I was a hunter in ancient times

This scorching heat followed Shen Xi to the Zhao Mansion and then gradually calmed down.

Shen Xi saw nothing unusual about Zhou Du along the way, and he gradually looked away.

It doesn't matter if you occasionally joke around with friends. Don't make a fuss too much, otherwise it will appear that you have something.

Although Zhao Yuanwai is just a low-level Yuanwailang, he is still an official no matter how low-level, so the gate of the Zhao residence is not often opened, and the daily entry and exit is through the side door.

For the sake of convenience, Shen Xi didn't even bother to leave the side door, and asked Luo Fu to drive the ox cart to the back door.

The servant who looked at the back door had already received Zhao Rong's order, Shen Xi reported his family name, and took out the token that Zhao Rong gave him, and the servant led them into the Zhao residence.

The Zhao Mansion is very large, it is a courtyard with three entrances, the combination of white walls and tiles matches the flowers and plants planted in the courtyard, making it look extraordinarily elegant and clean.

The patio-style courtyard rooms are all connected, and the kitchen is on the right side from the back door.

Zhou Du unloaded his basket filled with pheasants and hares, and placed it in a corner of the courtyard, right next to the goat he had hunted earlier.

The goat obviously knew Zhoudu and Doubao, and when it saw them, it wanted to use its horns to push it up. Unfortunately, it was tied to a rope, and its range of movement was limited. It couldn't reach Zhoudu and Doubao at all, so it had to bark dryly. Twice.

Doubao still remembered that the goat was its food. When he saw the goat, he was very excited, so he showed his wolf claws and yelled at the goat, "Wow."

The goat retracted its head again in fright.

Zhou Du kicked Doubao: "Don't make trouble."

Bean Bao reluctantly withdrew his claws and stared at the goat fiercely.

The servant led Shen Xi around the kitchen, and after he came out, he led Zhou Du and Shen Xi to their respective rooms, which were not far from the kitchen, but they had to go through the patio of the kitchen to the patio on the other side. courtyard.

The Zhao residence was also well prepared, the two rooms were next to each other so that they could take care of each other and discuss with each other about anything.

Zhou Du and Shen Xi went to the room to put down their luggage, and returned to the kitchen.

As the master of this birthday banquet, Shen Xi has many things to prepare for him.Fortunately, Zhao's family has a big business, so he doesn't need to intervene in the purchase, he just needs to draw out the menu for the banquet in the kitchen, and someone below will take his menu to buy.

Shen Xi thought about it, and ordered [-] dishes. For the old man's birthday banquet, the dishes on the table should be more than one, more children, more blessings, the more the better.

Twenty menus were quickly written down on paper and handed over to the kitchen steward.

The kitchen steward looked at the menu on the paper, then looked at Shen Xi's immature face, and smiled: "Xiaowa, although you are invited by Butler Rong to be in charge, we will also cook the dishes you cook. If your ability If you can’t beat us, why should we give you the position of being in charge, don’t you think so?”

Zhao's family has a big business, and they hired two chefs in the kitchen. Originally, they wanted to use their housekeeping skills to show their faces in front of the host's family at this birthday banquet, so as to earn some rewards.

As a result, they died before they were born, and they had not had time to display their abilities. The housekeeper, Zhao Rong, heard somewhere that there was a chef outside who cooked the banquet well, and wanted him to be in charge of the birthday banquet this time.

If Shen Xi was an experienced chef, the two chefs would have no desire to compete for the spoon, but Shen Xi is still an immature child. I'm afraid he hasn't even touched a kitchen knife for a few years. How can their talents compare with those who have been working in the kitchen for decades.

No wonder they look down on Shen Xi, it is because Shen Xi looks too young, like a baby who hasn't grown up.

After listening to the kitchen steward's words by the door, Zhou Duyi changed his posture and folded his hands, as if waiting to watch a show.

Shen Xi also blinked his eyes, and said in his heart, it really is a rich family, and it is about to start fighting just after entering the door.

"Okay." Shen Xi is not stage fright, he may not be able to compare with others, but he has never been afraid of cooking, "Compare to what."

