I was a hunter in ancient times

Zhou Du stretched out his index finger and brushed Shen Xi's forehead, and didn't answer his question, but said lightly: "Go home."

"Good." Shen Xi bowed down again, quickly washed out the wild vegetables soaked in the stream, put them into a corner of the laundry tub, and followed Zhou Du with the laundry tub in the direction of home.

Zhou Du glanced lightly at the leaves of wild vegetables he put in the washtub, and thought they looked familiar, but he couldn't remember what they were for a moment, so he asked Shen Xi, "What wild vegetables did you pick?"

Shen Xi hid aside with the hand holding the washtub, and said a little mysteriously: "Secret."

Zhou Du twitched the corner of his lips slightly, what kind of secret could there be if he ate wild vegetables, but since Shen Xi said so, he didn't ask, and he would know when he ate it.

The two of them leaned together, talking and laughing as they walked home, attracting the attention of many people in the village.

Taoyuan Village is not big, and in just this moment, the talented Aunt Liu spread the word that the young couple is happy to the whole village.

At this time, everyone witnessed the scene of their affection, and the jealous new daughter-in-law couldn't help but poke the dull husband beside her, and reminded him round the corner: "Look at him, and then look at you."

The husband who doesn't understand the wind, flowers, snow and moon, is reminded that he still doesn't know what to do. He just raises an honest and honest face and smiles at his wife: "Daughter-in-law, I will work hard to earn money, and I will go to the market to give it to you in two days." You buy a chicken to eat."

"Who told you to eat chicken?" The new daughter-in-law rolled her eyes and complained that her husband didn't know how to style, but she was worried that her husband was tired, so she took out a handkerchief from her bosom to wipe her husband beside her. Khan, seeing her husband with such a bright smile on his face, he would laugh and curse: "Stupid!"

When they got home, Doubao had already put away their prey and was waiting for them. Now that there was enough time, Shen Xi didn't intend to delay any longer. He decided to make what he wanted to make tonight. It happened to be Chinese New Year, and it would be fun for everyone to eat together.

As soon as he got home, Shen Xi spread out in the kitchen by himself, put on an apron, and circled around his stove.

Although Zhou Du didn't know what he was going to do, and he walked around without incident, he followed into the kitchen and asked Shen Xi, "Is there anything I can help with?"

The things to do today are quite complicated, Shenxi looked around and found no easy work that is more suitable for Zhou Du, shook his head and said: "No, you are tired from hunting in the mountains, go outside for a rest, I will be fine soon."

Zhou Du didn't listen to Shen Xi's words, his eyes turned around in the kitchen, and saw that Shen Xi had brought out a lot of garlic and peppers, he walked over to pick up a piece of garlic that hadn't been peeled from the chopping board and said, "I'll help you Peel the garlic."

Without waiting for Shen Xi to say that he didn't need it, he said again: "Although hunting is tiring, it's not one-tenth as tiring as cooking. I also want to help you share some of it."

Shenxi's heart is full of Zhou Du's words. Zhou Du is different from others. After they get married, they just get by, but Zhou Du seems to treat him better than before they got married.

He raised his eyes shining with galaxies, and said with a smile on his face: "No, you are not familiar with the kitchen, I can do it myself."

Zhou Du stared at the stars in his eyes, and then smiled: "There is no rule that family life should be clearly defined, what should be done by one person, and what should be done by the other. Marriage and family have always been two people interacting with each other. Support can go a long way.”

As Zhou Du said, he raised the garlic in his hand, slowly opened it, and used his well-knit hands to tear off the outer garlic skin one by one: "It's like cooking, I really don't know how to do it, but I have hands, I can learn slowly, our days will be long in the future, I don't want you to think that I am with you, I am partnering with you, but I really want to work hard with you in the future every day."

Before meeting Shen Xi, Zhou Du felt that he had wasted 27 years, because he felt that living in this world was meaningless, and he was waiting for death every day.

But after meeting Shen Xi, Zhou Du suddenly felt that every day was so beautiful, even if it was just an ordinary day, it would make people feel happy and fulfilled.

He understands that this kind of psychological and physical satisfaction comes from Shen Xi, so he also wants to give Shen Xi such a sense of happiness and satisfaction.

He is indeed cold by nature, not only annoying, but also knows nothing, but he is not born with this appearance, he can also change and learn slowly.

He cherishes and values ​​this hard-won relationship, so he doesn't want to waste the rest of his life just to get by. He wants to lead Shenxi to live the life that is called life, instead of waiting step by step again Time makes people old.

