At 10:15 in the evening, the faint aroma of steamed rice overflowed from the kitchen of Jurenting Villa.
The temperature in the kitchen is a little high.
Koto Sakichu wore an apron and was spooning miso soup with a wooden spoon to taste, while Tenkai Yoshikage found a large glass bowl and stirred the eggs with chopsticks.
Royal medicine bag tea sound is blanching the pork belly.
She didn't talk much in the kitchen, as quiet as she had been these past few days, but someone spoke to her.
"Hey! Is there anything bothering you?" Liangying Tianhai stopped stirring, took a cherry tomato from the glass bowl next to him and put it in his mouth. Then he asked tentatively: "If you have any questions, why don't you tell me?
come out?"
"No." Yuyao Baocha's voice was calm.
"Are you sure you don't have it?" The cherry tomatoes chewed in his mouth were a little juicy, and Liangying Tianhai's words were unclear.
Yuyaobao Chayin raised her eyebrows slightly, and slowly and unhurriedly, he heated the oil in a pot, put the blanched pork belly pieces into the pot, picked up the shovel and started to stir-fry: "Ask me again and again,
It should be that you are unhappy about something, and I will answer everything you want to ask."
The red and white pork belly is put into the pot and turns white quickly under the hot oil, giving it the aroma of lard.
Nearly an hour later, Minamoto Yorimitsu looked at the dark forest outside the car window and the lights on the top of the mountain road, and realized that they had arrived at Kiyomizu Temple.
However, after Sakichu Kodou rubbed his eyes and went upstairs, and Ryokage Tenkai stepped on the fluffy slippers to take a shower in the bathroom on the second floor, Oiyabukuro Chaon stopped Minamoto Yorimitsu, who originally wanted to go to the top attic to stay for a while.
"That's probably because I came here by myself, so it's not important. I really didn't come here with anyone else."
"When I was young, my aunt lived at the foot of the mountain and often came here during the summer vacation. Over time, I learned that there are some trails that can be climbed. Is this an acceptable reason?"
Oyakubaucha Chaone held the steering wheel with both hands. Of course she also had a driver's license. She acted as a substitute driver when a man was drunk. This was one of the tea master's methods to get close to the man.
"Jizu Shrine."
"Think again." Liangying Tianhai said in a sad tone.
"Why didn't you let me go last time?"
If you can ignore Ryokage Tenkai and think of her as just a puppy that usually only barks, then Sakichu Kodou's character and Goyakubag Chaon are relatively familiar with it. It doesn't involve important matters. She
I don't express my opinions easily.
"It wasn't enough last time, it's enough now." Her face was hidden in the shadows and moonlight, making it hard to see her expression.
People tend to lose their way in the dark, and Minamoto Yorimitsu is no exception, but he only walks in one direction.
"Miyabukuro-san should also know." Sakichu Kodou, who had just turned off the flame, lowered his head and whispered.
"The person who asked me to let go of the past and take a crucial step forward, doesn't he know that he will be very important?"
"How did you know?" Minamoto norimitsu asked.
"If you're not sleepy, come and go for a walk with me. I'm a bit insomniac today and there's a good chance I won't be able to sleep."
"Aren't you panicking at all?" Liangying Tianhai stared at the stir-fried fat meat going back and forth under her hands.
"Some people, Kiyomizu Temple, are very important to me. If they weren't important people, I wouldn't want to come with them."
"cannot."
This level of sugar color is quite different from the photos in the Chinese cuisine cookbook that Minamoto Yorimitsu gave her, but she tried her best to make it like this for the first time, just to gain experience in the future.
Oiyabukuro Chaon's footsteps stopped, and Minamoto Yorimitsu also stopped. In fact, he knew what he was going to do when he got here, but the meaning of why she did this was not yet clear to him.
Oiyabukuro Chayin looked at the pot attentively.
But it was just a daily meal, and the requirements for the dishes were not too high. Even at the risk of being disliked by Minamoto Noraimitsu, she was not willing to cut the meat again and blanch it, otherwise the original meat would be wasted.
"arrive."
"Want to take a walk around here?"
"Hey, hey, hey!" Liangying Tianhai shouted from the side.
Jishu Shrine was built in the Asuka period, and the main shrine seems to be the oldest shrine architectural style. During the Meiji period, due to the separation of gods and Buddhism, it had to become independent from Kiyomizu-dera Temple, but the former was often regarded as a vassal.
There is an alleyway that is about five or six people wide, with shops built on both sides, but of course the doors are closed at midnight. After walking a few steps, Minamoto no Yorimitsu saw two stones on the ground.
As a scenic spot, Kiyomizu-dera Temple does not accept tourists after five o'clock in the afternoon, and no one will go crazy in the middle of the night. Moreover, the monks inside are relatively serious and follow the rules of resting at sunset.
