He Lianjing opened his mouth, but did not cry out. If Brother Chunyu saw his embarrassed appearance, he would definitely reprimand him. After only a moment of hesitation, Brother Chunyu had already gone away on horseback.
He Lianjing began to regret again. Just by shouting, he could get out of the current predicament and no longer have to follow a fierce brat.
"What are you looking at? Take something." Ye Jiayao put a clay pot into He Lianjing's hand.
He Lianjing looked back in dismay, forget it, he ran out and asked Brother Chunyu to take him back, this was too inferior.
"Let's go, I hope I can find a farmhouse to rest today, otherwise I will have to live in a ruined temple again." Ye Jiayao pushed him.
"Why don't we take the water route? Do we really have to walk back to Jinling on two legs?" Helian Jing asked in a low voice.
Ye Jiayao was stunned: "Is there a Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal?"
He Lianjing raised his eyebrows and said, "What about the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal? Anyway, I came here by boat."
Ye Jiayao's eyes lit up: "Where will you sit on the boat?"
"Jining."
Ye Jiayao secretly rejoiced, "Oh my God, that's great. Isn't this the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal?" Otherwise, how would it be possible to take a boat all the way from Jinling to Jining? It turns out that canals were also dug in this time and space. I don’t know which sage king was responsible for this feat.
But... why did she come from Yangzhou by land? Can't figure it out.
"You also know that you are going to Jining to take a boat. What are you talking about?" Ye Jiayao glared at him deliberately.
After leaving Xinyi, the two of them walked southwest and passed by a village. Ye Jiayao saw a few old hens walking in the field next to the village. She couldn't help but swallowed. Damn, I haven't eaten meat for several days. It's really like a little hen. What Jingjing said made a bird appear in his mouth. It would be beautiful if he could get a chicken to make a beggar's chicken.
Looking at Xiao Jingjing, he was also staring at the old hen, his eyes glowing green.
To steal or not? Ye Jiayao is struggling.
She really wanted to get one to offer sacrifices to the five internal organs temple, but her teacher taught her since she was a child that she should teach the five principles and the four beauties, and not do any sneaky things.
Forget it, it's not easy for fellow villagers to raise a few chickens, and they might still be relying on the old hens to lay eggs in exchange for a few coppers. We can't interrupt their livelihood.
Ye Jiayao touched her belly and told the greedy worm in her belly that we must stick to our principles no matter how short of oil and water we are. At this time, Ye Jiayao couldn't help but think of the stupid donkey. That guy was very skilled in martial arts. Every time he went up the mountain, he was either a bird or an animal. He never failed. If he was traveling with a stupid donkey, he wouldn't have to worry about starvation.
"Xiao Jingjing, can you hunt?" Ye Jiayao asked hopefully.
He Lianjing was so disgusted by her disgusting name that he was numb. He twitched the corner of his mouth and said, "Hunting? That's my strong point."
Ye Jiayao rolled her eyes: "You're bragging, hit one and let me see."
He Lianjing spread his hands and said, "You should give me a bow and arrow. Give me the bow and arrow, and I guarantee that I will catch you."
"Nonsense, where can I get you a bow and arrows?"
He Lianjing looked around and saw two birds resting on a jujube tree not far away. He touched a pebble from the ground and smiled: "Just watch."
He Lianjing aimed at the birds, fired the pebbles in his hands, and chirped... The two birds were frightened and flew away with fluttering wings.
Ye Jiayao snorted: "Are you hunting birds or scaring them?"
Helian Jing touched his stomach sarcastically: "I'm so hungry that I don't have the strength, otherwise I would definitely have been beaten."
"If you don't have the skills, you have no excuses." Ye Jiayao gave him a look. In fact, she was also hungry, but she only had so much dry food, so she had to eat sparingly.
Ye Jiayao went to the village to ask for a pot of water, and the two continued on their way.
He Lianjing always wanted to avenge his shame, so he grabbed a handful of stones and hit birds whenever he saw them along the way, but he couldn't hit them.
Ye Jiayao couldn't stand it anymore: "Aren't you hungry? Save some energy!"
Helianjing snorted and aimed at another bird.
Boom…
"Haha, I hit it." He Lianjing saw the bird fall from the tree, danced happily, and ran over to pick it up happily.
"Da Yaoyao, I hit it, we have meat to eat."
Ye Jiayao almost fell down. Damn it, when did you change your name to Dayao Yao? I strangled.
"Will you try shouting again?" Ye Jiayao couldn't help but stare.
Seeing her going crazy, Helian Jing became even happier: "Don't you also call me Xiao Jingjing? My name is Xiao Jingjing and you call me Dayao Yao. This is only fair."
"You're fair, believe it or not, I won't even give you a bird's butt." Ye Jiayao wanted to scratch him to death.
He Lianjing was familiar with her and knew that she was also bluffing. Although she looked fierce, she was actually not that scary. He smiled and said, "Just leave one of the chicken wings for me."
Anger is anger, food and clothing are the most important thing. This bird is quite fat. Ye Jiayao plans to make a beggar bird in the same way as a beggar chicken.
There happened to be a small pond on the side of the road with lotuses planted in it. Ye Jiayao asked Xiao Jingjing to pick a few lotus leaves and then she squatted by the pond to remove the bird's feathers and internal organs.
He Lianjing came back from picking lotus leaves and asked curiously: "Can the lotus leaves be used as a bowl?"
Ye Jiayao was too lazy to pay attention to him and told him to dig a hole.
