female catcher

Chapter 98

Although the tea was mediocre, Su Zhen didn't care too much. After taking a few sips, he put down the tea bowl, looked at the file on the table and said, "I heard that there was a murder case in Yongping Square? Are you busy with this matter now?"

"Yes." Xia Chu patted the file, "Speaking of which, if we didn't happen to go to Yongpingfang for dinner that day, we don't know when we would find the body."

"The smell of the corpse is already wafting out. It must be very corrupted, right? It's not easy for you to be fast."

Xia Chu smiled embarrassingly, "Actually... I didn't dare to watch it. Alas, I can't think about it anymore. It makes me feel uncomfortable when I think about it. I'm such a crow's mouth. I was talking about the view of giants with you at noon that day, but the next day I couldn't see it." The corpse was found. But then again, maybe the smell brought out associations in my subconscious, so I talked to you about the corpse."

Su Zhen chuckled lightly, "Since that's the case, it's better not to talk about it today."

"That's right. Don't chat, don't chat....That day..., blame me for talking nonsense, Mr. Huang, don't mind." Xia Chu's face turned red because of embarrassment, and he secretly scolded himself for losing his mind after drinking that day.

Didn't she eat and screw that day?Facing such a handsome young man, let's not talk about romantic affairs, but have nothing to do to talk about the dead body!

Su Zhen looked at Chu Xia's flushed face, and couldn't help but think of her appearance when she was drunk that day, red and tender, making people want to hold it in their hands and take a bite.

"Master Huang is thinking about the corpse, right?" Seeing Su Zhen lost in thought, Xia Chu called him in a low voice.

"No, I didn't think about the corpse..." Su Zhen coughed lightly and smiled a little embarrassedly, "Oh yes, speaking of the corpse, it happened to be..." He put a paper bag in his hand on the On the table, "I brought some honey-soaked plums for you."

Xia Chu thanked him, thinking to himself what exactly does this mean?After thinking about it, I understood again, and I couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded.

This Mr. Huang really has a different kind of humor.

The matter of bringing gifts was actually suggested by An Liang, who said that it is not good to visit someone's house empty-handed.Su Zhen wanted to choose a small gift from the treasury in the palace, but felt that it was inappropriate. Firstly, he was afraid that Jiang Xiyuan would reveal his identity if he saw it, and secondly, it was too expensive, so Xia Chu would not accept it.

After thinking about it, An Liang said that it is best to give gifts to friends who need them.Su Zhen remembered Xia Chu said that the rotting corpse was disgusting, and she hadn't eaten for two days.At this time, my stomach must also be uncomfortable, and I need something appetizing.In this way, the gift became a bag of honey-soaked plums.

Therefore, the first gift that Emperor Jingguo gave in his personal capacity was a bag of plums.

Xia Chu opened the paper bag and ate one. The sweet and sour taste was very palatable, and then he ate another one.After eating two sour plums, I felt hungry all at once.She rubbed her stomach and asked Su Zhen, "Has Mr. Huang eaten?"

"not yet."

"Then let's go out to eat together, I'll go change clothes." Xia Chu stood up and walked into the house with a limp.But Su Zhen called her back: "You are inconvenient to move, so don't move around. I'll let Xiaoliang go and buy some. Goat soup? Or do you want to eat eight bowls of Xijing?"

Xia Chu laughed, thinking that Su Zhen was really cute, and he remembered it when he took him to eat.It's like a child who has just learned a skill and wants to use it when he gets the chance.

She lowered her head and pondered for a while, then said: "If Mr. Huang doesn't dislike it, why don't you just make do with me? At noon, I just had someone buy some vegetables and meat for me, and they were all fresh. Originally, I also planned I cook for myself."

"You know how to cook?" Su Zhen asked in surprise.

"Yeah, but the craftsmanship is average." Xia Chu rolled up his sleeves and turned back to the kitchen.

Sitting alone in the yard, Su Zhen quietly flipped through a stack of files on the table, and saw a few particularly scribbled ones among them, so he knew it was Xia Chu's handwriting, and couldn't help but secretly smiled.After sitting for a while, I felt a little bored, so I got up and went to the kitchen.

At the beginning of Xia, there was already busy work, washing and chopping vegetables, starting a fire and frying vegetables, the figures flew all over the kitchen, and they still had time to chat with Su Zhen.

When the prepared dishes were put into the pan, there was a loud crackling sound, and the oily smoke sprayed out and filled the entire kitchen.Xia Chu took a step back, turned his head and saw that Su Zhen had been buried in the smoke, his head and face could not be seen, but his figure was still standing firmly.Xia Chu hurriedly asked him to go out. He fanned away the oily fume in front of his eyes with his sleeve, shook his head, and insisted on watching from the kitchen.

Stir-frying and cooking is a very unfamiliar scene for Su Zhen. It cannot be said to be very beautiful, but he likes it very much.

A few times in the middle, Su Zhen felt that he should help out with something, but he was not sure whether cooking could be helped by others, and whether there were any taboos, so he was too embarrassed to ask.

Then again, even if he could help, he had no idea what he could do.

