Chapter 386: The Fiancé Ran Away with the Most Beautiful Girl in the World (11)
Shu Shichu was turning the roasted chicken and rabbit from his Huodui Mountain and sprinkling them with cumin and onion powder. A strong and tempting aroma wafted out, and several hungry people in Wen Yueshan started to have their stomachs growling on the spot. Hearing the sound, they covered their stomachs in shame and quickly shifted their gaze, no longer daring to look at the barbecue stall in front of Shu Shichu.
However, the fragrance would not disappear just by not looking at it. The more they tried not to look at it, the more arrogant the fragrance became, as if it had consciousness and insisted on getting into their nostrils, making them swallow their saliva non-stop, and the more they swallowed, the hungrier they became.
Wen Yueshan took out his water bag, drank a few gulps, and handed the water bag to his second apprentice brother: "Drink some water to moisten your throat."
Yue Guang weakly took the water bag and filled himself with water, but it was still no use. A stomach full of water was dangling empty, making him even hungrier.
"Big Brother, do we have any dry food in our bags?" Yue Guang looked at Wen Yueshan expectantly. They went out this time thinking that they could reach the next city before night and would not need to prepare dry food. However, they did not expect something unexpected to happen and they could only stay overnight in this deserted and dilapidated temple, their stomachs deflated with hunger.
Junior fellow apprentice Jin Fei also stared at him with sharp eyes. Wen Yueshan couldn't bear to see them disappointed, so he began to search the bag. Perhaps it was a miracle, because they actually found a few dry bean cakes.
"There are only a few bean cakes left. Fill your stomach for now. When tomorrow morning comes, we can set off for the capital earlier." Wen Yueshan divided the bean cakes among his two fellow apprentices, kept one for himself, and brought the other to Zhou Mingyue, who was standing stiffly and unable to move, intending to feed her.
But Zhou Mingyue looked at him with resentment and didn't want to eat at all. Wen Yueshan advised her helplessly: "Junior sister, if you don't eat, you will have to go hungry tonight."
After saying that, Wen Yueshan broke the bean cake into pieces and stuffed the broken pieces into Zhou Mingyue's mouth. Unexpectedly, Zhou Mingyue's eyes were filled with humiliation. She stared at Wen Yueshan with extreme resentment, and it was obvious that she hated this senior brother.
When Wen Yueshan saw her malicious eyes, he couldn't help but tremble his hand, and the broken bean cakes immediately fell to the ground. Wen Yueshan didn't expect that he just wanted to feed her something, but she hated him so much. He was shocked and puzzled. Could it be that his junior sister hated him for not rescuing her from the female hero?
But even though he was the eldest disciple of Wenjian Villa, he couldn't beat this female knight at all, and he couldn't afford to offend her. Besides, it was his junior sister who offended her first, so what was wrong with her punishing him for that? Should he admit defeat just because he was not as skilled as others?
Wen Yueshan, who was heartbroken by his junior sister, silently put away the bean cake in his hand and stopped feeding her. His junior sister was just too willful. Everyone in the villa spoiled her, tolerated her, and gave in to her, spoiling her to the point that she didn't know her place. She didn't know that outsiders would not indulge her as much as the people in the villa did when she left.
It would be better for her to suffer a little now before she makes a big mistake, so that she can learn a lesson and control her temper in the future.
While thinking this, Wen Yueshan returned to the corner and sat down next to his other two fellow apprentices.
"Junior sister, don't want to eat the bean cake? Well, this bean cake is hard and dry, almost like chewing a stone. Junior sister has never eaten such a thing, no wonder she doesn't want to eat it." Yue Guang said to Wen Yueshan while grinding the bean cake carefully with his front teeth.
"Oh, the pheasants and rabbits roasted by that female hero smell so good. I can't help but drool just by smelling them... Do you think she would be willing to sell us two roasted chickens if our junior sister hadn't offended her?" Jin Fei asked with shining eyes while staring at Shu Shichu's barbecue stall in the distance.
Wen Yueshan was silent for a moment, then replied, "I don't know."
Yue Guang said, "I know! She should be willing to sell it. I don't think she is a bad person who kills people without hesitation. My junior sister was disrespectful to her, but she only pressed her acupoints and didn't hurt her, which shows that she doesn't kill innocent people. If we ask her to sell two roasted chickens in a nice way, she shouldn't make things difficult for us."
"Alas! It's too late to say anything now. It's my junior sister's fault for offending someone. We can only eat these stone bean cakes." Jin Fei said with a face full of resentment, and suddenly said with determination, "I will go to the next city tomorrow, and I must eat two roasted chickens!"
"Me too!" Yue Guang immediately agreed.
Wen Yueshan swallowed his saliva and felt that he had to eat two roasted chickens to satisfy his craving for tonight.
Shu Shichu had no idea that her roast chicken was being coveted. She added seasoning to the roast chicken and rabbit, and roasted them for a long time until the skin was sizzling and shiny orange and yellow, then she started eating.
The crispy roasted chicken skin was extremely fragrant, and it made a crisp sound when bitten. Just by listening to it, you could tell how delicious it was. Wen Yueshan and the others were all martial artists, with sharp ears and eyes, so they could naturally hear the crisp sound clearly. The extremely tempting aroma floating in the air also aroused their appetite, but they could only gnaw on the dry and tasteless bean cakes. Seeing the comparison, they all had the urge to cry. If they hadn't been concerned about not bringing shame to Wenjian Villa, they would have wanted to risk their reputation to ask Shu Shichu for help.
Shu Shichu happily ate the roasted pheasant she had prepared. She knew that she would have to cook for herself when she was away from home, so she had prepared a lot of seasonings at home. Now that she had been camping outdoors for a while, she just needed them.
She had been busy traveling these days and had consumed a lot of energy, so she ate a lot. Therefore, she managed to finish a roast chicken and a roast rabbit. There was still another roast chicken left, but she didn't plan to eat it and save it for the next morning, so she put the roast chicken away.
Wen Yueshan and the others watched her put away the roasted chicken with eager eyes. They really wanted to say to her, "Since you can't finish this roasted chicken, why don't you sell it to us?"
But they still had some self-respect and were unwilling to lower themselves to beg for food, so they could only watch the roasted chicken being put away.
Shu Shichu picked up the bones he had gnawed and buried them next to the dilapidated temple. He rinsed his mouth and went back to sleep.
Nothing happened that night. Shu Shichu woke up very early. Wen Yueshan and the others were still asleep. Seeing that there were still some flames on the fire, Shu Shichu added some more firewood and rekindled the fire. He took out the roast chicken from last night and heated it up. The strong aroma wafted out instantly.
Wen Yueshan, Yue Guang and Jin Fei were awakened by the strong fragrance, but they might as well have stayed awake, because their stomachs growled even louder after waking up. Even Shu Shichu heard it and gave them a look of surprise, which made them so ashamed that they wanted to dig a hole and crawl into it.
Fortunately, Shu Shichu just glanced at them and did not make fun of them, which made Wen Yueshan and the others feel less embarrassed.
(End of this chapter)
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