Chapter 40: The Household Gods Even Feed Salt and Spices
The moonlight is reflected on the surface of the river, making the waves sparkle.
Xie Yuchuan rolled up his trouser legs and stood by the river, staring intently at the river surface in the moonlight. Whenever there was a slight fluctuation in the water, he would dig in with his fork and pick up a fish. The fish struggled and jumped in the night.
With a simple wave of his hand, he could throw the river fish into the basket in front of Xie Zhen on the shore.
Xie Zhen laughed and said, "I didn't expect that you, a naughty kid like you, would actually develop such a good skill in catching fish."
Xie Yuchuan was standing in the river, and without saying a word, he jumped in.
Xie Zhen was standing at first, but when he saw that his brother could put the fish into the basket every time, he simply sat down and watched.
It has been many years since she saw such a scene. The memories of siblings playing together in their childhood now came to her mind. Xie Zhen suddenly felt that it was also good to live with her family like this. Why did a woman have to get married?
The men of the Xie family were skilled in martial arts, so catching fish was a piece of cake for them. With a few guards and two masters, they soon had so many fish that the baskets were almost full.
Others looked on with envy, and quite a few were sarcastic.
"The Xie family can catch fish, but they don't even think about helping others. How selfish they are."
"Then why don't you go yourself?"
"The river water is so cold, and I don't know how to spear fish."
"Then go help the Xie family pick up the fish. I saw a few people over there helping out, and the Xie family even gave each of them a fish."
"I don't even bother to serve them. They used to be so high and mighty, but now they're all prisoners. What's there to be proud of?"
There were countless people whispering in the crowd, and some people, seeing others getting benefits, would step forward and say good things.
Several guards of the Xie family looked at Xie Yuchuan, and when they saw him nod, they tacitly approved of others' help.
Most people who helped the Xie family pick up fish got two or three fish depending on how much effort they put in, and at least they could take one back.
It’s almost done, Xie Yuchuan brought people back.
"Give half of it to the officials and tell them that the Xie family wants to find a better place to rest."
Xie Wuying called out to the two of them, "Okay, Sixth Brother, which one do you want to choose?"
Xie Yuchuan's eyes swept across a patch of forest in the distance, "If this is successful, the whole family will stay there tonight."
It was not outside the rest area designated by the officers, and was far away from other prisoners. Not far away was the officers' truck. At most, there were a few people from the Chai family resting there.
The tree trunks on three sides can block most of the view. If he stays overnight there, even if the family god gives him something at night, it will not attract too much attention.
Xie Wuying returned soon after, holding a burning fire stick in his hand.
It was not until the Xie family got up and moved to a high ground far away under the forest that the other prisoners realized that Xie Yuchuan had taken the Xie family members to fish in the water in order to change places.
Many people were jealous.
Most people are envious because there are trees over there to provide shelter and tree trunks to lean on for rest, which is much better than lying directly on the ground here.
The Xie family members settled down next to the tree trunks and started collecting firewood to make a fire.
Even though they are all exiled, their fates are different.
Xiong Jiushan leaned against the tree trunk, folded his arms and squinted his eyes as he looked at the Xie family in the distance, his eyes deep.
The women of the Xie family sat around the fire to keep warm while the men grilled fish. Little Xie Jiarui got the first piece of fish and ran to Xie Yuchuan with his short legs, "Sixth Uncle, you eat fish!"
Xie Yuchuan laughed when he saw this, and reached out to touch his nephew's head, "Sixth Uncle is not hungry, Rui Ge'er, be good and eat more."
Xie Jiarui said cutely, "Mom asked me to bring fish and meat to Uncle Six."
Xie Yuchuan opened his mouth and let his nephew put the fish into his mouth. "Okay, Sixth Uncle has eaten. Go to your mother and eat more."
Xie Jiarui ran back with sparkling eyes, threw himself into Ruan's arms, raised his head and said softly, "Mom, Sixth Uncle has eaten."
"Be good, Rui'er. Eat too." Ruan held him in her arms and helped him pick out the fish bones.
Xie Yuchuan closed his eyes to rest, concentrating on sending a message to the family god.
Study on the second floor of the villa.
Tu Huan had been lying on the digital tablet, immersed in her creation for a long time. On another monitor next to her were the photos she had taken at Xie Yuchuan's place in the afternoon.
The ancient charm inspired her rare creative inspiration.
There was still some work to be done on hand. After she instructed Xie Yuchuan to find someone suitable to feed them in the afternoon, she came back and started thinking about how to make money.
Looking through the photos in the album, an inspiration suddenly came to my mind.
Plots about ancient exile are not uncommon in movies, TV shows, and animation, but they are only used to embellish the story by showing the contrast between the protagonist's past and present. In order to portray the protagonist's misery during the low period, a sentence or a scene of exile on the road is usually used to describe it according to the needs of the plot, but there are very few whole articles that focus on describing the details of the prisoner's entire exile process.
The three thousand mile journey of exile lasted more than two months. Along the way, he passed through countless mountains, forests, rivers, towns, villages, dangerous peaks and steep mountains... The big and small things that happened during this period were real and dangerous.
If I could paint down the important experiences that happened along the way, it might be a good subject.
So after she came back, she sorted out and prepared the food she was going to feed Xie Yuchuan that night, and then she immersed herself in creating in front of the screen.
Before she knew it, it was dark outside the window, and she was oblivious to everything around her.
A crisp sound came from the phone.
"Xie Yuchuan: By the Household God, Yuheng has found the right time."
Tu Huan then stood up, tilted her head back to relax her stiff shoulders and neck for a while, picked up her phone, went downstairs to the living room, took a photo of the big bag she had packed, and sent it over.
"Tu Huan: Did you receive it?"
After waiting for a while, I received a reply from Xie Yuchuan.
"Xie Yuchuan: Got it. Thank you for the gift from the family god."
Tu Huan stood in the living room, scratched her head lightly, looked at Xie Yuchuan's last few words, and blinked.
"What did you eat tonight? Or rough bread?"
Xie Yuchuan looked at the grilled fish on the campfire, with a slight smile on his lips. The Xie family's god always seemed to care about what they ate.
"Xie Yuchuan: Grilled fish."
Tu Huan: "Grilled fish?"
She suddenly remembered that there was a bag of salt among the things she fed Xie Yuchuan, which was folded in a paper bag and placed inside.
She told Xie Yuchuan in a voice message: "There is salt and some spices in the bag. If you grill the fish, you can sprinkle some on it. It will taste better."
Under the tree, Xie Yuchuan's eyes moved slightly in the night, and a hint of surprise flashed in his heart.
The household god even knows salt and spices...
Xie Yuchuan sat quietly for a while, and couldn't help but turn sideways to check the woven basket covered with cloth behind him.
Next to him was Xie Wuying, who already knew that the Xie family god was still there.
When Xie Yuchuan checked, he whispered to him, "Hezhi, help me cover it up."
Xie Wuying was stunned for a moment, his eyes shining!
Xie Yuchuan lifted the covering cloth and saw that there was an extra package in the basket that he had deliberately emptied at night, filling the large woven basket to the brim.
He opened the bundle in the light of a ray of light, and what he saw were some things he had never seen before!
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