Chapter 40: I’ll Cook You (Updates with monthly tickets)
Huyan Lianlu glared at Young Master Liu angrily: "You are the only one who still wants to be my uncle? You are so beautiful, and my aunt is the Great Khan of the Turks!"
Young Master Liu got off his horse, held Huyan Lotus Dew in his hand and walked towards the people's courtyard not far away. At this time, it was time to light a fire for dinner, and smoke was rising from the people's courtyard, indicating that this was the time.
Someone was lighting a fire to cook in the courtyard.
Young Master Liu was not sure if it was Yun Xiaoxi, but I guessed that there would be no one else.
Apart from Liu Ying giving this map to herself and the old man, it is impossible for the old man to come, so the possibility of outsiders is very slim.
Like a little chicken, he lifted Huyanlianlu outside the mud wall of the courtyard, which was neither high nor low. Young Master Liu looked at this ordinary little courtyard with confusion.
If I hadn't known about the deep grasslands, I would have thought I was in a folk village in the Jiangnan water town.
Young Master Liu hesitated for a moment and then walked gently into the courtyard that was not closed.
Young Master Liu was startled by the sound of a dog barking. He didn't expect that a big yellow dog was kept in the yard to guard the house.
Hearing the barking of dogs, a beautiful figure dressed in coarse linen quickly emerged from the smoke-filled stove.
She was dressed like a folk woman, holding a spoon in her hand, and covered her hair with an ordinary silk cloth to prevent smoke and dust from invading her hair.
An apron of no apparent color was tied between her slender willow waist.
Who could the beautiful figure that came out be if it wasn't Yun Xiaoxi?
"Ah Huang, go back!"
The big yellow dog whimpered twice and ran to the kennel under the courtyard wall and lay down.
Although Yun Xiaoxi is wearing coarse linen clothes, she is still not as beautiful as she is. Compared with the lively and flexible Yun Xiaoxi in the past.
Liu Mingzhi felt that Yun Xiaoxi at this moment had an ethereal and refined temperament, a feeling of transcending things.
It makes me feel so unreal. Is this still the same Yun Xiaoxi who was chattering around me back then?
Yun Xiaoxi stared blankly at Young Master Liu who was standing under the eaves of the door, making a loud noise. A smile gradually appeared on the corner of his mouth, and the corners of his eyes almost narrowed into a crescent shape.
"cousin!"
A cousin's voice awoke Young Master Liu from the addiction that shocked Yun Xiaoxi's ethereal temperament.
Young Master Liu smiled slightly, casually threw Hu Yanmeng's ** in a corner and walked towards Yun Xiaoxi.
"Xiaoxi, I haven't seen you for three months. You have really changed a lot. My cousin almost didn't recognize you."
Yun Xiaoxi looked at Young Master Liu with complicated eyes, pursed her lips and smiled unnaturally.
A smell of paste came, and Yun Xiaoxi's pretty face changed: "Cousin, please go sit somewhere for a while, the porridge I cooked is burnt!" After saying that, Yun Xiaoxi waved his spoon and got into the kitchen.
Liu Mingzhi slowly looked at the surrounding scenery.
The courtyard is built on a higher place, with sparkling river water in front and some big trees in the back.
Although the sparrow is small and well-equipped with all the internal organs, there are four houses built in the small yard. One of the houses is actually equipped with mulberry leaves and looms, things that only the servants in the Liu family would prepare.
There is actually a study room, bookshelf, desk, and thick manuscript paper in one house.
The largest room must be Yun Xiaoxi's boudoir. It is a simple wooden bed. The quilt on the bed and various items are made of ordinary materials.
There is a medium-sized stone mill in the yard, a pole, two wooden barrels, and four or five piles of chopped firewood placed neatly on the wall. I don’t know where to find the cloud stream on the vast grassland.
There's so much wood coming.
Outside the main gate are cows, sheep and horses that are grazing with their heads down. Outside the fence on the left is a three-foot-square piece of land that has been reclaimed. It is really unknown whether crops can be grown.
Be self-sufficient and depend on the weather for food.
Young Master Liu walked around the entire courtyard, looking at the busy figures in the kitchen with a complicated expression.
This was once the life I dreamed of, and I thought life was enough.
But he never expected that Yun Xiaoxi would be the first to get the life he dreamed of.
In other words, was it Yun Xiaoxi who got there first, or did he change himself?
I became reluctant to let go of the power in my hands.
Everyone yearns for the life of Tao Yuanming picking chrysanthemums under the eastern fence and leisurely seeing the Nanshan Mountains.
