"Come with me," after putting away the bag, Ah Chou took Pang Yi into the kitchen. He took out three big bones from the pot and put them into the soup bowl, then poured half a bowl of soup into it, while talking to Pang Yi. "Take these back, three big bones. You, the doctor, and Ming Wei, each share one. If I knew you were coming back today, I would have cooked a few more. Now I can only give you three, and I have to save some for Grandma Chen..."
"Madam..." Pang Yi looked at the big soup bowl filled with soup in front of him. He also looked at Ah Chou who was looking for a food box. He felt a little embarrassed, but his heart was filled with indescribable warmth. His gaze paused on Ah Chou's thin face. He swallowed the "no need" that was about to come out of his mouth. Then he said softly, "Thank you, madam."
"What's there to thank me for? When I get back, I'll stew big bones for you whenever you want. I'm very good at stewing big bones," Ah Chou promised generously. Finally, he found the food box on the cupboard. He carefully covered the soup bowl and put it into the food box. Then he looked at Pang Yi a little embarrassedly, and whispered for a long time, "It's just that the soup is a little less. You...you and the doctor should not drink it. Let him drink it. His legs are not good..."
Pang Yi was startled, then he understood what Ah Chou was talking about, and he wanted to laugh, but he held it back. He took the food box from Ah Chou and said to Ah Chou in a serious tone, "Yes, I will remember it and I will do it. Do you have any other instructions, Madam?"
"What can I tell you?" Ah Chou rubbed his hands and said to Pang Yi a little embarrassedly, "Hurry up and leave. It's getting dark and the road is hard to walk on. There's not much soup to begin with, don't spill it again..."
"Yes, I obey your command." This time he really couldn't help himself, and Pang Yi's eyes turned into two crescent moons when he smiled.
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"Mr. Chen, why are you standing outside the door?" After seeing Pang Yi off, Ah Chou went back to the yard while humming a little tune. He saw Chen Qingxuan standing in the yard. It was dark tonight because there was no moon. Ah Chou was startled to see a figure out of the blue. "Why don't you come in? Aren't you afraid of the cold?"
"It's stuffy in the room, come out and get some fresh air," Chen Qingxuan said softly, looking at Ah Chou's flushed face and asking, "Is Mr. Pang gone?"
"Let's go," Ah Chou agreed, walking towards the kitchen, "Dinner is ready, I'll clean it up and we can eat."
Chen Qingxuan said nothing and followed Achou into the kitchen.
"Grandma Chen scolded you again?" Ah Chou asked Chen Qingxuan in a low voice while sipping the bone soup in the pot, "Is it because of the blind date again?"
This morning, the matchmaker from the village came over, saying that she came to visit Grandma Chen's injuries, but she was always talking about how good Miss Zhou from the neighboring village was. Chen Qingxuan endured the annoyance and changed the medicine for Grandma Chen, then turned around and went into the room. He didn't come out until the matchmaker left for a long time.
"Nothing," Chen Qingxuan was upset again when Ah Chou suddenly mentioned this. He watched Ah Chou scrape the bone soup in the pot cleanly without leaving a drop, and felt a little funny. How could she be a lady from a wealthy family? She was clearly a girl who had suffered a lot. He paused, and then asked Ah Chou hesitantly, "Does he treat you well?"
"What?" Ah Chou was startled and almost dropped the spoon in her hand. She hurriedly held the spoon, then continued to scrape the pot that had already been clean with a red face, whispering, "Okay, it's done."
Chen Qingxuan couldn't bear to see her like this, so he quickly looked away. But he couldn't help but turned his head again and looked at Ah Chou intently: "What's the best way?"
"Ah?" Ah Chou never thought that Chen Qingxuan would actually ask such a question. He felt embarrassed and ashamed for a moment, and didn't know what to do with his hands.
As soon as he said this, Chen Qingxuan realized that he had spoken out of turn. He felt extremely annoyed and was busy apologizing to Ah Chou: "I...I was rude..."
"I won't tell you." Achou suddenly interrupted Chen Qingxuan.
"What?" Chen Qingxuan was a little confused.
"I won't tell you how good he is to me, and I won't tell anyone else," Ah Chou smiled at Chen Qingxuan, put down the rice spoon in his hand, picked up the soup bowl and walked out, "Mr. Chen, please bring in the buns in the steamer."
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