After a busy night, I looked at the beautiful circle of fences and neatly arranged firewood, full of a sense of accomplishment.

To eat something light early in the morning, I cut a few diced rabbit meat, marinated it with scallion and ginger cooking wine, and when the porridge boiled, I put it in the pot on the fire.

The rest can't be wasted. I showed my five sharp long nails and carefully peeled off the rabbit skin. I thought about going to the village to exchange some supplies, or find an experienced villager to deal with it and make a rabbit fur scarf and a few pairs of gloves.

As for the internal organs of the rabbit, they are also put into bamboo tubes, which are high-quality fishing baits. I will teach Zhuohua to weave a few fish cages later, and put them in the small river in the mountain. Maybe in two days, I will be able to eat fresh fish soup.

When it’s cold, fry the small fish until it’s browned, fill a pot with stream water, cut two slices of ginger, and cook until the soup is milky white. Drink a bowl at night in winter, and even your toes will be warmed up.

When the sun shone on the pot of rabbit porridge, the old woodcutter came as promised, but the two slackers in the room hadn't gotten up yet.

"The old man wants a bowl?" I laughed.

The old woodcutter waved his hands, and said helplessly, "Maybe I caught the cold last night and had diarrhea when I got home, so I don't dare to eat meat again."

Have loose bowels?I was keenly aware of this word, and suddenly realized one thing: the vegetables I cook can be eaten by ghosts, but what about... people?

Sa Zhenzhen is fine because she is an extremely yin body.

Could it be that the food made by Li Gui also has a yin qi, and ordinary people can't stand it?

I suppressed this doubt, and didn't dare to invite the old man to eat again. I got up and went to the room to wake up one person and one ghost, and then sent some ghost energy to Zhuohua, lest he could not maintain a living appearance and scare the old woodcutter.

Zhen Zhen washes up honestly, sits with Zhuo Hua, holds a small bowl, and drinks porridge deliciously.

"A'Ning, shall we go to the village together?" The little girl asked with her cat eyes wide open, a little scared, and hugged my leg.

I understand that this is a shadow of childhood. After all, their village believed a liar, burned her mother to death, and wanted to kill her, but not all villagers in the world are bad people. For example, the old woodcutter is a good person.

I bent down to hug her, and coaxed her softly: "Zhenzhen is not afraid, Zhuohua and I are here."

If anyone comes back to the "unlucky man sacrifices to the sky" episode, I will ask them to appreciate what a ghost looks like.

The little girl hugged my neck and nodded obediently.

After eating, we took the money we found in Donghuan City, and we two ghosts followed the old woodcutter down the mountain to a village a little further away.

Niujia Village is a small village in the Qi State that is close to ghosts and ghosts. There are more than [-] families living there, and they mostly make their living by farming, hunting and chopping firewood.

There are not many people in the village, and it is still a bit depressed, but the men farm and the women weave, it is peaceful and warm.

Seeing the old woodcutter bringing strangers, the villagers were all curious, and a few acquaintances chatted directly, asking and answering, and they knew our origin from the old man.

"They are so good-looking, even the little girls are good-looking." "As expected of the city people." "It's a pity that they became fugitives." Go study at his house!"

People in the village talked a lot, but none of them were malicious. Some women saw that the little girl in my arms was cute, so they came up to chat and gave her a few candies. up.

"Do you want to mend the roof and build the stove?" The old village chief nodded while smoking a dry cigarette, "Niu Wu's family has the best things and craftsmanship. To make furniture, you need to find Hei Wa. He is a carpenter, and Niu Qi The daughter-in-law is good at needlework, but the thick quilt needs cotton tires, and there is no surplus in the village, so I have to go to the county to buy them."

The old village head is almost sixty years old, he is in good spirits and arranges things very well.

"How about this, baby, let Niu Wu and Hei Wa get you a stove and a bed first. In two or three days, I will take the young and strong from the village to the county town to pay taxes, and you will go with me. Everything is ready and it is just right to sit down. Pull the bullock cart back together."

"The temperature should not drop in these two days, but it's cold in the mountains, and your baby girl can't stand the cold. I'll ask the old lady to lend you a quilt first, or simply live in the village for a few days."

