I was a hunter in ancient times

Chapter 3 Fragrance

    "Strange, where did you go?" The

next day, it was Shen Xi's eighteenth birthday, and while he was cutting the vegetables on the cutting board with his left hand, he frowned and thought about where A Cai, who hadn't returned all night, went.

Li Su, who was standing beside him, was secretly startled. It was because Shen Xi was cutting vegetables so fast that only afterimages were left. She was really afraid that in the next second, Shen Xi would cut his hands Stomped.

But in the end, it was obvious that Li Su was overthinking. Shenxi shredded the basketful of vegetables into shreds and cut them into pieces.

There was no food in the basket, Shen Xi stopped being distracted, and smiled at Li Su who came to help him, "Aunt Li, please help me set the dishes."

After speaking, he turned around and ran to the stove, busily frying the vegetables Come.

In Caomiao Village and several surrounding villages, there is no Shen Xi who knows how to cook. His cooking skills are recognized as a masterpiece in the village, and he is invited to help any family hold a wedding or funeral. Therefore, Shen Xi None of the cooks at the birthday banquet dared to make a fool of himself in front of him, so he had to do it himself.

Today he prepared shredded chicken, cold cucumber, stewed pork tongue, radish slices, four cold dishes and four hot dishes of stewed tofu, pickled pork with preserved vegetables, steamed pork with rice noodles, sweet and sour pork ribs, a plate of radish cake and a pot of pork The liver soup has been prepared since last night, and up to now, only my aunt Li Su has been invited to help. There is no panic in the kitchen, but everything is arranged in an orderly manner.

Obviously they are all farm dishes, but they are cooked by him so that they are full of fragrance. Just smelling the smell makes people unable to help but twitch their index fingers and eat them immediately.

Therefore, it was still early in the day, but the small courtyard of the Shen family was already full of guests. Children from the village played around the small courtyard, making it very noisy.

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Zhou Du was woken up by birdsong early in the morning. Even though he couldn't understand where the chirping sounds came from, before he opened his eyes, he still had some expectations in his heart. The moment I opened my eyes, it disappeared without a trace.

The sky is still the same sky as yesterday, and the mountain forest is still the same mountain forest yesterday. It seems that nothing has changed, but everything has changed.

Gathering up his mood, Zhou Du went to the creek to wash up hastily, and when he came back, the family at the bottom of the mountain that had been fragrant all night last night wafted the scent again, even stronger than last night.

Zhou Du frowned again, and glanced down the mountain resentfully. Across the layers of forest, he couldn't see clearly clearly, but through the faintly visible scenes revealed among the branches and the few voices he heard Judging from the indistinct cheers, it should be that the family is holding a banquet.

The furrowed eyebrows suddenly loosened. Zhou Du picked up the bow and arrow at his feet, carried the quiver on his back, and walked back the way he came yesterday. He knew that going back had become an impossible task, but he still wanted to go back. Go check it out.

Since I had walked it once yesterday, today's road is easier to walk, but the road is not very safe.

I don't know if it's because it's still summer or because of the terrain, but I encountered many poisonous snakes along the way.

If Zhou Du hadn't practiced arrows for many years, and his hearing and eyesight were excellent, he might have been attacked by these poisonous snakes.

When the twelfth arrow was taken out from the poisonous snake's body, Zhou Du finally arrived at the place where he came from.

The grass was the same grass, the trees were the same trees, even the ashes that he used to burn to signal for help yesterday were still there, no cave suddenly appeared, no search and rescue team came to rescue him, nothing.

Zhou Du lowered his eyes, and sat here silently for a while, until the sun was about to set, and all the expectations in his heart were dead, and would never come back again, then he got up and returned the same way.

This time I was lucky. On the way back, I ran into a gray rabbit that jumped out to drink water. Zhou Du took it away without hesitation. Holding it by its two ears, he mentioned the place where he lived last night. Smelling the fishy smell of wild rabbits by the stream, endured the nausea and used the jackknife on the keychain to skin and disembowel them.

After all the tossing, Zhou Du looked at the bloody wild rabbit in his hand. Not only was his stomach no longer hungry after two days of hunger, but he felt a little nauseated from fullness.

Without taking a second look at the bloody rabbit meat, he found a place to bury the meat, and washed his hands by the stream from sunset to night when the crescent moon broke the night, and the fishy smell in his hands hadn't washed away.

The hustle and bustle below the mountain had subsided, but the scent lingering in the air refused to dissipate, as if sincerely fighting against Zhou Du.

Zhou Du rubbed his sore stomach again, lying on the ground looking up at the starry sky, his eyes full of emptiness, he laughed at himself, "It's fine to starve to death."

Zhou Du, who had the will to die, seemed to have really let go of everything Same, next to the fire, fell into a deep sleep in this world for the first time.

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At the foot of the mountain, Shen Xi was tidying up his own yard. Although it was a joy to organize a birthday banquet, when the banquet was over and the guests left, all that was left to the host was endless messy cups and plates.

Shen Xi, who always loves cleanliness, can't stand the mess in his yard, so when the guests leave, he cleans up in the yard by himself, not even letting go of the hair that fell in the cracks of the stone slabs in the yard.

