Chapter 254: sugar water is very sweet

Chapter 254: sugar water is very sweet

  Chapter 254 Sugar water is very sweet

  Something is better than nothing, especially in this mountain, it is so rare to have a bowl of sugar water after driving for a long time, Liu Shuyang rushed into the house in a hurry.

  Lin Jinxiao asked someone to move a few small chairs, let Chu Nanzhi sit down first, and then instructed in a soft voice: "It's getting late today, and I've only driven half of the journey. Rest here for one night, and continue on the road tomorrow."

"Um."

  The mountains are already full of dangers, and the situation is even more unpredictable at night. Thinking of the dreams he had for days, Chu Nanzhi also nodded obediently.

  Inadvertently seeing his somewhat chapped lips, and looking at the sugar water in his hand, Chu Nanzhi asked with concern, "Did you drink it?"

   "I'm not thirsty."

  Lin Jinxiao said calmly, showing a careless expression.

   Ma Laifu sensed something, and his uncle Ma Defu, who was nodding and bowing towards the center of the dam, who was answering Hu Maoxi's words, yelled: "Uncle, you are a stingy old man, and you are not willing to take out any sugar."

  When Ma Defu heard the words, he ran over with a bitter face, and explained humbly while staring at his nephew:

"Miss Chu, don't listen to this brat's nonsense, this candy is in short supply, or Qingfu was injured at the beginning of the month, and his wife went down the mountain to buy half a catty and came back, so there is only a little left. The poor man came suddenly, and in a hurry This old man can't even boil water in time, let alone."

   "Don't need to say much, the old man. It's inconvenient for the people in the government to disturb you here today. Please also prepare more meals for the old man, and tidy up a few more rooms for the brothers to take turns to rest."

  Lin Jinxiao interrupted him, and ordered.

   "What is Shangguan talking about?"

   Ma Defu hunched over, and replied with trepidation: "It's really an honor for the poor men to stay here, not to mention Mr. Hu gave back ten taels of silver to the poor men, and the poor men will definitely do their best to entertain you poor men."

   "Okay, let's get ready."

   After Lin Jinxiao finished speaking, he saw that Sibao's clothes were covered with water, so he took the bowl and fed the little guy himself.

  Sibao took a sip, looked at the little sugar water left in the bowl, and said softly, "Father, I leave these for you to drink."

   "Father will drink later."

  Lin Jinxiao continued to feed the little guy with sugar water gently, and then handed the bowl to Li Ce.

  Seeing this, Chu Nanzhi handed over the sugar water in his hand, and ordered: "You drink mine, after a day of tossing, drink some sugar water to replenish your strength."

   "I'll just rest."

  Looking at her thin figure, Lin Jinxiao felt distressed again. He wanted to take the mother and daughter along the official road, but the distance was too far.

  Turning his head to look at the direction where the smoke from the hut rose, he said with a smile: "Drink it quickly, the water will be boiled in a while."

  Chu Nanzhi took the bowl in Li Ce's hand again, divided half of it and handed it to him, and said gently, "Let's drink together."

  Lin Jinxiao squinted at her firm gaze, and didn't refuse any more. He took the sugar water slowly, saw that she had finished drinking the sugar water, and took two sips, and couldn't help pursing his lips and smiling slightly, "It's very sweet."

  I feel like I have never drank such sweet sugar water in my life.

  The two looked at each other with burning eyes. Hu Maoxi quietly moved a chair and sat down, watching the couple pushing back and forth for a bowl of sugar water, with a look of disdain:

   There is no such a public show of affection.

  In his hand, he held a big cattail fan he had bought from Ma’s house and shook it dissatisfiedly for a while, and finally had no choice but to help the two of them change the subject:

"There is only one mountain between Haikang County and Luyan Port, but because of the dangerous Duanlong Mountain and the Lanjiang River, it is necessary to detour for hundreds of miles. Funing County is not a long-term solution, after Lin Xiandi takes office, he still has to think of ways to make the roads in this mountain smooth."

