Chapter 195 Late Night Snack Together
Gu Xixi covered her forehead and stepped back, afraid to disturb others, so she didn't dare to speak loudly, "Who is it?"
"Why don't you turn on the light when you enter the kitchen in the middle of the night?"
Whose body is so hard that it hits her head and hurts so much!
Mu Nanzhao's voice came from inside the door. "It's the middle of the night, how do I know there's someone blocking the door?"
Gu Xixi: “…”
She looked up, "Why is it you again?!"
This has happened countless times. She just happened to meet him when she went out in the middle of the night.
Mu Nanzhao asked, "Don't you need to sleep?"
Gu Xixi rolled her eyes and said, "Shouldn't I be the one asking you this?"
She pushed Mu Nanzhao and said, "Either go in or leave quickly! Don't get stuck at the door and let mosquitoes, flies and mice in. If Aunt Zhang asks about it tomorrow, I'll say it was you who did it."
After a while, light came on in the kitchen.
Mu Nanzhao placed an oil lamp on the stove.
"What are you doing here?" They both asked at the same time and looked at each other.
Mu Nanzhao: "I'm thirsty, drink some water."
Gu Xixi: "I'm hungry, looking for something to eat."
As she spoke, she tiptoed to open the top shelf of the cupboard.
There are no leftovers tonight, and the only things that can be eaten are the four multi-grain steamed buns in the basket.
The top layer of the cupboard was a bit high, and Gu Xixi was too lazy to step on a stool. She stretched out her arms and moved the basket of steamed buns out little by little, for fear that this last bit of midnight snack would fall to the ground.
A hand reached out from behind and easily took the basket down in front of her.
Gu Xixi turned around in surprise, and her nose touched Mu Nanzhao's chest again.
"you……"
Because Gu Xixi suddenly turned around, the two of them were only a finger's width apart, almost standing face to face.
The air seemed to suddenly freeze.
Mu Nanzhao held the steamed bun basket high in one hand, his body stiff, just looking at the cupboard above Gu Xixi's head.
Gu Xixi was facing Mu Nanzhao's collarbone.
In silence, she couldn't help but look him up and down. He was dressed neatly today, from his Adam's apple exposed above his collar to his chest below his collarbone.
Gu Xixi thought to herself that she had bumped into this chest just now.
It hurts so much.
At this time, Mu Nanzhao suddenly said, "What are you daydreaming about?"
Gu Xixi was wondering why her head hurt so much when she bumped it, and blurted out, "Could he have hidden something like a breastplate in his clothes?"
Mu Nanzhao: "..."
He lowered his head and looked at her, with an evil smile on his face, "Whether it will happen or not, you can find out by looking for yourself, right?"
Gu Xixi was embarrassed and sobered up. "Why are you standing so close to me all of a sudden? It's so scary in the middle of the night. Get out of the way!"
Mu Nanzhao stepped back decisively and put the basket of steamed buns on the small table next to him.
"I want to eat some too, toasted buns with some vegetables."
Gu Xixi turned around and continued to look through the lower two layers of the cupboard, while ruthlessly refusing, "No, it's troublesome."
Mu Nanzhao leaned lazily against the cupboard and said, "I remember someone said at noon that they wanted to give me a thank-you gift."
"Did you forget so quickly?"
Gu Xixi said without even looking up, "I didn't forget. Didn't I say a hundred taels of silver? IOU first, cash later."
Mu Nanzhao sighed, "A midnight snack of steamed buns can replace a hundred taels of silver."
"A three-year-old knows how to get a good deal."
Gu Xixi turned around suddenly and asked, "You asked me to make you something to eat as a thank you gift?"
Mu Nanzhao nodded, "Bake the buns."
Gu Xixi was in a dilemma. She looked at the cupboard and said, "The buns can be baked, but there are no vegetables to put in."
The weather is getting hotter day by day. If you leave leftovers in the cupboard, you may get stomach upset when you eat them the next day.
