The Red Mansions Across the Four Seas

Chapter 405 The Crying Chang'an

In the evening, Chang An and Qing Gele came back.

Bring two felts.Two quilts and a sheepskin coat.

Seeing that Jia Min had already prepared all the yellow rice, Qing Gele was very surprised.

"Officer Min, can you still cook?"

"Of course, not only can you cook, but you can also cook."

"Can you cook fish?"

"Yes, are there any fish in the lake?"

"Are there any fish? There are plenty of fish. I'll go and fetch some."

After speaking, Qing Gele pulled out the fishing net and went fishing.On Jia Min's side, he found cured meat, fetched water from the lake, and prepared to stew the meat after soaking for a while.

Chang An was behind him, following step by step.

"Chang'an, how does Auntie see your wound?"

"She said it doesn't matter, she applied herbal medicine, and took some medicine, and changed it every two days."

For the arrow wound in Chang'an, Jia Min was most worried about infection. Along the way, Jia Min would check it after a while.Fortunately, good luck, no infection.

"Your legs are inconvenient, go back to the house and rest, the house to the east is yours, and you will be fine after a while."

"You can also cook and cook?"

"Yes, when I was young, my mother was not at home sometimes, so I learned how to do it myself."

Jia Min's cooking is his previous life's skill.

Men in this era seldom cook.Especially scholars and people with status do not cook.

The so-called "a gentleman stays away from the kitchen", people with status are looked down upon for cooking.

After fetching water to soak the meat, Qing Gele also came back, with six fish in the net, each weighing four to five catties, alive and kicking.

Qing Gele didn't know how to cook either, so he helped to light the fire.Jia Min is in charge of cooking and cooking.

Chang An stayed in her room for a while, and then stood at the door of the kitchen. Naturally, she didn't know how to cook, so she just watched Jia Min busy.

Jia Min knew that after going through all these changes, she came to a new environment and felt insecure and unwilling to leave him, so she stopped telling her to leave and let her watch.

Fearing that her legs would not be able to bear it, I went to get another small stick and told her to sit down.

After seven o'clock in the evening, the dishes are ready.There are two dishes in total, one stewed lamb and the other stewed fish.It was served in a large clay pot, although there were only two dishes, but Jia Min stewed four fish at once, and the amount of dishes was enough.

The butter lamp was already on. Although it was not too bright, it still felt warm.

Qing Gele took out the skin bag, poured three big bowls of wine, the three of them sat down, and began to drink.

"Come on, you two have a taste of my craft. I promise to let you eat this meal and think about the next meal."

Needless to say, I also know that the taste must be good.At this time, the house is full of fragrance.

"Wow, it's really delicious. It's the first time in my life to eat such a delicious fish."

The diet of the Tiefo people is the custom of the grassland, and the way of cooking is relatively rough, not as refined as that of the Han people, and the diet structure is also very different from that of the Han people.

It was indeed the first time for Qing Gele to eat such a meal.

Chang An ate two mouthfuls and nodded frequently.

Not to mention that Jia Min's cooking is really good, it's just normal. Chang'an stayed in the mountains for several months and didn't dare to light a fire easily. Most of the time, he ate raw food.Wild animals, insects and snakes, and wild fruits are the daily diet.

Now that it is so delicious, it is even more delicious than the imperial meal in the palace.

At first, I was a little reserved, but after a while, I started to feast on it.

Seeing Chang'an like this, Jia Min was both happy and distressed.

After eating for a while, Jia Min raised his wine glass when his stomach was full.

"Come on, let's celebrate our three victories and escape, and thank Qing Gele for taking us in. Let's take a sip."

After drinking, the conversation gradually increased.Jia Min began to ask Qinggle about the surrounding situation, as well as some local customs in North Wendura.

From time to time, Chang An also asked some questions, and the conversation gradually increased.

After drinking for more than two hours, the meal was considered finished.

Qing Gele cleaned up the table, while Jia Min spread the blankets and quilts for Chang'an.Several people talked for a while, and Jia Min told Chang An not to rush to get up in the morning, and to sleep as long as he likes.Then we went back to the house and went to bed.

Several people have been exhausted these days, and they are all extremely tired. Now they relax, drink again, and soon fall asleep.

With a warm room, lying on the hot kang, I slept soundly and didn't wake up until eight o'clock the next morning.

Jia Min warmed up the leftovers from last night, and after they finished eating in a hurry, Qing Gele got into the canoe and left.

Today is the market day, and he has to ask his mother to buy some food, wine, clothes, etc. for them.

After Jia Min cleaned up the dishes, he went to the lake to fetch water.Fill both pots and start boiling water.

"What are you boiling water for now?"

Chang An asked puzzledly.

"Don't worry, you will know in a while."

There was a fire here, so Jia Min went to fetch water again and filled the water tank to the brim.

After a while, Jia Min brought back a big wooden barrel from outside and put it in Chang'an's room.

This time Chang'an understood, it turned out that it was prepared for her to take a hot bath.

Although she blushed a little, her heart was warm.

She didn't do anything, and she felt it was a kind of enjoyment to watch Jia Minli busy in and out.

"Okay, you go in and wash. There is still a bucket of hot water on the side. When it gets cold, you can add some to it yourself. I will watch at the door outside."

