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After the bean paste was added to the mutton pot, the smell wafting out of the pot was very fragrant, and this fragrance was different from the taste of the spicy base. The spicy base tasted more stimulating, while the bean paste tasted much mellower. Jing Nan even sniffed: "Hey, it doesn't seem too spicy."
Xiaoxiao jumped onto Du Heng's stove again. He glanced at the jar of fermented bean paste on the stove, but he only saw a jar of red oil. Xiaoxiao looked up and asked Du Heng. Du Heng explained, "Yes, this is the fermented bean paste you saw last time. It is the sauce I made from fermented bean paste exposed to the sun."
Xiaoxiao smacked his lips to indicate that he wanted to try it. Du Heng dipped a little bit with chopsticks and put it on the tip of Xiaoxiao's tongue: "This is seasoning. It won't taste good if you eat it alone." It really didn't taste good. Xiaoxiao turned his head away in disgust.
Du Heng sprinkled some sugar in the pot and added some water. After the water boiled, he sprinkled a handful of garlic leaves into the pot. These were the garlic leaves he had stored in the refrigerator. When the weather got cooler, he could continue to grow garlic.
After a little stir-frying, the garlic leaves turned dark green, stained with fat and red oil. After being served in a large bowl, the stewed lamb looked particularly tempting.
Du Heng first picked up a piece of mutton and put it in his mouth. Fortunately, it was not too salty. He was worried that he had added too much salt because of his shaking hands. Du Heng was relieved: "It's okay, everyone try it?"
Jing Nan looked at the pepper skin on the mutton and hesitated for a moment: "It doesn't feel very spicy, why is there such a big pepper skin?" Du Heng explained: "Don't worry, the bean paste is mainly for adding fragrance, it's not really spicy, you see I can eat it."
At this time, Lao Dao and the Zhou brothers had already given a thumbs up: "Mm! Delicious! The dishes made by Mr. Du are really delicious."
Even the reserved Yun Zheng ate two pieces in a row: "Delicious, Mr. Du's mutton is delicious whether it is simply seasoned or with various seasonings."
Du Heng was embarrassed: "I wanted to make it sweet and sour, but it didn't work. As long as everyone thinks it's okay, it's fine." Du Heng thought for a while and said: "It's mainly because the meat of the spiritual sheep is good, so it can withstand my random seasoning."
As they were talking, Xiaoxiao reminded Du Heng again that the incense stick time was up and he had to go and season a pot of fish and mutton!
Du Heng would not fail this time. When he was in his hometown, he had made a pot of fish and mutton. At that time, there was no mutton soup, but the pot of fish and mutton he made was particularly delicious just by using the seasoning of fish soup.
When he opened the lid of the casserole, he saw a milky white color in the casserole. The dark grey fish head was faintly visible in the milky white. Du Heng pushed the mutton he had left behind into the pot, and the splashes in the pot suddenly quieted down. However, when he brought the salt jar, the edge of the casserole began to boil again.
Fish and mutton in a pot of fresh food, just add the right amount of salt and pepper to season it, the taste is very delicious. If conditions permit, sprinkle some garlic leaves, onion leaves or madder leaves, the milky white soup will have a beautiful dark green layer.
Fortunately, Du Heng has prepared all these flavor-enhancing ingredients! You can just sprinkle them on the mutton after it has been simmering in the pot for a cup of tea!
Salt and pepper were added to the pot, and the aroma on the platform attracted everyone to look at the casserole. Jing Nan was impatient, he had put down his chopsticks and walked to the casserole. He sniffed the aroma wafting from the casserole: "It smells delicious!"
Du Heng handed the bowl in his hand to Jing Nan: "After a while, you can pour out the contents of the bowl and take the casserole away."
Jing Nan took the bowl with a smile: "Okay!" Du Heng turned around, and Jing Nan opened the lid and sprinkled garlic leaves and other things in it: "It's out of the pot!"
Du Heng laughed out loud, and he knew Jing Nan couldn't help himself. But there was enough time, and everyone could drink a bowl of hot fish and mutton soup. After everyone finished drinking the soup, Du Heng's pepper and salt lamb chops could be served.
