In the icy water, a fat mallard was swimming happily, but it did not know that danger had befallen it, and with a "whoosh" sound on the bank of the river, a long feathered arrow flew like lightning, and shot the wings of the wild duck at once, as a result, the mallard fluttered on the surface of the river a few times, and then floated on the surface of the water motionless.

"Shot, Sister Si'er's archery skills are really amazing!" Xue Ning'er on the riverbank couldn't help but be very admired when she saw this, only to see Cao Ying and Xue Ning'er and several of them wearing hunting suits, holding delicate bows and arrows in their hands, looking like huntresses, looking quite heroic.

"Giggles, sister smiled, my archery skills are actually nothing, if I am a real archery master, I am afraid that an arrow will hit the head of the wild duck, and I am far behind." What Yelusi said is also the truth, not to mention her archery skills among the Khitan nobles, even among her sisters, it is only average, but compared with the women of the Great Song Dynasty, it is very remarkable, after all, the women of the Great Song Dynasty rarely go out hunting.

Seeing that Yelusi had a harvest, Xue Ning'er, Yan Yuru, and Ouyang Wanling were not to be outdone, and they all opened their bows and arrows to aim at the wild ducks on the river. Not far behind the house that Zhao Yan bought, there is a deserted river beach, which is full of reeds, but now that the weather is cold, the reeds have also become scorched, and on this river beach full of reeds and the river, there are wild ducks wandering one after another, which is also the main reason why Yelusi and the others came to hunt.

With the addition of Xue Ning'er and Yan Yuru, one by one feather arrows flew out, but they didn't have as good multiplication as Yelusi, so after shooting several arrows in a row, they didn't hit a single duck, but startled countless wild ducks to fly. However, they seemed to like the beach so much that they flew around in the air and landed again.

In the end, Xue Ning'er had no strength at first, and she couldn't pull the bow anymore, Yan Yuru had practiced martial arts, but she had never used a bow and arrow, so in the end, she didn't get anything. As for Ouyang Wanling, she couldn't pull the bow at all, and among the several women, she had the least strength.

Seeing the bad performances of several sisters, Cao Ying couldn't help but chuckle, and immediately pulled out a long arrow from the quiver and put it on the bowstring, and then slowly pulled out this delicate horn bow, and after a little aiming, the right hand that drew the bow suddenly let go, and a long arrow immediately flew out like lightning, and in the blink of an eye, it hit a wild duck swimming on the surface of the river.

"Wow. I didn't expect Sister Ying'er, your archery skills to be so amazing? Seeing Cao Ying hit the target with an arrow, Yelusi next to her immediately exclaimed in surprise, Xue Ning'er's appearance just now made her a little mistaken that the women of the Great Song Dynasty did not know archery, but she didn't expect that Cao Ying was also a hidden master.

"Hehe, as the daughter of the general, how can anyone not know archery, and I have only learned some skin. Nothing! Cao Ying was also very modest at this time, when she was a girl. once dreamed of marrying a young hero, and archery was also learned at that time, but now that I think about it, the idea at that time was a little funny, and now in her opinion, Zhao Yan is more perfect than the husband in her dreams.

Thinking of Zhao Yan. Cao Ying involuntarily turned her head to look in the direction where Zhao Yan was, Zhao Yan had also followed them to hunt before, but when she saw Zhao Yan, she almost laughed out loud, because she saw Zhao Yan sitting on the stone by the river beach. Although he had a bow and arrow in his hand, he sat there with a contemplative expression, and his eyes were constantly staring at the river, not knowing what he was thinking.

"What is the husband thinking?" Cao Ying stepped forward and asked, Yelusi and Xue Ning'er also noticed Zhao Yan's strange appearance, and immediately surrounded them.

"Strange? Is it really weird? Didn't you notice anything strange? Zhao Yan raised his head and glanced at Cao Ying and the others, and his eyes were also full of questions, as if he had encountered some unsolvable problem. Cao Ying and the others were even more curious when they saw this, with Zhao Yan in their hearts being an extremely knowledgeable person, there seemed to be no problem in the world that could stump him, and even they saw such an expression on Zhao Yan's face for the first time.

"Husband, what's so strange?" Yelusi's personality is the most direct, and he couldn't help but ask at the moment.

"Look!" Zhao Yan said and stretched out his hand to point at the leisurely wild ducks on the river, and then said with a puzzled face, "It's winter now, but wild ducks are a kind of migratory birds, it is said that they should have flown to the south to spend the winter, but now they are still staying here, which makes me unable to figure it out anyway." ”

As soon as Zhao Yan's words came out, Cao Ying and the others were all surprised, just now they were only concerned about hunting, and they didn't pay attention to this aspect at all, but now when they heard Zhao Yan say this, they immediately felt that things were a little strange, but Zhao Yan couldn't figure it out, let alone them.

