Chapter 317 Camping Roast Lamb Leg

Xia Juanjuan's heart trembled. Although Fu Nanzheng had reminded her, she was still shocked when Li Zhan really brought it up.

Third brother clearly said last time that he had helped to cover it up.

Xia Juanjuan glanced at Li Zhan secretly, nodded resignedly, and confessed: "I know him. Can't I grow food, pork, beef, mutton and other things in the space? I went to the black market to sell them a few times, and then I got to know Luo Cheng, and we started dealing with each other..."

Li Zhan recalled that every time Luo Cheng saw him, he was very aggressive, like a pair of love rivals meeting and getting jealous. He felt uncomfortable and couldn't help but ask sourly, "Does he like you?"

Xia Juanjuan immediately said with a strong desire to survive: "No! I mean... he wanted to pursue me, but I told him right away that I already had a man and even gave birth to three children..."

After hearing this, Li Zhan's tone softened a little and he said, "That's more like it!"

Xia Juanjuan asked: "Have you met him?"

Lizhan nodded: "Yes, I did. We even had a fight. He's pretty good."

Xia Juanjuan couldn't help laughing and said, "Someone covets your wife, but you still feel sympathy for him?"

Li Zhan immediately pulled her over and held her in his arms, saying, "It's no use coveting you. You are mine, and no one can take you away from me!"

The confession game has come to an end.

Xia Juanjuan tried again, but was still able to bring Lizhan into the space again, so she had to give up.

It seems that this space is not ordinary and exclusive.

They would only be brought in when their lives were threatened, or when they were on their deathbed like Grandma Yao, or when Yanyan, Yeye, and Yaoyao were unaware of the situation.

There was no other choice, so Xia Juanjuan had to take out the rain cloth, wooden poles, ropes, rivets, animal skin blankets and other things for setting up the tent from the space.

She had been negligent in not putting clothes in the space beforehand. Now both of them were soaking wet, and they didn't even have any dry clothes to change into.

Fortunately, the heavy rain finally stopped in the second half of the night.

Lizhan built a simple tent with tarpaulin, ropes, and wooden poles. Inside the tent, there were two layers of tarpaulin on the ground, and an animal skin blanket on top. It felt a bit like camping.

Xia Juanjuan took out dry firewood, matches, etc. from the space, started a bonfire, and took out a leg of lamb, as well as seasonings such as cumin, chili powder, and salt.

Although she felt a little embarrassed, Xia Juanjuan still took off her clothes, wrapped herself in a blanket, and then put the clothes on the fire to dry.

Lizhan was much more carefree. It wasn't cold in the summer, so he simply wrapped a piece of animal skin around his waist, exposing his naked upper body, and dried his clothes by the fire. By the way, he pierced the marinated lamb leg with a branch and roasted it over the fire.

Xia Juanjuan looked at his muscular upper body, her cheeks flushed, and she couldn't take her eyes off him.

After a while, the lamb leg began to sizzle with oil, emitting an alluring burnt aroma.

Lizhan cut a few pieces with a knife, put them on a plate, and handed them to Xia Juanjuan.

"Yes! Let me taste your man's craftsmanship!"

I have to say, Xia Juanjuan’s space is really convenient, she has everything she wants.

When Xia Juanjuan took out the plate and chopsticks, Li Zhan was stunned...

This is all...

Xia Juanjuan took it. Although she had just eaten a meat bun, she was still a little hungry. She didn't hold back and took a big bite. The burnt aroma and grease filled the air, which was simply the greatest satisfaction for her taste buds.

"It's delicious! You can go to the state-owned hotel to eat grilled lamb skewers in the future!" Xia Juanjuan joked with a smile.

Li Zhan also put a mouthful of it into his mouth and said with a smile: "That won't do, only my wife can eat the meat I roast!"

Xia Juanjuan laughed and said, "Look how proud you are."

After eating the roasted lamb leg, both of them had their clothes roasted dry.

However, since we use the sky as our blanket and the ground as our mat, we don’t need clothes for the time being.

Li Zhan jumped into the animal skin blanket, hugged Xia Juanjuan's slender waist, and whispered with burning eyes: "Wife..."

The next morning, the sky finally cleared up.

