Upon hearing that the two were Xiao Jinhan's friends from the military camp, Su Bai's eyes lit up immediately, and her face was full of uncontrollable smiles. "Come in quickly. Since you are friends of Jinhan, you are friends of the Su family. Come in and sit down. Make yourself at home and don't be shy."

"Don't call me Madam Su anymore. We country folk don't use that kind of formality. From now on, you and Jinhan will both call me Aunt Su."

After saying that, he hurriedly asked Zhao to make two cups of tea.

Looking at the two with slanted eyes, he felt more and more pleased. As expected of Jin Han's friends, these two were also exceptionally handsome. Indeed, good-looking people always gather together.

"Hello, Aunt Su." Yu Fengyu entered the courtyard, greeted her as "Aunt Su" without hesitation, thanked her, took the teacup from Zhao Shi, and drank it all in one gulp.

Miss Su said they were her master's friends. Well, they were friends, anyway. Her master said that when they came to the Su family, they should just obediently listen to Miss Su and not say anything else.

Seeing how readily the two women accepted her invitation, Su Bai was even more delighted. She pointed to the courtyard and said, "We've been so busy slaughtering cattle and sheep today that there's barely a place to put your feet. Please sit down for a while, and I'll entertain you after I've tidied up."

"Aunt Su, you're too kind. There's no need for hospitality. We're just here to help out today." Yu Yu grinned, rolled up her sleeves, walked over to the three Su brothers, and picked up the knife that Su Sanhu had placed aside. "I'm not very good at anything else, but I'm passable at butchering cattle and pigs."

Having said that, he took the knife and made a single cut on the goat that was halfway through having its bones removed. The goat's spine separated from the meat with a light and skillful motion, as if he were cutting dough.

This swift and decisive action made the three Su brothers' eyes widen in surprise.

If this is barely acceptable, then wouldn't their slaughtering of cattle, pigs, and sheep be completely unacceptable?

Yu Feng washed his hands and sat down next to the three little rascals, Su Dalang, and skewered wooden sticks with them.

He looked tall, but he was perfectly capable of doing such delicate work. He stumbled a bit on the first few skewers, but later on, the wooden skewers moved so fast in his hands that they seemed to bloom like flowers.

In the blink of an eye, a whole pot of pig lungs was skewered.

Moreover, as if he had obsessive-compulsive disorder, every skewer he made was perfectly aligned, not crooked at all, which was pleasing to the eye.

Su Hua raised an eyebrow. These two were both good at their jobs. She wondered what Xiao Jinhan was doing right now.

Yu Feng seemed to be able to guess what Su Hua was thinking, and said softly, "Master went south last night to pick someone up, and he's not home now."

Upon hearing this, Su Hua paused in her skewering of mushrooms, then turned her face away uncomfortably. "Where he goes is none of my business."

"Yes, Miss is right." Yu Feng quickly replied, "It's not that Miss wants to know, but Master told me to tell Miss Su before he left that this trip might take three to five days to return, and that Miss can come to us if she needs anything."

Su Hua's lips twitched at these soft words. Sure enough, like master, like subordinate.

It would take three to five days to make a round trip from Shanghe Village to the south, so I'm afraid Xiao Jinhan is heading towards the southern border.

Qian Shi's phoenix eyes darted around as she leaned closer to Yu Feng. "Brother, what did Jin Han do in the army before?"

"Second Madam Su." Yu Feng clasped his hands in greeting, looked up at Madam Qian, and replied with two words in a formal and measured tone.

kill.

Hearing Su Er address her as Madam Qian, she was initially pleased, but then she plopped down on the ground. After a long while, she patted her chest in relief and forced a smile. "Brother, that's not what I meant. I was asking if Jin Han was some kind of nameless soldier in the army before? Was he a centurion or commander?"

Apart from the cooks, everyone in this military camp was naturally involved in killing, but even among those killing, there were different levels of murder.

She dared not dream of becoming a general or marshal, but a centurion or a commander of a thousand men was not bad at all.

After all, when these two people entered, they addressed Xiao Jinhan as "Master". Only a grandson would call an elder "Master", or a soldier would call a general "Master".

Before Yu Feng could speak, Su Hua coughed lightly, "Second sister-in-law, it's getting late. Since you don't want to make these skewers, you should wash the offal in the basin as soon as possible, otherwise, a whole day might not be enough."

Ms. Qian waved her hand dismissively, "It's nothing, it'll only take a couple of words. Anyway, I'm not the only one washing these drains, so it won't cause any problems."

In the yard, the offal from the bison alone filled two large wooden basins, and the offal from the dairy goats and wild boars filled another two basins, making a total of four basins. They were all covered with the filth that the cattle, sheep, and pigs had not excreted, and just looking at them was disgusting.

The three Su brothers and Su Hua were going to Qingshui County in the morning, and Su Bai didn't dare to ask them to go. But Zhao Shi and the three little brats of Su Dalang were all at home, so they naturally washed together. Moreover, with them all together, she could finally take a break.

I used to wash my pants every day until I was almost sick of it.

However, as soon as she finished speaking, Su Baishi, who was about to reach the kitchen door, turned around and said, "After the birthday banquet, you said that you would wash all the sewage yourself from now on, just so you wouldn't be kicked out of the Su family. Now you don't want to stay anymore?"

"No, Mother, didn't we agree before that I would wash the offal from the hot pot business?" Madam Qian's heart skipped a beat, and she could barely maintain her smile. "These are all for our own consumption, how can they be considered the same thing?"

Su Bai waved her hand dismissively, "Don't say such irrelevant things. It's up to you whether you wash or not. If you don't wash, you don't need to eat breakfast later. Just pack your bags and go back to your Qianjia Village."

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