Du Heng had previously taken out the upper half of the lamb chops for roasting, and he had mixed the lower half of the lamb chops into the big pot and cooked them together. Now he had cut the lamb chops into strips and placed them neatly on the plate.
Du Heng poured soybean oil into the pot again, humming a tune while waiting for the temperature in the pot to rise. The sun had already set, and an orange light was lit up in front of the cave. Du Heng only needed to turn his head to see his companions chatting and laughing under the soft light. Of course, he also saw Xuan Yu walking towards him with a bowl of fish and mutton soup.
Xuan Yu was worried that Du Heng was hungry, so he tore off a piece of meat from the fish belly and picked two pieces of mutton with both fat and lean meat and put them in the soup. When Du Heng turned around, Xuan Yu's smile warmed his heart.
The fish and mutton soup was boiling hot. Xuan Yu scooped up a spoonful, blew it gently, and handed it to Du Heng's lips: "Are you tired?"
The bee venom in Du Heng's body has not completely healed yet, Xuan Yu is worried about his health. But Du Heng loves to cook for everyone, Xuan Yu can only worry and care about him.
The fish and mutton soup was particularly delicious, and the simple seasoning made it even more delicious. The fish was soft and the mutton was chewy. Du Heng felt that he had not eaten such delicious food for a long time. After drinking this soup, he might find other foods tasteless.
Du Heng tasted the meat carefully. Each type of meat had its own flavor, and neither was inferior to the other at all.
Du Heng scooped up a spoonful of soup with a piece of mutton in it, and handed it to Xuan Yu: "Would you like to try it too?" Xuan Yu drank a spoonful of soup with the spoon, and his smile spread warmly: "It tastes good."
Jing Nan and Feng Gui started to act up again. Jing Nan scooped up a spoonful of fish and mutton soup and handed it to Feng Gui's lips: "Are you tired? Do you want me to massage your shoulders and back tonight?"
Feng Gui understood Jing Nan's meaning immediately. He took a sip of the soup and touched Jing Nan's hand: "With you by my side, I don't feel tired at all. Come, try this soup too. I cooked it especially for you. Isn't it delicious?"
Du Heng looked at the two people with narrowed eyes. Jing Nan and the others were even more interested: "Is it delicious?" "Delicious~"
Du Heng couldn't help himself, picked up the chicken bone next to the stove and smashed it on Jing Nan's head: "You two, stop it!"
Jing Nan threw himself into Feng Gui's arms in sorrow: "Look at you, look at you, is it a big deal to have a Taoist partner? You're bullying a little fox!" Feng Gui patted Jing Nan's back and said seriously: "This life is unbearable. I want to run away from home!"
Du Heng was extremely helpless: "Salt and pepper lamb chops, do you still want to eat it?"
Jing Nan and Feng Gui sat down steadily at once: "Eat!"
But they can’t keep joking around, otherwise, even if they can pass Du Heng’s test, they may not be able to pass Xiao Yu’s.
The generals were all trying to hold back their laughter, but Xiaoxiao was the only one who remained indifferent. Is there anything in the world more tempting than delicious food? Nothing! Xiaoxiao just liked it when everyone was eating, so that he could eat more delicious food!
The oil in the pan was hot enough, and Du Heng threw the cooked lamb chops into the pan. The lamb chops did not need to be fried twice, as long as the outer skin was golden brown, they could be removed and the oil drained.
Soon, a large plate of golden lamb chops appeared on the plate, sprinkled with the pepper and salt specially prepared by Du Heng. The sizzling lamb chops on the plate attracted everyone's attention, and Xiaoxiao's eyes lit up immediately.
Xiaoxiao stretched her neck and took a rib in her mouth. The fried lamb ribs were crispy on the outside but tender on the inside. After biting through the skin, the fat and gravy inside burst out, mixed with the salt and pepper taste on the outside. After finishing one, she wanted to eat another one.
It is worth mentioning that when Du Heng took the lamb chops, he also removed the cartilage under the ribs. The cartilage was boiled and then fried, so it can be chewed directly in the mouth.
Xiaoxiao comfortably spit out a thin rib, and patted his belly with satisfaction. He had eaten too much today, and now he needed a bowl of spiritual rice soaked in fish soup to end today's dinner.
