve it in time, otherwise it will accumulate in his heart and become a demon, which will be troublesome. If you have any questions, please tell us and we can help think of a solution together."
Wen Qiong originally thought that Du Heng was talking about his cultivation. With Du Heng's current cultivation level, even if he had any difficulties, the powerful people present could help him solve some of them.
Du Heng hesitated for a while and looked at Xuan Yu. He whispered, "Xuan Yu...lost his spirit sword. He is about to fight someone in a life-and-death arena. It will be very troublesome without his spirit sword. I want to help him find the spirit sword, but my cultivation is too low..."
Wen Qiong frowned slightly after hearing this, and she put down the bowl of soup in her hand. She looked around hesitantly and said, "In fact, I may know where Master Xuan's natal spirit sword is."
As soon as Jing Nan finished speaking, a piece of meat got stuck in his throat. His face turned red and he coughed violently after a long while: "Hey?! Xiao Qiong, what did you say?!"
Xuan Yu also put down his bowl, and everyone was staring at Wen Qiong. Wen Qiong was a little nervous when everyone was looking at her, so she said, "I wonder if you have heard of Shenxu Palace?"
Du Heng misheard for a moment: "Shenxu Palace?"
Jing Nan pinched a five-spice broad bean and threw it at Du Heng's forehead: "After all, you are from the human cultivation world, but you don't even know about Shenxu Palace. Shenxu Palace is the most orthodox sword cultivation sect in the human cultivation world, right?"
Wen Qiong said: "Yes, before the new leader of Shenxu Palace ascended the throne, I had the honor of visiting their Cangjian Pavilion. There was a restriction deep in the sword pavilion, and there was a sealed spiritual sword in the restriction. At that time, many people entered the Cangjian Pavilion, and the elders of Tianyi Sect at that time were very interested in the spiritual sword in the restriction."
Xuan Yu asked in a deep voice: "And then?"
Wen Qiong said: "The head of Shenxu Palace disagreed, saying that the magic sword was too evil and that blood would be shed if the seal was broken. The people from the four major sects who were present at the time thought that Shenxu Palace was fooling people, and the head of Zhenhuang Mountain didn't believe it. There were so many people and it was noisy, and everyone felt impatient, so for some reason they started fighting."
Wen Qiong said: "When we were fighting, a few of our moves hit the seal, and I felt a powerful force at that time. That force was just like what I felt when I first met Master Xuan."
Xuan Yudai waited for Wen Qiong to continue, and Wen Qiong said, "That power was fleeting, and later the new leader of Shenxu Palace added another seal on the spirit sword. From beginning to end, I never saw what the sealed spirit sword looked like, but that kind of sword intent was very familiar. Because I fought against Master Xuan before, I thought you went to Cangjian Pavilion at that time."
Xuan Yu and Jing Nan looked at each other, and Jing Nan put down his chopsticks: "When was the new leader of Shenxu Palace conferred the title?"
Wen Qiong thought for a moment and said, "About six hundred years ago... Lord Xuan, how long has your spirit sword been lost? If I hadn't heard what Du Heng said today, I might not have thought of this."
Jing Nan smiled and said, "It's not a glorious thing, we can't tell the whole world about it. Xuan Yu's spirit sword was taken away by the blackmail beast a thousand years ago. If his spirit sword went to the human cultivation world and was sealed, this can explain why he can't sense the spirit sword."
Xuan Yu nodded implicitly: "Thank you Xiao Qiong for telling me."
Wen Qiong said: "Master Xuan, after I return to the sect, I will find a reason to go to Shenxu Palace to investigate for you?"
Xuan Yu put down his bowl and chopsticks and bowed: "Thank you, Xiao Qiong."
Wen Qiong held the rice bowl and smiled: "Isn't it a rare opportunity to help everyone? How about I leave a few days earlier?"
Xuan Yu looked at Du Heng and said slowly, "There's no need to rush. I can accept the challenge within three years after the black letter is sent. Xiao Qiong, just follow your plan."
After the meal, Du Heng was in a state of worry. He was happy and depressed. He was happy that Xuan Yu's spiritual sword had finally been found, but he was depressed that he could not help at all and was holding everyone back.
But as everyone says, cultivation is a matter of gradual accumulation and progress. If anyone could predict when and what level they would reach, wouldn't the world of cultivation be filled with powerful people?