"Yeah." Goyakubag Chayin nodded.
After more than ten seconds, she added water and turned the gas stove to a simmer. She breathed a sigh of relief and closed the lid.
In fact, it's not that far away.
The mountain road was a bit steep, and there was the sound of running water hitting rocks in the darkness, but she seemed to be very familiar with the road.
"Someone else means."
Liangying Tianhai opened his mouth and didn't react for a while, but even though he was a little shocked, he swallowed the cherry tomatoes in his mouth: "How long has it been, and you are still caring about how the food is done!
"
The surrounding trees were not too tall, and the dark clouds were thin in the late night sky. The lead-like moonlight flowed in from the sky, helping them illuminate the ground covered with broken leaves.
The palm lingering with the fragrance of lily came close to me, and my eyes were covered with black cloth, and the light was lost after just a few clicks.
"Clergy also need rest."
"You're not in a hurry?" Liangying Tianhai was already shocked, and started to lower his voice and shouted: "That's the child of the senior, that's a living little person! The kind who can call your aunt and beat your child!"
"Then what are you going to do?" Minamoto norimitsu asked.
Although this child is timid in nature, as long as he has a relationship with Minamoto no Yorimitsu, he seems to be tied to a lifeline, so the source of the matter is not difficult to guess.
Probably because the sugar color was not fried first and the amount of rock sugar was a little small, so the color of the sugar color was not deep.
Oiyabukuro Chaon led him up the stairs, turned right using the light of his mobile phone, passed directly through the main hall, and arrived at the top of the steps next to the statue of Okuninushi.
Changing the topic was a way to ease the atmosphere. He picked up the seat again, looked at the faint light on the mountain and said, "Can this path go up to the main hall?"
The royal medicine bag Chayin smoothed the hair beside her ear. It was hanging to one side, which affected her vision and delayed her performance.
Minamoto no Yorimitsu looked at the mountain road ahead and asked.
Minamoto Yorimitsu was silent for a while and said: "Okay."
This answer was undeniable. It should be the reason why the ground began to turn into bluestone. Oyakubukuro Chaon subconsciously wanted to let go, but Minamoto Yorimitsu tightened his grip on her. This action made her pause.
Oiyabukuro Chayin took out a piece of black cloth from somewhere, looked at him calmly and said: "I'll help you cover your eyes. You try to walk over from the stone on the east side. I'll stand on the west side."
The stone is waiting for you to come."
"I still remember things from my childhood."
"There are no lights at the Jishu Shrine either?"
Liangying Tianhai wrinkled his nose and said with dissatisfaction: "Why don't you think it's me!?"
She was a little depressed, and after thinking for a long time, she couldn't think of a reason. She just felt that Yu Yaobao Chayin's mentality was too good, and it would be more difficult for her to overcome it in the future.
The imperial medicine bag Chayin led him to stand still.
Minamoto Yorimitsu nodded when he heard this and leaned his seat back a little: "So I am very important."
When he said these words, there was not only a touch of sarcasm in Oyakubaucha Chaon's tone, but he also expressed dissatisfaction and resentment, as if he cherished her before being played by a scumbag, but how dismissive he was afterwards.
Minamoto no Yorimitsu still remembered the last time he came here with Oyakubag Chaon. He had just blindfolded himself and was about to leave when she suddenly pulled him and forced him to go down the mountain and leave.
Minamoto norimitsu climbed up the stone that was not a step and looked at the dark area in front. Taking advantage of the moonlight, he could barely make out some buildings thirty or forty meters away.
She looked at Liangying Tianhai and hesitated to speak, then said calmly: "Why are you in a hurry? Can you make the child disappear if you are in a hurry? Since you can't, just accept it calmly."
I walked for about ten minutes.
Then her footsteps gradually drifted away.
But for people who don't know the way, it's like going to a strange city. Even if the navigation shows that they will arrive soon, the unfamiliar roads on both sides still give psychological hints, as if the distance is very far.
"Sooner or later it will happen." She said calmly.
".aunt?"
It is a love divination stone, two stones separated by about ten meters, with straw ropes tied to them.
"I was talking about vegetables just now." Yu Yaobao Chayin's eyelids twitched wildly, and he raised his chin slightly to indicate: "The color of the sugar is not evenly fried, he may be picky about it."
He secretly sighed that he was probably going in the wrong direction.
Oiyabukuro Chayin was in front holding his hand.
"Then where are you going?"
"If we come to Kiyomizu Temple now, I'm afraid it's already closed. Are we just going to drive around the mountain?"
"Okay, it's cold now, so put on more clothes and go out."
"I, I, it seems, too." Liangying Tianhai was immediately blocked by her words, but looking at her calm and composed appearance, he remembered that this guy is usually quite smart, and he persuaded himself last time
Don't be impulsive. Are you impulsive this time?
