V2.Chapter 13

The handwriting on the booklet has long been blurred, but if it is his own handwriting, it is not difficult to identify.

Chef Bao paused when he flipped through the first page.

Everyone looked at him nervously. Just before he took out this booklet, the Yu family did not say anything, but they all believed that Yu Shaoqing was the long-lost son of Bao Shenchu, but he really should hand over the token to him. For a moment in Bao Shenchu's hand, everyone's heart suddenly began to go up and down again.

The foreheads of the uncle and aunt were sweating.

Yu Feng didn't dare to show his air, and even Yu Song, who always loved skin, stayed honest. ?

Little Tie Dan and the little girl didn't know what happened, but the adults' reaction was so serious that they obediently closed their mouths.

Yu Wan clenched Jiang's hand.

How long Bao Shenchu ​​looked at, the eyes of the mother and daughter stayed on him for a long time.

In the room, no one dared to make a sound, or the little Tie Dan's nose was itchy and he sneezed violently. Only then did God Chef Bao regain his senses and gently closed the mutilated booklet.

The uncle asked dryly: "If... how is it? Is it something that your old man put in his swaddling clothes?"

Of course, the things were not put in by Bao Shenchu ​​himself. The uncle asked this, but he was so nervous that he was incoherent. Last night, Yu Wan found out the ins and outs of Bao Shenchu's son's disappearance. Back then, Mrs. Bao's mother was sick. The doctor said that it might not be possible, and the family took their infant son to see Mrs. Bao for the last time. However, after they arrived, Mrs. Bao's mother's illness got better again.

Mrs. Bao's mother kept her daughter and grandson to live for a few more days, while Bao Shenchu ​​left first due to business reasons.

When Mrs. Bao and her son returned to Bao's house, they encountered floods on the way. The flood slammed into the bridge, and they simply guarded Mrs. Bao and her son to the shore. Unfortunately, the good times did not last long, and the mother and son encountered The robber, in the rush, Mrs. Bao fell unconscious and woke up without her son and luggage.

And the priceless medicated recipe was among the lost luggage.

It is not surprising that some people take away the money and leave the medicinal recipes behind.

"Your father... Where did you find your third brother?" Bao Shenchu ​​looked at the uncle and asked.

The uncle said, "It's in Liuzhen."

Liuzhen is in the south of the capital, a hundred miles away. When Mr. Yu was working as a long-term worker in Liuzhen, he saw a child on the side of the road when he passed a ravine.

The uncle asked nervously, "Is my third brother your son?"

Bao Shenchu ​​closed his eyes and resisted the rolling emotions in his chest. After a while, he finally gave the answer.

"……Yes!"

The hearts hanging in the throats of the Yu family finally fell back to reality, and then, a burst of ecstasy passed through everyone's hearts - the third brother was not abandoned by his relatives, the third brother's relatives were found, and he was still a father who loved him so much ...

The uncle's eyes turned red.

The aunt also turned around and secretly wiped two tears.

Yu Wan looked at Bao Shenchu ​​with a surprised expression.

Seeing Yu Wan's dazed look, the eldest aunt smiled and dragged her over, "What are you still doing? Call Grandpa!"

Little Tie Dan looked at them in confusion, what happened to the adults? Cry and laugh!

"And you!" Auntie patted Little Tie Dan on the shoulder, "Hurry up and call Grandpa!"

"I called it!" said the little iron egg inexplicably.

The child was still young, and the aunt didn't know how to explain it to him, so she hurriedly said, "Call again!"

"Oh." Little Tie Dan obediently looked at Chef Bao, and called out "Grandpa" crisply.

Chef Bao raised his thin old hand, touched his small face, and said choked up, "...What's your name?"

Little Tie Dan raised his chest and said, "Tie Dan!"

"Okay, okay!" Bao Shenchu ​​kindly stroked his face, and a trace of tears gradually appeared in the circles of his eyes.

"This is Awan!" The aunt introduced excitedly.

Bao Shenchu ​​set his eyes on Yu Wan.

Yu Wan curved the corners of her lips: "Grandpa."

Chef Bao's eyes were red.

The aunt pulled Jiang over again: "This is the third daughter-in-law, little Jiang!"

Bao Shenchu's gaze fell on the face that was three or five similar to Yu Wan.

The eldest aunt hurriedly said: "Little Jiang is from the city, she is sensible and capable, and she has no choice in her temperament. It is a blessing for the third child to marry her!"

Chef Bao choked up and nodded: "Okay...Okay!"

"Ouch." The eldest aunt turned her back and wiped her tears again, "It's a pity that the third child didn't come back. When he comes back, the family will be reunited!"

"He went to war..." Bao Shenchu ​​said blankly.

This matter was mentioned by Yu Wan and Bao Shenchu ​​when they were miserable.