Seeing that Shen Xi was willing to take on the challenge, the two chefs looked at each other, and proposed the dishes they had thought up early in the morning: "From tomorrow onwards, the Zhao family will have to go door-to-door to give birthday gifts to the clansmen, why don't we do it better than this?" Longevity noodles?"

Shen Xi had no objection, nodded in response: "Okay."

The two chefs were overjoyed: "Then this is the beginning."

Zhou Du's eyes were on the two chefs all the time, and seeing Shen Xi's quick response, they had a smug look on their faces, and suddenly said: "Wait a minute."

Shen Xi turned around and looked at Zhou Du in surprise, not knowing what he was going to do with his voice.

After the two chefs were stunned for a while, they narrowed their eyes slightly, and said with a hint of disdain in their tone: "Why, don't dare to compare?"

Zhou Du looked at them calmly: "There is nothing I dare not compare."

"Then what are you waiting for?" The two chefs looked anxious.

Zhou Du glanced around the kitchen, seeing that it was a group of people who were watching the fun, and said, "It's too monotonous to just compete like this, why don't you place a bet."

"Bet?" The two chefs were taken aback, but quickly realized that this is a good opportunity to make a fortune, "Okay, each of us will pay one tael of silver, if we lose, you will get two taels of silver, otherwise You have to pay us two taels of silver."

"Yes," Zhou Du said without any problem, looking at Shen Xi, "but I have a condition, if you lose, you have to take the initiative to fight him."

"No problem," the two chefs agreed readily, and quickly revealed their true nature, "But if you lose, you won't be able to stay in the Zhao residence."

Shen Xi hurriedly said: "It's natural, if I'm inferior to others, I don't have the face to stay here any longer, I will explain it to Butler Zhao and leave on my own."

When the two chefs saw Shen Xi being so forthright, their depression disappeared, and they immediately said: "Then don't waste time, start now, please."

After all, the chef in charge of the kitchen asked someone to clean up a stove for Shen Xi.

Shen Xi was picking ingredients, but Zhou Du didn't see anyone helping, so he walked over and asked, "Do you need help?"

Shen Xi grabbed a handful of flour in the flour bag and kneaded it. Hearing Zhou Du's question, he shook his head, "No, just sit down."

Since he didn't need help, Zhou Du didn't force himself, and stood aside to watch the battle silently.

When Shen Xi was picking flour, the chef over there had already started kneading noodles.

Shen Xi picked out all the flour in the kitchen, maybe he didn't find something he was satisfied with, so he frowned slightly, then turned back to pick a bag of flour that he had kneaded for a long time, took a few eggs, and went back to On the stove, beat the egg whites into the flour and mix slowly.

He is still kneading the dough, but the chefs on the opposite side cooperate very well. One chef has already made the dough, spreads the dough on the chopping board, spreads the dough with a rolling pin, rolls it into a dough, folds it in half and cuts it into noodles shape.

The other chef was cooking some secret sauce with a small stove, and even put the seasoning behind his back.

After the noodles are cut, boil them one by one under water. After boiling, add cold water to boil again, pick up, put cooked oil in the noodles, add garlic water, secret sauce, sesame paste, cooked oil chili and various After the seasoning is mixed well, push it in front of people.

"Sweet water noodles, please taste."

At this time, Shen Xi had just finished kneading the dough, so he moved in a calm and unhurried manner, and found a piece of white cloth to cover the dough to wake up the dough.

Everyone in the kitchen consciously took a pair of bowls and chopsticks, and picked the sweet water noodles of the two chefs to taste.

Zhou Du took two sets of bowls and chopsticks over, filled some noodles for himself and Shen Xi, and brought them over to taste.

Before he could enter the mouth, the servants who had tasted it before were already amazed.

"good to eat!"

"smell good!"

"This side is perfect!"

“I have never had such delicious noodles!”

Zhou Du pursed his lips, picked up the noodles in the bowl, and took a bite.

The taste was indeed okay, tasty, but I always felt that there was something missing. The lack of taste immediately made Zhou Du lose interest in this bowl of noodles. After taking a bite, he didn't touch it anymore.

On the contrary, Shen Xi hugged the bowl of sweet water noodles that Zhou Du served him and ate with relish: "It's really delicious."

