On a moonlit night, Zhao Min and Gong Chenying were sitting under an old locust tree. The huge full moon in the sky was as cool as water, and its clear light spread over the small mountain village, making the distant mountains and nearby objects clear.
Looking at the busy crowds around him, as well as the strong men and girls passing by bringing out freshly cooked and fried food, the fragrance of which was emanating from the air, Zhao Min saw the amazement in his eyes at himself and Gong Chenying as they passed by, but he didn't know it.
What to do at this time.
The women washed vegetables and stoked the fire, while several women in the village who were good at cooking, headed by Li Yu, were constantly shuttling back and forth in front of several large pots. From time to time, flames several feet high appeared on Li Yu's side as if to show off.
While weighing the pot, there was a loud "suddenly" sound, which startled the drooling village children in the surrounding area to scream in surprise and immediately avoid it from a distance.
Aunt Chang was also busy, either running home to take out ingredients or condiments, or she and several women were busy wiping the tables and stools arranged in a circle around a few old locust trees. ??
In the distance, some young and middle-aged people set up wooden frames with half a piece of monster hanging on them and were chopping meat with their knives; some were constantly transporting firewood, and Li Guoxin was working with Chang Bo and several other elders in the village.
They pulled Li Yan into a circle and talked non-stop. Occasionally, they would pat the little heads of the children running around them with their hands, laughing and scolding them and telling them to "be gentle, don't drop them" and other words.
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Although there were still some villagers who just gathered together to chat, and occasionally came forward to help, most of the time they glanced at the two girls, but did not dare to come forward to talk, and only dared to whisper from a distance.
In the meantime, Gong Chenying stood up and wanted to help clean up the tables and chairs. Zhao Min also stood up, but as soon as the two girls took a step, Aunt Chang, who kept staring at them, rushed over and scolded them.
Several people nearby said, "Damn Xiaoshan, why are you aunts so ignorant, yet you let the distinguished guests come here..." Half pushing and half pulling, they invited the two girls to sit under the old locust tree, and with a smile, they started nagging again.
Hearing the voices of those women, he quickly went about his business.
Zhao Min looked at what she saw in front of her, it was so unfamiliar, everything was incompatible with her imagination, and she had a strange feeling in her heart. Although she and Gong Chenying seemed so out of place sitting here, she looked at the people around them looking at them.
The respectful gaze and the natural and respectful expression on his face seemed like everything was so harmonious.
"Sister Ying, is there such a scene in your hometown?" Zhao Min suddenly spoke, smelling the fragrance of locust flowers above his head and listening to the noisy and energetic sounds around him.
Gong Chenying was looking at the rising flames of the stove in the distance, a little dazed, when she suddenly heard a voice from Zhao Min next to her. She slowly turned her head and looked at Zhao Min, and then looked through the gaps between the branches and leaves hanging diagonally in front of her.
Here comes the full moon.
"When the clan performs sacrifices, it is still somewhat similar, but there is no such pyrotechnic atmosphere, and it is more solemn. Every time I participated in the ceremony as a child, apart from being ordered to strictly abide by the racial rules during the sacrifice, the rest was just constant fear throughout the day, for fear that I would make a mistake at some point."
She paused for a moment when she said this, and then continued, "Cultivating immortals means more loneliness and less of the taste of the world." As she said this, her eyes turned to a fire rack, where there was a whole calf-sized monster.
It was rolled and grilled, and a strong aroma spread over it.
"Even if I forget the taste of food, it is common to go without eating or drinking for months or years. We will practice, fight, and snatch resources. This is the life of a monk."
"Then why are so many people and so many families rushing to become immortals, even at the cost of everything?" Zhao Min also looked at the monster rolling in the barbecue, his eyes blankly lost in thought.
"Maybe it's because I'm pursuing more powerful power, and I'm reluctant to give up a lifetime of glory in exchange for eternal life. But when I really set foot on this road, I find that the glory and wealth are just clouds and smoke. There's only blood and struggle on the road, and I can't look back.
, the enemy is behind him, and the power he has cultivated will never be enough." Gong Chenying murmured.
"What he has, I only have a short memory of it when I was young." Zhao Min suddenly said something meaningless.
Gong Chenying once again looked at Zhao Min's beautiful face like carved jade under the moonlight with her beautiful eyes. "Coming here today, I feel a little inconvenience again, don't you?"
Zhao Min was stunned. She remembered that when the old woman held her hand, the warmth like a loving mother spread throughout her body. The curiosity and enthusiasm in the respect of the villagers for the two of them were not at all like that of the Immortal Sect.
Although people from the sect or family respected her when they saw her, she could see fear and even greed in their eyes. These made her feel a kind of feeling in her heart from the moment she stepped into the mountain village and fields today.
Strange, this strangeness she didn't want to push away from her heart.
As she thought about it, the thin lines on Zhao Min's face that seemed to have been frozen slowly softened, but she was so stunned that she didn't notice it.
Suddenly, the noise became louder, and at the same time, there was a burst of footsteps approaching from far away. The two women looked up and saw the strong man, the village chief and Li Yan walking towards here, and Li Yan even more.
Looking at them with a smile on his face.
Li Guoxin and the others came under the big locust tree. He clapped his big hands in the air, looked at a dozen tables with steaming delicacies, and said loudly, "Okay, okay, Brother Yan is going home today. I
But they also found out that he was now a high-ranking official in the imperial court, and he had really brought blessings to the village in the past few years. In addition, there were distinguished guests coming to visit, so this was considered a big deal.