The uncle, who had slowed down, opened his mouth and said, "The third brother Jiren has his own celestial appearance, and he will definitely return safely!"

Except for Xiao Zhen Zhen and Xiao Tie Dan, the rest of the people were all overjoyed. The aunt slaughtered a chicken, not her own pheasant, but she wanted to slaughter them, but when she entered the chicken coop, she found two The pheasants all fell to the ground half dead.

She didn't know what was going on, she was still alive and kicking just now, but now it seems like she has chicken plague!

The aunt did not dare to kill chickens with chicken plague, so she went to Aunt Luo's house next door to buy an old hen.

Yu Feng went to the town to cut a few pounds of high-quality rib meat, Yu Feng went to the creek in the back mountain to catch two big fat carp, and Yu Wan dug a few bamboo shoots in the backyard.

Uncle's cook.

Although cooking in front of Chef Bao is a bit tricky, you can't let the old man cook in person, right?

The uncle cooked a pot of stewed chicken with bamboo shoots, a plate of steamed ginger shredded carp, a bowl of braised pork with rock sugar, and a can of braised lotus root with waxed pig trotters. The rich aroma wafted out of the stove.

After the new year, the Yu family's dinner table has not been so rich for a long time.

The uncle made a cold salad of bean sprouts and fried broad beans with leeks and eggs.

Yu Wan also cooked herself to show her filial piety. She made winter melon ball soup.

Bao Shenchu ​​has not eaten such a lively meal for a long time. In the morning, he still has his wife on his dinner table. After his wife passed away, he was the only one left.

Chef Bao looked at the food on the table and didn't move his chopsticks for a long time.

Yu Wan put a piece of rock candy pork belly for him: "My uncle is the best at making braised pork. This plate of pork belly is braised first and then roasted. It's not greasy at all, you can try it."

The pork belly is stewed very badly, the skin is like gelatin, soft and glutinous, and the taste is interwoven with rock sugar and salty brine.

But what really makes people unforgettable is not the taste of the dish itself, but the taste of home in the taste.

Chef Bao wanted to cry.

"You also try what I made!" Yu Wan took a piece of winter melon and a meatball for him.

Chef Bao decided to taste it.

After tasting it, I wanted to cry even more.

Hemp eggs...why are they so unpalatable!

...

After getting familiar with it, Yu Song became complacent again and became blind, which made the aunt beat him again. Yu Song hugged his head and ran around, and the aunt chased behind him with a broom.

Chickens with "chicken plague" flutter their wings to watch the fun.

"Cuckoo-"

"Cuckoo-"

The aunt felt that something was wrong, and she turned around abruptly: "Huh? Is the chicken ready?"

The two pheasants rolled their eyes, and were half paralyzed to the ground again.

Auntie: "..."

It was getting dark, and the uncle left Bao Shenchu ​​to stay at home. It happened that after the Guo family moved out, a bright and bright room was vacated: "...It was originally the third brother's residence, and the room became vacant after they moved to the new house. Don't dislike it, just stay here tonight."

It is his son's house. As a father, Bao Shenchu ​​should really want to live there.

Sure enough, after listening to the uncle's words, Bao Shenchu ​​stopped when he was about to cross the threshold. He looked at the room the uncle pointed to, showing a complicated look.

"Grandpa, just stay here!" Little Tie Dan pulled his hand, and the aunt let Xiao Tie Dan get closer to this grandfather. Little Tie Dan is an obedient child who sticks to his grandfather all afternoon.

"Stop." Xiao Zhen Zhen is the little tail of Big Brother Tie Dan.

Chef Bao looked at the two honest and lovely children, and his eyes couldn't help softening.

"grandfather……"

Grandpa is leaving, and I will come to see you another day. Before the words were spoken, the bell in the village rang, and a thick and simple voice came from the entrance of the village. Chef Bao's expression condensed, and he looked at the door subconsciously. When I went, I saw many villagers running over in a panic.

"What happened? Who struck the clock so late?"

The aunt, who was cleaning the stove, came out with a look of surprise.

There was an ominous premonition in the hearts of the Yu family. It was easy for the village not to ring the bell.

"Oops! God damn it!"

Aunt Bai screamed loudly from the entrance of the village.

"I'll take a look!" Yu Wan put down her broom and said.

"I'll go!" Yu Feng said.

Yu Song was one step ahead of his eldest brother, and rushed out like lightning, but after only a few steps, he came back pale, closed the door, and inserted the latch.

Yu Feng, who was waiting to see what happened, blocked him for a while, Yu Feng frowned and said, "What happened?"

Yu Song calmed down and said, "Come on... a big group of people are here!"

"Ouch--"

It was Aunt Zhang's exclamation.

"What are you doing! Let me go!"

It was Cuihua's struggle.

"Wow-"

There are also the cries of children in the village. There are so many that it is impossible to tell who is who.

