The general's wife took her child on the road to exile

Chapter 9: Roasting Lamb in Deserted Village

The vegetation in this deserted village is yellow and withered, and the weeds are sparse and short. It is estimated that there is a lack of water here, and such weak grass is rare.

The officers chose some empty houses to live in, and sent the prisoners to some large houses to live together, under the supervision of night officers.

The officer Sun Si built a fire outside and prepared to roast food. During the journey of exile, the officers carried food and water in carts.

Gu Yinan, the second master of the Gu family, lay down as soon as he entered the house. He was very tired after walking such a long way. The sensible concubine Liu came over to wipe the sweat off Gu Yinan's face, kneaded his tired and sore legs, and smiled at him gently. This smile warmed the coldness in Gu Yinan's heart.

Aunt Liu put the three-year-old Gu Qingyu next to Gu Yinan, let the father and son rest, and went outside to make a fire and cook.

Aunt Liu was very enthusiastic about preparing every meal. Aunt Liu was happiest when Ye Jiu provided a lot of food every day. If the exile was like the third branch of the Gu family, with only one steamed bun per person, it would be too torturous and too terrible.

For the second family who loved to eat and cook delicious food, it was a terrible hellish treatment.

Ye Jiu went to spread the mats, and she asked the old lady to rest on the mats first. Ye Jiu was not in a hurry to let the old lady live in the empty house. They slept outside directly. Their residence was still thick grass on the ground, and mats were spread on the thick grass. A few mats were put around to make a tent, and straw curtains were added inside the tent to block the wind. A tent was set up.

Because the straw curtain had been blessed by Ye Jiu's wood-related ability, the curtain was extremely tight and soft and could not be torn.

Ye Jiu pretended to go to the back mountain of the village to look for food. She took out the antelope in the space and cut it into several large pieces. She rinsed it with water, packed it with leaves, put it into the vine backpack, and took out some seasonings and wild fruits and put them in the basket. Ye Jiu thought about it and took out a lot of mushrooms. Since she wanted to eat roasted lamb, she would string some mushrooms together and roast them. Just thinking about it made her smell good.

Half an hour later, Ye Jiu returned to the village. She came to the fire and handed Aunt Liu a basket of ingredients, telling her that she wanted to eat roasted lamb and mushrooms, and asked Aunt Liu to stew lamb soup with mushrooms and fruits for the old lady. Aunt Liu's eyes curved into crescents, and she happily took the basket. She was even happier that the meat was already in blocks, which saved a lot of trouble.

Ye Jiu then took some of the antelope meat and mushrooms along with the seasoning packet and sent them to the chief police officer Zhang Liu, who was so happy that he kept praising Ye Jiu.

Ye Jiu returned to the fire and continued to work on her barbecue grill. She put the marinated lamb legs on the grill, as well as some large skewers of meat. Ye Jiu put them directly on the grill. The blazing flames rose and fell, and the flames roasted the antelope meat bit by bit. The color of the meat gradually changed from bright red to the color of almost cooked meat. The fat in the meat was roasted by the fire and continuously turned into many oil drops that fell into the charcoal fire, making a squeaking sound. Ye Jiu kept rotating the many skewers of meat. She used a knife to cut the roasted lamb legs a few times, and sprinkled some crushed fruit juice on the lamb legs. The roasted aroma of the meat became stronger and stronger, and drifted far away.

Gu Qingfeng, who was greedy, swallowed his saliva. Gu Yinan also came out of the house hungry. The father and son squatted by the fire waiting to be fed.

Ye Jiu put the grilled meat skewers aside to let them cool for a few minutes, and handed a few skewers to Gu Qingfeng. Gu Qingfeng's beautiful peach blossom eyes instantly curved into a crescent shape, and the dimples on his lips appeared from time to time, "Thank you, auntie." Gu Qingfeng's pleasant voice sounded. He blew the meat to wait for it to cool down while eating it. Gu Qingfeng kept praising its fragrance. Seeing his pleasing appearance, Ye Jiu was amused by him.

The second master, Gu Yinan, looked at Gu Qingfeng eagerly while he ate. Ye Jiu handed over a few skewers of antelope meat to Gu Yinan.

