Chapter 3 Cured meats
"Hey, Jiang Fenghao! You're crazy! Desperately stretched out his hand to catch him, He Xiaoqiao's face turned green, "I'm joking, you come back quickly, don't really play with your life!" ”
"Don't worry, lady, we will have meat to eat tonight." Jiang Fenghao actually had the leisure to turn his head and smile at her.
He Xiaoqiao looked at the ugly face that everyone was angry about, only to feel that the blood was surging upwards for a while, and it took a long time to control it. Out of the corner of his eye, the wild boar that had just walked away rushed back and hurriedly yelled at him, "Be careful! ”
Jiang Fenghao didn't look back, and moved two steps to the side neatly, directly avoiding the attack of the wild boar. The figure flashed, and I don't know where to get a silver long sword, teasing the wild boar like a bullfight, and every time he dodged its attack, he would always turn around unhurriedly, and take the long sword and jerk it violently, so that the wild boar screamed in pain, and the already dense attack became even more crazy.
He Xiaoqiao nervously lay on the tree and looked down, pinching a cold sweat for Jiang Fenghao, and at the same time expressing the highest degree of contempt for his behavior of sucking pigs.
Just when He Xiaoqiao was waiting and almost lost his patience, Jiang Fenghao stopped suddenly, standing straight in place, the long sword in his hand hanging down, facing the wild boar that had entered a state of rage.
"Be careful......
He Xiaoqiao's scream was only halfway out, Jiang Fenghao's figure flashed, and the wild boar that couldn't stop the car hit the trunk of the tree headlong, causing the whole tree to shake, He Xiaoqiao hurriedly reached out and hugged the trunk tightly to stabilize his body, and when he opened his eyes again, the long sword in Jiang Fenghao's hand had been neatly stabbed into the boar's chest from the side.
The wild boar let out a long howl, and its huge body hit the ground with a bang, and the corners of its mouth gurgled with blood foam, and it struggled a few times before it stopped.
When the two wild boar cubs heard their mother's wail before she died, they fell into a slump and did not move forward, but almost immediately spread their hooves and fled in different directions.
Jiang Fenghao withdrew his long sword, walked to the side and pulled a rattan that looked extremely flexible, shook it vigorously a few times to shake off the leaves on it, and then the whole person rose into the air, flying towards the direction of the wild boar cubs fleeing at a very fast speed.
Before He Xiaoqiao came back to his senses, he had already come back like a gust of wind, and he was still carrying two little wild boars in his hands that had made the rattan tightly tied tightly and could only struggle and howl in vain.
He Xiaoqiao's jaw dropped.
"That's it." As if he didn't see He Xiaoqiao's stunned appearance, Jiang Fenghao threw the little wild boar to the ground, clapped his hands leisurely, looked up at her and smiled brightly, and said happily, "Lady, do you think we should eat roast suckling pig at night, or braised pork?" ”
He Xiaoqiao didn't hear him at all, her focus was not on eating. The first time she saw the legendary light skill, she felt that her whole person was about to crash.
"You...... Do you know martial arts? ”
"Yes," Jiang Fenghao nodded, and then touched his chin with a puzzled expression, "Didn't I tell you that I was actually a chivalrous man?" ”
"No, there is!" He Xiaoqiao gritted his teeth, and for the Nth time, he felt that his palm was about to move and want to have an intimate contact with his underbeaten face.
Jiang Fenghao laughed out loud without the thief in the eyesight realm, "That lady now knows that I can protect you, and she shouldn't drive me away again in the future, right?" ”
“…… I'll settle accounts with you when I go back. ”
He Xiaoqiao rolled his eyes, turned his face and didn't bother to pay attention to him. The probe looked down, estimated the distance to the ground, and began to think about what method would be the safest way to descend from a tree more than three meters high.
"Lady, don't worry, jump down, your husband will catch you." Jiang Fenghao saw her probe her brain, and knew what she was thinking, and hurriedly stretched out his arms happily to make a gesture to pick up people.
The sunlight leaked through the gaps in the leaves, forming tiny spots of light on his upturned face, his eyes were bright, the corners of his mouth were crooked, and his smile was scoundrel but strangely dazzling.
