Delicious Delicacy of the Demon Spirit

In the carriage, Li Kuer talked about the sunflower, He Weiran seemed to know about it early in the morning, not surprised, just asked: "Then how does Kuer plan to deal with it?"

Li Kuer's eyeballs swayed from side to side, pouted and said, "If Axi hadn't planted it in that kind of place, the sunflower wouldn't have attached to Axi. It just wanted to bask in the sun more, so that it would grow to its original size." It didn’t do any evil. So I fulfilled its wish and planted it back by the stream.”

"That's it... But what if someone like Ah Xi appears in the future?" He Weiran touched the petals of the sunflower: "This flower spirit is still very weak."

"Flower Spirit?"

"It's extremely difficult for an annual plant like sunflower to give birth to intelligence. This may be her good fortune, but also your fate. If you hadn't planted her at home, the flower spirit would be willing to come."

"Would you really like it?" Li Kuer looked at Sunflower, and saw her swaying back and forth, as if nodding.

Maybe it's because I'm so scared...

When he got home, Li Kuer put down the bamboo cage first and put it aside temporarily.She has to be busy today, the pigsty must be erected, and if the hens are concerned, let them go.What she cares most about is the sunflower. He Weiran pointed out the place for her. It is in the middle of the yard where it can get sunshine all the time.Li Kuer dug a pit, planted sunflowers in it, took a ladle to water her, and named her Akui.

Akui stood upright, looking very energetic, she looked very happy, Li Kuer seemed to be able to hear the laughter, and felt that Akui was a lovely flower spirit, so she couldn't help reaching out to touch her flower plate.But when the finger touched the flower plate, the flower seeds inside matured in an instant, and then shimmered and fell down.Li Ku'er couldn't react in time, and was stunned for a moment, before he hurriedly pulled up his apron to catch the melon seeds.There were a lot of melon seeds, and they fell endlessly. Seeing this, He Weiran went to pick up the basket, and soon the whole basket was filled, and the flower plate became empty, and it turned into a fresh yellow-green in an instant. Come back to life.

Li Ku'er looked at the basket full of melon seeds stupidly and was at a loss.He Weiran took out a bunch of them and looked at them. They were big and plump. He glanced at the sunflowers and said to Li Kuer, "It seems that Ah Kui likes you very much, and even gave you a thank you gift."

"Thank you, Akui." Li Kuer touched the leaves of the sunflower, and said again: "But there are so many melon seeds, I can't finish them, and even if I can finish them, I won't fry them... What should I do?"

"Huh? How does it sound like you said it to me?" He Weiran raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, "Since when did Ku'er become cunning?"

"Ah... where, Sister He, I didn't mean that." Li Kuer looked wronged.

"Okay, okay, you soak the melon seeds in water first, it will take three or four hours. I will fry them for you in the evening, and now I have to go back to make roast goose."

"Then sister He, go slowly." Li Ku'er pointed to the hen and piglets in the bamboo cage: "I'm going to settle them down today, so I won't go to the mansion for lunch at noon, and I'll come to you in the evening."

"it is good."

After He Weiran left, Li Kuer started to work.First soak the melon seeds in a big wooden basin, and then you have to surround the pigsty.Most of the pigsties in other people's houses are built with earthen walls. She didn't have that ability, so she asked the bamboo planters to buy three moso bamboos and asked them to chop them into sharp bamboo sections, and use the bamboo sections to surround a pigsty at the corner of the wall.Then I found some straw and made two chicken coops. The two hens went to sit for a while and then walked away. A bowl of noodles.While eating noodles, she wondered whether she should get a puppy to guard the house. If thieves came in and stole the piglet and hen, it would be a big loss.But after thinking about it again, if you want to raise a dog, you still need to feed it with meat and bones, and get rid of it with food every day. Maybe one day you will run away from home with a piglet in its mouth... The noodles had no taste at all.

"It's not good, sister He has spoiled her mouth, why is the noodles I make not tasty at all?" Li Kuer said to herself, feeling that her living ability could no longer keep up with her spiritual needs, which was very dangerous.After barely eating the noodles, I felt very tired again. After washing my face, I took a nap.

"Cluck...cluck da...clack..."