Du Heng was still preparing to continue cooking: "I'll fry some sour beans." Just as Du Heng was about to leave, Xuan Yu pushed him back to his seat. Xuan Yu said, "There are a lot of dishes, it's enough."
Du Heng looked at the table and saw the cold dishes on the table, including braised chicken wings, braised beef, peanuts, broad beans with scallion oil... The hot dishes were surrounded by the cold dishes. In the middle of the table, there was a large bowl of chestnut roasted chicken, a casserole of fish and lamb, a pot of fresh, a pot of stewed lamb, and a large plate of salt and pepper lamb chops. Du Heng didn't make many hot dishes, but the portions were sufficient. Ten people at the table were eating with their mouths wide open, and most of the dishes were still left.
But Du Heng still felt that something was missing: "But... there are no vegetarian dishes." He needed a plate of lush green vegetarian dishes, preferably the kind fried with just salt.
Jing Nan picked up the chestnuts from the chestnut chicken: "Isn't this a vegetarian dish?"
Du Heng didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He thought of the dispute between the northern and southern people over green vegetables when he was in his hometown. The northerners thought that green vegetables were potatoes in the stewed potatoes with meat and beans in the stewed beans with pork ribs. The southerners thought that green vegetables were those green leafy vegetables. If they didn't see green leafy vegetables, they would feel that they hadn't eaten any vegetables.
Feng Gui said, "Don't waste it. Eat these first. Besides, your body hasn't recovered yet, so you can't be too tired. When you recover, you can cook a few dishes. You can serve as many dishes as you want."
Everyone advised Du Heng: "Yes, Mr. Du, you are already very satisfied with so many delicious foods. Why don't you take a rest first?"
After being persuaded by everyone, Du Heng finally sat down. Xuan Yu immediately served him a bowl of fish and mutton soup, and Du Heng drank it comfortably. After the hot soup went down his throat, Du Heng felt that the bee venom in his body dissipated faster.
On a cool night, a group of people sat on the platform, sipping plum wine, eating mutton and chatting, and before they knew it, it was late at night.
Du Heng didn't know when he fell asleep, he vaguely remembered Xuan Yu holding him and taking a bath. There was a spiritual spring in Yun Zheng's cave, he remembered that he ran dizzy and was carried back by Xuan Yu, he vaguely remembered what Xuan Yu said to him, but he was too sleepy and didn't remember anything afterwards.
It rained in the second half of the night, and the sound of rain came from the window. In the rain, a kitten climbed up to the window with a big yellow eel in its mouth. When it was about to throw the eel on Du Heng, Xuan Yu opened his eyes.
The kitten's fur was all blown up. It was originally round, but now it looked like a fur ball. Xuan Yu said slowly, "There's a wooden barrel outside. Put it in the barrel. Don't throw it around."
The kitten looked at Du Heng with grievance, but Du Heng was unaware and was sleeping comfortably in Xuan Yu's arms. What a heartless poop scooper!
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There is a lot of rain in Dongji Mountain in autumn. Du Heng encountered an autumn rain a few days after he arrived. I don’t know if it was the bee venom in his body, or if it was raining in Dongji Mountain today. The sound of rain made people sleepy. Xuan Yu’s body temperature came from the warm quilt. Du Heng was so comfortable that he didn’t want to get up.
Du Heng touched Xuan Yu and asked, "Are you cold?" The windows of Yun Zheng's cave had no glass, only Xuan Yu's barrier. Xuan Yu held Du Heng's hand and said in a low voice, "Not bad."
Du Heng hugged Xuan Yu with his backhand: "I'll warm you up." Xuan Yu kissed his forehead: "If you keep getting warmer, you won't be able to get up."
Du Heng decisively let go of his hand. He couldn't warm it up anymore. Xuan Yu was too strong and he couldn't stand it. There was a sound of rain outside. Du Heng yawned: "It's raining. I don't know if Niannian Suisui will come back."
The goslings had full wings, and Du Heng saw them flapping their wings and flying into the sky several times. He thought they would never come back, but they flew around and landed on the ground, quacking and asking Du Heng for food.
