Chapter 199: Hunting in the mountains on a snowy night
The snow needs to be thick enough for hunting.
Yu Guming went up the mountain for the first time this winter, and specifically found a place with old forests. There was a ready-made wooden house on the top of the mountain, specially prepared for hunters.
The stone stove can be used to boil water and barbecue, and more importantly, to keep warm.
It’s already dark, and since it’s close to the new year and there’s not much moonlight, it’s getting darker.
The north wind is raging in the forest, and from time to time there are the sounds of wild animals and wild birds.
The sixth prince leaned on the log bed covered with animal skins and said regretfully: "Really, it was obviously the fourth brother who invited us here, but he himself didn't come."
"Fourth sister-in-law is sick..." Yu Guming said while burning firewood, "He...he is worried."
"Okay! Who says couples are so affectionate?" the sixth prince said with envy and self-deprecation.
He was eager to escape from home.
Yao Wanyi was definitely pregnant, but she was so arrogant that she didn’t know what to do, and she made everyone in the prince’s house fall to their knees.
The sixth prince only felt that the house was full of chaos, and he felt depressed and irritable as soon as he returned home.
"I heard that the Sixth Prince and the Concubine are also happy, congratulations!" There are people who don't want to open the pot.
"You Tartar! Roast your meat!" The sixth prince bared his teeth at the man.
The man had a foreign face and a simple and honest smile.
"Ask me! I have a folk remedy here, which is specially designed to treat women with vomiting due to joy." The man called Tartar was skillfully roasting the deer, and the aroma was already overflowing.
"You slutty Tatar, do you understand this again? She's vomiting on her, so I don't care." The Sixth Prince was not happy to talk about Yao Wanyi.
She hasn't shown her pregnancy yet, but she has gained weight and looks more like a toad.
We have to eat six or seven meals a day, and no matter before or after meals, we have to hold a gold gargle and pretend to retching.
"If there is a way to really vomit, just take three live tadpoles and swallow them, I'm sure.
I can give birth to more babies in the future, and frogs will give birth to more babies. But it’s winter now and there are no tadpoles.” The man said he was a little apologetic later on, as if it was his fault that there were no tadpoles.
"Even if there is, she can't eat it." The sixth prince rolled his eyes, isn't that considered cannibalism?
Besides, who wants to have so many children with her?!
"Yi Zhigui...you...your robe...is on fire..." Yu Guming stood up and used his feet to stamp out the fire on the corner of the man's robe.
"That's right! Why don't I burn you to death!" The sixth prince gritted his teeth, "If it weren't for the fact that your meat was cooked well, I wouldn't have brought you out."
This foreigner was a hostage sent to Daxia by the Huns, and his name was Yi Zhigui.
His father was the Yudu Chanyu of the Xiongnu. In order to make peace with Daxia, Yudu Chanyu sent his youngest son by the Yan clan as a hostage.
Yi Zhigui has been in Daxia for almost ten years, and has been dating Yu Guming and the others for seven or eight years.
Among these people, he and Yu Guming are the most compatible, almost like brothers with different surnames.
"You can't be burned to death, I can roll." Yi Zhigui still smiled, "If the Sixth Prince is not angry, I will give you this leg to eat."
"Okay, I won't argue with you, who calls you a homeless person." The sixth prince finally couldn't stand the golden and fragrant roasted deer legs.
Yizhigui's barbecue is outstanding, and everyone who has tried it has not praised it.
Yi Zhigui's eyes couldn't help but dim, he indeed had no home.
Three years ago, his uncle Zuo Xian Wang Marunu conspired with others to murder his father and became the Chanyu of the Sun.
Yi Zhigui's brothers were also exterminated. Although the Huns were still there, he could no longer return.
He became a discarded piece, a useless move.
I can only hide in the capital of Daxia and live under the shelter of others.
Yu Guming patted his shoulder and squeezed it hard.
Yi Zhigui understood that he was trying to comfort himself and smiled gratefully at him.
Since the death of his father, his treatment in Daxia has gone from bad to worse.
No one is willing to be courteous to a useless proton, the world is always like this.
Thanks to Yu Guming, Yi Zhigui has relied on his support in recent years to live a decent life.
Yi Zhigui took off the other deer leg and gave it to Yu Guming.
Yu Guming knew that he had a large appetite, so he gave his hind legs to him and ate the front legs himself.
"You two, you just refuse to hunt more prey." The sixth prince shook his head, "Gu Ming has had this temper since he was a child. When he goes out to hunt, he always has enough to eat, and he will never hunt more.
Don’t hit the mother, don’t hit the young, don’t hit the old, there are so many rules.”
"That's right, that's right. That's how it should be." Yi Zhigui said, "Our ancestors also taught us this way."
Yu Guming listened to the two of them talking without interrupting. He just ate a piece of deer meat and found it very delicious.
But what he was thinking about was how great it would be if Xue Hengzhao could also eat it.
Ever since his mother taught him a lesson, he never dared to provoke Xue Hengzhao again.
But he could only restrain himself in his actions and words, but as for his heart, he still couldn't restrain himself.
When he saw something nice, he thought how great it would be if Xue Hengzhao could see it.
Whenever he saw something useful, he thought how great it would be if Xue Hengzhao could use it.
The same goes for eating delicious food. He doesn't want to keep it to himself, he just wants to give all the good things to his sweetheart.
But I can only think about it. (Just think about it! It’s okay to think about it.)
"Give me the rabbit you trapped if you don't want to eat it!" said the sixth prince, "don't put it back."
"This kind of rabbit doesn't grow big, and it's not very tasty to eat." Yi Zhigui said, "If the Sixth Prince likes it, just take it."
They stayed on the mountain for one night and went down the mountain when the sun came up the next day.
The sixth prince still didn't go home and went straight to the palace.
Concubine Xian was copying scriptures. When she saw him coming, she finished writing the last few sentences before putting down her pen.
"What have you been busy with these days? Aren't things in the camp almost done? Take a break when you need to!
Spend more time with your daughter-in-law. Now that she has a daughter-in-law and she can’t go out, don’t neglect her.” Concubine Xian reminded her son softly.
The sixth prince is filial and obeys everything his mother says.
Concubine Xian added: "Your aunt Qian'er came into the palace and brought several things that I liked to eat at home. I kept them all for you!"
Seeing that his mother didn't mention Yao Wanyi anymore, the Sixth Prince was relieved and took out the hare from his arms: "I went up the mountain to set up the hare yesterday. I remember your mother-in-law said that when you were a child, you rescued a rabbit with a broken leg.
I’ve been raising it for a long time.”
"Oh, why did you bring this into the palace?" Concubine Xian said as she took the rabbit over.
The hare's fur is gray and fluffy, but it is actually only as big as the sixth prince's fist.
His eyes were black, and he wanted to run away in fear.
"Tell them to find a cage and feed them some grain and radish to survive. This rabbit won't grow very big, so it's easy to raise." The sixth prince said.
This is what Yi Zhigui told him.
It was obvious that Concubine Xian liked this little rabbit very much, and the Sixth Prince suddenly felt very sad.
He never knew what Concubine Xian liked. She didn't seem to care much about anything and had no obvious likes or dislikes.
He now understands that it’s not that the concubine doesn’t have something she particularly likes, it’s just that she is always considerate and accommodating, so she hides her preferences.