Chapter Seventeen: When will your brother come back?
"Fang Hui, when will your brother come back?"
In Huangling Village, Qin Xiaoyun, the heroine of Metamorphosis, lay on the bedside wailing feebly.
"Aren't there still two days left? You've asked me dozens of times. By the way, do you want to eat?"
"Tomatoes and eggs again?"
"No, you're in for a treat today. I'll let you try the cold eggs I made myself."
"Ah! Help! I want to go home, I don't want to eat eggs."
Qin Xiaoyun refused to eat, and buried her head in the quilt angrily. She felt that Fang Hui was really her nemesis. She had been here for five days and was eating eggs every day. Who could stand this?
Breakfast on the first day was poached eggs. Noon was boiled eggs, yes! You heard me right, just boiled eggs and nothing else. She clearly remembered that Fang Hui ate six of them that day.
At first, she thought that Fang Hui was young and had insufficient food at home, so she didn't eat well. She would be better the next day, but she was naive.
The next day she had steamed egg drop for breakfast, scrambled eggs with tomatoes at noon, and dry egg fried rice at night, which almost made her vomit. On the third day, she was hungry for a long time and didn't eat anything. Fang Hui cooked two of them in the evening.
Egg came over and said that she was not accustomed to the local environment, so he specially gave her some supplements.
Looking at Fang Hui who was eating with gusto, Qin Xiaoyun said helplessly: "Fang Hui, did you grow up eating eggs?"
"No! My brother always cooks at home. Sometimes it's braised pork, sometimes it's braised pork ribs, sometimes it's braised fish, but most of the time it's shredded green peppers, potatoes, and boiled beans and rice."
Fang Hui had no idea how lethal her words were, and Qin Xiaoyun drooled when she heard them.
Normally Qin Xiaoyun would never look down on these country stir-fry dishes, but after eating eggs for so many days, now she can even lick cucumbers clean.
"Oh! Fang Hui, don't you pay attention when your brother is cooking? At least you can learn two skills!"
"Who said I didn't learn? I did, but I didn't learn. Once I fried vegetables, my brother fed them to the cats, and the cats were poisoned to death."
Hearing this, Qin Xiaoyun immediately shuddered. Damn it, she has been urging Fang Hui to cook for the past two days. Fortunately! If she becomes the first heroine in Metamorphosis to suffer from food poisoning, she will be humiliated.
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"Oh! Fang Hui, I finally know why your brother bought so many eggs. Sister, go to sleep first and call me at dawn!"
After drinking a large glass of water, Qin Xiaoyun tightened her belt and went to sleep, muttering to herself, "Go to sleep. You won't be hungry when you sleep. Tomorrow, no matter what, you have to find a fellow villager to eat with you."
Looking at the moonlight just after he got up, Fang Hui scratched his head, "Isn't it a little early to go to bed at this time? There are still more than ten hours before dawn!"
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"Gululu! Gululu!"
In the middle of the night, at some unknown time, Qin Xiaoyun's stomach was as hungry as thunder, which woke her up. She opened her hazy eyes and saw that it was still dark, so she wanted to sleep for a while.
It's a pity that the Five Zang Temple did not agree. Like a hungry ghost possessing her, Qin Xiaoyun really felt what it was like to have the front against the back.
Feeling in the dark, she turned on the light and walked lightly. Qin Xiaoyun came to the main room and stared at the bamboo basket in the corner with her green eyes. There were eggs in it. She had seen Fang Hui take them out during the day.
Now she was very torn in her heart, whether she should swallow this unpalatable thing in her stomach. If she ate it, it wouldn't taste good. If she didn't eat it, she would be hungry, and she might even be laughed at by Fang Hui.
After only three seconds of hesitation, Qin Xiaoyun reached into the egg basket with sinful hands, took out two eggs, squatted quietly by the stove, and quickly lit the charcoal. After a while, the red firelight reflected on her thin face.
