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It was too late to make sweet-skinned duck, but we could make duck in sauce. The duck in sauce back home was salty and sweet, with the skin being sweeter. Du Heng thought Jing Nan would like that taste.
As usual, after getting the duck, you must remove the excess fat from it. I don't know how the ducks in the demon world grow, but they are all very fat, and the fat on their stomachs can fill up half a bowl.
After Du Heng carefully cleaned the duck fat, he reminded Xuan Yu: "Xiao Yu, please help me go to the terrace and take a look. The malt crumbs and spiritual rice should be almost fermented." It was amazing that Du Heng still remembered his maltose. When he heard the word maltose, he smiled and chirped something.
Jing Nan translated: "Xiaoxiao said, is there no more candy at home?"
Du Heng said: "We have sugar at home, but malt sugar tastes more unique. When I make it, you will know when you try a piece. I loved eating malt sugar when I was a child." Hearing this, Xiaoxiao's eyes suddenly became brighter than night pearls.
Du Heng cut the duck in half along the middle. He kept the duck neck and duck head separately. Before Wen Qiong left, Du Heng would make the duck neck into snacks and let her take some away.
Du Heng pierced the duck skin with bamboo sticks. He was going to fry the duck a little later. The duck would taste better after the duck fat in the duck skin was fried out. The flavor would then penetrate into the duck meat during the braising process.
The oil in the pan was hot, and Du Heng put the duck skin side down. He wanted to fry the duck until both sides were golden brown. He didn't know if other families had this step when making marinated duck, but this was how Du's father would do it when he occasionally made marinated duck. Du Heng thought it tasted pretty good.
While Du Heng was frying the duck, Xuan Yu came down with a large wooden basin: "Check to see if it's fermented."
Lifting the lid off the wooden basin, Du Heng saw a basin of grayish-yellow soup in the basin, with white foam and malt grains floating on the soup. A sweet smell filled the air, and Du Heng dipped his finger in the soup and licked it. Mm, very sweet! It had the malt aroma of maltose when he was a child.
Du Heng nodded hurriedly: "Okay, okay."
Xuan Yu said: "Then I will filter out the juice inside." Having watched Du Heng cook frequently, Xuan Yu can now guess the subsequent process.
It must be said that with Xuan Yu's help, Du Heng was really relieved. While frying the duck, he watched Xuan Yu hanging gauze on a branch in the yard to filter water. When Du Heng looked over, Xuan Yu turned back, and the two of them smiled gently at each other from a distance.
Du Heng felt as if his heart was filled with maltose. He looked down at the duck in the pot and thought that the duck was cut perfectly today.
A lot of oil was fried on the duck skin, and Du Heng scooped the excess oil from the pot into a small bowl. While the pot was still hot, he poured a light layer of soy sauce on the duck skin.
The soy sauce of the demon tribe is darker in color, unlike the light soy sauce and dark soy sauce in my hometown. If you accidentally add too much, the duck will turn black.
After the soy sauce was added, Du Heng quickly added water to cover the duck. The water immediately turned into a rich sauce color. Du Heng added two handfuls of rock sugar to the pot, and then he put star anise, cinnamon, bay leaves, peppercorns and a few dried chilies in a small gauze bag and threw it into the pot.
Of course, according to the old rules, large slices of ginger, green onions and white wine are indispensable, and nothing that can remove the fishy smell is missing.
Du Heng covered the pot and let the duck stew in the pot. When the water in the pot boiled, Du Heng turned the fire from high to low. The duck needs to stew for half an hour, then turn off the fire and let the duck soak for half an hour, and then turn the fire back to high to reduce the sauce. This is a dish that takes time, so you can't be impatient.
Xuan Yu got a large basin of grayish yellow soup, which exuded a sweet smell, attracting Xiaoxiao to circle around the wooden basin. However, Xiaoxiao could not drink it yet, as it would take time to boil the maltose.