After a while, the three dishes came out of the pot, Xia Chu brought out the three dishes with one hand, and the bowl and chopsticks in the other hand.Su Zhen had never seen someone carrying a plate like this before, and he was terrified when he saw it, and he didn't breathe a sigh of relief for her until she put the plate safely on the table.

"Stir-fried cabbage, stuffed tofu, and Mushu pork." Xia Chu introduced the three dishes, all with names and styles that Su Zhen had never heard of.

She tied a steamed bun with chopsticks and handed it to Su Zhen. Su Zhen held it in his hand, looking a little cute.

Xia Chu couldn't help laughing and said, "Young Master Huang, you haven't eaten such a homely food, have you? Try it to see if it tastes good. These are not my best skills, but I can only make these with limited ingredients."

"It all looks very delicious. I didn't expect you to have such a skill. It's really impressive." Su Zhen thanked him, put a chopstick of Mushu meat into his mouth, chewed a few bites, and was about to agree when suddenly The taste of ginger spread in the mouth, rushed into the nose, and went straight to the forehead.

Su Zhen hated eating ginger the most. The smell of ginger made him frown, and subconsciously wanted to spit out what was in his mouth.Seeing his expression, Xia Chu hurriedly asked, "What's wrong? Is it not delicious?"

Su Zhen raised his head and saw her expression half longing and half worried. He didn't know what to do for a moment, so he tightly pursed his lips and smiled very reluctantly.

Chu Xia put down his chopsticks and stood up with a blushing face, "Forget it, let's go out to eat, my cooking is too homely, you probably won't be used to it."

Su Zhen was a little flustered, seeing that Xia Chu was about to take away the food, he simply swallowed the food with a heartbroken heart.While pressing Xia Chu's hand, "No, the food is very good."

"Really?" Xia Chu looked at him suspiciously, "It's okay, you really don't have to force it."

Su Zhen smiled lightly, tore off a small piece of steamed bun, and continued to eat with vegetables.Xia Chu observed his facial expression for a while, then he was relieved, sat down again and started to eat.

For Su Zhen, this meal was both pain and happiness.

It hurts because Xia Chu likes to use ginger very much, and ginger is used in all three dishes.Su Zhen ate very slowly, while chatting with Xia Chu, he tried his best to avoid the ginger pickled vegetables, but the shredded ginger was finely chopped, and by the end of the meal, the tip of his tongue was numb, but he couldn't feel the taste of ginger anymore.

And happiness is because of this comfortable and warm atmosphere.It was a feeling that Su Zhen had never experienced since he was a child. There were no cumbersome rules, no vague-faced palace servants, no An Liang holding a silver needle to poke around, just to add to his annoyance.

Outside the door, An Liang woke up hungry from a dozing state, looked with sleepy eyes, and saw Min Feng leaning on the wall of the carriage, twirling a tender grape vine in his hand, looking up at the dark blue night sky.It is also a rare relaxed posture.

"Min Feng? Why did you come here?" An Liang poked Min Feng's arm with the tip of his whip, "Where is our master? You don't care?"

"No need." Min Feng turned around and took a paper bag and threw it to An Liang, "Bun."

"For me? Tsk, how thoughtful, I'm hungry." An Liang smiled and opened the paper bag, stuffed a bun into his mouth, and said vaguely: "Master asked you to come out?"

"I don't think it's necessary."

An Liang swallowed the mouthful of steamed stuffed bun with all his strength, and said, "What do you mean it's unnecessary? You mean, there's no danger at the beginning of Xia?"

Min Feng nodded.

"That's right, now the master doesn't bring his sleeve arrows when he comes out, and it's okay to have a few meals together, so there's nothing to be wary of."

"Well, but when you are more unsuspecting, you should be more cautious." An Liang stuffed another bun, "But, I think Mr. Xia is not bad, you can tell by his face that he doesn't look like a bad guy. You know what, The master said that Mr. Xia is his friend. Friends! I really don’t know when their Xia family has accumulated blessings, but unfortunately he doesn’t know it himself.”

"It's good not knowing."

"Yes, the master said the same thing. Alas, speaking of it, I often sympathize with our master. Look at it, it seems that you can get whatever you want, but in fact, it's nothing if you want it. I want to find someone who can talk intimately People, you have to keep your name incognito... Maybe it will be fine after you get married, I heard that the queen is a well-educated person."

"hope so……"

"Tsk, it's really boring to chat with you dumb-mouthed gourd. I'll say three words and you say three words." An Liang glanced at Min Feng, thought for a while, and stretched out his hand to pull him: "No..., what did you mean by that just now? I heard your voice, why is something wrong? Don't hide anything from me."

Min Feng looked down at the vine in his hand, and after a while, he threw it to An Liang, "It was picked off from the vine in Xia Chu's courtyard."

"Why do you owe so much!"

Min Feng smiled, "If you don't pinch the tip, you won't grow grapes."

"What do you mean?"

"When the grapes are ripe, the master doesn't know if they will come."

"What..." As soon as An Liang asked for a text, Min Feng disappeared into the night without knowing where he went.An Liang could only grumble to the void and said, "What do you mean! I hate..."

(End of this chapter)