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Lin Mubai was holding a bowl that was bigger than his face, as if he hadn't had a full meal for more than ten years, he ate a bowl of noodles like a full banquet, and the oil splashed all over the table.

"Village Chief, I want to ask you something. Just now, Qi Lu told Xiaofu that the sun is about to rise." Si Yu sat opposite him, stirring the noodles with chopsticks, carefully probing, "What do you mean?"

Lin Mubai suddenly let out an "ah", put the bowl heavily on the table, raised his head suddenly, and squinted his eyes to look at Si Yu.

Si Yu was startled, and quickly waved his hands and said, "I'm just asking casually, don't worry..."

Lin Mubai immediately raised his head, looking like a petted cat, and let out a satisfied sigh in his throat: "It's so delicious! I haven't eaten such a delicious thing in more than 100 years!"

Sure enough, the head of Gutang Village should not be overestimated.

Si Yu's whole body went limp, he breathed a sigh of relief, wiped his forehead, and said, "...Brother, that's an exaggeration."

"Brother Qi means that," Lin Mubai blew his nose with his arm, and answered Si Yu's previous question, "Xiaofu, he can't see the light!"

Si Yu frowned, even Lin Mubai, who was so humble, knew that what Qi Lu did was shameful, but Qi Lu still dared to disregard public order and good customs so openly, which showed how presumptuous he was in the village.

He sighed worriedly, and asked, "You...I mean the villagers, have you never thought about taking Xiaofu away?"

"Where are you going?" Lin Mubai opened his eyes wide in horror, "If Xiaofu dares to leave Brother Qi, he will die!"

Si Yu didn't know what to do for a while. Gutang was originally a primitive village in a barren mountain. Before the government developed it, it didn't even have electricity. Lu has a very high status in the village, and even the village chief respects him very much. If he is an outsider who is tough with Qi Lu, [-]% of them will not get along well.

It seems that we can only take a long-term view and save Xiaofu with a curve.

Holding the bowl with both hands, Lin Mubai sucked up the last sip of noodle soup, not even letting go of a chopped green onion sticking to the side of the bowl, sticking out his tongue and rolling it into his mouth.

Xiao Mao nestled under the table, licking the bottom of the bowl happily wagging his tail after eating a bowl of noodles.

Si Yu has never kept a pet, but he also knows some basic common sense. Dogs cannot eat human food, but Lin Mubai insists that he can eat whatever small fur he eats.

Si Yu had no choice but to let him go.There are not so many rules for raising small dogs in the country. It is not bad to be able to share the dog's bite. How can there be so much attention.

"It's delicious!" Lin Mubai smacked his mouth twice, and asked Si Yu with a shy stomach, "Can you make me some more?"

Si Yu looked at his empty bowl the size of a washbasin, shook his head and smiled: "Are you still eating? Don't hold on."

"No, no!" Lin Mubai stretched out three fingers, and smiled, "I can still eat three bowls!"

Si Yu shook his head helplessly, stood up and opened fire.

After his father died, he was alone, and he was not very good in other aspects. His academic performance was not good, he passed the college entrance examination, and his work performance was mediocre.

He boiled the noodles first, then took them out and passed through cold water quickly, then took two tomatoes and blanched them in hot water, peeled them, then put them in the oil pan and stir-fried them, added half a spoonful of chicken essence to enhance freshness, and fried bright tomato juice , add water to boil, a pot of tomato soup base is rich and delicious, finally put the prepared noodles and eggs into the soup, sprinkle a pinch of green onion, and make a pot of tomato egg noodles neatly.

Lin Mubai was salivating, and couldn't wait to tap his chopsticks; Xiao Mao had already followed the smell, grabbing Si Yu's calf and barking.

Si Yu filled three bowls of noodles, Lin Mubai rubbed his hands, his eyes lit up: "All of them are mine?"

"No."

Si Yu turned around and smiled at him.

It was dark in the house at No. 43 Dongwan Road.

The sun was rising outside the house, but the heavy curtains in the house were closed tightly, not a ray of light could penetrate.

Qi Lu was half lying on the recliner, flipping through a book leisurely, the thread-bound book had yellowed edges, it was a very old book.He wore silver-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose, a black blanket on his lap, and a glass filled with blood-red liquid on a small round table in his hand.

Xiaofu was hanging upside down from the chandelier, with his hands crossed over his chest, and his mouth so pouted that he could pull ten cows.He glanced at Qi Lu out of the corner of his eye, rolled his eyeballs around, and then quickly glanced again. After several glances, Qi Lu still didn't notice him, Xiaofu was a little unhappy, and let out a "hum" from his nose.

Qi Lu didn't seem to hear it, and unhurriedly picked up a page and flipped through it.

Xiaofu pursed his mouth, put his hands on his waist, and "hummed" three times louder.

Qi Lu didn't raise his head: "Is there something wrong?"

"Hungry!" Xiao Fu yelled.

