Chapter 10 The shameless desire for wild game

Zhang Juexia ran to the kitchen, lit the fire, boiled a pot of hot water and put it aside.

Add oil to the pan, add onion segments, ginger slices, and fresh peppercorns, then put the fish into the pan and fry until both sides are golden brown, then add hot water.

While the fish was stewing, she took out the cornmeal her grandmother had given her from the cupboard, scooped out some and put it in a basin.

Zhang Juexia thought that it would be better if there was a little more white flour.

Yesterday, when eating dumplings at the old house, she also felt from everyone's conversation that white flour must be very expensive.

She made up her mind that if it was within her acceptable range, she would buy some and mix it with whole grains.

Pour hot water into the cornmeal and stir it into flocs. After it cools down, pinch it into a pancake shape with your hands.

Brush oil on both sides of the large pot, stick cornmeal cakes on both sides of the pot, and cover the pot.

After adding a handful of firewood under the pot, he went to the yard with peace of mind, found a clean open space, poured out the fresh wood ear mushrooms and fresh peppercorns in the backpack, and spread them evenly.

Then sort the medicinal herbs and clean them up.

Ye Beixiu came in with a full backpack on his back, and Zhang Juexia hurried forward to take it.

Ye Beixiu could already smell the fragrance in the yard. "Is the meal ready?"

"Go wash up, and then you can eat."

Seeing that Zhang Juexia was having a lot of fun teasing the wild rabbit with the wild grass in his hand, Ye Beixiu raised his eyebrows and smiled, then walked towards the well.

Zhang Juexia lowered his head and concentrated on teasing the hare, his laughter was particularly sweet.

"You must enjoy these fresh and delicious wild grasses. Oh, and don't be picky."

Ye Beixiu turned back to look at her several times.

Zhang Juexia watched every pheasant and rabbit eat their meal, then spread the mugwort evenly and dried it before heading to the kitchen.

She lifted the lid of the pot and saw the milky white fish soup, her mouth almost watering.

The golden tortillas on both sides of the pot were cooked, and she picked up the spatula to scoop them out.

The seasonings at home were really limited, so she just added salt to the pot and served the cooked fish.

He picked up two bowls and filled each of them with a bowl of fish soup.

Ye Beixiu had already cleaned up and quickened his pace to the kitchen.

Zhang Juexia gave the tall stool in the kitchen to Ye Beixiu and sat on the shorter one. "Come and eat quickly. This fish soup is so delicious that it's going to make your eyebrows drop."

Ye Beixiu picked up the bowl and took a sip, then drank the fish soup in the bowl in one breath.

"You are too..."

Before Zhang Juexia could finish his words, he had already scooped a bowl from the pot.

"Don't just drink the soup, there's also fish here."

Zhang Juexia picked out the meat from the fish head and gave it to Ye Beixiu. "Try it quickly. The fish meat is delicious too."

Ye Beixiu picked out the bones of the fish, put a few pieces into Zhang Juexia's bowl, and then started eating.

"Well, this fish tastes good this way."

Zhang Juexia raised her head proudly, "That's right, no matter who did it."

Ye Beixiu smiled.

"You like fish, so eat more. The corn tortillas today taste different from the ones I ate before."

“Isn’t it delicious too?”

"Um."

Ye Beixiu ate six corn cakes and drank three bowls of fish soup in one breath.

Zhang Juexia was shocked by his appetite.

She thought about his daily workload and didn't think he ate too much.

The two of them finished off the entire fish.

Ye Beixiu rushed to wash the dishes, but was rejected by Zhang Juexia.

"You've run such a long mountain road today, you should take a good rest!"

"I'm used to it. But you, it's your first time up the mountain, so you must be very tired."

"I'm fine."

Zhang Juexia was also puzzled. She didn't feel very tired. On the contrary, she felt a little excited.

Ye Beixiu must be really tired, so he didn't force himself and went to the main room to rest.

Zhang Juexia was washing dishes by the well and humming a little tune.

"Oh, even though Bei Xiu has a lame leg, his hunting skills haven't declined at all. Tsk, tsk, tsk, he hunted so many pheasants and rabbits, they must sell for a lot of silver!"

Zhang Juexia was so frightened by the sudden intrusion of this uninvited guest that he trembled and almost dropped the bowl in his hand.

"Who are you? Who asked you to come?"

"You are Bei Xiu's wife, right? How can you be so rude? This is your attitude when someone comes to your house."

"This is my home and this is my attitude. If you don't like it, you can leave."

"Oh, my little wife may not be that big, but she has a bad temper."

Not only did this man not leave, he also walked around the yard in a swaggering manner.

"Oh, and we caught so many fish."

"What is this?"

After saying that, he picked up a herb, put it to his nose and smelled it.

This man's behavior really made Zhang Juexia angry.

"I don't care who you are, get out of my house right now."

"I won't leave."

The man looked at Zhang Juexia with a squinting look, as if to say, "What can you do to me?"

Zhang Juexia saw a long, thick stick by the door, picked it up, and pointed it at the man, "Are you going to leave or not?"

"Oh, the lame man's wife is going to kill someone."

The man opened his mouth wide and started talking nonsense.

There was a lot of noise outside the house, so Ye Beixiu walked out of the house.

When this man saw Ye Beixiu coming out, he became even more arrogant, "Ye Beixiu, you better control your wife. How dare she yell at me, your Third Grandma."

"Third Grandma?"

Zhang Juexia tilted his head and looked at Ye Beixiu. He had never heard him mention this person!

Ye Beixiu said coldly, "What my wife just said is what I want to say. This is my home. You should leave."

"Do you think I'm interested in coming to your house? You've hunted so many wild animals, why don't you give me one? We haven't had meat in a long time."

The man bent down, picked up a pheasant and was about to walk out.

"No, your family doesn't eat meat, what does it have to do with me?"

Zhang Juexia stepped forward and snatched it back, using all his strength to push the man out of the house.

It's been a long time since I've seen such a shameless person.

The man outside cursed a few times and then fell silent.

Zhang Juexia locked the door and prepared to enter the house.

Before she took a step, a fierce quarrel broke out outside.

"How dare you come to my grandson and ask for game?"

"Bei Xiu used to send us the game he hunted. Why didn't he send it today? He even forbade me, an old woman, to come up and take a look."

"Bah, get out of here as soon as you can. Bei Xiu's wife, quickly get the stick. If I don't let this bitch have a taste of her own medicine, I..."

Zhang Juexia recognized Wang Guilan's voice and hurriedly opened the door to greet her.

The man just now also fled in panic.

Wang Guilan said to her back, "Bah."

"Bei Xiu's wife, you better remember this person. I'll beat her up every time I see her. I'll see if she still has the nerve to do this."

Zhang Juexia advised Wang Guilan not to be angry.

Wang Guilan shook her head. "It's not worth getting angry with this kind of person. Bei Xiu's wife, since you've followed Bei Xiu, I won't hide this from you. Our Bei Xiu was originally engaged to this man's granddaughter.