In the wilderness, there is no road at all. Yuan Tianye held a branch in front of him, and while beating the grass and trees, he moved forward. "July wasp and August snake", at this time is the middle of August, is the most snake time, before this walk, you have to "hit the grass to startle the snake", in order not to accidentally step on the snake body and be bitten by the snake. Shen Ziyi has not walked such a mountain road since he was born, and he has no martial arts, so he walks in the middle, and Lin Xiaozhu is broken.

After walking like this for an hour, Shen Ziyi finally couldn't hold on anymore and said, "Take a break." He looked around again, "I don't know where I can drink." ”

"You rest here, I'll go pick some wild fruits." Lin Xiaozhu said, and ran away after speaking. There are a lot of wild fruits in autumn, and she saw a lot of wild fruits along the way. It's just that she has to rush to find someone, and she is not in the mood to pick it. At this time, seeing Shen Ziyi saying that she was thirsty, she happened to see a few August melons hanging on the tree not far away, so she naturally refused to let go.

"Hey, you wait." Yuan Tianye was not worried about Lin Xiaozhu, and when he saw Lin Xiaozhu turn around, he ran away, and hurriedly followed behind.

Shen Ziyi was tired, and he couldn't care if it was dirty or not, so he sat on the grass.

"Right here, I'm not going far." Lin Xiaozhu ran to the tree, carefully picked the exploding August melon, and handed it to Yuan Tianye, "You take it first." ”

Yuan Tianye had no choice but to stretch out his big palm and take the August melon. This August melon, when he was in the mountain villa, he also ate it a few times, so he naturally knew that this was a wild fruit that could be eaten.

After a while, Lin Xiaozhu picked the five August melons that had exploded on the tree, and said, "Let's go, go back." ”

The two walked back, and when they were not far from Shen Ziyi, Yuan Tianye's face suddenly changed, and he put the August melon into Lin Xiaozhu's arms. picked up the branch in his hand and shot it at Shen Ziyi's body.

"What are you doing?" Lin Xiaozhu was taken aback. turned to see that behind Shen Ziyi, something was squirming violently. She immediately covered her mouth: "Snake! ”

The branch flew past Shen Ziyi's ears, which frightened him even more, and he raised his eyebrows and was about to scold Yuan Tianye angrily. Hearing Lin Xiaozhu's cry, his face changed suddenly. Hurriedly got up from the ground. When he saw the writhing snake less than a foot behind him, he was so frightened that he almost collapsed to the ground.

"Don't be afraid, it's already dead." Lin Xiaozhu hurriedly comforted.

Shen Ziyi fixed his eyes, didn't he? Yuan Tianye's branch, extremely powerful, pierced the snake's seven inches, nailing it to the ground. He exhaled with a sigh of relief. He made a deep gesture to Yuan Tianye: "Thank you Prince Yi for saving your life for the second time." ”

"Alright." Yuan Tianye waved his hand, "In this case, if you have the ability, you will also save me." ”

Seeing this, Shen Ziyi was not hypocritical, straightened his waist, and no longer said polite words. Some things are good to keep in your heart, and you can repay them when you have the opportunity, and you don't have to talk about them all the time.

Lin Xiaozhu raised the August melon in his hand in front of Shen Ziyi: "Come, eat the melon." ”

"What is this?" Shen Ziyi picked up an August melon. Seeing that the fruit had cracked from the middle, revealing the white and purple flesh, he looked at Lin Xiaozhu with some doubts, "Can this be eaten?" ”

"When I was a child, I lived at my uncle's house deep in the mountains. I often don't have anything to eat, so I live on wild fruits. I know best what you can and can't eat in this mountain, so don't worry. Lin Xiaozhu said, handed an August melon to Yuan Tianye, found a place for himself, sat down, and ate the fruit.

"When you were a child, you had a hard time?" Shen Ziyi listened, raised his head, and looked at Lin Xiaozhu, "That's why he was sold to Lord Yi?" ”

Lin Xiaozhu raised his head and glanced at Yuan Tianye: "Well, yes, otherwise I would have become a child daughter-in-law in the mountains now." ”

Shen Ziyi glanced at Yuan Tianye with complicated feelings, stopped talking, picked up the August melon, and ate it.

"Well, it's delicious." Taking a bite, he exclaimed.

"Really?" Lin Xiaozhu was triumphant, "This August melon, also known as August fried, will not mature until August, and it will automatically explode as soon as it is ripe. Sweet, moist, fragrant, fragrant and tender enough to melt in your mouth, this taste is wonderful. After speaking, he asked Yuan Tianye, "Has the prince ever eaten?" ”

Yuan Tianye looked at her, and said after a while: "I remember, when did you call me Yuan Tianye?" ”

"Ugh." Lin Xiaozhu remembered that he was stunned when he pushed himself ashore, and he called him by name in a hurry, and felt that his face was feverish again. She glanced at Yuan Tianye with some annoyance, and said, "Then you must have heard it wrong, how dare the slave call the prince his name?" ”

"Hmph, you're going to play tricks." Yuan Tianye didn't force her, and changed the topic, "This August melon, when I was in the villa, Yuan Shi picked it for me to eat." ”

"Oh." Lin Xiaozhu was stunned.

