Chapter 16 The Spring Jubilee Is Different
The first time she went to Chi Po's house, Ye Kui went with Yan Zi from the same village. She had a good relationship with Yan Zi, and Yan Zi often looked for her to play with her. But the children in the village were afraid of Chi Po. If she had made it clear, Yan Zi would definitely not dare to go, so Ye Kui didn't mention it, just said that she was accompanying Yan Zi to pick vegetables in the field. The two of them took Yan Zi's cat out together.
On the way, a cat named Xiaohua began to run around.
Swallow squinted his eyes with a smile: "It's like this when it gets hot. It's just like that. It's amazing." As soon as he praised it, the little flower suddenly started to "meow" and disappeared. Swallow looked at the direction it was moving away, "Oh, I must be chasing the butterfly!"
Ye Kui looked at the bamboo forest and smiled with her lips: "It's so dark inside, let's go and get it back."
"This troublemaker, let's go find it first, and come back and pick melons." Yanzi nodded, said in agreement, and then took Ye Kui's hand and rushed into the bamboo forest.
Ye Kui was tortured and said hurriedly: "Don't run, don't run, this bamboo forest is not easy to walk, it will be bad if you fall later." But Yanzi was anxious and didn't care about her feet. The two of them staggered into the bamboo forest. Fortunately, not long after, they saw Xiaohua's figure. The "meow, meow" sounded particularly loud in the quiet bamboo forest.
In a blink of an eye, the tiger-skinned figure rushed over and rushed into a small courtyard in the bamboo forest. As the door of the house was half open, Xiaohua suddenly got into it. Now, Ye Kui and the others couldn't continue chasing in. There was only one family in the bamboo forest, and this family was naturally the Chi Po family that Mei told him not to get close to.
Ye Kui remembered the scene when she saw Chi Po that day. The old lady was out of place with Taohua Village no matter how she looked. No wonder she wanted to live alone in the bamboo forest. She was just afraid, but she was not afraid. So when Xiaohua entered, she said to Yanzi: "Let's go knock on the door and bring Xiaohua out."
"There is Chi Po here." Yan Zi said noddedly, with a sense of panic in his eyes.
Ye Kui patted her hand and walked into the yard first. She was about to knock on the door, but the half-open door suddenly opened. Chi Po was dressed neatly, with her gray hair on her head, and she held Xiaohua in her hand and looked down at Ye Kui, "You?"
The sunlight cannot shine into the dense bamboo forest, so the light is not good. Only when Ye Kui is so close did Ye Kui notice that the eye on Chi Po’s left has no focal length at all, and that eye is blind! But her right eye is as black as a black jade, and it is not as charming as an old lady of this age. Ye Kui was stunned for a moment, and then said for a while: "I'm disturbing my mother-in-law." He reached out to pick up Xiaohua.
Xiaohua suddenly struggled and ran into the house again, and then there was a sound of something being knocked over from the house. Swallow, who was standing at the door of the yard, also heard the sound, and the timidity in his heart was immediately thrown away, and rushed over to say "I'm sorry, mother-in-law" to Chi Po at the door, and then entered the house.
Chi Po looked calm as usual. He turned around and entered the house, and said to Ye Kui: "Come in too."
After entering the house, he followed Chi Po and suddenly realized his eyes. A small wooden table, the ground at the foot of the table was wet, and a water scoop was poured down next to it. Swallow held Xiaohua and lowered his head to apologize to Chi Po: "I'm sorry, my mother-in-law, I knocked over your water." His voice was low, and it seemed that he was still scared.
Chi Po said "um" and bent down to pick up the water puff and waved her hand to signal them to leave. The kitchen window was facing the bamboo outside, which looked refreshing. A small fire was still burning in the stove. She uncovered the lid of the pot and a smell of fragrance came to her face. Then Ye Kui was about to immediately hooked by the fragrance and couldn't take steps under her feet. "Little Leaf, it smells so good."
