Chapter 632 I Won’t Be Anyone’s Substitute

"Swish!" A black shadow flashed across the river.

With a "puff" sound, a big knife was inserted straight between the two green crystal eyes. The speed was so fast that no one could react.

With a splash, a white snake tail as thick as a bowl suddenly swept out from under the river because of the pain, raising several huge splashes of water, pouring down on Qin Feng and Liu Ji's heads and faces.

The snake's tail swung high in the air, and after a moment, it fell down helplessly with a "snap", splashing water on the surface of the river again, completely drenching Qin Feng and Liu Ji.

Qin Yao pulled out the knife, stretched out her hand to grab the thing out of the grass and took a look. It was a huge light white snake, more than six meters long, and the thickest part of its body was as thick as an adult's thigh.

Seeing Qin Yao's eyes filled with surprise, hanging the big snake on her shoulder, calling Liu Ji to leave, Qin Feng finally realized what had happened and took a deep breath.

This woman is so powerful!

No, this river is full of dangers. Qin Feng hurried to catch up with the couple.

Liu Ji looked at the beautiful white snake skin with interest, and discussed with Qin Yao as they walked, "Madam, let's keep the snake skin. We can make several snake skin clothes out of such a big snake, which will be very cool to wear in summer."

The main thing is, if I go out wearing this snakeskin outfit, I will blind the eyes of all the princes and nobles in the capital!

Qin Yao turned around and glanced at Liu Ji, who was talking with great joy. She couldn't imagine what others looked like in snakeskin clothes, but if this shimmering white snake skin was worn on Liu Ji, it would seem quite good.

Qin Yao raised her eyebrows because he had found this big thing today. "I'll peel off the snake skin completely in a while. You can take it and do some simple processing. When we get to the capital, find a tailor to make a few jackets for you."

Liu Ji was overjoyed, "Okay!" He immediately followed her and helped support the snake's body.

Everyone in the camp only saw three figures approaching from a distance. When they got closer, they discovered that there was a big white snake hanging on Qin Yao's body.

In the light of the fire, the woman walked slowly towards them carrying the auspicious white snake on her shoulder. The long snake tail left a long mark on the ground, looking mighty and domineering.

She threw the white snake to the ground, revealing its huge body. The big snake head looked weird and eerie under the flickering firelight, almost frightening Uncle Seven and the others to their knees.

The reaction from Qin Yao's family was completely opposite to theirs.

Dalang, Erlang, Sanlang and Si Niang had no idea what was auspicious or not. They just thought their mother was amazing, with stars in their eyes, and licked the corners of their lips secretly.

Yin Le and Awang looked at each other. They were so excited that they immediately stepped forward to look at the unfortunate snake. It was so big that it definitely couldn't fit in one pot.

Awang looked at his master with admiration. He found that his master seemed to have a physique of "random triggering events". Whenever he went into the bushes alone, he would either run into murderers and robbers, or encounter various dangerous guys.

"Boss." Uncle Qi looked at Qin Yao's family who were pulling out the tendons and skinning the white snake not far away, and asked Qin Feng in fear: "The white snake is a good omen, it's not good for my aunt and the others to do this."

Qin Feng looked at Qin Yao, who was humming a song while peeling the skin with a knife, and smiled faintly. In the desperate eyes of Uncle Qi, he calmly asked:

"Where are the dates I brought from home? It doesn't matter if we can't catch any fish or snakes, they are all meat anyway."

Uncle Qi was shocked: Qin Feng, you are not the boss I know!

But that didn't stop him from actively helping to find big red dates. There was a big bag of them, which could be eaten dry or as a snack. It's just that so many things have happened recently that he hasn't had time to eat them.

Qin Feng sent a bag of red dates to Qin Yao and brought back a snake tail. Although Uncle Qi and the others said that the auspicious white snake could not be eaten, they did not delay in setting up the pot.

Eating auspicious food should help you live longer, right? The guards rubbed their hands in anticipation.

Qin Feng happily sat in front of the big pot in Qin Yao's house, hearing Liu Ji's friendly "Uncle, please" and taking the wooden bowl and spoon handed to him by Dalang and Erlang, he couldn't help but excitedly followed Sanlang and Si Niang in knocking on the pot.

After being glared at by Qin Yao, he immediately regained his serious tone.

Awang, who was in charge of the cooking, took a deep breath of the smell in the air and nodded to Yin Le.

Yin Le stood up and walked to the pot, smiling and announcing to everyone with a sense of ceremony: "I'm going to open the lid!"

Everyone waited with bated breath.

The wooden lid was opened, and a pot of boiling milky white snake soup came into view, with a few red dates floating on top. Everyone, who had been starving for a long time, instantly had an appetite aroused.

Without any words, the whole family looked at Qin Yao tacitly.

She picked up the wooden spoon handed to her by Liu Ji, first poured a bowl of snake soup into her own bowl, and then poured a bowl for the remaining four children and Yin Le.

"My wife, my wife~" Liu Ji brought up the bowl with a shameless face, and Qin Yao had no choice but to serve him a bowl as well.

When he turned around, he saw Qin Feng looking at him expectantly, so he served him another bowl.

Awang handed the bowl directly, "Madam, serve it to me." A family should be neat and tidy, how can we favor one over the other!

Qin Yao smiled faintly and filled his bowl. Now everyone was satisfied and picked up the snake soup to taste it with great anticipation.

The old snake soup is simmered over high heat, and all the essence of the bones and meat is melted into the water. Wild ginger is added to remove the fishy smell, and red dates are added before turning to low heat and simmering for fifteen minutes. The soup is fresh, sweet and rich, and the meat is soft and melts in the mouth. It only needs a little salt to enhance the flavor, and it is so delicious that it will make you faint.

No one spoke in the camp. Everyone was immersed in the delicious snake soup, and soon the whole pot was finished.

After eating and drinking their fill, everyone took a short rest and fell asleep.

Qin Yao was on duty tonight, so it was Awang's turn to rest. Maybe because she had eaten too much, she was not sleepy yet. She leaned against the wheel of the carriage, admiring the endless starry sky.

It was the first time she saw such a vast starry sky. It was like a magnificent dome of the sky, enveloping all the tiny humans.

Qin Feng walked over with a sword in his hand. Qin Yao heard the sound of his sword and was reluctant to give up the beautiful starry sky, so she did not look back.

Qin Feng stopped behind her and said, "The starry sky in Wangcheng is more beautiful than this, but the best view is in the desert. The stars there are bigger than these, and they seem very close to people, and you can pick them with your hands."

"Have you been to the desert?" Qin Yao asked curiously.

Qin Feng: "Traveling merchants have been to all places, but the desert is beautiful, but it can easily kill you, so you shouldn't go there."

Qin Yao didn't comment, and finally turned around to look at him, "What do you want to talk to me about?"

"I have something for you." Qin Feng smiled and handed her a rectangular wooden box.

"What?"

"This is the gold hairpin I promised to buy for A Yao on the mountain that day." He kept his word.

Qin Yao opened the wooden box, and inside lay a gold hairpin with a cloud pattern, elegant and generous, made of pure gold!

She smiled happily, but closed the box and returned the hairpin to him.

"I won't be anyone's replacement."

Leaving behind these words, the man blended into the night and disappeared into thin air.

Qin Feng was stunned holding the wooden box, his eyes gradually turned red.

It took a long time before he left.

(End of this chapter)