Zhou Du peeled off a piece of garlic, looked at the young man standing beside him who was full of satisfaction, and thought to himself, it was because of Shen Xi's appearance that he felt that every day in the future was worth managing, Fang lived up to his good time.

Shen Xi's eyes were reddened by Zhou Du's words, he rubbed his eyes with the back of his hand, and scolded: "You hate me, you made me cry!"

Zhou Du leaned over and kissed him lightly on the corner of his lips, and coaxed: "I'm not afraid that you'll spare me my clumsy hands, kick me out of the kitchen, and prevent me from learning your unique skills."

Shen Xi couldn't help being amused by Zhou Du again: "As long as you are good at other things besides drawing the bow, if you want to learn my craft, at least I have to teach it for 100 years. I'm not afraid of you stealing it. study."

While speaking, Zhou Du had already peeled a piece of garlic, he followed Shen Xi's words and said: "Master Xiao Shen, the garlic is peeled, what should I do next?"

Shen Xi took a garlic mortar from the chopping board to Zhou Du, patted him on the back by the way, and said old-fashionedly: "Pound the garlic, apprentice Zhou."

Zhou Du took the garlic mortar without saying anything, put the peeled garlic in, and pounded it slowly.

Shen Xi had to admit that Zhou Du's words were reasonable. Cooking by one person is different from cooking by two. Not only is the body much more relaxed, but even his heart seems to be filled by people, and his whole body is full of aura. An endless amount of strength.

Shen Xi let go of his mind, stopped thinking about it, and went into cooking with all his strength.

The store he wants to open is all based on the seasoning, so the seasoning is the most important thing. Not only must the taste be excellent, but also his own characteristics must be added to it, so that no one can taste the recipe just by tasting it.

So the seasonings to be used are complicated and complicated. For this reason, he even went to Shen Mu's pharmacy, searched for a lot of medicinal materials that can be used for cooking in his pharmacy, and added them to Manchuria little by little according to his own ideas. Go in a pot full of seasoning.

All afternoon, Shen Xi was busy in the kitchen. Even though it was still slightly cold in early spring, his back was covered with sweat.

Zhou Du finished all the seasonings he asked for, and made him a cup of warm water: "Take a break?"

Shen Xi's hand holding the spatula didn't stop, but he still lowered his head and drank the water that Zhou Du poured for him: "No, now is the most critical time, you can't stop, you have to stir-fry the aroma of all the seasonings. OK."

Zhou Du saw that Shen Xi was sweating profusely from exhaustion, and he didn't wear a handkerchief. He raised his hand and used his sleeve to wipe the sweat off his forehead. With a crystal bead of sweat, she was slightly absent-minded.

The next moment, he couldn't help bowing his head and kissing away this lovely bead of sweat.

Zhou Du's sudden movement startled Shen Xi: "What are you doing?"

Zhou Du was also a little startled by his subconscious actions, wiped his lips with his fingertips, and said in a daze, "It's nothing."

Shen Xi looked at Zhou Du strangely, and knew that he was busy with his own affairs this afternoon, so he ignored him, and coaxed: "I'll come to accompany you when I finish frying these ingredients."

Zhou Du was about to nod his head, when all the spices in the pot were roasted, a strong choking smell of pepper came out, he didn't have time, and inhaled a lot into his stomach, making him cough.

Seeing that Zhou Du was coughing uncomfortably, Shen Xi said, "Go out quickly, the smell will become more and more choking."

Zhou Du covered his mouth and nose with his sleeve, and asked softly, "Ahem, cough, what about you?"

Shen Xi blinked and said with a smile: "I'm used to this smell, if you can't choke me, you should go out quickly."

Zhou Du waited for a while, and saw that he really didn't look like he had something to do, and the acrid smell in the kitchen was getting stronger and stronger, so he had no choice but to leave the kitchen first.

As soon as he got out of the kitchen and breathed in the fresh air, his blushing face gradually subsided, and only then did he feel alive.

Through the open window of the kitchen, Zhou Du looked at the busy figure inside, and couldn't help frowning, cooking was so hard.

It is even harder to earn money by cooking.

Zhou Du came out of the kitchen, Shen Xi became more brisk, and fried the ingredients in the pot a few times, then went to the cupboard where the bowls and chopsticks were placed to get the plates out, ready to scoop out some seasonings and taste the taste.

Unexpectedly, as soon as his hand touched the edge of the plate, it slipped, and all the dishes and chopsticks fell to the ground, making a crisp clanging sound.