It is indeed fragrant, but no matter how fragrant it is, it is not their business. Ye Kui was about to leave, but Chi Po shouted: "Don't dislike leaving the noodles, I may not have anyone come to the house for a long time."
The fine white flour was boiled in water, and after passing the cool well water, it became more and more tactile.
Add pig bones and pork skin to make soup, add star anise and spices, and then season with soy sauce, scallions, salt and sugar. Boil until the soup is thick and gummy, and stir-fry egg flowers while it is hot. Stir in the minced pork, and then prepare something like bean sprouts on the noodles, drizzle a spoon of hot marinade and you can eat it.
The series of actions made Yan Zi stunned.
Ye Kui thought she was so timid before and would not dare to stay for dinner, but who knew that she was not afraid of anything for eating. Swallow sat on a small stool, ate the noodles in big mouthfuls, and muttered softly: "This is the first time I have such good noodles, which must be valuable."
Chi Po is old, but his ears are still sharp. He is not annoyed after hearing this. He just said, "If a person lives for a lifetime, if he can't even bear the food that has been eaten in his stomach, what's the point of living?"
This is the first motto Ye Kui heard from Chi Po.
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After that, she left Yanzi and quietly went to see Chi Po several times.
The sun quickly became summer, and the weather passed by one day.
The sun in the sky was as red as pickled salted duck eggs, and it was red as if oil was about to drip. Half of the water in the Peach Blossom River was dried up, and the rice poles in the fields were bent over.
When you walk by the roadside, you can see someone's native dog lying at the door, opening his mouth and sticking out his tongue.
Ye Kui sat on the little steak at the door and was picking vegetables. Suddenly, Chunxi outside called her, "Little Ye Zi, come on."
She frowned, put down her things and went out. As soon as she got closer, Chunxi was pulled to the bedroom. As soon as she entered the door, Chunxi said, "Twenty-first century?"
Ye Kui was shocked, "What?"
Chunxi hummed, pulled her to the bed, took out the book from under the corner mat where she was sleeping, and said proudly: "It's hidden enough, don't say that this is not your thing."
After saying this, Ye Kui's hands and feet were cold and she could only pretend to be angry, "That is my mother's relic, don't break it!" As she said, she wanted to go forward and grab it.
Chunxi looked puzzled: "Your mother's relics? The king of heaven covers the earth tiger, the pagoda river demon? The Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties? Do you know?"
Ye Kui immediately affirmed when she heard this.
The Great Yue Dynasty is further ahead of the Tang Dynasty. Where did the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties come from in this world? What Chunxi said are things that only people from later generations know about. But she was unwilling to reveal her identity as a time traveler. There was Ye Shu around her, and she must not let herself fall into a dilemma.
Chunxi is cunning and spoiled, so she naturally cannot explain the truth to this girl.
After making up his mind, Ye Kui pretended to be stupid: "I don't know what you are saying, please give it back to me!" There were too many things in it that Chunxi could not know, and she didn't know how much she had just looked at it. Thinking of this, she raised her hand to snatch it.
Seeing this, Chunxi hurriedly shouted: "What are you robbing? I can't see it anymore. There are a lot of pieces of meat! I've only read two pages, and I'll give it back to you after reading it later!"
Hearing this, he felt relieved, but Ye Kui's actions did not stop.
Chunxi frowned and pulled her feet and ran out.
Ye Kui hurriedly chased after him.
While pushing, Chunxi knocked down the shelf by the wall with a "wow" sound, and the basin of water on her head fell heavily. She drowned water under her feet, and when she slipped, she fell into a piece of the basin. The book she held in her hand fell down, soaked by water, and was soaked.
Chunxi screamed "Ouch" and Ye Kui glanced at her coldly, leaned over and picked up the wet book and went out.
A fire was set under the stove, and she went in and sat down in front of the stove. While Chunlan was not paying attention, she threw the book in and burned it.