Zhou Du squinted his eyes slightly when he saw him, and said silently: "Nothing."

The others didn't hear Zhou Du's words, but they all heard Shen Xi's words. A servant wiped his mouth after eating, and said proudly: "That's right, our Chef Zhang was the best noodle maker in Anyang Town back then, sir. But it took a lot of effort to dig him into the mansion."

The servant took one, and he didn't forget to hold the other: "Of course, Chef Zhu's sauce is also excellent. This noodle is so delicious with this sauce. The world is delicious like this."

His words amused the two chefs, and they waved their hands and said: "Xiao Zhang, you are exaggerating, no, no, there are still many delicacies in the world, so we can't generalize."

Xiao Zhang said with a smile: "That is also a unique feature of our Anyang Town. I still remember when I was a child, I stood on the side of the street and cried because I couldn't get a bowl of noodles from Master Zhang."

Chef Zhang obviously recalled that time, and then said modestly: "It's all in the past, don't mention it, now it's good to be able to make noodles for the big guys occasionally in the Zhao Mansion."

Shen Xi held the noodle bowl, ate while listening, and nodded in agreement from time to time.

Chef Zhang was also happy to see him like this, and said with a smile: "Little baby, it doesn't matter if you lose, after all, I am so much older than you, and I have cooked more rice than you have eaten, so it doesn't matter if I lose." Shame."

Shen Xi dipped the last bit of seasoning on the bottom of the bowl with noodles, swallowed it slowly, and nodded vigorously to Chef Chao Zhang: "Yeah."

The smile on the corners of Chef Zhang's eyes deepened with joy.

"I'm done," Shen Xi put down the bowl, burped lightly, rolled up his sleeves little by little, revealing his white and slender left wrist and right wrist wrapped with a blue ribbon, and smiled: " It's my turn to play."

"Courage is commendable!" Chef Zhang gave Shen Xi a thumbs up. He knew that he had lost, but he still had to go to the competition, because of his character of facing up to difficulties, he will definitely have great achievements in the future.

Now, it's a little bit worse.

Chef Chen Xi Chaozhang smiled: "After all, I'm still young, if I can't even bear this setback, how can I mess around in this business in the future."

Chef Zhang nodded in agreement: "That's right."

Shen Xi uncovered the white cloth used to wake up the dough, poked the woken dough with his fingers, rolled his eyes with a satisfied smile, then took out a kind of fluffy ash similar to flour from the seasoning bag he brought, and sprinkled it evenly on the dough chopping board.

"What is he doing?"

"Because you're about to lose, you gave up on yourself?"

"That can't be a waste of flour, how many people outside can't eat."

"It's also possible that embarrassment has turned into anger. After all, the young man can't hold his breath, and he doesn't have much flour. Let him vent."

There were unfavorable voices from around, Shen Xi was still smiling, as if he was not affected at all, after spreading the ashes, he took out the dough, put it on the flour, and started to slip.

Others didn't know what Shen Xi was going to do, but Zhou Du saw a little way from his actions, and there was a little look of expectation in his eyes.

Sure enough, at the next moment, after Shen Xi slid the dough into strips, he grabbed both ends of the dough, applied force evenly, shaking up and down, crossing repeatedly, stretching and pulling.

His movements are smooth and natural, and the dough in his hands changes according to his wishes. In addition, he is well-mannered, and his smile is bright and dazzling, bringing people a visual feast.

The mocking voices around gradually fell silent, no one spoke anymore, and they all concentrated on watching Shen Xi's performance.

Yes.

Performance.

Although Shen Xi's actions were of such importance, no one except Zhou Du took him seriously.

No matter how good the dough is, it cannot be eaten face to face.

bells and whistles.

However, soon, Shen Xi began to change his movements.After the dough in his hands was slipped and lengthened, he put the strips on the table, pressed the strips with both hands, with the left hand facing in and the right hand facing outwards, rubbing the strips vigorously, lifting the sides of the noodles, pinching and stretching them continuously, repeatedly placing them on the chopping board, and folding them in half. Sprinkle the ash on the chopping board to prevent the noodles from sticking together, then fold the dough in two hands in half.

