I was a hunter in ancient times

Shen Xi hurriedly ran to the front, and waited for a while to catch her breath before seeing the person in front of her clearly.

"It's you." Shen Xi wiped the fine sweat from his forehead, raised his head, and said in surprise.

He was still wondering just now, whose family had such a big budget and was willing to sell all the livestock raised in the family, but when he saw that it was Zhou Du, he was not curious.

"En." Zhou Du restrained his emotions very quickly, and responded in a neutral manner.

It was a pity that the prey would not be sold and would rot. When hunting today, Zhou Du kept his strength. Except for killing a wild rabbit, the rest shot arrows at the arms and legs. The injuries were not fatal.

Shen Xi counted, there were three hares and two pheasants in total, and slightly exclaimed to Zhou Du: "You are really amazing."

However, he was able to kill so many prey in just one day, and all of these prey were not fatally injured, which proves that Zhou Du's archery skills are superb.

Although there are a lot of prey on Mount Fen, ordinary people may not be able to catch all the pheasants flying in front of them, not to mention that Zhoudu can hunt so many, Shenxi admires this very much, he can do it anywhere stay alive.

Zhou Du said indifferently: "General."

Shen Xi didn't care too much, he picked up a gray rabbit's ear and weighed it, and belatedly asked: "Do you have a name?"

Zhou Du frowned slightly, shook his head and said, "No."

Shen Xi scanned the surroundings, and wanted to find a stall owner to excuse him, but in the result, there was no one left in the grass market except them, and he was quite at a loss.

Zhou Du crossed his arms and said nonchalantly, "Just give me a price."

He also doesn't know the prices in this world, and he doesn't care if there are more or less.

"How can it work?" Shen Xi didn't want to take advantage of Zhou Du, but there was no other way at the moment, so he blushed and said to Zhou Du: "Do you believe me or not? If you believe me, I will follow my advice." I will give you money for the weight of the weight, I usually cook and weigh it often, and it is still a little bit accurate."

Zhou Du nodded expressionlessly.

Shen Xi's face was blushing again and again, one by one he picked up the prey that was randomly thrown on the ground and weighed them: "This one is two catties, this one is three catties... The rabbits are seven catties in total, and the pheasants are six catties in total."

"According to the market price, the hare is ten cents a catty, and the pheasant eight cents is 110 cents... Of course, it may not be allowed. How about I give you 150 cents?" He took out a sling of money from the hanging money bag, and counted 150 copper coins to Zhou Du.

Zhou Du took it, looked around at the square hole copper coin, and took the initiative to return 32 copper coins to Shen Xi, without any emotion: "Trust you."

Shen Xi stared blankly at the 32 copper plates lying quietly in Zhou Du's hand in front of him, his heart shrank, and his fingertips picked up the purses one by one with heat, and kept saying, "Thank you, thank you, thank you."

Zhou Du felt baffled: "Thank you for what I did."

Shen Xi blurted out: "Thank you for your trust?"

Zhou Du: "..."

After such an interruption, Shen Xi finally calmed down, and squatted down to pick up all the prey. When he got up, he suddenly remembered that Zhang Lao's funeral banquet will need more meat and vegetables next.

Mr. Zhang is the village head of these ten miles and eight villages. He has been the head of the village for many years. Because he is fair, the surrounding villages will ask him to come forward to get a charter whenever there is a big or small matter, and his prestige is very high.

Daqing emphasizes filial piety, and filial piety is more important than funeral, so Mr. Zhang's funeral must be extremely grand, otherwise, the villagers from ten miles and eight villages would point to the lintel of Zhang's family and scold them for being unfilial.

Is the funeral going well? In addition to traditional customs, monks and Taoists chanting sutras, the funeral banquet is also a big deal.

Last night, Shenxi discussed with Mr. Zhang's juniors all night. Due to the hot weather, they only stopped working for three days, that is to say, three days of running banquets. Each table ordered sixteen dishes. Apart from vegetarian dishes, meat dishes were of course also indispensable. , Just purchasing this item will cost about ten taels.

Shen Xi suddenly looked at Zhou Du at the side, blinked and asked, "Are you still hunting tomorrow?"

Zhou Du took the money, and didn't intend to stay for long, just about to take a step, when he heard Shen Xi's words, he raised his eyebrows and said, "Is there something wrong?"

Shen Xi straightened up and said bluntly: "I'm going to a neighboring village to hold a funeral banquet, and I need to buy a lot of meat. If you still hunt tomorrow, you can bring some prey to my house."

Zhou Du didn't answer directly, but asked instead: "How much?"

Shen Xi didn't know why Zhou Du asked this question, but he still answered honestly: "It's probably a few hundred catties, pheasant and hare can do anything."

Anyway, he is the chef, and he can mix and match the sixteen dishes at will, and he can make dishes with any ingredients.

"Understood." Zhou Du had no expression on his face, and nodded in agreement.

Seeing that Zhou Du agreed, Shen Xi smiled happily, and then said: "However, you may need to wait for me tomorrow. I have to go to Xinghua Village to be busy tomorrow morning. If I am not at home during the day, I will try my best to be there." Come back at noon and you."

"En." Seeing that he had finished explaining, Zhou Du walked away.

