Chapter 4: Hunting

In the courtyard, Qin Zhen was cooking meat.

In these days, ordinary people only have two meals at home, one in the morning and one at noon.

In the past, Qinzhen generally didn't eat breakfast, and saved wild vegetables and wild fruits at noon, and filled up the stomach. It's different now, catch the rabbit! He cut the meat with great interest, grabbed a few locks of wild vegetable roots, and boiled a pot of broth.

High-end ingredients often only need the most simple cooking methods, and Master Qin, who has been busy for half an hour, tasted it with a wooden spoon.

Well, no salt.

He grabbed a handful of sea sand, put it inside, and began to stir.

"Zhen'er, it's so fragrant!"

Li Han smelled the smell and came, slamming on the earthen wall and swallowing saliva.

The village is poor, and they can't eat a meal of meat during the New Year's holidays, although they can often catch fish, but the villagers will choose to dry the fish for convenient storage; There are not many people like Qin Zhen who boil a pot of broth and cook meat.

"Come in and eat." Qin Zhen beckoned.

"Not good."

Having said that, Li Han still pushed the door very honestly and walked in, there was no stool, he just sat on the mud floor, standing by the pot and inhaling greedily.

"Hanzi is here!" Liu Juan also woke up at this time and walked out of the house.

"Hello sister-in-law!" Li Han said hello stupidly.

Seeing Qin Zhen cooking broth, Liu Juan hurriedly walked up and said with some distress: "Why did you cook the soup?" ”

In her heart, rabbit meat is air-dried and can be eaten for a long time.

Boiled into broth, you can only eat one meal.

"Juan'er, don't worry, let's eat meat in the future!" Qin Zhen patted his chest and said proudly: "Don't talk about rabbits, I'll catch a wild boar for you another day to open the meat!" ”

"Call sister-in-law!" Liu Juan hammered Qin Zhen angrily.

My heart was both relieved and moved.

"Zhen'er, I want to drill the grove with you, you take me!" Li Han said with a blank eye.

Although Li Han is simple, he is not stupid.

Why is there only one hunter in the village for so long? It's not because hunting is a technical job!

Unlike fishing, as long as you are not afraid of death, you can always touch a few fish when you jump into the sea; And hunting, without technical experience, even if you run in the ravines for a day, you may not be able to pick up wild animals.

Incidents such as teaching apprentices to starve their masters to death abound, which also led to technical occupations such as hunters, blacksmiths, and carpenters, which were usually passed down from father to son.

Li Han didn't want to fight with Qin Zhen, he knew that Qin Zhen went to the ravine to take risks in order to redeem his sister-in-law, and he did this just to follow Qin Zhen and have a companion; On the other hand, I also want to improve the food for the family.

"Yes."

Qin Zhen agreed very simply, and handed a bowl of broth to Li Han.

"Taste it."

Li Han hurriedly took a sip, he was shivering when it was hot, and there was a simple smile on his face.

"Zhen'er, the meat you make is so delicious!"

"Eat more if it's delicious."

Qin Zhen served Liu Juan another bowl.

The broth was so delicious that Liu Juan's little face flushed.

"Zhen'er, the people in the village have helped us a lot, we have to remember our kindness, and you will give a little to every family later, do you know?"

"Hey!"

After eating, Qin Zhen took Li Handu to deliver broth to the villagers.

Liu Juan said it well, Qin Zhen grew up eating hundreds of meals, and he has to remember his kindness.

Seeing that there was broth to drink, the villagers were pleasantly surprised.

"Zhen'er, you're too polite!"

"We haven't tasted meat in years, and we don't know what meat is fed."

"It's not me who blows, the soup boiled by Zhen'er is fresh and sweet!"

Even the old village chief, who has a straight face on weekdays, is smiling.

When he arrived at Chen Shu's house, Qin Zhen not only served the soup himself, but also quietly stuffed a whole rabbit for Chen Shu.

"This can't be helped!" Chen Shu hurriedly waved his hand, as the only hunter in the village, he naturally valued the whole rabbit meat: "I drank the broth, you have to take this rabbit back, otherwise the people in the village will have to chew the root of my tongue!" ”

"Uncle Chen, we don't talk darkly, you are my uncle, and the younger generation naturally has to honor you! Besides, who in the village has the most access to you? I have to rely on you to sell my skins! Qin Zhen pushed the rabbit meat back again, and said, "If you don't accept it, I won't dare to go up the mountain to hunt!" ”

These words made Chen Shu extremely useful.

"You kid!"

Chen Shu smiled and put the rabbit meat under his hands.

"Since they all call me uncle, the matter between you and Liu Juan is my business!"

With this sentence, Qin Zhen was relieved.

"Mine?"

Seeing that everyone had broth to drink, but he didn't, Wang Wu was unhappy.

"I'm sorry, no." Qin Zhen pointed to the empty soup pot.

"I don't care, everyone in the village has it, and I want to drink soup too!" Wang Wu had a gloomy face: "If you don't give it, Lao Tzu will smash your pot!" ”

"You try?" Qin Zhen was not afraid at all, and there was a coldness in his eyes.

"Wang Wu, gave you face, right?" Li Han didn't pay much attention to it, and immediately surrounded him and said viciously: "Zhen'er has worked hard to make soup, you can only drink it if you give it to drink!" If you don't drink it, you get out of here! How? Think the town is easy to bully? Why don't I practice with you? ”

The villagers also counted Wang Wu at this time.

I also grew up eating hundreds of meals, why is there such a big difference between people and people?

Wang Wu's face was gloomy, staring at Qin Zhen: "Qin Zhen! You wait for me! It's not over today! ”

It's just a trivial episode, just an open-mindedness! Qin Zhen didn't take it to heart at all.

It was still early, and the old village chief urged the young people of the village to go to the sea to fish.

By the way, he called Qin Zhen and Li Han.

"Hunting takes a lot of effort, and relying on that lump is not a long-term solution after all, so you should follow us into the sea! The fish in the sea are also valuable, and a pound of fish can sell a lot of copper plates! ”

Qin Zhen also knew that hunting was not a long-term solution, so with the simple wooden crossbow in his hand, he could hunt rabbits at most.

But in contrast, he didn't want to go fishing in the sea with his bare hands.

Watching Qin Zhen take Li Han into the mountain forest, the old village chief sighed helplessly.

Aunt Wang on the side asked curiously: "Village chief, Zhen'er can hit rabbits, why don't you let him into the forest?" She also thought about waiting for Qin Zhen to hit the rabbit again, and then come to eat the broth!

"Why aren't you going?" The old village chief asked rhetorically.

"There are wild boars in the woods, and bears are blind! I don't dare go! Aunt Wang shrunk her neck.

"Then you can relax and let the town go?" The old village chief made a straight face: "No, when the town comes back, I have to pout his wooden lumps!" If something happens to him, how can I be worthy of his dead brother? ”

On the other side, as soon as Qin Zhen entered the forest, he bumped into Chen Shu.

Looking at his appearance, it is obvious that he has been waiting for a long time.

"Uncle Chen!" Qin Zhen was a little surprised.

"It's deep in the woods, I'll follow it later, don't get lost."

Chen Shu smiled, carrying a bow on his back.

"After eating your meat, I have to teach you something real."