Chapter 25: Apprenticeship
Zhu Yan knew that Xue Jingyan's right hand was inconvenient, so he volunteered to take over the command, as long as Xue Jingyan told her the direction.
Xue Jingyan saw that she was rarely childish today, not as calm as when she first met, and she was a little happy in her heart, so she agreed.
Zhu Yan held the reins in his hand, and there was some novelty in his heart. In the past, she stayed in the carriage when she went out, and the feeling of riding on horseback was very different. Xue Zaiyao was also very obedient because of the master sitting on it, and Zhu Yan quickly learned to control the direction.
"Haha......" Feeling the wind constantly blowing from her side, Zhu Yan felt very happy, she moved her body on horseback, thinking that the feeling she can have now is brought by the man behind her, and she couldn't help but say thank you in her heart.
Because of the destruction of the carriage, although the group packed up some things, they couldn't take too many things with them. Luckily, it's summer, so you can skip the quilt or something. After riding for a few hours, it was getting dark, so Xue Jingyan decided to stop and rest and hurry tomorrow.
Although the pursuers should be left behind by them, it is always right to plan ahead. The four guards found an open area to rest, and there were no rocks around it to avoid an ambush behind.
Zhu Yan also followed behind them and wanted to help, Xue Jingyan stopped her, they are all trained people and know what to do, Zhu Yan is a little girl who can't help even if she helps, and he is reluctant to let her do these jobs.
Although he was injured in the arm, he was still able to move, so he walked around first, and after making sure that he was safe, he sat on the ground with the guards who were tidying up the open space. After the two guards cleaned up, they went to the side to find out if there was anything to eat.
Zhu Yan knew that they were also injured, and he felt a little sad that he couldn't help them. Thankfully, the blanket was still able to be laid out, and the weeds were cleared a little, and then the contents of the package were opened and ready to be made for dinner. People always have to eat.
There was an iron pot in the things that one of the guards was carrying, and I don't know what he thought, but it was only because of this that the six of them could have a hot dinner.
There were dead branches and fallen leaves on the side, and Zhu Yan asked a guard to help set up the pot, and then began to light the fire with a fire breaker to burn things. The guards who had gone hunting also returned with the cleaned prey, and without a kitchen knife, they had to use their swords to cut the meat into pieces and put it in a pot to cook.
Zhu Yan added some seasonings, cooked a pot of soup, and served it with dry dough, and the dinner for six people was ready. The dough is a typical dry food, a little rough, but still swallowable.
Zhu Yan first filled a bowl full of Xue Jingyan, with several pieces of meat in it, and then filled the other four guards with her own.
When he was just about to eat, he saw that Xue Jingyan's posture was a little awkward, because his right arm was injured. The guards knew Xue Jingyan's heart, and knew that he was unwilling to trouble them for the trivial matter of eating, and he had never been a person who liked to be served by others, so he did not come forward to feed Xue Jingyan.
Zhu Yan didn't know their psychology, he only felt that they didn't feed their master, and he was a little angry. So he stepped forward and picked up Xue Jingyan's bowl to feed him.
The man who wanted to refuse remembered that she had made this dinner, and that she had been fed in the past, and his right hand was really unable to exert his strength, so he stopped the words of refusal that he wanted to speak. He didn't tell her, he didn't like to let others serve him, and there was a reason why a little guy drugged his food when he was a child. Although he didn't die, he felt more about the sinister nature of the human heart.
As soon as you enter the soup, it may be because of the original taste of the ingredients, and it is particularly delicious to drink at this time.
So the two of them fed one and ate the other, and the guards were a little stunned when they saw this scene, but they continued to eat their own. He followed his master to walk in the wild all the year round, mostly eating dry food, and since there was hot soup to drink, and the master agreed to feed him, they didn't add more beaks.
Xue Jingyan knew that Zhu Yan's cooking skills were good, so he didn't say anything, but seeing that she even fed him, he seemed to have a special clue, remembering the news he found later in Qingbai Lane, Jiangyang Town, and knowing that her grandmother had been sick very early, and she had been taking care of her.
