Lin Ye knew that a woman like Ning Haitang would have a battle with him sooner or later.
I just didn't expect that this first victory or defeat would actually happen at the dinner table.
If ordinary people decide the outcome at the wine table, of course it is a drinking contest.
The folk customs in Dayu are quite strong. No matter whether it is north or south, when it comes to drinking, no one from any place will admit to being submissive to someone from another place.
There is a person from the south of Dayu who comes to the north and grins after a bowl of strong wine. But if you ask him if it is okay, he will say that the wine in your place is just spicy and has no alcohol at all.
If people from the Northern Territory of Dayu go to the south, after drinking a jar of rice wine, they start to drink it, and while confused, they say with disdain... This rice wine is considered wine, but it is just sweet water.
But there wasn't even a drop of wine at this welcoming banquet.
A large bowl of stew was placed on the table, as was a large bowl of chili, followed by a bowl of rice and a bowl of white flour steamed buns.
Ning Haitang said please, brought over a steamed bun and ate it first as a token of respect.
Lin Ye thought for a moment and felt that he had lost.
He has never been a person who can win with his appetite. If it were Pang Pang Hailai, this matter would be no problem.
However, Zinai smiled sarcastically.
"My brother had some stomach discomfort when he came here. He can't eat spicy food these days."
She reached out and took out a steamed bun, split the steamed bun into two pieces, and stuffed the steamed bun with fried chili peppers, which made her mouth wide open.
Then take a bite of chili and a bite of meat, which is delicious.
Ning Haitang originally thought this little girl was interesting and liked her quite a lot. But when she saw Zinai eating, she burst into laughter.
Whether they are eating meat or chili, the two of them look equally matched.
To be honest, this is also the first person Lin Ye has seen who can compete with Zina in eating.
The two of them ate an unknown amount of food, but it seemed that they were in a deadlock.
Lin Ye thought that if Lao Chen saw it here now, he would probably be happy.
With two such girls at home, Lao Chen shouldn't have to worry about fertilizer for his small vegetable garden.
Maybe I will suffer from dung beetles in the future and feel that today's harvest is a bit spicy.
"Are you full?"
Ning Haitang asked Zinai: "If you are not full, I will ask someone to cook it again."
Zinai waved his hand and said: "I ate too many steamed buns and I choked. There is no need for another staple food. It's best to have a bowl of soup."
Ning Haitang liked this girl so much that he turned around and ordered: "Make two pots of soup!"
Tuoba Yunxi sat next to Lin Ye. Seeing that Lin Ye was just looking at him stupidly, he twisted his leg.
Only then did Lin Ye react, looked at Zinai and said, "You are still young, eat less."
Zina curled her lips and said, "When you were at home, I had to collect some for dinner, just because I was afraid that you would tell me that you still have to worry about Sister Ning accompanying me today."
Ning Haitang said: "That's right, what's wrong with girls being able to eat some? It's not a bad thing."
She looked at Zina and said, "However, drinking soup will indeed make you feel a little uncomfortable if your stomach becomes bloated."
Zina said: "Then..."
Just as he was talking, Ning Haitang's men came up with two basins of soup that had just been made before.
Zina said: "Then... just drink less."
She took a spoon, divided a spoonful into Lin Ye's bowl, and gave another spoonful to Tuoba Yunxi and Xiaohe, and then moved the basin in front of her.
"Ha ha ha ha."
Ning Haitang didn't seem to want to take advantage of it, so he also took out three ladles of soup. Then the two of them picked up the wooden basin and touched it.
"Dry!"
After finishing the meal and drinking the soup, Ning Haitang said: "Would you like to go out for a walk? Take a walk, and I will take you to have snacks."
Zinai stood up and said, "Let's go."
The two of them left just like that. Not long after, Lin Ye saw Ning Haitang and Zinai each riding a horse out, and they disappeared in an instant.
Tuoba Yunxi sighed softly and looked at Lin Ye: "Why don't you follow?"
Lin Ye lowered his head and looked at his leg: "It hurts."
Tuoba Yunxi stretched out his hand to twist again. Lin Ye stood up with a loud sound and went out without looking back.
Originally, the meeting between Ning Haitang and Lin Ye would have been a bit explosive.
But because of Zinai, Ning Haitang seemed to have lost interest in Lin Ye.
She liked Zinai's character, and the two of them galloped wildly in the wilderness inside Longzhangtai Pass, and when they came back, they even hunted some game.
Lin Ye stood at the gate of the military camp and watched, thinking that if Zinai lived with Ning Haitang for a while, she might become stronger than before.
Ning Haitang was on horseback, throwing out the prey casually: "Go on."
Lin Ye watched the two hares spinning towards him, and was keenly aware that the hares still had some internal energy.
If this woman doesn't really test Lin Ye's strength, she will probably always feel uncomfortable.
When the two hares were approaching, they suddenly dropped rapidly again, obviously hoping that Lin Ye would catch them empty-handed.
She succeeded.
Because Lin Ye didn't move at all, the two hares fell at Lin Ye's feet.
Ning Haitang frowned slightly. She just wondered why Lin Ye, at such a young age, didn't even have any determination.
At the dinner table, Lin Ye had no intention of competing with her. At this time, he deliberately did not pick up the hare.
She didn't understand Lin Ye very well, because Lin Ye just thought...it was unnecessary.
According to ordinary people's thinking, you can say that he is lazy.
For Lin Ye, if he is willing to waste even a little bit of energy on the matter of unnecessary consumption, he will lose.