Nian Nian Sui Sui has been following the geese all this time. The geese can spread their wings and fly high, but they haven't even changed their fur. When the geese fly, Nian Nian and Sui Sui will return to Du Heng. Sometimes when a kitten comes to deliver something, and he sees Xiao Wonton there, with a group of furry creatures around him, Du Heng will be in a very good mood.
Du Heng stayed in bed for a while and then stood up: "I need to get up and practice." The bee venom had almost dissipated, and he should practice well. Practice should not be slack. Wen Qiong said that if you don't practice for three days, your body will tell you what's wrong.
Sure enough, Du Heng felt that his spiritual energy was sluggish during his practice this time. It might be because he hadn't used spiritual energy for several days. When the spiritual energy washed over his tendons and veins, he always felt that his tendons and veins were swollen and painful. Du Heng made the bamboo shoots in the wooden barrel grow bigger today, and the bamboo shoots felt like they were about to break through the ground.
After finishing his practice, he stood up and moved around, his joints making a clicking sound. Wen Qiong was right, practice was an uninterrupted process, and after just a few days without practice, Du Heng felt that his body was full of heaviness.
But it’s okay, as long as you resume your practice, this feeling of sluggishness will disappear.
Xuan Yu walked out of Du Heng's cave, holding Xiao Xiao in his hand: "Du Heng, Xiao Xiao knocked over the bucket of milk." Xiao Xiao said dejectedly: "Chirp..."
Du Heng initially stored ten barrels of milk in the refrigerator. During this period, he let Xiaoxiao drink two cups of milk every day. After drinking for several months and making a lot of dairy products with milk, there were still five barrels of milk left. These five barrels of milk had not been opened, and the one that Xiaoxiao knocked over was one of them.
The milk was all over the refrigerator. Xuan Yu used his spiritual energy to extract the milk and put it in wooden barrels, filling four barrels. Only one third of the milk was left.
Xiaoxiao shrank his neck helplessly, and apologized dejectedly: "Chirp..."
Du Heng rubbed Xiaoxiao's head and said, "It's nothing. It's over. I was going to leave the milk for you." But wasn't there a formation in his refrigerator? How could Xiaoxiao open it?
Xiaoxiao became even more depressed: "Chiu——"
Xuan Yu explained: "Xiaoxiao said that he saw his uncle opening the refrigerator, so he followed him in. As a result, his uncle left him in the refrigerator. He found something to eat, and then felt a little thirsty and wanted to drink some milk. Unexpectedly, when he was controlling his spiritual energy, he was unstable and knocked over the milk can."
Du Heng raised his eyebrows: "Xiaoxiao, you said you can control spiritual energy?" Xiaoxiao's spiritual roots are damaged, and there is not much spiritual energy stored in his body. Being able to break the formation on the wooden barrel is not something that ordinary people can do!
Xiaoxiao nodded, he shook his wings, and a golden light appeared at the tip of his wings. He raised his wings, and the light flew out from the tip of his wings and then pierced through the wall.
Du Heng was very excited. He looked at Xuan Yu: "Xuan Yu! Has Xiaoxiao's power increased?" When Xiaoxiao was fighting with her uncle in the twelfth lunar month, his control over spiritual energy was definitely not that strong, otherwise the angry Xiaoxiao could have raised her wings and launched a sneak attack on Feng Gui.
Xuan Yu pondered for a moment and said, "It should be enhanced. I will go find Feng Gui. Feng Gui knows Xiao Xiao's situation best."
Feng Gui and Jing Nan came over soon. Seeing Xiao Xiao lowering his head, Feng Gui stepped forward and hugged him. His consciousness swept through Xiao Xiao's body, and then his brows relaxed: "The spiritual veins are still the same as before, but the spiritual energy in the body has indeed increased a lot."
Feng Gui rubbed Xiao Xiao's fur and said to Xuan Yu, "It seems that eating and drinking with Du Heng during this period of time has paid off."
Xiaoxiao felt annoyed when he saw Feng Gui these two days. After struggling for a while, he jumped from Feng Gui's arms into Du Heng's arms.
Xuan Yu nodded: "Is there any definite news about the Hun Tianzhu?"
Feng Gui chuckled: "Don't worry, I know roughly where it is, and we can settle the old and new accounts together when the time comes."
