At the beginning of Niujia Village, my sister-in-law and I depended on each other.

Chapter 22 The best story

"Niu Ben, send someone quickly to send this secret letter back to the village and hand it over to Madam."

"And I want to instruct my wife to do the things in the letter immediately."

"Prepare another carriage and bring enough expenses. In the morning three days later, you will go with me to Dengfeng to visit the Shaolin Temple."

"besides."

Niu Dingtian summoned Niu Ben and quickly gave his instructions. Then he went over to explain in a low voice. After finishing, he handed over a secret letter.

"It's the owner of the village, my subordinates will do it immediately, but"

"It's just that my subordinates heard that Shaolin Temple has never received foreign visitors since it decided to close the mountain for a hundred years. I'm afraid."

After receiving the letter, Niu Ben took the order, but suddenly thought of something, looked a little hesitant, and expressed his concerns.

"It doesn't matter, it's just money to clear the way, and the monks who chant sutras also need to eat. What's more, the mountain has been closed for so many years, and their lives are not easy."

"The owner of this village has many ways to deal with them."

Niu Dingtian didn't care about this and waved his hand, looking confident.

At this moment, the prepared Jiaxing breakfast was delivered. Niu Ben personally took it in and put it on the table before quietly exiting the room.

"Miss Han, wake up, get up and eat something"

Han Xiaoying was sleepwalking in a daze when she suddenly heard someone calling, and then smelled a familiar fragrance. She suddenly felt a little hungry in her belly, which had not eaten for a long time.

Slowly opening his hazy eyes, he vaguely saw someone trying to feed him.

It seems to be that person?
So he opened his mouth slightly.

Then I felt something soft and glutinous in my mouth, and then the sweet taste spread on my lips and teeth, and began to rush into my mind.

Such a familiar smell.

I regained some energy for a while.

After waking up, he saw Niu Dingtian sitting sideways on the bed, holding a blue and white bowl in one hand and ivory chopsticks in the other.

Then he picked up the food in the bowl and carefully brought it to his mouth.

Open your mouth and enter.

"Glutinous rice and lotus root?"

Now Han Xiaoying tasted the taste clearly, her dim eyes lit up slightly, and she was a little surprised. Then she spoke weakly, looked at Niu Dingtian, and asked softly.

"Yes, I heard that Miss Han is from Jiaxing, so I specially prepared some Jiaxing breakfast. I don't know if it will suit the girl's taste."

"There are many more. Miss Han will try everything."

Niu Dingtian was happy when he saw that the beauty had regained some energy after tasting the snacks, so he stared at Han Xiaoying's pretty face with a smile and said warmly.

I thought that the arrangement of this meal was indeed correct. This guy Niu Ben is indeed reliable in his work!
After hearing this, Han Xiaoying turned her head slightly and saw a lot of food on the small table beside the bed.

Lotus root dumplings, Bazhen cake, banquet balls, sauce duck, glutinous rice and lotus root, and
That bowl should be Jiaxing meat porridge.

It’s definitely not easy to eat these in Los Angeles.

Seeing this, Han Xiaoying felt a surge of heat in her heart, her eyes were slightly moist, and she suddenly felt like crying.

These were my favorite things to eat when I was a kid.
Although she is a Jiangnan girl, she has been wandering around the world with her brother Han Baoju and several sworn brothers since she was a child. Although the relationship between brother and sister is deep, they are all rough men who are either drinking or gambling. I have never seen anyone who is so careful, gentle and caring about me. In the end, Han Xiaoying gradually forgot that she was a woman and her daughter's favorite things. In the end, she drank wine, ate meat, and lived in a remote temple.

"Miss Han, let's try this Jiaxing sauce duck again to see if it tastes authentic. I have been admiring it for a long time when I was in Lin'an City. I have always wanted to try Jiaxing's authentic taste, but I didn't find the opportunity."