But in my heart, I feel even more distressed that she can learn to do these things at the age of eight. He knew that Zhu Yan was cautious and cautious in the face of several of them, but he was afraid that he would abandon her like her family.
If her family has always loved her, how can they be willing to let her do these things? His mother, sister-in-law and nieces in the family are not touched by the spring water, and the kitchen is not a place that matches their identity. They should dress up at the nobles' dinner party to match their status.
Xue Jingyan felt that he felt even more sorry for this child. Thinking of Zhu Yan's idea of wanting to learn martial arts, he was not so repulsive, he felt that it was better to teach people to fish than to teach them to fish, Zhu Yan himself had the ability to protect himself, and he would not be able to protect her if he had an accident in the future.
He thought of the person who was chasing him, and a cold light flashed in his eyes. Although he is gentle and kind, he is not bullied and silent! Brother, you scared the snake, you know? When he didn't know, the second brother's mother, Aunt Mo, was born in the rivers and lakes but had always concealed her origins, but he just knew that the previous Demon Sect leader was surnamed Mo.
In the meantime, he didn't want to pursue all this, but he couldn't tolerate the people who hurt him by his second brother.
So he relieved Zhu Yan.
"Xiao Yan, are you willing to worship me as a teacher?"
Zhu Yan had already finished feeding Xue Jingyan, and was drinking from his bowl at this time, but he suddenly agreed. She looked up at Xue Jingyan, but she couldn't see his expression clearly in the night.
But what to do Zhu Yan still knew, she put down the bowl in her hand, kowtowed three times in front of Xue Jingyan, and looked up at the newly appointed master.
"Meet the Master!"
Zhu Yan's heart was happy, and he only felt that he would not be alone in the world in the future. She has been lonely for too long, and she is extremely greedy for the warmth that Xue Jingyan gave her.
Xue Jingyan was still able to see things at night, but he felt that the child in front of him was thin and small, but his eyes were looking at him very attentively, firmly holding his mind. I suddenly regretted that I had let her worship the teacher so directly, but this thought only flashed in his mind, and the next moment he came to his senses, looked at the girl who was looking at him expectantly and nodded seriously.
"Apprentice, good!" With his kung fu, he can indeed accept apprentices, but he has never met such a person who can make him have the idea of accepting apprentices. The child in front of him not only saved him, but he also brought trouble to her, but he just felt that he liked her very much, and it seemed that there was indeed some fate in the dark so that he could meet her.
"Master, Master, do you have any other apprentices?"
"Nope."
"Master, I'm so happy, I'll be a senior sister in the future." Zhu Yan's face bloomed with a big smile.
Xue Jingyan couldn't help laughing, he could understand her happy mood, and seeing that it was time to sleep, he said to her gently: "Xiao Yan, it's time for you to sleep." ”
Zhu Yan nodded and returned to his place to get ready for sleep. Although the guards had done a good job of clearing the weeds around her, the mosquitoes were still buzzing around, and she couldn't sleep because of the excitement in her heart, and she only opened her eyes to look at the sky dotted with stars.
It was a beautiful night, with fireflies flying up from the ground and flying in the air. It's a pity that the mosquitoes are really stunning......
She is now wearing the clothes prepared for her by the people in the palace of Hades, last year's clothes are no longer available, and there are only spring shirts in the package, and Lu Xiulian did not mean to prepare summer clothes for her when she was in the Lu family. The fabric is a little light, but it doesn't get too hot.
"What's wrong, Xiao Yan?" When Zhu Yan was unable to sleep, he heard Xue Jingyan's voice in his ears.
"Master, there are so many mosquitoes, they keep biting me."
Xue Jingyan was stunned, it turned out that it was for this reason that he and the other four guards had internal strength, although those four guards were not like him, they could naturally form a qi outside the body to kill the mosquitoes that approached, but they could also make them not close. He didn't expect that Zhu Yan's can't sleep because of this, and he was negligent again.