   "Now that the mountain road has been opened up, it will be good for the hunters to visit the mountain on time every month in a few days."

  Lin Jinxiao couldn't help but sneak a glance at Chu Nanzhi, who had a calm expression in his eyes. Last night, he tossed and turned all night, but he still couldn't figure out why she insisted on reconciling with him.

   Now that she is the county magistrate of Luyan Port, she is also in charge of the coastal defense of the six counties. She is the wife of a fifth-rank official family. No matter how you say it, she can be regarded as the most honorable woman in the entire Luyan Port, but she just wants to leave me at this time.

  If it were any other woman, she might come over eagerly now and try to curry favor with her, but this woman

   I really can't figure it out.

  Since she has promised her, she should naturally keep her promise. What she can do now is to open up the trade routes between the two counties for her, which is convenient for her and the people of the two counties.

  However, the woman obeyed his arrangement last night, and sooner or later he would think of a way to get her back to him.

  Thinking of this, Lin Jinxiao couldn't help but a sly mirth rose in his eyes.

Several people were silent for a while, Hu Maoxi thought about what Lin Jinxiao ordered today, and couldn't help asking: "Brother Lin, why do you suddenly think of offering a reward for hunting tigers? I haven't heard of it in Luyan Port for so many years. Some people have actually seen tigers in Broken Dragon Mountain, so what they heard before must be rumors and cannot be trusted."

   “Before it happens.”

Lin Jinxiao thought about it in his heart, no matter why his wife kept having such strange dreams, taking advantage of this opportunity to kill a few more wolves would also lighten the annual burden for the hunters around, if she could catch her mouth The black bear that she talked about in the movie, got the bear's paw and can also make up her body.

  Black bear meat is the most nourishing and can make up for the loss of the body.

   Presumably her thin and petite body is caused by being too weak.

  As for Chu Nanzhi, when he heard the two mentioned the matter of hunting the tiger, he quickly slipped away without making a fuss.

  This fact is a bit absurd, she doesn't want to hear that because she had a nightmare, the little boy asked people to search for tigers all over the mountain.

She ran to the thatched hut where she lived before, and saw that Ma Laifu was helping her to check the fish fry. She also leaned over to check every bamboo basket carefully, and found that several fish fry were dying in the water, so she hurriedly told Ma Laifu He ordered: "Laifu, you go and help me bring two buckets of clean water."

   Then he ordered Liu Shuyang and Li Ce to help him pick more willow branches and fresh grass leaves, washed them and brought them here.

   Sibao stood aside, saw her take out the fish from the bamboo basket, and asked curiously, "Aniang, why did you take the fish out?"

   "They don't live long, and if they continue to be kept inside, it will affect other fish."

Chu Nanzhi took out seven fish fry with white bellies, the big one weighed about half a catty, and the small one weighed two to three taels, and then they took it to the kitchen and handed it to Ma Liushi, and went back to the hut to change the water in each bamboo basket, Put some willow branches and grass leaves again, so I feel more comfortable.

   Sibao looked at the basket not far away that was taller than himself, pouted and continued to ask, "Aniang, is Da Maha okay?"

As the little guy reminded him, Chu Nanzhi went to the basket to look it over, and found that two fish had turned white, and went to Ma Liushi to ask for a wooden bucket, and took a few fish from the villagers of Sunjia Village. The tail came out, leaving only the big maha and two fish in it, and changed the water again, so that the basket looked much more spacious.

For dinner in the evening, Ma Liu led his daughters-in-law to take out a lot of stored food for cooking. Ma Laifu saved the meat of a deer's hind leg and prepared to bring it to Liu Yun and the other little treasures tomorrow. The rest of the venison was taken away. They came out to cook for Ma Liushi, and with the addition of a dozen or so fish cooked by Chu Nanzhi, it was considered a sumptuous dinner for nearly a hundred guards.

  (end of this chapter)