The water level caused by the heavy rain last night has receded a little, but it is of no avail. The place where Xia Juanjuan and Li Zhan are still like an isolated island, isolated by the flood.

When Xia Juanjuan was still half asleep, Li Zhan suddenly came over to wake her up and said with a smile: "Wife, wake up! A rescue boat is coming, hurry up and put on your clothes! Get ready."

After hearing this, Xia Juanjuan quickly got up, endured the pain in her back, put on her clothes, got up, and then put the tent and other things into the space.

Li Zhan witnessed her actions and couldn't help but marvel at them.

After the two of them packed up, the rescue boat docked.

The two warriors got off the boat and saluted Lizhan when they saw him in military uniform. Then, after introducing their names and affiliations to each other, they let Lizhan and Xia Juanjuan get on board without any delay.

After asking, I found out that the light from the fire that two people had made to roast lamb legs last night was seen from a distance, so they sent a boat to check it out early in the morning.

"However, you were able to find flint and dry wood to make a fire despite the heavy rain yesterday..."

Li Zhan and Xia Juanjuan both felt guilty and quickly changed the subject: "By the way! Have you sent people to Liujia Village? There should be more than ten or twenty people trapped on the top of the mountain!"

The soldier said, "People have been sent over there. They were supposed to go to rescue them last night, but there was a heavy rain, so they were delayed."

After hearing this, Li Zhan felt relieved, nodded, and said, "That's good."

The boat soon arrived at Zhang Weiguo's base camp. Wei Bin and other soldiers under Li Zhan were so surprised to see that their leader and sister-in-law were fine that they couldn't help but smile!

The situation was so dangerous last night, and my sister-in-law jumped in from behind, but they both survived. They are truly blessed!

Soon, Jiang Wan received the news and rushed over in a hurry.

When he saw Xia Juanjuan and Li Zhan, he was so happy that tears welled up in his eyes. He couldn't help scolding Xia Juanjuan: "How can you be so brave to row a boat alone to rescue people? I was almost scared to death after listening to Xiao Hu's report! If anything happens to you, how can I explain to your second brother, father and grandfather!"

Xia Juanjuan also knew that she was at fault, and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, second sister-in-law. I acted on my own..."

Li Zhan came forward and said, "Second sister-in-law, don't blame Juanjuan. She was worried about me, so she acted alone in a hurry."

Jiang Wan glared at Li Zhan and said with a smile, "You two should stop criticizing yourselves and showing off your affection. You're making your second sister-in-law the villain, aren't you?"

Xia Juanjuan quickly pulled her close and said with a smile, "Second sister-in-law, look at what you said. I really know I was wrong!"

Jiang Wan sighed and said, "Forget it this time. It's really lucky that both of you are fine. I will immediately find someone to check and tell your second brother and family. They are still anxiously waiting for news from Li Zhan."

Xia Juanjuan nodded and said, "Thank you, Second Sister-in-law."

Li Zhan said to Xia Juanjuan, "Juanjuan, you should go back with my second sister-in-law first. We still have to continue rescuing people, and it's not safe here. I'm afraid that if there is an emergency later, I may not have time to take care of you."

Xia Juanjuan's face turned pale, she shook her head and said, "No, I want to stay here. You forgot that I have... Anyway, I will be fine, you don't need to protect me."

Li Zhan: "..."

Li Zhan heard the implication, that she stayed to protect him and save him in times of crisis.

Although... what he said is indeed the truth...

Lizhan sighed and said, "Juanjuan, be obedient! Stay in the back with my second sister-in-law."

Xia Juanjuan was still trying to argue, but suddenly a strange voice was heard.

"It's still good to have people behind the scenes! They come to rescue in name only, and they bring their wives with them! That's great, everyone is working day and night to rescue, there's no time to even sleep, and some people even want to have a wife to warm their bed!"

The person who spoke was Zhang Weiguo.

He was punished for his poor rescue efforts and was no longer allowed to be in charge of this place. All command power was transferred to Lizhan, so he was resentful and came over to say something sarcastic!

"Zhang Weiguo, your mouth is itchy again, right? Do you believe I can beat you up?"

Xiao Hu has a bad temper. After beating Zhang Weiguo last time, he was punished. But now when he heard that Zhang Weiguo was in trouble again, he didn't care about anything else and just fought back.

