Chapter 40: The Land of the Jackals

The catkins unceremoniously swallowed a meat-stuffed bun in one bite.

The cold mouth was full and squirmed like a hamster, as if he hadn't eaten in days.

The taste of the bun disappointed the catkins, the meat filling of the bun was firewood, mixed with a lot of dried cabbage, and the imaginary feeling of a bite of a bag of meat, a bite full of oil, and the feeling of fragrant lips and teeth was 108,000 miles.

The only good thing is that catkins haven't eaten meat for a long time, and although it's not good, it's not too bad.

Soon, Liu Wu stuffed the second meat stuffed bun into his mouth in the black faces of Liu Miao's two people, and he didn't even look at Liu Miao and his wife.

Liu Miao smacked her lips and said dissatisfied: "Didn't I tell you, doesn't this Li Shusheng like to eat meat stuffed buns?" ”

Liu Wu nodded like a woodpecker and said, "Eldest sister, I listened to your words and bought two vegetarian stuffings for Li Shusheng." The meat stuffing was bought for me, and I was afraid that Li Shusheng would not like the taste of the meat oil, so I ate it on the way......"

Liu Miao was so angry that she was panting, Fang Zheng pulled her sleeve, she only then restrained her look, let out a long breath, simply closed her eyes, and no longer looked at the catkins.

After a while, the ox cart stopped in front of a small courtyard, and the three of them got out of the car.

The yard is not too big, only two main houses, two side rooms, and a livestock pen.

Like other houses in the city, the walls around the courtyard are bluestone walls, stacked quite high.

The three of them entered the courtyard, and a burly man came out, saluted the three of them, and said respectfully: "Shopkeeper Fang, my young master is resting in the house, I'll go and invite." ”

Fang Zheng waved his hand and said: "No need, Li and Li Gongzi are injured for my eldest brother, I can't sit idly by, let my wife and sister Liu Fu take care of it for a few days, and then talk about it when I can go to the ground." ”

Fang Zheng turned his head to Liu Fu and said, "This is Li Gongzi's servant Wensheng, you will listen to his orders in the future." ”

After successfully introducing Liu Wu and Wensheng, Fang Zheng and Liu Miao left in an ox cart.

Liu Wu's heart rose to his throat, especially when he saw the man in front of him, he involuntarily swallowed his saliva twice.

This solid and powerful arm, I'm afraid it's not as good as a tiger, right?

These eyes that are not angry and glare, I'm afraid they are not as good as frogs, right?

This thick and stout figure is not even as good as the city wall, right?

The catkins suddenly regretted their recklessness, and they came here alone, wouldn't it be a sheep into the tiger's mouth and a shrimp into the whale's belly?

If the other party uses force, no one cares if he shouts his throat, right?

Liu Fu stammered and said, "Uh, that, Uncle Wen, where is the son, I bought two buns, let him fill his stomach first, and I'll cook and ...... immediately."

Wen Sheng said with a calm face: "My son and I have eaten, don't be in a hurry to eat, just eat another meal in the next day." ”

Wen Sheng stretched out his big fan-like hand, and the willow catkins trembled and put the bun in the palm of his hand, and turned around and entered the room.

Catkins followed the room hard.

On the bed, there sat a sturdy man, his eyebrows and eyes were very familiar.

Liu Wu thought for a moment and remembered that this person was the scholar who looked the least like a scholar at the wedding, and at that time, he also glanced in the direction of the woman several times.

Moreover, this person has many similarities with Wensheng, the servant who greeted him, with his eyebrows, eyes, nose and mouth.

If you guess correctly, Li Wencai and Wensheng are obviously the main servants, but they are actually brothers, Wensheng, and his full name should be Li Wensheng.

Li Wencai raised his eyes and looked at the catkins, his face turned red, he took the bun, stuffed one into his mouth, and naturally handed the other to Wensheng.

Wen Sheng frowned, Li Wencai hurriedly withdrew his hand again, and stuffed the second bun into his mouth, and suddenly choked so much that the whites of his eyes turned up.

Liu Wu hurriedly went to the room to pour a bowl of water and handed it to Li Wencai, who drank it to the bottom, stood up, and handed the bowl back to Liu Wu.

Liu Fu pointed to Li Wencai's leg in surprise and said, "Childe, your leg is ......."

Li Wencai sat on the bed again, stroked his right leg and said, "I was in a hurry, I forgot about my leg injury......

Liu Fu's good-looking apricot eyes widened, and he said hurriedly: "Childe, my brother said that you injured your left leg......

Li Wencai stroked his left leg in a panic again, and the embarrassment on his face was even worse.

Liu Wu said innocently and romantically: "Childe is so badly injured, both legs hurt, I'll still prepare the next meal and see if I can make up for it." ”

Liu Wu turned around, turned back with an embarrassed face, and whispered to Wen Sheng: "Uncle Wen, where is the thatched house?" ”

Wen Sheng's face changed slightly, and then a smile flashed, and he pointed to the back of the courtyard and said, "Behind the courtyard." ”

Liu Fu's face turned red, and then he turned around and went to the thatched house.

Li Wensheng shook his head and said: "Wencai, this girl looks gray-faced, her arms are as thin as a chicken's paws, and her waist is as thin as a dog's neck. If you go to the cellar, you can buy two of them! ”

Li Wencai eagerly explained: "Big brother, what you bought in the cellar is the one that can't be born. This catkins are a little thinner, but the willow tree promises that she is a big girl with yellow flowers. ”

Wen Sheng shook his head and said: "Fourth brother, these ten taels of silver were obtained by my father and me, the second brother, and the third brother who risked their lives to hunt black bears together, you haven't experienced that kind of life and death, and you don't know how to cherish it when you spend it, I don't want this money to go down the drain." Is it a yellow flower girl, you can try it tonight. ”

Li Wencai's cheeks suddenly turned blood-red, and he stammered: "Big, big brother, yet, yet, how to try?" The willow tree shall not kill me, shall not kill me......"