At this moment, Shen Xi paused, took a breath, and then took another deep breath.

No one else responded, but Zhou Du's heart tightened, and his casual standing posture was slightly straightened.

After Shen Xi folded the noodles in his hand, he stretched them out again, and with a shake, the noodles that were thick noodles just now spread out in his hands, turning into strands of uniform thickness.

It is thinner than noodles pressed with a roller.

"Magic!"

"This is a trick!"

"How did it come out!"

"It's unbelievable, just pulling it twice like this can make noodles?!"

With a "wow", all the people in the kitchen who were mocking Shen Xi just now all came to Shen Xi to see if the silk was real.

When they finally found out that it was true, all of them had expressions of astonishment on their faces.

They never knew that there is such a magical method in the world that can turn dough into noodles, but today it was an eye-opener.

Seeing that the people who had surrounded him and praised him just now gathered around Shen Xi, the smile on Chef Zhang's face couldn't be suppressed, he pushed aside the crowd and came in front of Shen Xi, asking in embarrassment. : "Are you a descendant of the Lu sect?"

Shen Xi directly denied it: "No."

"Then how did you learn Longxu noodles?" Chef Zhang was surprised. He had never seen Longxu noodles before, but he had only heard a few words from others, otherwise he would have stopped when Shen Xi started ramen noodles.

Shen Xi uttered two words that made Chef Zhang want to vomit blood: "Teach yourself."

Chef Zhang looked disbelieving: "I heard that this stretched noodles are as thin as a hair, can be threaded through a needle, melt in water, and burn instantly when ignited. I wonder how many layers you have made?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Zhang, who had just praised him with a smile on his face, came over with a needle and a fire, and poured a glass of water from a teacup by the way.

Chef Zhang: "..."

Xiao Zhang took a bit of flour, quickly passed the needle through the needle, and exclaimed: "You can really thread the needle!"

Chef Zhang: "..."

After finishing speaking, he threw another ball of flour into the teacup, and continued to exclaim: "It really melts in water!"

Chef Zhang: "..."

Then he cut a little bit of flour and put it on the fire, and exclaimed directly: "It really ignites and burns!"

Chef Zhang: "..."

Chef Zhang's face became darker every time, but Xiao Zhang acted as if he couldn't see it, and said excitedly: "Master Zhang, he can do what you say!"

Chef Zhang was too depressed to talk.

Shen Xi ignored the crowd, and looked at Zhou Du who was standing behind the crowd. Zhou Du was tall, and standing behind was also an existence of Jueqi.

Seeing Shen Xi looking at him, Zhou Du nodded slightly at him, expressing his approval.

Shen Xi smiled, this time from the bottom of his heart, for a moment, Zhou Du felt that the surrounding sunlight dimmed.

"It's not ready yet," Shen Xi raised his hand and waved away the crowd, "This is just ramen, and it has to be made into noodles."

Just pulling a noodle is so amazing, one can imagine the taste of making it.

Without Shen Xi's instructions, everyone took the initiative to help Shen Xi clean up the chopping board, and retreated to the side to wait silently.

Due to time constraints, Shen Xi didn't make it too complicated. He simply made noodles with green onion and dragon beard in clear soup, which was as simple as the servants themselves, without any concealment.

But I don't know what's going on, the taste of the noodles made by Shenxi is better than the one made by himself, the noodles are fragrant and silky in the mouth, and the toughness is chewy.

"too delicious!"

"This taste is so fragrant!"

"Hey, what a strong and flavorful noodle!"

"If I can eat such a bowl of noodles in my life, I will be willing to do anything!"

Zhou Du picked up the first bowl of noodles that Shen Xi specially served for him, tasted it, it was rich in fragrance, smooth in the mouth, and the aftertaste still lingered after eating.

Zhou Du lowered his eyes, this time the taste was right.

A bowl of noodles made him eat it slowly without saying a word.

That little Zhang wolfed down a bowl of noodles, then went to add another bowl to the pot, and even drank the soup cleanly, supported his stuffed belly and said: "This is not delicious in the world, it is simply eaten by gods." ! Once you eat it like this, you can remember it for a lifetime!"

