NOVEL NEXT Chapter 12 Are You Still a Man?
Because of this episode, the progress had to be stopped again.
After walking for less than an hour, he rested again. Such slow progress made Xu Qiang feel extremely bad, and he deliberately made things difficult for everyone in order to vent his anger.
Seeing that he had brought trouble to everyone, the eldest uncle looked stern, but he lowered his head and did not have the courage to stop him.
The pain on his body was so painful that he wanted to rest as much as possible.
Let him be selfish!
But how could Xu Qiang let him have his way? After about a quarter of an hour, he ordered everyone to get up and move on.
The eldest uncle and Ye Ziqiang, father and son, both felt pain all over their bodies. They were breathing in cold air as they walked, one after another. After listening for a long time, they were still somewhat coordinated.
Just walking and walking like this until noon, it was finally time to rest.
Ye Qingran fulfilled his promise and went to get game and fine wine for the officers and soldiers. He repeated his old tricks and hid himself to waste time. When it was almost done, he went back with two pheasants and a hare.
Seeing her return with a full load, everyone with earth-colored faces turned red with envy.
"Why does she come back with prey every time she goes out?"
"Yes, you must be so lucky!"
Listening to the whispers around him, Ye Zhuoyu's eyes deepened.
He knew that these prey were not hunted by his sister, but in an unspeakable and bizarre way.
Although he is not a very curious person, his sister is so different from the past, and her whole body is full of mystery, that he can't help but observe her silently.
Ye Qingran brought the agreed upon two chickens and wine to Xu Qiang, "Master, please accept the two pheasants agreed upon earlier."
Xu Qiang and other officers and soldiers looked at each other, thinking that what she said at that time was just a polite word, but he didn't expect that she actually had the ability to realize it. At that moment, she was a little satisfied, and all the depression in her heart dissipated.
Fortunately, he kindly handed her the flint: "Accept the chicken and wine, you can also make a fire and prepare lunch!"
Ye Qingran took it unceremoniously and returned to his family, but inadvertently saw his uncle and his family gnawing on grass roots and tree bark.
Meeting her gaze, several people snorted resentfully, turned away and continued eating their tasteless lunch.
There was nothing she could do about it. Her uncle followed her example and went hunting yesterday, but ended up like this. Naturally, he didn't have the guts to go hunting again now.
But the rice porridge and soup couldn't fill my stomach, so I could only come up with this strategy to at least have the strength to go on the road ahead.
Others were inspired by them and began to collect wild vegetables in twos and threes, but they looked down upon the bark.
It is difficult to go from luxury to frugality. How can a noble man who has never experienced such hardship accept such hard things?
Ye Qingran looked away calmly. She couldn't take care of others. Wild vegetables could keep people alive. As for her uncle's family, they deserved all the hardships they endured.
"Brother, here it is."
She called Ye Zhuoyu softly, calling him back to his senses. She saw that the other party looked at her with indescribably complicated eyes, but said nothing and silently took the rabbit and walked to the side to handle it.
Looking at his tall back, Ye Qingran knew what he was confused about, but as long as the other party didn't ask, she had no intention of speaking first.
She also believed that even if Ye Zhuoyu suppressed himself to death, he would never reveal even half a word to anyone else.
While Ye Zhuoyu and Ye Guodong were processing the rabbit meat, Ye Qingran set up a firewood pile and grilled it directly after the rabbit meat was skewered.
The crackling sound was not loud, but it could be heard clearly in the ears of several people, especially when a layer of brown skin formed on the rabbit meat, and the oil dripped with sparks, and the fragrance became more and more like it had wings, and it was desperately going towards the rabbit meat. They drilled into their noses.
The envy and jealousy in the eyes of the eldest uncle, second aunt, and others almost turned into reality, making it difficult to ignore, but Ye Qingran told her family not to look.
"If you see it, some people will follow the smell like dogs and crawl over to ask for it."
"Sister is right! It's just such a rabbit. We can't even feed our own family, but we must not give it to others."
