Chapter 13
Chapter 13: 013
Jiang Chaosheng entered the kitchen, and there was an empty basin with the aroma of fried food on the countertop. The fried octopus that was used to lure the fish thief last night has been completely eaten by the edible little mermaid. The next bit of residue.
As soon as he threw the plate into the hot water to soak, Jiang Chaosheng noticed something, and when he turned his head, he saw that the merman’s thin white fingers were clinging to the threshold, and he was looking into the kitchen.
It’s still early, and the light in the kitchen is not bright enough, and the little merman’s pretty face glows like a moon hanging on the edge of the door frame.
Seeing that Jiang Chaosheng noticed himself, Ji Xuanbing immediately said, “Engong, you have been working too hard to prepare breakfast. I will come and see if there is anything I can do to help. If I can’t, I can learn it.”
There is no way to repay the kindness that is served by the benefactor. If he eats more than two meals, he will be kicked out. Ji Xuanbing doesn’t want to leave when he comes, so he won’t just wait in the cistern to eat.
Jiang Chaosheng’s expression was slightly soft and two-pointed. The little merman was not good at it, but his attitude was okay: “I’ll cook, you’ll start the fire, don’t be too troublesome. When the fire is finished, add firewood, two at a time.”
Although he lives alone, Jiang Chaosheng doesn’t do everything. The firewood he uses on weekdays is all chopped by villagers, and all the messy dead branches are removed, and all the firewood that is ordered is the same length, length and thickness, not to mention adults, just five or six years old like Xiaohua. The girl can also help with the fire.
Ji Xuanbing responded obediently, sat on the pony, and glanced at his wet fish tail, Jiang Chaosheng changed his words: “Forget it, don’t stay by the fire.” To avoid drying out the fish tail.
The sharks live in the sea, although they don’t die out of the water like the octopus, they should still be afraid of flames. He didn’t wait for Ji Xuanbing to slowly move away, and after saying this, he directly picked up the man and the pony, and placed it firmly near the sink.
“See if these basins are not there, wash them by yourself. After you finish breakfast later, you have to wash your own dishes here.”
Naturally, there is no detergent in this era, Jiang Chaosheng brought a small bag with a label over it: “This is soda ash, pour a little bit of it when washing the dishes, rinse it three times with running water, and the dishes are clean without grease and dirt. Understand?”
Ji Xuanbing nodded, Jiang Chaosheng planned to walk away, thinking of his torn clothes, he took a step and folded it back: “Don’t wash the dishes too hard, wash them clean and stack them.”
There are all kinds of pots and pans in his house, but if they are washed and broken, no matter how rich a big family can’t stand such a hustle and bustle. Jiang Chaosheng poured out a little soda ash on the plate and brushed it with the natural sponge he took out: “I’ll demonstrate it once, you can watch it carefully.”
Ji Xuanbing stared at the young man’s rolled-up sleeves without blinking, his well-knotted hands, slender and fair fingers, and an indistinct thin layer of calluses on his fingertips. Jiang Chaosheng’s movements were smooth and smooth, but in the blink of an eye, A white gilded white porcelain plate with water droplets was placed on the water drying table.
“Do you understand?”
“Understood!” Ji Xuanbing nodded heavily, and he patted his chest hard, “Engong, don’t worry, Xuanbing will definitely live up to your trust and wash your dishes clean!”
It’s just washing the dishes. It’s not so careful. Jiang Chaosheng asked one more question: “Your name is Xuan Bing, do you know what two characters your name is? Can you write your name?” The degree is not serious.
Engong asked his name! Ji Xuanbing suddenly became excited: “My name is Ji Xuanbing, and I can write my name!”
He stretched out his hand to catch Jiang Chaosheng’s hand: “Eunuch, I’ll write it for you!”
Write your name, write your name, and move your feet. Jiang Chaosheng swung his sleeves, avoiding the claws stretched out by the merman, and pointed to the sink: “Just dip it in water and write it on the table.”
Ji Xuanbing couldn’t help but feel a little disappointed when he couldn’t touch the benefactor’s hand, but they all exchanged names. Is it far from getting married? The merman cheered up again, sat upright, and wrote his name stroke by stroke. .
Jiang Chaosheng looked at a string of distorted characters on the table for a long time, no matter how he looked at it, he couldn’t make any connection between the group of letters that looked like dried fish and the three words Ji Xuanbing.
