【Shuangxuan】Self-knowledge

After being closed for two days, the rouge shop reopened on the third day of the first lunar month.Shi Qingxuan has come up with a new makeup, which is gorgeous but not flattering, joyful but not arrogant, very suitable for painting during the New Year's Eve.He held a class in the afternoon of this day, teaching the girls in the city how to draw.

The Escort Bureau is still closed today, Shi Wudu sat in the backyard all afternoon choosing vegetables.It closed after sunset, and Shi Qingxuan ran to the kitchen to help make dinner, but was sent away by his brother on the grounds that "it will be ready soon, no help is needed", so he had to tidy up the shop and took the blueprints Go back to the room and want to put it away.However, as soon as he walked to the door, he saw that the lights in the room were already on.Pushing open the door, He Xuan was sitting at the table, pouring water from a teapot.

Shi Qingxuan couldn't help being surprised, subconsciously said: "...hahaha... Mr. He came so early today..." As soon as the words came out, he felt that something was wrong—this kind of questioning sounds like the flower street and willow alley The little servant girl faced the benefactor who came unexpectedly.So I was embarrassed for a while, and my face was a little hot.

I don't know if He Xuan has heard this smell.He glanced at Shi Qingxuan, drank the water in the cup, and asked, "Is there anything to eat?"

Shi Qingxuan didn't expect that the Blackwater Ghost King would ask this question. He was stunned for a moment, and then nodded hurriedly: "Yes, yes! I, I, I...I'll get it right away!" He put away the blueprints and hurried downstairs up.

It is natural to eat more heartily during the Chinese New Year.In addition to the usual dishes, Shi Wudu specially made a dish of steamed pork today, ready to enjoy it with his younger brother.As soon as it was served on the table, Shi Qingxuan came down the stairs and called him to eat.

But Shi Qingxuan said: "Brother... I, I just suddenly thought of a few new makeup formulas, and new hairstyles... I have to record them quickly, so I can't delay. So today, I I want to take dinner back to my room, and eat while writing... Do you think this is okay?"

Baby brother opened his mouth, Shi Wudu would have no reason to disagree, so he readily agreed.Shi Qingxuan went to the kitchen to get a wooden tray, filled a bowl of eight-treasure porridge, a bowl of mushroom soup, dug out a bowl of rice, and took an empty plate, and put some vegetables, chicken Diced meat and bamboo shoots.When he picked up the steamed pork, he boasted vigorously: "Brother! Your cooking is really delicious! It's so good!" Shi Wudu saw that his younger brother had picked up so many dishes suddenly, and thought that he had finally whetted his appetite, and heard him boast Immediately, I was very happy.

In fact, Shi Qingxuan was still worried that he would not be able to hide it from his elder brother, and when he lied just now, his back was covered with cold sweat.Still a little guilty at this time, he laughed a few times, and hurried back to the room with the tray.

Facing a table of dishes alone, Shi Wudu inevitably felt a little lost.But when he thought that his younger brother couldn't eat at the same table with him because he was running a store, he was relieved.After the meal, Shi Wudu was going to wash the pots and dishes in the courtyard, when Shi Qingxuan went downstairs again with a tray.After handing the empty bowl to his elder brother, he said "I'm not full", then slipped into the kitchen and took away a plate of soufflé that he bought during the day.Shi Wudu thought, being able to eat is a blessing, usually Qingxuan is very hard to manage the business, so he should eat more good things to make up for it during the Chinese New Year.But in less than a quarter of an hour, Shi Qingxuan ran down again, opened the snack box, took two plates of marmalade, a bowl of green dumplings and a bowl of almond cheese, put them on the tray, turned around and left.

Shi Wudu saw it and asked, "Why do you take so much?"

Shi Qingxuan said: "I'm still hungry... Hahaha, it's all because this snack is so delicious, I can't eat enough!" As he spoke, he walked quickly into the house.

Shi Wudu said again: "You should save some and eat it tomorrow. Be careful of food accumulation at night!"

"It's okay, brother, I will buy it tomorrow if I want to eat it! I won't accumulate food!" Shi Qingxuan responded from afar, but he didn't stop, and ran faster instead.