Without saying a word, she threw the two eggs directly into the charcoal. A small wooden stick was used to hammer the eggs to the bottom of the fire. "Burn the eggs." She learned this trick from Fang Hui. As long as the fire is strong enough, the eggs will be cooked in five minutes.
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Wearing slippers, with hair like a chicken coop, her eyes staring straight at the fire, and her throat swallowing saliva, Qin Xiaoyun still looks like a city dweller, almost like a refugee who has been starving for seven or eight days.
When the time came, Qin Xiaoyun couldn't wait to take out the eggs. She almost cried when she touched them. She found a gourd scoop, filled half a scoop of water to cool the eggs, and quickly knocked out the shells.
“It smells so good!”
After taking a big bite, Qin Xiaoyun almost cried out of excitement. Really, at this moment, she felt that eggs were a delicacy in the world. She wouldn't exchange them for anything. In less than twenty seconds, she devoured one and only heard the sound of "boring, boring, boring".
It rang again.
That night, the sound of boring and boring could be heard until dawn, accompanied by the sound of hiccups in the dark night.
What Qin Xiaoyun didn't know was that a dark red camera on the roof was always pointed at her.
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"No! Sister Xiaoyun, our things have been stolen!"
Early in the morning, Fang Hui ran to Qin Xiaoyun's bed and shook her awake.
"I'm very sleepy. Let me tell you something this afternoon." Qin Xiaoyun felt guilty and didn't want to get up.
"We were robbed! How could you still sleep?" Fang Hui jumped up and down anxiously.
"No matter what thief he is, it's just a few eggs. I'll buy a few hundred pounds later to kill you."
"Eggs, how do you know what's missing is an egg?"
Fang Hui was stunned for a moment, then looked down and saw broken egg shells all over the ground. She seemed to understand a little bit.
"So it was you who ate it, Sister Xiaoyun? You should have told me earlier! It made me so worried that I thought there was a thief in the house."
"Ahem! Uh-huh... I was a little hungry last night, but don't worry, I will definitely buy a few boxes to compensate you when I get home."
"It's not that I can't bear to part with eggs." Fang Hui was a little impatient, "What I want to say is what should we have for lunch later?"
Qin Xiaoyun jumped up from the bed in excitement, "Aren't there still a few potatoes?"
"I just baked one, and now I have two left. I have no food at home." Fang Hui said weakly.
Qin Xiaoyun:......
"No, where are the beans your brother left behind when he left? Where are the noodles?"
"I'm just eating eggs, the beans are rotten after a few days, and the noodles are only enough for one meal."
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An hour later, Fang Hui and Qin Xiaoyun came to the county seat holding a hen.
Fang Hui originally had some private money, but she was reluctant to use it and never took it out.
The director gave the two of them a trick: catch a chicken and sell it in the county so that they can buy new vegetables.
Fang Hui rolled his eyes as soon as he said this. Do you need to go to the county town to sell chickens? You can do it in the village.
However, the director refused and insisted on letting them go to the county seat. They had no choice but to come over.
"Brother, do you want to buy a chicken? Authentic local old hens, the meat is delicious and very good for the body."
"How much does it cost per pound?"
"Forehead……"
This statement stumped Qin Xiaoyun. She lowered her head and saw that there was no steel scale here.
"Ahem! Otherwise, we won't weigh it, and we'll just sell it whole. I'll charge you a cheaper price, eighty yuan!"
The middle-aged man laughed angrily, "This chicken can weigh up to five or six pounds, and it costs eighty yuan. Do you think it's appropriate?"
Realizing that the asking price was too high, Qin Xiaoyun changed the topic and said awkwardly: "Then how much do you think is appropriate?"
"forty!"
"make a deal!"
It was Fang Hui who spoke. She couldn't sit still when she heard about the big deal of forty. She had not had much pocket money since she was a child, but now she could let go of this huge sum of money.
He took the man's money and immediately put it in his pocket.
"Fang Hui, how about I keep it? What if you lose it?"
"This is my chicken."
"I'm mainly afraid that you'll lose it, and I don't care about your money."