“Eunuch, what’s the matter? Is my handwriting ugly?”
Jiang Chaosheng shook his head: “No, you wrote very well.” He laughed, he couldn’t understand the fish-shaped characters written by the merman.
In remote places like Qiongzhou, there are still some tribes who use their own unique language and characters. After all, mermen are deep-sea creatures, and there must be cultural differences with countries on land. If they didn’t live on the ground for a long time, they would definitely not. Learning human language and writing was because he was not thoughtful enough.
“Ji Xuanbing, don’t call me benefactor, you can call me Brother Jiang or your big name. Jiang Chaosheng, the river of the river, the tide that ebbs and flows, and the life that goes on and on.”
“Jiang Chaosheng, Chaosheng. Engong, your name is so nice.” Ji Xuanbing knew the name of his benefactor. He learned Jiang Chaosheng’s self-introduction and repeated his name: “Ji Xuanbing, Ji of Ji Shui. , Xuan bird’s Xuan, ice and snow ice.”
“Yellow Emperor is older than Ji Shui, and your name is also very nice.” Jiang Chaosheng praised politely. It is indeed a very poetic and ancient name.
“Eunuch, no, Jiang Chaosheng…” The merman looked at Jiang Chaosheng madly. He recited the name back and forth several times, pondering on the tip of his tongue, it was just a name, and the merman’s Qingyue voice just recited the sweet taste of honey.
Jiang Chaosheng was numb when he heard it: “It’s useless to read my name, hurry up and wash the dishes.”
He had just beaten the egg, and before he could stir it with chopsticks, he heard Ji Xuanbing calling him in a tone of merit: “Chaosheng, I’ve washed it!”
“How many times have you washed so quickly?” Jiang Chaosheng put down his work and walked over to Ji Xuanbing uneasy, “How many times have you washed? The dishes are not broken, right?”
He walked over and saw that each plate was clean and neatly stacked on the edge of the plate he had demonstrated earlier. Taking a closer look, Ji Xuanbing washed it even cleaner than him, the dishes were as clean as new, and there was not a drop of water left.
Jiang Chaosheng picked up the plate and waved it up and down a few times. The plate was still intact, undamaged and usable. He couldn’t help but wonder: “How did you wash it just now?”
“That’s it.” Ji Xuanbing is not the kind of person who hides and tucks, he poured all the tableware into the sink again, and then poured the soda ash for washing dishes into it strictly according to the reference amount: “One bowl, two bowls …”
When the water flows over the plate, with a light flick of your hand, the water starts to automatically wash the tableware back and forth: “The plate is washed!”
The merman is good at water control, as long as you give him the strength of reference, not to mention the dishes, the sinks that hide the dirt will be flushed brightly.
Jiang Chaosheng visited the whole process, and then looked at the little merman. The merman’s beautiful face disappeared, and a fully automatic dishwasher was reflected in his pupils!
Ji Xuanbing cautiously said, “Eunuch? Is this okay?”
“Yes, well done.” Jiang Chaosheng did not hesitate to praise the little merman.
Since he can wash dishes well, clothes should also be able to be washed, just teach him once, which is equivalent to programming, he can have two intelligent machines, a fully automatic dishwasher and a fully automatic washing machine.
“Eun Gong, do you want me to wash all the dishes in the cupboard?” The praised merman felt like he was slapped with chicken blood, feeling that he could wash a hundred dishes in one go.
Jiang Chaosheng came back to his senses: “No, you go out first, and help set the dishes later.” Ji Xuanbing should have been casting spells just now. After all, mermaids have life.
Jiang Chaosheng pinched the rice noodles, and the rice noodles in the hot water were already softened. He added two sticks of wood to the bottom of the stove and pulled the bellows a few times, and the fire at the bottom of the pot suddenly became much bigger.
Heat the oil, pour the beaten egg into it, and immediately spread it into a golden egg in a small pot. Pick up the fragrant fried egg and put it in a small bowl. Pour the chopped garlic cloves and minced **** into the remaining hot oil and saute until fragrant, add a little tempeh and scallions.
The water in the big pot boiled, and it was boiling. The soaked rice noodles were sprinkled in. The very evenly sliced shredded pork was wrapped in cornstarch and then scalded in the pot, and the thin meat slices floated up. When the water is on the surface, skim off the foam and fish it out, and finally sprinkle some freshly pinched shallots.