After lunch, Du Heng squatted beside the bamboo basket. Twelve goslings had already hatched from the thirteen eggs. A crack appeared on the last egg. The goosebump put its mouth close to the crack, and Du Heng could see that it was breathing heavily.
Du Heng wanted to help it, but he remembered someone had said that an egg broken from the outside is food, but an egg broken from the inside is life. It was the first time he saw a little life breaking out of the shell, so he didn't dare to touch it.
The goslings were placed in a round bamboo cage by Du Heng. The cage was half a person's height and two feet in diameter, with a small door one foot square on the side. The cage was covered with soft hay, and the goslings were huddled together in the basket. They occasionally made one or two tender calls to remind Du Heng that they were there.
Du Heng moved a small stool and sat next to the bamboo basket. Xiaoxiao continued to squat inside the bamboo basket. Under Xiaoxiao's body temperature, the gosling in the eggshell was trying hard to kick its legs and stretch its wings.
The afternoon sun was warm and made people drowsy. Du Heng didn't sleep well last night because he was waiting for Xuan Yu. When the afternoon sun shone, even though there was spiritual energy swirling in his body, Du Heng still began to doze off.
He rubbed his eyes and stared at Xiaoxiao and the goose eggs in the bamboo basket. The spiced eggs in the kitchen smelled delicious. It was a wonderful atmosphere for sleeping.
Xiaoxiao was actually snoring in the bamboo basket. The goose eggs were clamped under his neck. The unhatched goslings had to endure the torture of Xiaoxiao's snoring.
Du Heng felt sleepy and wanted to laugh, so he dozed off with his chin supported by his hand.
This time he had another dream, and Du Heng realized very clearly that he was in a dream. He was in an underwater world, and when he looked up, he could see the blue sky and white clouds above the water, but he was sinking in the blue water.
Jing Nan's voice rang in his ears, and Jing Nan asked him: "Why are you worried about Xuan Yu? He has no shortage of friends and relatives."
Du Heng opened his mouth and bubbles came out of it, but he didn't feel suffocated. Du Heng looked around, and when he lowered his head, he could see the endless darkness under his feet. The darkness was approaching him, and Du Heng tried his best to swim upward.
However, his swimming speed was far less than the speed of the darkness' invasion. At this time, a huge snow-white spirit beast appeared beside him. He looked closely and found it was Jing Nan in demon form.
Jing Nan's soft and gorgeous tail circled Du Heng, his huge head was raised noblely, he seemed to be in the air, the water flow had no effect on him at all.
Jing Nan stared at Du Heng with his golden eyes. He asked, "Du Heng, check your conscience and answer me, what do you think of Xuan Yu?"
Du Heng suddenly woke up, and because of the loud noise, he fell off the stool with a thud. Xiaoxiao in the bamboo basket jumped up in shock, and Du Heng quickly comforted it: "I'm taking a nap, don't be afraid."
The goose in the eggshell finally stretched its legs out of the eggshell. Watching its gray feet kicking back and forth, what a warm and beautiful picture. However, when Du Heng thought of the scene in the dream, he wanted to beat Jing Nan again. It was all Jing Nan's fault. On the way to Nanshan, she said some obscene words to him, which made him dream abnormally.
Du Heng stood up and looked at the stove. In his pot was a large pot of five-spice eggs. The poor little swans were not as lucky as the dozen or so little swans. They could not break out of their shells, but became soft and tender meat with the five-spice flavor.
Du Heng took a deep breath. It smelled so good. Jing Nan would definitely like this taste.
He strolled out of the yard. In the spiritual field outside the yard, Xuan Yu and Wen Qiong were planting sprouted sweet potatoes. Jing Nan was digging a hole in front, and Wen Qiong was throwing the sweet potatoes into the hole in the back.
The two were talking in detail. When they saw Du Heng go out, Jing Nan was still calling Du Heng: "Du Heng is here? Come and help me plant the goose."
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Every time Du Heng heard Jing Nan call sweet potatoes like this, he wanted to laugh. He walked to the spiritual field and took a look: "Jing Nan, is this how you grow sweet potatoes?"
There was a sprouted sweet potato buried in each pit, and Wen Qiong carefully covered the sweet potatoes with a layer of soil.
Hearing the doubt in Du Heng's tone, Jing Nan patted his chest and said, "What's the matter? I have always been like this."
Every year during the Grain Rain season, they planted them and harvested a basket of palm-sized geese in the fall. Jing Nan is quite experienced!
