Heroine Saves A Gentleman

When everyone dispersed, Zhou Xiaoxiao sat in the tidy house, feeling very satisfied.

Although the furniture is old, it is simple and simple.Zhou Xiaoxiao rubbed the cracks and wormholes on the wooden tables and chairs over the years. He didn't dislike it but found it very interesting.

The attic was facing the street, a closed window was opened, and loud and noisy people came through the window.

Zhou Xiaoxiao was not too noisy at all. She sat on the chair by the window, poured herself a cup of crude tea, and enjoyed a cup of clear tea with the sound of the market.

It’s because of this kind of fireworks, she thought, that I can live here seriously, save the sorrow of the spring and autumn all day, trance, and still feel like a big dream.

It was night, Aunt Wu and his wife were chatting in the room.

"This week, the girl is a young girl, but she is a wonderful person. She was rich and prosperous at the General's Mansion. She didn't see the slightest timidity and flinching. She was generous with her wife like a sister." Aunt Wu was sewing under the lamp. , "Now living in our run-down house, I took a closer look, and she didn't complain at all, but was more calm and contented."

Her husband Wu Daoquan immersed himself in running over the panax ginseng with a piece of iron medicine, and did not reply.

Aunt Wu seems to be used to this, she only speaks for herself, "I think she has neither father nor mother. It is very pitiful to be lonely and unwilling to be a concubine for the fifth master. It is also uncomfortable to live in the general's house. She wants to rent a house. If not, let her live in our house. We can also take care of her for one or two."

"Since she saved the fifth master, we take care of her and we should pay the favor for the old man. Why should you take her rent."

"The head of the house, don’t worry about it, but you don’t know, this week the girl looked soft, she was very arrogant, she didn’t want to come if she didn’t charge her rent. I was hurt so bad when I saw her. But there are still no teardrops, and she smiled at me." Aunt Wu stopped her needlework, as if recalling the past, "If our daughter hadn't gone away in the military disaster that year, she is now as old as her. I think of her living in. It's also more lively, and it's uncomfortable to leave this house with the three old people of us and Lao Chen."

Wu Daoquan put away the medicine roller and coughed, "I will live there and talk about these old adult things."

So far Zhou Xiaoxiao lived in Wu's house.

She is not in a hurry to open a store, she visits the market day after day, and tastes all kinds of local snacks.

Afterwards, craftsmen were invited to decorate the shop and make utensils.

In my spare time, I took on all the efforts of carrying water and chopping wood in Wu's house, and tried to make various kinds of pastries, and always invited Aunt Wu and his wife to taste.

Aunt Wu tidied up three meals a day, and came to invite Zhou Xiaoxiao to eat together.

After going back and forth, the two got closer and closer, and even the old Chen of the concierge smiled when he saw Zhou Xiaoxiao.

It's just that Wu Daoquan still doesn't care about Zhou Xiaoxiao, and Zhou Xiaoxiao doesn't care.

One day, Zhou Xiaoxiao woke up early and filled the two water tanks first.I wandered around the yard with nothing to do, watching the weapons in the yard, my hands were itchy for a while, I couldn’t help but took a stick and followed the instructions of Zhou’s father in my mind to get up, and for a while, the dust in the yard was rolling. , Heshengfeng, consciously comfortable, proud.

Suddenly, "It's messy, Sora has brute force, but it's useless to go into battle."

Zhou Xiaoxiao stopped, not annoyed, and said with a smile: "I learned three punches and kicks with my father when I was young, and my father died early, so there is still no way to organize. Since Wu Boshan is using guns, please give me some advice."

Wu Daoquan didn't say a word, went to the gun rack with a stick in his hand, stood still and made a move.

Zhou Xiaoxiao said, "Forgive you for being rude."

Go straight to Wu Daoquan, and smash it in the air.

With the stick in the air, Zhou Xiaoxiao thought in her heart that she was a strange force, and the old man was just a retired military doctor. In case he pretended to be a straw bag inside, but knocked him over with a stick, Aunt Wu's face was not good, so I received seven or eight points of strength.

However, without knowing how Wu Daoquan moved, Zhou Xiaoxiao felt that his elbow was gently rubbed, and her right arm was sore and numb. She couldn't hold the stick and threw her hand on the ground.

Zhou Xiaoxiao Leng was on the spot, shocked and uncertain.After rubbing his arms for a long time, he picked up the sticks, and this time, he used the five-plum stick method taught by Zhou Dujuan's father.The stick body flicked, Yingying Zhuo had five stick shadows, like a blooming white plum, the five stick shadows were silent, but there was a huge amount of strength hidden in the mid-term, but it would be uncomfortable to rub a little.

But before the plum blossoms were fully opened, Zhou Xiaoxiao felt that his heel had been hit hard, and he could not stand firmly and fell to the ground. Due to the excessive force in his hands, he couldn't stabilize his figure. The fall caused him to roll twice on the ground. Just got up.

Zhou Xiaoxiao got up, turned over and bowed: "The master is here. The little one didn't know the heights of the sky before. From now on, please ask the master to make corrections."

Wu Dao did not answer, and went back to the house with his hands behind his back.Zhou Xiaoxiao patted the dirt on her body and followed behind.When I arrived in the hall, I pulled a stool and invited Wu Daoquan to sit, and worshipped three times as if putting a candle in, and then respectfully served a cup of tea, "Master, you can accept me as an apprentice."

Wu Daoquan didn't pick up the tea, and he pondered for a moment, "You are a female baby, what do you do to learn how to dance with a sword."

Zhou Xiaoxiao, as long as he really wants something, he can be a hundred times more entangled and shameless than usual.This will be like putting honey on your mouth, just open your mouth if it sounds nice.

