The night gradually deepened.
The grassland was pitch black.
The middle-aged man huddled by the campfire, enduring hunger and looking into the darkness from time to time.
“Gurgle…”
My stomach rumbled, protesting that I was not full.
"Uncle," the man looked at the old man who was resting with his eyes closed, "It's already late at night, why haven't any tigers or wolves come here yet?"
The old man didn't even open his eyes. "Why, are you still hoping for a wolf to come?"
"Really?" The man looked around and lowered his voice, "The fire at the Zhan family must be extinguished tonight. Without fire, we can drive away the wild beasts. They are the wild beasts' food."
The old man finally opened his closed eyes and glanced at his distant cousin.
Without saying a word, he closed his eyes again.
The middle-aged man didn't say much, and just kept paying attention to the situation at the Zhan family.
He didn't know how much time passed until he couldn't hold on any longer and fell asleep.
"Let's go!"
The officer's loud shout startled the man, who jumped up and shouted, "Is there a wild beast coming?"
"laugh."
Someone laughed.
"What beast? You are confused because you are sleeping. It is broad daylight. There are no beasts."
The man found that it was already daylight, the fire at the Zhan family's side had been extinguished long ago, and everything was fine.
None.
He sucked his tongue unwillingly, wondering why the Zhan family was so lucky!
"Come on, Zhan Ping and Huang Ye, eat two more. You strong men can't be full with just one." Beside the donkey cart, Guo was carrying a bundle and distributing meat buns to her family for breakfast.
Although the weather is cold, it is meat-filled after all, so it has to be eaten before.
Eat white steamed buns later.
"Okay, thank you, Mr. Mi!" Zhan Ping took the bun and ate it in big mouthfuls, filling his mouth and grabbing one after another.
During the battle, both of them were not idle. One of them was holding a bun and chewing it in his mouth.
A shiny light overflowed from the corner of his mouth.
He left the donkey cart and walked towards the volunteers as if unintentionally.
“Does it smell good?”
When they got close enough, Huang Ye followed, his mouth also full, neither of them had any free time, and he spoke incoherently.
"Of course...it smells so good!"
Zhan Ping spoke very loudly, and as he spoke, the meat flakes in his mouth kept spurting out.
"puff."
Huang Ye couldn't hold back his laughter and started to spray too.
The two boys were laughing and playing, while they were moving closer to the volunteers.
"Come on, come on, eat quickly," Zhan Ping took the lead in stopping the battle, and stood beside the volunteers. He stuffed the big meat bun in the box into his mouth and took a big bite.
The white bun skin was soft, part of it soaked in gravy, revealing an enticing color.
Inside the buns, the meat filling exudes a fragrant aroma.
"Gulp gurgling!"
The volunteers' stomachs rumbled one after another.
Several eyes fell on Zhan Ping and the bun in the yellow leaves.
Zhan Ping saw that the time was almost right, so he gave Huang Ye a look and said, "There's someone calling over there, hurry over there."
Huang Ye stuffed the last bite of the bun into his mouth, and the two of them went back to the donkey cart laughing.
The team set out.
"How is it?" Shen Zhaozhao also came over and looked at Zhan Nanxing with curved eyebrows.
"Let them take the meat buns and go around the volunteers," Zhan Nanxing's peach blossom eyes swept coldly over the volunteers.
"Are you sure the person who urinated and wet your Zhan family's fodder yesterday was one of them?" Jiang Hu thought about it and decided it would be better to confirm it first.
"We are all human beings, how can we do something so detrimental to ourselves?"
"What do you want to do by wetting your fodder for no reason?" Jiang Hu couldn't understand.
Zhan Nanxing snorted coldly, "Sure, it's one of them."
In the second half of the night, when the guards were all sleepy, Zhan Beichen came to look for him.
Zhan Beichen, Feng Yong and others stayed near their team all the way, and several pairs of eyes saw a figure walking towards the volunteers and standing for a while at the place where the Zhan family piled fodder.
It was almost dark at that time, and Zhan Beichen and the others were too far away to see clearly.
Shen Zhaozhao praised 깊 Zhanping and Huang Ye, and the two servants scratched their heads embarrassedly.
"Next time you need to do this, feel free to assign us to do it!" Zhan Ping said with a smile, "It's not that easy to show off how delicious the meat buns are in front of others."
Shen Zhaozhao glanced at him amusedly, and said to Jiang Hu: "Don't worry, I know what's going on and I won't cause any trouble for you."
Jiang Hu quickly said, he was not afraid of trouble.
Besides, he would quit his job after this trip, share the gold with his brothers and return home.
Even though Wangtou and he are old friends, if things get too awkward, it will be difficult for them to meet again in the future.
Zhan Nanxing also said: "Yes, we know what they are going to do. We should be able to find out tonight."
He raised his eyes and looked at Shen Zhaozhao.
From each other's eyes, I can see the tacit understanding.
The grassland in autumn is withered and yellow, with withered grass connected to the blue sky. As we walked, we crossed one hillside after another. The hillside that we saw connecting to the horizon was already at our feet. When we looked again, another hillside that connected to the sky appeared in the distance.
It seems like there will never be an end.
The group became increasingly silent as they walked, with only the occasional rumbling of empty stomachs coming from the volunteer team.
"It's getting dark."
Zhao Jiusan, who was leading the way in front, called out loudly.
The team stopped.
Today, Zhao Jiusan learned from yesterday's lesson and emphasized that one person must be left to guard the haystack today.
"Disband!"
"Hurry up and prepare hay for fuel. There might be wild beasts coming tonight, so the bonfire cannot be extinguished."
Everyone scattered to pull out the weeds.
On the volunteer side, the middle-aged man who had been hungry for a day kept glancing at the Zhan family's donkey cart. In the morning, the two members of the Zhan family were wandering in front of them.
The aroma of meat went straight into his nose.
He couldn't help it.
God is really unkind. The Zhan family didn't have enough fodder last night, so why didn't any wild beasts come and eat them all?
He stretched his neck and looked at the situation in the Zhan family.
Just like yesterday, there was only a little girl guarding the Zhan family camp today.
Today, we must not repeat the same old tricks. Everyone is on guard.
The middle-aged man scratched his head and ears. The aroma of the breakfast meat buns and the greasy meat stuffing kept echoing in his mind. He wished he could rush over and grab two buns to stuff into his stomach.
"Uncle, why are you still here?" Hua'er had come back with a big bunch of hay. She saw him staring in the direction of the Zhan family with a slight flash in her eyes.
"If you don't want to guard the fodder, then don't." The middle-aged man simply sat down and pointed at the gradually rising fodder, "Go and do your thing."
This time, the flowers did not leave.
"Uncle, don't you want to eat meat buns?"
"I will help you."
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