Du Heng thought of the small stove. Boiling sugar is best done by slow simmering on a stove. Anyway, there is no need to stir maltose excessively when boiling it. Excessive stirring will make the sugar turbid.
Du Heng liked the time-saving formation on the casserole. In fact, if possible, he wanted Xuan Yu to carve one on the pot on the stove. This way, he could save a lot of time when stewing ingredients that require a long time to cook. But then he thought that cooking is a process that cannot be rushed.
Du Heng knew too little about the ingredients in the demon world. Most of the ingredients he cooked now were ones he knew and was familiar with. Sometimes when he was cooking, he could judge how long it would take to finish the dish based on his past experience. If he encountered unfamiliar ingredients in the future, he would be unsure.
The formation will affect his judgment of the maturity of the ingredients. It can shorten the time it takes to make food, but it may also cause Du Heng to make mistakes. This is a double-edged sword. He wants to save time, but he wants to make delicious food even more.
Xuan Yu poured the fermented soup in the wooden basin into the casserole, which was boiling on the small stove. Xiao Xiao poked his head out to look at the soup in the pot. He only saw a piece of white foam, but the sweetness in the air could not be faked. This sweetness was different from the sugar he had eaten before. This sweetness had the fragrance of malt.
Under the effect of the formation, the soup in the casserole quickly boiled. There was a lot of foam on the boiling soup, but Du Heng ignored it and let the water in the pot continue to boil.
The water in the pot became less and less, and the color of the soup slowly changed from grayish yellow to yellow, and continued to darken as the water evaporated.
Xuan Yu asked Du Heng: "When should we consider it ready?"
Du Heng said: "Wait until large bubbles appear on the surface, then dip the chopsticks into the sugar water. It will be good if the sugar water can form a film between the two chopsticks."
Xuan Yu nodded: "I understand. I will adjust the formation."
Du Heng: !!! Is it possible? Xuan Yu is too amazing.
The spiritual light in Xuan Yu's hand flashed around the stove and the casserole on it. This time, a complex light blue formation appeared on the ground below the stove. The spiritual light on the formation flashed continuously at first, and then it became a continuous spiritual light.
Du Heng felt like he was watching a video with the fast-forward button pressed. He saw the soup in the pot bubbling, and then the color of the soup became more and more yellow, until a large number of bubbles appeared on it. The bubbles grew from small to large, and when the bubbles that emerged were generally large, Xuan Yu withdrew the spiritual energy in his hand.
He picked up a pair of chopsticks and stirred the pot. When he lifted the chopsticks, a brown-yellow sugar liquid was hanging on them. Xuan Yu separated the two chopsticks, and the sugar liquid was also spread out, and a clear film appeared in the middle of the chopsticks. Xuan Yu smiled and asked, "Is this good?"
Du Heng nodded repeatedly: "Okay, okay!"
After the casserole was removed from the stove, a thick layer of sugar liquid appeared in the pot. The color of the sugar liquid was brown and there were irregular patterns on the surface.
Du Heng used a bamboo stick to stir the casserole for a few times while it was still hot. When he took it out, the end of the bamboo stick was covered with maltose as big as an apricot. The sugar Du Heng stirred looked very good, with layers of sugar liquid, like a flower. The outermost layer of sugar liquid was sticky and refused to separate from the sugar in the pot. Du Heng lifted it up and pulled out a long thread.
The first candy was for the child. Du Heng handed the bamboo stick to Xiaoxiao: "Xiaoxiao, try the maltose."
Xiaoxiao let out a trembling sound of surprise. Du Heng liked to hear Xiaoxiao say that. Every time he heard such a sound, he felt a sense of accomplishment.
Du Heng quickly rolled a stick of candy for Xuan Yujingnan and Wen Qiong: "This kind of candy can also be used to make candy figures, because it tastes soft, and is also called maltose."
