C123 123 No Thanks for the Novelty

"Curious?" Huo Jie's interest was piqued, and she said full of smiles, "Why haven't I heard Big Sis mention anything about the Brother Mu before?"

In the past, Granny Liu would also misunderstand the relationship between Xia Yi and Xiao Linmu, but at that time, Xia Yi at most felt that it was a little awkward, and now that Huo Jie had said it, she didn't know why, but she suddenly felt her face was a little hot.

Therefore, Xia Yi hurriedly explained: "Don't think too much. I only wanted to thank Mu Lin for saving us sisters and wanted to prepare a gift for him. That's why I wanted to ask you if you know what he likes."

She felt that Xiao Linmu was right, it was just that saying thanks on the surface was too perfunctory, she should indeed express her thanks with her actions.

Huo Jie sat up, and really helped Xia Yi recall her memories carefully.

He had known Xiao Linmu since he was young, and from a young age, Xiao Linmu had always had this kind of unapproachable aura. He was indifferent to everything and had never expressed any interest in anything.

From what she knew, the only person that Xiao Linmu showed interest in was Xia Yi's previous gift of gratitude.

Under Xia Yi's expectant gaze, Huo Jie finally opened her mouth: "Sister Xia Yi, you don't need to prepare any form of thanks. You just need to prepare a meal for Brother Mu."

"But isn't it too perfunctory of you to thank me with a meal every time?" Xia Yi frowned and asked.

Huo Jie immediately blurted out, "Elder sister's cooking is so delicious, how could she be so perfunctory? I naturally have to give Brother Mu something he likes as a gift. Furthermore, even though we only cook twice, in the end, it was still personally made by elder sister. Naturally, I have to be more interested in something than something that I casually bought by the roadside … "

Xia Yi finally nodded her head, since she had not thought about it yet, she might as well prepare a meal to thank him, and make up for it after she understands what Xiao Linmu wants in the future.

Xia Yi went to take a look around the kitchen. She found that the previously withered dishes had now been replaced with a new batch, but the meat had not been fully replenished. There was only a large piece of pork and a large piece of mutton.

Seeing that Xia Yi had walked around the vegetable rack a few times, Huo Jie could not help but ask: "Sister, what are you looking for?"

"Chicken." Xia Yi answered, "But I don't think so."

"What is elder sister planning to do?"

"Fried chicken." Xia Yi answered. In her impression, this was Xiao Linmu's favorite dish. He had taken the initiative to order a few dishes, but only chose to do so a few times.

Huo Jie followed Xia Yi and stood in front of the rack for dishes for a long time before she said: "I didn't find any chicken either. How about Big Sis change the dish.

Xia Yi suddenly turned her head, looked at Huo Jie, and said: "Can you do me a favor?"

"What kind of help?"

Huo Jie was suspicious, how could she be of any help in the kitchen?

Xia Yi said: "I want you to help me buy two chickens."

She had no way to go out for the time being, so she could only rely on Huo Jie.

Huo Jie immediately agreed: "Don't worry Sister Xia Yi, leave it to me."

"It would be best to kill the best kind." Xia Yi did not forget to tell him that she was afraid of killing chickens.

After her first experience of slaughtering chickens and chickens, Xia Yi did not kill the chickens with her own hands anymore.

Thinking about it now, Xiao Linmu could be considered a person with a cold face and a warm heart. Even though he said that he would not care, but in the end, not only did he help her kill the chicken, he even helped her resolve her worries.

It was just that in the past, she had quite a bit of prejudice against Xiao Linmu and did not notice these details.

"Alright, Sister Xia Yi, don't worry." Huo Jie patted her chest as she promised her.

After Huo Jie left, Xia Yi also began to process the ingredients.

Sheep meat has a heavy smell and needs to be treated in advance.

Xia Yi skillfully separated the fat and thin meat and removed the fascia in the middle of the meat before using a large amount of clear water to repeatedly wash it.

After washing the mutton repeatedly for less than an hour, he managed to remove most of the ambrosia in the mutton.

After that, he used the yellow wine to marinate the small pieces of lamb in the basin and went to prepare other things.

Xia Yi was used to cutting all the dishes in one go before she started to cook.

By the time she finished cutting the vegetables, Huo Jie had already returned with two chickens in hand. Not only had she retracted her fur, she had even cleaned up her internal organs.

Xia Yi was very clear that all the chickens sold in West Liang were live chickens. Even if the stall owner had the heart to help him kill them, it would only be smeared across the neck.

Could it be that the fowlers in the capital were different?

So Xia Yi asked: "Where did you buy the chicken?"

Huo Jie placed the two fat chickens on the chopping board and said: "I took them from the kitchen at home."

After Huo Jie left the house, she didn't know where she should go to buy chickens, so she went straight home. Although she didn't forget to go to the kitchen afterwards, she knew that there were a lot of chickens kept in that courtyard.

She only carried it over to Xia Yi after her family's attendant had caught it and killed it.

Xia Yi was slightly stunned, then said: "So that's how it is."

Huo Jie asked: "How did big sister figure that out? "Could it be that the chicken was not treated cleanly?"

She watched as attendant killed this chicken and even specially checked to see if there was a single hair on the chicken.

Xia Yi laughed: "No, it's too clean."

Xia Yi used her blade to chop the chicken into small pieces, and threw them into the basin to be washed clean.

Two chickens can fit in a large porcelain bowl.

"Sister Xia Yi, is it too late to eat all these fried dishes?" Huo Jie asked.

Xia Yi replied: "Let's prepare them first, just in case we are not short on people."

Xia Yi finally remembered the first time she came to Xiao Linmu's residence, and there was also a small group of servants. Although she hadn't seen them again, she was sure that they wouldn't come today.

Xia Yi prepared a table full of dishes, which were very tasty, and waited for Xiao Linmu to come back.

But since it was already the time for dinner, there was no sign of Xiao Linmu at all.

Huo Jie had long since been aroused by the smell of the food, so she had to wait until it was difficult and tormented him every second.

In the end, she couldn't stand the temptation anymore, so she stood up and said to Xia Yi: "Sister Xia Yi, how about I go out and look for Brother Mu?"

"Where are you going?" Xia Yi frowned and asked, Xiao Linmu had always been elusive.

Huo Jie scratched her head, she did not dare reveal Xiao Linmu's identity privately, and said: I will just take a stroll, maybe I will meet him somewhere.

Although she was going out to search, Huo Jie had nowhere else to go besides the Prince Mu Palace to find Xiao Linmu.

Just as Huo Jie was about to go out, the courtyard door was pushed open.

Xiao Linmu stepped in with Xia Yang still in his arms.

Other than this, there was also Xia Changsheng.

It was not strange that Xiao Linmu had brought Xia Yang here, but it was strange that Xia Changsheng had followed them here.