Take out the seasoning from the bag, rub some salt and five-spice powder on the bird, rub it on the belly again, sprinkle with peppercorns, wrap it in lotus leaves, mix it with some mud from the pond, it should be Use Shaoxing rice wine to mix the mud, so that the roasted bird meat will be more fragrant, but conditions do not allow it. It is good to eat the meat, so there is not so much to pay attention to.
"Da Yaoyao, the pit is dug." He Lianjing was very excited, and he dug out a big pit three times, five times and two times.
Ye Jiayao walked over to look at it and said disgustedly: "Are you sure you didn't dig this hole for yourself?"
Damn it, it's just a little bird, this hole is enough to make a roast pig.
He Lianjing muttered: "You didn't say how big the dig was."
Ye Jiayao rolled her eyes at him: "Go and pick up some firewood."
Helian Jing happily went to collect firewood and cook food in the wild. He had never had such an experience before. Even if he went hunting with his eldest brother, Chunyu brother, there would still be a cook with him to cook, so it felt very fresh and interesting. .
"Hey, don't pull the tree back, just pick up some dead branches." Ye Jiayao was afraid that this inattentive boy would pull up the tree on the roadside, so she quickly explained.
The bird sealed with mud was buried in the soil, and Ye Jiayao started to light a fire. After lighting the fire in Heifenggang for almost a month, Ye Jiayao is now quite proficient in using flint and can light the fire in a few seconds.
He Lianjing looked very curious and a little doubtful: "Is this possible? Wrapped in mud and buried in the soil, isn't it very dirty?"
Ye Jiayao put the extra lotus leaves under her buttocks, held a piece of dogtail grass in her mouth, and said, "I don't know how delicious it is! Don't drool later."
He Lianjing sat down next to her and flattered with a smile: "You know a lot. Before, I really thought we had to beg for food."
Ye Jiayao tilted her head and said, "Well, I have been traveling all over the country for so many years. How can I do it without any skills?"
He Lianjing curled his lips: "He started bragging again."
"Hey, Xiao Jingjing, what do you do at home? Be an official? Or do business?" Ye Jiayao asked.
Helian Jingxin said that he would scare you to death if he said it, so he humbly said: "Young official, you should also do some small business."
Ye Jiayao didn't believe it: "Will Yun Shuibi, who can wear more than a hundred taels of silver a piece, be a small official and do small business?"
He Lianjing pretended: "You will know when you get to Jinling."
"I don't want to say I'm down." She didn't tell the truth anyway, so it's even.
After baking for almost an hour, Ye Jiayao took a wooden stick and dug out the mud bag. The outer layer of mud has been baked and cracked, and it breaks apart when hit with a wooden stick. When the lotus leaves are opened, the aroma of the stew inside is overflowing.
"Wow, it smells so good." Helian Jing couldn't help but swallow, and reached out to take it.
"Be careful of burning it." Ye Jiayao slapped his hand away and carefully tore off a bird leg with a knife and gave it to him: "Try it."
He Lianjing took a bite and felt that the meat was soft and tender. The fragrance of the meat was mixed with the fragrance of lotus leaves. It was very special but very tempting. Although it only had a little salt, five-spice powder and Sichuan peppercorns, it was even more noticeable that the original freshness of the bird meat could be felt. The smell is fragrant and very delicious, even better than the roasted whole lamb made by his chef.
This is Ye Jiayao's first time using such a primitive method to make beggar. However, it seems that the beggar made by this native method has a unique flavor. It is double wrapped with lotus leaves and mud to reduce the evaporation of water as much as possible and prevent the fragrance from dispersing. Simple seasonings retain the original flavor of the ingredients to the greatest extent. How can the word "fragrance" be so important
"It's delicious, Yaoyao, you are so awesome." He Lianjing was full of praise after eating.
"Call Brother Jin, I'll make something more delicious for you next time, otherwise...hehe!" Ye Jiayao raised the bird in her hand and threatened with a narrowed smile.
Under the temptation of delicious food, a certain classmate Jing gave up his determination to take advantage and was willing to be a good little Jingjing.
The two of them killed a bird in a flash, both of them still had unfinished business.
"It doesn't matter. I'll shoot a few birds every day from now on, or something else." He Lianjing said confidently, wiping his mouth.
Ye Jiayao expressed deep doubts: "I think you are just a blind cat who occasionally encounters a dead mouse and beats a few every day. I don't have such a sweet dream."
Ye Jiayao packed her bags and hit the road.
"Hey, don't believe it. I used to use bows and arrows, but this is my first time shooting with stones. I'm just a bit unskilled. Once I get used to it, I won't be able to catch it easily." He Lianjing was most afraid of being looked down upon and chased after him. Ye Jiayao defended.
Ye Jiayao was annoyed and waved her hand and said: "Okay, okay, can you count you as a good person? I'm afraid that you are too boastful, so I flashed my tongue and helped you, and you still don't appreciate it."
The sky was getting dark, and Ye Jiayao estimated how far he had traveled that day, and it might not even be twenty miles. At this speed, it would take a monkey year and a horse month to reach Jining
"I can't walk anymore. I'm so thirsty." He Lianjing had never suffered like this before. The soles of his feet were blistered. He sat down on the roadside and took off his shoes to rub his feet.
Ye Jiayao looked around. There was no village or shop here, not even a broken pavilion. It was not a place to rest. She said, "You are so squeamish and you still don't admit it. Get up quickly. I don't want to spend the night in the wild."
He Lianjing stared forward, his eyes shining with excitement, and turned a deaf ear to Ye Jiayao's sarcasm and urging.
Ye Jiayao followed his line of sight and saw that it was a watermelon field.
Their eyes met, and the two of them said in unison: "Go..."
(End of chapter)