Jiang Wan glanced at Zhang Weiguo, walked over and said:

"You are Zhang Weiguo, right? Don't talk like you have a gun or a stick! You were talking to Captain Li just now.

What happened to Captain Li's wife? If it weren't for Comrade Xia Juanjuan, the dozen or so villagers in Liujia Village who were trapped by the flood, and a dozen of our soldiers, would probably still be on the top of the hill waiting to be discovered!

You, Zhang Weiguo, have been stationed here for five days, right? Tell me, how many people have you saved? You neglected your duties, and you dare to slander others here?

In addition, Comrade Xia Juanjuan knows Chinese medicine. Since coming here, she has helped take care of the disaster victims and provided medical treatment and medicine for sick fellow villagers. Although she has no affiliated unit, she has also made her own contribution!

You can try to say a few more words! We are too busy with the rescue now, let’s go back to Beijing and have a good talk with the chief!”

These words made Zhang Weiguo dare not say a word.

After this little incident, Xia Juanjuan couldn't insist on staying and making things difficult for Li Zhan. She could only remind him to be careful and so on.

However, Xia Juanjuan knew in her heart that no matter what she instructed, if the incident like the child falling into the water happened again the night before, he would definitely rush over and jump into the water to save the child without saying a word.

Li Zhan didn't care that there were many people around and suddenly pulled Xia Juanjuan over and held her in his arms.

Wei Bin and others beside him couldn't help but cheer: "Captain, give me a kiss! Give me a kiss! Give me a kiss!"

Xia Juanjuan's cheeks turned red.

Li Zhan was not ashamed, and said with a smile: "Go away! What are you doing? Can you watch me kiss my wife?"

Xia Juanjuan was so angry that she punched him and whispered, "Stop talking!"

Everyone laughed for a while, and Li Zhan became serious again. He looked at Xia Juanjuan deeply and said, "Don't worry. I will protect myself. You should not do anything alone. Whether you went to the northwest alone last time or you rowed a boat alone to save people this time, I would be worried."

Xia Juanjuan responded vaguely.

Li Zhan said nothing more and immediately went on a boat with others to rescue.

Xia Juanjuan and Jiang Wan returned to the temporary resettlement site for disaster victims in the rear.

Li Zhan was still here, so she naturally didn't want to go back, so she stayed to help.

After a few days, the supplies could not keep up.

Everything else is fine, but food and other things are basically running out.

Although the disaster relief team has prepared some supplies, in this day and age, there is famine everywhere. Those prepared supplies can only be used for emergency purposes at best, and it is already good enough that they can last for so many days.

The flood has receded in some places. The surviving villagers returned to their villages and looked at the houses and crops that had been razed to the ground, and they were all in tears.

There was nothing to eat, let alone rebuilding the homeland. What could they do? They could only go to other places to beg for food with a broken bowl and a cane.

I can only get through this summer and wait until the autumn planting season to see if I can get some money to buy wheat seeds. Then, when the harvest comes next year, maybe I can get some relief...

Xia Juanjuan saw many people leaving the disaster area, bringing their families with them... Those who could bring their families with them were the lucky ones, as many families were torn apart by the flood and left alone... In short, she felt very upset.

Li Zhan also came back to hold a meeting to discuss the supply issue.

Someone suggested quietly: "If that doesn't work, let's call on everyone to donate some money and buy some on the black market..."

One person said: "Will that work? If we are discovered..."

The person who proposed the idea sighed and said, "What can we do? We can't just watch so many of our fellow villagers starve to death, can we?"

A flood may only last a few hours or days, but the most difficult things come after that.

Li Zhan pondered for a moment and said, "I'll think about this again. As for buying things on the black market, we just listened to it here and forgot about it. If anyone dares to tell others, don't blame me for turning my back on you!"

Xia Juanjuan didn't listen to their meeting, but she knew roughly what they discussed. However, no matter how much she discussed it, she couldn't cook without rice, and there would be no better solution. "

After they dispersed for a while, Lizhan and the others almost set out for the rescue immediately.

Xia Juanjuan took advantage of the opportunity to pull him aside and said straight to the point, "Li Zhan, I have supplies in my space."