After that, for several days, He Xuan waited in the bedroom with a meal.Shi Qingxuan was afraid that his elder brother would be suspicious, so he didn't dare to bring the food upstairs every time, so he had to sneak out of the house while he was cooking after closing time, bought a bunch of food from the street and delivered it to the room, and then Downstairs for dinner.

But one day, Shi Qingxuan was accidentally discovered by Shi Wudu when he came back.Seeing his younger brother holding a pile of steamed buns and other pastries, with an expression of being caught for doing something bad, Shui Hengtian was happy instead: "Qingxuan, you can buy it as soon as you buy it, why are you still hiding it from me? It's not like I won't let you eat."

Shi Qingxuan stammered: "I... I'm afraid you will say that I spend money randomly..."

Shi Wudu said: "How can this be called spending money indiscriminately, who doesn't have appetite. Rather, I cook too little food, not enough to eat?"

Shi Qingxuan quickly waved his hand: "Enough! Dinner is enough! I... I'm just often hungry in the middle of the night recently... I bought these to keep in the middle of the night..."

"Then just call me up. I'll just go to the stove and heat it up for you. You don't have to spend money to buy it outside. And these sesame seed buns will definitely not taste good at night."

"Hahaha...Brother, this...It's not good to disturb your rest in the middle of the night...Anyway, the money spent is not too much."

Shi Wudu always felt that something was wrong - when did Qingxuan eat so much?But he didn't ask about it, just advised him to eat less at night, so as not to grow fat in winter and suffer from accumulated food.

Shi Qingxuan looked very serious, nodded desperately, and ran upstairs after his brother finished speaking.But Shi Wudu knew that his younger brother must not have listened to the words in his heart.He could only shake his head, sighed helplessly, and went back to the kitchen to serve the dishes.

After the Lantern Festival, Shi Wudu picked up a dart to escort a batch of goods to the south of the Yangtze River, and it took thirty or forty days to go back and forth.Shi Qingxuan asked his elder brother to bring back some raw materials for making rouge from the south.Although there are red, blue and pomegranates in the north, the varieties are rather monotonous, and the color purity of the proposed ones is not as good as that of the southern hematoxylin and mountain flowers, and the price is also relatively high.More importantly, red and blue seeds have not yet been planted and pomegranates have not germinated yet, while sumac is evergreen all year round and mountain flowers are in bloom. Fresh raw materials are always better than stored dry goods.Shi Wudu wrote down the names of these flowers and plants on paper and kept them with him, and made an agreement with his younger brother that he would send a letter to inform him before returning.Shi Qingxuan packed his elder brother's luggage, and Shi Wudu set off in the afternoon of the same day.

I don't know how He Xuan learned about this.That evening, he came before the shop closed, and walked in through the front door openly.At that time, there were no customers in the store, and Shi Qingxuan was sitting behind the counter, drawing a draft of the new makeup.Hearing someone coming in, he raised his head subconsciously, wanting to ask what the other person wanted to buy, but saw the ghost king in black standing with his hands behind his back, and was so shocked that he dropped the pen in his hand.

He Xuan looked at him indifferently for a while, then looked away, and turned to look at the layout of the shop.There is a large mirror stand against the wall, and next to it is a large table and several benches.It was originally reserved for guests or girls studying makeup, and it is usually also used as a dining table.After He Xuan paced around the store, he opened the stool and sat down at the table.

It's not night yet, and it's not time for dinner, what is Mr. He doing here at this time?Shi Qingxuan settled down, picked up the pen, stood up and wanted to come out from behind the counter, but He Xuan said: "You are busy with your work." So, he had to sit back again.

However, the ghost king in desperate situation was right in front of him, and Shi Qingxuan raised his pen again, but he couldn't calm down at all.He couldn't draw after a few strokes, so he simply changed his sitting position, put his left arm on his forehead, and used it as a cover. He sneaked a glance at He Xuan, and saw that he was playing with something.Taking a closer look, there was a bang in Shi Qingxuan's head, and he blushed from his neck to his face--the thing in He Xuan's hand was actually the box of grease used for lubrication when the two had sex at night!He looked away in a panic, forcing himself to concentrate on drawing the pattern, but everything from his arm to the pen holder was shaking non-stop.