Jing Nan and the others each held up a stick, and when they put it in their mouths, they understood what Du Heng meant by soft. The maltose is now slightly hot, and the first reaction when you eat it is sweet, but its sweetness is not greasy. There is a little fragrance in the sweetness. This candy has no integrity. It follows the tongue as soon as you lick it, and sticks to the teeth as soon as you rub it.
Wen Qiong and the others had eaten sugar before. In the world of cultivation, there were red and white sugars, but none of them tasted as soft and delicate as maltose. In their impression, sugar was always used for seasoning, and there were very few cultivators who would hold a handful of brown or white sugar in their mouths for no reason.
However, maltose has overturned their perceptions. You won’t get tired of eating a few of these candies. Not only that, it’s also quite fun.
After Jing Nan and his friends finished eating the maltose Du Heng gave them, they rolled the maltose in the pot by themselves. The maltose that Jing Nan rolled was big and round, hanging on the bamboo stick like a ball, and Du Heng was almost stunned.
Du Heng also made himself a piece of malt sugar and tasted it, which still tasted like the flavor of his childhood.
When he was a child, before the Chinese New Year, an old man selling candy would appear in the village, and the children would bring their scrap copper, iron and old shoes to exchange for candy. Whenever Du Heng saw the old man, he hoped that his shoes would break faster.
The maltose sold by the old man was solidified white maltose after being pulled, and it was surrounded by a thin layer of flour. In my childhood, this was one of the few times when I could eat candy openly. No matter how strict the parents were, they would not stop their children from exchanging candy for candy when the old man who sold candy came to the village.
The old man was very stingy. The toothpaste tubes and broken sandals that Du Heng collected with great effort could only be exchanged for a piece of snow-white maltose as big as an apricot. Every time he got the candy, Du Heng would stretch out his hands to hold the maltose and chew it. At first, he could chew off a few pieces of the crispy candy.
But when his saliva and body temperature warmed the maltose, it became sticky. Du Heng's hands and mouth would be stuck to the maltose. In serious cases, his lips were so sticky that he couldn't open them. At that time, he had to use his tongue to lick his lips from the inside.
Du Heng was stuck every time, and he would lick the melted maltose without getting tired of it.
When the old man passed away, the sweet smell of maltose could still stay in the house for a long time. Du Heng thought that it was because maltose had a magical fragrance that could last for three days.
It was not until he fell and couldn't stop crying that Dad Du took out a piece of snow-white maltose from the cupboard to comfort him. Only then did he realize that there was maltose at home.
In order to prevent Du Heng from eating candy, his parents hid the candy in the cupboard. Du Heng was really angry. But when his father took out the candy, he immediately forgot why he was angry. He was immediately hooked by the maltose, and only the candy was in his eyes.
Maltose can only be found in the cold winter months and disappears after the Spring Festival. Du Heng thought that there were too many delicacies during the Spring Festival, which diluted his love for maltose.
But later I learned that whenever the old man selling candy came to the village, Du's father would buy a small bag of candy and put it aside. When he was obedient, his parents would take it out and feed it to Du Heng, and the bag of candy would often end up in Du Heng's stomach.
Du Heng's eyes slightly reddened as he held the candy in his mouth. He missed his parents again. He didn't know if his parents were doing well at home. He was doing well in the demon world now. The only thing he missed was his parents at home.
He doesn't have any big ambitions, he just hopes that his family and friends can be safe and happy. But sometimes he feels that this is the most difficult wish to achieve in the world.
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Du Heng decided to divide the sugar in the pot into two parts. One part was placed in a jar in its original flavor, and he could just stir it with a bamboo stick when eating. He planned to pull the remaining sugar into the maltose he had eaten as a child.
Pulling candy is originally a laborious and troublesome task, but for monks, it is not a difficult task.
Even if Du Heng used his spiritual energy to pull it, he could easily wrap up all the remaining maltose in the pot. The maltose in the spiritual energy ball was pulled into long strips and then folded. The color gradually changed from brown to white, and finally turned into a warm white!
Wen Qiong and the others watched in amazement, their mouths wide open. It turns out that maltose can change color!