Du Heng raised his hand: "Um... I want to ask, I heard Xuanyu say that Jinghong stole the Hun Tianzhu and Xiaoxiao missed the best opportunity to repair her spiritual roots. Now if we find the Hun Tianzhu, will Xiaoxiao's spiritual roots grow well?"
Jing Nan said: "It's not that easy. When Xiaoxiao was still in his shell, the power of the Hun Tian Pearl could make his spiritual veins grow again. But now that he has already hatched and grown so big, it's not something that can be solved by just one Hun Tian Pearl. Maybe the power of the other two beads will be needed to make him better."
Feng Gui taunted, "The three Chaos beads were originally in the hands of the three of us, but we didn't expect that they are now scattered outside. If Qing Heng were here, he would definitely laugh at us to death."
Du Heng thought about it, and raised his hand again: "Well... Actually, the Fantasy Sky Pearl is in my body."
This was a secret that Du Heng guarded very carefully. He thought for a long time whether or not to tell this secret to Xuan Yu. He was afraid that if he told it, he would no longer have a place to stay in the demon world.
Thinking about it from a dark perspective, Feng Gui and the others, as demon gods, may have already discovered that the Phantom Sky Pearl was in his body, and everything he has now may be a false illusion created by the three demon gods. Maybe Feng Gui and the others are just waiting for him to speak up, and once they get the Phantom Sky Pearl, they will decisively abandon him.
Thinking positively, maybe Xuan Yu and the others didn't know about it. When he told them about it, they would be shocked.
Du Heng thought of countless possibilities, some good and some bad. Now seeing the three of them worrying about Xiaoxiao's spiritual roots, Du Heng felt that he should speak out.
After spending some time together, Du Heng was willing to trust Xuan Yu and the others. In times of crisis, they did not give up on Du Heng, and Du Heng felt that there was no need to hide anything.
But Du Heng never thought that things would turn out like this. When he said that the Phantom Pearl was in his body, everyone ignored him tacitly. Du Heng was confused. Did no one hear him? Was his voice too soft?
Du Heng said loudly: "The Fantasy Sky Pearl is in my body!"
Xuan Yu and the others looked at him helplessly: "Okay, I understand."
Du Heng: ??? That’s the reaction?
Thinking back to when the brothers in Medicine King Valley couldn't take him back to Medicine King Valley because he was carrying the Magical Sky Pearl, they even suggested that he go to the demon world to save his life. The secret that he had kept in fear for half a year was so insignificant in the eyes of Xuan Yu and the others?
Du Heng sat on the bed holding Xiaoxiao, looking confused.
After a while, Feng Gui said, "But the Phantom Sky Pearl cannot be kept with Xiao Heng forever. He will go to the human world soon, and he can't control the power of the Phantom Sky Pearl. It will cause a lot of trouble by then."
Jing Nan said to Du Heng with his hands in his pockets: "Do you remember what I said to you when you first arrived in the village? I told you that what you made is comparable to elixirs. This is the power that the Fantasy Sky Pearl brings to you. It is a double-edged sword that can make you flourish in the world of cultivation, but it can also leave you with nowhere to stay."
Du Heng was shocked: "Did you already know it at that time?"
Jing Nan laughed loudly: "Are you stupid? Who are we? We are the three great demon gods in the demon world. The Phantom Sky Pearl slipped out of my hands, how could I not know the aura of the Phantom Sky Pearl? I knew it as soon as you arrived in the village."
Feng Gui touched his hair and asked, "Do you still remember when you were drunk in the twelfth lunar month?" Feng Gui's question was a little off-topic, and Du Heng was stunned for a moment: "Huh?"
Feng Gui said: "The first time you got drunk you bit Xiao Xiao and she became bald. Do you remember? The second time you woke up we all told you that you got drunk you bit me and plucked out my phoenix feathers."
Du Heng nodded stupidly: "Um... yes." From then on, Du Heng didn't dare to drink anymore.
Feng Gui showed his white teeth to Du Heng: "Actually, after you got drunk that day, the three of us had a disagreement. I want to take the Fantasy Sky Pearl out of your body. I think it's not good for you or the Fantasy Sky Pearl to keep it in your body."
Du Heng asked suspiciously: "Then what?"