When Zhou Du heard the sound coming from the kitchen, he didn't care whether it was choking or not, so he hurried in to check, only to see Shen Xi standing in front of the cabinet in a daze, staring at the broken dishes on the floor.

He walked over and asked softly, "What's wrong?"

Shen Xi smiled at him embarrassedly: "I accidentally broke the dishes."

Zhou Du didn't blame him, rolled up his sleeves, squatted down, and said to Shen Xi: "It's okay, I'll clean it up, you go and do your work."

Shen Xi nodded, looking at Zhou Du picking up the pieces of dishes with bare hands, he was still a little worried, so he handed him a rag and asked him to pick it up with his hands: "Be careful, don't prick your hands."

"No." Zhou Du took the rag, picked up the dishes that were not broken, and threw them into the basket for sundries.

Only then did Shen Xi feel relieved, shook his hands that were a little sore, took a new plate, took some seasoning from the pot, and dipped it with chopsticks to taste the taste.

After picking up the dishes, Zhou Du came over and asked, "How does it taste?"

Stir-frying this kind of aniseed food is not easier than usual, and it is normal to be unsure about the taste: "Leave less salt."

Shen Xi put down the dishes and chopsticks, added a handful of salt, tried the taste again and said with a satisfied smile: "Okay, I'll go and prepare all the dishes, and you can call my little uncle and them, you can eat."

I stayed in the kitchen all afternoon, helping Shen Xi to do this and that, I already knew what he was going to do, now I heard him say that it is ready to eat, nodded, and went out to call someone.

Gather everyone on the stone table in the courtyard of the Shen family.

Meng Sui was the most excited. There must be nothing interesting in Taoyuan Village. He took his wife for a walk around the village, then borrowed books from Shen Mu, and refused to leave the house for even half a step. .

Now he sees that Shen Xi has made something, no matter whether it is successful or not, the trip to this small mountain village is finally coming to an end.

Seeing that everyone was here, Shen Xi set up a stove on the stone table, and there was a big red cauldron on the road that was exuding fragrance, and smiled at Meng Sui who was in a hurry: "Wait a minute, when the pot boils, you can cook." The food is ready."

Eating hot pot is about an atmosphere, Meng Sui waved his hand at Shen Xi: "It's okay, it's okay, I'll make some seasoning first."

This antique soup is also available in the county, and it is fashionable in winter. Young masters like Meng Sui have tasted it before, and the process is very familiar.

He knows how to eat, and Shen Xi saved a lot of explanation, and served a bowl of chicken soup that he specially made for the pregnant Mrs. Meng, and apologized to her: "I'm a little too late today, so I only made this chicken soup." , I’ll cook some more dishes tomorrow when I’m free.”

Mrs. Meng is a generous woman, she smiled and took the chicken soup in Shenxi's bowl: "It's okay, this will be very good."

At this time, the pot was tumbling, Shen Xi poured some vegetables and meat down, and adjusted the bottom ingredients for everyone's bowls.

Zhou Du saw that he was busy all afternoon, and he would be busy even now, so he took the bowl from his hand and said, "I'll do it myself, you sit and rest for a while."

Shen Xi shook his head indifferently: "It's okay, the seasoning I made will taste better."

Meng Sui was extremely blank. Hearing what Shen Xi said, he hurriedly brought the bowl in his hand over: "That's a good relationship, you can help me adjust it."

Shen Xi took his bowl and quickly mixed the base ingredients for him.

Seeing the sharpness of his hands and feet, Meng Sui still felt a little pity: "You are in this line of business, and it would be a pity if you don't go to the county to open a big restaurant."

Before Shen Xi opened his mouth, Shen Mu who was beside him couldn't bear to look any longer, and said, "Eating still can't stop your mouth?"

Shen Mu was kind to Meng Jui, even though he didn't know what he said wrong, he still smiled nonchalantly, took a piece of meat from the pot and dipped it in his bowl of sauce: "Eat Eat, eat, just eat."

As he spoke, he took the lead in eating.

As soon as he took a sip, his eyes lit up, and he picked up another chopsticks of green vegetables in the pot, dipped them in the ingredients and tasted them, and he was full of praise: "This taste is amazing!"

Meng Sui praised while eating: "It's delicious, it's better than all the antique soups I've eaten, it's so satisfying!"

Shen Mu and the others are used to eating food made by Shen Xi in normal times, although the taste of this antique soup is good, it is not exaggerated to the point of Meng Sui.