After the yard looked brand new, he straightened up and went into the kitchen to clean his hands, took out a bunch of ingredients and started cooking.

"Xiaoxi, you've been tired all day, so don't be too busy." Shen Mu sent the guests back, saw Shen Xi tossing about in the kitchen again, and persuaded her.

"Uncle, it's okay. I'm not tired. There are still some ingredients left that I can't put away. I'll sort them out and make a broth. It will be used to make the porridge base tomorrow morning." Shen Xi rolled up his sleeves, revealing his white and slender left wrist, The right hand is not often used, but it is tied with a beautiful blue cloth belt, which has been wrapped around the elbow, making his skin look whiter.

Seeing that Shen Xi couldn't be persuaded, Shen Mu sighed inaudibly, "Then don't tire yourself out, rest immediately when your hands are sore, and you can't force it."

"I know, I know, I can hear cocoons Now, uncle, you can go back to the house, I remember that you still have medicines from Grandpa Zhang's house, the village head's house, and A'hua's house in the neighboring village. Don't wait until tomorrow morning when people come to pick up the medicine and return empty-handed." Shen Xi waved Waving his hands, he seemed to chase Shen Mu away.

Shen Mu smiled suddenly, with a very elegant smile, "I dare to take care of your uncle when I'm just an adult, the medicine has already been prepared, so you don't need to worry about it, but you have a big pile of dishes, do you want me to clean it for you?"

Shen Mu It's okay if Mu didn't say anything, but when he said that

Shen Xi's heart was in his throat, and he scrambled into a ball, "No, no, brother-in-law, go back to the house and rest, you've been tired all day." It was Shen Xi who took the nine needles, and the second was Shen Mu who went into the kitchen.

This pair of uncles and nephews seem to be incompatible with each other, Shen Mu wants to teach Shen Xi to ask a doctor and give a needle, Shen Xi wants to teach Shen Mu to cook, both of them are very talented in their respective fields, but they are the same Learning from the other party's director makes it look like a large-scale disaster scene.

Over time, both of them gave up teaching each other their strengths, and each stayed well in their respective fields.

Sending Shen Mu out of the kitchen, Shen Xi breathed a long sigh of relief, he was really afraid that on the night of his birthday, his uncle would make it into an unforgettable nightmare, and every time he thought of his birthday, he would feel palpitations.

I really don't understand how difficult it is to cook?

Summer nights are also hot, Shenxi still has to cook high soup, and the fire in the stove is raging, as if the scorching sun has been pulled into the kitchen in this square inch, making people sweat profusely. After Shen Xi processed the ingredients, he cleaned his hands with a handkerchief and wiped off the sweat from his cheeks to his neck, and pushed open the window facing the mountain from the kitchen.

Because Shen Xi spends most of his time in this kitchen, he used high-quality wood when building it, and put his heart into the design, with ventilation on three sides and a load-bearing wall on one side, even to ensure the safety of the kitchen. Bright, with a skylight on the roof.

Usually only the windows on both sides of the door are opened to ensure ventilation and brightness. It's night now, I don't know which guest helped Shen Xi close the window when he left.

At this moment, Shen Xitu was convenient, and he didn't bother to open the window next to the door, but directly opened the window in front of him, and the cool wind came from the mountain, blowing away the fatigue and heat all over his body.

He was refreshed, and his work became more vigorous. Shenxi cheered up, and took out some round-grained rice, ready to soak it, but when he was taking out the round-grained rice, his eyes glanced slightly at the mountain outside the window, in a trance. Seems like a cluster of flames.

How can there be fire on the mountain?

Shen Xi froze for a moment, shook the japonica rice bag in his hand, and accidentally poured out half a bowl of rice.

It's not easy to put this amount of rice back, so Shen Xi had to let him go, thinking that he and his uncle would have an extra bowl of porridge tomorrow morning.

After soaking the rice, I went to look at the mountain again, but I couldn't see the fire at all.

Shen Xi rubbed his eyes, "I must have misread it, and there is no one on the mountain, so where did the fire come from?"

Shen Xi shook his head and stopped paying attention to the situation on the mountain, and turned his attention to his own pot At this moment, the color of the soup in the pot has become milky white, and the pot of water has boiled down to half a pot of water.

Shen Xi hurriedly fished out the meat in the pot, and while stirring, poured in the minced pork that had been prepared by dissolving it with water. After the impurities in the soup were absorbed by the minced meat, fished it out, and then poured in the minced chicken that had been prepared in the same way.

After filtering out the soup dregs, you get a bowl of broth that is as clear as clear water.

After finishing this pot of soup, it was late at night before he knew it. Shen Xi didn't feel tired at all. After tidying up the kitchen, he stepped out of the kitchen door and went back to the room to rest.

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Zhou Du woke up again from the sound of birdsong, and his heart had become like an ancient well, as if he didn't care about anything.

In just a moment, the scent that had tormented his sense of smell all night came rushing towards his face again. The lingering scent stirred up Zhou Du's stomach that had just calmed down, and made Zhou Du's expressionless face appear. There were a few cracks.

No matter how good Zhou Du's demeanor was, the fragrance that had tortured him for three days and two nights caused an unknown fire in his heart.