Chapter 16: Close-Quarters
"I... I'll give the general a basin of water to wash his face. ”
Trotting all the way, Qian Qianqian walked out of the room with a weak heart, and saw her two younger sisters standing in the yard with hippie smiles.
"Sister, the general is so handsome."
"What nonsense to talk about at a young age."
Qian Qianqian touched her heart and walked to the well, took the water and hesitated, and could only wave her hand to call Qian Hui, who had just come out of her mother's room.
After all, he was still a child, and when he heard that he was going to serve the general to wash his face, Qian Hui was a little afraid to do so.
"Yesterday's hot pot, is it delicious?" Qian Qianqian coaxed.
Qian Hui swallowed greedily, "It's delicious." ”
Qian Qianqian nodded with satisfaction, reached out to grab his shoulder, and handed the washing water to him.
"Serve the general well and wash his face, and my sister will make you a mandarin duck hot pot in a few days."
"What is Mandarin Duck Hot Pot? Sister, can you eat mandarin ducks? ”
Qian Hui only knew that the mandarin duck was a bird, so it should be able to eat.
Qian Qianqian was amused by his greedy appearance, and patted his immature little face, "You'll know in a few days." ”
Shaking her hand and handing Xiao Mohan to her younger brothers and sisters, Qian Qianqian happily walked towards the cellar, two deep blood marks frightened her, no wonder the eldest aunt would be so categorical, she saw this.
There was no one around, Qian Qianqian buried the traces on the ground with plaster, and used a dead wood broom to clean up the messy footprints outside the back door, and then entered the cellar.
There was still a lot of blood on the ground, but there was no way to clean it up.
Last night's events were spinning in her heart, and the fierce and vicious appearance of the eldest aunt was also close at hand, Qian Qianqian looked around the simple courtyard.
The broken bricks and tiles, and even the beams of the house collapsed into a corner, all of which were barely supported by the other three sides.
The cellar was filled with enough food for the whole family to survive the winter, and if it had been a thief who had not been a spy but a thief who had come last night, he would have stolen it long ago.
Sure that no one would come to look for her, Qian Qianqian opened the space and went in, and saw Xiao Jiu lying lazily on the ground, still the same as before she went out last night.
"Why are there two more altars? Is this honoring me? ”
Knowing that it was as greedy as Xiaohui, Qian Qianqian coaxed it as if coercing, "When the five ducklings I raised grow up and lay eggs, I will cook duck eggs for you every day." ”
Xiao Jiu's eyes really began to glow, "Words count." ”
The growth rate in the space is really fast, and the seeds sown the day before are now growing delicate green shoots.
Looking up at the sun like a constant temperature room, Qian Qianqian found that there was only daytime in the space, so the plants were always growing towards the sun and never stopped.
After working for a while, Qian Qianqian rubbed Xiao Jiu's well-behaved head before leaving.
"I will store these things with you first, and when my mechanism is ready, I will come to you to pick them up."
Xiao Jiu raised his arrogant head and stretched his waist very lazily, "This wheat will be carefully taken care of in two days, and I will tell you that the harvest will not be good." ”
"Thank you, Ninth Master."
Qian Qianqian came out of the space with fun, and it didn't take long to hear the sound of Qian Fen shouting around, she immediately got out of the cellar, glanced at the lid of the entrance uneasily, and moved a stone to press it before leaving with peace of mind.
"Sister, sister, where are you?"
She just left a cup of tea, and the house seemed to be in a pot.
Qian Qianqian hurriedly answered, and when she returned to the yard, she saw Qian Fen panting towards this place, and she held her hand breathlessly.
"The general said that he wanted to drink tonic soup, but my mother said that there must be a chicken in the tonic soup, sister, where are we going to get chicken?"
The Qian family has just lived a meat-eating life, and Qian's mother has never even drunk chicken soup when she gave birth to a younger brother, and this general is really used to living a prosperous life, so he doesn't know the suffering of the people.
Qian Qianqian's face turned cold, and she didn't go back to the room directly, but went to the kitchen.
"Sister, what are you doing cutting meat?"
Qian Hui didn't know when he came, his mouth was so greedy that he licked his tongue, and his two bright eyes were full of longing.
There was only a lump of lean meat, and there was no chicken soup that the general asked for, so Qian Qianqian could only cut off the meat slices neatly and scooped water into the pot.
"The benefactor wants to eat, Xiaohui, help my sister burn the fire."
"Okay."
Qian Hui nodded in response, and immediately went to the stove.
The firewood made a crackling sound under the devouring of the flames, the cold water in the pot was immediately boiled, Qian Qianqian stirred the meat slices in the bowl mixed with coarse salt grains, and got out of the pot after adjusting the taste.
I threw away a few pieces of greens grown by myself in the vegetable garden, and a pot of broth was also colorful, fragrant.
Qian Hui popped out of the stove from time to time, a pair of eyes were firmly nailed to the pot, and he swallowed saliva several times.
There are not many slices of meat in a pot of soup, Qian Qianqian can only use a large porcelain bowl with a missing mouth to hold most of it, and the rest are some soup, soup and vegetable leaves.
She called Qian Fen, "Send this to the general." ”
"Sister, didn't the general say that he wanted to drink chicken soup, this... Will it work? ”
In the eyes of others, it can only be regarded as a makeshift food, but in the eyes of the family, it is like a delicacy in the world, stimulating the taste buds.
Afraid that Xiao Mohan would embarrass a few younger brothers and sisters, Qian Qianqian still put down the wooden spoon, "Let's go, you divide the rest evenly, take Xiaoxuan and Xiaohui to eat, and send a bowl to the mother's room." ”
"Sister, what about you?"
"Sister is not hungry," Qian Qianqian didn't have the heart to eat at the moment, and there was a big Buddha to serve in the house.
As soon as Qian Qianqian left, the two little guys in the kitchen immediately smiled, even if it was a handful of slices of meat, but it was good to have soup to drink.
My sister's craftsmanship is something that no one doesn't praise.
Leaving the kitchen, Qian Qianqian saw that the door was open and stretched out her hand and knocked on the door.
Xiao Mohan, who was facing away from the door, turned around slowly, obviously having been waiting for a long time.
The aroma entered his nose, but he lay on the bed but did not move, "No chickens?" ”
"General, since you are injured, it is better not to eat too greasy, be careful of choking."
Listening to her talk, Xiao Mohan frowned, after all, the most he usually shoots and hunts are the pheasants with colorful tails on the mountain, these things are rare in his eyes.
Something is better than nothing, Xiao Mohan's body moved, "Help me up." ”
"Yes."
Qian Qianqian reluctantly moved towards him, feeling that this man was calling him like a maidservant.
He is a high-ranking general in the city, and he lives in a mansion that is many times larger than the Qian family, and he doesn't understand why he has to stay.
Because of the injury in the shoulder, even Xiao Mohan's entire left arm could not move.
endured the pain and sat firmly with the help of Qian Qianqian, she let go in time, as if she didn't want to touch it.
"Feed me."
"You..."
Do you know what it means to give and receive kiss between men and women, Qian Qianqian suspects that only girls have received this kind of education since childhood, and they men do not shy away from anything.
Xiao Mohan's gloomy gaze swept over her reluctant face, "You seem to hate General Ben very much?" ”