I was a hunter in ancient times

Zhou Du's sea-like eyes haven't closed since the moment Shen Xi fell asleep.

He wanted to see what Shen Xi was hiding.

Under the dancing candlelight, Shen Xi's sleeping face is so peaceful and peaceful, her eyelashes are neatly attached to her face, her red lips are breathing slowly, she is sleeping deeply, as if everything is fine.

It was as if all the uneasiness and all the ailments were all imagined by Zhou Du himself, and nothing happened at all.

Zhou Du almost wondered if he was thinking too much, just when he half closed his heavy eyes and was about to fall asleep.

There was a slight sound of wind coming from outside the window, accompanied by the pattering spring rain, the dampness and stickiness seemed to cover the house with a layer of tarpaulin, dull and suffocating.

The person in his arms who was sleeping and breathing evenly suddenly became heavier, and his lying flat body suddenly curled up into a ball, his whole body trembling slightly, even the lips that breathed lightly trembled slightly.

If he hadn't closed his eyes tightly, he would have looked utterly terrified.

Zhou Du was awakened by this change, he stretched out his hand to pat Shen Xi's back, trying to comfort him.

Unexpectedly, before his hand touched his back, he kept muttering about the pain.

The sound was so small that if it wasn't for the silence in the room, Zhou Du might not have been able to hear it.

He withdrew the hand he had just stretched out and asked him in a low voice, "Where does it hurt?"

I don't know whether Shen Xi, who was in a nightmare, heard his question or murmured unconsciously, but he actually answered Zhou Du: "Hand...Hand hurts..."

Hearing his answer, Zhou Du's eyes naturally fell on the hand that was tightly guarded in front of him.

There is no abnormality in the left hand, and it is quietly grasping the hem of the clothes, but the right hand is obviously restless, not only the wrist is shaking slightly, but the fingertips that should be calm will also jump a few times from time to time.

It can be seen that the beating should be throbbing pain, because if there is no beating of the fingertips, Shen Xi's brows will frown.

This is a sign of extreme discomfort and pain.

Although Zhou Du had never seen Shen Xi use his right hand, he also noticed something was wrong at this moment.

Why does Shen Xi wear a ribbon in his right hand all the year round, even when he sleeps, he rarely puts it down?

Is he really left-handed?

As soon as these questions crossed his mind, he seemed to have an idea in his mind.

Before he could wake up Shen Xi to inquire, Shen Xi seemed to be frightened by something, and he woke up instantly, his whole body was startled into a cold sweat, panting slightly, and he calmed down for a while before settling down.

Just when he raised his hand to wipe his sweat, he finally found Zhou Du who had been observing for a long time.

"..."

Zhou Du watched with great interest as Shen Xi was so frightened that he remained motionless, his whole body seemed to be frozen, and his whole face was filled with various complex emotions such as shock and surprise.

The two looked at each other for a while, Zhou Du wanted to cheat him, so he strangled his slender right wrist, raised it to the two of them, and said softly: "Shen Xi, you can hide."

Shen Xi looked at the right hand held up by Zhou Du in front of him, he panicked, his left hand couldn't help pulling at the corner of his clothes, his face was full of panic after being caught: "I...I...I... "

I haven't uttered a complete sentence for a long time, Zhou Du still doesn't understand when he sees his flustered appearance.

Gently put down his hand, got up and poured him a glass of water: "Don't be surprised, the night is long, I have plenty of time to listen to you slowly and carefully."

Zhou Du handed him the water glass, sat on the edge of the bed leisurely, raised his eyebrows slightly, and waited patiently.

After having a nightmare in the middle of the night and sweating again, Shenxi, who was startled, held the water that Zhou Du poured for him, and drank several sips until he drank the water in the cup to the end, and his heart barely calmed down. .

Zhou Du waited for him to finish his drink, then thoughtfully stretched out his hand: "Do you want more?"

Shen Xi timidly returned the water glass to Zhou Du, and said in a low voice, "No more."

"Don't be afraid," Zhou Du put the water glass on the table beside him, and made a clear touch sound, like a drum beating on the heart, "I won't eat you again, take out what you have been hiding these days Come on, what are you afraid of?"

Obviously Zhou Du's voice was not mixed with any anger, it could even be said to be very calm.But for some reason, Shen Xi suddenly remembered Zhou Du's angry appearance when Dou Bao ran away from home.

