As soon as the family walked out of the door, they saw Sheng Yichen walking in from outside the yard, holding two pheasants in his left hand and a rabbit in his right hand.
I have been walking all day today, and my pants are already covered in mud.
Now his whole body was covered with mud and leaves, and even his face had a few scratches from tree branches.
At this time, the warm red sunset poured down, illuminating the obsidian-like eyes. The handsome face with clear outlines was even more heroic.
Although it looks a bit sloppy, it has a bit of damaged beauty.
This attracted many maids and cooks from the post stations to stand and watch from a distance.
Most of the officials and convicts who went hunting with him returned empty-handed. Only a few managed to catch one or two hares and wild birds.
Everyone looked at the spoils in their hands with envy. When they saw the Sheng family coming out, they couldn't help but joked:
"Mrs. Sheng, come and have a look! Your husband is really capable, he runs faster than a rabbit! In less than an hour, he has caught so much game!"
"Isn't it?! I can't run as fast as you. I just caught a hare to eat."
"It's not about running fast, it's about having good eyesight! I just saw a gray ball running past me. The man swung the branch in his hand and it really pricked a rabbit!"
However, many of the exiles felt jealous when they saw what Sheng Yichen was holding. They just snorted coldly and turned away.
Seeing this, several people from the Sheng family's main house immediately came forward and took everything from Sheng Yichen's hand.
After discussing, they divided a pheasant and a hare between Li Feihu and other officials. The rest of the people grilled them in the courtyard.
Although it snowed for half a month in Nanqi, you can still find some cold-resistant wild vegetables and mushrooms in places where the snow is shallow.
During the day on the way to exile, Sheng Yichen picked up some herbaceous vegetables, porcini, and shiitake mushrooms...
Unfortunately, the quantity was small and the available kitchen utensils were simple. Li Zhenyi had no choice but to rent a stove from the station official and cook all the wild vegetables and mushrooms into soup.
Although the meal was simple, it was much more nutritious than the white flour steamed buns provided by the exile team!
Sheng Yichen was in a very good mood, with a wide smile on his handsome face.
As soon as his hands were free, he lifted Sheng Nancy high up and spun her around.
"Are you hungry, Xi'er? I brought you some delicious food. Eat something to fill your stomach first."
Sheng Yichen held Sheng Nanxi in his left hand and took out a clean small cloth bag from his arms.
When I opened it, I found a bunch of roasted and peeled nuts inside.
Walnuts, hazelnuts, pine nuts, chestnuts, peanuts, melon seeds...
The variety is staggering.
"Hey! My brother found these in a small tree hole when he went hunting just now."
Sheng Yichen's tone was cocky and arrogant. He even deliberately whispered in Sheng Nanxi's ear:
"Don't be fooled by the fact that those officers are big and rough. They are slow to fight. After I finished hunting, I waited for them for a while."
"I just found some nuts. I'll roast and peel them and bring them back to you."
Sheng Nanxi looked at the handful of peeled nuts, and her chubby face couldn't help but shiver.
Brother!
What we are saying is that there is no way...
That's not a tree hole, it's a squirrel nest? !
Sheng Nanxi felt like she had seen a stolen squirrel standing on a pile of snow, screaming and collapsing...
No matter what, Sheng Yichen took great pains to find so much food because he was afraid that she would be hungry.
Nancy Sheng is a little baby who knows how to be grateful.
He immediately bared his two rows of millet teeth and gave his brother a big, sweet smile.
"Brother 꺘 is the best! Xier Xuan you!"
As he spoke, he grabbed a handful of nuts and put them to Sheng Yichen's mouth.
"Xi'er can't eat so much, brother, please eat some!"
"You eat, I'm not hungry."
Sheng Yichen quickly turned his head to avoid Sheng Nanxi's chubby claws.
However, the aroma of nuts was so tempting that my stomach growled several times.
"Humph! You're cheating!"
Sheng Nanxi's eyes were wide open, and her mouth was pouting. She looked fierce and fierce.
"Hey, I really didn't lie to you. Come on, eat, brother is really...really..."
"Gululu——Gululu——"
Sheng Yichen wanted to make excuses, but his stomach was angry and kept growling several times.
And each one is louder than the last!
Sheng Nanxi's chubby little hand filled with nuts was placed in front of her thin lips. Her little face was straight with an expression of "I knew it was like this".
Sheng Yichen's handsome face turned red with embarrassment. He had no choice but to eat all the nuts in Sheng Nanxi's paw. Then he pushed all the nuts in the cloth bag to Sheng Nanxi.
"Okay, you can eat the rest yourself. I still have to help my mother and us cook."
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The whole family worked together and soon they had skinned and cleaned a pheasant and two rabbits on the makeshift pile.
Li Zhenyi tacitly took out a bag of rice from her bag, which was suddenly extra. She used the pot and stove that she had just used to cook wild vegetables to make a big bowl of wild vegetable and shredded chicken porridge for Sheng Nanxi and Bai Xiuyu.
Anyway, when the exile team was seeing them off, everyone saw that many girls came to bring gifts to Sheng Yichen.
Many people even talked about this incident with relish for a while.
Now no matter what we take out of the bag, it will not arouse anyone's suspicion.
Sheng Nanxi squatted beside the pile of nuts and ate the nuts that her brother had peeled for her, trying hard to act like a well-behaved and sensible little baby.
But when no one was paying attention, he would sprinkle some not-so-obvious seasoning on the barbecue from time to time.
Soon, a strong penetrating fragrance spread from the corner where they were...
The family had been living in fear since they were exiled, and now they had a hot meal.
However, the future of the Sheng family is now uncertain. Dad and the fifth son were seriously injured, and the remaining fourth son and the fourth son have lost contact with them.
But in the capital, all the members of the Sheng family were gathered together safely at this time.
Even my grandmother, who had recovered some of her energy under Sheng Nanxi's care in the past few days, was pushed by my mother to the stove to eat with us.
The orange light illuminated everyone's face, and seemed to shine into everyone's heart.
Everyone cherished the short and beautiful time on the road of exile. Pushing each other, Xiao xiao ate the barbecue and wild vegetables in his hand.
But the next moment, Liu Ming's smiling voice suddenly came from not far away:
"Oh my! I was wondering why the whole yard was filled with the aroma of meat! It turns out that the eldest lady and the two young masters are grilling meat!"
"I heard from people down there that the young master caught two pheasants and a rabbit in one go. I didn't believe it! Now I know the rumor is true!"
"As expected! Like father, like son! With the heroic example of Master Shengda before him, the young master must be extraordinary!"
Liu Ming started to flatter people as soon as he came up. He then handed a pot of wine and a large plate of braised pork to the Sheng family and said casually:
"The wine is from my own collection, and the meat was prepared by my servants as a gift to me. I smelled the fragrance and wanted to give them to you to taste."
For a moment, no one in the Sheng family responded. Their smiling faces froze for a moment.
Our intuition told us that it was not easy for Liu Ming to send these foods.
But it would be difficult to refuse or not eat at this time...
However, at this moment, sitting among the crowd, drinking porridge with a bowl bigger than her face, Sheng Nancy's eyes flashed with a gleam of light.
Haha, the fox tail is exposed!
Then wait for her to chop your fox meat into rotten pieces, remove your tendons, peel off your skin, and feed it to the dogs!