Du Heng shook his head: "In our hometown, we don't grow it this way. We only grow the tender shoots that emerge from the sweet potatoes. We take the half-foot-long shoots and plant them in the ridges of the fields. Only in the fall can we harvest abundant and plump sweet potatoes."
Jing Nan and Wen Qiong looked at each other in confusion. "Just plant the sprouts? There are no roots on them. Can they survive?"
Du Heng nodded affirmatively: "It can survive! Sweet potatoes are hardy plants. As long as there is enough rain, they can take root wherever they fall. Every place where the vines extend their roots can grow sweet potatoes. If you don't take good care of them, the sweet potatoes that grow will be very small."
Jing Nan raised his hand, and the sweet potatoes that he and Wen Qiong had just buried floated up from the pit. Jing Nan smiled and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you. I'll plant them the way you say."
Du Heng had been prepared for Jing Nan to question him, but now Jing Nan not only did not question him but also acted like a good student. Du Heng was not used to it. Du Heng asked uncomfortably: "Why... don't you ask me why?"
Jing Nan was very calm: "How can there be so many whys in this world? Isn't it tiring to dig deep? Besides, I saw you growing ground eggs before, and I thought the results were pretty good. The ground eggs I planted before are only the size of my little finger now, and the ground eggs you have grown have already made Xiaoxiao several baskets of baked potato chips. This is proof."
Du Heng was very embarrassed, so he picked up a sweet potato and poured spiritual energy into it. There were originally five or six three- or four-inch long sweet potato seedlings growing on the sweet potato, but after being watered with spiritual energy, they grew to half a foot long.
Du Heng plucked the sweet potato seedlings at the roots. He held a few sweet potato seedlings and said, "One sweet potato seedling will become a sweet potato plant in the future. Plant them two feet apart."
At first, Jing Nan and the others were listening carefully to Du Heng's explanation of the precautions for planting. As a result, when Du Heng lowered his head and planted the sweet potatoes carefully, Jing Nan and Wen Qiong were mumbling something. He looked up and saw that Jing Nan and the others had already run away. It turned out that the five-spice eggs in the pot were too fragrant and they couldn't help but want to steal some.
Du Heng smiled and shook his head. He turned over the spiritual field that Jing Nan had prepared for planting sweet potatoes. The spiritual field changed from flat land to ridges. Du Heng dug pits on the ridges and planted the sweet potato seedlings evenly on the ridges.
It's good to have spiritual energy protecting you. Du Heng easily produced enough sweet potato seedlings by himself and planted them all.
While he was watering the taro seedlings on the planted ridges, Jing Nan and Wen Qiong were squatting on the ridges with spiced eggs in their hands, enjoying the food. "Mm, they smell really good. Oh, I mean they are planted really well."
Du Heng: ...What sin has he committed?
The five-spice eggs were not fully seasoned, but Jing Nan and the others didn't care. Boiled eggs were also delicious. As long as you crack the eggshell, you can take a sip of the juice inside. The most delicious thing was the juice. Even without any seasoning, Jing Nan could eat several eggs.
What's more, this time the braised eggs were filled with spices specially prepared by Du Heng. The spices slightly penetrated into the eggshell, and the juice was filled with the flavor of the spices. Jing Nan gently cracked the eggshell, and then sucked up the juice inside in one gulp.
He sat on the ridge of the field and slowly peeled the eggshell with Wen Qiong. The goose that had already formed curled up in the eggshell. Jing Nan bit off the goose's head in one bite: "Hmm! Fragrant! Fresh and tender! Don't you agree, Xiao Qiong?"
Wen Qiong also imitated Jing Nan and bit off half of the goose in one bite: "It's delicious, it's really a rare delicacy."
Du Heng turned his head. He knew that the hairy eggs were delicious, but he couldn't eat a single bite.
When I was a child, every spring, my relatives in the same village would bring back a large bag of unfertilized eggs. These unfertilized eggs were eggs that could not be hatched normally from the hatchery. When Du Heng first ate them, he thought they were ordinary boiled eggs. When he cracked the egg and a chick fell out, poor Du Heng burst into tears.
No matter how many people told him that hairy eggs were nutritious and delicious, and even though the salt and pepper hairy eggs on the food street behind the school when he was in school were cheap and delicious, he didn't dare to eat a single bite.
He couldn't imagine how those furry creatures felt like, unable to see the sky outside and becoming a piece of meat in his mouth, especially when he knew that the best furry eggs were those that had been incubated for more than ten days, when the chicks were not yet formed and were called live eggs.
