That night, Huo Zheng came to He Yunzhou's house as usual as agreed.
Obviously not long ago, I checked in every day to visit the place, but this time it seems a little strange. Huo Zheng stood at the small, shabby and narrow doorway, feeling extremely complicated.
God knows why he gave He Yunzhou such an answer—is it because of the sadness and retention faintly revealed between the lines in that message
Huo Zheng originally thought that he was a hard-hearted person. After all these years, he has been able to easily and calmly cut off all unnecessary emotional entanglements.
But only with He Yunzhou, he broke the precedent again and again.
Probably still can't bear it...
Huo Zheng thought.
Can't bear to hurt him.
That person's untimely clumsiness and reservedness, as well as that rare gentleness, although inconspicuous, are so precious in the grotesque and noisy world Huo Zheng lives in.
Huo Zheng himself knew that if he really said goodbye to He Yunzhou, it might be difficult for him to have such a timeless and gentle emotion in his next life.
It's a pity that he really has no choice but to become the person in He Yunzhou's heart.
However, even if Huo Zheng had indeed made a decision, he still couldn't bear to be so indifferent to He Yunzhou without knowing why.
After eating this meal, and then make it clear in front of that person, it would be good to completely cut off his delusions.
Huo Zheng said this to himself from the bottom of his heart, and then, with a deep sigh... knocked on the familiar door.
"Hold on… "
Not long after the knock on the door, Huo Zheng heard He Yunzhou's flustered response through the door.
Huo Zheng unconsciously tensed the muscles on his face, and his heart beat a little faster - he didn't know what expression to use to face He Yunzhou this night.
He was probably busy with something, after knocking on the door for a while, the door was opened by He Yunzhou.
The strong fragrance is also flowing out along with the dim light in the small room.
Even standing at the door, you can hear the roar of the range hood in the kitchen, the TV in the living room is on, and a boring family drama is playing, and the idiotic dialogue is mixed with the noisy meowing of pumpkins.
Putting it in anyone's home will only make people feel noisy, shabby and poor... Once it is contaminated with He Yunzhou, it seems to have a wonderful magic, turning it into a trivial and gentle daily life.
"Sorry, I was busy in the kitchen just now, and I couldn't take my hands off."
He Yunzhou was still wearing a cloth bib, with a glove on one hand, and the other on the doorknob.
He raised his head, and showed a tired but gentle smile to Huo Zheng.
Everything seemed to be the same as before, but when Huo Zheng saw the other party's face, a storm suddenly set off in his heart.
He Yunzhou, who finally met again after many days, was far more haggard than Huo Zheng remembered.
Slightly red and swollen eyelids, sunken cheeks, and an extremely thin figure due to extreme thinness... The moment those details came into view, Huo Zheng felt a slight pain in his heart.
For the first time in his life, Huo Zheng felt a little regretful.
Maybe he really shouldn't, shouldn't torture a person like this.
"What's wrong?"
On the contrary, He Yunzhou tried to hide his strangeness from Huo Zheng.
"Well, nothing."
Huo Zheng collected himself, but in the end he still didn't have the heart to pierce He Yunzhou's weak disguise.
Forcibly pretending to be ignorant, he walked into He Yunzhou's house.
Seeing the current appearance of He Yunzhou's house, Huo Zheng felt more clearly the pain and suffering of He Yunzhou during this period.
Having come to He Yunzhou's house so many times, Huo Zheng knew very well that He Yunzhou was not the kind of person who would mess up his home. Although the furnishings in his house are messy, they are just for the convenience of getting things. He Yunzhou always keeps the other areas clean and tidy...
["After all, I have a cat. Anyway, I still need to clean it up. If you leave things in disorder, it means you don't want them."]
Huo Zheng even remembered how He Yunzhou complained to himself in a low voice with a wry smile on his face.
But the living room of He Yunzhou that Huo Zheng saw now can only be described as messy.
Scattered books and empty coffee cans almost occupied the entire coffee table, and the sofa was also covered with cat hair. It was obvious that it had not been cleaned with a vacuum cleaner for a long time. There were also a few scattered snack boxes scattered on the ground, being picked up by pumpkins Go, play as a toy.
Just seeing He Yunzhou's current home, Huo Zheng could feel a deep sense of decadence and despair.
His heart seemed to be tightly pinched by an invisible hand.
"I'm really sorry, I've been really busy these days, and I didn't bother to clean up the house too much. Actually, I cleaned up all this afternoon, except for the living room. If you don't mind, go to the dining room and stay? "
He Yunzhou immediately noticed Huo Zheng's strange expression, his face blushed, and he quickly explained embarrassingly.
These few days, he has been in a hurry to catch up with the draft. He survived entirely by drinking coffee and eating takeaway. He can only sleep every minute and every second, let alone clean up the house. After these few days, He Yunzhou's house is indeed like a big garbage same field.