Gu Yinan took the skewers with a shy smile. He was originally embarrassed to squat by the fire like Gu Qingfeng, and could not resist the aroma attacking his stomach. After several mental struggles, he finally overcame all his concerns and ran out to squat like Gu Qingfeng.

After Ye Jiu roasted the lamb legs, he continued to roast the mushrooms. Soon, the roasted mushrooms gave off a burnt aroma. Ye Jiu then skewered the wild fruits and continued to roast them. The uncle and nephew, both foodies, also ate the roasted mushrooms. While eating, they praised each other for being delicious, saying that the mushrooms were smooth, tender and delicious.

After Ye Jiu finished roasting the fruits, she took a food box-like vine basket, laid out large leaves, put roasted antelope meat, roasted fruits and roasted mushrooms on it, and went directly to the old lady. She took out steamed buns from the space and stuffed them into the old lady's mouth. She also put down the roasted fruits, skewers of meat and the slices of roasted antelope legs. Ye Jiu took out bamboo chopsticks and a bamboo soup spoon. On the mat was a bamboo tube pot-like mutton soup brought in by Aunt Liu, which contained mutton, mushrooms and fruits. Because wild onions, ginger and Sichuan pepper were added to the soup, it was extremely delicious. This meal was so rich.

Ye Jiu let them eat in the tent and he distributed the roasted food to the second room.

Ye Jiu went to Gu Yiheng's place. Gu Yiheng looked at Ye Jiu's little face which was burned red by the flames, with a smile on his face.

Gu Yiheng was so charming when he smiled. Ye Jiu's heart was pounding when she looked at him. She placed food on the mat with an unnatural look on her face. Gu Yiheng was overjoyed when he saw Ye Jiu's shy look. He felt that the injured man was not a big threat to him. Ye Jiu's heart was still fascinated by him.

Ye Jiu opened the water bag and fed him water, then tore some shredded meat and put it in his mouth. The shredded meat was thinner than a thread and was directly torn into half a centimeter lengths, a bit like the size of minced meat.

Gu Yiheng was chewing the antelope meat and felt very happy. Ye Jiu soaked the steamed buns and mutton soup together and fed it to Gu Yiheng directly with a bamboo spoon. Ye Jiu also stuffed the grilled mutton skewers into her own mouth. She felt sorry that she didn't see the cumin. After all, the taste of the skewers lacked soul, Ye Jiu thought regretfully.

I wonder if there are chili peppers and cumin in this era? She hasn't even discovered sesame seeds.

After Ye Jiu was full, she ate a piece of roasted fruit. The sour, sweet and soft flesh of the fruit and the warmth soothed Ye Jiu's heart. She leaned against Gu Yiheng contentedly, hugged Gu Yiheng and thought to herself, I am also a woman with a man. At this time, she didn't understand what was going on between men and women. Ye Jiu felt that she and Gu Yiheng were husband and wife as they faced each other every day.

After Gu Yiheng was full, Ye Jiu hugged him and he felt sweet in his heart. Although he couldn't move at the moment, Ye Jiu cared about him more.

Gu Yiheng was very conflicted. He wanted to recover quickly so that he could stand up, but he also wanted to maintain the current status so that Ye Jiu would worry about him. After becoming unable to move, Gu Yiheng became extremely unconfident. Now he could only lie down every day like a useless person. He couldn't even turn over. Gu Yiheng was frustrated and thought about many things. He was too entangled.

Seeing that Gu Yiheng suddenly looked sad, Ye Jiu put her face close to Gu Yiheng's and whispered, "It's okay. I'm here. Your hands and feet will definitely be healed. It's just that we temporarily lack herbs and a stable environment." Ye Jiu didn't dare to say that her ability had not been upgraded. That would be inappropriate.

Ye Jiu didn't dare to say that she was a visitor from the end of the world who had changed her mind. If she did, the people of Dayu Dynasty would treat her like a ghost, and she didn't want to be burned to death.

Gu Yiwen, the third master of the Gu family, now lives in a large house with other exiled people. The house looks dilapidated and has been abandoned for a long time. There are spider webs everywhere on the roof and the floor is full of dust. There is some hay scattered on the floor in the corner, which has already rotted.

Gu Yiwen was so tired that he sat down on the ground, panting heavily. Aunt Zhao sat next to him, also panting heavily.