Once, Du's mother bought a small pot of live pearls and cooked them for Du Heng and Du's father. Du's mother asked Du Heng to wash the eggs. When Du Heng touched the eggs, they were still warm. As a result, Du Heng cried miserably. It would have been fine if he didn't eat a bite of the cooked eggs, but he was also laughed at by Du's mother and father.
Since then, Du Heng stopped eating hairy eggs and live pearls. But he never opposed others eating them, and even when someone gave him feedback on the taste, he would imagine what it tasted like.
Just like now, Jing Nan was eating happily. The soft and flexible goose was very clean and he could even swallow the bones. Jing Nan didn't mind the goose having hair on it. He put three goose eggs on his robe and ate two of them in a short while.
Wen Qiong asked Du Heng curiously: "Du Heng, this egg is delicious, would you like one?"
Du Heng shook his head: "No, I can't accept it."
Jing Nan giggled and said, "Du Heng really likes chickens and ducklings. If you ask him to eat this kind of eggs, he will definitely not accept it."
Jing Nan sucked all the goose inside the eggshell into his mouth, and then threw the eggshell away. Du Heng saw a white mass stuck to the eggshell: "Jing Nan, you are wasting food."
Jing Nan said calmly: "I have eaten the nutritious part. The remaining piece is not tasty. It tastes like chewing wax and is hard to chew. I won't eat it."
Du Heng had heard that there was indeed a part of the hairy egg that was not very tasty. Du Heng looked at the eggshells on the ground, dug a hole and buried them in the soil.
Jing Nan licked his lips and said, "It's delicious. It will be even better when the flavor is cooked in. Xiao Qiong, take a few with you when you leave. There will be no such shop outside this village." Wen Qiong, who was eating eggs, nodded, "Okay."
Du Heng looked around: "Speaking of which, where is Xuan Yu? Have you seen him?"
Jing Nan pointed in the direction of Feng Gui's home and said, "After dinner, I saw Xuan Yu carrying a backpack and going to Feng Gui's home. He might have gone to pick mushrooms for you."
Hearing this, Du Heng put down the hoe in his hand, leaned the hoe against the edge of the field, and walked towards Feng Gui's yard.
He knocked on the door, and the gentle puppet opened the door. Du Heng said slowly, "I'm looking for Xuan Yu."
The puppet stood sideways by the door. After Du Heng entered, the gate closed again. The lady walked in front, and Du Heng followed her steps and walked to Feng Gui's garden. Even though Feng Gui was not at home, his garden was still full of flowers.
The branches were full of large peonies and peonies. Du Heng was amazed that these delicate and seasonal flowers were blooming so vigorously here. He didn't know what kind of formation the Feng Gui family used.
There were other spiritual plants under the peonies, and Du Heng saw that the green grass had been turned over. After he turned around a few peonies, he saw Xuan Yu squatting and picking mushrooms.
Next to Xuan Yu were three baskets full of large mushrooms, but some of the mushrooms had already blossomed and were not as fresh as when he picked them in the morning.
Hearing Du Heng's footsteps, Xuan Yu turned his head and said with a smile, "You are late. You should have come earlier. The mushrooms have all grown."
Seeing Xuan Yu's face, Du Heng couldn't suppress his smile: "It's okay, we can come in the morning next time. I'll come and pick them too."
The roots of the chicken mushroom are deeply buried in the soil, and there is a termite nest under each chicken mushroom. When people in my hometown see such chicken mushrooms, they want to dig up the termite nest just to take out the chicken mushrooms intact.
But Du Heng and his team didn't need to do that. They just pulled from the ground and took as much as they could.
Xuan Yu smiled and explained to Du Heng, "These termite nests contain the medicinal herbs Jing Nan needs. It often takes more than ten years for a single herb to grow. Jing Nan originally wanted to move the termites to his yard, but the termites didn't grow well in his yard, so Feng Gui could only help him raise the ants while feeling disgusted."
Du Heng suddenly realized: "No wonder Feng Gui complained before that he hated these mushrooms and termites. With his means, he would have killed the ants long ago. It turns out that he raised them for Jing Nan. These two have a really good relationship."
Xuan Yu said: "We grew up together, so naturally we have a good relationship."
Hearing this, Du Heng suddenly became curious, and asked Xuan Yu: "Did you also grow up with Jing Nan and the others?"