So after the beginning of summer, Aunt Zhang cooks all the dishes and eats them immediately.
Mu Nanzhao was silent for a moment, then chose to give in. "It's okay if you don't pick up any vegetables, but you still have to toast the buns."
Gu Xixi accepted her fate and said, "Okay, bake the buns. I'll bake them for you right away."
According to Gu Xixi's plan when she came, it was the late night and she could just find a steamed bun or something to fill her stomach.
Who knew that when I met this living god, I had to eat toasted buns!
Although Mu Nanzhao is not picky about food and his food is not expensive, it is troublesome! !
Gu Xixi moved the small stove to the yard, put in firewood, and lit it. She felt deeply regretful that she should not have shown the only meal she could cook in front of Mu Nanzhao...
Gu Xixi placed the multi-grain steamed buns on the edge of the stove and turned back into the kitchen.
She came out after a while, holding a small clay pot and placing it on the fire.
Mu Nanzhao had already moved a wooden chair for himself and was sitting under the eaves, fanning himself with a straw fan while waiting for his meal.
"What's this?"
Seeing that he looked like a superior, Gu Xixi said unhappily, "Jiu Niang."
"It's so cool, why are you fanning yourself?"
Mu Nanzhao gave him a "really stupid" look and said, "Of course it's to drive away mosquitoes."
Gu Xixi choked and sat down with her back to him, facing the stove.
A small jar of glutinous rice wine made by Aunt Zhang two days ago.
Gu Xixi saw that it was ready to eat, so she scooped out two large spoonfuls, added well water, and cooked it into fermented glutinous rice soup.
By the time the soup boils, the surface of the steamed buns is just toasted to a slightly browned color.
Gu Xixi lifted the lid of the pot, cracked two eggs into the pot, and quickly stirred it a few times with a spoon.
The aroma of rice wine bloomed with the movement of her wrist and drifted into the night.
Gu Xixi called in a low voice, "Okay, come here, I'll teach you a new way to eat it."
The fermented rice wine egg drop soup is served in a bowl and is sweet enough without adding sugar.
Pick up the toasted bun, break off only the crispy outermost part, peel it into small pieces, and put it into the soup.
Then put the remaining buns next to the stove and continue baking.
Mu Nanzhao followed Gu Xixi's example and ate a piece of toasted bun soaked in the soup.
Because the steamed buns are eaten right after being soaked in water, they are not completely softened. They have absorbed the sweetness of the fermented rice while retaining some of their crispness and chewiness.
After scooping out the steamed buns from the bowl, I took two sips of the soup. The soup was mouth-watering and the egg drop soup was fragrant, soft and tender.
At this time, the steamed buns on the stove can be broken off again.
Repeat this cycle until you finish the steamed buns and fermented rice wine egg drop soup.
Finally, Mu Nanzhao put down the empty bowl and said, "This is an interesting way to eat."
Gu Xixi said, "This is the best way to taste the original flavor of wheat flour."
"The important thing is to keep it simple. If you don't have fermented rice wine, you can just make a bowl of sugar water to replace it. Even someone like you who can't cook should be able to learn it after eating it today."
"I won't starve myself to the point of fainting from low blood sugar in the future."
Mu Nanzhao glanced sideways. You're bringing up something irrelevant, right?
"So you're making this to eat, which means you can't cook."
Gu Xixi felt like she was hit by an arrow in the back.
She changed the subject, "Are you sure you don't want the money after eating this meal?"
Mu Nanzhao wanted to say, "I never intended to take your small gifts."
But he glanced at Gu Xixi and changed his mind temporarily, "Let's owe it for now."
"You must remember this clearly. Including the previous one, this has happened twice already." He said meaningfully.
Gu Xixi hadn't thought of just using a meal of steamed buns to fool them, so she said generously:
"Okay, I'll help you with something. As for the 100 taels this time, you can come back to cash it in any time later."
"But...you're leaving soon, right?"
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