Aunt Zhao's face was pale and sweat was beading on her. She looked so weak that it was unusual to see her like that. In the past, this bright face was always full of smiles. Gu Yiwen looked at Aunt Zhao and said nothing.

As soon as Gu Zhilan came in, she lay on the ground with her limbs stretched out. The rules of the boudoir were long gone. Her whole body was sore, and her feet hurt even more. The big bites all over her body were scratched by her, and some of them became festered and inflamed. The blisters on the soles of her feet burst, and the flesh that had been ground into pieces was repeatedly rubbed by walking. She was in indescribable pain. Gu Zhilan felt that if she continued like this, she might not be able to walk.

Gu Yulan also sat there rubbing her feet with a twitching face.

Aunt Yin was quite far away from them, she was waiting silently for the steamed buns to be made.

Zhang was looking at the fire outside where Ye Jiu was. Her son Gu Qingfeng was squatting beside Ye Jiu. Her son's figure comforted her.

Because she was worried about her son, Zhang kept looking at her son Gu Qingfeng while walking, and she rarely felt the pain in her feet.

Seeing Gu Qingfeng eating so happily with his little mouth greasy, she felt the same even if she didn't eat. She couldn't help but blame Gu Yiwen's absurdity in her heart. If her husband hadn't clamored to separate the family, she would have eaten delicious food like her son, walked with a full stomach, and would not have worried about water. At this moment, Zhang was very thirsty. She swallowed and found that she couldn't even secrete saliva.

The bitter expression on Zhang's face was seen by the third master Gu Yiwen, and he became even more annoyed with Zhang.

Aunt Lu held Gu Yulan in her arms and stroked her frizzy and dry hair. In her heart, she was complaining about the third master, Gu Yiwen. It was all Gu Yiwen's fault that her daughter suffered so much, was not full, and had to eat cold steamed bread. When she saw the second house eating happily, and then saw how harmoniously Aunt Liu and Ye Jiu got along, she couldn't help but put herself in their shoes. If the family hadn't been divided, she, Aunt Lu, would have had a share of Ye Jiu's cooking, and the third house would also have eaten its fill. When Aunt Lu thought of this, her stomach growled. She pursed her lips and watched the servant walk in from outside the door.

The prisoners wolfed down the steamed bread, and after finishing they stared at other prisoners eating. They wanted to snatch a handful from those who ate slowly and stuff them into their mouths. Fearing the officers' whips, they swallowed their saliva and stared at Ye Jiu grilling meat outside.

For a moment, it seemed as if Ye Jiu's place was as beautiful as heaven.

Some prisoners could not bear the thirst and begged the officers for water. There was no water source nearby and the well in the village had dried up. The officers could do nothing about it. There was a house here that could block the wind, which was better than sleeping outside in the cold.

After Ye Jiu finished packing up in the tent, she sat cross-legged next to Gu Yiheng. Ye Jiu used her wood-related abilities to warm Gu Yiheng's meridians, and Gu Yiheng fell into a drowsy dream.

Ye Jiu pulled the straw quilt over Gu Yiheng and sat there staring at his sleeping face. He saw Gu Yiheng's long and thick eyelashes drooping down, his high nose bridge, deep eye sockets, and his peerless face with exotic beauty, which always made Ye Jiu marvel every time he looked at it. Ye Jiu thought that if Gu Yiheng's pupils were blue, he would have a definitely European face.

Although he was handsome, he was not feminine at all. He had a firm chin, and too thin lips, the color of which was a little pale. Ye Jiu took out a blood-replenishing pill, crushed it, added some spiritual spring water, fruit pulp and sugar, and waited quietly for him to wake up.

Ye Jiu took out another crystal core for herself, and she held the crystal core, crossed her legs, closed her eyes, and began to absorb it. A quarter of an hour later, the crystal core turned into ashes, and she took out three more crystal cores to absorb. When the three crystal cores were about to turn into ashes, her wood-type ability felt a little stronger. It didn't upgrade, but it was obviously stronger. Ye Jiu put the ashes into the space, and used her consciousness to look through the pile of crystal cores in the space that was as big as a small mountain, and then looked at the area of ​​the spiritual spring pool on the other side, which seemed to have expanded.

How could this happen? Ye Jiu looked at it strangely.