Xuan Yu smiled slightly: "I came late, and at that time Jing Nan and Feng Gui were in a group and often bullied me."
Du Heng was shocked: "Xuan Yu, you still have this moment? What happened later? How did you make up again?"
Xuan Yu said happily: "Of course I am a good person, they were influenced by me."
Fortunately, Jing Nan and Feng Gui were not here, otherwise these two people would definitely vomit out of disgust.
Most of the mushrooms in the yard have opened their caps, and three baskets were filled with mushrooms of varying sizes.
Du Heng was very happy: "I have seen a method of making mushroom essence before. I will try it when I go back and make it into MSG. I will add a little bit when I cook in the future."
Xuan Yu looked at Du Heng with tenderness in his eyes: "Okay, if you need it, there will be a lot of mushrooms on the surrounding mountains in a while, I will help you pick them."
Du Heng was even happier: "Then I can try to make chicken mushroom oil. Boil the chicken mushrooms into oil, and scoop a spoonful of it when cooking noodles or rice. It will taste good."
Xuan Yu nodded: "Okay."
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When Xuan Yu got home, there were a lot of egg shells piled on the dining table. Jing Nan would occasionally take a goose egg from the pot to eat. Du Heng felt that he and Wen Qiong could skip dinner.
They not only ate by themselves, but also ate with Xiaoxiao. Du Heng looked into the bamboo basket and saw that the last gosling had hatched.
The last goose was the largest one, with half an eggshell on its forehead. The eggshell covered its eyes like a helmet, and Xiaoxiao, the greedy one, didn't even help it remove the eggshell.
Du Heng carefully rescued the goose from the eggshell. The goose's black eyes stared at Du Heng. There was a little white hair on its forehead, which made it particularly easy to recognize. Holding the furry little life in his hands, Du Heng felt warm and couldn't suppress the smile on his face.
Jing Nan said in a mean way: "Hey, hello, future salted goose."
Du Heng covered the goose's ears and held it in his arms: "Devil, you really are a devil, how could you let a child hear such cruel words!"
Du Heng put the goose in a bamboo basket with its friends. The goslings quacked in the basket, and some stretched their necks to pick at the grass nearby. Du Heng knew it was time to give them water and food.
The goslings' first meal was steamed millet mixed with finely chopped lettuce leaves.
Xuan Yu took two pieces of bamboo and split them in half. He nailed the two bamboos together and installed a fixing bracket on the edge. A simple goose feeding bowl was built. Du Heng mixed millet and lettuce leaves evenly and poured them into the feeding bowl. The green and yellow goose feed attracted Nian Nian Sui Sui to stretch their necks to take a look.
Xuan Yu made a wooden frame and placed it in the southeast corner of the yard. He also covered the frame with dried spiritual plants brought from Jing Nan. He fixed the food bowl in the middle of the wooden frame so that the goose could stand next to the food bowl to eat.
Du Heng made a kettle out of bamboo, with the bottom of the kettle attached to a wooden plate, so that the water inside could flow out of the kettle. Xuan Yu drew a formation on the kettle, and when the water in the kettle was insufficient, the formation would automatically replenish the water. The two of them worked together to fix the bamboo kettle next to the food bowl, and looking at the clean wooden frame, Du Heng caught the goslings one by one and put them into the wooden frame.
At first, the goslings were not used to it. They gathered in a circle and quacked. The last gosling to hatch was the smartest. It found the water in the kettle first. After drinking a few sips of water, it dove into the food bowl next to it and picked up a lettuce leaf.
Du Heng was very excited: "Xuanyu, Xuanyu, look, they are eating. The last one to hatch is so smart. I heard that every goose flock has a leader. I think it is the biggest one, maybe it will become the leader of the flock. Should we give it a name?"
Xuan Yu smiled and said, "It's up to you to decide."
Du Heng looked at the small patch of white hair on the goose's head and said, "Hmm... let's call him Xiaobai?"
Jing Nan's giggles could be heard: "Won't it be difficult to make salted goose in the future if you give it a name? Let me do it. This one is called salted, that one is called braised, and the one next to it is called steamed. How do you think it is? Isn't it very descriptive?"
Du Heng rolled his eyes in anger: "Jing Nan, if you continue to do this, don't force me to put chili in the dishes I cook tonight."
Jing Nan cleared his throat without any moral integrity: "Xiao Bai is a good name, easy to remember."
