Butcher and little girl

Just when Mu Dingxiang was about to leave, Chu Yu called her suddenly, saw her turn around, and asked, "Do you have dinner when you go back?"

Mu Dingxiang hesitated for a moment, but didn't make a sound. According to the habit of so many years, even if they meet them for dinner, no one will call her to the table. After a long time, she also knows how to avoid that time and go back later.

"What did you have for lunch?"

Mu Dingxiang opened her mouth to make a dish, but she couldn't utter a word. Last night, Mrs. Wu gave her a big glutinous rice dumpling, which made her full for a long time. She didn't feel hungry when she woke up in the morning, so she thought I waited until the afternoon to find something to eat, but I didn't expect to hear about Zhang Widower when I went back to change my shoes.

As a result, I didn't eat anything today.

Seeing her appearance, Chu Yu sighed slightly: "Don't rush away, go back after dinner with me."

Mu Dingxiang backed off her steps slightly. To be honest, it was not uncommon for her to go without food for a whole day before. Anyway, she didn't feel anything when she was too hungry.

But in this situation, Chu Yu's suggestion is very attractive.

"Is the right hand okay? Help me choose the vegetables." Chu Yu ignored the twists and turns in her heart and told her directly.

Mu Dingxiang listened to her order, and it was hard to leave if she wanted to, and when dinner was mentioned, her stomach, which had been sleeping all day, began to growl.

There is also a stone table outside the cave, with a wooden stool next to it. Mu Lixiang sits at the table and slowly chooses vegetables with her uninjured hands.

Chu Yu glanced at the little girl from the corner of her eye and saw that she was not going out, so she went into the hole and took out a small bag of rice. After scooping up a full bowl, she thought about it and added another half bowl of rice.

Washing the rice and cooking, the two stoves started a fire, and the wind direction was just to the other side of the cave, so the smoke would not go into the cave. Chu Yu fully considered this point when setting up the stove.

There was a front pig's trotter left from the meat sale today. At first, Chu Yu was worried that he would not be able to finish it. Now it seems that whether it is enough is another question.

Quickly chop the pig's trotters, blanch the water in the pot, wash the pot and heat the oil, put the pig's feet in and stir-fry with the seasoning ingredients, add water and simmer it slowly.

The pig's trotters were not cooked so quickly, so Chu Yu went into the cave, took a small bench, and sat next to Mu Dingxiang.

Mu Dingxiang had been watching Chu Yu playing with the pig's feet just now, and with her injured hand, she couldn't choose a few vegetables. After sitting down, Chu Yu pulled the remaining vegetables in front of her and picked them one by one.

The firewood was burning hot enough, and it didn't take long before the aroma of rice and pig's feet began to permeate the surroundings, and Mu Dingxiang's stomach suddenly groaned like a drum.

Chu Yu sat close, and naturally heard it, the little girl's face turned red up to her ears.

"Which college did your eldest brother study in?" Chu Yu asked, this question instantly diverted her attention, and she was not so shy anymore.

"It seems to be called... Huarou College?" Mu Dingxiang was not sure, it seemed to be called this name.

"Hua Confucian Academy."

"Yes, Huaru Academy."

"The lair of a bunch of dandies, just fooling around." Chu Yu was quite familiar with several colleges in the county.

"..."

"It doesn't matter, anyway, you won't rely on him in the future."

"I won't rely on them to die." Mu Dingxiang, who was still holding on to hope, found out about Zhang's widower, and felt resentment and hatred towards the Mu family.

"Can you read?" Chu Yu asked.

"Know a little, and I can barely understand the Four Books and Five Classics."

In the past when Mu Kongqing went to a private school, Mu Dingxiang was young and curious, and followed him outside the door to listen for a while, but was kicked out by his husband, and when Mu Kongqing came home at night, he secretly took his book to read, but he couldn't learn it. Less stuff.

Chu Yu was shocked to hear her say this. This little girl is so good at dealing with crops all day long. She can understand the Four Books and Five Classics at such a young age. What a talent, but it is a pity that the Mu family will treat her as a commodity. generally sold to others.

"Very powerful." Chu Yu couldn't help boasting.

It was the first time for Mu Dingxiang to be praised by someone, and she couldn't help being shy, with a trace of secret joy on her face.

Mumu always talked about a woman's virtue without talent, and she dared not let her know about Mu Dingxiang's ability to read, and neither did others, let alone be praised for it.

Seeing that the time is about the same, the rice is cooked.

Chu Yu added a few knots of Chinese yam to the pig's knuckle pot, then covered the lid, moved the rice pot to the ground, and put the wok on it.

Heat the oil and add a few grains of garlic, then pour in the green vegetables, add a little salt and stir fry for a few times, then it will be out of the pan.

The pig's feet were still tumbling on the fire, and the burst of aroma almost exploded Mu Dingxiang's nose.

Chu Yu put the dish of vegetables on the stone beside the stove, and said to Mu Lixiang, "Bring the stool here, we will eat by the stove."

The little girl was afraid of strangers when she came here for the first time, so she didn't dare to act on her own, so Chu Yu scooped up a bowl of rice and handed it to her: "The chopsticks are behind you."

He also scooped up a bowl of rice and sat next to her.

"The yam isn't rotten yet, you use a spoon to scoop up the pig's feet and eat it first."

Mu Dingxiang's hand holding the chopsticks tightened, she still didn't have the nerve to reach out to pick up the pig's knuckle, but it caught the vegetables on the other side.

