Chapter 696: The Cause and Effect of Many Demons in the World
Ruyi added firewood to the stove, and after it burned, she saw Chen Changsheng boiling water and washing the pot.
After cleaning the inside and outside, Chen Changsheng poured some lard into it. In previous years, not many families could afford to eat it, but now that the world is better, it is more common.
After the oil is hot, add the sauerkraut and radish together.
"Stab it."
Under the hot oil, the sour aroma suddenly spreads out.
Ruyi swallowed her saliva, she felt a little hungry just from frying the sauerkraut.
Then she saw that Uncle Chen added garlic slices, ginger slices and some other ingredients, and the aroma became more intense.
Chen Changsheng looked at Ruyi and said, "Did Ruyi forget to add firewood?"
Ruyi came back to his senses and said, "Oh oh oh!"
Only then did she react and add a big piece of firewood.
Ruyi raised her head and asked: "It is said that gods do not eat fireworks on earth, but Uncle Chen is different."
Chen Changsheng was looking at the heat, then turned to look at her and said, "How can Chen be such a god again?"
Ruyi looked around and saw Uncle Chen holding a spatula in his hand. His hands were still shiny, maybe because he had picked up pickled cabbage and radish that were stained with water.
It seems that Uncle Chen doesn't care about this at all.
Ruyi said: "The book says that a gentleman cooks far away from home. A gentleman is still like this, not to mention that Uncle Chen is a god."
After hearing this, Chen Changsheng shook his head and said: "A gentleman is like an animal. When he sees it alive, he can't bear to see it die; when he hears its sound, he can't bear to eat its meat. This is why a gentleman stays away from the kitchen, which means he must have a kind heart."
, it doesn’t mean that a gentleman should not cook.”
Ruyi said: "But doesn't it say in "Qi Shi Lun" that a gentleman does not stick to trivial matters and should not be restrained, so he stays in the kitchen and specializes in learning?"
After hearing this, Chen Changsheng paused and said with a smile: "Perhaps what Chen knows is different from what Ruyi said."
"But in Chen's opinion, no matter whether they are gentlemen or gods, they are still human beings. They both need to cultivate their minds and bodies. If they can't do such small things well, how can they talk about learning."
“What about the famous bachelors of the past and present?”
"Have you seen Ruyi with your own eyes?"
"Not really..."
"So you still have to see it with your own eyes."
Chen Changsheng smiled and said: "For the time being, we don't care about gentlemen and gods. Chen thinks he is not a god, let alone a gentleman. If so, why should he listen to these principles."
Ruyi was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and after a long while, she said this: "Uncle Chen, you are so crooked..."
"..."
Cihua emerged from the firewood pile nearby and asked, "What does crooked mean?"
Ruyi smiled and said: "This is not a good thing, and Li Hua cannot learn from it."
Lihua blinked and said, "Then why do you say it again?"
Ruyi touched Li Hua's paw and said, "Because Ruyi is not a good person."
"That raccoon dog is not a good person either."
"It should be said that he is not a good cat."
"Yeah, good cat."
Chen Changsheng didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said: "Don't teach Li Hua bad things."
Ruyi said: "I'm not wrong either. Although I said you shouldn't be a good person, I didn't say you should be a bad person. The truth is that you have to be just right."
After finishing speaking, she paused.
Such ambiguous words really felt familiar to her, and now she could say them herself.
After hearing this, Chen Changsheng smiled and said, "That's right."
The civet flower stood on the firewood pile, looking left and right, wondering what they were talking about.
What kind of good guys and bad guys?
It blinked and asked, "Can I eat it?"
Chen Changsheng looked at Ruyi together.
Lihua was stunned for a moment and said, "Why are you looking at Lihua?"
Ruyi smiled and hugged it in her arms.
When Chen Changsheng saw that it was almost done, he added water to the pot, and then put the marinated and cut fish into the pot.
It won't take long before you can eat it.
The pot was bubbling gurglingly.
Cihua listened to the sound and looked at the fire burning in the stove, and imitated it in a low voice.
"Gulu gulu gulu..."
"What is the raccoon flower doing?"
"Learn to talk like a pot, gulu gulu..."
After hearing this, Ruyi was stunned for a moment, touched Cihua's paw and said, "How could there be such a well-behaved cat like Cihua."
Lihua paused and asked, "Isn't Ruyi good?"
Ruyi thought for a moment and said, "Alright, but not as good as Li Hua."
Lihua turned to look at her, and Ruyi was also stunned by its sudden gaze.
But I heard Lihua say.
"Didn't see it."
"..."
Chen Changsheng, who was standing in front of the stove, couldn't help laughing when he heard this.
Ruyi was helpless and said: "Uncle Chen, can you laugh a little quieter?"
Chen Changsheng suppressed his smile and said, "Be careful next time."
Ruyi snorted softly, looked down at Cihua and said, "It's not a good cat."
Lihua paused and repeated: "Not a good cat!"
It pondered for a moment and asked in confusion: "Are you talking about civet flowers?"
Ruyi was helpless again and was really defeated by it.
As the lid of the pot was opened, the aroma was released at this moment. The aroma of fish and pickled cabbage stimulated the taste buds and made people salivate.
Li Hua's eyes also lit up at this moment.
"Fish fish fish fish!"
It jumped down from Ruyi's arms and went to the cabinet to grab its own small bowl, waiting for Chen Changsheng to serve it fish.
Very conscious.
As the sun set, there were two people and a cat on the stone table in the small courtyard. The cat's head was buried in the small bowl as before. It ate an unknown amount and its belly was round.
Ruyi kept praising how delicious the fish was and how satisfying it was. She was greedy and ate an extra bowl of rice and a few pieces of fish.
Chen Changsheng likes such ordinary and extraordinary days, looking for the extraordinary in ordinary days.
The encounter with the old man on the street, the glance in front of the notice, the ordinary chatting in front of and behind the stove, and the bowl of pickled fish in the yard at dusk.
In the world of mortals, not only famous mountains and rivers are beautiful, these, those, here, wherever, as long as you are willing to look, there will always be more beautiful things.
Chen Changsheng believed that living like this was meaningful.
It is also because of this stubbornness that he wants to be lazy no matter what.
Sometimes I really want to stay here forever.
But everything is the same everywhere. It seems that for a long time, no one wants to leave him anywhere. It is also a kind of pain to find stability in the wandering, so he often only needs to think about a certain moment.
After finishing the fish, Ruyi put away the dishes.
Chen Changsheng was sitting in the courtyard chatting with Ruyi.
Li Hua was lying on the stone table with her arms and legs spread out, and she said in her mouth: "Ci Hua is full and can't get up. Dear Chen, please help me."
Chen Changsheng smiled and said, "Are you just lazy and unwilling to stand up?"
"I don't want to turn over." Lihua looked at the sky and said, "The sky is so beautiful, and the clouds are also beautiful."
It paused and added: "Like pickled fish, delicious."
Chen Changsheng raised his eyes and saw that among the clouds in the sky, there was indeed one that looked like a fish.