Cui Yulan looked embarrassed, her cheeks were dizzy, she shook her head repeatedly and stumbled: "I, I didn't want to ask you to borrow money..."
Su Wu raised his eyebrows,
Looking at her, he said solemnly: "Even if you want to eat and drink, that's not possible!"
"..."
Cui Yulan opened her mouth.
Now she doesn't even have a single relative to whom she can seek refuge.
I originally wanted to take refuge with the strong man who rescued me and help with some work. After the group of thieves retreated from the surrounding area of Shili River,
Return home by yourself,
Taking out some of the savings that my parents had secretly stashed away...
But what Su Wu said now made her hesitate.
Looking at each other's clothes, one can tell that life for Su and Wu must be very difficult.
Now that all industries are in ruins, where are there so many jobs for people to do?
Manpower is the least valuable thing...
In this way, I follow others, nominally to help with some work, but in the end I am still 'eating and drinking'...
After hesitating for a long time,
Cui Yulan still mustered up the courage,
He raised his eyes to look at Su Wu and whispered: "The little girl has some savings at home, which are hidden in a place where thieves in Black Wind Village cannot search.
This time I beg the brave men to take you in,
When the storm passes, I am willing to take out my family’s savings and give them to the brave men in return!”
Her family is relatively well off,
There were indeed a few pennies hidden by the parents in a secret place.
After speaking, Cui Yulan looked at Su Wu nervously,
I'm afraid that the other party still won't accept me.
In fact, she is so pretty,
Just find a random village and knock on the courtyard door of a bachelor villager.
The probability of being taken in is almost 10%.
However, she still followed Su Wu carelessly, not only giving him possessions as a collector, but also being willing to contribute to Su Wu's work. The reason was naturally - although this man's eyes were unscrupulous, his eyes were clean and clear.
He has no plans for her.
This is enough to calm the heart of a woman like her who has broken her family.
"Do you really have any savings?" Su Wu raised his eyebrows slightly and asked Cui Yulan repeatedly.
"Sure enough." Cui Yulan nodded quickly.
"good.
Although our kitchen team is poor, we are not short of food for a poor woman like you.
Just follow me.
——We will go to your house to get the money tomorrow!" Su Wu nodded and agreed immediately.
Cui Yulan heard Su Wu's pretentious words and said,
But inside I couldn’t laugh or cry,
But the other party finally took her in,
But she breathed a sigh of relief and quickly followed Su and Wu, saying: "Are you going to get the money tomorrow? That group of thieves occupied Shili River, but they may not be able to leave tomorrow...
Even if someone tipped off the government,
The officers and soldiers arrived,
It will be seven or eight days later."
Seven or eight days later,
The bandits of Heifeng Village have long been eaten and wiped clean, and the soles of their feet are rubbed with oil and they are safe!
"It is precisely the choice to go there tomorrow,
——If you don’t feel tired,
After I go back and revive my master, if there is nothing else at hand, we can go to your village in the afternoon and have a look." Su Wu said.
Cui Yulan raised her head slightly,
Looking at Su Wu’s eyebrows,
And thinking about the unpredictable methods the other party showed last night,
I also know that the other party has abilities,
His suggestion was not a joke on himself.
She thought about it seriously: "If the strong man has nothing to do, the little girl can take you to Shili River in the afternoon!"
"This is the best!" Su Wu smiled.
——
The sun gradually rises,
The eastern sky lights up fish belly white.
The fat old man was sitting on a bamboo chair, stunned at this moment.
The sun's warm rays, which were different from the stove fire, shone on his body through the sparse shadows of the bamboo forest.
He twisted his stubby neck,
opened his eyes,
Look at the sun rising in the eastern sky.
He looked like he was obsessed with the sun.
"It's already this time,
It's almost time to come back." Li Yueshan muttered, cleared the phlegm accumulated in his throat, stood up, scooped water from the bucket, washed his face, chewed the branches into threads, and brushed his teeth.
There were still several large bundles of firewood that were not used up last night.
Stacked by the stove.
Li Yueshan checked all his belongings - it was a poor village after all, and it was normal for villagers to come to him and steal some rice to eat without caring about the overall situation.
but,
The length here is really good,
The villagers were restrained very well.
So far, Li Yueshan has never encountered anyone stealing anything.
It's not a big deal if a thief steals some grain.
He was mainly worried that those people didn't know anything, so they stole the soul-collecting rice home, cooked it and ate it - that rice was not only useful for collecting ghosts, but it was also very useful for collecting lives!
"It would be great if a kitchen could be built..."
Li Yueshan murmured to himself.
In the past, their 'Yinxi' lineage had established a Zaozhuang.
The disciples lived together in a Zaozhuang, which often accommodated people who came from south to north and had nowhere to stay.
Unfortunately, it is normal for things to change from prosperity to decline.
Even the Yinxi lineage cannot escape this pattern.
After all, because he could not set up a stove several times, he was gradually replaced by other Kitchen King divine veins, and the inheritance gradually withered.
So much so that the generation of masters and wives who came to Li Yueshan didn't even have a place to stay, so they traveled to various places and died in foreign lands while wandering.
I checked all kinds of things and found nothing missing.
Li Yueshan turned to the firewood stove.
Start filling the stove hole with firewood,
Boiled a large pot of water,
Take out the pheasant from yesterday,
took a bath in the hot pot,
This way you can easily pluck off its feathers,
After plucking the hair and removing dirt,
He stewed the chicken into the pot,
Throw in some spices you collected and cooked to remove the smell,
The stove fire licked the dark bottom of the pot,
Bubbles bubbled up in the firewood pot,
Some foam gradually gathered as the bubbles rolled.
Li Yueshan picked up the pot and spoon,
Skim off the foam one by one.