"Forget it, don't think about things that you can't figure out, anyway, these wild ducks are real, let's roast ducks and eat them!" Zhao Yan's good habits play a role again, don't think about things that can't be figured out, after all, there are so many mysteries in the world, let alone him, even if it is a collection of the wisdom of everyone in the future, there are still many mysteries that have not been solved.

Hearing what Zhao Yan said, Cao Ying and the others also put this matter aside, but at this time, Yelusi smiled and said: "Husband, Sister Ying'er and I both shot a wild duck, do you also show your archery skills to open our eyes?" ”

"Ahem~, a man's arrows can only kill the enemy on the battlefield, where can they be displayed casually? What's more, two ducks are enough for us to eat, so don't kill any more today! Zhao Yan said with a righteous and awe-inspiring face, but such cheeky words are estimated to be the only ones he can say, and Cao Ying and the others next to him have already leaned back with laughter.

However, Zhao Yan didn't care about this at all, after all, he is not a superman, he can't be omniscient and omnipotent, there will always be some weaknesses of his own, not to mention that he also knows that Cao Ying and the others actually like that they have some powerlessness, after all, they sometimes surpass this era too much, so Cao Ying and they feel a little unreal, only when they show the weaknesses that a person should have, Cao Ying and they will feel more real.

Then Zhao Yan accompanied Cao Ying and them to talk and laugh a few words, and then asked people to pick up the dead ducks, Yelusi was worried that there were not enough ducks, so he shot two more and killed them, Xue Ning'er, Yan Yuru, and Ouyang Wanling went to pick up branches, and the surrounding maids and servants were all sent away by them, because Zhao Yan wanted to accompany Cao Ying and them to make a picnic in person.

Zhao Yan quickly lit a branch and raised a bonfire, and then cleaned up the wild ducks that were hit, smeared with seasonings, and directly used branches to prop up the shelves and roast them by the fire, speaking of which these wild ducks are also a little strange, generally ducks in the wild are mostly lean because of food, but the wild ducks they hit are fat and thin, which is very suitable for roast ducks, of course, the roast duck made directly by the fire is not as delicious as the roast duck made by the stove or hanging stove, but the game is eaten by a wild word, The roast duck that comes out of this way is also more natural and interesting.

With the scorching of the artillery, the duck meat soon exuded an attractive aroma, Cao Ying and the others also gathered around Zhao Yan at this time, chattering and laughing non-stop, Xue Ning'er and Yelusi both handed over the child to the nurse to take care of, and now there are only five women here, Zhao Yan and Cao Ying, and everyone is very relaxed.

But at this moment, Zhao Yan inadvertently turned his head and saw a small boat suddenly rowing on the other side of the river, and there was an angry woman standing at the bow of the boat, and he heard the other party shouting loudly from a long distance: "Where did you come from duck thieves, return our ducks quickly!" ”

Hearing the woman's shout, Zhao Yan and Cao Ying were both stunned, and they all stood up and turned their heads to look, but when Cao Ying saw each other, she immediately exclaimed with a look of surprise: "Third sister, why are you here?" ”

The woman on the bow of the boat also saw Cao Ying and the others by the fire at this time, and she was also very surprised at the moment and shouted: "Fourth sister? You...... Why are you here? ”

As she spoke, the woman's boat had already crossed the Bianhe River, and after it stopped on the river beach, the maid on the boat immediately put down the gangplank and let the woman go ashore, and Cao Ying immediately greeted her, and held the woman's arm very intimately. At this time, Zhao Yan found out that the woman who came down from the boat was about twenty years old, and her appearance was not bad, but she had a pair of single phoenix eyes and thin lips.

Cao Ying seems to be very familiar with the other party, and she is also called a sister, which makes Zhao Yan guess that the other party is likely to be the daughter of the Cao family, but his guess was quickly confirmed, only to see Cao Ying pull the woman to Zhao Yan and say: "Husband, this is the cousin of the concubine's mother's family, and her husband is your friend......"

Before Cao Ying's words were finished, she saw that the other party was a woman and interrupted her with a big grin: "The husband of the slave family is Hu Yanping, and the king of the county must be very familiar with it!" ”

"Uh~" Zhao Yan couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, he had long known that Hu Yanping was married to Cao Ying's cousin, and it was said that this cousin had a fierce personality, and she was already famous when she was a girl, but as a result, no one dared to propose marriage, and finally had to marry Hu Yanping, who had a brain problem, but although Zhao Yan had heard of his name for a long time, he had never seen Hu Yanping's family, and naturally he didn't know Cao Ying's cousin.

However, Zhao Yan quickly reacted, and immediately stepped forward to greet Hu Yanping's wife, and then Cao Ying chatted with each other excitedly, through their conversation, Zhao Yan knew that the opposite side turned out to be the Zhuangzi of the Huyan family, some time ago the Huyan family split up, and as a result, Hu Yan divided the Zhuangzi on the opposite side, and they actually became neighbors, but when it came to the matter of splitting the family, Cao Ying's cousin's face showed a little wry smile. (To be continued......)