He Xiaoqiao made his smile flicker for a moment, and a ridiculous thought suddenly flashed in his mind: If this guy didn't have so many pimples and puffiness on his face, he might also be a heartthrob with normal appearance.
Shaking his head, He Xiaoqiao kicked off his shoes, wrapped his hands and feet around the trunk of the tree, and carefully slid down the tree.
As soon as she turned around, she saw Jiang Fenghao staring at her with disappointment and grievance on his face.
He Xiaoqiao paused, I don't know why I suddenly wanted to laugh, and quickly tightened my face to hide my unhappiness, "What do you see, if you don't hurry up and bring the prey, I have to go back to cook!" ”
As he spoke, he patted off the leaves and dust on his clothes, bent down and picked up the tied little boar and put it in the basket, and strode forward.
Jiang Fenghao was still waiting for He Xiaoqiao's white eyes, but she didn't expect her to call her home for dinner, her eyes lit up at the moment, and her mouth almost didn't crack to the back of her head, "Obey, lady!" ”
Responded loudly, and easily carried the dead wild boar on his shoulder, Jiang Fenghao kept at his feet, and chased He Xiaoqiao with a fart.
"Lady, wait for me!"
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The next day, when the genius was bright, He Xiaoqiao commanded Jiang Fenghao, a free laborer, to get busy.
The two took the pig killing knife and compared the wild boar carcass for a long time, but due to lack of experience, they failed to successfully dissect it, and finally He Xiaoqiao had to resign himself to the king butcher in the village for help.
"Xiao Qiao, you're not joking with Uncle Wang, are you? Did you really hunt a wild boar? While instructing his son to take the tools, the king butcher took the trouble to ask again.
"Uncle Wang, I really didn't lie to you." He Xiaoqiao explained to him good-naturedly, "I really have a big fat pig waiting for you to help slaughter it, but it was a distant cousin of mine who hunted the wild boar, not me." ”
"Cousin? It's the distant relative you said you were looking for, right? ”
"yes, yes." The corners of He Xiaoqiao's mouth twitched, and he followed his words, "Uncle Wang, you have a really good memory." ”
'Cousin' was originally her nonsense to hide people's ears, and she is not the original He Xiaoqiao, who knows who the real distant relative is?
"That's good, with your cousin here, you will have more than one person to take care of in the future." Wang Butcher was really happy for He Xiaoqiao, took the pig-killing knife handed by his son and pinned it to his waist, and strode to the outside of the courtyard, "Let's go, take Uncle Wang to see your cousin." If you can hunt wild boars, you must be a good hunter, and you really have to know each other. ”
He Xiaoqiao thought of Jiang Fenghao's face, and deeply felt that it was necessary to give Wang Tuhu a preventive shot first, "Of course it's good that Uncle Wang wants to see my cousin, but I have to tell Uncle Wang first, my cousin is ...... Uh, he's a little ...... Inner ......"
"It's not good-looking, is it?" Wang Butcher laughed and intercepted He Xiaoqiao's words, "You girl, what are you worried about?" Uncle Wang is this age, what kind of person has he never seen, no matter how bad your cousin is, it will not be more scary than that demon and monster, right? Can you still scare me? ”
That being said, the moment the Wang butcher really saw Jiang Fenghao, he was still startled, and almost didn't pull out the pig-killing knife and threw it at him.
"Xiao Qiao, your cousin is too ......-looking" Wang Butcher swallowed his saliva, and only spit out three words after a long time, "It's special." ”
He Xiaoqiao smiled and pretended to be stupid, and the one who was named as special looked elongated his face and looked unhappy.
Although there is game in the mountains, not everyone has the opportunity to eat meat.
Waiting for the king butcher to slaughter the wild boar with his hands and feet, He Xiaoqiao gave half a pig's head and a pig's tail to the Wang butcher in accordance with the customs of the village, accompanied by three catties of meat.
I think she didn't know anything when she first came here, she was so poor that she didn't have half a penny and didn't know anything about her life experience, if it weren't for the simple villagers of Rainbow Village who helped her all the way, it is estimated that she would have died back to modern times by now.