Everyone else in the kitchen nodded in unison: "That's right!"

Chef Zhang was eating happily while holding a bowl, when he suddenly felt angina, took another two mouthfuls of noodles to suppress his shock, and hid behind the crowd.

But he still didn't escape Zhou Du's gaze.

Zhou Du's eyes followed him closely: "I would like to admit defeat."

"Admit defeat, admit defeat, admit defeat." Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Chef Zhang didn't dare to renege on his debt, and honestly took out two taels of silver.

"It's better if you buy one for two taels of silver and don't use your age to teach you a lesson." Zhou Du took the money and handed it to Shen Xi casually.

Seeing that Zhou Du gave him two liang of silver, and the silver in the palm of his hand was hot, Shen Xi thought about it and accepted it.

After such a fuss, the two chefs stopped looking for trouble and honestly helped Shen Xi. Others in the kitchen were also impressed by Shen Xi's superb cooking skills and were willing to listen to him.

For a time, the efficiency in the kitchen reached an unprecedented high.

Shen Xi had already thought about what to do with the birthday noodles sent out.

It’s really too troublesome to deliver birthday noodles, door to door. It’s better to say that if you are closer, you can eat warm ones. If you are a little farther away, not only the noodles are cold, but also lumpy. Stomach resentment.

So Shen Xi planned to use the pulled out dragon beard noodles to make silver thread rolled noodles, so that no matter how far or near, the ones he received would be the same, and it would be fair to everyone.

The delivery will start tomorrow, and the silver thread rolls will be steamed tonight. After eating, everyone is working in the kitchen in full swing.

Zhou Du couldn't help at all, so he found some cleaned bones in the kitchen and threw them to the bean buns, letting them chew and play by themselves, while he found a place by himself and started to catch up on sleep.

When he woke up again, Shen Xi was the only one left in the kitchen, the rest of the people had gone, the bright moon was hanging high outside the window, and the moonlight was shining all over the place.

Even Bean Bao fell asleep beside it, and Shen Xi was still busy in the kitchen.

Zhou Du frowned: "Aren't you tired?"

Shen Xi didn't know what he was doing, when he heard Zhou Du's voice, he was obviously startled, turned around, his face turned pale: "Don't be exhausted, I was scared to death by you first."

Zhou Du just woke up, his face was still slightly tired, he rubbed his eyes, and asked, "What are you doing?"

Shen Xi came over with a pair of bowls and chopsticks, took a noodle from the bowl and brought it to Zhou Du's lips: "Try it."

Zhou Du's consciousness was still a little fuzzy at this moment, he subconsciously bit something on his lips, and only after he bit it did he realize something was wrong, but the thing had already entered his mouth, regretting it would not help.

"This is..." Zhou Du chewed a few times, the taste of the noodles came out in his mouth, and he immediately felt so familiar, he looked down at the noodles in Shenxi's bowl.

It really was the sweet water noodles made by the two chefs during the day.

"You did it?" Zhou Du asked after he realized it.

Shen Xi nodded.

Zhou Du carefully savored the taste just now, and it was almost exactly the same as the sweet water noodle tasted during the day.

Just as Zhou Du was about to speak, he felt something was wrong, the sweet water noodles during the day were not as good.

So, Shenxi not only reproduced other people's formula, but also improved it?

Zhou Du raised his eyebrows: "How do you know their formula?"

"Well," Shen Xi licked his lips, "Taste it and you'll know."

"Nine taels of brown sugar, 11 taels of soybean paste, one tael of ginger slices, a little green onion, cinnamon bark, star anise, fragrant leaves, and white cardamom."

Zhou Du glanced at his pink and tender tongue, and suddenly felt that it was very unfair when Nu Wa created humans, why his tongue was different from Shen Xi's.

Shen Xi looked at Zhou Du and said: "Although the sweet water noodles they make taste not bad, I always feel that something is missing."

Zhou Du nodded, he also noticed it when he tasted it.

"So after they all left, I stayed and tried to make some adjustments myself. Guess what's missing?" Shen Xi's eyes were shining, like a lake full of stars, really beautiful.

Zhou Du's throat tightened: "What's missing?"