Only Mrs. Meng saw Meng Sui like this, touched her big belly a little eagerly, wanted to try what kind of smell made her husband so excited, stretched out her chopsticks to touch the pot full of red, thinking of the pair of children in her belly, she decided to forget it .

Shen Mu, Li Yu, and Meng Sui had a good meal, and Qin Yi, who was on the side, watched for a long time, and reluctantly took a bite of the vegetables with his chopsticks.

After just one bite, he was so hot that he choked on the sidelines.

Shen Mu put down the dishes, poured him a glass of water, and explained to everyone with a smile: "He doesn't like spicy food very much."

Everyone expressed their understanding. After all, all the people here are people who have lived in the Sichuan and Sichuan regions all year round, and they all have the ability to eat spicy food. Qin Yi, a newcomer, still needs to practice.

Shen Xi looked at Qin Yi, and then at Mrs. Meng, feeling a little guilty, as if he didn't consider everyone well.

Zhou Du is also a person who can eat spicy food. He tasted the taste and it was really good. Whether it was the big ingredients in the pot or the bottom ingredients in the bowl, they were all very delicious. Spicy and delicious, the mouth was full of fluid, which was better than what he had tasted before. The taste of the hot pot is even better.

However, both the dishes and the thoughtfulness are still lacking.

Zhou Du saw that Shen Xi seemed to have noticed something, but he hadn't touched the key yet, so he stopped his chopsticks, and said inadvertently: "This spicy taste is very good, even if you eat it for a long time, you will get tired."

Shen Xi is a cook. When someone mentioned it, his eyes immediately lit up, and he immediately had an idea: "Today, I didn't think carefully, and I only thought about our family's taste. I will try a light taste tomorrow."

Meng Sui disagreed: "Spicy is good, I like spicy food, the more spicy the better, what's the point of being bland, it doesn't taste good in your mouth."

As soon as Shen Xi had some hope, Meng Sui gave him a chill.

Zhou Du wiped the oil stains on the corners of his lips with a handkerchief, and said bluntly: "It's so hot that my whole body is poisonous, my face is full of acne, and it's good to return to the previous appearance that everyone hated. At least your wife can rest assured."

Zhou Du's words hurt so much.

For a moment, everyone at the table, including Mrs. Meng, couldn't help laughing.

Meng Sui was not happy anymore, looked at his daughter-in-law, and asked aggrievedly: "It's fine for them to laugh, why are you laughing?"

Mrs. Meng said truthfully: "I also think that my husband's previous appearance is quite reassuring."

With Mrs. Meng's affirmation, everyone laughed even more happily now.After Shen Xi was disturbed like this, the unhappiness in his heart disappeared.

Zhou Du took the opportunity to say again: "But it's true, you can't take care of people who like spicy food if you only make light food, and you can't care for people who like light food if you only make spicy food. It feels like neither side is pleasing."

Shen Xi didn't think it was a difficult task, he raised his eyebrows and said: "What's the matter, divide this pot into two, put the spicy pot on one side and the clear pot on the other."

After hearing Shen Xi's thoughts, Meng Sui immediately clapped his hands and said: "This is good, this is good, so that my wife and I can eat antique soup together, and no one will be envious."

Shen Xi took advantage of the victory and chased after him: "Then I will try to make an antique soup with two flavors tomorrow, what do you think of today's spicy pot?"

Meng Sui will continue to grab food from the pot again. Hearing Shen Xi's question, he said without thinking: "The taste is delicious. If we open a store like this, as long as the taste is maintained, the business will be good." .”

This is agreed.

Shen Xi immediately burst into a smile, he had his reasons for choosing Meng Sui.

This Meng Sui seems to be unscrupulous, but in fact he is very popular, he is occasionally a little silly, and he is not annoying, not to mention his father is a county magistrate, and his relatives are also county magistrates, so he does not have to worry about food or people in the county. looking for trouble.

Backed by the official family, the business is easy to do, and he is not bad, he has read books and is proficient in arithmetic. With him around, he and Zhou Du can be at ease as shopkeepers in the background.

Meng Sui is not stupid, Shen Xi naturally has a reason for choosing him, and his uncle also said that he should build a good relationship with them, Shen Xi will take the initiative to attract him to do business, and the food business he does is not bad, as long as he puts his heart into it In business, making money should not be a problem. Even if you are not proficient in doing business for the first time, you should not lose much money.

He also weighed the pros and cons in his heart before agreeing.