"There are flies and beetles in the cellar," Qi Lu said.

"I don't want to eat flies or bugs..." Xiaofu complained aggrievedly while shaking his head, "I'm tired of eating."

"Then what do you want to eat?"

Qi Lu closed the book, put it on the tea table lovingly, took a sip of the red liquid from the glass, and put his upper body close to the recliner.

"I want to eat noodles!" Xiaofu patted his stomach and hung it on the ceiling, "I need to add eggs!"

"No noodles, no eggs." Qi Lu was unmoved.

"Next door..." Xiaofu danced anxiously.

"Huh?" Qi Lu raised his eyebrows.

Xiaofu drooped the corners of his mouth, not daring to say more.But he was a child after all, and couldn't hold back his grievances. He jumped off the chandelier, ran around the room, and stomped his little leather shoes on purpose.

Qi Lu was annoyed by his quarrel, and couldn't read the book. With a flick of his finger, he almost broke the old antique into loose pieces.He pressed his temples, and Xiaofu began to circle the dining table, chanting: "Eat noodles, eat noodles! Xiaofu eat noodles! Eat noodles, eat noodles..."

"Xiaofu." Qi Lu said in a deep voice, and tapped the small table lightly with his fingers.

Xiao Fu stopped in his tracks, kicked his leather shoes on the ground a few times, and hid under the table angrily.

Qi Lu shook his head helplessly, pursed his lips and wanted to say something to coax the child, thought for a while, and finally only choked out a dry sentence: "Catch earthworms for you at night."

Xiao Fu remained silent.

Suddenly there was a knock on the door outside the yard, Qi Lu got up to open the door, and said to Xiaofu under the table before leaving the yard, "Put on your hat."

Xiao Fu crawled out from under the table, took his big black hat and put it on, then Qi Lu opened the door and went out of the yard.

Outside the iron gate, Si Yu was holding a tray with two bowls of noodles on it. The eggs were bright yellow, the scallions were green, the noodles were snow white, and the tomatoes were bright red, steaming hot.

"Mr. Qi, I..." Si Yu raised his head, he was taken aback when he saw Qi Lu, and the prepared lines were stuck before he memorized them.

Qi Lu wore a pair of glasses with a metal frame, which suited him very well. The texture was cold and hard, but the curling steam covered the lenses with a layer of mist, adding a bit of softness out of thin air.

"What's the matter?" Qi Lu took off his glasses and asked.

"Ahem..." Si Yu quickly came back to his senses, "I made noodles, you and Xiaofu haven't had breakfast yet, have you?"

"Thank you," Qi Lu put a palm on the door, alienated yet polite, "We've eaten."

"did not eat!"

There was a crisp sound in the room, Si Yu stood on tiptoe, looked in over Qi Lu's cross-stretched arms, a small head popped out from behind the door, wearing a black wide-brimmed hat, his eyes matched Si Yu's Going up, the little head immediately shrank back.

Qi Lu frowned slightly, his expression a little displeased.

Si Yu smiled and raised the tray in his hand: "Mr. Qi, my cooking skills are not bad, you can try it."

Qi Lu's eyes were firmly locked on Si Yu's face, his eyes were calm and unwavering.

Si Yu was a little flustered when he saw him, and his back felt inexplicably cold, but he still met Qi Lu's eyes bravely.

The air seemed to be stagnant, and Si Yu felt that there was a fully drawn bow on his back, and the arrow was directly pressing against his spine.

After a while, Qi Lu finally moved, took the tray from him, and tapped his chin lightly: "Thank you."

"You're welcome," Si Yu pointed out, "Xiaofu is growing up, so he needs to supplement more nutrition."

Qi Lu raised the corners of his lips: "Teacher Si has only been here for a day, and he cares about the children so much."

"It should." Si Yu took a step back, neither humble nor overbearing, "My duty."

Qi Lu returned to the room with the tray, and Xiao Fu was already sitting at the dining table waiting, holding the edge of the table with both hands, dangling his short legs, muttering: "Mianmianmian..."

Qi Lu put the tray on the table, and the rich and delicious tomato soup smelled all over the room.Xiaofu was already on the verge of moving, and stretched out his hand impatiently. Qi Lu coughed, and immediately retracted his hand, looking up at his master eagerly.

"This stuff is not nutritious, and it's not good for you at all." Qi Lu put on his cold metal glasses again.

Xiaofu lowered his head dejectedly.

He also wore a huge hat on his small head. Looking down from Qi Lu's angle, his bent neck seemed to be crushed by the hat.

He picked up the thread-bound book from the small table, picked up the glass, turned and walked towards the room.

"Open the window to ventilate after eating," Qi Lu added before closing the door, "It stinks."

Xiaofu sniffed and frowned, wondering where the smell was, it was obviously very fragrant!

Qi Lu closed the door with a "snap", Xiao Fu took the noodle bowl, and happily shook his short legs again.