Chapter 313 Smells bad, tastes good
"It's over, it's over." Luo Yuan was in the yard. Seeing the bandit Shan Ge and his gang leaving, he excitedly said, "Catch him quickly, bring him back!"
Luo Yuan said to Jin Wen, who was guarding the courtyard, "I heard that the Eighteen Villages are choosing a wife for the Second Chief. All the pretty girls in the surrounding area are very nervous."
"If they go back to the village and report Miss Su to the higher-ups, she'll be finished!"
Compared with Luo Yuan's excited look, Jin Wen stood in the yard holding a sword, just like a lion guarding the house.
"You, you, what I said is true." Luo Yuan looked at Jin Wen anxiously and walked to the window of Xiao Jiuyue's room: "Miss Su, what I said is all true. If there is even a single word that is false, I will be struck by lightning."
Luo Yuan raised his hand and swore a solemn oath, so anxious that beads of sweat the size of soybeans appeared on his face.
Luo Kui came out with a plate, looked at Luo Yuan and sneered, "Are you afraid that bandits will come to your house?" She had no good face at all for Luo Yuan, a man who repaid kindness with enmity.
"I..." Luo Yuan looked embarrassed, as if someone had been caught in the act. He said, "I'm also thinking about Miss Su. Those bandits are really just bandits. They don't care about your identity. They just want to rob you."
"Don't the government care?" Luo Kui looked at him suspiciously and asked, "Could it be that some young lady was kidnapped by bandits?"
"The government can't control it even if they want to. They suppress the bandits every year, but they can't wipe them all out." Luo Yuan said helplessly. He looked around and whispered, "I heard that the village chief's wife is the official's daughter."
"You're just bragging. If she really is a daughter of an official, who would want to be the wife of a village chief?" Luo Kui didn't believe a word of it.
Luo Yuan said excitedly: "Girl, everything I said is true."
"Which family is this lady from?" Xiao Jiuyue's voice came from the room.
Luo Yuan was about to go in when he was stopped by Luo Kui. He shouted in a hoarse voice, "I don't know which lady it is, but it must be true."
"Tsk." Luo Kui rolled her eyes after hearing this and said, "Miss, don't listen to his nonsense. He dares to make up something that has no basis at all."
Xiao Jiuyue stood up, walked out of the house and stood in the sunlight. She looked at Luo Yuan and asked, "Are you making this up?"
"Of course not, I've heard about it from the older generation." Luo Yuan subconsciously stepped back, his back bent involuntarily. Xiao Jiuyue, standing in the sun, was obviously not very tall, and the clothes she wore were ordinary, but the moment she stood there, he felt a fear in his heart that he dared not approach her.
"Although a long time has passed, this must be true. It should have happened... 20 or 30 years ago, right?" Luo Yuan's voice was filled with uncertainty.
Xiao Jiuyue asked, "Is there anyone who knows the inside story now? Someone who knows more than you do?"
Luo Kui looked at Xiao Jiuyue in shock, as if asking: Miss, do you really believe it?
"Yes, Grandma Wu in the village often talks about this. However, bandits are so powerful nowadays that she hasn't talked about it for many years." Luo Yuan was still a teenager when he heard this.
"Is Grandma Wu still here?" Xiao Jiuyue asked.
Now it was Luo Yuan's turn to look up in shock. Xiao Jiuyue looked at Luo Kui who was standing beside him and said, "Luo Kui, come with Luo Yuan and see if you can get any useful information out of him."
"Miss." Luo Kui was about to lie, but after hearing Xiao Jiuyue's instructions, she replied, "Yes."
"Let's go." Luo Kui turned and looked at Luo Yuan, who was standing there in a daze, and urged, "Lead the way quickly."
"Oh, okay." Luo Yuan followed Luo Kui in unison.
Xiao Jiuyue stretched lazily. It was morning, and the sun wasn't as scorching yet. "The bamboo shoots at home should be ready soon. I wonder if Mother Geng and the others will cook them well!"
"It must be delicious." Lian Xin handed over the summer-heat-relief mung bean soup and said, "Every time the young lady makes a new dish, everyone rushes to eat it!"
Xiao Jiuyue sat on a rattan chair under the shade of a tree, looking at the rice fields in the distance that were about to mature. He took a sip of mung bean soup and said with a smile, "That's not necessarily true. When we were making bamboo shoots, the whole workshop was filled with fumes!"
The air was filled with a foul stench during that period, and many people thought that her bamboo shoots had failed. Even Aunt Shi came to her and said tactfully: Why don’t you make less this year, and then make more next year when you have more experience?
Isn’t Aunt Shi just worried that her bamboo shoots will fail and she will lose and waste money?
Most of the other people in the village were probably just there to watch the fun.
"Didn't the young lady say it? It smells bad but tastes delicious." Lian Xin remembered everything she said to Xiao Jiuyue.
"Next time, I'll take you to try this delicious thing. It smells bad but tastes delicious." Xiao Jiuyue thought of stinky tofu and immediately became excited. This food is popular all over the country. Those who like it want to eat it every day, while those who don't like it want to stay away from it. If she copied it, could it also become a unique signature dish?
"Okay." Lianxin responded. She was a little curious about this thing that smelled bad but tasted good. If it stinks, how can it still be delicious?
"Today is the fourth day of July, right?" Xiao Jiuyue tilted her head to note the date and said, "In about twenty days, it will be the autumn harvest."
"Miss, don't worry. This year will definitely be a bumper harvest!" Lian Xin immediately responded after hearing this: "When I was wandering around the village before, I heard Shi Lizheng say that the rice ears are long and heavy, and the rice grains will definitely be abundant."
"That also requires good weather. Otherwise, it will rain all the time during the autumn harvest, which won't be good." Xiao Jiuyue thought that there were no modern machines here, and the rice had to be harvested manually, so the autumn harvest took even longer. In addition, there was drying of rice and planting vegetables in the vegetable garden. Once the autumn harvest came, it was like a war.
"God bless you, your hard work will not be in vain!" Lianxin put her hands together and prayed to the heaven, muttering earnestly, which made Xiao Jiuyue laugh.
"Miss." Jin Wen, who had sent the bandits away, returned and said upon seeing Xiao Jiuyue, "They've already returned to the top of the mountain. I followed them all the way. The mountain path is steep and dangerous, with only one open road leading into the mountain. It would be difficult to hide them there."
"Where is Xiaolu?" Xiao Jiuyue sat up straight and asked.
"The paths are either dead ends or cliffs." When Jin Wen came back, he wasted time because he encountered many dead ends.
"So, if we want to get into the mountain, there's only one main road. This is just the yellow-level mountain. The sky-level mountain will be even more difficult!" Xiao Jiuyue's eyes were filled with deep thought. She put down the mung bean bowl in her hand and said, "Lianxin, make Jinwen a bowl of mung bean soup to cool him down, and prepare some buns."
Lianxin took Jinwen away. Xiao Jiuyue kept thinking that since she couldn't get in secretly, she could only do it openly. Her gaze passed through the kitchen and fell on Luo Min who was busy cooking in the kitchen.
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