And today, he only realized that his house was in a mess like a doghouse after he had an appointment with Huo Zheng.
In fact, according to He Yunzhou's true thoughts, he should have another date with Huo Zheng, but Huo Zheng's response was too fast and decisive, and the original meal was just to make an apology... He Yunzhou is too embarrassed to talk about rescheduling .
"It's fine."
What He Yunzhou didn't expect was that Huo Zheng, who was so picky and difficult to deal with, acted very considerate this time.
"I... don't mind."
He said softly, with a delicate expression and deep eyes.
He Yunzhou breathed a sigh of relief.
"That's good. Wait for a while, dinner will be ready soon, and I will eat leg of lamb tonight... I always feel that the two of us will accidentally eat very full again, and then we can clean up the living room to digest food?"
After handing over the manuscript, He Yunzhou was really in a good mood, and Huo Zheng didn't seem to mind his abruptness that night at all. Naturally, He Yunzhou's tone became extra light.
"good… "
Huo Zheng took a deep look at He Yunzhou and nodded.
And He Yunzhou, who had already returned to the kitchen and concentrated all his attention on cooking, naturally didn't realize Huo Zheng's hesitation at that moment.
But it can't be said that He Yunzhou is too dull, after all, the dish he made today to apologize can be described as a "big meal" no matter from which aspect.
The editor in the editorial department suggested that He Yunzhou turn the Tan lamb leg into hand-caught mutton, but He Yunzhou didn't intend to do so.
Generally speaking, it is best to use warm-body mutton that has just been slaughtered, and it is best to choose fat and thin lamb chops and other parts of the meat, so that it tastes delicious and melts in the mouth tasty.
The leg of lamb that was sent to He Yunzhou was just a small front leg. The meat was thin and had been frozen. Hand-caught lamb could not achieve the best taste.
But if the leg of lamb is directly deboned, marinated for a while, then stuffed with meatballs, shallots, garlic, apples, walnuts and other fillings, then tied with cotton rope and put in the oven, brushed with honey and The spices are roasted until golden, which is a suitable cooking method.
Among them, shallots and garlic can enhance the deliciousness and aroma of Tan Yang mutton to the greatest extent.
The sweet and sour apples have the effect of relieving greasiness and softening the meat, and the softened apples after high-temperature stewing can add just the right amount of freshness and sweetness to the lamb. Equally important, there are the meatballs stuffed in the leg of lamb—meatballs made from three-point thin and seven-point fat pork belly. Eating them empty-handed will always make people feel a little greasy, but stuffed in the leg of lamb The meat is roasted together. The mellow meaty and oily aroma of pork can just fill the lean leg of lamb with an oily aroma.
And there is no need to waste the lamb bones that have been picked out. Crush the bones with the back of a knife and put them directly into the pot. Fry the bone marrow and sheep oil in the lamb bones over low heat, then sprinkle with tomatoes, celery and other ingredients to fry until fragrant. Finally Pour in the broth and simmer.
Finally, you only need to filter the residue with a strainer, and you can easily get a sour, rich and delicious lamb bone soup.
As for the staple food at night, they are small potatoes with skins one by one.
Brush the skin with clean water, drain the water, and put it on the bottom of the baking tray together with the carrots and corn segments cut into large pieces, and sprinkle with a little rock salt and herbs.
Above the baking tray is the grill, and the leg of lamb is placed on the grill. This setting is to allow suet and gravy to ooze from the leg of lamb after high-temperature roasting, dripping onto the potatoes and other side dishes at the bottom.
The gravy is delicious and rich. It can be said that it condenses the most delicious and oily essence in a leg of lamb. The potato and corn full of gravy are most suitable to eat with the soft and delicious mutton. In addition, for this roast leg of lamb, He Yunzhou went to the vegetable market and bought a bag of fresh and tender bitter chrysanthemums.
As an ingredient like mutton, the most suitable vegetables are vegetables with a slightly bitter taste and a crisp taste.
The bitter chrysanthemum washed with salt water is soaked in ice water for a while, then picked up, drained and torn into small pieces. One finger-long red chili is cut into fine pieces, a head of red garlic is smashed and sprinkled with sesame oil, served with a little sugar, two spoons of lemon juice and the same amount of light soy sauce. juice. This kind of slightly sour, slightly spicy, slightly sweet, rich and fragrant sauce is quite harmonious with the refreshing and delicious bitter chrysanthemum.
Not to mention, putting such a plate of fresh green and fresh cold vegetables next to the squeaking, golden leg of lamb is visually enough to make your index finger move.
The author has something to say: Mr. Huo is also in love alone today.
Mr. He is concentrating on cooking.
The recipe of cold endive is practical, but the key point of the sauce is actually sugar and rice vinegar, which is not mentioned in the text.
Pepper, lemon, garlic, sugar, rice vinegar, steamed fish soy sauce.
Just these items (sesame oil can be added or not)