Is it his turn now?

He secretly swallowed his saliva, swallowing it together with his fear.

Zhou Du has a lot of patience now, Shen Xi doesn't speak, he doesn't urge him, just spend it like this.

After exhausting and exhausting, Shen Xi finally couldn't exhaust himself anymore, and confessed his mistake: "I didn't mean to hide it from you."

Zhou Du tapped his fingertips lightly on his legs, and responded in a neutral voice: "Yes."

"I..." Shen Xi quietly raised his eyes to look at Zhou Du's expression, he didn't see any anger on his face, and calmed down a little, he said slowly, "I just think it's my own business, and it's all gone. It’s been so long, there’s no need to mention it anymore.”

Shen Xi squeezed the quilt, slowly lowered his eyes, stared at the patterns on the quilt, and did not move.

These days, he seemed to understand it all at once.

Since his parents didn't want him to learn how to cook, and now that his hands are useless, why should he bother, it's no big deal to spend a good time with Zhou Du.

The only thing is that I am a little sorry for my uncle. After all, he changed his surname to Shen to help my uncle pass on the Shen family.

Shen Xi's words were calm, but Zhou Du still heard something different: "But you are not happy, and you are not reconciled, right?"

Shen Xi closed his eyelashes tremblingly, of course he was not reconciled, for the past ten years he had always firmly believed that he could do it, he was young and talented, why couldn't he.

He always thought that the obstacle on his right hand was only temporary, but he never thought that this obstacle would eventually become a ravine that he would never be able to cross.

Age and talent are quite vulnerable in the face of this gully.

No matter how unwilling it is, it's better to accept the ordinary, he has already lost the same, and he can't lose Zhou Du again.

Zhou Du gently wiped away the non-existing tears in the corners of his eyes with his fingertips: "No matter what difficulties you encounter, I will accompany you through them."

"It's too late." Shen Xi slowly raised his right hand, constantly feeling the throbbing pain from his fingertips: "It's useless."

These days, he tried many things, but he couldn't stop the trembling, and he couldn't stop the pain.

The piercing pain was like the moment when it was crushed more than ten years ago, which he will never forget.

He thought that if he took good care of it, he would be fine, but in the end, it was not a waste of water from the bamboo basket, and everything returned to the original point.

Zhou Du looked at his right hand, raised his eyebrows, then took his hand without hesitation, gently grasped the trembling place, and passed on the temperature to him: "It's no big deal if you lose it, I'll be with you Just go to the doctor."

Shen Xi's eyes were empty, and his voice was slightly hoarse: "The doctor can't cure it."

"Why can't he be cured?" Zhou Du looked at his hand with his left hand, and didn't think it was difficult, "Your hand is not broken. Let's go to Shudu, go to Kyoto, and look for famous doctors all over the world. There will always be someone who can help you." You healed."

"It's useless." Shen Xi shook his head, "My little uncle was sent to the Imperial Hospital to study medicine since he was a child. He learned the most powerful medical skills in the world. Even he can't cure him. Who else can cure him."

Zhou Du didn't give up: "Since Daqing can't be cured, we will go overseas for treatment. I haven't told you about my hometown yet. My hometown has a kind of medical technique that can renew a broken hand. You haven't broken it yet." , it shouldn’t be difficult to cure.”

Shen Xi's eyes brightened slightly: "Is there really such a medical skill?"

Zhou Du nodded affirmatively: "It really is."

I just don't know if such an advanced doctor can be found in this era.

However, it is better to have hope than to have no hope. The world is so big, if you look for it with your heart, maybe you will find it?

Shen Xi collected himself, as if he was reminiscing Zhou Du's words.

Zhou Du patted him on the head: "Look, you thought it was a hopeless situation, but there is still a glimmer of hope. If you don't tell me, how can others help you get out."

Shen Xi lowered his head silently, not knowing what to think, until after a long time, he lifted the quilt and got up from the bed as if he had made some decision.

Open the closet, first find a key in an old clothes, and then take out the locked mahogany box from the layers of closets.

With trembling hands, he slowly opened the box that had not been opened for a long time with the key.

Zhou Du remained silent, waiting patiently for his next move.

Soon, the box was opened, and there was nothing precious inside, only a few books that had been there for an unknown period of time, some of which were only half burned.

Shen Xi took out the most up-to-date book and handed it to Zhou Du.