Cover the pot,
Bring to a simmer.
The flame in the stove burns slowly,
The firewood was wrapped in flames and made a "peeping, peeling" sound.
The fat old man sat in front of the wood stove,
After smoking a pack of cigarettes, I saw Su Wu leading Gou Sheng and a tall woman in red striding over on the east road.
The girl in red?
Li Yueshan raised his eyebrows and stood up.
Before he could ask any questions,
Su Wu shook the food basket in his hand,
He smiled and said: "Master, it's done. The trick is imprisoned in the Soul Collection Rice!"
"It's done?!"
Li Yueshan originally thought that he would send rice again.
Only then can we seal up the trick soul harvesting rice in Tanjia Village.
I didn't expect that this apprentice's hands would be so accurate. He measured the weight of the fate of the strange bird in one go and brought it back today!
"Let the old man see it!"
He took the food basket off Su Wu's shoulder.
Opening the food basket, he saw a bowl of soul-collecting rice used to offer sacrifices to the 'Trick Troupe'. He was not passive.
And another bowl of soul-collecting rice,
has been completely ‘steamed’,
It even gave off a strong rancid smell!
Li Yueshan held the bowl of soul-collecting rice with a cloth and looked at the dirty yellow rice grains - even though there was a thick cloth between his palm and the porcelain bowl, he still felt the biting chill coming from the porcelain bowl!
Sure enough, it’s done!
The ghost from Tanjiacun was imprisoned in this bowl of rice!
"Okay, okay,
You did a great job!
Ah Wu!”
Li Yueshan wrapped the bowl of rice in cloth.
Collected carefully,
He patted Su Wu on the shoulder repeatedly, his eyes full of love and appreciation: "It has always been difficult to be a rice delivery person in our kitchen team, but good rice delivery people will definitely be in charge of the stove in the future!
Awu——
You have done a great job!
When the stove fire is set up, you will be rewarded with your first achievement!"
After setting up the stove fire,
Will there be rewards?
I wonder if this reward is related to the stove itself?
Su Wu was thinking in his mind, nodded with a smile, and took out more than a hundred copper coins that he had plundered from Huang San's body.
He handed it to the master and said, "This was plundered from a bandit on the road."
Looking at the yellow light reflected by the string of copper coins,
Li Yueshan frowned: "Thieves?
What happened to you last night?"
talking,
The fat old man turned to look at Cui Yulan.
Cui Yulan, who had been watching their conversation from behind, saw the old man who should have the highest status here cast his eyes on her, and quickly saluted: "My little lady has met the master in charge of the stove!"
The Kitchen God is widely spread in the local area.
When Cui Yulan went to the place and took a look, she understood what Su Wu and others were doing.
It was even concluded that the fat old man was the person in charge of the kitchen team.
Li Yueshan was full of concerns about Cui Yulan's identity.
——This woman appeared here in a wedding dress,
Anyone who sees it will feel strange.
but,
Don’t reach out to hit the smiling person,
The woman behaves appropriately and although she is wearing a tattered wedding dress, she does not look like a frivolous woman.
On the other hand, Li Yueshan's expression brightened slightly, his jaw slightly twitched, but he turned back without saying anything to Cui Yulan.
Pointing to the copper coins in Su Wu's hand, he asked, "What's going on with all this money?"
"That's it..." Su Wu told the whole story.
certainly,
Omitting the fact that he used ghost hands to capture Huang San and Cui Yulan,
Just say that you are smart,
He walked around behind them, knocked them unconscious, and brought them back to the broken house.
——This statement was carefully discussed with Cui Yulan in secret, and there will be no mistakes.
after all,
Su Wu's jokes can be used to trick a kid like Gou Sheng.
For people like Li Yueshan who run around in the world, it is useless.
Su Wu Dao explained the whole story,
Cui Yulan added one or two more.
After learning what happened, Li Yueshan took the bunch of copper coins from Su Wu's hand, grinned and said: "We can't keep the windfall in our hands, we have to spend it quickly.
This money can be used to buy some rice!
How did you deal with the thieves later?
Ah Wu?"
The fat old man looked at Su Wu with a smile,
Su Wu looked at Cui Yulan,
Mouth to Cui Yulan.
"This person tried to kill the little girl's biological parents, and he was killed by the little girl herself!"
Li Yueshan turned his head to look at Cui Yulan.
His eyes were surprised: "How dare a woman in a boudoir have such courage?!"
"Being so sad and angry, the little girl didn't think too much about it." Cui Yulan lowered her head and saluted, "Now that I have come to my senses, I am actually still a little scared."
"It's normal to be afraid."
Li Yueshan smiled carelessly,
His eyes wandered back and forth between Su Wu and Cui Yulan,
I don't know what I'm thinking about.
After a while,
He said slowly: "Each branch of our Kitchen King God Sect has its own rules. Some prohibit women from joining the kitchen team, and some insist that women be in charge of the kitchen.
Some prohibit men and women from marrying, some specifically prohibit men from marrying,
But such prosperity and rules,
In our case, there is no 'Yinxi' pulse.
girl,
If you want to stay, then stay."
"Ah, thank you Master, Master, thank you Master!" Cui Yulan finally let go of the stone in her heart and thanked Li Yueshan repeatedly, tears flashing in her eyes.
Su Wu said: "We don't have many sets of mattresses here for resting.
Cui Yulan’s home is in Shilihe,
Those bandits had already retreated to the mountains and forests to hide.
Why don't you wait until after dinner?
She and I went to her house to see if we could find two quilts to sleep on.
What do you think, Master?"
"It's okay, just go early and come back early.
It's so bad that we can't start frying it until tomorrow." Li Yueshan nodded casually.