I smiled and declined the second suggestion. Li Gui has a lot of resentment on his body. Although I can restrain myself, I am not a very Yin body. Try not to mix it up. It will cause illness and even death to strangers.

The people in Niujia Village are all hard-working people. After receiving my reward, a few young and strong people walked up the mountain carrying bricks, tiles and mud without saying a word. Hei Wa also chose wood at home and let me choose the style myself.

Since I mainly make beds for Zhen Zhen, I must have asked the little girl, and the latter picked the cheapest one without patterns.

I raised my eyebrows, added a peach blossom carving, added a few auspicious cloud patterns, and let Zhuohua choose.

"Me, me too?" Zhuohua looked at me in shock.

I coughed in embarrassment, don't look at me like this, in fact, generally speaking, I'm not that partial, but Zhenzhen is only five years old, I can't help but take more care of her.

Zhuo Hua happily chose for a long time, but still chose peach blossom carving, just to distinguish it from the little girl, I asked the carpenter to focus on carving peach wood branches and leaves, but I didn't want to finish it in the future, but Zhen Zhen insisted on peach leaf bed.

Well, Ye Zhenzhen is not wrong, so I am biased again.

After seeing the carpenter, I gave Niu Qi's daughter-in-law a few pieces of rabbit fur, and asked her to make rabbit fur scarves and gloves as soon as possible.Looking at Zhenzhen who was playing with the children of Niujia Village at the door, I gestured again and asked in a low voice, "Can I make another rabbit fur hat?"

Niu Qi's daughter-in-law was happy to come to the door for business, while measuring the material with her eyes, she asked casually, "Do you also make it for girls?"

"Yes, but can you add cat ears."

Niu Qi's daughter-in-law looked up blankly.

I made gestures to explain again, and finally let the sharp and pungent woman opposite understand how to do it, she laughed: "Hey, you said it earlier, but I have only seen tiger-headed hats, and I haven't seen cat-eared hats yet. "

The common people hope that their children will grow up healthy and lively like little tigers, and wearing a kitten is outrageous.

But I don't care, the kitten is so cute, and the kitten is also very healthy and lively.

In the end, we also got a full set of bowls and chopsticks, soap, fresh winter bamboo shoots, farm bacon and a box of rough pastries.There is no child who doesn't like to eat sweets. Unfortunately, in ancient villages, sugar is a scarce commodity, and we still have to go to the county town in a few days.

Zhenzhen had a good time with some Niu's children, and a little girl from the village gave her a small windmill. She couldn't put it down, and ran all the way up the mountain, turning the windmill in her hand.

"Ah Ning, Ah Zhuo!" The little girl was on the hillside, she rolled her eyes with a smile, and shook her little hand at us.

Zhuohua and I carry a lot of money, but we don’t feel it’s heavy at all, especially Zhuohua, the second idiot, when he sees Zhenzhen waving, he forgets that he’s still carrying the bedding behind him, while he’s running forward, the bedding is bouncing on his back , I covered my face.

I suspect that Zhuo Hua's mind is only seven years old, otherwise it would be impossible to play "Chase me and run away" with a five-year-old girl on the mountain. To be fair, you are a ghost, no matter how weak you are, you are still a ghost, you can't outrun Sa Zhenzhen? ? ?

"Ah Ning, you come too." Zhen Zhen smiled and pulled me into the group.

And Zhuo Hua, who was running all over his head, also turned around, blinking his peach blossom eyes: "Ah, Aning."

……

What else can I do?I can only succumb to this "evil force" of one person and one ghost!After confirming that the ropes binding things on his body were strong, he squinted his eyes, opened his arms, and rushed towards the little girl——

The little girl screamed strangely, and ran away laughing, but still the same sentence, Li Gui's speed is really fast, I easily chased after her, hugged her with one hand, and scratched her with the other.

Zhenzhen was still holding the small windmill, couldn't stop laughing, and wanted to run outside, I was about to let go, but I felt a gust of wind from the side, Zhuohua hugged me foolishly, and shouted to the little girl: "Zhenzhen, I, I Come, help you."

???

Gan, this fool, who chased you all over the mountain just now?Aren't we in the same camp?

We made a fuss all the way up the mountain, and Niuwu and his group had already plastered the roof and set up a stove in a sheltered place outside the door to dry the moisture in the mud.