Li Ku'er was woken up by the crowing of the hen. She rubbed her eyes and got up, walked out of the house, and found an extra egg in the hen's coop. She lost all sleepiness instantly, and her eyes shone brightly.I really didn't expect it to be harvested so soon.After getting the eggs, she was in a great mood. She went down to the field to finish today's farm work, and then went to cut a lot of pigweed and brought them home. After feeding the piglets, she looked at the sky and saw that it was getting late.

After going to the palace to finish the work, Li Kuer went straight to the back kitchen. He Weiran was cooking. When she saw her, she said, "I have prepared all the spices for frying melon seeds. It's in the corner. Don't leave when you turn around." forget."

Li Kuer looked to the corner, and saw a small sack lying there. She walked over and didn't even open it, and the strong fragrance almost pricked her nose.She felt embarrassed. Doesn't this mean that the public's ingredients are used to stir-fry private melon seeds?But looking at He Weiran's natural indifference, I felt that if I said this clearly, it would definitely make her unhappy, thinking that I was a person who didn't know what to do.She thought about it, but decided to ignore these, and just asked: "Sister He, do you still need these for stir-frying melon seeds?"

He Weiran seemed to be aware of her concerns, and said, "I brought those ingredients from Xiangcheng, and it's best to make five-spice melon seeds."

"Five-spice melon seeds?" Li Ku'er couldn't think of the flavor after hearing the name, and felt that the melon seeds were more fragrant and crisper than the ones he had eaten before.

At night, when it was still dark, He Weiran followed Li Kuer to her house.As soon as the courtyard door was opened, there was a bamboo pigsty in the corner, which was simple but elegant, with fodder in it, one piglet was grazing, one piglet was sleeping, and another piglet was Rolling on the ground is quite interesting.The two apricot chickens had already fallen asleep, lying on the chicken coop, and opened their eyes vigilantly when they heard some movement.

Li Kuer invited He Weiran in and closed the courtyard door.Aunt Liu's family next door was having dinner in the courtyard. When they saw them, they greeted them: "Has Ku'er come back? Are there any guests?"

Li Kuer quickly responded: "Yes, this is Sister He. The person in charge of the back kitchen in our house is very friendly with me." She turned her head and introduced to He Weiran: "Sister He, those are Uncle Liu and Uncle Liu. Aunt, and their son, Liu Zhao."

He Weiran greeted them with a smile, Uncle and Aunt Liu looked at her for a while, and then also said hello to her, and the two knew each other.

After exchanging greetings with Uncle Liu and Aunt Liu, the two entered the kitchen.Li Kuer's house is not big, and neither is the kitchen.The wooden basin for soaking melon seeds was placed in the stove early in the morning, He Weiran looked at it, and seeing that it was well soaked, he took a colander and took out the melon seeds and put them into another wooden basin.Li Kuer hurriedly went out to pour out the remaining water, and when he came back, He Weiran was already lighting a fire.

"Go get two more buckets of water, and I'm going to cook the five-spice old soup."

"Five-spice old soup? Oh..." Li Kuer didn't understand why stir-fried melon seeds should be boiled, so he could only follow the instructions.

The fire started, and it was very hot. He Weiran poured two buckets of water into the cauldron, adding spices and said: "Three taels of star anise, one or two each of cinnamon, pepper, and cumin, six cents of licorice, and one or two cloves. Four qian, put it in a lot of water, boil it for a quarter of an hour, and it will become a five-spice old soup."

Li Kuer listened and counted, and then asked, "No, there are six spices here, why are they called five spices?"

He Weiran stirred the soup in the pot, covered the pot, turned around and leaned on the stove and said, "It's not nice to call Liuxiang, and it's not tasty enough if you don't have one. What should I do? Ku'er just opened his eyes." Can you close one eye?"

Being said that, Li Ku'er was simply powerless to defend herself, it sounded like she had some opinions on such a small issue, and felt teased again.

Seeing her flustered eyes, He Weiran patted her head comfortingly, and said, "It will take two quarters of an hour to cook here, show me your house."

Li Kuer stared, touched her neck and said embarrassingly: "Sister He, it's not that I'm stingy, that...my house is dilapidated and there's nothing to see, I'm afraid you'll regret it after reading it... "

"There is nothing to regret, I don't want to visit the palace."

