Chapter 135 Give the Shen family a good talking-to!
Xiao Fang knew that if he continued to be stubborn, he would definitely suffer a big fall, and might even be more embarrassed. He gritted his teeth, supported himself with the long wooden cannon, and quickly said, "Misunderstanding, this is a misunderstanding. We just came here to avoid the snow and ask for the night!"
Upon hearing this, the henchman's eyes widened immediately. After a quick glance around, he chimed in, explaining, "With the snow falling so heavily, we just came to the village to stay. Nothing happened. They were the ones who started hitting us as soon as they came up!"
Shen Lanxi turned to look at Neon and the others.
Neon was taken aback; her expression clearly showed that she hadn't expected this.
Seeing that Shen Lanxi's murderous aura wasn't as intense as before, Xiao Fang slowed his speech and carefully said, "We just entered the village, and they attacked us right away. If it were you, wouldn't you fight back?"
Neon also spoke up to explain, "That's because we overheard you two discussing killing the Shen family!"
Shen Lanxi's dark eyes pressed down on him.
Xiao Fang touched his nose guiltily, then felt he had done nothing wrong, and said stubbornly, "The Shen family killed so many Wei family soldiers, and you won't even let me talk about it? Do you have any sense of reason?"
Feng Wu twitched his lips. Trying to reason with a bandit? He must be joking.
Neon realized she had misunderstood; otherwise, with Xiao Fang's skills, it would have been easy for him to seriously injure them and then escape!
"Lanxi, since it's a misunderstanding, let's just let it go."
Xiao Fang thought for a moment and said, "It was wrong of me to injure you. How about this, I'll be your slave for ten days. During these ten days, you can ask me to do anything!"
Shen Lanxi looked at Neon, who said, "I'll go ask the injured sisters."
Neon returned shortly afterward.
"You injured several of our sisters, and we injured you in return. We're even now, so you don't have to be our slave!"
Xiao Fang, however, refused to let it go so easily.
"I said I'd be your slave for ten days, and I meant it. A man's word is his bond!"
Feng Wuchao and Chen Lanxi nodded, and the latter put away his long staff!
"Fifth Brother, you arrange things here, I'll head back now!"
Feng nodded and watched his junior sister leave.
Once his junior sister had walked a little further away, he immediately turned his gaze away.
This bandit is surprisingly shameless. A grown man like him begging for a woman's company—is he trying to make amends or take advantage?
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The snow fell all night, and when I woke up the next morning, the snow was so thick that it went up to my knees when I stepped into it.
Now, Liu Laohu no longer needs to urge them with a whip; the prisoners get up early and clear the snow from the yard and the roads near the entrance.
"We still have a place to stay, food to eat, and warm clothes. Those two groups of exiled prisoners are going to suffer terribly!"
The woman that the women of Liuzhao Village rescued is still unconscious. Those damned constables didn't treat them like human beings; they treated them like animals!
"Stop causing trouble, cherish what you have now!"
The prisoners huddled together and whispered for a while, and eventually the conversation turned to the Shen family.
"The Shen family is too troublesome; we need to warn them. Otherwise, in this cold weather, if we're sent to the cowshed or stable, we'll definitely freeze to death!"
"Yes, yes, yes, the Shen family is out of their minds; none of them know how to cherish what they have. They need to be given a good talking-to!"
After discussing it, the prisoners went to give the Shen family a hard time.
Shen Lanxi didn't open the door. Chunxue and Qiushuang thought that she was very tired from the journey and that there was no danger now, so they let their young lady rest well.
Hearing the sounds of martial arts practice outside, Chunxue went out and told them to practice further away so as not to disturb their young lady's rest!
Wang's mother led the women to exchange some grain with the villagers for some eggs and cabbage. After learning that there was not much shortage of food here, she told Liu Yan about it.
Liu Yan returned the money to Wang Mama and her group, telling them to go to the village to buy it.
You can buy more things with silver than you can exchange for grain!
The fact that Dongchuan has no shortage of food is good news. I will tell the lord about it when he wakes up!
Shen Lanxi had actually woken up a while ago and went into her space to tidy up her things.
I only had time to pack things in before, and didn't have time to organize them, but now I finally have time.
When Wang's mother went out to exchange things, she brought back a large goose and delicacies such as mushrooms and wood ear fungus.
The stew had been started early, and by the time Shen Lanxi opened the door, it was already noon. The goose was already stewed until it was tender and falling apart!
The locals all use heated brick beds. At breakfast, Wang's mother cooked a pot of corn porridge in a large pot, and then simmered a goose over a low flame all morning. Now, half of the heated brick bed is so hot that it burns your feet.
“Young master, people here like to eat on the kang (heated brick bed) because it’s warm. Shall I set the food on the kang as well?” Chunxue said, her eyes sparkling.
They slept on a heated kang bed all night, and this warm morning they didn't want to get up!
Shen Lanxi nodded: "Okay!"
On the small square table, in the center, sat a bowl of braised goose in an iron pot. Around it, in small dishes, were six side dishes: stir-fried eggs with wood ear mushrooms, stir-fried cabbage with vinegar, boiled shrimp, braised pork slices with kelp, and two plates of appetizers that had been traded with the villagers.
The main course was a bowl of rice and a steamed bun. It was unclear which one Shen Lanxi preferred, but Wang's mother had prepared both.
"Young master, someone in the village hunted a wild boar yesterday. I've had someone buy two large bones; we'll make soup tonight!"
Shen Lanxi hummed in agreement and asked, "How were the others arranged?"
Grandma Wang: "The women of Liuzhao Village steamed cakes and mantou, and they traded a lot of things with the villagers, including vegetables, eggs, and cured meat!"
"The prisoners are eating well too. Liu Laohu and the others stewed a pot of meat and vegetables, and the other prisoners also got some!"
They ate well, and some prisoners even spent money to buy a lot of things from the village. They ate better than the villagers!
Shen Lanxi: "You guys should go down and eat too!"
"yes!"
The snow seemed endless, continuing to fall as if it would continue to fall for an entire winter.
The snowstorm was more severe than she had imagined, but fortunately she had made preparations in advance!
Yinzi, who had already arrived in Baihe County, stood at the door and brushed the snow off her body before going inside!
"This snow is really heavy!"
Fortunately, my junior sister made arrangements in advance, and she's sure to make a fortune this winter.
My junior sister is amazing!
There are still dozens of truckloads of charcoal on the road, not yet reaching Dongchuan. It's snowing almost all over Dongchuan right now, making the roads difficult to travel.
He wanted to ask his junior sister if they should sell the charcoal ahead of schedule.
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Shen Lanxi was eating when Shen Yuanjing arrived, carrying his rice bowl and looking embarrassed.
He didn't want to come, but his grandparents insisted.
"Big sister, my family bought a chicken from the village, and Grandma asked me to bring you some!"
Shen Yuanjing glanced at the small square table in front of his older sister, and his face flushed.
Does the older sister need some chicken from home?
"Have you eaten?" Shen Lanxi pointed to the person opposite him, gesturing for him to sit down.
"Not yet, I'll go back to eat after I deliver it to you!" He felt the rice bowl in his hand was a little hot, and he didn't know whether to put it down or not.
Compared to the table laden with exquisite dishes, the chicken in his hand was just watery broth, with a lot of cabbage at the bottom. It was all to make it look like there was more meat; in reality, it was mostly cabbage underneath!
(End of this chapter)
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