Exile at the beginning: I rule the world by drawing cards

Chapter 18 Give me the knife
In the evening, it rained again. Fortunately, the rain was light and went away quickly.When we woke up the next morning, the ground was almost dry.

The roof needs to be repaired at home, so Qin Mengshang naturally has to watch it in person.

I went to Chen's house early in the morning to ask for leave from the old lady Chen, but the old lady said: "The river embankment work will not start today. There is an accident at the quarry. The stone cannot be transported temporarily. Work will be stopped for two days."

The quarry is in Xishan, dozens of miles away from Sanjiang Village.The work there was hard and tiring, and they were all exiled prisoners doing hard labor. Widow Zhang's husband had lost his life while working in the quarry.

Zhou Lingqi was originally supposed to go there, but he was seriously injured during an assassination on the way here, so he was placed on the nearby river embankment.

Qin Mengshang asked what happened at the quarry.

Old Mrs. Chen made a "squeak" sound, and she was not surprised: "It's not because of the rain in the past two days. It rained heavily over the Xishan Mountain yesterday. The rocks rolled down from the mountain and killed two people. From the quarry Human life is not valuable, just wrap it up in a straw mat and it will be done. It happened that a high-ranking official came to inspect and said he wanted to investigate thoroughly, so wouldn't this be delayed?"

When it comes to being an official, the old lady doesn't have a good face. She wears court clothes and does her job of sucking the blood of ordinary people.

Perhaps because of the assassination when he came, Qin Mengshang was very sensitive to the imperial court.

Zhou Lingqi is still alive, and she has not followed King Yi back to the capital. Sanjiang Village is far away from Fengjing, and she doesn't know what the situation in the capital is at the moment.

Although he has been living peacefully these days, Zhou Lingqi will definitely return to Beijing in the future.

Thinking of the people and things in Fengjing City, Qin Mengshang had a headache. He originally chose to take the agricultural exam because he wanted to return to his hometown to farm after graduation and avoid those complicated interpersonal interactions. Unexpectedly, he couldn't escape in the end.

Who said someone really has a throne to inherit?

Qin Mengshang sighed, chatted with Mrs. Chen for a few words, and then went back with Mr. Chen.

The tiles were pulled back yesterday, and work can start as soon as people arrive.

Chen Laosan stepped on the ladder to go up to the house and pulled down all the grass covering it. Fortunately, there was no wind that day, otherwise the dust would blow all over the courtyard.

No one could be left at home while the roof was being repaired. Qin Mengshang moved a bench for Zhou Lingqi to sit in the yard, brought him some vegetables to feed the rabbits, and carried a knife to kill the chicken, but he hesitated for a long time and did not dare to do it.

Looking at her posture, Zhou Lingqi found it funny. She was obviously scared to death, but she still had the courage to kill the chicken.

I couldn't stand it anymore, so I stood up and walked over slowly: "Give me the knife."

Qin Mengshang was stunned for a moment, remembering his skill in skinning rabbits, and gave him the task of killing chickens with confidence.

Zhou Lingqi held the knife and, under the command of Qin Mengshang, cut the chicken's neck and held it upside down to drain out the blood.

His expression was calm and indifferent, and his movements were clean and neat.

I don't know whether it was because he had eaten three blood-replenishing meals in a row or because the chicken blood in the bowl reflected on his face, which made his face look rosy.

After the blood was drained, Qin Mengshang came out with boiling water and poured the scalding hot water into the basin. The scared puppy who came to join in the fun immediately jumped away.

Zhou Lingqi asked curiously: "What are you pouring water for?"

"Pluck the feathers." Qin Mengshang took the tongs and turned the pheasant whole in the boiling water.

When I went to the countryside with my mentor, this was how the women in the village handled it. Unlike the chickens in the supermarket, which are all handled cleanly and can be put into the pot directly after you take them home and wash them.

Plucking hair is a delicate job that is time-consuming and labor-intensive. I would rather spend more money than do it myself.Qin Mengshang worked for a while and felt pain in his waist and back. He glanced at Zhou Lingqi beside him and moved the basin over without even thinking, "My lord sir, I'll leave the rest to you. I'll boil the medicine for you."

Hearing the words "Mr.", Zhou Lingqi's eyes trembled. He thought he had nothing to say, so he silently rolled up his sleeves and sat in the yard plucking his hair.

Someone saw the movement on the roof of the Zhou family from a distance, and couldn't help but come over to watch. Seeing the young man in the courtyard, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he asked Qin Mengshang gossiping about what the Zhou family did before. Where does it come from.

Qin Mengshang glanced at the people behind him out of the corner of his eye and said, "My husband is a scholar and has a bad temper. He made the boss unhappy after saying a few words, so he drove us here."

"Isn't this the same as Mr. Su? Are all the officials in the capital so petty? It's too much to drive people to this place just by saying a few harsh words."

When they first came to Sanjiang Village, Commander Wang did not disclose their identities to Li Zheng. He only mentioned their names and Fengjing, and the people in the village only knew their surname.

Zhou Lingqi has not been out since he arrived in Sanjiang Village. Except for the day he just arrived and everyone saw him from a distance, he didn't even know what his nose and eyes looked like. It was the first time he saw a living person, so he was inevitably curious.

Qin Mengshang echoed a few words and dismissed the person.

After they left, Zhou Lingqi handed her the plucked pheasant and said in a calm voice, "If he was just unhappy, he wouldn't have forced you and me into such a situation."

Qin Mengshang: "."

The "he" Zhou Lingqi mentioned naturally refers to the old emperor.

A father could kill all his son's maternal ancestors and drive his son to a ghost place like this. She didn't want to but knew that it couldn't be a matter of one or two sentences. She was just perfunctory in saying that.

Zhou Lingqi was thoughtful and mentioned that something was wrong with the emperor.

Qin Mengshang was too lazy to care about him. She was not the one who would inherit the throne in the future. It was not her turn to worry. She turned around and carried the chicken into the kitchen.

If you invite someone to work at home, of course you have to take care of the food.

After the pheasant is processed, put it into the pot and stew it. The remaining mushrooms and the meat are just fried into a plate.What we cooked today was corn rice, but Qin Mengshang also made a plate of white rice dumplings and pork dumplings. There were fifty or sixty of them. Together with Zhou Lingqi's exclusive blood-tonifying set meal, it made a big table.

Chen Laosan's eyes almost popped out when he saw such a big table of dishes: "So many dishes?! How can the three of us finish it all?"

It's both chicken and meat. Even if he works for the county magistrate's family, he doesn't get such good treatment.

Qin Mengshang smiled and asked him to sit down. There wasn't much meat, just extra side dishes, and it looked like a full bowl.

She didn't put much spicy food in today's lunch dish. Firstly, she didn't know Chen Laosan's taste, and secondly, she wanted Zhou Lingqi to try other dishes. After eating pork liver and blood for almost two days, she was probably feeling depressed.

Among the dishes on the table, the plate of cabbage pork dumplings was the most popular. Qin Mengshang ate five or six of them, and the rest was divided between the two men.

After a full meal, Chen Laosan didn't sit down for long before he climbed up to the roof carrying his things.

After receiving wages from others and having a good meal, why don't you work harder?
The Zhou family's house was not big, so they worked hard and finally repaired the roof in the evening. It was a coincidence that as soon as Chen Laosan left, it started to rain.

At night, the rain became heavier and heavier, and water began to leak from the eaves. Listening to the pounding rain outside, Qin Mengshang was extremely lucky to have repaired the roof as soon as possible.

(End of this chapter)