Chapter 126
126 New Rumors
Little Ah Yu hurriedly said, “No, no. Mother’s cooking is also especially delicious. Ah Yu likes it! I just want to invite Big Brother Ah You…”
The little fellow was so anxious that her eyes widened, afraid that her mother would be angry. Her two small hands grabbed Liu Shi’s sleeve and shook it.
When the lamb at the side saw this, it also ran over. It opened its mouth and bit the other sleeve of Madam Liu, shaking its head.
“Alright, alright. What are you two brats doing?” The lamb didn’t know how to control its strength. Liu Shi pulled at her clothes that were about to be torn apart helplessly.
After playing around, Qin Huai agreed to go to the Wang family for dinner.
His birthday with Chi Jia yesterday was actually just a simple meal. Chi Jia made him an extra dish.
To be honest, other than roasting meat, Chi Jia’s cooking skills were not very good. It could be considered a disaster if he entered the kitchen. The taste was not very good.
At noon, Qin Huai and Chi Jia arrived at Old man Wang’s house. Chi Jia was carrying two wild rabbits.
Chi Jia said, “We don’t have anything to give you. Take these two wild rabbits as our thanks.”
Old man Wang walked over and hurriedly wanted to return the wild rabbits. “Mr. Chi, you’re too polite. Usually, you do your best to teach the children. We can’t thank you enough. How can we accept your gifts?”
In the past, Chi Jia only took care of Qin Huai and he was not the childrens’ teacher. They could be more natural with each other. But now that he was Mr. Wu, they naturally could not be too casual.
“It’s fine.” Chi Jia did not care about this at all.
The children were learning seriously, but he did not use the standards of training his subordinates to train them. Of course, it did not count as too much effort.
“If you don’t like them, throw them away. We don’t usually eat wild rabbits,” Chi Jia said.
“This…”
It had been some time since spring. These two hares looked very fat. It was a pity to throw them away like this.
Old man Wang did not know what to say.
Little Ah Yu flew out like a butterfly. “Big Brother Ah You, you’re here? Come in quickly. I left a good seat for you!”
As she spoke, Little Ah Yu grabbed Qin Huai’s hand and pulled him into the house.
When Wang Chuanman saw this, he shouted at Little Ah Yu from afar, “Ah Yu, you can’t be like this. It’s too rude.”
Qin Huai said, “It’s fine.”
When Qin Huai sat at the dining table of Old man Wang’s house, he saw two large bowls in the middle. One was filled with boiled wild vegetables, and the other was filled with boiled fish.
The women had dug up the wild vegetables early in the morning. It had just rained. Although the mountain path was not easy to walk on, the wild vegetables were fresh.
The men went to the canal to catch the fishes. Every time it rained, they would place a net at the mouth of the canal. When the water flowed rapidly, the fish would be flushed in.
Those who liked to eat fish in the village would guard there. There were also those who did not like fish. After all, the fishy taste was very strong, and they did not have so many seasonings to suppress the taste.
Madam Ma was good at making boiled fish. Even with the simplest seasoning, she could still make a fresh fragrance. The fishy taste was reduced to the minimum.
“It’s here!” Madam Zhang’s exaggerated voice came from outside the house. Then, she walked in with a big yellow porcelain bowl in her hand.
Seeing Qin Huai, Madam Zhang’s smile deepened. She placed the bowl in front of Qin Huai and said, “Come, you must eat your longevity noodles while it’s hot!”
The longevity noodles placed in the yellow porcelain bowl were still steaming. The noodles were white, and a few wild vegetables and green onions floated on the top. Two oily condiments floated in the soup.
Thick heat blew over.
Qin Huai was stunned.
“This is for me?” Qin Huai could not hide the surprise in his voice.
Even Chi Jia was stunned.
The Wang family had actually prepared longevity noodles for the Young Master.
It was not that Chi Jia did not want to make longevity noodles for Qin Huai, but he really could not do it with his skills.
The trademark of longevity noodles was that it had to be unbroken from one end to the other. There was actually only one strand of noodles in the full bowl.
Qin Huai’s eyes turned red.
He had never eaten longevity noodles before.
In the past, during birthdays, the Madam would send someone to bring a congratulatory gift. The servants would also celebrate. The table was filled with dishes, but there was no such simple dish as the longevity noodles.
“Big Brother Ah You, my mother specially made this for you. You must finish it!” Little Ah Yu said as she swallowed her saliva.
The noodles made by her mother smelled so good. She only smelled it and felt so hungry.
[Kid, restrain yourself a little.]
How greedy are you? The spatial pocket was filled with longevity noodles!
“It smells so good, elf. It’s really fragrant. Can’t you smell it?” Little Ah Yu thought to herself.
[…Can’t smell it.]
What did it need that useless function for?
When Qin Huai saw that Little Ah Yu looked like she was about to cry from hunger, he pushed the bowl of noodles in front of her. “This is for you.”
“No, today is your birthday, so only you can eat the longevity noodles.” Little Ah Yu swallowed another mouthful of saliva and rejected Qin Huai very firmly.
She knew that this was Big Brother Ah You’s longevity noodles. She could not eat it.
Her saliva was really insensible!
Old Madam Wang looked at Qin Huai warmly.
“Good child, eat quickly. The noodles won’t taste good anymore if they become bloated. You have to finish the longevity noodles in one slurp. You can’t break the noodles. Only then can you live a long life!”
Qin Huai’s eyes darkened when he heard the last sentence.
He also hoped that he could live a long life. But he did not know if the heavens were willing to fulfill his wish.
When he looked up at the Wang family and saw them looking at him gently, he suddenly felt exceptionally warm in his heart.
He picked up his chopsticks in front of everyone. “Alright, I’ll eat.”
Halfway through Qin Huai’s meal, the Wang Family officially started eating. Everyone was given a bowl of porridge before eating the food in the middle.
Chi Jia thought that he had to pretend to find the food delicious to prevent these simple and kind Wang family members from being sad. In the end, when he took a bite of the food, he realized that it tasted especially good.
The wild vegetables had a fresh grassy taste, but it did not stimulate the taste buds too much.
Not to mention the boiled fish. The fish was especially fresh and tender, and there was no fishy taste at all. It was unknown how it was cooked, but it was a little spicy. After scooping a mouthful of fish soup and drinking it, he felt his entire internal organs warm up.
Most importantly, he could tell that these two dishes did not use any special seasonings. They were even much blander than the ones in the restaurant.
But he just felt that it was delicious.
This was even better than the food prepared by the chefs of the big restaurants!
The Wang Family was really not bad.
Chi Jia even reconsidered his relationship with the Wang Family in the future. Perhaps he could directly freeload at the Wang Family for a long time.
Wonderful.
After the meal, in the afternoon, Village Chief Hu’s youngest son, Hu Xiaoliu, suddenly ran into the Wang family.
He panted and said with an indignant expression, “I don’t know which bastard spread the rumors outside that our Hu Family Village has produced evil spirits. They’re even saying that they want to let some Daoist priest come here to do a cleansing!”
When the Wang family heard this, they hurriedly asked, “What evil spirit?”
Hu Xiaoliu said, “Didn’t I go to town today? Suddenly, I heard someone say that a little demoness appeared in Hu Family Village. She jinxed her parents and descendants, and even her entire family to death.”
Everyone felt that something was wrong. “Little demoness?”
And what was that about jinxing?
“Aiya, I’m talking about your Ah Yu!” Hu Xiaoliu was indignant. “I specially grabbed someone and asked him about it. Only then did I know that it was said by a matchmaker from their side!”