"Huamei," Shen Xi's lips curled up, like a triumphant deer, "I didn't expect it to be Huamei."

Zhou Du followed his words and said, "Well, I didn't expect that."

If only he could think of a ghost.

Shen Xi put the bowl in front of Zhou Du: "Try it again and see if it tastes better than the one during the day."

Zhou Du took the bowl, and during the movement, he accidentally pulled the wolf rope on his wrist, almost waking the wolf cub.

"Shh, let's be quiet, don't disturb it." Shen Xi was so frightened that his breath was light, and his voice was suppressed and suppressed.

Zhou Du didn't know what happened to himself tonight, he let go of the rope in his hand, his throat was slightly itchy, and he said lightly: "Okay."

The two squatted under the window, each of them ate a bowl of sweet water noodles with the new formula, and Shen Xi also quietly took the Huadiao wine that was cooked in the kitchen to drink with Zhou Du.

"The wine in this big family's house is different." Shen Xi took a sip and looked at the jug, and said in a low voice, "Any jar of wine for cooking is actually a 14-year-old Huadiao."

Zhou Du is a year when he can't drink alcohol, but he feels that Shen Xi's energy is too strong, often he is cooking when he sleeps, and he is still cooking when he wakes up, as if he never gets tired.

He asked again: "Aren't you tired after being so busy all day?"

"Tired," Shen Xi poured himself another glass of wine, raised his arm, and complained with a frown, "I can't even lift my arm after pulling the dragon beard noodles all day."

Zhou Du frowned: "Don't go to rest yet."

"Wait," Shen Xi bit the wine glass in his hand, didn't bother to raise his hand, and just swallowed it all, "I'll go to sleep after I finish drinking this jar of wine."

"It's because I'm so tired, I have to drink some wine to numb it." After speaking, he repeated his tricks.

Zhou Du couldn't stand it anymore, took his wine glass, poured it for him, and fed it to him himself.

Shen Xi raised his eyes to look at Zhou Du, with a bit of drunkenness on his face, he muttered: "You are so kind."

The next day, when Zhou Du woke up, it was already bright outside the house. After washing up, he went to the kitchen, and the kitchen was back to the bustling atmosphere of yesterday.

Even busier than yesterday.

There are people coming in and out, and there is not even a place to step down.

Shen Xi didn't know when he got up, the steamer with silver silk rolls beside him was already piled up like a mountain, it was left over from people constantly taking them out for steaming.

Zhou Du looked at his constantly moving shoulders, he was so tired last night that he couldn't lift them up, but today he was able to work like a normal person, I really don't know where his perseverance came from.

"Zhoudu."

Zhou Du watched it for a while, and was about to step out of the kitchen. He was not in the way here, and Shen Xi's voice calling him sounded.

Zhou Du paused: "Is there something wrong?"

"I'll heat your breakfast in that steamer for you, and you can take it yourself," Shen Xi raised his chin at Zhou Du in his busy schedule, and said, "Also, I put the breakfast of bean buns under that chopping board, remember to feed it it."

Following his gaze, Zhou Du took out the breakfast for him and the bean buns, feeling sullen for no reason, and said angrily, "You should take care of yourself."

"What's wrong?" Shen Xi sniffed, looked at Zhou Du's leaving back, and muttered, "Didn't you go well last night?"

Shen Xi really couldn't understand Zhou Du who was hot and cold, shook his head, and continued to struggle with his dragon beard noodles.

After Zhou Du had breakfast in the room, he fed the bean buns according to Shen Xi's instructions.

Before last night, he never felt that cooking was a very tiring task, but when he saw Shen Xi who had to get up and busy every day before dawn, and couldn't rest until late at night, he realized that cooking was also a task. Tiring thing.

But this kid is too resistant, he won't confide in his heart unless he is exhausted to the extreme.

Zhou Du closed his eyes, saw that the bean bun had gnawed all the bones, and raised his head again to beg for food, so he kicked it: "Eat less and reduce burden."

"Ow~" Doubao groaned in confusion, not quite sure why he made Zhou Du unhappy again.

Baskets of silver wire rolls were sent out from the kitchen, and more and more satisfaction was returned.