After the maltose turned white, Du Heng rolled it into long strips and then divided it into sugar grains as big as apricots. When the sugar grains fell into the flour bowl that had been waiting beside them, they became irregular shapes. When the maltose cooled down, clumps of maltose appeared in the flour bowl.
Xuan Yu reached out and took a maltose and looked at it. When the maltose fell into the flour, it was still warm. The edges and corners cut by Du Heng would be melted by the temperature. Although the shape of the sugar particles was irregular, it was very warm. There was a layer of flour on it, and there was a smell of maltose.
Du Heng smiled and put a piece of candy in Xiaoxiao's mouth. He also put a few pieces of candy in Wen Qiong Jingnan's palm: "This kind of maltose is convenient to carry, and you can eat a few pieces when you are hungry."
Wen Qiong casually threw a piece into her mouth. The maltose had turned from soft to hard, and it broke into uneven sugar crumbs when she bit it. The sugar crumbs melted quickly in her mouth, and soon she couldn't bite the sugar in her mouth easily.
Anyone who tries to bite maltose will have his teeth stuck to it. The fun of eating maltose is here, with the sugar in your mouth, dissolving it bit by bit, and slowly tasting its sweetness. The sugar particles will change from hard to soft, and finally disappear between the lips and teeth, leaving a mouthful of fragrance.
Xiaoxiao liked maltose, and he quickly discovered the correct way to eat it. While his mouth was still open, he took out his snack bag, and then stared at Du Heng in a cute way.
Although the nasty uncle took away his snacks, he had Du Heng and Xuan Yu. Xuan Yu made a new storage bag for Xiao Xiao, and Du Heng was responsible for making the storage bag bulge.
Du Heng immediately understood what Xiaoxiao meant, and he laughed out loud. He opened the storage bag, and then solemnly placed a bag of maltose wrapped in oil paper inside: "Don't eat too much of this, or you'll have a stomachache."
Will eating maltose cause stomachache? No, but eating too much is still bad for the body. The words that Du's father used to coax Du Heng when he was a child are now used by Du Heng to make him laugh.
After finishing the maltose, the duck in the pot was cooked. Jing Nan could already smell the fragrance, and he couldn't wait to open the lid, but Du Heng actually held the lid.
Jing Nan's beautiful eyes turned, and her aggrieved look softened Du Heng's heart. Jing Nan said, "I can smell it, is it not healed yet?"
Du Heng nodded: "Yes, you need to soak it for half an hour and then cook it over high heat until the juice is reduced, otherwise the taste will be much worse."
Jing Nan muttered: "But I think it tastes delicious now."
Du Heng still coldly rejected his request: "No, if you open the pot now, it's not pickled duck, but boiled duck. Some food won't taste right if you miss one step."
Jing Nan blinked and said something that almost made Du Heng fall backwards in anger.
He said, "I don't believe it unless you let me eat it now. I will give you the answer then."
At this point, if Du Heng didn't open the pot lid, Jing Nan might accuse him of something. He could only open the pot helplessly: "Okay, I'll take a piece out for everyone to taste."
Jing Nan showed a smug smile, and Du Heng just turned around and saw his smile.
Du Heng was helpless: "When Jing Nan changed his fur, he looked like a different person."
Xuan Yu said slowly: "He would only dare to relax like this in front of the person he trusts the most, right?"
If there is no trust, who would dare to reveal their true nature, who would dare to expose their weaknesses?
After hearing this explanation, Du Heng's helplessness turned into deep concern: "I hope the people from Yunyan Tower can send the ingredients over soon. I want to make him a lot of delicious food. I can also make lotus leaf chicken, beggar chicken and the like. Jing Nan will definitely like it."
The duck, which was stewed for an hour, tasted good. After taking a bite, Du Heng thought it tasted very much like the marinated duck bought from the prepared food store in his hometown. It seems that the people in the prepared food store have omitted a lot of processes in order to save time.