"The bastards from Xinghua Village are here again?" The aunt was so angry that she swears.

"I don't know..." Yu Song said.

Soon, Yu Wan heard the sound of horses' hooves. It wasn't one horse, but a group of them. This was definitely not a bully from Xinghua Village. No matter how capable Xinghua Village was, it wouldn't have the money to buy so many horses.

Yu Wan took the hands of her younger brother and younger sister: "Auntie, uncle, auntie, you bring Tie Dan, Zhen Zhen and grandpa into the house, don't come out for a while."

It's too late, the door has been kicked open.

Two fat and strong men rushed in with machetes and slashed in the yard. Looking at their clothes and hearing the sound of horse hooves, Yu Wan seriously suspected that they had encountered the rumored horse thief. .

Horse thieves are much more difficult to deal with than bandits. Bandits rob money, but horse thieves can kill.

"Let go of my son! Let go of him!"

It was Cuihua's cry.

The stone was caught, and the little iron egg clenched his fist tightly.

Yu Wan shook his hand and pressed it down calmly.

Yu Song quietly grabbed the shovel beside him, Yu Wan gave him a look and motioned him not to act rashly, two horse thieves are easy to kill, but there are still a group outside, don't start scare the snake, wait for the opportunity, Yu Song hatefully Take your hand back.

"You guys, come here for me!"

One of the bearded thieves, wielding a large knife, drove the Yu family out of the old house.

Another tall horse thief stayed behind, and it seemed that he was going to search and sweep the old house.

As soon as the Yu family came out of the house, they saw more than a dozen horse thieves with large knives scavenging things in various households. Yu Song secretly squeezed a sweat, but fortunately he didn't do anything just now, otherwise so many horse thieves rushed in, and they would have to get off if they didn't die. layered skin.

There were also more than a dozen horse thieves at the entrance of the village. Except for Widow Liu's mother-in-law who was paralyzed in bed, all the villagers were driven to the entrance of the village.

When the horse thief first entered the village, the hunter tried to resist, but was severely beaten by the horse thief, and Cuihua was also kicked. The stone rushed to save his mother, and the horse thief also kicked him.

The villagers did not dare to struggle when they saw that the horse thief was so cruel.

Widow Liu's seven-year-old daughter cried in fright.

The horse thieves told her to shut up, she couldn't shut up, and she cried more and more. A horse thief walked over fiercely, raised his foot and kicked Widow Liu's daughter!

Widow Liu quickly turned her back and protected her daughter in her arms.

However, the imagined pain did not come. Widow Liu heard a suppressed groan, but Wang Mazi stepped forward and slapped her mother and daughter several times.

Widow Liu's eyes turned red.

Not long after, the Yu family was pushed into the crowd.

The uncle said apologetically to Bao Shenchu: "I'm sorry, I have troubled your old man. If I knew this, I should have let you go earlier."

Bao Shenchu ​​didn't speak, just stared at the horse thieves who were scavenging and looting in the village.

The horse thieves are discussing where the "folks" go.

"Men kill, women sell!"

"What about the child?"

"It's also sold!"

"Brother, look at that kid."

The horse thieves noticed the little iron egg at the back of the crowd. This child was really dazzling, with a clean face, unbelievably beautiful facial features, and a pair of big and bright eyes, and a faint anger was flowing.

The horse thief boss's eyes lit up: "Keep him and be a horse thief in the future!"

"Brother, look at that woman!" The horse thief was originally pointing at the Jiang family, but the leader of the horse thief was inattentive and saw Yu Wan beside him.

The boss of the horse thief walked over to Yu Wan, and at this moment, the tall horse thief that the Yu family scoured came out with a bowl of fragrant braised pork: "Big brother! There is meat!"

This is the leftovers from making rock candy pork belly, not braised, only the taste of brine, but it is enough to make people drool.

The horse thief boss bit a piece of braised pork: "Mother's! It's delicious! Is there anything else?"

"There are some!" The tall horse thief rushed back to the Yu family's old house and brought over all the leftovers in the cupboard. The dishes were a little cold, but the taste was indescribably good. Having eaten such a delicious meal, he even forgot to look for Yu Wan, and greeted the brothers to come over and swept away the leftovers from the Yu family.

Horse thieves eat a lot, and these dishes are not enough to stick between their teeth.

The horse thief boss looked at the villagers and said, "Who made the dishes?"

Uncle stepped out.

"I made it." Chef Bao walked out calmly.

Yu Wan and her family were stunned.

Uncle: "Bao..."

Chef Bao interrupted the uncle: "There are still some ingredients at home. As long as you don't hurt my family, I'll go and cook for you, and make sure it's even better than the one just now."

Is it better than just before? What a magical taste that must be!

The thieves' stomachs were growling.