Chang An slowly took off his clothes, thinking that this was the water that Jia Min had boiled, he felt a little strange in his heart, and then thought that after he passed out that day, Jia Min checked his body and asked her to show him, There is some anger, and then some sweetness.

After entering the wooden basin, because the left calf was covered with medicine, I dared not see the water, so I had to stay outside.After entering the water, I immediately felt thoroughly comfortable, and a feeling of laziness gradually filled my whole body.

While rubbing his body, he remembered the experience of the past few months, feeling as if he was in a dream.

Immediately, he recalled the little things he had known Jia Min back then, and shed tears unconsciously.I also remembered that Jia Min opposed the war this time, was deprived of fame by his father, demoted to the people, and his brother ran away for his own life, Jia Min came to save him, Li Chengbin, several promises, and more than 1000 people under his command were wiped out by the army. I cried out unconsciously.

After crying, I couldn't bear it anymore, and wept heart-piercingly, crying profusely.

Jia Min listened outside, knowing that Chang An was extremely sad.However, he was happy for Chang'an.

This pain was the outburst of her long-accumulated emotions, which allowed her to vent to her heart's content. She survived this test, opened her heart knot, and passed the hurdle in her heart.

So he didn't care about Chang'an, and just let her cry bitterly.

However, when he heard Chang An crying, he couldn't help thinking of what happened to him, and couldn't help but shed tears.

After an hour or so, there was no movement in the house.After another ten minutes, Chang An came out.

Jia Min didn't ask her anything, just poured water, cleared the tub, and picked up a machete.

"Come on, let's get familiar with the environment."

Then he squatted down.

Chang An was not too polite, so he lay on Jia Min's body and let him carry him on his back.

As they walked, they chatted gossip, all of which were irrelevant.No one mentioned the emperor, the crown prince, the battle in North Wendura, or Jia Min's dismissal from office.

After walking around the island in the middle of the lake for a couple of times, I basically found out the environment.

Jia Min took out the machete and started chopping wicker.

Chang'an didn't care about him, he just picked wild chrysanthemums, weaved them into a wreath, and put it on his head.

Jia Min watched from the sidelines, and couldn't help feeling secretly happy.

I know it's stinky, and I feel good about it.Thankfully, she finally made it through this level.

Soon after two bundles of wicker were cut, Jia Min picked them up, Chang An held his arm, and they went back to the house together.

Jia Min started weaving wicker into curtains, while Chang An was watching.After watching it for a while, I felt bored, so I walked around by myself, to the lake for a while, and to the woods for a while.It's not like yesterday, who was still unwilling to leave Jia Min.

At ten o'clock, Jia Min started cooking, and this time he stewed the two remaining fish from yesterday.However, it was enough to eat, and the two drank half a bowl of wine.

After dinner, Jia Min started weaving the curtains again. Chang An looked at it for a while, but had nothing to do, so he went back to sleep by himself.

When Chang An woke up and went out of the house, he saw a small thatched hut standing in the northeast corner in front of the door.

In the past, it was just a toilet.

I understood in my heart that this was deliberately done by Jia Min for his own convenience.

When I arrived in the Westinghouse, I saw Jia Min was carving something with a dagger. Looking carefully, it was a wooden comb.

"Chang'an, you came just in time, the engraving will be finished soon, and it will be convenient to comb your hair this time."

Seeing Jia Min thinking so carefully, a warm current surged quietly in his heart.

After a while, the comb was carved.

"Come on, try it, see if it works?"

"Nature is useful."

Chang An took the comb, and combed his hair without caring that Jia Min was right in front of him.

Jia Min went to the outhouse, lit the stove, and dug some butter into it. After a while, the butter boiled.

"Chang'an, bring the comb."

"What are you doing with the comb?"

Although Chang An was puzzled, he still handed the comb to Jia Min.

Jia Min put the comb into the pot, and there was a chirping sound from inside.

"Fry it once, it will be bright and smooth, and it will be much more comfortable to use."

Take it out after a while, wipe off the oil, and it really shines.

There is another advantage of frying in oil, which can fry the moisture in the comb.

In this way, the comb will not crack and will not be easily deformed.

"Officer Min, why do you know everything?"

"Hey, Chang'an, I know a lot of things, you just follow along and study hard. If you learn it, it's all yours."

"I don't learn it, I want you to do it, I use ready-made ones."

"You lazy girl, you don't know anything, and you won't be able to get married in the future."

"I'm not married."

"Well, put away the comb. Do you still eat fish at night?"

"Eat, go, go fishing."

"Okay, go fishing."

"I want you to carry me on your back."

"Okay, I'll carry you on my back."

In the quiet Luoyan Lake, there are occasional wild geese chirping.

A young man throws the spinning net and pulls it up, empty.Another net was thrown out and pulled up, but it was still empty.

Changed the place, threw a net, and just pulled it out of the water, it crackled.

"This time there is!"

A young girl limped over, screaming with excitement.

Pulling up the net, there were really two big fish, alive and kicking.

Since then, this scene has often appeared in Luoyan Lake.

Jia Min and Chang An's days in Luoyan Lake were so peaceful, simple, fulfilling and happy.

(End of this chapter)