Du Heng cut a quarter of the duck and placed it on the table: "Try the duck I made later and see if it tastes better than this one."
Jing Nan and Xiao Xiao nodded in unison, and for a moment, a picture appeared in front of Du Heng's eyes: under the dim light, he placed a bowl of food on the table, and the little chickens and foxes beside the table all lowered their heads and sighed.
The scene was fleeting, and Du Heng rubbed his temples: "Hey?"
Xuan Yu noticed Du Heng's abnormality. He stepped forward and sent some spiritual energy to Du Heng's back: "What's wrong?"
Du Heng shook his head and smiled: "Just now a picture appeared in my mind. I saw a little fox and a chicken like Xiaoxiao disliking the food I cooked."
Hearing this, Jing Nan, who was chewing the duck, put down the duck in his hand and said, "Hey, maybe that's the memory of your past life?"
Du Heng thought Jing Nan was joking, and he said casually: "Who knows, maybe it was in the previous life."
Du Heng went to practice humming a song, while Jing Nan and Xuan Yu looked at each other.
When Du Heng came back from his practice, the duck in the pot had been soaked in the sauce for half an hour. The sauce was not as much as at the beginning. The remaining sauce became thick after being cooked over a high fire. The duck could no longer be turned over at will. Du Heng was afraid of breaking the duck skin, so he could only use a spatula to scoop the sauce next to it and pour it on the duck.
After a while, the sauce becomes as thick as starch, and the duck can be served.
The roasted duck was bright red, and the sauce on it was shiny, so it was not easy to chop. But this did not bother Du Heng. He used his spiritual energy to wrap the duck and the sauce on its surface, and with a few strokes of the sharp knife, he cut the duck into even-sized pieces.
Du Heng placed the duck in front of Jing Nan: "Try it and see whether the duck tastes better now or before."
Jing Nan looked at the duck in the bowl. To be honest, the duck now doesn't look as good as before. The sticky sauce was flowing slightly on the duck skin, and the duck meat inside was soaked in the sauce, and even the color of the bone marrow turned into sauce color.
After taking a bite, the soft duck had a salty and sweet taste. The duck soaked in sauce was much more flavorful than the duck that was only cooked for half an hour. But Jing Nan hummed and groaned: "I think... it's still better than before."
Du Heng huffed: "Are you serious?"
Jing Nan smacked his lips. "Well, the taste wasn't as strong as before, but I think it's pretty good. The duck now feels too soft and not chewy anymore."
Du Heng was a little unconvinced, so he took a piece and tasted it. It was indeed as Jing Nan said, there was nothing wrong with the sauce he seasoned, but the duck was too soft and melted in a sip.
It seems that Yunyanlou packed the duck tenderly, which cannot withstand long-term stewing. What a mistake!
Jing Nan carefully looked at Du Heng's face and saw that Du Heng looked a little frustrated. He licked the corner of his mouth and comforted him, "In fact, soft and rotten duck is also delicious. If I get old and lose all my teeth in the future, you can cook this duck for me to eat, and I will definitely be able to eat it."
Du Heng was so amused by Jing Nan that he didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Pfft, ffff, ffff, don't talk nonsense. You are a nine-tailed fox, how can you be old?"
After the monks have established their foundation, their appearance will not change much. After they have formed the elixir and transformed into infants, they can change their appearance at will. It is said that monks who have reached the out-of-body stage can live as long as the sky, as long as they don't commit suicide. As a nine-tailed beast, how can Jing Nan age so easily?
As for Du Heng, if he didn't practice well, he might not live to see the day when Jing Nan lost his teeth.
Although the duck was lost, it did not affect everyone's love for the duck. Fortunately, Du Heng only cooked one duck, and everyone worked together to eat a whole duck in one meal today. Look, before the meal, Xiaoxiao was already gnawing on the duck thigh. Xiaoxiao did not dislike the duck that Jingnan disliked.