But the pig's feet smell really good. The last time Mu Dingxiang ate meat was when Aunt Wu secretly stuffed a chicken leg for her during the Spring Festival last year. Before that, she hardly had the impression of eating meat many times.

The fire in the stove is still burning, the soup in the pot is tumbling, and the smell of pig's feet mixed with Chinese yam makes the mouth water.

Mu Dingxiang didn't want to lose her composure in front of Chu Yu for the first time, so she held back her saliva and picked up the rice and vegetables in the bowl.

I have to say that even if it's just white rice and vegetables, she already thinks it's delicious in the world.

Thinking about these years, the number of times I can eat a mouthful of hot rice and hot dishes is one of the few, and what I eat is corn mush, which is not like the white rice in the bowl now.

Even the green vegetables, because there is enough lard on it, and the fire is accurately controlled, let Mu Dingxiang taste delicious.

Seeing her forbearance and restraint, Chu Yu couldn't help sighing, took a colander and scooped a large piece of pork leg into her bowl.

"Eat more, the weather is hot now, and this pork leg won't last until tomorrow. If I can't finish it tonight, I'm going to dump it."

Hearing what she said, Mu Dingxiang suddenly felt a pain in the flesh. Such a pot of pork leg meat may not be able to be eaten once a year in Mu's house. It is really reckless for this person to throw it away so extravagantly.

But she is not stupid, knowing that Chu Yu said this on purpose in order to let herself eat more, a warm current passed through her heart, she held back the soreness in her nose, lowered her head, and gnawed on the pig's foot.

The soft and elastic meat exploded at the tip of the teeth, and the delicious taste filled the whole mouth. Mu Dingxiang had never tasted such a delicacy in the world. She couldn't help but close her eyes to experience this indescribable taste.

Chu Yu saw that she closed her eyes, her cheeks were bulging, and she looked satisfied. The mood of feeding was instantly satisfied, and she couldn't help spooning another large piece of meat into her bowl.

Feeling that the weight in her hands seemed to be a little heavier, Mu Dingxiang opened her eyes and looked at the extra piece of pork leg meat in the bowl. Let the joke go.

"The yam is ripe too." Chu Yu didn't bother to look at her, picked up two pieces of yam and put them in her bowl.

Once she had tasted such a delicacy, she could no longer utter the words of refusal, so Mu Dingxiang could only silently bow her head to eat, and eat piece by piece what Chu Yu scooped into the bowl.

"There's still rice in the pot, fill it up yourself." Chu Yu reminded her when she saw that the bottom of her bowl was empty.

Mu Dingxiang was indeed not full yet, after eating a bowl of rice and adding a few pork knuckles, she couldn't get enough of it, so she didn't bother anymore, got up and added another bowl of rice.

"I'll go in when I'm full, and you can eat slowly outside. It's best to finish this pot of pig's feet, or I'll throw it all away when I come out." Chu Yu put down the bowl and chopsticks and went straight into the cave.

Mu Dingxiang knew that Chu Yu went into the cave because she was afraid of her restraint, and was grateful for her thoughtfulness in her heart, so she hummed lightly.

At this time, the sky was gradually darkening, and the surroundings were quiet. The breeze blew gently, like soft tentacles caressing the face and hands, which was extremely comfortable.

The fire in the stove has been extinguished, only the dark red charcoal fire is flickering the last bit of light and heat in the stove, the pot is steaming hot, and the aroma of the food has never stopped.

Mu Dingxiang gnawed several pig feet in a row, and her body, which hadn't seen meat for a long time, frantically absorbed nutrients from the food, almost gobbling it up.

After finally eating the last piece, my stomach was bulging. Looking at the clean plates and bowls, and the little soup left in the pot, I couldn't help feeling a little ashamed.

The first time I came to her house, I ate like this, Chu Yu, she won't dislike herself.

After eating and drinking enough, Mu Dingxiang put the bowls, chopsticks and pots of the two next to the water tank, and began to ladle water to wash the dishes. When one hand was injured, she used the good one to slowly rinse.

When Chu Yu heard the sound outside, she knew she had finished eating. She got out of the cave with a tall body, and saw the little girl sitting on the ground, with her injured hand holding the handle of the pot, and the other hand holding the loofah in her hand. Wash dishes carefully.

The little one shrank there, like a pitiful kitten.

"Your hand is hurt, just let me do it." Chu Yu came to her in three steps at a time.

Mu Lixiang shook her head and continued to wash the dishes.

"Don't be self-willed, it's getting dark, and it will be difficult to cross the river for a while." Chu Yu grabbed her by the collar from behind.

Mu Dingxiang was a little helpless. It was the first time she came to someone's house to eat so much, and she didn't even have to wash the dishes. She was really sorry.

But he couldn't resist Chu Yu, this person always seemed extraordinarily stubborn, even his thoughtfulness and kindness were irresistible.

The sky was dark, Chu Yu blew a whistle with his hand on his mouth, and a white horse came running out of nowhere and circled around the two of them.

Chu Yu got on the horse, stretched out his hand to Mu Dingxiang and said, "Come on, I'll take you to the side of the road, and I won't let them see it."

Mu Dingxiang stared at the slender and powerful hand in front of her, and then raised her eyes to look at her, but it was too dark to see the expression in her eyes, and put the uninjured hand into hers.

The warm touch came from the place where the two touched, and with a burst of force from the arm, when she came back to her senses, her own person was already on the horse, and her back was tightly pressed against Chu Yu's chest.

The woman was plump and soft, and as the horse ran and bumped into her back, Mu Dingxiang's head suddenly thumped.