Yan Xi caught some more loaches, cleaned them on the spot, threw them into his clothes, and carried them home.
Because he was carrying a large bag and exuded a strong fishy smell, people who saw him couldn't help but wonder, "Xiao Mu, what's in your bag? It smells so strong? Fatty fish?"
Yan Xi shook his head and said with a smile: "No, it's snails and some loaches."
"Snail? Loach? What are these things?" The villagers frowned, confused.
When Yan Xi heard this, he was stunned for a moment and secretly delighted.
Sure enough, they didn't know that snails and loaches were edible.
But he didn't dare to be happy too soon. Maybe they just called it differently?
Therefore, Yan Xi opened it and showed it to him directly, "This is it, it's delicious when used as a side dish or for cooking."
The villagers covered their noses, took a few steps back in disgust, and looked at him as if he were a fool. "Xiao Mu, even if you're hungry, you can't eat anything. These bugs are disgusting and can't be eaten."
"Bug, bug?" Yan Xi was stunned. "Do you all think it's a bug?"
"Isn't that a bug or something else? The paddy fields are full of them. No one can handle them properly, and they've become a disaster. Everyone is worried to death." The other person sighed with a sad face.
Yan Xi looked at him thoughtfully, then smiled mysteriously, "Since it's flooding, why not just use it as food? It won't be long before the paddy fields are clean."
The villagers looked disgusted: "Hey~ Who wants to eat this disgusting thing? I won't eat it even if you kill me. Last time someone ate him, he died that same night. This thing is poisonous. Xiao Mu, don't eat it. If you are really hungry, come to my house for dinner. Don't take the risk."
"Well..." Yan Xi thought for a moment and smiled faintly, "How could that be? They are delicious. If they are poisonous, it means they are not cooked properly and eaten in the wrong place. If you don't mind, I will fry them tonight. How about you try them?"
"Hey... I'm telling you, kid, why don't you listen? You can't eat this, you can't eat it, you can't eat it. Eating it will kill you. If you want to eat it, I won't let you go today!"
Seeing that he was determined not to give up, Yan Xi felt helpless and amused, so she could only agree, "Okay, I won't eat it. It's not appropriate for me to throw it here. I'll take it back and find a place to bury it. Is that okay?"
"That's good. Remember, don't eat it." After he said that, he looked back every few steps, feeling a little worried about him.
Yan Xi looked at it and felt warm in his heart.
Although these villagers are not very kind to the male protagonist, they are not bad by nature. It's just that the male protagonist represents bad luck and fear in their eyes, so they have to treat him like this.
After Yan Xi returned home, he took a bath, put the snails and loaches in a wooden basin, added water and salt, and let it sit.
My lunch only consisted of a plate of wild vegetables.
After dinner, he took a bag of rice and went to Uncle Chen's house next door to discuss borrowing a plowing ox.
It would probably take two days to clean up his four paddy fields.
Uncle Chen was also very straightforward and agreed readily, but he refused to accept the rice.
"I know your current situation. All the valuables in your home have been taken away by Brother Mu and his men. You finally traded game for a few bags of rice. How dare we accept them? You should keep them for yourself."
Aunt Chen said the same thing and politely asked him if he wanted to stay for dinner.
Yan Xi politely declined, but still felt a little guilty, so she settled for the next best option. "How about this, Uncle Chen, Aunt Chen, when the autumn harvest comes, I'll give you another bag of rice that I grew myself. Then you won't have to worry about me not having enough to eat."
"this……"
"Just promise me, otherwise I'll really feel bad."
"All right then." Uncle Chen stroked his beard and smiled brightly. "If you really want to do this, then you'll have to work hard in the fields. Otherwise, when you're done with nothing, where can we go to complain?"
Yan Xi patted his chest, full of confidence, "Of course, don't worry, during the autumn harvest season, I guarantee a bountiful harvest."
Uncle Chen and Aunt Chen smiled with relief when they saw him like this.
After a few more pleasantries, Yan Xi went home.
I took a look at the millet in the shed and saw that it had already sprouted.
In another three or four days, the seedlings will emerge.
In the late afternoon, the snails spit out a lot of dirty things.
Yan Xi washed repeatedly until the water was clear.
He bought a jar of wine and picked some pomelo leaves, which he also washed.
Then light the fire and heat the oil in a pan.
Stir-fry the snails, add wine and pomelo leaves to remove the fishy smell, and add various seasonings.
Add the chili powder provided by System 5555 to half and stir-fry, leave the other half aside, and pick out the edible snail meat one by one with a homemade bamboo stick.
During the whole process, Yan Xi was so tired that he felt a little dizzy.
However, eating delicious snails instantly makes me feel extremely happy.
After eating until he was half full, Yan Xi took a full plate of snail meat without chili, a small bowl of snail meat with chili, a plate of stir-fried loach, and a large bowl of rice, and went to the cemetery in the west of the village again.
When we arrived, the sun had already set.
The cemetery is a bit cold and eerie because of the tall trees.
Yan Xi suppressed his fear and put the food on the ground just like yesterday.
But what he didn't know was that this time, the male protagonist was not hiding very well. He peeked in and observed him secretly. When he found that he was about to leave, his eyes fell on the food in front of the grave. He touched his empty stomach and wanted to go up and eat it quickly. However, when he found that Yan Xi was hiding again like yesterday, he hesitated.
To go out or not to go out?
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