The meat dish for tonight is duck, and Du Heng is also going to stir-fry some pork slices with bamboo shoots. This is a vegetarian dish that Du Heng loves to eat in his hometown, and it is also a seasonal dish that Wen Qiong and the others think tastes pretty good.
Thinly sliced spring bamboo shoots and lettuce are paired with tenderloin rubbed with cornstarch, stir-fried in a pan and then drizzled with a little thickening sauce. Xiaoxiao can use the thickening sauce to mix two bowls of rice!
Du Heng remembered that when he went to college, it was the first time for him to leave his hometown and go to a university in the north. When he arrived at the university, everything was new. After the novelty wore off, he began to feel uncomfortable. The thing he couldn't adapt to the most was the food. Du Heng couldn't eat spicy food. People in his hometown preferred sweet and light taste. In the university cafeteria, the chef would add soy sauce and peppercorns when frying vegetables.
After a week of eating the same big pot of food, Du Heng developed a sore throat. He had several ulcers in his mouth and it hurt when he drank water. Eating became the last thing he wanted to do. He wanted to eat rice and braised pork. If he could have a bowl of vegetables cooked by his mother, it would be even more delicious.
However, the braised pork in the university cafeteria contained chili peppers, so Du Heng had no choice but to drink white porridge. It was a pity that he had good cooking skills but could only sigh over the white porridge.
One day after evening self-study, Du Heng went to the cafeteria to buy some white porridge. The chef thought he was a needy student who was working part-time to support himself, so he enthusiastically helped Du Heng replace the white porridge with mapo tofu rice.
Du Heng's eyes became red when he looked at the rice with gravy. The cook thought he was so moved that he was crying, but God knows Du Heng was about to explode on the spot.
After some explanation, the cook understood Du Heng's troubles, and then he served Du Heng a bowl of bamboo shoots and pork slices with rice. It was the first time Du Heng had this dish, and to be honest, when he saw that there was no chili or soy sauce in the bluish-white rice, he almost shed tears of gratitude.
The double bamboo shoots and pork slices rice made by the chef didn't taste very good. He was used to making strong-flavored dishes and couldn't figure out the right amount of salt to use. Du Heng felt it was a little salty when he ate it, but it was one of the few relatively light dishes he could eat in the university cafeteria.
Du Heng ate bamboo shoots and pork slices with rice at the canteen window for more than ten days in a row. At the end, the cook knew he wanted to order this dish when he saw him. Later, the cook returned to his hometown, and Du Heng never ate his cooking again.
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The lettuce and bamboo shoots were blanched in water, and Du Heng poured a small amount of soybean oil into the pot. He slid the tenderloin slices that had been kneaded with white wine and cornstarch into the pot. After the slices were in the pot, Du Heng used a spatula to slightly separate them. When the slices changed color slightly, he poured the blanched lettuce and bamboo shoots into the pot and stir-fried them.
This dish only needs a little salt and sugar for seasoning, and then a thin layer of starch sauce to stir-fry evenly, and sprinkle some mushroom essence before serving, the taste is simply delicious. Moreover, this dish looks very good, with emerald green lettuce, slightly yellow spring bamboo shoots, and white tenderloin slices. The color looks fresh when placed on the plate, and the thin starch sauce poured on the bamboo shoots is like a layer of gauze covering the colorful ingredients.
No matter which type of bamboo shoots you pick up, they will feel crispy when you eat them. The tenderloin is fried to be tender and chewy. If you find this dish too bland, the tenderloin can solve this problem.
Du Heng put a large plate of bamboo shoots and pork slices on the table. There was still a spoonful of soup and a few bamboo shoots left in the pot. This spoonful of soup was the essence, and Xiaoxiao loved to use this soup to mix rice.
Look, Xiaoxiao has already squatted on the stove, holding the rice bowl with her wings, staring at Du Heng eagerly as he poured the soup in the pot on the rice.