"This is..." Zhou Du took a look, isn't this the book he lent money to Shen Xi to buy back then?

"This is my mother's manuscript," Shen Xi didn't wait for him to open his mouth to explain, and then he patted the other books in the box, "These are the original editions, but unfortunately they were all burned, only this manuscript circulated down."

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been eager to buy it in the first place.

This was the first time Zhou Du heard the word "mother" from Shen Xi's mouth. Hearing this, he raised his eyebrows: "Your mother?"

"Well," Shen Xi nodded, pointing to the first word "Chao" on the book, "My mother, Shen Chao, the daughter of the chief cook of the year, was influenced by her grandfather since she was a child, and her cooking skills are very good. It is blue out of blue and better than blue."

Zhou Du was heartbroken when he heard it. He was the most common person in the whole family. Shen Mu was the successor of the imperial physician, Shen Xi was the successor of the royal chef, and Qin Yi was the prince of the state who worked hard for himself. He was the only one who knew nothing but archery. ...

Zhou Du: "..."

Shen Xi didn't notice Zhou Du's expression, and continued: "It's a pity, no matter how good a woman is, she can't enter the palace to inherit the mantle of my grandfather's head, so my grandfather took in an apprentice, that is my father Jiang Hong, we My father worshiped my grandfather since he was a child, and my mother was childhood sweetheart, childhood sweetheart, and when they grew up, the two of them naturally got together."

It sounds pretty good, if it wasn't for Shen Xi sitting on his bed now, Zhou Du would even think this is a particularly warm story.

Shen Xi smiled contemptuously as he spoke: "Isn't it pretty good?"

Zhou Du nodded slightly.

"It's a pity that the human heart is not enough to swallow the elephant." Shen Xi dusted the book in Zhou Du's hand, "My grandfather raised my father according to the rules of the head chef since he was a child, and at the same time he also cultivated my father's ambition."

"So when my grandfather was framed by someone to frame the emperor's heir, my father, instead of standing up to defend my grandfather, stepped on it instead, in order not to be implicated, and even began to hope that after my grandfather went down, he would be fine. Superior."

Zhou Du is not surprised, once this person has ambition, he will become more and more greedy for profit, and he will see nothing but profit in his eyes.

It is not surprising that people are ungrateful and revenge.

"This foot completely broke the hearts of my grandfather's family. After the palace found out the truth, my grandfather resigned from the head chef and went outside to open a restaurant. Unfortunately, he was still heartbroken. Soon my grandfather She died of a serious illness, and my grandmother and grandfather, who had loved each other for many years, couldn't bear the blow, so they followed suit."

The past has been covered in dust for more than ten years, and it stands to reason that Shen Xi himself has taken it lightly, but when it is mentioned again, he still feels pain in his heart.

"Overnight, my mother's good family was broken up like this. He resented my father, and even more resented me, so she locked me in the cellar, as if she wanted to lock up all my father's ambitions. .”

Shen Xi closed his eyes as he said that, he didn't know who to resent, he didn't even have the right to resent.

Zhou Du was sad, Zhou Du was even more sad than him, how he wished to meet Shen Xi when he was young, so that he could take him out of the cellar and give him a new life.

It's a pity that there is not only distance, but also space between them.

So even if he knew, he couldn't do anything.

"It's a pity that people's ambitions can't be locked. When my father was one step away from becoming the general manager, his grandfather was released. His ungratefulness was exposed. The people in the imperial kitchen excluded him. He thought To gain a firm foothold again, unless you make the soul-returning porridge that can bring Gaozu back to life."

"Returning soul porridge, as the name suggests, eating it can bring people back to life. When Gaozu was critically ill, his grandfather made this Huihun porridge to make Gaozu recover from his illness overnight. Only then did the Shen family have the glory of serving as the royal chef for generations. My grandfather put I taught my father all the skills, but he didn't teach him this dish. After my grandfather passed away, he came to pester my mother every day. He thought that my mother's cooking skills were no worse than my grandfather's. The recipe must be in my mother's hands."

There was also that nightmare-like pull. After so many years of dreaming at midnight, he could still recall those heart-piercing quarrels. At that time, he really didn't know why he was born.

If he could, he would rather he hadn't come to this world to go through this experience. Without memory, there would be no pain.