Wensheng glanced sideways at Li Wencai and said, "Are you stupid to send firewood to the academy?" The willow tree is dressed in sheep's clothing as a jackal, and sends his sister to our brothers, isn't it just the meaning of giving us meat and letting us enjoy it for nothing? In the end, the wicked man let us do it, and he got a good reputation! If you are a good person and don't want to try, I have to try, I'm in my thirties, I want to stay behind, and when I have it, let the second child have a ......."

Li Wencai bit his lip and finally nodded.

The catkins, who didn't know it, came out of the thatched house after a long time, cleaned their hands, turned around and entered the room, looking at the pitiful ingredients, and became worried.

The ingredients in the room were very simple, a piece of broken meat skin thrown in the corner, a few potatoes, two frozen shallots, and nothing else.

The catkins racked their brains before they remembered two dishes, one was Northeast skin jelly, and the other was "fragrant mashed potatoes".

Skin jelly, first cook the meat skin in clear water, scrape the residual fat on it, cut the clean meat skin into thin strips or small pieces, and then boil it in clean water, boil it until it is half viscous, according to personal taste, you can put salt and other seasonings to make it jelly, or you can put no seasoning into a freeze, dip it in soy sauce and eat.

Considering that there is no dipping sauce such as soy sauce, the catkins are made into a muddy jelly.

The fragrant mashed potatoes are even simpler, that is, the oil scraped off the meat skin is fried in the pot, then the potatoes are cut into pieces, put them in the pot and fried, and finally put water and salt, cook the potatoes over a slow heat until they are soft, use a spoon to puree the potatoes, put them on a plate, and sprinkle them with chopped green onions.

Putting the two plates of dishes on the table, Li Wensheng sniffled, feeling that the room was full of aroma, but he really didn't expect it, It was just a simple ingredient, in the hands of the thin and withered catkins, it was really amazing.

The entire Li family, a widower father, four rough sons, a total of five big men, none of them are controlled by a woman, and they are fooling around with their livelihoods, eating catkins and meals, and they almost bite their tongues off.

The two of them ate a big belly, and the catkins excused themselves to clean up the table and went back to the side room.

The sky was getting darker and darker, and Li Wensheng looked in the direction of the wing room from time to time.

Originally, I was dissatisfied with the "thin" figure of the catkins, but because of this meal, the outlook changed instantly, how to look at it and how pleasing to the eye, I only felt that the body of the catkins contained infinite energy.

Li Wensheng's heart was itching, looking at the direction of the door, waiting for Li Wencai to come back on the left, waiting for Li Wensheng not to come back, waiting for Li Wensheng to come back, so anxious to stand at the door and wait, he really couldn't wait, and he was about to walk in the direction of the wing.

Li Wencai hurriedly came back from the direction of the thatched house, and pulled Li Wensheng, who was in a hurry, back into the house, and stopped talking with a hesitant expression.

Li Wensheng said suspiciously: "What's wrong? Fourth brother? What's wrong? Seeing that Li Wencai's face was wrong, Li Wensheng thought that Liu Wu had put crotons in the meal, causing his younger brother to go to the thatched house.

Li Wencai sighed and said, "Big brother, today, no, I'm afraid it won't be in the last few days." ”

"What's wrong?" Li Wensheng's face sank, and he said unhappily: "Fourth brother, you are afraid of wolves and tigers, be careful of your daughter-in-law running away from the bed!" The willow tree received ten taels of silver from us, and we can't ...... it."

Li Wencai's face turned red, and he said: "Brother, it's not that I'm cowardly, it's really, it's really willow catkins, she, she's been ...... these days." She has to stay in this yard until my 'legs' are good, and it will take a month or two to do anything, not to be worse for a few days, lest she get caught in bad luck......"

Li Wensheng looked at Li Wencai's spitting appearance, and suddenly realized: "You mean, you mean that Liu Fu she, she, she came to Kwai Shui?" ”

Li Wencai nodded, and told Li Wencai about the Kwai water belt he saw in the thatched house.

Li Wensheng also blushed, although he lived to be in his thirties, because his mother died early, he didn't have much contact with women, and he only knew about this woman's visit to Kwai Shui occasionally when she went to the cellar.

"Got it." Li Wensheng fled and returned to the main house, the West House.

This bluestone house is rented temporarily, and the bed in the house is a big test for Li Wencai and Li Wensheng, who are used to sleeping on the hot kang, and they stayed up until midnight without falling asleep.

In the middle of the night, Li Wencai heard the door of the Westinghouse knock softly.

Opening the window to peek, the eldest brother Li Wensheng was tiptoeing towards the wing.

Instead of going out of the door, he ran to the window, and just as he was about to push the window open, Li Wensheng's feet slipped and flashed, and he fell on his back with a 'plop' and faced the sky, afraid of screaming, and covered his mouth with his hand.

It took a long time before I barely got up, stomped a few feet of the extra ice under my feet, and limped back to the house.

The catkins who were hiding in the livestock pen stroked the wound on his arm, looked at Li Wensheng's back with heavy eyes, and secretly exhaled a sigh, even if Li Wensheng knew each other, he had prepared several big gifts in the house, and he retreated before it came in handy.

escaped the first day of junior high school, but couldn't escape the fifteenth.

Tonight's events also made Liu Wu clearly realize that he, no matter what, will leave this land of jackals tomorrow.