When I returned to the house, it was already dark, so I handed over the things I had bought to the servant and went to the dining room with Wuxie.

Since I bought this "fragrant wood", Wuxian has not spoken to me again. Probably annoyed that I spent money to buy rotten branches and was deceived.

"Don't be worthless for me, my five coins are not for this broken wood, but for the lives of his family. Do you think, if that person was really killed, how would his wife and children at home survive? ”

At this time, the dining room was empty, and in order to save firewood, there was no more fire in the house after the feeding time. But on weekdays, the general always came home late, so the big head master would always pour hot water into the scaly covered bean, and leave a small jar of corn soup in it for emergencies. Today, the general was left in the palace by the king. This jar of corn soup is cheaper for me and innocence.

I carefully took the clay pot out of the bronze beans, and the tentacles were still warm: "Come on, there is hot corn soup to eat." I grinned and walked up to Innocent with the clay pot, and he glanced at it, looking disinterested, and muffled himself with the copper skewer and fiddled with the fire that had long been extinguished.

"Unhappy that you can't eat rabbits?" I put down the jar and stroked his curly forehead, "In a few days, when the sacrifice is over, the general will distribute the animals to everyone." If you like it, I'll keep my share for you. ”

"I don't want it, they look forward to it every day, I'm not rare!" Innocent pouted.

I walked to the pyre and knelt down, stretched out my hand and scratched inside: "The soldiers who live with you are all commoners, and it is a gift from the master to be able to eat a meal of meat. And the men who dwelt in the outer city must hand over to their masters all the prey they hunt, the wine they make, and the grain they grow. I can only get some stale grain at the end of the year to survive. People live for a lifetime, and there are many people who don't know the taste of meat. ”

"I used to eat a lot and I got tired of it. Bing Xiao'er likes it, and my share is good for him. Ashi, what are you looking for? ”

"Hah, I found it!" I pulled out a small clay jar from the firewood and laughed, "It's a good thing in it." Si'er helped me make it before leaving, I usually don't want to eat it, and I apologize for taking it out for you to taste today. ”

"Oh—the dead girl who made you lose me! What she makes must not be tasty. ”

"Whether it's a good thing or not, you can know when you smell it. But does it smell of wine and meat? ”

Innocent put his nose next to the jar and sniffed for a while, and said happily, "Did you dip the meat in the wine?" ”

"Half of the guess is right, to do this, you need to soak the fresh pork meat in tulip for two days, take it out, put it in a copper mustache (1) and steam it, and when the meat is crispy, cut it into small cubes and season it to dry. This jerky with corn soup is the most delicious, can you take a piece and try it? ”

Innocent reached out and grabbed a few pieces in his hand, sniffed them first, and then swallowed them all into his mouth.

I swallowed secretly and asked with a smile, "Is it delicious?" ”

"Uh-mm-hmm—a few more!" Seeing the greedy look on his face, I took the opportunity to push the corn soup forward, "Drink half a jar, and give you four more." ”

Innocently smash it, smash it, and drink the corn soup honestly.

"You're not angry now, are you?" I asked.

Seeing that I was deliberately flattering, I sank my face instead: "I don't like you to save people one by one, I was saved by you, Yu Di said that he was also saved by you, and today he saved another one." ”

"Well, in fact, many years ago, Si'er and I saved someone."

As soon as I said this, I jumped to my feet with no evil spirit: "What?!" And one more! ”

"What's so bad about saving people, and besides, I don't have anything to lose?"

"It's not good, it's not good if I say it's not good!" After speaking, Wuxian frowned and walked around the room again and again, and finally walked around to me, and asked in a very low voice, "Then I am the one you spent the most?" ”

As soon as he said this, I couldn't wait for my eyes to go black, and after a long time, it turned out that this "little wolf cub" was actually thinking about this.

"Yes, you have spent a lot of money on Gongzi, and I owe him a great favor because of you. Therefore, you are more important than Yu Di, more valuable than the person who sells branches, and more valuable than anyone I have saved before. How's it going, are you satisfied? ”

When Wuxian heard this, he grinned and laughed: "Great, I'll tell Yu Di tomorrow to see if he dares to look down on me!" ”

Looking at the innocent smiling face, I couldn't help but wonder to myself, why do I like to save people so much?

Maybe it's because after I was born and after I can remember, every day I hoped that someone would come to save me and A-Niang, save us from hunger, and save us from suffering, but this person didn't appear until the moment A-Niang died. Now, it's not so much that I'm saving someone else. Rather, I'm saving myself over and over again.