Jiang Chaosheng raised his knife and smashed two cucumbers directly. The refreshing and refreshing soup with lean meat and rice noodles was served with fried eggs and cucumbers.
He took two big bowls, one for each person, and a plate for each side dish, which was divided into meals.
“I’ll eat this for breakfast today.” Jiang Chaosheng is not used to the little merman. He does whatever the other party eats. If he has any objections, he picks it up and throws it back into the sea.
Having said that, before moving the chopsticks, he still said: “If you think it’s too salty, you can add salt yourself, and if it’s salty, add a little boiling water.”
Ji Xuanbing didn’t know how to use chopsticks. He imitated Jiang Chaosheng’s movements and used chopsticks awkwardly, and then the slippery rice noodles fell.
Damn, can’t hold it at all! But this kind of trivial matter can’t help the benefactor. He is here to repay the kindness. He should feed the benefactor, not let the benefactor feed himself.
Yes, you can drink the soup first, and the rice noodles will not be slippery! Ji Xuanbing took a big mouthful of soup, and then tears fell.
Jiang Chaosheng was stroking the powder, and the beads fell on the table, and the pearls rolled on the table, making a crackling sound.
As soon as he looked up, he saw the culprit who disturbed his meal. The little merman’s green eyes were red, his lips were rosy, and his pink tongue was sticking out like a hot puppy. Looking at it, Ji Xuanbing quickly retracted his tongue again.
Jiang Chaosheng looked at the other party’s bowl with half of the soup: “The soup is so hot, wouldn’t you eat the noodles first?”
“Wo… hiss…”
Because of the swollen tongue, Ji Xuanbing’s speech was a little vague, and the sharp teeth hurt when they accidentally touched the tongue.
“Wait a minute.” It’s really troublesome, Jiang Chaosheng stood up, leaned over, pinched the little merman’s chin, “Open your mouth, press your tongue down…”
He took the chopsticks that Ji Xuanbing used to eat the powder, acted as a tongue depressor, and gently pressed against the other’s tongue that couldn’t help but lift up: “Fortunately, there is no blisters in it.”
Jiang Chaosheng put his fingertips on the teapot, and poured out the cold, icy water from the kettle: “Hold it, don’t swallow it, just take it easy.”
After he finished speaking, he stood up. Ji Xuanbing was in a hurry and swallowed the water: “Gulu… Engong, where are you going?” Is it useless to dislike him.
“Go get you some ice and put it on.”
Jiang Chaosheng didn’t know if the little shark had seen his secret, but it was better to avoid it.
“Don’t bother your benefactor, I can make ice by myself.” Ji Xuanbing didn’t take any precautions. He grabbed the hem of Jiang Chaosheng’s clothes, took a big mouthful of water, and his face was stern. When he opened his mouth again, a piece of tongue turned into a The ice sculpture art – ice tongue in the snow.
Jiang Chaosheng couldn’t help laughing. The little shark looked dull and a little cute: “Okay, don’t show it to me, wait for the ice to melt and the soup to cool before eating.”
Knowing how to melt water into ice, how can you not know how to cool down hot soup, it is really stupid.
Jiang Chaosheng finished eating a large bowl of rice noodles and fried eggs. Ji Xuanbing looked anxious and quickly melted the ice in his mouth.
Jiang Chaosheng asked him, “How do you feel?”
Ji Xuanbing shook his head and nodded again: “Much better.” He looked at Jiang Chaosheng eagerly, “But if my benefactor kisses my tongue, it will definitely be better faster.”
Jiang Chaosheng took Ji Xuanbing’s powder into a small bowl with chopsticks. The rice noodles without soup quickly cooled down. He ruthlessly rejected Ji Xuanbing and said fiercely: “Hurry up and eat your powder! Remember to pick up your tears. Get up and pay for your meal.”
The scheming little merman not only wants to be kissed, but also wants to kiss, which is very scary!
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No Responsibility Small Theater
Ask; what season do you like best?
Ji Xuanbing: I like winter and summer the most
Q: why
Ji Xuanbing: In summer, Eunuch’s heart is made of ice (water) and ice (cake), and in winter, Eunuch’s body is made of ice.
These days, it has been temporarily changed to 6:00 p.m.