Chapter 24 The so-called boundary

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Everyone was chatting in the courtyard, waiting for Zhou Laosan and the others to borrow stools. At this time, several families in the courtyard came back one after another. The people who were chatting happily were silent for a moment, and then continued talking, completely ignoring them. The second sister-in-law was holding the baby, and then the old man entered the courtyard. His gentle old face suddenly turned down. He was carrying a basket, followed by his two daughters, and went straight back to the house without looking at the crowd.


Before everyone could recover from the old man's dark face, the sister-in-law came back with Erdan in hand, glanced at everyone and then walked towards the house with her nose in the air.

Erdan behind her looked at Sister-in-law Zhou's Xiaobao. He looked like he wanted to come and play with Xiaobao, but was dragged away by his mother. After a while, the house was filled with the sound of the sister-in-law scolding Erdan, mixed with the sound of scolding Erdan. Many of the words directed at Shen Jiyao and Lan Qianjue were full of ridicule.

Everyone was simply afraid of this woman, and they all shook their heads and sighed helplessly.

A quarter of an hour later.

Zhou Laosan and Xiaosi, who went to borrow stools, came back, and the charcoal fire in the fire pit gradually started to light up. Everything was ready to start roasting. Shen Jiyao took out a clean iron net and put it on the fire. The soy sauce was put aside, and everyone sat in a circle around the fire pit, looking at Shen Jiyao with some curiosity.

Shen Jiyao raised his hand close to the iron mesh to test the temperature, then picked up the bamboo chopsticks to pick up the sliced ​​pork and placed it on the iron mesh. While doing it, he said: "You can start now. Whatever you want to eat, just pick it up and put it on top." Bake it, then brush it with some soy sauce, and when it's done, dip it in some cornel powder and eat it."

A group of people stared at Shen Jiyao's movements for a while, and then they roughly understood it, and then they started to imitate Shen Jiyao. Step by step, put the meat on the iron net and grill it. Soon the iron net was covered with pork and vegetables. The red-hot charcoal in the fire pit played a certain role in lighting. A group of people sat under the tree and worked according to Shen Jiyao's instructions. As he turned over the meat slices in front of him, laughter and laughter rang out from time to time in the crowd, which was very satisfying.

Shen Jiyao and Lan Qianjue were sitting together. He was holding a soy sauce bowl and was responsible for brushing the food on the iron fence with soy sauce one by one. From time to time, he pursed his lips and smiled because of everyone's jokes.

After a while, the pieces of meat placed on the fire began to sizzle with oil.

The roasted and rolled meat exudes an alluring aroma. The meat brushed with thick soy sauce is roasted to a brown color and looks very attractive. Xiaobao is sandwiched between Sister Zhou and Zhou Laosan, round and round. His eyes were staring at the barbecue on the fire for a moment, and drool was flowing from the corner of his mouth. It looked very funny and cute.

On the other side, Erdan was squatting at the door with his mouth pouted and looking over here. He picked up stones on the ground and threw them around unhappily. The more he looked at it, the more he felt aggrieved and angry. He was obviously his own uncle and would not let outsiders eat it. Let yourself eat, thinking about it, Erdan curled his lips, and burst into tears after a while.

Everyone was startled. Xun Sheng raised his head to take a look, then looked back indifferently and continued to flip through the barbecue on the iron fence, not intending to pay attention to it at all.

Although it is pitiful for a child to cry, there must be something hateful about poor people. They also know the virtues of these families. Even if it were not because they collaborated to target Lan Qianjue and Shen Jiyao, these two families usually rely on each other to His father is the village chief, and he has been domineering more than once or twice.

Not long ago, Erdan picked up a stone and hit Xiaobao. Aunt Zhou asked her sister-in-law to argue with her. Not only did her sister-in-law not think Erdan was at fault, she also had a very bad attitude and was very reasonable. It was a shame that she could say such a thing about the law of the jungle. Xiaobao is so big. Do you deserve to suffer if you are short? If you pamper your children like this, you are not afraid that your children will not look good when they grow up.

For such a family, it is better to be less rational.

Shen Jiyao looked back at Erdan, then looked at Lan Qianjue, who happened to be looking at him as well. Their eyes met. Shen Jiyao could see clearly that Lan Qianjue looked at him with doting eyes, but he He didn't look back like a normal person, ignored Erdan who couldn't help but cry, and then continued to turn over the meat in front of him.

Shen Jiyao felt a little strange, but didn't think much about it.

The meat was roasted quickly, and Xiaobao kept smashing it in his mouth. He was so greedy that Shen Jiyao found it funny and said, "You can eat it. You can dip it in dogwood foam."

As soon as he said this, everyone couldn't wait to eat it. I put the meat into a bowl with dogwood foam on the side and dipped it casually. I couldn't wait to take a few bites into my mouth.

Wang Dazhuang's eyes lit up and he praised without hesitation: "It's delicious! Pork can actually be eaten like this. It's so delicious." After that, he went to pick up the barbecue on the iron fence.