Du Heng taught Xiaoxiao this hidden way of eating. Seeing Xiaoxiao like this, he took the bowl, picked up the spatula and covered the remaining vegetables on the rice. Listening to Du Heng scraping the bottom of the pot, Xiaoxiao squinted her eyes in satisfaction and laughed.
There was also a soup for dinner. The soups Du Heng ate most often when he arrived in the demon world were various bone soups and meat soups, but today's soup was leek and egg soup.
Although it was a vegetarian soup, everyone was very supportive. Jing Nan took a sip of the soup and nodded: "This soup is very fresh, better than I thought."
Du Heng was happy: "In my hometown, we usually fry eggs with leeks. I think it's also good to have leek and egg soup occasionally. Do you think today's dishes are a bit vegetarian? How about I stew meat for you tomorrow?"
Jing Nan shook his head: "No, I have ducks, that's enough. You can ask Xiaoyu and the others."
Wen Qiong was soaking rice in leek soup, and there was a grain of rice stuck to the corner of her mouth. Wen Qiong said sadly: "I'm already worried."
Du Heng was puzzled: "Hmm? Master, what are you worried about?"
Wen Qiong sighed: "You can even cook vegetables so deliciously. I will be so upset if I can't eat the food you cook when I go back." Wen Qiong picked up a piece of leek and egg and said: "Oh, what should I do? It's so delicious."
Du Heng chuckled. His master was so adorable.
Xuan Yu added two slices of meat to Du Heng's bowl: "I think this kind of food is very good. I like whatever you cook."
Jing Nan cleared his throat: "Then tomorrow Du Heng, you cook duck for me, and Xiaoyu will eat vegetables."
Xuan Yu glanced at Jing Nan, and Jing Nan glared back at him without showing any weakness. Du Heng almost died of laughter.
After dinner, Du Heng felt a little full, so he decided to go out for a walk to help digest the food. Xuan Yu also had the same idea, and the two of them walked along the ridge in front of their home toward the peach forest at the foot of the South Mountain. Du Heng wanted to see how the taro he had planted was growing.
Xuan Yu and Du Heng held hands. Originally, they wanted to spend some time together affectionately, but when they looked forward, they saw Little Wonton jogging in front of them with his tail twitching.
Looking back, Xiaoxiao and Nianniansuisui were following the two of them in a line. When they saw Du Heng and the others stop, the three furry creatures tilted their heads and looked at them suspiciously.
Du Heng thought that he and Xuan Yu only had their own world in the bedroom. Oh, maybe Xiaoxiao would interrupt their time in the bedroom. Xiaoxiao had already protested, saying that he hadn't slept with Du Heng for several days, and he was going to be angry.
In late spring and early summer, the grass grows and the birds fly. The spiritual plants in the fields grow wildly. Some of them are taller than people. Walking on the ridges of the fields is like being in the grassland. The spiritual plants emit a fragrance, but it cannot compete with the cool fragrance of Xuan Yu. Du Heng couldn't help but look at Xuan Yu, and Xuan Yu happened to be looking at him.
The two looked at each other, and somehow, no one knew who took the initiative, they hugged each other and gave each other a lingering kiss. After the kiss, Du Heng's breath was a little unstable.
Xuan Yu hugged Du Heng tightly. He leaned over to Du Heng's ear and whispered, "It's great to have you by my side."
Du Heng hugged Xuan Yu back: "Me too, it's great to meet you."
After the two kissed and hugged enough, they looked back and saw Xiaoxiao sitting on the ridge behind them with an innocent look on her face. Seeing the two stop, Xiaoxiao chirped twice, and Du Heng magically understood what Xiaoxiao meant. Xiaoxiao said again: Don't worry about him, you guys continue.
Du Heng's face turned red. Would he and Xuan Yu lead the child astray?
It's strange to say that although she and Xuan Yu are in love, they feel like an old married couple. When they arrived in the peach forest, Xuan Yu helped to clear the weeds next to the taro, while Du Heng used his spiritual energy to roll up the stream water to water his taro.