"Your stomach is not what you want." Goyaobao Chayin glanced at her and said rudely: "I can't say that completely. It's pretty good for hiding excrement."
"Then what's wrong?" Oiyabukuro Chaon wiped his hands with his apron and asked casually.
Oiyabukuro Chayin panted slightly and stopped.
"Get off the bus later, I know the path up the mountain."
Except that she didn't go home often due to the dual changes in her mentality and body, nothing should happen to her again. After all, Yuan Jun has decided to marry Sister Shengzi, and she also knows their purpose.
So I don’t attach much importance to marriage.
Minamoto Yorimitsu sensed her sensitivity and said seriously: "I'm sorry, I'm not kidding anymore, I know."
By the time this meal, which could be called a late-night snack, was finished, it was already late at night, and the day was considered uneventful.
The car was parked halfway up the mountain, and of course the navigation couldn't guide him to the path. Chayin led him into the woods and used his mobile phone's flashlight to explore the way.
"When did you do it with your senior again? Why didn't I hear you? It's impossible for you not to make a sound?"
I estimated the distance in my mind and found that I could walk it in about twenty steps at my own pace, but now it was already seventeen steps, but I didn't feel the slightest sound of anyone breathing.
"That's right." Liangying Tianhai nodded and said in a slightly dry voice: "You are going to be an aunt."
"You, you are so." Liangying Tianhai was furious, "If I don't live up to my expectations, you should live up to my expectations. If you have the ability, you can do it!"
Ryokage Tianhai's eyes suddenly widened, with a look of shock on his face. He couldn't help but look up and down at the imperial medicine bag Chayin, as if he wanted to see her inside and out, which was a bit beyond his imagination.
.
But she didn't say anything, she just pulled Minamoto Norimitsu forward, and the two fell into an unusual silence.
Sakichu Koto was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly denied it with some shyness: "Ah? No, it's not me."
"Then she must be Sister Seiko." After pondering for a moment, Oiyabukuro Chayin said with a very firm tone.
The royal medicine bag Chayin frowned slightly, then took a few rock sugars from the side and put them into it. Regardless of whether the order of the dish was correct, he said calmly: "Why are you panic? I have already done it, there is no need.
"
"Didn't you say it was your first time last time?" Minamoto norimitsu moved his eyes to her face and said with a half-smile.
She did this step in reverse, because the blanching was very intense just now. If the pork belly was put in first, the meat might become very old.
Oiyabukuro Chayin's heart trembled, and he realized that he had let something slip. After all, a wise man will always make mistakes, but a master is a master after all, so he said extraordinarily calmly: "Well, really, I forget things easily."
It was almost done at this level. There was no need to fry it completely. Yuyaobao Chayin poured in the green onion and ginger cooking wine, star anise, bay leaves, cinnamon, white wine, dark soy sauce and soy sauce that had been prepared earlier.
"I'll definitely be there before you!"
"It's a pointless argument. Once the fight is over, stand aside. I'm afraid I'll splash oil on you later."
"I'll drive and you sit in the passenger seat. You don't have to worry about where to go. You won't be tired anyway."
She called her several times but was still ignored. If she hadn't been cooking, she would have wanted to sway her.
The road up the mountain is very dark, and the street lights on both sides of the road are also very dim, making it feel eerie even in the car.
"It seems that you really don't know." Yoshikage Tenkai was not ignored this time, but his words were a little sporadic, as if he was holding back something that he couldn't spit out. Finally, he turned to look at Sakichu Kodou for help.
Asked: "A Teng, should we tell her?"
"The Love Divination Stone is a relic from the Jomon period. Legend has it that if lovers come here and walk from one side to the other with their eyes closed, they will be happy."
"Is it something related to Yuan-kun?" Chayin, the royal medicine bag, leaned on the counter and asked calmly.
This word can be associated with many things, but the first thing that came to mind was that Oiyabukuro Chaon moved his eyes to the soup pot: "Is Saki Hatsumi pregnant?"
Minamoto Yorimitsu kicked around and found that the stone on the east side was right next to his right foot. He roughly estimated the direction in his mind. After Oiyabukuro Chayin called out in the distance, he began to move forward tentatively.
.
But since the road has already been walked, it is natural to walk to the end until she shouts that she has taken the wrong step.
One step, two steps, three steps.
The previously estimated number of steps has been reached.
Just when Minamoto no Yorimitsu felt heavy and thought that he was indeed going in the wrong direction, he suddenly felt his right arm being grabbed by a hand. He was startled and at the same time knew whose hand it was that grabbed him.
And that didn't stop there, Oiyabukuro Chayin put her forehead against his chest, opened her hands and slowly hugged his waist, and there was a faint scent of hair in the air.
"No matter how long it takes from now on, you must hold on to me."