Just like what the Shen family said, he is going to raise two children soon, and there is a fixed amount of money from his father, which is barely enough for him and his wife, and it will be difficult to drag two more children Now, it's time to start a career.

After Meng Sui agreed, he didn't hide from Shen Xi: "It's just that I don't have a lot of money on hand. Opening this store, can the initial capital be able to work?"

In Shen Xi's hands, Zhou Du gave him 300 taels of silver for selling bears, Qin Yi gave him 160 taels of change, and Zhou Du's dowry Shen Mu gave him back 100 taels without taking any money. He pondered for a moment and said: " I have 500 taels here, is it enough?"

Meng Sui was taken aback when Shen Xi said it out, Meng Sui felt that he was a young man anyway, he was richer than Shen Xi, a cook, who knew that Shen Xi would pay 500 taels for a move, which is a big deal.

"Enough is enough, I still have 200 taels in my hand, and 700 taels are enough to open a big restaurant in the county town. Our small shop, which is not too big or small, can do it!"

Meng Sui's foresight is still a bit short-sighted. From the very beginning, Shen Xi didn't plan to make small troubles. What he wanted was to earn enough money to prevent him from hunting in the mountains. Now, after hearing Meng Sui's words, the money is enough to start a family The restaurant got money, and immediately said: "Since the money is enough, we will make this restaurant the style of a restaurant, the bigger the better."

Meng Sui was completely startled: "Isn't it too risky to take such big steps as soon as you come up?"

Shen Xi thinks it's nothing: "There are two unavoidable situations in opening a store, one is success and the other is failure. The difference is that a small store has a small loss and a small profit, and a large store has a big loss and a big profit. If I lose money, I can completely die of this attachment, and if I earn money, it would be even better."

Meng Sui thought about it too, instead of opening a small shop and earning three melons and two dates every day, it's better to gamble big at once. If you lose money, everyone will quit this way as soon as possible.

The two of them were chattering on the sidelines, trying to show off their ambitions. The "elderly" trio on the table ate and listened silently, all smiling.

Young people are full of vigor, with a spirit of daring to try, a spirit of daring to fight, a longing for a better life in the future, and the courage not to be afraid of failure.

To put it bluntly, it is stupid.

Without going through the hardships of the world, you think everything is too good, and when you really put it into practice, you will know how difficult and hard the doorway is.

But none of the three of them interrupted their beautiful longing. They are young. Young people should have young people’s dreams. After all, there is no shortage of earners in the family. Let them go there. Worry.

While washing Qin Yi's dishes with clean water, Shen Mu encouraged him supportively: "Xiao Xi can do it at ease, if you don't have enough money, just ask uncle for it."

Qin Yi fought overseas for ten years, and saved a lot of money. Now all the money is in his hands, which is enough for Shen Xi to squander.

But Shen Xi shook his head: "Uncle, I'm from Zhoudu now, so I can no longer ask you for money. If I fail this time, you will add two pairs of chopsticks to your house in the future so that Zhoudu and I can't get along. As for starving to death."

Shen Xi has said so, how can Zhou Du not express his opinion: "I am here, and I will never let you have nothing to eat."

Shen Xi smiled at Zhou Du, suddenly thought of something, got up and went to the kitchen: "After talking for a long time, my good things haven't been brought out yet."

When he came out, he was holding the wild vegetables he had dug today. When Li Yu saw what was in his hands, he exclaimed, "Xiaoxi, where did you dig so much?"

"On the ridge by the stream." Shen Xi explained casually, and threw the cleaned wild vegetables in the basket into small bundles into the hot pot.

After it was cooked, he immediately picked up a bundle and put it in Zhoudu's bowl.

Zhou Du looked at the wild vegetables in the bowl that were boiled white and tender, and finally remembered what it was.

The famous Zheergen, also known as Houttuynia cordata.

He, who doesn't even eat the stems of vegetables, won't even touch a plant like this that is composed entirely of stems.

Shen Xi seemed not to know, and persuaded: "Take a bite, it's delicious."

Zhou Du glanced at the provocative smile on Shen Xi's face, counted that there were seven ears in this bundle, raised his eyebrows lightly, and ate them all.

作者有话要说：感谢在2021-02-1823:50:48~2021-02-1923:55:30期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angel who threw the mine: Ocean 1;

Thanks to the little angels who irrigate the nutrient solution: 5 bottles of Tututututututu and Dead Man's Silence; 1 bottle of Xia Chongbuyubing; Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!