The momentary shyness on Lin Xiaozhu's face couldn't escape Shen Ziyi's eyes. He suddenly felt that the sweet and glutinous August melon in front of him had become a little bitter. After eating the melon in two bites, he stood up and said, "Let's go." ”

"There is still this melon, you had a fever just now, and you will inevitably be thirsty, so let's eat another one." Lin Xiaozhu handed over another melon.

Seeing the concern in those eyes, the haze in Shen Ziyi's heart dissipated at once, reached out to take the August melon, and ate it again.

There are a total of five August melons, and Shen Ziyi eats this one, and there is still the last one left. Lin Xiaozhu saw that Yuan Tianye had finished eating, and handed that over: "Na, there is another one." ”

"No need." Yuan Tianye waved his hand, "I've never liked to eat this thing, you can eat it." ”

"Really?" Lin Xiaozhu looked at him suspiciously, "You don't have to be polite to me, I'm not thirsty or hungry." ”

"Hurry up and eat, where are you talking like that?" Yuan Tianye glared at her softly.

A warm current surged into Lin Xiaozhu's heart, the corners of her mouth couldn't help curling, she put the August melon to her mouth and took a bite, and a sweet taste went straight to the bottom of her heart.

Shen Ziyi watched the interaction between the two, looked down at the August melon in his hand, and suddenly felt that he couldn't eat a bite. He grew up with a golden key in his mouth, held in the palm of his hands by his parents and a group of subordinates. Before that, he had never thought of taking care of others. Even if he likes Lin Xiaozhu, he feels that Lin Xiaozhu is not only a cook, is used to doing things, is used to taking care of others, and is a woman, so when the two are together, it is natural that Lin Xiaozhu should take care of his daily life, not him to take care of Lin Xiaozhu. Until now......

He suddenly wanted to ask Yuan Tianye, the two of them were obviously a master and a subordinate, why could Yuan Tianye take care of Lin Xiaozhu in turn now? Hasn't he always been accustomed to Lin Xiaozhu's service?

"Tsubasa, what's wrong with you?" Lin Xiaozhu finished eating the August melon in his hand, and when he saw that Shen Ziyi was still holding most of it, he sat there in a daze, and couldn't help but ask strangely.

"Ah, it's fine." Shen Ziyi hurriedly buried his head, ate the August melon without knowing the taste, and stood up. This is not the time to think about this.

Lin Xiaozhu picked a few big leaves on the side, walked to the side of the dead snake, and said to Yuan Tianye: "Come, get the snake on this leaf." ”

"What is this for?" Yuan Tianye frowned.

"The autumn wind rises, and the three snakes are fat. This snake is the krait of the three snakes. Although the teeth are highly poisonous, the meat is delicious. If we can't find anyone in a while, we'll bring the snake for dinner. Lin Xiaozhu said with a smile.

Shen Ziyi said: "It's better not to do it, it's disgusting to look at." He was actually more afraid, feeling that the snake might raise its head and bite him.

"I'll wrap it up and you'll be out of sight." Lin Xiaozhu said. She stayed in the mountains for half a year, and saw that there were many people in the village who ate snakes, and she herself ate them twice, and she felt that the taste was really good. And in the old man's recipe, there is a three-snake soup, she has always wanted to try to make one, but she has never encountered those three snakes. Now that I've encountered it, I naturally want to give it a try.

When Yuan Tianye was a child and trained with the dead, sometimes he lay in the pit for a day without moving, and he had never encountered the experience of snakes crawling over his body, so he was naturally not afraid of snakes. Seeing that Lin Xiaozhu insisted on taking the snake away, he had to help Lin Xiaozhu get the snake on the leaves, and then tie it tightly with grass layer by layer.

No matter what the situation is, at least dinner has been settled, Lin Xiaosheng is very happy, wraps the leaves wrapped in snakes and strings them on a branch, and then puts the branch on his shoulder, and says, "Let's go." ”

"I'll get it." Yuan Tianye stretched out his hand.

"No, you still have to fight snakes in front. And if you carry it in front like this, it will be difficult for Wing Gongzi to walk. Lin Xiaozhu knew that Shen Ziyi was frightened, so naturally he wouldn't let the snake sway in front of him.

Yuan Tianye also thought of this, so he couldn't hold on any longer, broke a branch again, and beat all the way forward.

After walking all the way like this, he walked for almost an hour, and just as the sun was gradually sinking in the west and everyone was almost desperate, Lin Xiaozhu suddenly pointed to the distance and said, "Look, what is that?" ”

Yuan Tianye looked at it and was also surprised: "It's a rice field." ”

"So what?" Shen Ziyi's face was confused, "It's not someone else." ”

Lin Xiaozhu flicked Shen Ziyi with the branch in his hand behind him: "Ah Ben, there are rice fields, which naturally means that there are people nearby." ”

"Oh, I see." Shen Ziyi was suddenly in high spirits, "Then let's go quickly, my stomach is hungry." The two August melons had already been digested by him.

Yuan Tianye suddenly stopped.

Shen Ziyi didn't pay attention for a moment, and his head directly hit Yuan Tianye's head. He touched his head, raised his head and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Yuan Tianye stretched out his hand and touched around his body, with a strange look on his face: "Although I have a family, I don't have any silver." ”

(The second watch is half an hour later.) (To be continued)