With a "creak", the door in front of Yuntian opened.
It was Lian Yi who opened the door.
Seeing him come to open the door, Yuntian touched the back of his head embarrassedly and said, "Hey! Uncle, my family is having chicken tonight. Just now, when I was chasing the chicken with my brother, it accidentally flew into your yard. Can you give it back to me?"
Lian Yi turned around and looked at the two roosters leisurely walking in their yard. He said, "Wait," and closed the door.
Then, after a commotion inside, the door opened again and Lian Yiyi handed him two roosters. "I've already killed one for you. No need to thank me."
Yuntian looked down at his hand and saw a chicken's neck bubbling with blood. He felt so sorry for it.
He quickly reached out to catch the two chickens, muttering to himself, "Oh my! This chicken blood is really good! It's all gone now. What a pity, what a pity..."
As he spoke, he walked towards his yard and called out to Yun Xu, "Quick, bring a bowl over here and see if you can catch more."
When he reached the door, he remembered that he had forgotten to thank the man. He turned around and saw that Lian Yi had not yet entered the door. He raised the chicken in his hand with a smile and said, "Thank you for helping me catch the chicken, otherwise we two brothers don't know how long it would take!"
Lian Yi raised the corner of his lips, said to him, "You're welcome," and turned into the yard.
Yuntian originally wanted to go into the yard under the pretext of catching chickens, but he didn't expect that the other party would not even let him in through the gate.
But the more cautious they are, the more it shows that they are up to something.
For fear of alerting the enemy, Yuntian did not dare to move again. He carried the chicken into the house, handed the chicken whose neck had been cut to Yunxu to bleed it, and then he picked up the knife he had prepared long ago to cut the other chicken.
The two people who were busy processing the chicken did not notice that Lian Yi was silently observing their every move on the wall.
If the two brothers had behaved in any unusual way just now, they might have been beheaded by now.
Soon, the two chickens were processed. After cleaning them, Yuntian chopped them into small pieces neatly before handing them to Yunxu.
And the moment he turned around, Lian Yi, who was on the wall, jumped down in advance.
Seeing that the originally lush and upright fence grass now had signs of being slightly pressed, Yuntian knew that the man had been there watching him and Yunxu, and he became more careful.
As the sun sets, Shitou and others, who had worked all day, packed up their stalls tiredly and returned home. They smelled the aroma of chicken at the entrance of the alley and immediately felt refreshed. Their legs and feet, which had been a little sore, were instantly filled with strength again.
After rushing home, they all rushed into the kitchen.
Seeing Yuntian filling a bowl he usually used for rice with chicken, he asked curiously, "Brother Tian, who are you going to leave this bowl for?"
They usually use basins to serve food, and only use bowls to serve rice when they leave food for friends who are out on business and don’t have time to come back for dinner.
But they looked around and didn't find anyone missing!
Seeing this, Yuntian picked up the bowl in his hand and walked out while saying, "Don't look at it. I'm not saving this for anyone. I'm giving it to the uncle next door as a thank you. Today our chicken flew into his yard, so we have to thank him for catching it and returning it to us!"
He spoke quite loudly, and Xiao Qingheng, who had just woken up and walked out of the room next door, happened to hear it.
Before he could recover from the joy of eating chicken tonight, he heard the gate open.
It was Lian Yi who opened the door. Even though he already knew Yun Tian's purpose, he still pretended to be ignorant and asked, "Young man, what brings you here at this time?"
Yuntian put the bowl of chicken in his hand in a familiar manner and explained his purpose.
Lian Yi knew that his master had been craving for meat for a long time, so he didn't bother to be polite with him. He said "thank you" and turned around to close the door with the meat.
But when there was only a crack left in the door, Yuntian suddenly put his hands against the door and pushed it open.
Seeing this, everyone in the yard put their hands on the hilts of their knives.
Just as they were about to draw their swords, they heard Yuntian pointing at the bowl in Lianyi's hand and saying awkwardly, "Uncle, can you pour out the meat and give me back the bowl? We only have one bowl per person in our family. If I give you my bowl for the meat, I won't have a bowl to eat in."
Lian was stunned for a moment, as if he had not expected such a thing to happen. He subconsciously asked, "What do you do when guests come over?"
Upon hearing this, Yuntian immediately stared at the bowl in his hand with some vigilance, as if he was afraid that he would not return his bowl. "We won't have any guests at home."
Lian Yi couldn't help but twitch his lips when he saw his stingy look. Who did he think cared about his broken bowl?
Another "Wait." and the door was closed again. This time Yuntian did not stop it and let the door close in front of him.
But Lian Yi, who was behind the door, looked at the bowl in his hand and was at a loss for a moment.
The house was filled with nothing but ashes and weeds, not even a toothpick was left. Where could he find a bowl to pour the meat out?
The aroma of chicken from next door had been wafting through the air for the entire afternoon, arousing Xiao Qingheng's craving for food long ago. Now, he saw Lian Yi coming in with the chicken.
He hurried over to him. "Quick, let this prince have a taste first."
He was anxiously trying to reach out and grab the meat in the bowl, but Lian Yi dodged to the side with the bowl in his hand, leaving him empty-handed. His face immediately darkened, "What do you mean?"
Lian Yi pointed in the direction of the gate and whispered to him, "Prince, just in case, we need to find someone to test the poison first."
Xiao Qingheng snorted coldly, shook off the hand that was about to grab the meat, and turned his head awkwardly. When he was in Chuzhou, he was used to a life of luxury and delicacies, and this time he had not eaten meat for so long that his eyes lit up when he saw meat. He had long forgotten the dangerous situation at this moment.
Lian Yi looked around the desolate courtyard and finally set his eyes on a banana leaf growing next to the toilet. He asked his men to break off a banana leaf, washed it with well water, and then poured the chicken on it.
Yuntian, who was looking inside through the crack in the door, saw him walking towards the door with a bowl in his hand. He immediately stood up and kicked stones with a bored look.
The next second the door opened, and Yuntian clearly saw through Lian Yi that there was a bright red wound on the back of Xiao Qingheng's hand behind his back.
He took a quick glance and didn't dare to look any further. He took his bowl and ran home, muttering, "You little bastards, you have to leave some for me!"
Still on the wall, Lian Yi saw with his own eyes that Yuntian used the bowl that had just held the chicken to eat the rice.
But just in case, he asked one of his men to try the chicken that Yuntian had just sent.
After a while of making sure that everything was alright, he let Xiao Qingheng eat it.
After a few days of living like a monk, Xiao Qingheng finally got to eat meat. It was a very hard job, and he not only had to eat the cold steamed buns left over from the previous day, but also had to overcome the tempting smell of meat.
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