Zhao Rong got two compliments in front of the host's family, not only was he more satisfied with Shen Xi, but he also raised the importance of this birthday banquet to a higher degree.

After pulling the dragon beard noodles for three days, Shen Xi and Zhou Du felt sick to their stomachs when they saw the dragon beard noodles.

This afternoon, after finally taking a break, another kid in red came to the kitchen.

"Excuse me, is this the silver thread roll made by you here?" The child is about ten years old, born white and tender, wearing pomegranate red clothes, looking very cute.

Zhou Du glanced at him: "No."

"But I asked around in the mansion, and they all said that it was made here." The child was a little afraid of Zhou Du's indifference, but he still boldly said again.

"Then you asked the wrong person." Zhou Du lowered his eyes, picked the vegetables in his hands, and lied without blinking.

The child was dubious: "Really?"

Zhou Du gave a "hmm" and stopped answering.

Just when the child was about to cry or not and was about to leave, Shen Xi, who was sitting beside peeling beans, said, "Child, do you want to eat silver rolls?"

"No," the child shook his head blankly, and said with a little embarrassment, "I want to see how it is made. I heard people say that the noodles become thinner when they are pulled."

"Oh," Shen Xi understood, it was out of curiosity.

He put down the beans and squeezed his sore arm: "Come with me, I will do it."

The child's eyes lit up.

Zhou Du glanced at Shen Xi coldly: "You don't want your hands anymore?"

"It's okay," Shen Xi waved his hands to Zhou Du, "I've been doing this for three days in a row, and I've gotten used to it long ago."

Seeing that they didn't speak, Zhou Du's expression darkened.

Fortunately, children are just curious, Shen Xi used it once, and after seeing it, he ran away with a smile.

Shen Xi looked at his running back and smiled.

Zhou Du snorted softly and asked, "Do you like children very much?"

Shen Xi neither nodded nor shook his head, and replied: "I don't hate it."

"I hate it." Zhou Du said abruptly after picking the last vegetable in the basket.

Shen Xi leaned over and asked curiously: "I remember you said that I was also a child, so do you hate me?"

Zhou Du's eyes fixed on his face for a moment, his eyes turned around on the red mole at the end of his eyes, and he lowered his eyes.

Just when Shen Xi thought Zhou Du would not answer, he replied in a deep voice: "I don't hate it."

Shen Xi's heart trembled, not hating means liking, wouldn't liking mean pleasing, sure enough, he is pleasing to me.

For a moment, Shen Xi couldn't explain why when he heard this sentence, he was very happy, humming a little tune in a good mood and went into the kitchen to start preparing for tomorrow's banquet.

Zhou Du raised his eyebrows as he looked at his excitement.

After sending birthday gifts, it's time to celebrate birthdays.

Although eighty tables were set up for the Zhao family's birthday banquet, there were many servants in the Zhao family, and the dishes for the banquet were common. The servants Shen Xi sorted out the ingredients, and two chefs helped him. Shen Xi just prepared the dishes. The plan was good, so it was obviously the most tiring birthday party, but Shen Xi rarely felt relaxed.

There was an endless stream of people coming outside to celebrate birthdays, and the sound of applause from the front yard could be heard in the kitchen. Shen Xi stirred up the dishes in the pot from time to time, then looked up at Zhou Du who was standing aside, and said, "You If you want to feel bored, why not go to the front yard and listen to a play?"

Zhou Du shook his head: "Not interested."

Shen Xi smiled: "Why are you like me? I'm not used to listening to opera, and I doze off when I listen to it."

As he spoke, there was another deafening applause from outside.

Shen Xi shrank his neck in fright, seeing that there was no one in the kitchen, and many of the servants were lazy and went to the front hall to watch a play quietly.Hooked Zhou Du: "Come here."

Zhou Du walked over: "What are you doing?"

"Here," Shen Xi picked out a piece of meat from the pot, and brought it to Zhou Du's lips.

Zhou Du watched him without opening his mouth.

"Ah," Shen Xi signaled him to open his mouth, "Hurry up, it won't be good if you are seen later."

Only then did Zhou Du reluctantly open his mouth to swallow the piece of meat in his hand.