"Master, you see, there is no boy in our family now, so you have the right to train your disciple as a man. As long as you can learn three or two of the master's skills," Zhou Xiaoxiao knelt on the ground and held tea again and again. At that time, if you encounter some pickled thieves pouring skin and cheating to come to the door, the disciple can also support the door, don’t need to do everything, the master’s own hands?"

"Xiwu is not playing tricks, and there is no room for rape and slipping."

"If you are lazy, you can be punished by the master."

"So," Wu Daoquan took the tea and drank a sip. "We will wait in the yard tomorrow from five changes."

Zhou Xiaoxiao was overjoyed in her heart. Since then, Wu Daoquan and his wife have been regarded as masters and mothers.Wu Daoquan also taught Zhou Xiaoxiao one by one from the beginning.

Wu Daoquan was really a martial idiot when he was young. It is best to dance with swords and guns. Because his family has been conscripted as a military doctor when he was enlisted in the army for generations, his martial arts are of little use. He has no children in his life. in.So when I first saw Zhou Xiaoxiao's strange strength, wonderful qualifications, and good material for martial arts practice, I had seen Lie Xinxi a long time ago, but he just kept one end of the master's shelf as usual.Seeing that Zhou Xiaoxiao is a woman, she is not afraid of hardships, smart and studious, and she is also happy in her heart. It is inevitable that she has the heart to teach her her fine arts.

After the gossip, Zhou Xiaoxiao started to practice martial arts early this day. In the afternoon, he bought the manpower, decorated the facade, and prepared the pastry shop. Unconsciously, the time flies, the ice and snow melt, and the spring breeze rises.

One day, Zhou Xiaoxiao brought two food boxes to the General's Mansion to visit the general's wife Xia Qinglian.

Xia Qinglian greeted her into the room and took her hand affectionately for a moment, before the two of them were divided into guest and guest.

"I haven't seen it for a long time, my sister looked more energetic."

“It’s because I miss my elder sister all the time. I have made a few new dim sums this time, and I’m here to invite my elder sister to taste something fresh.” Zhou Xiaoxiao opened the food box and brought out a black-glazed porcelain plate with partridge markings. I would like to use my wife’s golden tongue to give a comment, and Sister Yu may make improvements when she goes back."

There are six exquisite pastries on the thick black porcelain plate. There are delicate snow-white plum blossoms, autumn chrysanthemums with transparent milk skin, and tender leaves like muddy jade. The six pastries are small and exquisite. They have different shapes, with a faintly tender color under the matte or translucent appearance and a light fragrance.

When Xia Qinglian heard that Zhou Xiaoxiao was going to open a dim sum shop at the beginning, she didn't take it to her heart. She expected it to be nothing more than a thick cake. When she saw it, she was so delicate and surprised.

"Unexpectedly, my sister has such skillful craftsmanship. It makes me hardly bear to eat them."

"My sister comes from a family. I haven't seen any kind of delicate food. Don't make fun of it, just taste it and give some suggestions."

Xia Qinglian stretched her finger away and clicked on Zhou Xiaoxiao. She just smiled and twisted a plum-shaped dessert. She saw that the cake was clean and tender, and its shape was lifelike, just like a pile of first snow, and it seemed to arouse people's appetite.After the entrance, only the epidermis is fragrant and smooth, but the inset has a refreshing taste of slightly sweet and sour.Xia Qinglian's diet is light, not sweet and greasy. This snack is just right for her appetite.

Yin asked: "The filling here is bergamot?"

"It is the bergamot. After marinating, take its light taste to combine the sweetness in the cake. I wonder if it can be made?"

Xia Qinglian nodded her head without saying a word, but said in her heart that she couldn't think that this little sister had such a craft. It's no wonder that she dared to stand on her own.I underestimated her.

I picked up that tender and tender leaf-shaped cake to taste, which was originally a common mung bean cake.The taste is not much different from the popular ones, but the texture is extra delicate. After eating, there is lingering sugar in the mouth, which is more refreshing to the heart and lungs.

Xia Qinglian stopped and said, "It's really good, it's both novel and old, but what's the point?"

"There are a total of 12 kinds of cakes in this set. Because we took roses, white lotus, bergamot, mung beans and other seasonal flowers and fruits as materials, we made a popular name called December Flower Cake. It was planned to be the main food in the store. . So my name is also called December Cake Shop."

"It's a name that is both elegant and popular. You are also clever and smart. It seems that I don't need to worry about you."

"Well, I'm here to ask my sister for help." Zhou Xiaoxiao opened the second floor of the food box, and while taking out a plate, said, "These dim sums are quite laborious in work, if they are in the market. I'm afraid the business will be ineffective. I only hope that the wives and young ladies of the big families in Fengxiang City can watch one or two, so that I can hope to maintain it."

Xia Qinglian glanced at her with a smile, and went to look at the plate first, only to see that the plate still contained six desserts, three pastry and three milk crusts, round and square.First, a pastry, round and round, covered with a golden oily skin, studded with sesame seeds.Seeing how cute it is, Xia Qinglian held a small silver knife to cut it crosswise, and saw that the outer layer was layered with thin cicada-winged meringue, the middle was fine and muddy red bean paste, but the inset was one. Oily salted egg yolk

"Oh, Miss Zhou is so ingenious, it's rare to use egg yolks for stuffing." The maid waiting in the house couldn't help but praise her.

Oh, I haven't even seen Qinglian's family. It seems that desserts such as egg yolk cakes and Cantonese moon cakes have not appeared in this era, but I have taken a small advantage, Zhou Xiaoxiao thought.

Xia Qinglian tasted a piece and handed the rest to the maids to share with them. Everyone liked it.