She had already discussed the matter of sending meat with Jiang Fenghao last night, and at first she was worried that Jiang Fenghao would be unhappy, but she didn't expect him to not only object, but even generously said that she would share with everyone if there was good food and drink in the future.
To be honest, He Xiaoqiao was really impressed by him.
One did not miss a wild boar meat to every family, and by the time He Xiaoqiao returned to the lakeside hut with the sauerkraut radish sent by the villagers, it was already dark.
The moon is bright and the stars are scarce, the lights are on in the bamboo house, and the orange light leaks out of the house, Jiang Fenghao is facing outward, leaning against the door with his hands on his chest, obviously waiting for her.
He Xiaoqiao looked at his shadow stretched by the light, and for a moment, his throat suddenly seemed to be strangled by something, and his heart was followed by bursts of pantothenic acid.
How many years have passed, from leaving home to being crossed here, she has never seen such a warm picture, someone lights the lamp, guards the house and waits for her to come home.
"I'm back."
Jiang Fenghao's tone was brisk, and he took two steps forward to open the fence and took the sauerkraut jar in her hand. After He Xiaoqiao entered the door and closed the fence, he nagged like an old mother, "Lady, you are a girl's family, don't go out so late in the future, in case you encounter a beast that doesn't have long eyes like today, it will be too dangerous." If there is something really important, you can also let your husband follow, and it is safer to have your husband protect you. Also, at a glance, you can see that your body is thin, don't always carry so many things in the future, just let your husband do the heavy work...... Ah, yes! Lady, what will you eat for supper later? ”
Speaking of the last sentence, Jiang Fenghao's voice couldn't help but carry a little expectation, turned his head, and stared at He Xiaoqiao with bright eyes.
The "......" heart was instantly thrown out of the clouds, and He Xiaoqiao hung a large bowl of black noodles on his forehead. If it weren't for the height limit, she would have slapped him on the back of the head.
"Eat, eat, eat, you know to eat, sooner or later you will be fat!" Unhappily unloaded the basket, He Xiaoqiao sat down at the table, beat his shoulder with his hand, and poured himself another glass of water.
"Don't worry, a lady, being a husband is definitely a physique that never gets fat. And don't look at the husband as thin and thin, the husband is full of muscles - believe it. Jiang Fenghao said, really put down the sauerkraut jar, blocked in front of He Xiaoqiao, raised his two arms to compare the special posture of a bodybuilder, and kept signaling He Xiaoqiao to look at his protruding biceps, "See?" You're in good shape, right? ”
"Uh-huh."
He Xiaoqiao didn't smile, he really squinted around him for a while, and then stretched out two slender fingers and pinched his defenseless waist hard-
After an amazing scream, someone who had been unable to live immediately covered his badly injured side waist and shrank to the side to secretly feel sad.
He Xiaoqiao met his complaining gaze and couldn't help laughing, "This is also called a good physique?" You'd better practice and come back. ”
"Lady, you are so ruthless!" Jiang Fenghao saw her smiling happily, becoming more and more aggrieved, and it was easier to pretend to be pitiful, "Ouch, my poor waist, it's about to break ......"
"Alright, don't pretend, I know you're okay." He Xiaoqiao smiled at the corners of his mouth, went into the house and took the candlestick and turned into the kitchen, not forgetting to turn around and instruct, "Hold those two jars and come over to help, otherwise you won't have anything to eat tomorrow." ”
actually threatened him with major events in people's livelihood!
Jiang Fenghao had a hurt expression on his face, but in view of the fact that there was no audience, he was afraid that He Xiaoqiao would really strike tomorrow and not cook, so he hurriedly followed, "Lady, wait for the husband!" ”
took out the mung bean soup that had been soaked in the lake since the morning, drank it one bowl per person, and He Xiaoqiao immediately took out all the remaining wild boar meat that had not been sent out and prepared to marinate it into salted meat.
The weather is too hot, and only pickled things can be preserved for a longer time.
He Xiaoqiao was in charge of smearing the salt, and Jiang Fenghao was next to her to give her a hand.
As long as he raised his hand, he could easily hang the marinated meat pieces into a basket covered with tulle under the eaves, which saved He Xiaoqiao a lot of effort.
The two went back and forth, cooperated quite tacitly, and soon marinated all the wild boar.