The joy of housewarming must be celebrated, what should we eat?

I looked at the pile of ingredients brought from the East Ring City, and suddenly remembered the regret of my previous life: I didn’t eat hot pot!

"The two of you are here to help, we'll have a good meal tonight, hot pot!"

As soon as they heard that there was something delicious, the eyes of these two guys lit up.I really admire the little girl, she has the strength to help me peel the bamboo shoots after we made a fuss just now.

Naturally, there is no hot pot base in this world, so we can only fry it fresh. Fortunately, before leaving, I took a lot of chili, pepper, fennel, cinnamon and star anise from the inn.

The remaining rabbit meat is boneless and sliced, the rabbit bones and the chicken rack are boiled together, and all the spices are cut and soaked in warm water.

Theoretically, butter is the most fragrant hot pot ingredient, but now there is no such condition. I pour enough clear oil from the bamboo tube, heat it to [-]% heat in the pot, pour it on the spices soaked before, and fry a stick of incense , add a large handful of peppers, change to low heat and continue frying until the oil is gradually absorbed by the spices and peppers, and the fragrance drifts farther and farther away, then add peppercorns and fry for two sticks of incense.

Finally, pour boiling broth into the hot pot base.

Wash the green leafy vegetables, break them off one by one, slice the white radish and winter bamboo shoots, add thinly sliced ​​rabbit meat, tofu and bean curd picked from Donghuan City, and the simple hot pot is made.

I was worried that Zhenzhen would not be able to eat spicy food, so I made a small pot of white soup base for her with high broth.

The hot pot is eaten and cooked right away, the steam is boiling in front of the eyes, which makes the ghost instinctively uncomfortable, but Zhuohua and I don’t care, I made the dipping sauce with salt, soy sauce and garlic paste, and each of the two ghosts made their favorite shabu-shabu, and it was delicious He didn't lift his head.

Finally, finally let me eat hot pot!

"Be careful of burning," I distractedly paid attention to Zhenzhen, picked up a few pieces of bean curd, blew with Yin Qi, and put them into her bowl, "Can you eat spicy food? How dare you put it in a spicy pot?"

Zhen Zhen stuck out her tongue and inhaled, her cheeks were flushed, and she said stubbornly, "I can do it."

I didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and scooped up a bowl of spicy soup for her: "You boil it in a white pot yourself, and then dip a little spicy in the bowl, don't go to the spicy pot to burn things, be careful of your mouth swollen."

In fact, I was more worried that she would have spicy chrysanthemums, just like when I had a good meal in Chongqing, but ended up living with the toilet at night.However, everyone is eating, so I will not talk about it.

Zhenzhen is also obedient, no longer staring at the spicy pot to start, I look at Zhuohua again, he can eat spicy food, his expression doesn't change.

It was getting dark early in the mountains, and while we were eating the pot, we saw the golden crow sink slowly to the west, dyeing the clouds red, which was too beautiful to behold.

"Ah Ning, I will still eat hot pot in the future! Hot pot is the best!" Zhen Zhen decided that it was her favorite food.

Zhuo Hua stuffed rabbit meat into his mouth, and nodded violently.

... Eating hot pot every day, you are not afraid of getting angry.

Anyway, I am the chef and the head of the family, so I decide what to eat.I calmly picked up chopsticks of vegetables for each of them, and said with a smile: "Meat and vegetables are combined, no picky eaters are allowed, and hot pot is eaten once a month."

One ghost and one person looked over at once aggrieved, heh, the same trick, do you want to do it again?

"Eating too much hot pot has high purine levels. Be careful of gout. When the time comes, I will cry in pain. There is nothing I can do."

"Aning."

"Ok?"

"What is purine?"

...Okay, I understand. From tomorrow on, the two of you, besides working and eating, you have to start studying.Living in seclusion also requires making up lessons, illiteracy is not advisable!

Sa Zhenzhen, children of your age should go to kindergarten to develop morally, intellectually, physically, aesthetically and in an all-round way.

In another two years, Chinese, mathematics, physics, chemistry, politics, history, biology, voodoo, and martial arts should all be learned.

Sa Zhuohua can't let it go, I will arrange a "special children's curriculum" for you, you see, I will not be partial.

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