Well, the banquet will be held next, but I have to say ugly things first. Don’t lose your sense of proportion after drinking too much. You will lose Brother Yan’s face in front of the distinguished guests. But... if you can stop Brother Yan from drinking too much,
, It depends on your ability to wait, hahaha..." Li Guoxin laughed loudly. When he talked to Li Yan just now, he asked about the nature of the two girls, so as to prevent the mountain villagers from acting randomly and losing etiquette.
Li Yanze told the two girls that they had often been in the army since they were young, and that they deserved the title of hero among girls. They were both informal people, and Li Guoxin was overjoyed when he heard that.
She is a wealthy lady and hates such vulgar etiquette. With Li Yan's words, she felt relieved.
All of a sudden, the place suddenly became lively. People who were nearby directly gathered a few people to a table, set up a row of bowls, picked up the wine jar on the ground, and patted the mud seal. Like a long whale spitting water, the curtain flew down.
The place is full of wine.
After the children were cautious at first and tentatively stretched out their little hands to take a few of their favorite foods, they saw that the adults were not scolding them at home as usual and were minding their own business talking and drinking. However, their courage slowed down.
It got slower and louder, and finally some picked up a big chicken leg or a small bowl of animal meat, and started chasing and playing among the tables. For a while, the clear and clear children's voice sounded in the moonlight from far or near.
, even the domestic dog, which usually barks when night falls, has lost its temper. It will either wag its tail more cheerfully, hoping to attract the attention of people at the table and throw it a piece of delicious food; or it will lie on the table.
The lower mouth was chewing a large piece of bone and meat, making a whimpering sound to protect the food.
Aunt Chang even chose a few girls or women who knew etiquette and had seen the world to sit beside Gong and Zhao. From their initial restraint, these people saw that although the two girls were cold and handsome, they were also polite.
He didn't look angry when asking questions. He gradually became more talkative. He started with the daughter of a certain family in the village and slowly asked about the life experience of the second daughter. Although the second daughter was not familiar with the world, she was extremely smart and occasionally picked some interesting topics.
Those who could talk were said a few words, and those who couldn't were laughed off lightly. For a while, the atmosphere here was no better than those at the drunken table.
While they were just chatting, even these women didn't pay attention. They slowly turned the topic to Li Yan. One was that Aunt Chang proudly mentioned her fifth child from time to time; the other was that it was also the first time for them to talk to Li Yan.
When the two women met, the only common topic was that Li Yan was the bridge; the third thing was that intentionally or unintentionally, the two women seemed to want to lead the topic to Li Yan.
Gradually, the two girls found out all the things that happened to Li Yan when he was young. Even when he was bedwetting, when he learned to walk, and whose little girl he was thinking about, they all knew one by one. The two girls occasionally heard this.
He lowered his head to hide a chuckle.
And Li Yanze He knew nothing. In this atmosphere, he did not release his consciousness to eavesdrop on who said what. Instead, he was with Li Yu, Li Shan, Li Wei, and several of his playmates who had grown up together.
Chat and drink.
Li Yu also wore an apron around his waist. He was tall and thin, and was a head shorter than Li Yan. Li Shan looked tall just because of his thinness. He was picked up from the city by Li Shan on a fast horse in the evening and came back.
After that, he became the chef tonight without hesitation. At this moment, his fair face was already a little red. "Brother Yan, you said you wanted to try my cooking. Unexpectedly, after that goodbye, there was no news from you again. Today
But I have to give it a try, come on, come on, try this 'Golden Crispy Spirit Tail Chicken', it has a trace of the blood of a first-class monster beast, plus golden powder, flying lespede..." He said while
He said while pointing with his chopsticks to a plate of tender, crispy and brown meat on the table.
Li Yan nodded with a smile, took a piece and put it into his mouth. He felt his teeth and cheeks were filled with fluid, and his mouth was crispy and smooth. He couldn't help but raise his thumb at Li Yan. This was not a false compliment, but a genuine one.
He found it delicious. As his cultivation level increased, even if he did not eat "Bigu Pill" now, he would not eat or drink for several months. He could keep his body in the best condition just by breathing in the spiritual energy of the weather. I ate it today.
These delicacies carefully prepared by Li Yu aroused his long-lost appetite, and his index fingers moved. He couldn't help but glanced at Gong Chenying and Zhao Min who were surrounded by several people at the main table on the other side, and noticed that the two women
He also kept picking up food and putting it into his mouth to chew it carefully. He couldn't help but smile in his heart. It seemed that even cultivators were not immune to the craving for food.
Li Shan and several childhood playmates next to him occasionally peeked at Gong and Zhao, with surprise in their eyes. Then they looked at each other and raised their wine bowls to Li Yan frequently, while Li Yan smiled at them one by one.
Drink, how could he not know what these people were thinking? Ever since they met, he had been trying to trick him out to confirm whether the two women were interested in Li Yan, but Li Yan did not express his position or deny it.
In the end, they actually made a private bet to see who could get the truth out of Li Yan first. However, they all knew Li Yan's character. He had been quiet since he was a child, but he was extremely alert. Whenever he flirted with Li Yan when he was young, he often ended up suffering the consequences.
The few of them were looking at each other now. It was obvious that Li Yan was drunk. Even Li Wei smiled and said nothing, watching the excitement from the sidelines.
With Li Yan's current cultivation level, let alone ten bowls or twenty bowls, it would be a hundred bowls or a thousand bowls. He didn't even need to get up, as his spiritual power turned into mist from his sweat hair.
Scattered out, but tonight he did not do so, but drank with everyone forcefully. After all, his physique was no longer ordinary, not to mention the world's top body refining methods such as Qiongqi Purgatory Technique.
After seven or eight people drank three bowls each, their expressions were still as normal, but the seven or eight people drank it until they were dizzy.