"Well... okay. Sister He, come with me." After Li Kuer finished speaking, she took He Weiran's hand and left the kitchen.

"I still have three rooms in my house, a hall, a bedroom, and a study. Now, this is the hall."

Li Ku'er opened the door of the hall, and the dark sky penetrated into the room. She went over and lit the candlesticks, and the room became much brighter again.He Weiran touched the old wooden gate and stepped over the high threshold. The interior of the house was neatly arranged and the floor was clean. In the center was a red-lacquered Eight Immortals table, which was spotless. There was a tea tray with a teapot and four teacups on it.Hanging on the north wall is a painting, which is printed as Li Shu, maybe Li Kuer's father. It depicts distant mountains and flowing water with delicate brushwork. Candlesticks and incense burners, and two rattan chairs under the stage.There is a living room connected to the east and west sides, with wooden doors on the east and bamboo curtains on the west.

Li Kuer took a candlestick and took He Weiran to the west room first.

"This is the study room." Li Ku'er opened the bamboo curtain: "It was originally my room, but after my parents passed away, I moved to my parents' room, and this is the study room. Hee hee , but the books here are all my father’s, and I flip through them occasionally, but I can’t quite understand them. Hey, but it’s quite annoying to clean, it’s so tall and so high.”

He Weiran walked into the study room and saw a whole wall of bookshelves filled with books.He read it carefully, and found that besides what scholars must learn, there are also a lot of idle books. It seems that Li Kuer's father is not some pedantic scholar.There is a window in the south, and a desk in the north. There are pen holders and inkstones, and there are two paperweights, one carved bamboo and one carved chrysanthemum, but there is nothing under it.He Weiran shook his head with a smile, and thought to himself: "Isn't it because I don't have money to buy paper after I run out..." There is a small bed against the wall to the west, which looks quite cute. Li Kuer saw He Weiran's eyes Landing on the small bed, he said: "This is what I slept on when I was a child, but now I can't sleep anymore, I can't even stretch my legs straight when lying on it."

He Weiran looked at her, compared the positions on her waist, and said, "I can imagine how such a tall little Kuer sleeps here."

Li Ku'er covered her mouth and smiled: "Then Sister He must imagine me as pretty and cute."

He Weiran also covered her mouth and smiled: "I know, Ku'er has always been beautiful and well-behaved."

The two just covered their mouths and looked at each other, blinked and then laughed even more exaggeratedly.

After laughing and laughing, Li Kuer showed He Weiran to her bedroom again.Generally, she is unwilling to take people there, but it doesn't matter if that person is He Weiran.But the house is shabby, and I am quite embarrassed. There is only a bed, a cupboard, a wooden box and a dressing table.

Two quarters of an hour passed quickly.When the two returned to the kitchen, the old soup was ready, so they added salt and sugar, poured in the melon seeds, and continued to cook.

"Fortunately, my pot is big enough..."

"It will cook for another quarter of an hour, then turn off the heat and soak for another quarter of an hour."

"Ah? So troublesome? I still have to soak..."

"Soaking is the most delicious, so this step must not be missed. After soaking, take out the melon seeds, drain them, and fry them in the wok. When the melon seeds are dry and bright, and the oil oozes out, continue with low heat. Stir-fry, when the fragrance comes out, it will be done."

"It turns out that it's not easy. Sister He, let me try it when you fry it later."

"it is good."

The two worked in the kitchen for an hour, and the melon seeds came out of the pot, plump and crispy, and the fragrance spread throughout the yard.Liu Zhao next door also smelled it, and came over the wall to ask for it.Li Kuer had no choice but to pack a basket and asked him to bring it to his parents, and then moved the rattan chair to the yard, where he and He Weiran sat and ate melon seeds and chatted.

As the breeze blew, the sunflowers swayed and swayed in the center of the yard, and there were fireflies circling and dancing around it. He Weiran pointed at the shimmering light and said with a smile, "That's the flower spirit Aoi."

The author has something to say: The melon seeds are over!What to write in the next chapter, I have no idea...

I asked Sunflower if she wanted to be in the wild or at Zhujiao’s house, and she said she wanted to be on Yujie’s balcony, so I put her in the Kuluo yard, hehehe