A group of people were bored and surrounded the geese, watching them eat. After a while, Du Heng thought of his chicken mushrooms: "Oh, right, I want to make mushroom essence and chicken mushroom oil!"
Wen Qiong was holding a goose egg in her hand, she was confused: "Mushroom...essence?" What is this?
Du Heng took the chicken mushrooms out of the basket with a smile. He filled a basin with clean water and began to clean the chicken mushrooms. "In my hometown, there is a seasoning called MSG, which is particularly delicious. When you add a spoonful of it when cooking, the bland dishes will have a delicious taste. Chicken mushrooms are very delicious. I want to dry them and grind them into powder. When I cook in the future, I will add a spoonful of it. The taste will be better than the current dishes."
Wen Qiong suddenly realized what was going on. She praised Du Heng and said, "I knew you were adaptable. If you practice with this spirit in the future, you will definitely achieve something."
Du Heng was embarrassed by Wen Qiong's praise: "Shall we have swan chicken mushroom soup tonight? And stir-fried chicken mushroom pork slices? Oh, I can also make double bamboo shoots and pork slices, which must be delicious."
Jing Nan didn't care: "Whatever, I can't eat anymore anyway."
Xiaoxiao raised her wings and agreed: "Chirp, chirp!" He wanted to eat swan chicken mushroom soup, and he also wanted to get the cream pudding that Du Heng promised him!
Although he felt a little sorry for Xiaoxiao, Du Heng still poured the extra egg liquid from the egg tarts he baked that day into the cup. Unexpectedly, two cups came out. Du Heng put the two small cups in the oven. With the experience of baking egg tarts last time, he estimated that the pudding would be ready in less than two incense sticks.
While the pudding was baking, Du Heng was cleaning the chicken mushrooms. Most of the chicken mushrooms he picked up were relatively large, with only five or six slightly smaller and darker in color. They still had their caps slightly open, and looked particularly tender.
This level of chicken mushrooms is perfect for stir-frying meat slices. Du Heng specially reserved these chicken mushrooms for stir-frying in the evening. He washed all the other mushrooms and tore them into small pieces for later use. When the pudding is baked, he can put the chicken mushrooms into the oven to bake.
Xiaoxiao squatted in front of the oven and waited impatiently. Finally, after two sticks of incense, he could not wait to remind Du Heng: "Chirp, chirp!"
Du Heng opened the oven door and brought out two cups of particularly beautiful cream pudding. The pudding had caramel-colored spots on the surface and was served in a jade-colored lotus cup. Its appearance alone won over Wen Qiong and Xiao Xiao's hearts.
So the two of them each held a bowl and went to the dining table to eat pudding. To be honest, the taste of the pudding was no different from that of the egg tart filling, and the two of them still enjoyed the meal very much.
Du Heng gently poked Xuan Yu's waist: "I'll do it again for you later."
Xuan Yu narrowed his eyes: "Okay."
Du Heng pushed the cleaned chicken mushrooms into the oven. When he turned around, he saw Jing Nan standing beside the sink, looking at the fresh chicken mushrooms he had saved for stir-frying with pork slices with a smile on his face.
Du Heng asked in confusion: "Jing Nan, what are you looking at?"
Jing Nan smiled and said, "Nothing, I just think these mushrooms are different."
Du Heng smiled and said, "Of course, I'll keep the freshest mushrooms and stir-fry them into slices tonight. I guarantee you won't be able to stop eating them."
Du Heng chopped up half a goose and stewed it with chicken mushroom soup. The soup was covered with a layer of golden oil, and the fragrance spread throughout the village. When the soup was ready, Jing Nan and Wen Qiong drank from their bowls.
Du Heng had planned to make three dishes, but after he had fried the chicken mushroom and pork slices, Jing Nan and Wen Qiong had already started burping. They had eaten too many braised goose eggs in the afternoon, and now they were really too full to eat anymore. Xiao Xiao's fighting power was almost gone, and he had also eaten a lot of braised eggs, so Du Heng felt that he would be enough if he had one more bowl of rice.
Du Heng looked at the fresh and tender chicken and mushroom slices in the bowl, and said to Xuan Yu, "I won't stir-fry the pork slices with bamboo shoots, right? There is goose soup and mushroom fried meat, which is enough for the three of us."
No matter what decision Du Heng made, Xuan Yu would not refute it. Xuan Yu nodded: "Okay."