Feng Gui said: "Then I tried to take the Fantasy Sky Pearl, but you exploded and grabbed my Phoenix Feather. I couldn't take the Fantasy Sky Pearl out, and it's still in your body now."
Du Heng's eyes were filled with tears. So that's how it was! He said, how could such a kind-hearted person like him kiss someone just because they are pretty? He is not such a shameless person!
However, Du Heng quickly came to his senses: "Hey? Let me ask you, where is the Phantom Sky Pearl in my body? Why have I never seen it?"
Whether it was his Dantian or his sea of consciousness, Du Heng had never seen the Phantom Sky Pearl. According to Yun Zhonghe, the Phantom Sky Pearl disappeared after it flew into his mouth. If it could be taken out, Yan Buhui would have taken it out long ago. Why would he let Du Heng live so hard until now?
Jing Nan stretched out his hand, and gently passed through Du Heng's chest. This would have been a very bloody scene, but because the person in front of him was Jing Nan, Du Heng did not feel scared at all. Jing Nan's hand passed through Du Heng's body, but no blood flowed on his skin, and Du Heng did not feel any pain.
He just felt very warm, so warm that he wanted to fall asleep. He could feel Jing Nan's hand touching his heart, and Jing Nan gently held Du Heng's heart: "Here."
Du Heng was stunned: "In the heart?" Could it be that the Magical Dzi Bead had some hidden function? Why couldn't he see it?
Jing Nan smiled slightly: "In your soul, because you haven't turned into a baby yet, they can't see where the Fantasy Sky Pearl is. After you turn into a baby, the Fantasy Sky Pearl will appear in your Nascent Soul."
Jing Nan withdrew his hand: "Are you scared?" Du Heng shook his head: "What's there to be afraid of?"
Jing Nan smiled and said, "Aren't you afraid that I might crush your heart with one hand just now?" Xuan Yu glanced at Jing Nan indifferently, and Jing Nan quickly raised his hands in surrender: "Oh, is that what I said? Xiaoyu's eyes are too scary."
Xuan Yu said slowly: "Don't joke with him like this, I don't like it."
Du Heng smiled and held Xuan Yu's hand: "It's okay, Jing Nan has no ill will towards me. I trust you three unconditionally, even if you want my life, I will give it to you. It's strange to say, when I saw you three, a voice in my heart told me that if there is anyone in the world who is worthy of my trust, it must be you."
There was a glimmer in Xuan Yu's eyes: "We will not take your life. You are our most important baby. Even if we harm others, we will never hurt you."
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Feng Gui was also somewhat moved. After careful consideration, he said, "Before Du Heng reached Nascent Soul stage, only the five of us in the room knew the whereabouts of the Phantom Sky Pearl. I actually wanted to take the Phantom Sky Pearl out. This would be better for Du Heng. If he went to the world of human cultivators, his abilities wouldn't be so conspicuous and wouldn't attract other people's attention."
Jing Nan smiled and said, "I don't think it matters. Taking out the Phantom Sky Pearl is a hot potato, and it is quite safe to keep it in Du Heng's soul."
Xuan Yu shook his head: "I object. I don't want to tell you the reason." As expected of Xuan Yu, he used the veto very skillfully, vetoing without giving any reason.
Feng Gui and Xuan Yu stared at each other for a while before giving in: "Okay, okay, Xiaoyu, whatever you say will do."
Xuan Yu looked at Du Heng and said, "Don't worry. If something really happens, it will be the same if we take it out then. Our cultivation is higher than Yan Buhui's, so you won't feel bad when we take it out."
Du Heng narrowed his eyes and looked at Xuan Yu: "You even know Yan Buhui?" Du Heng felt that he had no secrets at all in the eyes of Xuan Yu and the others.
Hearing Du Heng's question, Jing Nan and Feng Gui in the room immediately slipped away: "Oh, I feel dizzy, Feng Gui, please help me to rest." Feng Gui glanced at Xuan Yu and then slipped away with Jing Nan.
Xuan Yu was very calm: "Have you forgotten? Wen Qiong came from the human cultivation world, and Yan Buhui is looking for you all over the world." Du Heng suddenly became as quiet as a chicken. Yan Buhui put too much pressure on him. When he thought about it now, Du Heng still felt that he owed Yan Buhui a Brahma chicken.
