NOVEL NEXT Chapter 44 Hu Geng
"Say Cao Cao Cao Cao is here!"
At dinner time, Mu Zhiyuan came to the door with two legs of lamb to eat.
Today's conversation between the detective and the scholar in the store was informed by Goudan who was squatting beside the store. He quickly went to Jia Mansion to report it and received a lot of reward.
The price of mutton has increased recently. Mu Zhiyuan concluded that Mao Xi was reluctant to buy mutton and made a test dish for Bo Xia Gong, so he spent some silver to buy it at the market.
"Brother Mu, I was about to go to the house to find you!" Lu Da took the leg of lamb from Mu Zhiyuan's hand and said to Shu Xi, "Ah Shu, Brother Mu came to have dinner and brought us a leg of lamb. ,hey-hey!"
Mao Xi was washing vegetables and wiped it on her apron: "Thank you, Brother Mu, I'm just about to make dinner."
She patted the leg of lamb and said, "This leg of lamb is really good. Let's borrow flowers to offer to the Buddha tonight, beat the teeth as a sacrifice for everyone, and make "hutang" for everyone." "
Hu Geng, also known as Hu Ye Geng, is a thick soup made from the young leaves of gourd, mutton and green onions, similar in consistency to Hu spicy soup.
Mao Xi bought some gourd leaves from the mall and only added a small amount of starch when thickening it.
"Xiaodouzi, help sister get some baked naan!"
Xiaodouzi leaned over and took four baked naan from the kiln.
Break a few slices of naan into the mutton soup, isn't it just mutton soaked buns? Mao Xi eats a lot in modern times.
Everyone followed Miao Xi and broke the naan into small pieces and put them into the soup to eat.
Luda ate a mouthful of naan bread and a mouthful of mutton soup, feasting on meat.
After a delicious meal, there was still one leg of lamb left. Mao Xi put the meat into the freezer in the space.
In the inn where Wang Xiucai stayed overnight.
Lou Laner and Captain Zhang went together and came to the west building where Wang Xiucai was staying.
The items in the room were neatly arranged and nothing unusual. Lou Lan'er opened the window and looked at the ornaments and green plants in the house.
Agent Zhang first checked the oil lamp. He wiped the oil with his hand and sniffed it. He turned to Wang Xiucai and said, "When I study at night, can I order something to eat at the inn?"
"No, I just drank some cold water to quench my thirst!"
Detective Zhang quickly picked up a cup from the table and looked at it. There was nothing unusual. He continued to ask: "Did your symptoms of hearing the woman's whisper appear suddenly, or did you hear it gradually?"
"From the night I checked into the inn, to today when I meet the adults, I can hear it every night."
"Just crying?" Agent Zhang came to the desk and squatted on the ground to check.
"Yes, but the dream last night was very real. Although I didn't hear the woman crying, she was waiting on the pen and ink. This is the article I practiced on last night."
Captain Zhang picked up a stack of jute paper and started reading. Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that several pages were missing from the article, and one page had a small amount of white powder on it.
Lou Lan'er came over and said, "Captain Zhang, could this be the sweat medicine?"
"Not necessarily. I just checked the oil lamp. There is Ecstasy incense inside, which can only make people lose consciousness temporarily. And I want to take this powder back for testing. It should be related to Wang Xiucai's daily hallucinations."
"Captain Zhang, there is something wrong with this west building. I can't live here anymore!" Wang Xiucai was timid and started to pack his bags.
Li Xiucai heard the sound and came to the west building. When he saw the scholar was about to leave, he said, "Brother Wang, the stories about fox fairies are all about strange powers and confusing gods. They cannot be trusted. Girl Cai Die is singing a song downstairs. Don't you like to listen to it the most?" Why not stay!”
A trace of love flashed in Wang Xiucai's eyes, he put down his baggage, touched the red mark on his neck, sat on the chair and sighed: "That's fine."
Lou Lan'er walked to the door of the west building and looked downstairs of the inn. There was an old man in his fifties and a young woman sitting in the hall of the inn. The old man was playing the piano and the woman was singing.
"Wang Xiucai, to keep you safe, you must come back to Kaitang County with me." After Zhang finished speaking, he returned to the first floor of the inn with an oil lamp and a stack of articles.
Before leaving, he glanced at the opera singer and his daughter. The old man was calm and calm, slow and steady, while the woman sang in a melodious voice. The song "Farewell My Concubine" lingered in the air.
Seeing that there was nothing unusual about the two of them, they left with Wang Xiucai.
Lou Lan'er immediately returned to Liuxiang Snacks and saw everyone drinking gourd soup and eating grilled naan.
"Ah millet, this is the way to eat in Beisu!" A bowl of gourd soup with grilled naan aroused Lou Lan'er's homesickness.
"Come and eat!" Shui Xi hurriedly called Lou Lan'er and asked her about Wang Xiucai's current situation.
Lou Lan'er took a sip of mutton soup and said, "Ah Shu, don't worry. Wang Xiucai followed Captain Zhang back to Kaitang County to make records. Someone should have deliberately drugged him in the inn. The motive is still unknown, but it can be guaranteed that it will be the same as Liu Xiang Snacks." It’s irrelevant.”
"That's good!" Shu Xi breathed a sigh of relief.
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It rained early the next morning, so Mao Xi took Xiaodouzi, Rhubarb and Little Rat to go up the mountain to pick mushrooms.
My younger sister Ajiao cried and wanted to go up the mountain with her sister, but refused to follow her to the food shop.
Mao Xi was worried about the snakes and insects on the mountain, so she left her at Brother Chunsheng's house, under the care of Aunt Shen temporarily.
The naughty Ah Jiao couldn't stay alone at home, so she took advantage of her aunt not paying attention, took a bamboo basket in her hand, and went to the back mountain with Yuan Bao and Pi Dan to look for mushrooms.
The two puppies ran all the way and brought Ajiao to the ruined temple on the back mountain. Ajiao is very brave and only thinks of it as an adventure. Although her brother has told her that there are will-o'-the-wisps in the mountains behind, she is not afraid.
After the rainy night, many wild mushrooms grew around the ruined temple. Ajiao didn't know how to distinguish which ones were edible, so he picked them all into the basket.
Yuanbao and Preserved Dogs chased a white cabbage butterfly and jumped around in the grass, playing among themselves.
After picking wild mushrooms, Ajiao chased the dog into the grass and saw a huge Ganoderma-like mushroom growing on the rotten wood beside the temple. She put down the basket and with great strength, she and others sat on the ground and pulled up the mushrooms.
Ajiao blew the soil on the mushroom and said, "That's great. It's such a big Ganoderma lucidum. I'll show it to my brother and sister later!"
"Woof woof!" Yuanbao and Preserved Egg stood beside the rotten wood, barking at Ajiao.
Ajiao placed the mushrooms and stepped forward to investigate. Half a hand-shaped bone stuck out of the soil.
"Brother is right, there is really a ghost here, Yuanbao Preserved Egg, go home quickly!"
Although Ajiao was usually fearless, when he saw the hand bones in the pit, he was so frightened that he peed his pants. The two dogs quickly ran back to Liujia Village.