Before going to bed, I picked up the "fragrant wood" I bought on the street and smelled it again, but I still didn't smell any aroma, so I threw it into the charcoal fire, freshened up and went to bed.

This night is dreamless, black agarwood sleep, this is undoubtedly the most restful sleep I have slept in more than a month.

"Lady, are you awake?"

"Wake up, come in!"

Pushing the door in, it was a tall handmaiden. After the Yao girl left, the fat girl became the main servant girl in the house, she had a clear brain, quick hands and feet, and was a very capable person.

"Noble girl, now that there is heavy snow in the east and the mountain road is closed, I am afraid that the housekeeper and the fourth son will not be able to come back a few days later."

"Well, got it. This year, the head of the family is not there, and the general is not empty, so the sacrifice can only be prepared by a few of us first. What I bought yesterday, you first go to the servant to get it, carefully divide it, send the grain and livestock to the cook, and as soon as the ritual utensils are used, you also quickly send someone to move them out of the storehouse, and I will see it later. "I put on my jacket and rabbit fur collar, and it's really getting colder these days.

"No!" The fat girl bowed and withdrew.

I took the fire stick and was about to extinguish the charcoal fire and go out, but unexpectedly smelled a strange fragrance in the furnace, not like Du Heng's fragrance, nor like clove honey sweet, take a sip, the mellow fragrance is like having long legs and feet, and suddenly rushed to the brain along the nose, making people feel clear and quiet.

Oh, this branch is really strange, could it be that last night's good sleep was also thanks to it? I should have asked him where he got it, and maybe I could have made some big deals and built a house for myself.

I closed the door with a smile and walked towards the front hall, thinking about the lively sacrifice, thinking about the four children who were about to return, and my steps became more and more brisk.

"Hey, use some force, be careful not to hit the wall!" In the lobby, the fat girl was directing a group of guards in the mansion to carry the bronze ritual utensils used for sacrifice.

"Fat girl, this thing is very heavy, if we carry you, it will be much easier!" Several men laughed loudly with a three-legged cicada-patterned ear.

"Careful laughed and broke his leg. If you want to lift me, you touch the right door at night, try it yourself! ”

"Brothers, everyone has heard it, if there is a fight at night, whoever wins will go!" Several sweaty guards were smiling happily, and when they saw me standing in the doorway with a red face, they all froze, and they all bowed their heads and moved their things silently.

The fat girl looked natural, she walked up to me, saluted, and said, "Noble girl, the kitchen has been explained, and the ritual utensils can be moved before the middle of the day." ”

Looking at the fat girl always reminds me of the cypress woman in the house in the past, and her frank and unrestrained personality is very likable. As long as men and women are happy with each other, it is nothing to sleep together. It's just that after I moved into the courtyard on the east side, I heard less meat talk like this, and I was a little embarrassed for a while.

"I have a list of scrolls here for inventory, can you read it?"

"Shame on me! If my fat girl could be literate, I'm afraid that all the monkeys running around the mountain would be literate. The fat girl puffed out her cheeks and pretended to scratch her ears and cheeks, which amused the big guy at once.

"I'll do the inventory, let's move it quickly!" I hugged the bamboo slip and said with a smile.

"No!" Everyone responded in unison.

"Noble girl, there is just one bad thing. There was a lot of rain this summer, and the spices in the warehouse were damp and discolored, so I don't know if they can still be used? ”

"Burning incense can please God, and spices are the most sloppy. Hurry up and discuss with the servant to see who you can ask to go out of the house and buy some back. ”

"Slaves and maids don't know incense, and they are afraid that they won't be able to buy well, unlike noble ladies who even smell their clothes."

"It's a new incense I bought yesterday, if you like it, go to my place and get one later." I smiled and lifted my sleeve to the tip of my nose to sniff. This fragrance is really strange, and it seems to have changed from what I smelled in the charcoal fire before.

"Thank you, noblewoman!" The fat girl looked at me happily, but then a figure suddenly flashed in my heart, and I was startled with a chill on the back of my neck.

"Lady, what's wrong?" The fat girl saw that I was stupid, so she raised her voice.

I came back to my senses and hurriedly said, "Quick! Let the servant prepare the car for me, I will go out immediately! ”

"And this incense?"

"Go to the spice shop to buy a real fragrance!" With that, I lifted the corner of my skirt and ran out.

This isn't the first time I've smelled this scent, I've smelled exactly the same scent on the beast-faced man!