Xuan Yu smiled and patted Du Heng's shoulder: "Don't worry, Yan Buhui is too busy right now to take care of you. We will be very low-key when we get to the human cultivation world, so he won't be able to find you so easily."
Du Heng breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good, that's good."
Four buckets of white milk were lined up in a row. Du Heng always felt that it would be a waste to pour them out. In fact, his refrigerator was very clean, and there was a formation in the refrigerator to clean it in time. But it always felt uncomfortable to pick up things that had fallen on the ground.
Xiaoxiao nudged Du Heng, and he chirped something. Xuan Yu translated, "Xiaoxiao said that he was the one who drank the milk that he spilled."
Du Heng smiled and patted Xiaoxiao's head: "What nonsense are you talking about? What if you drink too much and ruin your body? Don't worry, if it doesn't work, we can just take a bath with milk, it won't be wasted."
On a rainy day, it would be nice to take a nice milk bath. This is because I didn't bring the oven with me. If I had an oven now, Du Heng could use the remaining milk to bake some snacks.
Xiaoxiao rubbed against Du Heng's arms in embarrassment. He wasted so much milk by himself, he really deserved to be beaten. Du Heng didn't care: "What do you want to eat today?"
Xiaoxiao shook his head. He liked everything Du Heng cooked. Du Heng thought for a moment and said, "How about we have hot pot today?"
When the weather is a little cool, everyone gathers together to eat hot pot, listening to the sound of rain outside. It's so comfortable. When Xiaoxiao heard that Du Heng was going to make hot pot, her eyes narrowed immediately.
Du Heng touched Xiaoxiao's head again: "I'll bake some more milk candy for you, do you want it?" Xiaoxiao's head nodded and made a residual image: "Chirp, chirp!"
After coaxing Xiaoxiao, Du Heng walked to the platform. Xuan Yu set up a barrier above the platform. The light blue barrier covered the platform, and Du Heng's stove was dry and not wet by the rain. Nianniansuisui squeezed in the cavity outside the stove. When they saw Du Heng coming, the two chickens chirped and greeted him.
Little Wonton came over and acted coquettishly. It was raining today, so Wonton did not follow Lao Dao to patrol the mountains. Ever since Lao Dao's Great Chaos was gone, Du Heng felt that Lao Dao's eyes were shining when he saw Little Wonton. Du Heng raised his hand and rubbed the dog: "Good morning, good morning."
Outside the platform, the geese were squatting neatly under the tree. When they saw Du Heng standing up, they stretched their necks and quacked a few times to greet him. Du Heng scanned with his spiritual sense and soon saw the kitten sleeping in the tree hole. It was great that his cats and dogs were all there.
The autumn rain made the wild persimmons slightly yellow. In a few days, the wild persimmons will be as red as the red maples around them. Du Heng thought that he could pick some slightly yellow persimmons in the afternoon to make crisp persimmons. Xiaoxiao and the others should like the taste.
The autumn wind blew onto the platform with moisture, and Du Heng stretched comfortably: "The weather is really nice."
Du Heng wanted to eat something light after eating too much meat and fish these days. He planned to make a different base for the hot pot at noon today. The hot pots he had eaten before were all spicy, but Jing Nan would go to heaven every time he ate spicy hot pot.
Du Heng thought for a moment and said to Xiao Xiao, "Xiao Xiao, go ask your uncles if they want to eat mushroom soup hotpot."
Xiaoxiao ran away in a hurry. Xuanyu couldn't help laughing when he saw Xiaoxiao's boastful look: "Xiaoxiao is such a generous child." Du Heng smiled and said: "Yes, Xiaoxiao is a good child. It would be great if she could transform soon."
After a while, Jing Nan came out with his hands in his pockets. He liked to put his hands in his pockets when the weather got cold, which made Du Heng think of the big cat he raised in his hometown. Maybe cats and dogs are used to putting their hands in their pockets when it's cold?
Jing Nan stretched his neck and asked, "What mushroom soup pot?"