In the yard, Ding He was cursing loudly.
"A despicable little prostitute, a slut!"
"A little goblin! It hurts my son!"
"Kufu's death star... died early..."
Ye Kui raised her head and looked at Chunlan. The two of them shook their heads helplessly, pretending that they had not heard Ding He's unpleasant words. However, when lunch was over, the third brother of the Ding family made a big fuss with Ding He's family, and everyone parted in disagreement.
Old Ding sighed and took his son to the ground. Ding He returned to the house and cursed the sky.
Ye Kui couldn't help but feel bored.
Could it be a mistake for her to keep Ye Shu?
Before she could think about it, Chunxi stared at her and pulled her, pinched her heavily on the back of her hand, and said unhappily: "Where is the thing?"
Ye Kui slowly pulled out her hand, and pinched her hand back, then said, "I'll leave it to my mother for safekeeping."
"What?" Chunxi was surprised.
Ye Kui smiled and said, "If you don't believe me, go and ask your mother."
Chunxi looked at Mei, and did not dare to ask, so she could only glar at Ye Kui for several times, snorted and ran away.
After helping Mei clean up the dishes, Ye Kui prepares to go to Chi Po. These days, she has learned a lot of things from Chi Po, needlework, embroidery, rules and etiquette... She almost greedily absorbs all the resources she can obtain. Once you learn anything, it will not be useless. One day, it will save you from danger. She knows this well, so she depends on Chi Po.
After entering the bamboo forest, she trotted to Chi Po's courtyard, pushed open the door and called out, "Mother-in-law..."
When Chi Po heard the sound, she turned around. Her eyes were dark and dull, and her eyes looked like an ancient well. She looked at Ye Kui with her unblind eyes and said, "Learn some tea today."
Ye Kui nodded honestly and moved the tea set out with a quick look.
She never asked about Chi Po, and Chi Po didn't ask about her. It was because she was thick-skinned before, and then showed her extremely intelligent side, which made Chi Po look at her differently. Since then, she has often come to see Chi Po, and Chi Po returns to teach her something.
And these are not things that women in the country can understand.
She was forced to take Ye Shu back to her father's clan one day because of the situation. And Chi Po was just looking for a sustenance.
One of them teaches and the other learns, and time passes quickly.
At the moment of Shen Shi, Ye Kui said goodbye and left.
There was no mistake at all, but this time, Xiaojiu stopped him after he just came out of the bamboo forest.
"Are you going to see Chi Po?" He was wearing Chunjiang's half-old summer shirt, standing with his trousers, and holding a bundle of straw in his hand. If his face wasn't really like a country child, his outfit would have made people think he was a native of Taohua Village.
Ye Kui asked back without answering: "Chi Po is a good person."
Under the golden sunlight, Xiaojiu frowned and said, "How do you know she is a good person?"
Ye Kui couldn't help but talk and subconsciously changed the topic: "Is your hands good?"
"It's natural that it's all right for so long." Xiaojiu was helpless, "Do you and Xiaoshu stay here forever?"
Unexpectedly, he would suddenly say this, Ye Kui couldn't help but be stunned: "Of course."
Xiao Yunniang died, her father had never appeared before, and she didn't even know where the Ye family in Fengcheng was. Moreover, Xiao Yunniang took her away with her hardship because of such a thing. When she died, she even told her not to trust the Ye family. She thought she was very reluctant to go back with Ye Shu.
Since that's the case, why did she ask for trouble?
Although I am dependent on others now, peace will not cause harm to life.
As she thought, she heard Xiaojiu say, "I probably should leave." After so long, no one came to him. It was really unreasonable, so he could only think of a way to leave.
The little boy was wearing the old clothes of the villagers and looked at her with a bright look.
Ye Kui nodded, but didn't know what to say. They were not brothers and sisters, and she had known for a long time that Xiaojiu could not stay in this small village for the rest of her life, and it would be only a matter of time before she left.
Chapter completed!