Ye Qinglian rarely echoed her words. Ye Qingran glanced at her in surprise and saw her salivating and looking straight at the rabbit meat.
Yesterday she ate so much steamed buns that she couldn't eat any meat. She made sure not to miss it today.
Ye Qingran shook his head helplessly, thinking that she had changed her temper and was driven by flesh.
Everyone in the family agreed with what the two sisters said. They lowered their heads and cooked the barbecue seriously, and no one bothered anyone else.
I thought everything would be fine, but I didn't expect that after the rabbit meat was roasted, Ye Zhuoyu had just torn open several portions when he received an uninvited guest.
"Qingran!"
The second aunt came up with a bright smile on her face. Ye Qingran blew the meat in her hands to cool it, biting it and whispering: "I still came here because of the smell."
Everyone in the family knew what she meant and looked at each other helplessly, but the second aunt was slightly startled: "What?"
After blinking, the second aunt didn't care about those useless things, she was still very enthusiastic: "Our family Qingchang is promising. We can hunt game every time. We are more capable than those men!"
Ye Qingran turned a deaf ear and ate by herself, but did not prevent her second aunt from singing a one-man show: "You also know that your cousin is weak. If she drinks porridge and soup every day, she will be so hungry that she has no strength to walk. Anyway, you eat so much meat. If it’s not over, why don’t you share half of it with us, and ask your cousin to go with us when we go hunting next time. You can teach him and he can also help you!”
He opened his mouth to ask for half of it, but Ye Qingran didn't expect that the second aunt's face would be so big.
She finally raised her head and looked over. The second aunt thought there was something going on. She couldn't hide her excitement, but she heard a sarcastic voice the next second.
"Second aunt, you should learn from my uncle and the others. If you want to fill your stomach, you must rely on your own efforts instead of asking for help from others."
"you……"
Being scolded like this by a junior, the second aunt was so angry that she almost shouted back. She took a deep breath and suppressed the impulse.
Knowing that she couldn't make sense here, the second aunt immediately set her sights on the talkative Mrs. Jiang.
"Brothers and sisters, we are all a family. Our bones are broken but our tendons are still attached. You must not be able to bear to see us starve to death, right?"
Mrs. Jiang's expression froze.
The second aunt suddenly became proud. This younger sibling had always been weak and was absolutely embarrassed to refuse her request.
But he didn't see the dark light in Jiang's eyes.
Ms. Jiang still clearly remembers how the second sister-in-law arranged for her daughter before. Now that she wants food, she has to give it to her?
Anger arose in Mrs. Jiang's heart, and she said coldly for the first time: "There is indeed a little porridge, but it won't starve you to death. If not, you can dig wild vegetables like everyone else. What we eat is just a risk." I risked my life to hunt it, but I don’t even have enough to eat, so I can’t share it with you!”
As soon as these words came out, not to mention the second aunt, Ye Guodong and the others were also stunned.
This is the first time I heard rejection from Mr. Jiang!
Ye Qingran smiled happily, and saw that the second aunt's chest was heaving violently with anger, and she said angrily: "Who cares!"
Then he left angrily.
Angrily, he returned to his family. Before he could sit down, he heard his husband sneer and taunt him: "I know this trick of yours won't work, yet you still insist on embarrassing me."
The second aunt was full of grievances and suddenly burst out: "If you weren't useless, how could I ask for that family? Then Mrs. Jiang is crawling on my head! You don't protect your wife and you say sarcastic words! You still Is he considered a man?"
How could the second uncle hear her scolding her? He was so angry that he lost control of his words: "You are causing trouble all the time and I have to protect you? I can't wait to divorce you!"
"Okay! It turns out you've had this idea for a long time! You're such a busybody! I'll let you go!"
The second aunt jumped directly on the second uncle and grabbed his long hair. The second uncle was in pain and embarrassed, so he fought back without hesitation.
The couple started fighting, and everyone at the table was stunned and watching the excitement, when they heard an angry shout.
"You guys! What are you doing!"