Chapter 102: Braised Abalone with Butter

  Looking at the captive who was covered in cold sweat and trembling with fear, Xuan Yuan Lie lightly laughed and signaled to his subordinates to stop their actions for now.

  A cold voice echoed in his ears, "You can speak now."

  All that was seen was the person bound to the torture rack, their lips colorless and trembling as they said "It was the deputy general, who took advantage of the general's return to escort the grain transport to send someone."

  As soon as he finished speaking, several generals in the tent couldn't help but show joy on their faces. A burly man stepped forward and said loudly, "General, taking advantage of the fact that their general is not present, we should seize the opportunity to destroy his lair once and for all."

  Before the person in charge could speak, the 'drip drip' sound came from the tent again. The captive who had just recovered from fear shouted frantically: "What are you doing? I've already told you everything, why don't you let me go?"

  As soon as he finished speaking, several old men in the tent burst out laughing. One of them stepped forward and lifted the black cloth covering his eyes, jeering, "Open your dog eyes and take a look at what kind of punishment you're getting!"

  When he lifted the black cloth in front of him, this person only discovered that what had just cut his wrist and dripped blood was all fake. His wrist was clean without even a wound. Looking again, there was someone beside him holding a water bag, and the sound of 'dripping blood' had come from there.

  Not even his own blood!

  After figuring it out, without others' disposal, he spat a mouthful of blood himself.

  Damn it, these people are too cunning! Who says that Dongyuan's national character is simple and kind, all good guys? Bullshit!

  People all over the world still say that every single person in Beihuang is sinister and cunning, with many evil intentions!

  Unexpectedly, they were all blind to the dog's eyes. Fortunately, when we came, the deputy general ridiculed them, saying that Dongyanguo General was just a embroidered pillow, not worth fearing, and their emperor sent him, which really blinded his eyes.

  But. Just talking about what happened just now, the person in front of him is not the kind of fool that the deputy general said, or has he been pretending to be a pig eating a tiger all along?

  He had a faint sense of foreboding, a feeling that was directed at him as much as it was at the entire Northern Continent.

  "Drag him away, if he had insisted on dying like before, perhaps he would have been left with his life, now..." The young general finished speaking, the captive's face was a sheet of dead ash. He knew that he had already lost all hope.

  "Yes." After he finished speaking, several soldiers came forward and dragged him away.

  Seeing the conspicuous bloodstain on the carpet, Xuan Yuan Lie wrinkled his brow in disgust. If it weren't for Sun Gan standing beside him, who knew him too well, he wouldn't have even noticed this tiny movement.

  The amplitude is really too small.

  At this time, Xuan Yuan Lie looked at the bloodstain on the ground, and suddenly a clear and crisp voice appeared in his ear. "Hey, don't you feel pain? You've lost so much blood!"

  Along with it came the little finger's unceremonious poking at the exposed wound.

  How long has it been? Xuan Yuan Lie sank into deep thought, he couldn't remember either, all he could recall was in the dimly lit cave, a little girl with pigtails told him stories about everything that had just happened.

  Do you remember how she answered at that time? She said the most frightening thing is not death, but the anxiety and panic while waiting for death.

  A faint smile involuntarily appeared at the corner of his mouth.

  "General, shall we?" Sun Qian's heart skipped a beat, feeling as if the blood in his body was about to be frozen by the swirling snowflakes outside. The anti-terrorism elite in a foreign land.

  The last time I saw him like this was on a battlefield littered with corpses.

  After beheading the enemy commander, this was the smile that appeared on his face. Cold and ruthless.

  "General, why don't we launch a surprise attack tonight? After all, their grain and fodder have already been burned by us," Sun Qian suggested.

  "The Beijiang people have always relied on nomadic life, and their food has never been rich. Burning the grain and then sending more is a fool's dream! I'm afraid they'll go crazy and jump over the wall..." After a moment, Xuan Yuanlie finally spoke up.

  "What's to be done?" Sun Qian asked anxiously.

  In his eyes, the young man in front of him was the pillar of the entire army. He remembered that when they came here with a group of people last year, what kind of blood and tears were paid to climb to this position!

  Others may not understand, but how can I, who have always been by his side, not know!

  Xuanyuan Lie is a legend for this army and for the entire Dongyuan country!

  "Send someone to scout ahead first, then we'll make our move." Xuan Yuan Lie's icy voice came over.

  "Yes!" The tent flap was lifted, and Sun Qian turned around and went out...

  At this time, in Chen's kitchen thousands of miles away, a scene of "chickens flying and dogs jumping" was unfolding.

  Only saw the sleeves rolled up high little overlord, staring at the big rooster in front of him with a fierce gaze, and was about to pounce on it.

  Who would have thought that this rooster had become so spirited? Facing the fact that it was about to become someone's delicious meal, it should at least put up a desperate fight, shouldn't it?

  Xi Mei, along with Xi He and Xi Mei, leaned against the door, watching the scene in front of them with great interest. It was a pity that there were no melon seeds; if there were, cracking them while watching this spectacle would have been even more enjoyable.

  Finally, Zhang Zishang, who was out of breath, threw the rope in his hand and shouted at Xi Mei, "Xi Mei, today is Mother's birthday, why don't you show any concern?"

  Xi Mei burst out laughing and said, "Shang Gege, how did you know I didn't express it?" Last night, Xiao Ba Wang rushed to her house in a hurry, saying that Zheng Shi was going to celebrate his birthday tomorrow.