The group of people no longer cared about talking and were all busy eating. Shen Jiyao kept brushing soy sauce on the ingredients on the fire. He was too busy to take out a piece to eat. Lan Qianjue felt a little distressed and wanted to give it to him. He took it, but Shen Jiyao refused to let it go. His right hand was inconvenient and he was afraid that he would open the wound.

Lan Qianjue smiled helplessly. He picked up the meat and dipped it in some dogwood foam. Then he fed it to Shen Jiyao's mouth. Shen Jiyao didn't even look at it. He opened his mouth and held the chopsticks in his mouth and ate it in one bite, not forgetting to sip the chopsticks clean. , Lan Qianjue smiled lovingly, ate one piece for herself, and then fed another piece to Shen Jiyao.

The others completely ignored the two people's intimate actions, and focused all their attention on the barbecue, for fear that if they moved too slowly, their roasted meat would be taken away by others.

The smell of barbecue filled the yard, and everyone here was in full swing. The elder sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law in the other room were so jealous that their eyes almost popped out when they smelled the smell. The two sisters-in-law were even more angry that Lan Qianjue invited a group of outsiders to treat him. He didn't even bother to greet them when he was eating or drinking, so he went to his second sister-in-law's house to complain about Lan Qianjue.

Erdan kept sitting at the door and crying. After a while, his sister-in-law came out and took him back into the house, cursing: "You kid is really worthless. He is your uncle. You can just go over and give him to him." He just wants to eat. He knows how to cry. What's the point of crying? The food will fly into your mouth. Why don't you shut up? It's embarrassing!"

Erdan twitched. She shed tears, obviously still remembering the last time she ate fish, and said miserably: "My uncle won't give me

anything to eat." "Then why are you crying!" The sister-in-law was also unwilling to accept it. A group of outsiders can eat anything. Erdan cried like this but didn't even scream, so he said fiercely: "You still know that he is your uncle, and you don't dare to go up and ask for food. You have no future at all." If you don't have any, just cry, stop howling, it's noisy."

Erdan was so fierce that he didn't dare to cry anymore. He sat on the bed for a while, then suddenly jumped out of bed and ran outside the house. The sister-in-law saw the busy thief with his eyes. He lay behind the window and looked out.

Erdan walked behind Lan Qianjue and stared at the barbecue on the iron fence for a while, then grabbed his clothes and said flatteringly: "Uncle, what are you eating?"

Lan Qianjue looked back at him with a cold tone. He said: "I haven't eaten anything."

Erdan obviously sensed Lan Qianjue's attitude of not wanting to pay attention to him, so he stood looking at the barbecue on the iron fence with a sad expression on his lips.

Shen Jiyao glanced sideways at Lan Qianjue and found that there was no emotion in his eyes. The strange feeling in his heart became more and more serious. Lan Qianjue was not a narrow-minded person. Why was he so indifferent to Erdan? Could it be? What happened last time made him hate his sister-in-law's family deeply, so he doesn't plan to pay attention to Erdan anymore? This seems a little unreasonable.

Although Shen Jiyao couldn't guarantee that he fully understood Lan Qianjue's temperament, Lan Qianjue was not a person who liked to argue, but why did he react so indifferently to Erdan? Just as he was thinking about it, Lan Qianjue had already handed him a piece of cake. The roasted melon came to his mouth, Shen Jiyao opened his mouth to eat, and Lan Qianjue came over and whispered in his ear: "Erdan doesn't know what to do, don't provoke him, I don't want my child to get hurt again." "

Shen Jiyao understood immediately and couldn't help but find it funny. It turned out that he really held a grudge.

Not long ago, when Erdan couldn't get anything to eat, he not only insulted Lan Qianjue, but also raised his hand to hit himself in the abdomen. It seemed that Lan Qianjue had taken this to heart.

Although Erdan looked pitiful now, it was not enough to make Shen Jiyao sympathize with him. Lan Qianjue didn't care about it, and he didn't want to care about it.

Originally, he thought that if Lan Qianjue was soft-hearted and wanted to eat Erdan, then let him eat it. After all, it was him, and he couldn't be too stiff in front of his brothers. Who knew Lan Qianjue's His attitude was very tough, and he stopped caring about it and continued to care about himself.

Xiaobao on the opposite side chewed the meat, stuck out his tongue at Erdan and made a face, humming triumphantly and said: "I have meat to eat, but you don't."

Erdan's originally sad expression suddenly became angry. Yes, he stared at Xiaobao for a moment, then turned around, picked up a stone and threw it at Xiaobao.

Xiaobao was so frightened that he quickly retracted behind Zhou Laosan. Erdan's accuracy was not good enough, and the stone he threw did not hit Xiaobao, but hit Zhou Laosan.

"You brat! I'm tired of living!" Zhou Laosan felt pain and stood up to explode on his balls.

Everyone looked at Erdan with disgust, Mrs. Zhou said something displeased and hurriedly pulled Xiaobao into her arms to protect her.