The plums on the tree are already thumb-sized. In half a month, Du Heng will be able to pick them and soak them to make plum wine.
The two were busy in the peach forest for a while, and suddenly Xuan Yu said to Du Heng: "The people from Yunyan Tower who are delivering food are here, at the entrance of the village, do you want to go with us?"
Du Heng was slightly surprised: "Huh? Did it arrive so quickly? By the way, Xuanyu, I have never known how you informed the people in Lingxi Town that you needed something."
A bright yellow talisman appeared in Xuan Yu's hand: "This talisman can be used for short-distance calls."
Du Heng took the talisman curiously and looked at it. In fact, he felt that this talisman was no different from the Five Elements Talisman he used.
Xuan Yu snapped his fingers, and the talisman in Du Heng's hand turned into a puff of green smoke. The green smoke circled around Du Heng and finally stopped in front of him.
Xuan Yu said: "This is the talisman of Zhou's shop. After lighting the talisman, Qingyan will bring the words you need to say to Zhou Lianhua or Zhou Xiyue. You can try it. You can ask them to send you anything you need."
Du Heng was in a panic. He didn't need anything right now. Xuan Yu could just say it. Why would he waste a talisman?
At this time, Du Heng heard a voice as light as a mosquito: "Is it Master Xuan?"
Du Heng was shocked: "Someone is talking!" It's so magical, this talisman is the telephone in the world of cultivation!
Hearing Du Heng's voice, a response came from the green smoke: "Is it Master Du? Hello, Master Du, I am Zhou Lianhua. Do you have any instructions for me?"
Du Heng didn't know what to say. He couldn't say that Xuan Yu deliberately lit the talisman in order to let him use it, right? Zhou Lianhua must think that he and Xuan Yu were fools.
At this time Xuan Yu spoke up: "It's me. Du Heng and I have become Taoist companions."
As soon as he finished speaking, Du Heng suddenly turned his head to look at Xuan Yu. How did he tell the people in Zhou's shop about this?
Zhou Lianhua's reaction was even more excited than Du Heng's. Du Heng heard a sound as if something fell from the other end of the talisman.
Xuan Yu said slowly: "From now on, when you see Du Heng, you should treat him like you see me."
This time, Zhou Lianhua and Zhou Xiyue's voices came from the other end of the talisman: "Yes!"
After the smoke dissipated, Du Heng came back to his senses: "Xuan Yu, what is the relationship between Zhou Lianhua and Zhou Xiyue and you?"
Xuan Yu said calmly: "The two brothers are from the Kunpeng clan, and they are considered my subordinates. Feel free to send them if you have anything to do in the future."
Du Heng had a mouthful of blood stuck in his throat: "Well... this is my first time going to Lingxi Town, you take me to Zhou's shop..."
Xuan Yu admitted openly: "The Zhou family shop is my property. The Dragon Clan has hundreds of Zhou family shops of various sizes in the demon world, and most of the operators are sea demon cultivators."
Xuan Yu looked at Du Heng deeply and said, "I didn't tell you when I took you to Zhou's shop for the first time because I didn't want you to be too stressed."
Du Heng was about to bleed. Even if Xuan Yu told him now, he would still be under a lot of pressure! Sure enough, no one living in the village was poor. Xuan Yu actually lived in a shabby house at the beginning! It turned out that he was just deceiving himself and trying to win his sympathy!
Xuan Yu held Du Heng's hand: "I didn't mean to hide it from you. Before you came, I did live that kind of life. Because of you, I want to live a good life. Xiao Heng, you bring me hope."
Du Heng's depression flew away again. He felt that he had many questions to ask Xuan Yu. Why did he, a dragon, not stay in the sea but run to the village? What was his status in the dragon clan? And so on...
But then he thought, he and Xuan Yu still have a long time to live together, so he can just ask slowly later.
Now he and his Xiaoyu are going to the village entrance to collect ingredients from Yunyanlou. If there is enough time, he can also make some delicious food for Jingnan.
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