novelden Chapter 155 Tracking
Chapter 155 Tracking
Come out from Wang Zeren's tent.
When we got to Xiaoman's place, the others were already waiting.
"Here you are, hurry up, it's a rare opportunity for you to come."
Looking at the eight or nine people in front of him, Xu Wenyan was still a little surprised. Then Luo Sanyuan introduced some of them to him one by one, and everyone got to know each other.
Most of these soldiers were older than Xu Wenyan, but Luo Sanyuan still asked them to call Xu Wenyan "brother".
"I've told you, don't tell anyone else. There are only two persimmon trees in total." It doesn't matter if these people know. They just came to the village to carry out a mission.
They left after waiting for a year or two. If the refugees in the village saw this, Xu Wenyan would never be able to eat persimmon cakes again.
"That's a must. Did you hear me? If anyone else finds out, I'll kill you." Luo Sanyuan shouted at the soldiers behind him.
"Brother Xu, I'm keeping my mouth shut. I promise I won't even tell the second lieutenant."
After walking for nearly half an hour, everyone could see the golden persimmons on the branches from a distance.
There are fewer persimmons this year, mainly because of the birds. They only eat half of them at a time, and if they don't finish the other half, they will pick another one to eat.
There aren't really many on these two trees now, probably only three or four backpacks.
Xu Wenyan picked a persimmon and took a bite. The crispy ones were still delicious. The persimmons grown in the mountains were soft and rotten. The flesh went into his mouth as soon as he took a bite. That kind of persimmons could not be used to make persimmon cakes.
"Xiao Man, bring a few people with me. I'll see if there are any crabs left."
Luo Sanyuan was biting a persimmon in his mouth and holding another in his right hand. He was still on the tree and he cried out, "Where are the crabs? There are not enough crabs in our east."
He immediately jumped down from the tree and walked to Xu Wenyan: "Let's go, let's go now."
"Walk."
Xiaoman walked in front. Xu Wenyan saw that the way he used the saber was a bit strange. It didn't seem like he was using a knife, but more like a sword.
Sword techniques include stabbing, chopping, pointing, lifting, picking, collapsing, cutting, wiping, and slicing. Knife techniques are relatively simpler, involving either chopping or hacking, or at most swinging in a circle.
Look at Xiaoman, he first cuts off the thorns, then picks it up from one end and then the other end. Compared with the knife method, it is more elegant.
As early as the first time he met Xiaoman, Xu Wenyan had already felt that there was something wrong with him. Was he already a martial artist, a chivalrous knight? Or a member of some martial arts clan? Or a bodyguard?
Although he was curious, Xu Wenyan would not ask him directly. No matter who he was, as long as he didn't hurt him now, it would be fine. If his identity was exposed, Xu Wenyan might be killed to silence him.
When we got to the creek we had been to before, as soon as we moved two stones away, we could see a lot of small mountain crabs running all over the ground.
"Haha, Xu Wenyan, do you think I'm awesome?" Luo Sanyuan grabbed a small mountain crab in each hand.
"Ah?" Xu Wenyan turned around, and the hairy crab in his hand hit him with four or five more.
"Uh... just ignore what I said."
Seeing the big thing in Xu Wenyan's hand instantly aroused the men's desire to win.
Just two quarters of an hour later, Xu Wenyan saw a bag of crabs tied up in his pocket.
Xiaoman and Luo Sanyuan don’t have as much combined.
"You're awesome, kid." Luo Sanyuan was convinced.
"Of course I do." He had been practicing martial arts since he was a child, but he could still be defeated by these two outsiders.
Five people caught three baskets of crabs, including small mountain crabs and hairy crabs, and then they had to go back and eat them.
The other people had almost picked all the persimmons, and the men carried the things back, so Xu Wenyan had a relatively easy journey.
"How do you want to eat?"
"You can do whatever you want. We'll call Wang Ge and Er Mazi here in the evening." Luo Sanyuan waved his hand and left with a few soldiers.
They still had to go on patrol, and if they were late Wang Zeren would scold them, so he only left Xiaoman to help.
"You can't eat crabs with persimmons. Put these persimmons aside and don't let them eat them again."
Xu Wenyan put the crabs into the basin one by one and started to brush them with dry straw.
The brush I made before is no longer available, and it is really hard to rub with just this dry straw.
After Xiaoman carried the persimmons to the second bedroom, she followed Xu Wenyan to clean up the crabs.
In addition to crabs, Xu Wenyan also caught some small fish. It was possible to cook a pot of fish soup, after all, there were too many people.
You can't have two or three each, it's better to drink soup.
Half of the crabs are fried and the other half are steamed. The seasonings are all bought by Xiaoman from Wang Zeren, and there are quite a lot of varieties.
At night time.
A large group of people had their meal in the yard, and they had to squeeze across three tables to sit down.
"Xu Wenyan, your cooking skills are amazing. I really envy Chen Sanlin. What a wonderful life he will live after marrying you. Hahahaha."
Luo Sanlin grabbed the crab legs fried with crab roe and ate them almost in two bites. Everyone ate the steamed crabs very carefully.
Because Xu Wenyan said that eating crab viscera can make you sick.
Xu Wenyan saw several soldiers biting the crab shells into pieces but still couldn't eat the meat inside, which made him laugh.
"Next time we eat together, I'll treat you to a drink." Wang Zeren picked up a cup of tea and clinked it with Xu Wenyan.
"That's great. I can drink a lot."
Wang Zeren laughed twice: "Okay."
Everyone was very happy during the meal, and they all wanted to become sworn brothers with Xu Wenyan.
At night, Wang Zeren insisted on dragging Xu Wenyan to sleep with him, but Xu Wenyan kicked him in public and he became obedient.
At that time, Luo Sanyuan was already thinking about how to plead for Xu Wenyan, but he didn't expect that Wang Zeren did not pursue the matter in the end.
Instead, he walked away with a look of grievance on his face.
Xu Wenyan felt really uneasy when he slept at night. He had been sleeping with Chen Sanlin for half a year, and suddenly there was no one holding him to sleep, and he felt a little uncomfortable.
Early in the morning, Xu Wenyan left with some persimmons and crabs.
He would not teach these people the method of making persimmon cakes. This is a skill that can be passed down from generation to generation.
"We should meet next time in a month. Can I eat persimmon cake then?" Xiaoman asked reluctantly.
"Of course you have to. Your brother Xu will make sure you get to eat it no matter what." Xu Wenyan promised.
Hearing him say that, Xiaoman smiled and said, "See you next time."
"Goodbye."
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At the door of Xiaohu’s former home, two men covered in gray sackcloth were sitting on chairs with their eyes narrowed.
"Brother Shan, Brother Shan, the person is coming out." After seeing Xu Wenyan coming out, Eryazi pushed Huangtushan hard.
After Huang Tushan woke up, the two of them followed Xu Wenyan with hunched backs. According to the brothers' observation, this fair and handsome man had come twice.
I always leave with a lot of good stuff.
It was also observed that many soldiers carried a lot of smoked wild boar meat from the back mountain.
This means that there are people living in the back mountain, and the one living there is this man who looks very weak. If they can rob him, they can occupy their land.
Will you still worry about having nothing to eat or drink in the future?
The two brothers waited for two whole nights, taking turns to keep watch, waiting for Xu Wenyan to come out.
Seeing that he was indeed alone, the two of them felt relieved to act.
Just getting ready to take action.
Then I heard voices of conversation coming from the woods.