Mortal Bones

After a while.

"Okay, the last dish, stir-fried yellow lamb, is ready!"

Xu Taiping picked up the fried mutton in the pot, then walked to the main room with the plate.

At this time, the dining table in the main room was already full of dishes. Although most of the ingredients were yellow mutton, the cooking methods were quite different. The soups alone include "Sheep Heart Soup" and "Sheep Kidney Soup" , "Sheep bone soup", and meat dishes include "fried yellow mutton", "steamed mutton head", "roasted yellow mutton leg", "roasted mutton", and "wine-boiled mutton".

These dishes were all eaten by Grandpa Xu Taiping when he was a child. Xu Taiping listened to him talking about them every day and became greedy, so he asked him for advice on how to make them. He would cook them later when he could afford the meat.

Unexpectedly, I actually used it today.

"Hmm...it smells so good...these seven merit coins are really worth spending."

Lao Jiu raised his neck and sniffed, his expression changed, and he couldn't help but slap the table hard.

"If I had known Taiping that you had this skill, I should have come here to eat more!"

Bai Hong looked at the table full of dishes and couldn't help but move his index finger.

"Uncle Bai, if you like it, you can come here to eat more often in the future."

Xu Taiping answered very seriously.

"Hey, let me just tell you how I can come here to disturb your practice."

Bai Hong smiled and shook his head.

Lao Jiu on the side was filled with envy when he heard Xu Taiping's invitation. After secretly taking a piece of meat with his hands and putting it into his mouth, he tentatively asked Xu Taiping:

"Little friend Taiping, after this meal, can we be considered friends?"

"Of course not."

Xu Taiping said with a serious face.

"Little friend Taiping, you can't treat one with favoritism. You see, I'm helping you light the fire and cleaning the table. You and I should be considered friends."

When Lao Jiu heard this, he suddenly looked disappointed.

Bai Hong on the side was sweating for Xu Taiping, but she also felt a little proud in her heart, and said to herself: "I didn't expect that I, Bai Hong, would one day be better than my uncle."

"Bang, bang, bang!..."

And just as the three of them were enjoying their meal, there was a sudden knock on the door of the small courtyard.

"Bai Hong, why did you invite me here?"

An old man's voice came from outside the hospital.

"Taiping, in addition to Lao Jiu, I also invited a few friends. Can you see if you can add an extra pair of dishes and chopsticks?"

Bai Hong did not answer the people outside the courtyard, but put down the bowl and chopsticks and asked Xu Taiping opposite with a smile for instructions.

"Since he is also Uncle Bai's friend, let's invite him in."

Xu Taiping nodded.

"Don't forget to ask him to pay. I paid seven merit coins!"

Lao Jiu glanced at Bai Hong beside him with a look of disgust on his face.

"That's... that's natural!"

Bai Hong nodded repeatedly, stood up and opened the door.

"Bai Hong, why did you ask me to come here? I don't have time to catch up with you!"

Not long after, Xu Taiping and Lao Jiu, who were each eating a lamb rib, saw Bai Hong bring an old man with gorgeous clothes and meticulously combed hair to the main room.

"Brother Liu, I don't mean anything else. Brother Ninth Brother and I and you haven't gotten together for a long time, and I want to have a meal with you."

After arriving in the main room, Bai Hong smiled and pointed at the old man chewing lamb ribs at the table.

"Ninth Brother? What Ninth Brother?"

The old man, whom Bai Hong called Brother Liu, looked towards the table impatiently, and happened to meet Lao Jiu's eyes.

"You...how did you..."

"Why are you talking so much nonsense, sit down and eat!"

The moment he met Lao Jiu's eyes, the old man named Liu had a look of horror in his eyes, but he was immediately stared back.

"Yes Yes!"

The old man named Liu hurriedly sat down.

"Hey, aren't you Pavilion Master Liu of Xifeng Pavilion?"

At this time, Xu Taiping also recognized the old man who had just entered the door.

If he remembered correctly, this old man was the master of Xifeng Pavilion, Liu Songshan, whom Senior Sister Linglong took him to meet when he first came up the mountain.

"I'm talking to my master...I'm talking to my two senior brothers, how can you speak to me?"

Seeing Xu Taiping interrupting, Pavilion Master Liu suddenly looked unhappy and glared at him fiercely.

"Liu Songshan, your cultivation level is not very good, but you have a lot of airs?"

Before Xu Taiping could speak, Lao Jiu suddenly put down his chopsticks and sneered at Liu Songshan.

"Teacher...Uncle Ninth...I..."

"Hey, brother Liu, brother Liu, please tell me if you have anything to say. Uncle Ninth, Uncle Ninth is just reminding you to be more polite. The food on our table today was all cooked by little brother Taiping."

When Liu Songshan heard this, his face turned pale, his body trembled suddenly, and he was about to slide off the chair. Fortunately, Bai Hong on the side helped him up in time.

"Yes, we are able to get together today, thanks to little brother Taiping. You are a good boy. You are so rude to others when you come up."

Lao Jiu stuffed a mouthful of meat into his mouth and his tone became slightly softer.

"Yes, yes, yes! Uncle Jiu said..."

Upon hearing Uncle Jiu's gentle tone, Liu Songshan felt like he was being pardoned and nodded in agreement.

"Brother Liu, try the craftsmanship of little brother Taiping. Uncle Jiu was full of praise just now."

Bai Hong then took out a pair of bowls and chopsticks and placed them in front of Liu Songshan.

"Uncle Nine is full of praise. It must taste good."

Liu Songshan took the bowl and chopsticks with a smile, his smile full of flattery to Lao Jiu.

"etc!"

Just as Liu Songshan stretched out his chopsticks to pick up vegetables, Lao Jiu suddenly caught his chopsticks, then rolled his eyes at him and said:

"Pay the money!"

Xu Taiping, who was watching the excitement on the side, also reacted at this time, and immediately stretched out his hand to Liu Songshan and said:

"Pavilion Master Liu, you are just like Uncle Jiu. This meal is worth seven merit coins."

He naturally saw the unusual identity of Uncle Nine, and that these three people did not just come to his place to have this meal. However, he did not intend to let go of the merit coins he picked up for free. As for what these big shots were like, He has no control over what she is doing, and he doesn't want to.

"Maybe I was just passing by. Anyway, I just thought I was watching a show."

Xu Taiping guessed in his heart.

When Uncle Jiu saw that Xu Taiping collected the money without hesitation, he immediately nodded with great satisfaction, and then asked Liu Songshan wordlessly while eating his rice:

"Who is the leader of the Gale Hall under your control now?"

"The Liefeng Hall is now headed by Xu Youzhi, a young disciple of Erfeng."

Liu Songshan quickly put down the chopsticks in his hands and answered seriously.

"Xu Youzhi, his master brought him here to meet me once, and I have a close relationship with him. Why don't we invite him over to have a meal with us."

Uncle Jiu filled a bowl of soup and sipped it with enjoyment, without even looking at Liu Songshan.

"Uncle Ninth... Isn't this... inappropriate? Gale Wind Hall is... a bit far away from here."

Liu Songshan's forehead was sweating.