After receiving several batches of guests absent-mindedly, Shi Qingxuan decided to close early.He Xuan's grease box had already been put away when a visitor came to the door.Afterwards, he kept his eyes closed and meditated. When he heard something, he opened his eyes and asked, "Is it time for dinner?"

Shi Qingxuan was busy installing the door panels: "Young Master He, please wait a moment... I haven't had time to cook today's dinner, so I'll start a party later."

Although the row of doors is heavy, Shi Qingxuan moves around every day, so he is used to it.However, just as he was going to move the second door panel, he suddenly felt a lightness in his hand.Looking down, there was a black mist under the door panel, and it was the ghost king who was casting spells to help.Shi Qingxuan turned his face hesitantly, and said "thank you" in a very small voice.

He Xuan was silent for a while before replying: "Slowly." It seemed quite disgusting.When Shi Qingxuan heard it, he let out an "oh" in frustration, and hurriedly installed the remaining door panels.After the shop was closed, he didn't dare to delay for a moment. He immediately ran to the backyard and went down to the cellar with a lantern.He Xuan followed behind him.

Shi Qingxuan asked: "Young Master He, what do you want to eat?"

He Xuan's expression was indifferent: "You can figure it out yourself."

This is even more embarrassing.Shi Qingxuan was dumbfounded for a while, then picked a basket full of vegetables according to the taste of "Brother Ming" when he went to heaven, then climbed up the ladder, came to the well, and put them into the wooden basin for cleaning.While taking out the loops to tie his sleeves, he looked at the dark well, sighed softly, and thought: If he could be like his brother, washing vegetables would not be so troublesome.

Shi Wu became a ghost not long ago, and usually has little time to practice, and has less mana.But there are not many places to use it, that is, when he is lonely, he will open a psychic formation to chat with Pei Ming and Lingwen, or when he moves heavy objects, he will use his power to bless him.However, he used to master water in his lifetime, and now he also cultivates water. When washing vegetables, dishes and laundry, he doesn't need to use his hands at all. With a thought, the water in the well will automatically fly into the wooden basin to wash the things inside.Or when it is rainy and the clothes are not dry for a long time, Shi Wudu can make the wet cloth so that a drop of water cannot be squeezed out with a wave of his hand.It even helps in the shower.Shi Qingxuan is a mortal, and he needs to take a bath every three to five days at most.At this time, Shi Wudu opened the door of the firewood room, led the well water into the barrel, and cast a spell to raise the temperature. When the temperature was right, he let his younger brother enter the house to take a bath, and he closed the door and stood outside, ready to go. Heat the water.All in all, very useful.

Just as Shi Qingxuan picked up the wooden pole to break the ice, He Xuan suddenly said: "I'm coming." As soon as the words fell, there was a crisp sound, and the shattered ice slag flew out from the mouth of the well and fell to the ground.Immediately afterwards, the well water rose up and condensed into a long transparent column, which was poured into the wooden basin where the vegetables were placed, and the vegetable leaves began to be cleaned automatically.After washing the vegetables, the dirty water flew up again and poured into the sewer, Shi Qingxuan was still leaning on the wooden pole, standing by the well dumbfounded.For him, this kind of spell is not unusual, but it is rare to see He Xuan use this kind of spell to help him wash vegetables.He was stunned for a long time, until He Xuan reminded him to cook quickly, then he came back to his senses, and rushed into the kitchen with the dishes.

After frying several dishes, Shi Qingxuan made another big dough and a pot of noodles.He served it to He Xuan in a big sea bowl. After serving three bowls in a row, there was nothing in the pot, but He Xuan still looked up at him, showing no sign of being full.

No wonder, at least a dozen drawers of steamed stuffed buns, a dozen sesame seed cakes and six or seven packs of pastries are eaten every meal. How can it be possible to be full with a few dishes and bowls of noodles?Suddenly remembering this, Shi Qingxuan rubbed his eyebrows and said that he had miscalculated.He piled up the empty dishes in the kitchen, and took He Xuan to the street to continue looking for food.