Zhou Du had long legs, and within a few steps, he left Shen Xi, who was only as high as his chest, far behind.

Shen Xi was still wondering why Zhou Du didn't go up the mountain, and the next moment he saw Zhou Du going to the earthen house built by the head of Taoyuan Village not far from the stream, he suddenly understood, and ran to catch up with the prey. , and said, "You rented the village head's house."

Hearing Shen Xi's question, Zhou Du didn't stop, and replied concisely: "Yes."

Zhou Du couldn't walk fast, but Shen Xi had short legs and he was carrying about ten kilograms of prey. He had to trot to catch up with Zhou Du, and he couldn't help panting: "Since you rented a house, you don't have to wait for me tomorrow. I'll come to your house to pick it up."

Although Zhou Du didn't answer, he stopped and waited for Shen Xi.

Shen Xi stepped forward quickly, and rolled his eyes with a smile: "Then let's talk about it, I'll go home first."

Zhou Du stood at the door of the house, watching Shen Xi leave, and then entered the house, found out the two tasteless steamed buns left over from yesterday, and mixed it with cold water to force himself to eat the next one.

This steamed bun is tasteless, unpalatable and unpalatable, the point is that he doesn't know how to cook, Zhou Du, who has always been calm, can't help but feel darkened when he thinks that he will be accompanied by this kind of food for a long time in the future .

Reluctantly swallowing the last mouthful of cold water, and washing away the taste of food left in his mouth, a delicate figure appeared in Zhoudu's mind involuntarily. He froze his movements for a moment before appearing together with this figure The delicacies were wiped away one by one.

Although the steamed buns were unpalatable, at least they could satisfy one's hunger. After eating one, Zhou Du no longer felt hungry. Then Zhou Du took a bow and arrow, closed the door, and walked slowly up the mountain.

This time he didn't stop on the road, but went directly to the mark he had carved on the tree last time, and went straight to the deep forest that made his hair stand on end last time.

Shen Xi carried the prey from the village to the village, and every time he passed by a family, he had to say a few words to this family.

"Grandma Liu, do you still have some radishes at home? Save some for me."

"Grandpa Zhang, how many eggs have you saved?"

"Aunt Wang, has the sauerkraut you pickled come out of the jar?"

"..."

He walked and asked all the way, and every family passing by him showed a friendly smile on his face. Whenever at this time, those people who Shenxi didn't take the initiative to ask questions would say a few stitches: "Xiaoxi, what's next?" Pick up the job? The chili in my yard is ripe, do you want it?"

"There are too many cucumbers planted in my yard this year, Xiaoxi, can you harvest them?"

"I still have salted duck eggs pickled here, and some goose eggs are also preserved, and my aunt will keep them for you."

"Brother Xiaoxi, my mother asked me to ask you, do you want dried plums?"

As Shen Xi passed by, Taoyuan Village rang out questions one after another, and Shen Xi answered them one by one with a smile on his face, without any impatience.

This is the reason why Shen Xi and Shen Mu were able to gain a foothold in Taoyuan Village.Whenever Shenxi takes over a job, the first ones to take care of are the villagers of Taoyuan Village. In addition, Shen Mu has good medical skills, so it is convenient for the villagers to have a headache. Gradually, the people of Taoyuan Village treat them as their own villagers. up.

After returning home, Shen Xi was already sweating profusely. He opened the fence gate, packed up his things, and prepared to welcome the villagers who came to settle the money. He saw the food box at the door and a big red and green wild rooster tied up with five flowers.

He lowered his eyelashes, and only then remembered that he went down the mountain in a hurry yesterday and forgot to bring a food box back. As for where the remaining big red and green wild rooster with a broken wing came from, it is self-evident.

Thinking of Zhou Du's indifferent expression the night before, combined with the red and green wild rooster he gave today, which was almost like Ah Cai's god, Shen Xi blinked, and a smile appeared on his face unconsciously.

He put down the prey in his hand, lifted the food box on the ground and sent it back to the kitchen. When he came out again, he had a pair of scissors in his hand.

Untied the big red and green wild rooster, cut off its wings with scissors, and cut the same scissor marks on its feathers as the old A Cai, and led it to the group of hens napping under the fruit tree.

Shen Xi squatted under the tree, patiently explained to it: "From today on, you are the new A Cai of my family, and these hens are your daughter-in-law, you have to treat them well, and let the rain and dew spread evenly, so that they can be more beautiful." Lay eggs and hatch chicks, otherwise..."

When Shen Xi said this, the conversation suddenly changed, and his tone became serious: "Otherwise, if there are three knives on the word color, I will chop you up and make mushroom chicken, spicy chicken, sesame oil chicken, salt-baked chicken, Pepper chicken...and burnt chicken, they were buried in the Wu Zang Temple together with other A Cai in honor of my stomach."

After finishing speaking, he added another sentence: "Except for the burnt chicken."

Ah Cai's wings were not healed after being injured yesterday, and today Shenxi completely cut off her wings. She will be completely lethargic, and she will look haggard when she crouches in the pile of hens with her neck curled up, and even the hens next to her will peck her. There was no reaction, and it seemed that he was really frightened by Shen Xi's words.

Shen Xi was satisfied, and no matter how they exchanged feelings, she turned and went back to the courtyard to sort out other affairs.