Ding Dong's face is already rounded. Yu Jinnian wanted to lose weight for several times, and he only fed it once a day. He took a few dried shrimps and ground them, soaked them in hot water to get the fishy smell, and fed them with thin cake crumbs. . Such a forced reduction of meals for three or two days, Dingdang lost weight, but he was sleepy every day, looking particularly melancholy, as if he had been abandoned by someone, and often hid deliberately and asked Yu Jinnian to look for him.
Yu Jinnian called him "Little Ding Dong" today, "Fatty Huang" tomorrow, and strange names like "Dorabi Dream".
It was the first time Ji Hong saw someone give a cat so many names, and he was very surprised.
One night, Tinker Bell, who hadn't returned for several days, howled under the window. Yu Jinnian just brought Ji Hong a soothing herbal soup before going to bed. This soup is slowly fried with dried lotus seeds, jujube kernels and longan meat. When you drink the soup and sip the meat, it can nourish the heart and spleen, soothe the nerves and help sleep. When it was in Ji Hong's hands, he heard Tinker Bell's miserable cry, hurriedly opened the window and let it in.
I saw that the tip of the cat's tail was bitten bald by other fierce cats, and it became an ugly cat.
Yu Jinnian picked it up and said distressedly: "Look at how fierce it used to be, but now it can't beat other people's cats! Why lose weight, I can still afford these little fish and shrimp!"
Ji Hong sat on the bed, slowly drank the herbal soup, took the mouthwash handed to him by the young man, and cleared his mouth. During this period, he drove the cat to the end of the bed calmly, thinking, could it not beat other cats? Isn't it because it's too fat
Fat Dingdang was so angry that he could not sleep next to Yu Jinnian, and bit Ji Hong's toe through the quilt.
The bite didn't hurt or itch, Ji Hong kicked it lightly, and the fat cat was rolled on the bed, revealing the white fluff on its stomach, and finally turned over, Ji Hong had already Hold Yu Jinnian's finger, it will be covered, ignore it.
"Okay, can't you two live in peace?" Yu Jinnian didn't know whether to laugh or cry, he separated Tinker Bell with his feet, held Ji Hong back with his hands, and pretended to be angry, "I will kick anyone out of bed if they make trouble again!"
Tinker Bell: "Mi?"
Ji Hong didn't speak, took the opportunity to cover the young man with a quilt, touched his shoulder, closed his eyes and said, "Okay, sleep."
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I don't know if the herbal soup had an effect, but the next morning, Ji Hong woke up in a daze, the boy was gone, the cat was gone, and there was a faint smell of mutton in the courtyard.
Now it's late autumn and it's lonely, the sun is getting late, and the sky is still dim and hazy.
He put on his clothes and got out of bed, and was combing his hair with one hand, when he heard indistinct singing from the direction of the stove room, sometimes mixed with a few high and low meows. This song was something he had never heard before, and the tune was unusually cheerful, making the originally cold and quiet morning extra lively and lively.
Ji Hong pushed open the door and bumped into Qing Huan who got up early. She was leaning on a cane and walking back and forth while leaning on the wall. . But this woman's determination is very firm, and she has been walking much better in the past few days. She no longer needs help from others, and she is able to walk on her own.
In order not to be recognized by others, Qing Huan has been wearing a veil in and out of the noodle shop for the past few days. When she saw Ji Hong now, she saluted slowly and said, "Good morning, Mr. Ji."
Ji Hong nodded slightly, Qing Huan was the only one who was good at singing in a bowl of noodle restaurants, and when she was in the Yicui Pavilion, she was famous for her melodious singing voice, seeing Qing Huan here, she thought that the tunes in that room were taught by her, so Asked: "What song is this?"
Qing Huan was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "Brother Nian led Sui Sui to sing, I don't know."
Ji Hong had doubts, so he turned his head and headed towards the kitchen, and walked to the door. The smell of noodles and meat was accompanied by joyous songs, and even more pleasant laughter lingered, but the lyrics in the songs were a bit strange, and he knew that The cat and Sui Sui inside didn't like him very much, so they stopped outside the door and listened quietly.