"Who are your family members?" the horse thief boss asked.

Chef Bao pointed out the Yu family one by one.

The horse thief boss's face turned green. The child he was interested in belonged to his family, and the two beautiful women in the village were also from his family, so why not let him be a happy horse thief?

"Boss, eat first, then..." The confidant on the side made a smirk gesture.

The horse thief boss agreed and smiled at Bao Shenchu: "Okay, I promise you that I won't hurt them, but if the food you cook makes me dissatisfied, I will be welcome."

Satisfied or not, isn't it a word from him? At that time, what should be sold is sold, what should be killed is killed, and what should be kidnapped will be taken away!

"Please take down my knife." Chef Bao said calmly.

The horse thief boss gave him a strange look, and Bao Shenchu ​​pointed to the carriage that was taken as his own by the horse thieves.

The coachman had already knocked out the horse thief and lay on the ground beside him.

The horse thief boss hummed in his nostrils.

Chef Bao walked towards the carriage.

"Wait!" The horse thief boss stopped him with a machete, and said to his confidant, a one-eyed horse thief, "Go get it!"

The one-eyed horse thief jumped into the carriage and dropped a heavy burden: "This?"

"Yes." Bao Shenchu ​​picked up the burden, "There is an organ under the seat, and there are some wine and ingredients in it. Take it down together."

When the horse thieves heard that there was wine, they were ready to move.

Strangely, they found nothing, and dared to hide in the agency!

The one-eyed horse thief took down the wine jar and the ingredients on the car. The ingredients were given to Bao Shenchu, and the wine jar was given to the horse thief boss.

The horse thief boss opened the wine jar, and a strong aroma of wine came to his nostrils. With just one sip, the horse thief boss felt that he was about to get drunk.

The horse thief boss resisted the desire to drink it all and asked Bao Shenchu, "Is there only one altar?"

Chef Bao said, "There is only one altar."

The boss of the horse thief smacked his lips. How good would it be to have a few more jars of such a fragrant wine?

"I need someone to fight." Bao Shenchu ​​ordered Yu Wan out.

On the way to the Yu family's old house, Yu Wan whispered to him, "I won't leave you and run away."

Chef Bao said, "Who let you slip away?"

Yu Wan said: "You really plan to cook!"

In this case, shouldn't one run away first and move rescue soldiers to sweep away the horse thieves?

What Yu Wan thought of, the boss of the horse thief also thought of it. He was worried that the old man was playing tricks, or that he might let people run away. Under the close watch of horse thieves.

Chef Bao quickly cooked the dishes, but there were only three miserable bowls.

The horse thief in the main room said, "Is there enough food for this?"

Chef Bao said seriously: "Don't you have sheep? In fact, what I am good at is the whole sheep feast."

Before coming to Lotus Village, the horse thieves had already raided other villages, and among the spoils were a few fat goats.

Where can the horse thief boss be willing to take out his spoils? However, after tasting the fried corn kernels with green peppers, scrambled eggs with chives and boiled cabbage made by Chef Bao, the horse thief boss did not hesitate to let the sheep be dragged out and slaughtered!

A few vegetarian dishes can be cooked so well, the whole sheep feast... Mother's! What a magical taste!

Yu Wan went to deal with the mutton.

"I'm coming." Chef Bao said.

Yu Wan glanced at him, handed him the knife, and obediently stepped aside.

In terms of cooking skills, Yu Wan is not as good as him, but in terms of knife skills, Yu Wan will never admit defeat, not to mention that he may not be able to do such hard work when he is old...

As soon as the thought flashed through her mind, Yu Wan was stunned by the scene in front of her.

I saw Bao Shenchu ​​go down with a knife, and before anyone could see clearly, the sheepskin was peeled off in whole, and the internal organs of the sheep were also cut off and put into different water basins, and the intestines of the sheep were also at a very fast speed. was cleaned up.

Yu Wan had never seen such a neat knife work, bloody things made him feel pleasing to the eye.

Yu Wan did not come here to fight, but rather to watch. God Chef Bao did everything, she didn't even have to wash the vegetables, and more importantly, God Chef Bao was getting old and doing so much hard work. But there was no trace of fatigue, and his face was very calm and calm from beginning to end.

Yu Wan felt that what he did was not cooking, but art.

Chef Bao made two roasted whole sheep, a large pot of braised lamb, a large pot of fresh fish and sheep, and cooked a large portion of hot and strong sheep scorpions. Cold dishes, sheep intestines filled with sheep blood, steamed into sections of blood sausages, sheep hearts and lungs and white radish are boiled into a pot of stew, the aroma and smell of mutton permeate the entire village.

It's not called mutton, but it's a skill to make the taste of mutton just right.

The horse thieves never knew that the smell of sheep mutton can be so fragrant, and they can't wait to taste the whole sheep feast made by the old man.