In the past few days, Shi Qingxuan just wandered around the street in front of the shop to buy food, not daring to go far, fearing the delay would be too long, so the only things he bought were buns and sesame cakes.And for these few days in a row, he was worried that He Xuan would get tired of eating, so he decided to take him to a distant place for a change of taste.So one person and one ghost walked the streets and alleys, stopping and stopping along the way.He Xuan first tasted three or four coir raincoat cakes, and then stuffed five or six slices of chives into his belly; when he met a big pan fried with slices of chives, he weighed two catties, wrapped them in oiled paper, and carried them in his arms as he walked. eat.After a while, he saw a dim sum shop on the side of the road selling glutinous rice balls. Unexpectedly, Shi Qingxuan jumped over before he stopped, took out a handful of copper plates and broken silver from his purse, and ordered While counting, he said: "Miss Boss, give me ten!"

The proprietress also often went to the store to buy rouge and make-up face, so she knew Shi Qingxuan, so she chatted with him across the counter while busy: "Master, why did you buy so much today?"

Shi Qingxuan laughed: "My friend is hungry, so I bought more today..."

The proprietress took a look, and saw He Xuan behind Shi Qingxuan who was eating Fengyan slices, and couldn't help sighing: "Your friend is so handsome!"

"Hahaha... yeah, I think so too..."

He Xuan felt very relieved after hearing what Shi Qingxuan said.

The proprietress said again: "In other words, this young master has a very good face. Did he come to Beijing from another place?"

"Yeah. He is my best... best friend..." Shi Qingxuan didn't react until halfway through his words, but it was too late to change his words, so he had to bite the bullet and continue, "...we haven't seen each other for a long time... He lives in the capital these days, I will take him for a walk..."

After finishing speaking, Shi Qingxuan turned slightly to the side and glanced at He Xuan quietly.He originally thought that the ghost king would be disgusted with this title, but the other party didn't seem to have any unpleasant intentions.Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief.

The proprietress quickly wrapped the golden dumpling, handed it to Shi Qingxuan, and said to him: "As an old friend, I have to treat you well! I will give you an extra piece of this dumpling, and I hope that the young master and this Young master, don't dislike our crude dim sum..."

Shi Qingxuan hurriedly said: "Where is that! The proprietress is too polite, I can't thank you in time, how can I dislike..."

In the guest room between the two of them, He Xuan had already finished eating the Fengyan slices.He took the big bag of glutinous rice balls from Shi Qingxuan's hand, took out one, and just took a bite when he suddenly remembered something.Looking sideways at the people around him, he realized that the other person's lips were a little dry, and the pace of walking was much slower, obviously thirsty and tired.He Xuan couldn't help being annoyed: he was so concerned about his full stomach that he forgot about Shi Qingxuan. He still hasn't eaten a bite yet!

Fortunately, there is a wonton stall not far ahead.He Xuan walked over slowly, sat down at the table, and said to Xiaoer, "Two bowls of wontons, and one bowl of hot water." Xiaoer complied, and brought the water first.

He Xuan pushed the hot water to Shi Qingxuan: "Drink."

Shi Qingxuan was taken aback for a moment, then thanked him, picked up the bowl and drank the water clean.Dry lips are moisturized and a rosy tinge appears again.He Xuan was staring at the lips of the person in front of him, when Xiao Er also brought up the wontons.Shi Qingxuan was a little frightened by being stared at. In order to divert his attention, he quickly laughed twice and asked, "Mr. He, do you only need two bowls?"

He Xuan took another bite of the golden dumpling: "One bowl is enough." He was indeed almost full.

"...Then, the other bowl is...for me...?" Shi Qingxuan couldn't believe it.

The Ghost King nodded, and put the golden dumpling in his hand on the table, signaling him to eat some too.

In fact, Shi Qingxuan has long wanted to eat this snack.After getting approval, he carefully took a dumpling and started to chew on it.After eating one, he wanted to continue eating, but he didn't dare to continue taking it.At this time, just listen to He Xuandao:

"Eat more. If you are starved to death, how can you do things at night."

Heishuixuangui spoke calmly, but Shi Qingxuan suddenly choked and coughed non-stop, and his face seemed to be dripping blood in an instant.