Among them, the young man hummed softly, while Sui Sui sang while peeling the onions.
"If I had a fairy wand, I would become bigger, smaller and prettier. And a house full of comics, chocolates and toys! If I had a Doraemon, I would call him Tinkerbell..."
"Tinker Bell makes all my wishes come true!"
"Meow!"
After singing, Sui Sui asked: "Brother Xiaonian, what is a fairy stick?"
Yu Jinnian kneaded his face and didn't know how to explain it for a moment, so he could only make up nonsense: "It's the fairy artifacts of the little fairies in the sky, and it's the same reason as the clean bottle held by Empress Guanyin."
Sui Sui asked again: "Then what are manga?"
"Man—" Yu Jinnian said nonsense with his eyes closed, "It's just a kind of storybook with lots of villains..."
"Then what is chocolate?"
"I, I don't know, it's probably a kind of dessert..." Yu Jinnian really couldn't make it up anymore, he grabbed a piece of dough, squeezed a rabbit, stuffed it into the little girl's hand, and coaxed her, "Okay Sui Sui, go out and play, it's time for Brother Xiaonian to cook the morning meal."
Sui Sui pursed her lips and said, "But I haven't asked what a machine is—"
Before she could finish asking, Yu Jinnian stuffed Tinker Bell who was squatting on the twig waiting to be fed into her arms together: "Go and play with Tinker Bell."
Hugging the innocent-looking cat, Sui Sui reluctantly ran out, and Yu Jinnian breathed a sigh of relief, when suddenly someone behind him laughed and asked in a low voice, "What is a doraemon?"
Yu Jinnian was so startled that his heart skipped a beat, he came back to his senses, patted his chest and said relievedly: "Ah Hong, what are you doing so scary early in the morning! Wait a moment, I will sell yam and sheep soup noodles this morning, and I will call you when it is ready. "
The noodles are kneaded with yam paste, soybean powder, and eggs. The soup is scallion, ginger and mutton soup. It is cold today, and this noodle can also nourish vitality and warm hands and feet. While kneading the dough, he told Ji Hong about these trivial matters, without paying attention to whether the man listened or not.
Ji Hong walked in and wiped off the flour on his face. There was a cool breeze outside the door, and the heat wave was rolling in the kitchen. The flour was stained with the boy's sweat. Yu Jinnian's healthy reddish complexion was even more eye-catching.
"... Is there something dirty? I'll do it myself." Yu Jinnian paused, and just as he raised his hand, Ji Hong held him down, not allowing him to do it by himself. He opened his eyes wide, facing Ji Hong's dark eyes.
"Huh?" Ji Hong held his face with one hand, brushed his thumb nonchalantly across his cheek, approached slightly, and said in a low voice, "You haven't told me yet, what is a robot cat?"
He spoke in such a soft voice that people couldn't stand it, as if his voice was covered with countless feathers, making it itchy. Glancing wildly, he said, "It's a legend in our hometown. It's probably a god cat. It's said that owning it can make any wish come true..."
Ji Hong let go of his hand slightly, and realized: "You call that fat cat Tinker Bell because that god cat is also called by that name?"
Yu Jinnian said, in fact, it's really not that complicated, it's just because they look alike, they call it whatever they want.
Ji Hong suddenly raised his hand and ruffled Yu Jinnian's hair, Yu Jinnian stared back in dissatisfaction, he twisted his neck, Ji Hong suddenly bowed down at some point, Yu Jinnian's lips brushed against the man's earlobe, cold and soft , like a piece of soft white dough.
"You don't need to ask for any magic cat. I can fulfill any of your wishes." Ji Hongqing asked, "Do you want it?"
These words are so tempting, it reminds Yu Jinnian of the storybooks he once read—beautiful banshees wandering in ancient temples in remote mountains, using various means to charm passers-by, they fulfill their desires, suck their souls, and then continue Wander around, looking for the next prey.
Yu Jinnian looked at Ji Hong twice, and said, "If I say yes, will your next sentence be—what price can you offer? Well, although you are also very beautiful, I am really not good at it." eat."
