Pampering the sea

Seeing his embarrassed look just now, Xin Yue couldn't help but feel a little funny, and the corner of his mouth curved slightly: "You're welcome."

Chu Zhiling pursed her thin lips and looked at her smiling face without saying a word.

The man thought he was not full enough, so he held the fish and bit it, but this time his movements were much slower than last time, chewing carefully in small bites, lest the fishbone fall into his throat, the belly of the fish was bitten out by Xin Yue earlier There was a small tooth mark, and he wanted to bite it without thinking too much.

Suddenly a long and slender hand appeared out of nowhere, snatched the fish from the man's hand, threw it into the sea, and said calmly, "It should be enough to eat so much today, be careful of food stagnation."

The man looked at the empty palm, and there was obvious daze and slight pain in his eyes. The fish was not big at all, and before he had finished eating half of it, he was snatched away by Chu Zhiling and threw it away. He touched his shriveled belly , and then quietly turned his eyes to Xin Yue for help.

At this time, the sky was gradually getting dark, and the girl's face was subtly hazy in the half-light, her long hair fluttered like a mermaid swimming in the sea, it was rare for her to take the initiative to talk to Chu Zhiling: "Are you full just now? "

Chu Zhiling didn't know what she meant by asking this question, and was about to answer that he didn't have a good appetite today and didn't need to eat more, but Xin Yue continued, "I'll catch a bird for you to roast, do you want to eat?"

There was a gleam of light in Chu Zhiling Ruxing's eyes, this girl finally knew that she was good to him.For some reason, he glanced at the handsome man lightly, showing a triumphant smile that almost succeeded, raised his eyebrows, and said to Xin Yue: "I'll catch the food, and the lady will roast it."

He glanced at the man again, deliberately emphasizing the word "madam".

Xin Yue seemed to have guessed what he was thinking, maybe because she was in a good mood today, she smiled at him for the first time: "You can boil some fresh water here, anyway, the bird doesn't move at night, I just reach out."

"Then let him go." Chu Zhiling pointed at the man and said.

Whenever Chu Zhiling used this commanding tone, Xin Yue could vaguely capture the conflicted expression on the man's face.

The man in Tsing Yi patted the sand on his body, and then walked on the soft sand in the light of the rising moon.

After a while, he caught a white seabird and came back, it was still relatively big, Chu Zhiling said indifferently: "Pull out the hair for me."

Xin Yue raised his head and said to the man, "Just give me the bird."

Chu Zhiling frowned slightly: "Is Madam so reluctant to ask him to do something?"

Seeing him like this, Xin Yue wanted to laugh but suppressed it, coughed and said, "Today I'm going to be a beggar. It tastes better if I don't pluck the feathers." Although her expression was as calm as ever, her eyes were still under the moonlight. There was a hint of a smile in the black and bright eyes that seemed to be shining with amber luster.

Chu Zhiling feigned anger: "Okay, so you are teasing me."

Xin Yue's gaze became extremely shallow again in a blink of an eye: "I didn't say anything, and I didn't do anything."

She took the white bird from the man in Tsing Yi, chopped off the bird's claws with a sharpened piece of metal, made a small opening about 3 cm long under the bird's left armpit, and neatly dug out the internal organs, and pulled out the bird's trachea and esophagus , because her body was still weak, she walked slowly to the sea not far away to wash off the blood, and after drying the water, she wrapped a layer of soft mud on the bird's body, and left soon. When he got back, he threw a large lump of mud wrapped in a bird into the burning fire in front of Chu Zhiling.

In fact, this is the way of beggar chicken. Chu Zhiling has traveled all over the world for so many years and has never seen such a dish. He couldn't help but slightly frowned and asked with a slightly critical look: "Ma'am, what is this? Is it edible?" ?”

It’s no wonder that he didn’t know that although Beggar Chicken had a small prosperity in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, it was not well-known among the people due to geographical restrictions. In the late Qing Dynasty, Emperor Qianlong visited Jiangnan privately on Weibo. When Zhong accidentally wandered in the wilderness, there happened to be a beggar who gave the beggar chicken that he thought was a delicacy to Emperor Qianlong. After eating it, Emperor Qianlong thought it was a delicacy in the world, so he admired it. Beggar chicken became widely known and enjoyed a good reputation under the emperor Jinkou. .In any case, it should be the Ming Dynasty now, so it's not surprising that Chu Zhiling didn't know.

Xin Yue lazily replied, "Well, it's poisonous, so you can't eat it."

Chu Zhiling smiled, knowing that she was duplicity.

The large clods of mud buried in the dead leaves and fire slowly condensed, because the bird was relatively large in size, so it took a long time to bake it. After about an hour and a half, Xin Yue Cai used a wooden stick to pull out the mud, and when it cooled down slightly, the bird's feathers fell off naturally, and a warm and delicious fragrance suddenly emerged from the mud shell, soaking in the heart and lungs, attracting people. The index finger moved.

Xin Yue looked at the two men in front of him, and said: "What are you still doing stupidly, do you want me to make it for you? If you want to eat, you can break the meat yourself."

Chu Zhiling smiled, broke off a large piece of meat, and exclaimed after eating: "The aroma is tangy, the taste is delicious, and the taste is lingering on the lips and teeth. Ma'am, good craftsmanship."

At this moment, Chu Zhiling saw that the man in Tsing Yi was also biting the bird meat. He ate it very quickly, as if he was afraid that others would come to snatch his food again. In an instant, Chu Zhiling understood that Xin Yue made the roast bird. The reason for eating was that she didn't want to make it for him, but for this man who didn't have enough to eat.

Suddenly feeling boring, he ate the bird meat in his hand, and stopped breaking the meat off the bird.

"Don't eat?" Xin Yue asked.

Chu Zhiling saw that Xin Yue took the initiative to talk to him, and there was a hint of concern in his eyebrows and eyes, and suddenly felt that the meat left in his mouth had a wonderful feeling of fragrance on his lips and teeth, so he hesitated and planned to take another bite, but saw Xin Yue turned his head and said calmly to the man: "If he doesn't eat, you can eat it all."

What nonsense caring, he must be blind.Chu Zhiling stood up suddenly, his tall body covered the moonlight above Xin Yue's head, his voice was slightly cold and awkward: "Eat slowly, I'll go back to sleep first."

Xin Yue nodded, raised his eyes and said, "Well, have a good rest."

Normally, Chu Zhiling would have been very happy to hear Xin Yue's soft voice, but now he just wanted to lift that man up and beat him up, and then hugged Xin Yue back in his arms.

But he didn't do that. When he thought of Xin Yue saying that he could only use violence to solve problems, and that he was an outright big pirate who used power to overwhelm others, he felt a little annoyed that he would take her away forcibly. , his self-esteem does not allow.

Seeing that Xin Yue didn't intend to keep him or go with him at all, Chu Zhiling frowned slightly with his handsome sword eyebrows, snorted coldly, and strode towards his cabin.