Chapter 21: Just a Stupid Fox

"Don't be stupid, go pick it up."

"You're stupid!" Su Heng snorted, "For the sake of the duck, I won't bother with you for now!"

After saying that, he picked up a long branch and ran to catch the wild duck.

A smirk appeared in Lu Mingchuan's eyes. He was clearly just a stupid fox.

The previous one was still floating on the water, and Su Heng hooked it over with a branch.

The one in the reeds is close to the shore and can be picked up with your hands by digging a few times.

After returning with the two ducks, Su Heng saw Lu Mingchuan still sitting there, so she asked, "Are you still fighting?"

Lu Mingchuan hummed softly.

The well diggers will come tomorrow, so it will be inconvenient to use this thing. We can dig a few more today.

The wild ducks in the grass were startled just now. Some of them flew away, but some were brave enough to swim out again in a dull manner after a while.

After a while, they all turned over and floated on the river.

Su Heng was happily fishing and they had a good harvest, shooting a total of five wild ducks.

It turns out that hunting with the big guys is such an easy thing. It is not an empty talk to kill them the moment they show up.

The flock of wild ducks in the reed marsh finally realized something was wrong and flew away screaming.

Su Heng shook her head regretfully, looked at the five ducks in her hand and decided to have beer duck in the evening.

Of course there was no beer, but she remembered that there was a can of rice wine left over from the Lu family's wedding in the corner of the kitchen, so it would be a good substitute.

"Lu Mingchuan, you're amazing! I'll show you my skills tonight!"

"Then I'll wait."

A rare light smile appeared on Lu Mingchuan's lips, and his handsome eyebrows relaxed. Su Heng was stunned for a moment.

Then he smiled brightly: "You wait!"

After returning home, the duck feathers and blood needed to be dealt with first, mainly by Lu Mingchuan.

Su Heng went to boil a bucket of hot water. He had already drained the duck blood.

Although wild ducks are slightly smaller in size, the five ducks together still fill two large bowls.

Lu Mingchuan plucked the duck feathers, and Su Heng brought in the duck blood and sprinkled some salt on it, and it solidified in a short time.

Duck blood cannot be stored for a long time, so we added a duck blood vermicelli soup to the meal.

Lu Mingchuan first processed two and put them into the pot for Su Heng before dealing with the rest.

The fluff on the wild duck's wings was the most difficult to deal with, so he specially burned it with fire.

Heat the pan with cold oil, sauté the onion, ginger, garlic and chili peppers first, add the wild duck pieces, stir-fry quickly and season, finally pour a circle of rice wine on it and simmer for half an hour.

The aroma was already overflowing during the stir-frying process. Fortunately, there were not many houses around their house.

Otherwise, eating corn tortillas with wild vegetables every day and smelling this smell would be unbearable.

During this gap, the other three ducks were also processed. Su Heng smeared some salt on them and placed them in a cool place.

It was early summer, and the temperature wasn't too high, so a day or two wouldn't be a problem. This era wasn't as hot as later times, and the countryside near the mountains was even cooler.

After a while, the soup is dried up and the dish is served.

Before the meal, Su Heng made a cup of honey water for each of them. She didn't know if it was her illusion, but it seemed that their supernatural powers became more condensed after drinking it.

Perhaps the worker bees collected some old medicinal pollen from somewhere while collecting honey.

In short, there is no harm in drinking it. Her supernatural power has recovered to the second level. When it reaches the third level, she will be able to help Lu Mingchuan treat his legs.

However, she couldn't reveal her special ability rashly. Before that, she might have to find a way to learn acupuncture from Song Wan to cover it up.

Although this pretext sounds a bit ridiculous, Su Heng can't think of any other good solution for the time being.

They were a little full from dinner, but both of them had a good sleep.

Especially Lu Mingchuan, he has been having nightmares and unable to sleep well since he came back from that mission.

But tonight those nightmares no longer haunted him, and he slept soundly until dawn.

The next day, just after Su Heng finished watering the vegetable garden, she heard a knock on the door.

The well-drilling team arrived. Secretary Chen was in charge and personally led the team over. He also helped plan the drilling site.

Su Heng wanted to connect a few more water pipes, one to the kitchen for washing rice and vegetables, and another to the yard to make a sink for washing clothes.

There was also a water pipe at the toilet door, and she urgently needed it because it was a dry toilet, so she needed to prepare herself mentally every time she went in.

Nowadays, water for flushing toilets is carried there, so it would be much more convenient if we just install a water pipe.

Taking this into consideration, the well was finally chosen to be located in the backyard, not far from the kitchen. The chicken coop was located to the east and west of it, so it would not disturb them.

The well-drilling team was doing preparatory work there. Su Heng looked at the branch secretary who was also busy with them, so he went into the house and made a cup of honey water for everyone.

Secretary Chen discovered the honey only after he had finished drinking it. Seeing how extravagant she was, he whispered to her behind her back to ask her to be more selective.

"We still have a long way to go. We can't afford to spend money like this. So, take it easy on the cooking these few days. Do you hear me?"

It turned out that he thought that the honey was bought with money. Su Heng had just received a "huge" compensation a few days ago, so it was no wonder that Secretary Chen thought too much.

She smiled and replied, "I know."

Secretary Chen looked at it for a while and left when he saw that there was no problem.

Seeing Su Heng's generosity, the construction team worked harder. Now, wells are dug purely by manpower, which is quite tiring.

Because there will be a drought this year, Su Heng wants to dig the well deeper to avoid running out of water.

The well-digging team started working in full swing. After lunch in the afternoon, they didn't rest for long. They just rested under a tree for a while and then continued to work.

Su Heng’s cooking is delicious and generous. The food they eat is better than at home and they are full of energy.

But what she didn't expect was that Captain Yu actually found her after dinner and asked her where she bought the honey, saying that he liked it and wanted to buy a jar.

Since Su Heng realized that this was indeed useful for her supernatural powers, she had no intention of selling it.

But Captain Yu said that his son had married the daughter of a city leader, and he was afraid that the things he brought this time would not be liked by the other party.

He tasted it and found it was pure wild honey, so he wanted to get a jar for his son to show off.

Fortunately, there was a lot of honey, so Su Heng said that she found it in the mountains and agreed to sell him a jar.

Captain Yu is also an honest man. He has been worrying about gift-giving recently and has gone to the black market to roughly find out the prices.

The price was two yuan per catty. I bought ten catties from Su Heng and got twenty yuan in my account immediately.

Su Heng happily accepted the money and gave him a small jar of candied yellow apricots as a gift. They were delicious when soaked in water and would surely be a good choice for his son to please his girlfriend.

Captain Yu accepted it and grinned. When he left work in the afternoon, he took a bucket and put a layer of vegetables on it. When his teammates asked him about it, he just said that they were bought vegetables.

What Su Heng didn't expect was that Song Wan didn't come to her to get the honey until the next day.

She was carrying a basket of medicinal herbs, her face didn't look too good, and she stood in the yard, seeming to want to say something but stopping herself.

"What's wrong?" Su Heng asked.

Song Wan was a little embarrassed: "Can I make something here and borrow your west room? I can pay the rent."

"You're too polite. If you want to use it, just use it. But there are some miscellaneous things in the west room. What are you going to do? Or should I clean it up?"

"No, I can do it myself."

Song Wan was somewhat touched by Su Heng's enthusiasm. She had fair skin, so her slightly red eyes were a bit noticeable.