"I think it's quite delicious." Ji Hong laughed, his brows and eyes really like spring.
"You haven't eaten it yet, how do you know it's delicious?" Yu Jinnian looked at him blatantly, forgetting what he was going to say just now, his mind was full of, why is he so good-looking. Ji Hong was lucky and took a step closer to him. Yu Jinnian took a step closer, so he took another step closer. Yu Jinnian backed away without realizing it. It is against the rough mud embryo wall.
"Then can I let Ji have a taste?" Ji Hong bowed his head and whispered in his ear.
Yu Jinnian was so oppressed by his aura that he couldn't breathe, and his ears were itchy because of his voice, so he said slowly: "How does this taste..."
"Taste like this." Ji Hong narrowed his eyes slightly, he grabbed Yu Jinnian's hand, squeezed the other's soft palm, and tentatively moved his head closer, he even felt the hot and humid air sprayed on his face . I don't know if the young man was dumbfounded or what, but he didn't respond for a long time, he just blinked his eyes and pursed his lips, as if he was frozen, and let him lean forward unscrupulously.
"Gululu..."
A string of bubbling sounds came from the stove. It turned out that the mutton soup boiling in the pot had already boiled. Ji Hong subconsciously paused for a moment. At this moment, there was only a finger between the two of them. If he wanted to continue, Yu Jinnian As if he had finally come back to his soul, he lowered his head involuntarily, and said falteringly: "Well, the soup... the soup is boiling..."
Ji Hong didn't move, just raised his eyes, and said lightly: "Well, it's boiled."
As if a hand was slapping Yu Jinnian's heart, he lowered his eyes, swallowed his saliva two or three times, and said, "It's time to get down."
Ji Hong said: "Really."
"Hmm..." After a boring conversation, Yu Jinnian hesitated for a while, but didn't hear what he muttered again. He quickly raised his eyelids and glanced at Ji Hong, then bent his legs, and actually bowed from Ji Hong. He got out from the side, and didn't dare to look back, so he quickly cut the rolled dough into shreds and boiled it in the mutton soup.
Ji Hong turned around, still leaning against the wall, looking at the back of the frantic young man with interest, after a while, he walked over, took a stack of bowls from the cabinet and handed them over.
Yu Jinnian stretched out his hands to catch it, and when he was about to touch the edge of the bowl, he suddenly changed his tone and said, "You, you put it here."
Ji Hong chuckled, and obediently put the bowl on the stove.
At this time, Qing Huan shouted outside the door: "Brother Nian, a guest is looking for you."
"Here we come!" Yu Jinnian seemed to have finally found a savior, and ran forward happily.
Qing Huan whispered to him while walking: "That guest is so strange, he brought a lot of fish when he came in, and said it was for Brother Nian."
"Okay, I'll go and have a look." Yu Jinnian nodded.
Lifting the curtain, I saw two or three large fish baskets placed in the front hall, which seemed to have just been fished out of the water, with water oozing out, and one or two fish tails popped out from time to time. As soon as a fish jumped out, a strong man bent down to pick it up and threw it back into the basket.
Yu Jinnian followed the fish, raised his head to look at the fish in wonder, and asked curiously, "Brother Qian?"
It was Qian Da, a fisherman who sold crabs to Yu Jinnian that day, and later rescued a disfigured girl in the river.
When Qian Da saw him, he looked around like a thief dividing up the spoils, and before he could walk over, he dragged him to a secluded place, and said with a sad face: "Brother Nian, this matter may be a bit abrupt... I want to ask you to see a doctor."
Yu Jinnian thought to himself, why do you have to tiptoe so lightly when asking him to treat a disease
Qian Da leaned into his ear again, his face flushed immediately, and he said, "It's a woman's disease, I can't tell."
Yu Jinnian suddenly realized: "It was the last time—"
"Hush!" Qian Da looked around again, and whispered, "There are many unavoidable reasons for this, it's hard to say, hard to say. So I want to ask Brother Nian to go out of the city for a walk, and I will put her in the hat. In the mountains, there is a wooden house left by my ancestors."