Zhou Du also felt sorry for Shen Xi, he had to bear so much at such a young age, it was obviously a grievance between adults, but he wanted to vent his anger on him.

Zhou Du thought of something, held his hand and asked, "Then your hand?"

An unspeakable pain appeared on Shen Xi's face: "My father stepped on it to force my mother to take out the recipe."

Shen Mu wanted to take Shen Xi away at that time. Jiang Hong was afraid that Shen Chao would be soft-hearted and secretly handed over the recipes to Shen Mu for Shen Xi to learn. He had to step on Shen Xi's hand and completely cut off Shen Chao's Shen family and other heirs. After thinking about it, the recipe can be handed over to him.

But he never figured out that Shen Chaohui would be so resolute in the end that he would rather burn all the recipes and not give him.

In this tug-of-war, Shen Mu finally left with a few cookbooks that were burnt beyond recognition and a nephew with a severed hand.

But Jiang Hong lost the opportunity of the imperial dining room, and finally had to open a restaurant in Kyoto in resentment.

He has good cooking skills, and he is very expensive and attached to power. Soon Jiangji Restaurant became very popular. Everyone who came to the capital mentioned Jiangji Restaurant. It has the posture of the first restaurant in Daqing. .

Shen Xi has no other ambitions in this life, he just wants to open a similar restaurant, so that Shen Ji's limelight can overwhelm Jiang Ji.

But relying on the skill of his left hand, it is wishful thinking to compare with Jiang Ji, who is famous in Kyoto.

Shen Xi confided these old things like beans, and asked Zhou Du again with gleaming eyes: "You said that my hand can really be healed?"

Only when his right hand is healed can he compete with his former father and the aloof Jiang Ji.

Zhou Du leaned over and kissed him, and replied to him again: "Yes, with me here, not only can your hand be cured, but also what you want to do can be done."

Zhou Du's promises have never been broken, and Shen Xi quickly believed him: "I believe you."

Zhou Du rubbed Shen Xi's head: "Trust me and sleep well. I'll have a look with my uncle tomorrow morning. Before we find a doctor who can heal your hand, we can't give up on ourselves."

"Okay." Under Zhou Du's enlightenment, Shen Xi gradually let go of the things that have made him restless these days.

All those fears, fears, and unwillingness in my heart seemed to be resisted by others.

A heart seems to have gained an unprecedented tranquility, even the noisy magpie in the heart is no longer noisy, and silently ran back to the home deep in the heart with its pearl in its mouth to squat.

Everything is so beautiful.

Zhou Du looked at the man leaning on his shoulder who said he was tired, and said softly, "If you're tired, go to sleep."

"Not tired." After saying one thing, he had nothing to hide from Zhou Du, and his heart relaxed a lot, and he felt a little light-hearted.

The rain outside the window had stopped a long time ago, and there was only a little cold dew left after the spring rain. Zhou Du took the quilt and covered Shen Xi's body: "It's time to sleep if you're not tired."

"Oh." Shen Xi was very obedient this time, Zhou Du let him sleep, so he closed his eyes and prepared to sleep.

Just when Zhou Du thought he was asleep, Shen Xi opened his eyes again, pulled Zhou Du's sleeves, and there was some curiosity in his clear eyes: "Zhou Du, you taught your mother to the government back then. At that time, how did it feel?"

Zhou Du was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Shen Xi to ask this all of a sudden, after thinking about it, he said lightly: "Most people are happy."

Deeper is liberation.

"Weren't you afraid at the time?" Shen Xi paused and said nervously, "After all, it's your mother."

When Shen Xi asked like this, Zhou Du knew what he was asking, put his arms around him, and slowly told him: "If I am afraid, those countless families who have been torn apart because of her, countless people whose lives have been ruined because of her People are really miserable, so I'm not afraid."

He just had a nightmare for three months when he witnessed her being executed by shooting.

"Then I don't need to be afraid," Shen Xi hugged Zhou Du's neck tightly, "I don't need to be afraid either in order to let my grandfather and the others know, and to win my little uncle back to the Shen family."

Zhou Du hugged him deeply: "Don't be afraid, I will accompany you."

Hearing the beating of Zhou Du's heart again and again, Shen Xi felt relieved: "Zhou Du, you are so kind."

Zhou Du looked down at the child in his arms, and raised his brows lightly: "Hello, haven't you been hiding it from me for so long?"