Du Heng smiled and said, "It's a kind of hot pot that specializes in eating mushrooms. The soup base is made with broth, and various kinds of mushrooms are boiled in it. It rained today, and a lot of mushrooms grew in the forest. I'll pick some later, and you can help me see if there are any that are edible."
Jing Nan hesitated: "There are many edible mushrooms in Dongji Mountain, but... we are all carnivores, are you going to fool us with mushrooms?"
Du Heng knew Jing Nan would have an opinion, so he smiled and said, "We can improve it. I'll use chicken soup as the soup base, and then cut up the fat lamb slices and fat beef rolls, as well as the dishes that Yunyanlou packed over earlier. We can have some meat and some vegetables. What do you think?"
Jing Nan was overjoyed: “Okay!”
Feng Gui's voice came over: "No chili?" Du Heng knew Feng Gui would protest, so he said: "I'll make you a very, very spicy dipping sauce. I guarantee you'll like it after you eat it. Okay?"
Feng Gui responded, "Okay. By the way, I detained Xiaoxiao to read a book. This guy has been so wild since he arrived at Dongji Mountain. If he can't finish the book, he won't be allowed to eat."
Du Heng felt that he was sorry for Xiaoxiao. He pushed poor Xiaoxiao into the fire pit.
Hearing that they would have mushroom soup for lunch, Chonghua and his generals went out in the rain. They came back soon, each of them carrying a basket full of mushrooms. Looking at the colorful mushrooms, Du Heng hesitated.
What if there’s a poisonous mushroom mixed in there…wouldn’t everyone be in trouble then?
However, Jing Nan was there, and he found a small stool and sat down. He picked and chose among the mushrooms, and finally selected more than a dozen mushrooms of different colors and sizes: "These mushrooms are not poisonous."
Then he picked out a bunch of colorful mushrooms and said, "These are slightly poisonous. It's okay to eat a little."
Du Heng noticed that there were porcini mushrooms among the mushrooms. This kind of mushroom is poisonous. When it is broken open and exposed to the air, the flesh will quickly turn green. Du Heng had eaten this kind of mushroom once in his hometown. This kind of mushroom is cut open and fried with heavy oil and garlic leaves. It is so delicious!
Jing Nan kicked the remaining better-looking ones at his feet and said, "As for these... I'll use them as medicine."
Du Heng looked at the pile of mushrooms that Jing Nan took away. Compared with the non-toxic mushrooms, those mushrooms were much more beautiful. Du Heng couldn't help but sigh: "It turns out that the more beautiful things are, the more dangerous they are."
Xuan Yu happened to look at Du Heng: "Hmm?" Looking at Xuan Yu's eyebrows, Du Heng shook his head and added: "There are thousands of beautiful things, and my Xuan Yu owns half of them."
Xuan Yu couldn't suppress his smile any longer. He hugged Du Heng and gave him a light kiss. Du Heng responded by deepening the kiss.
Jing Nan saw this scene with his spiritual sense. He said sourly: "Really? Isn't this forcing me to find a Taoist partner?"
Du Heng picked up the non-toxic mushrooms that Jing Nan picked out and cleaned them. He then placed the cleaned mushrooms in different plates according to their species. The processed mushrooms were white, gray, yellow, and red, and they were colorful on the table.
There was old chicken soup stewing in the stove. When Du Heng cut the other ingredients into thin slices and placed them on the table, the smell of the chicken soup drifted far into the cave.
Du Heng saw Yun Zheng and Lao Dao had already walked around the cave twice, and Chonghua was even leaning on the door sill, drooling. Du Heng narrowed his eyes and waved: "Would you like to have a bowl of chicken soup first?"
Chonghua and the others said, "Don't bother, we'll have lunch soon..." but they were already standing in line next to the stove with bowls in their hands.
Du Heng laughed so hard that tears came out of his eyes. He filled the generals' bowls with golden chicken soup.
After drinking the delicious and hot chicken soup, the generals all breathed a sigh of relief: "Comfortable~"
Du Heng looked left and right: "Where are the Zhou brothers?"
Xuan Yu handed a spoonful of soup to Du Heng: "I went to the foot of the west mountain of Dongji Mountain to pick someone up. It will probably take a few days for him to come back." Du Heng said regretfully: "Oh, what a pity. But when they come back, I can make mushroom soup again."
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