The bean bag was at Zhoudu's feet. Seeing that Shen Xi had already fed Zhoudu, he also opened his mouth and waited to be fed.

Who knew that after Shen Xi turned around, he never turned back, as if he didn't see it at all.

Unconvinced, Doubao ran over and bit Shen Xi's trouser leg. Shen Xi looked down at it, as if he understood something, and was about to pick another piece of meat from the pot, when Zhao Rong rushed in from outside.

Shen Xi immediately stopped his actions, and even Zhou Du slowly swallowed the chews in his mouth, pursing his lips.

Shen Xi asked with a guilty conscience: "Is there anything for Housekeeper Zhao?"

Zhao Rong didn't notice Shen Xi's small movements, and said the matter eagerly: "Isn't the highlight of this birthday banquet the goat outside? Originally, we found a Miao who could take goat blood. Who knew it would be his turn?" When he came on stage, he said he had something to do at home and left, and now that the stage is set up, he is waiting for the opera to come to an end to perform and collect sheep’s blood, where can we find someone when he leaves.”

Goat blood is not like ordinary sheep blood, it coagulates extremely fast, and the blood is the heart blood, the rest of the blood is the best, but if the rest of the blood has been coagulated, it is second-class, and the blood of the slaughtered sheep is not usable.

Therefore, taking sheep's blood is also a technical job, and a skilled person must be found, especially on such a big occasion today. Losing a goat is not a big deal, but losing face is a big deal.

Both Zhou Du and Shen Xi nodded in understanding.

Earlier when the Zhao family paid a high price to find a goat to celebrate their birthday, rumors had already been released. Presumably, many of the people who came to celebrate their birthday today came to see the highlight of the goat's blood harvesting.

Zhou Du sighed in his heart, it's a pity that they will be disappointed.

Zhao Rong was pacing anxiously, Shen Xi filled up the copied dishes in the pot, and said calmly: "I will."

Zhao Rong said without thinking: "What do you know?"

Shen Xi followed up and said: "I will take sheep's blood."

Now not only did Zhao Rong change his gaze, even Zhou Du looked at him with a little surprise.

"My uncle is a doctor, and I followed him to Miao Village to learn how to harvest live sheep's blood for a period of time."

Before Shen Xi finished explaining, Zhao Rong hurried forward to grab Shen Xi's hand: "Come on, come with me to the front hall."

Zhou Du pulled Shen Xi's hand quickly, and hid his whole body behind him, leaving Zhao Rong in vain.

Zhao Rong was startled, and looked at Zhou Du incomprehensibly: "Young man, what are you doing?"

Zhou Du looked down at him and asked, "How much money do you need to hire a Miao man?"

Zhao Rong said without hesitation: "Two Liang."

Zhou Du looked at him, and continued: "My child is still young, so I can't suffer. You only gave money for cooking, but you didn't give money for killing sheep or getting blood from sheep."

Zhao Rong slapped his head and understood: "Here, I will give you two taels of silver to get sheep's blood money."

"Also," Zhou Du continued calmly: "My child has just turned eighteen, and the fortune teller said that he should not see blood this year. If the blood is broken, it will be bad for his future fortune."

"Here, tell me the number." In this critical situation, Zhao Rong couldn't find anyone else for a while, even if he saw that Zhou Du was sitting on the ground and raising the price, he had no other way to get the money in front of him. It couldn't be better.

"Twelve taels." Zhou Du turned his head and looked at Shen Xi, after all, the Zhao family is a big family in Anyang Town, and their behavior is not too overbearing, so it's better not to offend people too much.

Zhao Rong was relieved to hear that it was only ten taels of silver. It is indeed expensive to spend ten taels of silver to get the blood of the head sheep. , and too worth it.

Without further ado, he agreed: "Okay."

Zhou Du didn't let him go until he saw the silver, so Zhao Rong had to go back to get the silver.

Shen Xi came out from behind Zhou Du, and looked at Zhou Du with admiration: "It's amazing, I made an extra ten taels easily, and it's the same price as me for a table."

Being praised by Shen Xi, Zhou Du didn't have any expression on his face, looked at him, and said again: "I'm not like you, I only earn money that is thankless."

In Shenxi's eyes