  As the only child left at home, he must express himself somehow.

  Who would have thought that Xi Mei's little sister would mock him and say, "We've known for a long time, so we're all ready. Do you think everyone is afraid of you?"

  There's a saying that goes, "A daughter is her mother's little cotton-padded jacket." This saying isn't wrong at all. A goddaughter she picked up halfway through life remembers someone else's birthday clearly, but her own son has forgotten completely!

  He didn't, he got up early in the morning and rushed here to seek help.

  Teasing him for a while, seeing that he was really anxious and had no choice, Xi Mei suggested, "You see, it's impossible for you to achieve anything in your studies now, and as for other things, it's also too late."

  Not finished speaking, Zhang Zishang became anxious, "You say this won't work, that won't work, then what should we do?!"

  On her mother's birthday, all the sisters-in-law, including Xi Ju, gave gifts to their mother-in-law, but she didn't give any. Later, her mother even scolded her!

  Finally, after discussing for half a day, they decided to invite everyone to come and have lunch at Drunken Beauty at noon. During the meal, Zhang Zishang personally served dishes he had made himself, showing great sincerity.

  Just thinking about his own mother holding her achievement with tears of joy all over her face, Zhang Zishu's heart was racing with excitement.

  So, early in the morning, he brought Xi Mei and several others to work as laborers.

  But unfortunately, the chicken was not cooperative and refused to let him get close, finally, after several people worked together to surround and capture it, they were able to subdue it.

  "Hurry up, Second Brother is using a rope to tie it up." Ji He shouted.

  After catching it and tying it to a pillar with a rope, several children looked at it again and became worried.

  "Hey sister, can you kill a chicken?" Swallowing his saliva, Xiao Ba Wang asked with full of hope.

  "No way." Xi Mei ruthlessly struck him down as soon as he opened his mouth, thinking how could someone do something so cruel?

  "Hey, you little girl, don't say you're cruel when eating meat."

  "What's going on?" Several people looked at me, I looked at you.

  "Or else, let's get our mother to help us?" The remaining people nodded in agreement.

  "But if Mother finds out, she'll definitely tell Eldest Brother's wife first and can't bear to keep it a secret, so where's the surprise in that?"

  It's true that these two women have a good relationship and can't help but show off, for the first time in their lives, several children felt frustrated.

  "Hey, what did you say? How about finding Brother Xu?" Ruihao and Xi Mei called out in unison.

  Xu Peifeng, since he was a kid, has been good at stealing chickens and fighting, I remember him saying that he even stole chickens from rich people's houses to eat.

  In this way, Xi Mei stepped forward and invited Xu Peifeng over. As soon as he arrived, he took a glance at the chicken and quickly handled it with just a few swift motions. When he handed it back to them, everyone looked at him with eyes full of admiration.

  The chicken has been processed, and the rest is just how to do it. Under Xiju's guidance, Zhang Zishang put the chicken, mushrooms and water in the pot.

  At this time, things don't need to add too much seasoning to make the food itself taste to the extreme.

  Looking at the stewed chicken, Zhang Zishang asked, "What else should I do besides this?"

  Xi Mei burst out laughing after hearing this, "Is this what you did? The chicken wasn't killed by you, the fire wasn't lit by you, and yet you just casually stirred it a few times and then came to take credit for it. How shameless can you be?"

  After hearing this, Xiaobao rarely didn't blow up, but instead opened his mouth and said discontentedly: "What you said is right, this isn't something I did, so I want to make another dish, a dish that is completely made by me myself, without any of your help."

  Xī jú hàipà liǎng rén zài chǎo, gǎnjǐn shàng qián tíyì, "zhèyàng ba, shíguò bù zǎole, zánmen zuò yīgè jiǎndān de, wǒ shuō nǐ zuò xíng ma?"

  Translation:

  Xijiu feared that the two would quarrel again and hastily proposed, "How about this? It's getting late, let's make a simple one. I'll say it, you do it, okay?"

  Look at him nodding, Xǐ Jú (喜菊) hinted that he took out the newly bought pork loin, washed it clean, and then made a few straight cuts on both sides of the loin before handing it over to him.

  Boil the pork belly in boiling water, then take it out and wash it clean. Cut it into slices about the length of a fingernail. Remove the old roots and hard tips from the fresh bamboo shoots, peel off the leaves, and scrape off the old skin. Put them in boiling water to cook through, then take them out.

  "Cut the winter bamboo shoots and ham into domino-shaped pieces, blanch them separately, then chop the scallions, ginger and garlic." Looking at his serious expression, Xi Mei couldn't help but smile.

  Put the scalded pork waist, ham, and winter bamboo shoots into a large casserole, then add salt, cooking wine, chicken broth, scallions, and ginger slices. He was busy doing it, and several people were just encouraging him, no one helped with their hands. "Hurry up, put it on high heat to boil," Xi Mei reminded him.

  Carefully skim off the foam, move to a low heat and simmer until cooked through. Not knowing if his mother would eat onions, ginger or garlic, Xiaobao carefully picked out the onion segments, ginger slices, and sprinkled them into the pea shoots. Finally, it was done. Before he could take credit, several people applauded him, looking at the sweat on his forehead, Xi Mei unusually didn't scold him.

  "Hurry up, or we'll be late," Xi Mei reminded. Holding the painstakingly made 'delicacies', several people rushed to Zui Ling Long.

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