But how many people can really give up a life of glory and wealth like Yun Xiaoxi, throw away all auras and choose to live peacefully in anonymity.
Looking at a rough dining table placed in the middle of the courtyard, Mr. Liu slowly sat on a stool beside him and stared at the beautiful figure in the kitchen, lost in thought.
I don't know how long it took, but the smoke gradually disappeared without a trace.
Yun Xiaoxi was carrying two trays with two plates of ordinary dishes, two bowls of dry rice, one large and one small, and two bowls of white rice porridge.
"Cousin, you haven't tried Xiaoxi's craftsmanship yet, why don't you give it a try? How does it taste?"
"We are self-sufficient here, no one else is waiting for us, and all kinds of living expenses are not as provided as at home! Fortunately, we are not hungry, and our life is simple and simple. Cousin, don't make fun of me!"
Yun Xiaoxi smiled lightly and picked up a pair of chopsticks. Young Master Liu couldn't tell what type of side dishes he had and put them into Young Master Liu's bowl: "Cousin, please try and see if it tastes good or not!"
Yun Xiaoxi's well-behaved appearance is exactly the same as that of a shy newlywed wife waiting for her husband who returns from work at sunrise.
I’m afraid that my husband will dislike the taste of the food I cook!
Young Master Liu looked at the rice and side dishes in the coarse porcelain bowl with mixed emotions.
"Xiaoxi, you have really changed. My cousin can hardly recognize you anymore."
"Suddenly seeing your appearance now: "To be honest, my cousin feels very uncomfortable. Xiaoxi, please answer me honestly, is this really the life you want?"
Yun Xiaoxi didn't know what she was thinking. She neither nodded nor shook her head.
Liu Mingzhi buried his head in his lips and took small bites of the rice. Liu Mingzhi didn't know why, but his heart suddenly felt sour.
This is a sour feeling that comes from nowhere and appears inexplicably.
Yun Xiaoxi quickly ate all the rice in Yun Xiaoxi's small bowl and drank all the rice porridge on the side. Yun Xiaoxi got up and walked towards the kitchen.
After a while, Yun Xiaoxi came out with a coarse porcelain bowl containing a bowl of white rice.
Yun Xiaoxi walked towards Huyanlianlu's position. Looking at Huyanlianlu's motionless posture, she seemed to understand something.
After groping for a moment on Hu Yan Lian Lu's delicate body, Yun Xiaoxi tapped lightly and Hu Yan Lian Lu sat down softly.
Young Master Liu looked at Huyan Lianlu, whose acupuncture points were being opened by Yun Xiaoxi, and his eyes were a little stiff.
Yun Xiaoxi actually knows kung fu? This is something I have never known before.
Yun Xiaoxi thrust the bowl and chopsticks into Huyan Lianlu's hands.
"Eat it!"
After saying that, Huyan Lianlu stood up and walked out of the courtyard under the astonished eyes.
"Cousin, you eat slowly first. It will get dark soon. Go to the creek and drive the cattle, sheep and horses into the fence!"
"Small..........."
Liu Mingzhi looked at Yun Xiaoxi, who was driving the cattle and sheep back with a long whip, her eyes full of melancholy.
The result of the meeting was completely different from what I expected.
I had thousands of words that I had thought of along the way, but now I didn’t know how to express them. What should I say, what should I do, and I didn’t even have a clue.
As night fell, Major Liu sealed Huyan Lianlu's acupuncture points and locked her in the hay-covered house on the far left, while he lay on the study room arranged by Yun Xiaoxi.
The hard bed made Mr. Liu, who was already in a bad mood, feel half asleep and half awake.
The moonlight is hazy, and the night scenery on the grassland is infinitely beautiful.
Under the moonlight, in the river of cattle and sheep during the day, a picture of a beautiful woman taking a bath dotted the silent night sky.
Yun Xiaoxi gently stroked her white and tender arms, put on a pair of filthy clothes and walked toward the yard.
Liu Dashao, who was half asleep, sat up cross-legged.
"who?"
"cousin!"
The door of the study room opened slightly, and Yun Xiaoxi walked in slowly.
"Xiaoxi, it's so late, why haven't you..."
Young Master Liu only felt a cold and smooth jade body penetrate into the rough quilt and nestle tightly against his chest. He was stunned and speechless.
Yun Xiaoxi gently rubbed Young Master Liu's stubble-covered chin with her pretty face, and raised her eyes in the darkness to look at Young Master Liu, who couldn't see clearly.