Erdan was so frightened that he shrank his shoulders and ran into the house without looking back. After a while, the sister-in-law was cursing in the house, but she didn't dare to come out to cause trouble.

Without Erdan being an eyesore, this barbecue meal became more enjoyable.

Shen Jiyao ate all the vegetables and pork prepared by Shen Jiyao, and everyone stayed there until the end of Xu. It was not until the oil lamp bowl ran out of oil and Xiaobao fell asleep in Aunt Zhou's arms that he realized that it was too late, so Satisfied, he moved the borrowed stools and bowls and chopsticks to say goodbye to the two of them.

The yard suddenly became quiet, and the charcoal in the fire pit had been burned to ashes. Shen Jiyao and Lan Qianjue put the yard away before going back to the house to rest.

After being idle for several days at home, the wild vegetables picked some time ago have been eaten, and there are not many fish left in the treasure bag. Shen Jiyao has taken out all the food that he can think of and ate it. As for the ones he can't think of, he has left them behind. I don't care about what's in the treasure bag. The contents in this treasure bag are so complete that I can touch almost anything I want. It's no wonder that Shen Jiyao couldn't think of it. As for the seeds that were edible but in small quantities, Shen Jiyao couldn't bear to touch them. , for example, he planned to plant soybeans to make tempeh in the future, so the two of them had to work hard for food again.

During lunch, Shen Jiyao said to Lan Qianjue: "We are running out of food. How about we go to the town to buy a fishing net and catch all the fish in the pond."

Lan Qianjue helped Shen Jiyao He added a piece of meat and said, "Don't go there. It's too hard to go back and forth for more than ten miles. I'll just buy it later."

Shen Jiyao nodded and took the meat that Lan Qianjue had brought . have eaten.

After lunch, Lan Qianjue changed her clothes, took ten coins and went out. Before leaving, she told Shen Jiyao not to run around. Shen Jiyao nodded honestly and waited for Lan Qianjue to go out. He followed him out of the yard, carrying a basket and a sickle, intending to go to the river bank to see if there were any wild vegetables to pick.

He originally planned to go to the river ridge to see what wild vegetables there were. Unexpectedly, there was a group of women gathering on the river ridge to wash their hair in the area where they wash clothes. Shen Jiyao paused and looked from a distance. , because the weather was hot and there were no people around, they all wore thin clothes. Although they were not young ladies, these women were obviously more untouchable. In order to avoid suspicion, Shen Jiyao turned around and got on I walked to the ridge and began to carefully look for wild vegetables.

There are many cabbages and green vegetables planted around here. These vegetables are vegetables that can be grown all year round. It is estimated that they were just planted not long ago and they are still young. Shen Jiyao walked forward and saw no wild vegetables, but they were planted in the ground. I found a lot of dishes, including white radishes and gourds. Not far away, there was even a simple shelf built with bamboo sticks. Shen Jiyao exclaimed and went up to take a look. It was green beans.

There are still some variations in ancient dishes, which seems to be a matter of season.

Shen Jiyao looked at the vegetables in the surrounding land and gradually moved forward. After walking for a while, he couldn't find even a single wild vegetable. The weeds on the ridges were all trimmed bare, probably to prevent weeds from growing into the ground. Shen Jiyao had no choice but to move forward to affect the growth of crops.

The land of Lianhua Village is in the middle of the river. Going up along the river is the area of ​​Baoshan Village, and going down is the area of ​​Fengrao Village. Shen Jiyao obviously did not realize this, let alone the fact that the three villages have always disliked each other. , who had fought for land countless times over the past century, he had picked up a hoe and faced off. He walked through a ditch about three feet wide with lush weeds. There was a row of stones extending in the ditch. Unknowingly, he had reached the boundary of Baoshan Village.

Shen Jiyao looked at this row of stones and felt a little familiar, but for a moment he couldn't remember where he had seen this arrangement and what role it played, so he didn't think too much and continued to move forward along the field ridge. I walked away, planning to come back and cut some weeds to feed the rabbits if I couldn't find wild vegetables.

The land in Baoshan Village next to Lianhua Village is entirely planted with rice, and simple fences made of bamboo are used around the paddy fields. This must be to prevent people from Lianhua Village from causing damage. The people in Baoshan Village are really related to Lotus Village. The temperaments of the people in this village are very different from those in Fengfeng Village. They are not only suspicious and arrogant, but also very irritable and very strict about their territory. The two villages downstream generally don't like to deal with them, for fear of touching the tiger's butt and not living in peace.

Shen Jiyao didn't know about the land boundary, let alone that it was the land boundary of Baoshan Village. Lan Qianjue had never told him before. He walked along the field ridge, passed several rice fields, and came to a field ridge. , there is an abandoned field here, the field is a little high from the field ridge, nothing is planted in it, and it is full of weeds.

He looked around and saw that he was a little far away from the village and didn't plan to go any further. He looked for wild vegetables in the field and went back to cut the grass if not.

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