But seeing this scene, not only Ning Haitang was dissatisfied, but the female generals under Ning Haitang were also dissatisfied, and even immediately felt a bit contemptuous.
Some people are already whispering that the general your Majesty values is a scholar.
Xiaohe felt that Lin Ye should take the initiative, so when she saw Lin Ye had no reaction, her expression changed slightly.
Only Zinai and Tuoba Yunxi have not changed at all.
Zina felt...well, that was my brother's normal reaction.
Tuoba Yunxi thought, well...that guy would never be led around by others.
Ning Haitang is not an uncultivated person, and of course he will not really despise Lin Ye because of a trivial matter.
She smiled and said to Lin Ye: "I heard from Miss Zina that the General's cooking skills are unparalleled. I wonder if there will be a chance to taste the food cooked by the General himself tonight."
Lin Ye nodded: "Okay."
Even the amplitude of the nod is very small, which can be said to be just right.
They all thought that Lin Ye did not pick up the two hares. After hearing that General Ning said that he wanted to try his skills, he should bend down and pick up the two hares.
But Lin Ye didn't, he just snapped his fingers.
Xiaohan ran over from the side, lowered his head and picked up the two hares, then turned around and walked away with Lin Ye.
Lin Ye walked in front, and Xiao Han followed suit behind, as if he was very happy to be a helper to Lin Ye.
Lin Ye found a place to sit down, then pointed to his feet, and Xiaohan put down the two hares.
"Go get some water."
Lin Ye pointed to the wooden basin not far away again. Xiaohan immediately ran over, took the wooden basin in his mouth and ran to the river not far away. He took a lot of water in the wooden basin and came back with it in his mouth.
The wooden basin was not small, and it filled most of the basin with water, so the weight was naturally heavier, but it just bit one side of the basin and brought the water back in an even manner.
Lin Ye waited for Xiaohan to come back and then gave another order: "Get some wooden sticks and ask for suitable ones."
Everyone was dumbfounded when they heard this, wondering why he even asked the dog to do things like find sticks, and even told the dog to find a suitable one. How could a dog know what is suitable?
able.
Xiaohan came back with a few wooden sticks in his mouth, and without Lin Ye even saying a word, he put up a few wooden sticks, first biting one and poking it on the ground, then putting up another one, and then putting up a few more in sequence.
Then it ran out again, and soon came back carrying dead grass and firewood one after another, and placed them under the wooden shelf where it had just piled them.
Lin Ye also did something, that is, skinned the rabbit, and then washed the rabbit clean with water.
While washing him, he looked at Xiaohan: "You are so lazy that you have to tell me everything?"
Everyone's eyes widened even more, that lazy guy actually called the dog lazy!
Xiaohan seemed to understand, and trotted to Zinai's side, raised his head and called out.
Ning Haitang asked curiously: "What is it talking to you?"
Zinai: "I want something."
Zinai handed a fire dumpling to Xiaohan, who took it in his mouth and ran back.
Ning Haitang was also shocked this time. She asked, "You can actually understand what the dog is saying?"
Zinai shook his head and said seriously: "I don't understand, I just understand what my brother is going to do."
Ning Haitang: "..."
Xiaohan ran over and lay down on the ground. He could still hold the huozhe with his two front paws, and pulled the lid off with his mouth. He put the huozhuo into his mouth again, and then began to shake his head crazily.
After a while, it used the fire stick that blew the flames to light the hay.
Then it squatted next to Lin Ye, waiting for Lin Ye's instructions with an obedient expression. From time to time, it even glanced at the rabbit skin Lin Ye had just peeled off.
That look seemed to say, when you roast the hare later, roast the rabbit skin for me.
Lin Ye said while cleaning: "There is no meat, it is not clean, and it is not delicious. You go find food by yourself, bring back some big ones, and eat enough at once."
Xiaohan immediately shouted, stood up and ran away into the distance.
Ning Haitang asked Zinai: "What... did it do?"
Zinai said: "My brother thinks there is little meat and it is not enough to eat, so he asked Xiaohan to catch some more and bring them back."
Ning Haitang: "No need to follow?"
Zina said: "It can take it."
Ning Haitang: “??????”
Xiaohan went out and took half an hour to come back, but it wasn't that prey was hard to find.
It is not difficult to hunt in a place like Longzhangtai. It came back a little late because Lin Ye told it to catch a big one.
So, it came back biting the ear of a big wild boar. It was not a hunted wild boar, it was alive.
The wild boar had its ear bitten and did not dare to escape, so it ran back all the way.
Lin Ye took a look and felt disgusted.
He said: "It's not easy to kill and it can easily stain clothes."
Xiaohan had a look of understanding on his face, turned his head, held the wild boar's ears and came towards Zinai.
Ning Haitang: "What does this mean?"
Xiaohan reached out and took off the mountain ax he was carrying: "My brother is lazy, so he asked me to kill the pig and take it out."
Ning Haitang: “??????”
She is a general, she leads troops in battle, and she will never be afraid if she goes into battle to kill the enemy.
She is a heroic girl. She has entered two major holy places for spiritual practice. It doesn't matter if she is allowed to challenge the martial arts academy by herself.
But she didn't dare to kill the pig...
Zinai jumped off the horse with an ax in hand: "It's okay, soon, we can not only eat roasted hare tonight, but also stewed meat!"
She looked back at Ning Haitang's expression and said thoughtfully: "If my sister is afraid, just stay back and don't splash her blood all over her body."
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[Seven days of small hard work to show respect...]
[I will resume two updates tomorrow. When will I get harder again? It all depends on my physical fitness...]