The fresh mushrooms and the plump meat slices were stir-fried at high temperature, and they were fresh, fragrant and delicious. Du Heng ate three bowls of rice for the first time in his life and was so full that he could not move.
He was extremely regretful: "Master Jingnan, you really missed a delicious dish, but it's okay, if it rains in the next two days, I will go pick it in the morning."
Jing Nan cracked melon seeds and smiled: "Okay, okay, seeing you eating so happily, I want to try it too."
Wen Qiong burped regretfully: "I really can't eat anymore, it tastes so good." Since she came to the village, her belly has been getting rounder quickly. If she stays any longer, her slim waist will be gone!
After dinner, Xiaoxiao wanted to stay and sleep with Du Heng, but Jing Nan picked Xiaoxiao up without any courtesy: "Still want to be lazy? Aren't you going to read the books your uncle left behind?"
Xiaoxiao was taken away by Jingnan with a horrified look on her face, and it was useless for her to struggle.
Du Heng sighed: "Even if Feng Gui is gone, the deterrence he left on Xiao Xiao is unmatched."
Xuan Yu was busy putting the bowl back into the pool: "The offspring of a great monster must bear more responsibilities. Don't do anything at night, okay? You didn't sleep well last night, and there are bloodshot eyes."
Du Heng touched his face and said, "Yeah, go to bed early today. I'll make fried lotus stems for you tomorrow. Oh, and we can also make fried snails for you tomorrow!"
The two of them used the light from the kitchen to drive the goslings into the bamboo cage. Before the goslings could find food independently, the bamboo cage was their home. Du Heng covered the bamboo cage with a layer of clothes. Even though he knew Xuan Yu had set up a formation on the bamboo cage, he still wanted to cover it with a layer of clothes to keep warm.
Du Heng looked up at the sky. He felt that it was a bit hot tonight. Was summer coming soon? It shouldn't be. Wasn't it the beginning of summer yet?
The stars in the sky began to spin, and Du Heng opened his mouth in wonder, "Xuan Yu, why are the stars spinning so fast?"
Xuan Yu turned around and saw Du Heng's legs soften and he was falling to the ground. Xuan Yu caught Du Heng and was confused: "Du Heng, Du Heng, what happened to you?"
Du Heng's face flushed, and he tugged at his clothes: "I, my body... can't move..." No, it's not just that he can't move, his body seems to be on fire, burning him so much that he just wants to be closer to Xuan Yu.
Du Heng was panting heavily, Xuan Yuheng picked up Du Heng and ran to Feng Gui's yard. But just as he reached the door, his body suddenly stopped. Jing Nan's voice floated faintly: "Trash Xiaoyu, we have been sleeping on the same bed for so long, but I can see you but I can't eat you. Let me help you?"
Xuan Yu gritted his teeth: "What did you do to Du Heng?"
Jing Nan chuckled, "What can I do? It's just that Du Heng himself is so stupid that he can't tell the difference. He drank the water from Wenxin Lake during the day and ate Yingchun Mushroom at night. I put some aphrodisiac pills under the pillow downstairs. I have helped you with everything I should do. Xiaoyu, if you are still indifferent, I will suspect that you are not a man."
Du Heng's eyes were blurred, and he leaned softly in Xuan Yu's arms: "Xuan Yu...Xuan Yu...I feel uncomfortable..."
Xuan Yu's face turned red and white. He whispered something, then turned around and carried Du Heng to the bedroom downstairs.
Jing Nan was satisfied to see the barrier and prohibition rising in Xuan Yu's courtyard. He raised his eyebrows and said, "It looks like I can sleep in tomorrow morning."
Xiaoxiao looked at Jingnan with sparkling eyes: "Chiu?"
Jing Nan took a sip of tea and smiled: "I was talking about me, not you."
Xiaoxiao's face suddenly turned bitter. The rubbish Feng Gui didn't let him have peace even after he left!
Author has something to say: Du Heng: I am so stupid, really, I only knew not to eat mushrooms I didn’t recognize, but I didn’t expect mushrooms to have fake identities. Hey, old cat, what are you doing?
Old cat: Eat eggs.
Du Heng: Aren't you usually very lively? Why are you so cold today?
Old Cat: I have always been so cold.
People who like hairy eggs will like them very much, and people who hate them will hate them very much.
Just like what Lao Mao writes, those who like it will think it’s pretty good, while those who hate it will curse it, making Lao Mao upset and then leave.
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