Niu Dingtian saw that Han Xiaoying was in a bad mood, so he quickly changed the subject, brought the sauced duck over again, picked it up and gently put it into Han Xiaoying's mouth.

"Um"

When Han Xiaoying realized that she had lost control of her emotions, she felt a little embarrassed and quickly covered it up. She smiled and responded softly before opening her mouth to accept it obediently.

In this way, the two of them stopped talking in a tacit agreement. One of them fed him gently, and the other opened his mouth obediently. After a while, most of the breakfast on the table disappeared.

"Young Master Niu, I'm full and can't eat any more."

Suddenly Han Xiaoying seemed to come to her senses and realized that she had eaten so much. She felt a little embarrassed when she was offered to feed again, so she blushed and refused in a low voice.

"Can Miss Han sleep? If not, can I have a conversation with you?"

Niu Dingtian didn't force himself. He put the bowls and chopsticks aside, stretched out his hand to straighten the quilt, and asked Han Xiaoying softly.

"Um"

"When did Mr. Niu start practicing martial arts?"

After staying together for so long, Han Xiaoying gradually let go of her restraints. After agreeing softly, she opened the topic first and asked the question she wanted to know most.

When asked about this, his eyes became brighter. On the one hand, it was because of the admiration of the people in the world, and on the other hand, it was because of the curiosity of his daughter's family.

"Me, I was actually a scholar before. Haha, Miss Han didn't expect that, right? I was lucky enough to qualify for the Boy Examination, but I gave up studying martial arts ten years ago by a coincidence."

"And then"

When Niu Dingtian saw Han Xiaoying's curiosity, he didn't hide it, so he started to talk about his past, about studying and studying when he was a child, about his sister-in-law Chen Jin'er, about his sister "silly aunt", and about his abandonment of literature. Wu.
Han Xiaoying lay on the bed and listened quietly. She felt distressed when she heard about her childhood bereavement; she felt admiration when she heard about Chen Jin'er; she felt pity when she heard about her sister being a "silly aunt"; she felt pity when she heard about Niu Dingtian buying pictures to practice martial arts. I couldn't help but smile at the time.
The further she listened and looked at the person in front of her, the more Han Xiaoying's thoughts became ups and downs.

"Where's Miss Han? Can you tell me the story about Miss Han?"

After talking for a long time, Niu Dingtian stopped and asked Han Xiaoying with a smile.

"Me? I don't have any good stories."

Seeing that Niu Dingtian suddenly turned the topic to herself, Han Xiaoying felt a little nervous and a little embarrassed, and hesitantly wanted to refuse.

My story was nothing more than wandering around in the wilderness and wandering in the desert. It didn't look like the stories that my daughter's family should have, so I felt a little hard to talk about it for a while.

Seeing her hesitation, Niu Dingtian walked over, looked directly into Han Xiaoying's eyes and said firmly:

"I think the story Miss Han told must be the best story ever!"

When Han Xiaoying saw Niu Dingtian suddenly approaching, she became nervous again. She shrank her delicate body slightly and clenched the corner of the quilt with her hands. Then she heard the other person's words again. When she realized what she was saying, she was instantly heartbroken and her pretty face turned red.
Seeing that the other party still refused to retreat, I could only forcefully calm down my mood, suppress my shyness and speak slowly:
"I am originally from Jiaxing, Zhejiang, and I have an older brother, Han Baoju, who is now the horse king among the Seven Monsters of Jiangnan. I have known him since we were young."

Han Xiaoying also told her own story. She was a little restrained at first, but then she slowly relaxed.

Talking about the Seven Monsters of Jiangnan, the eighteen-year pact, the Black Wind and the Two Evils, Guo Jing, and the desert
"Miss Han, does she know where my home is?"

As Han Xiaoying was talking, she suddenly heard Niu Dingtian in front of her speaking. After hearing the words clearly, she couldn't help but feel a little strange:
Isn't it by the West Lake in Lin'an City?

　Please remind me if there are typos or garbled sentences, thank you.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)