"I was wrong," Shen Xi tugged at his sleeves, with an excellent attitude of admitting his mistakes, "Children who have done wrong things will be punished, you punish me."

Zhou Du tapped his forehead lightly with his fingertips: "If you are not honest with your husband, there will naturally be punishment."

Shen Xi's face turned bitter, so he casually said that Zhou Du was serious, and asked, "What kind of punishment is that?"

Zhou Du did not explain: "You will know later, sleep now."

After staying up all night, he couldn't stand it anymore.

Zhou Du didn't say anything, and Shen Xi didn't take it seriously. If Zhou Du spoiled him so much, he must be reluctant to beat and punish him. He must have said this on purpose to scare him.

Due to going to bed late, both of them got up late the next day, and the newlyweds often got up late, and no one talked too much.

After getting dressed and washed, Zhou Du didn't even eat breakfast, so he dragged Shen Xi to Shen Mu's pharmacy to check.

Shen Mu's hand was in Shen Xi's hand, and he didn't take it off for a long time, Shen Xi couldn't help asking anxiously: "Little uncle, is the situation serious?"

Shen Mu withdrew her slender fingertips, pursed her lips and said nothing, her expression seemed a little heavy.

Shen Xi's heart skipped a beat, and he turned to look at Zhou Du nervously.

Zhou Du comforted him and said, "Don't be afraid, first listen to what uncle has to say."

"Seriously," Shen Mu took a sip of tea, and replied to Shen Xi without hesitation, "It's so serious that I can't take it anymore, go back and prepare, prepare to chop it up."

Shen Xi trembled in fright: "No...it's not possible."

Shen Mu glanced at him: "You still know it's not enough, then when your hand hurts, what are you thinking about? I can't have this hand anymore, I'm going to use it up..."

Shen Mu didn't leave a fig leaf for Shen Xi, and Shen Xi's face was so hot.

Shen Mu held the silver needle in his hand and really wanted to put a needle in Shen Xi's head: "If you are sick, seek a doctor for treatment. A three-year-old child knows the truth, why don't you know it when you come here?"

Shen Xi was dizzy from being scolded: "Then my hand?"

"It can be cured." Shen Mu took a silver needle and injected an acupuncture point on Shen Xi's wrist, "After all these years, it's not in vain. If it starts to hurt, it proves that your tendons are gradually recovering. , This process will be very painful, and it is right to feel pain from time to time.”

"Really!" Shen Xi was so happy that he almost jumped up.

Zhou Du's heart also relaxed, and he pressed the button to surprise him: "Sit down."

Shen Xi sat back on the chair, the smile on his face could not be stopped.

Shen Mu shook his head at his smiling face and said: "Don't be too happy, your pain is still mild now, and it will become more and more painful in the future, especially when you start contacting with a knife, it hurts the most."

"It doesn't matter," Shen Xi said indifferently, "As long as my right hand can recover, I can survive no matter how painful it is."

Shen Mu Xuanxuan inserted the needle: "It's best if you say it like this, when the time comes when you cry in pain, don't come to me and cry."

Shen Xi vowed: "No."

After Shen Mu gave Shen Xi the needle, he said to Zhou Du: "You also come here to learn how to do it. Once the rehabilitation starts, it can't be over. After you learn it, give Xiaoxi the needle at night, and it can relieve a little bit of pain." pain for him."

"Okay." After hearing this, Zhou Du stepped forward and patiently learned about the acupuncture points on his wrist.

Shen Mu is a very patient doctor, and Zhou Du is also very serious about his studies, within a day, he has learned how to do acupuncture.

After sending Zhou Du and Shen Xi away, Qin Yi looked at Shen Mu who was clearing away the silver needles on the table, and suddenly said: "My Mu Mu is smart, she can learn anything by looking at it once, which is a difficult medical skill for ordinary people." , you have learned all the housekeeping skills of the masters in ten years."

Shen Mu smiled and hummed, without refuting.

Qin Yi stared at him blankly, and said in his heart, so how can you fail to learn a cooking skill that is so simple.

It's just to find a way to let my sister and brother-in-law.

It's a pity that no one can understand this intention in the end.

作者有话要说：感谢在2021-02-2323:55:24~2021-02-2423:58:19期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angels of the irrigation nutrient solution: 12 bottles of crossing ~ crossing; 3 bottles of stubbornness; Will continue to work hard!