Gu Yiheng opened his eyes. Ye Jiu picked up the cup of blended fruit pulp paste. Gu Yiheng swallowed it mouthful by mouthful obediently. After finishing the cup of paste, Gu Yiheng felt the urge to defecate. His face turned a little red because he was holding it in. Ye Jiu was embarrassed to say anything. Ye Jiu looked at him and asked if he needed anything. Gu Yiheng hesitantly asked her to call the guards in.

Ye Jiu went out to call the guard Xiu Er, and went to the fire to deal with the remaining meat in the basket. She planned to roast some more as dry food for the journey.

Ye Jiu mixed the meat and potato paste with seasonings and bird eggs, and tore some steamed buns into it. She kneaded it, added some onion, ginger, fruit juice, pepper powder and salt, kneaded the mixture and put it on the leaves, set up a stone pot and put the sliced ​​mutton fat slices in it, and waited for the stone pot to bake out some fat, then she kneaded the meat paste into a big steamed bun shape and flattened it into meat patties. Ye Jiu stacked the meat patties on the leaves one by one and cut them three times with a stone knife.

Ye Jiu took one meat paste pie after another and put them into the stone pot to fry, then turned them over with a small bamboo spatula. The browned meat paste pie smelled fragrant. There were more and more fried meat strips in the large bamboo tube next to it. When the tube was full, Ye Jiu put them into the vine backpack, which was actually putting them into the space.

Gu Qingfeng came over sensibly to help Ye Jiu make meat patties. Ye Jiu asked him to wash his hands with the water from the water bag, and then taught him the process of making meat patties. The clever Gu Qingfeng learned it instantly. He pinched the patties in a very professional manner, cut them into strips, and helped to turn them over. His well-behaved appearance made Ye Jiu very happy.

Ye Jiu took out a bag of pastries from the space and made a "hush" gesture, asking him to avoid others when eating. Gu Qingfeng took the bag of pastries and put it in his arms the moment he got it. He smiled brightly, and his curved eyebrows looked very cute. The childish Gu Qingfeng was so happy that he wanted to jump a few times, but after thinking about it, Gu Qingfeng held back. He continued to pinch the cake, cut it into strips, turn it over, and put it into a tube.

After making the meat strips, Ye Jiu started to roast mushrooms and fruits. She likes roasting fruits and has always had a special liking for them.

Ye Jiu roasted a whole basket of fruits. Looking at the two baskets of roasted mushrooms, four baskets of meat biscuits, and one basket of roasted fruits in the space, the corners of Ye Jiu's lips slightly raised.

Ye Jiu gave some of the baked meat biscuits and dried mushrooms to the chief constable Zhang Liu.

Every time she gave the officers delicious food, Zhang Liu felt very comfortable. Ye Jiu provided all the meat and fish along the way, and she was a great contributor to the officers.

Zhang Liu asked Ye Jiu to go back and rest early.

The night breeze was gentle, and the temperature was much colder than during the day. There were few birds and trees nearby, and Ye Jiu felt it was very quiet. As usual, Ye Jiu sprinkled anti-venomous snake, rat, ant, mosquito and insect powder around the main room, and also placed powder in the second room and at the door.

Gu Yinan fell into a sound sleep. After having a full meal, he had a dream. He dreamed of a beautiful place with some stunningly beautiful children. They actually called him uncle. Gu Yinan woke up with a smile and opened his eyes. He found that the faces of the children he was holding in the dream suddenly turned into Gu Qingyu's face, and Gu Qingyu was looking at him with disgust. Gu Yinan's smile froze in an instant. His mind was confused for a while, and he let the children go.

Gu Yinan walked out of the room to relieve himself. When he was tying his belt, he heard a rustling sound. When he listened carefully, the sound disappeared. Gu Yinan was very surprised. He looked around but didn't see anything.

Gu Yinan walked back while looking back. His behavior attracted Ye Jiu's attention. Ye Jiu dispersed his mental power and sensed a strange aura that was far away.

Ye Jiu added wood to the fire. The blazing flames illuminated Ye Jiu's pretty little face, which was very pleasing to the eyes from a distance.

Gu Yinan saw Ye Jiu sitting by the fire in deep thought, but he didn't disturb him and went back to his residence.

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