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 distinct.
Looking at the busy crowds around, as well as the strong men and girls passing by carrying freshly cooked and fried food, the aroma is wafting over the air, Zhao Min passed by them, his eyes showed surprise at himself and Gong Chenying, but he didn't know what to do at this time.
The women were washing vegetables and adding fire to the fire, while several women in the village, led by Li Yu who were good at cooking, were constantly going back and forth in front of several large pots. From time to time, flames several feet high would rise in the pots that Li Yu was showing off, and a "sudden" sound would startle the surrounding children in the village who were drooling to let out a series of exclamations, and immediately avoid them from a distance.
Aunt Chang was also busy, either running home to bring out ingredients or condiments, or busy wiping the tables and stools arranged in a circle with a few old locust trees as the center with several women.??
In the distance, some young adults set up wooden frames with half a piece of Demon Beast 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., pulled Li Yan into a circle and kept talking, occasionally patting the little heads of the children running around them with their hands, laughing and scolding them and telling them to "be gentle, don't fall" and other words.
Although there were still some villagers who 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 to them, 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 her. The people who were nearby said, "Mother Xiaoshan, how come you aunties are so ignorant, yet you allow distinguished guests to come..." Half pushing and half pulling, they invited the two girls to sit under the old locust tree. With a smile, they nagged the women again, and went to do their business with neat steps.
Zhao Min looked at what she saw in front of her, and it was so strange. Everything was incompatible with her imagination, and she had a strange feeling in her heart. Although she and Gong Chenying seemed so awkward sitting here, but she looked at the respectful eyes of the people around them, with natural and respectful expressions on their faces, as if everything was so harmonious.
"Sister Ying, is there such a scene in your hometown?" Smelling the fragrance of locust flowers above your head and listening to the noisy and energetic sounds around you, Zhao Min suddenly spoke.
Gong Chenying was looking at the rising flames of the stove in the distance, in a daze, when she suddenly heard a voice from Zhao Min beside her. She slowly turned her head and looked at Zhao Min, and then saw the full moon through the gap between the branches and leaves hanging diagonally in front of her.
"When the clan performs sacrifices, it is still somewhat similar, but there is no such pyrotechnic atmosphere, and it is more solemn.
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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 something would go wrong on me at some point. "
She paused after saying this, and then continued, "Cultivating immortals means more loneliness and less of the taste of the human world." As she said this, her eyes turned to a fire rack, where a whole calf-sized Demon Beast was being rolled and grilled, and bursts of strong fragrance came over.
"Even if I forget the taste of food, it is common to go without food or drink for months or years. We practice, fight, snatch resources, and practice again. This is the life of a monk."
"Then why are so many people, so many Lineage rushing to become immortals, even if they have to sacrifice everything." Zhao Min also looked at Demon Beast who was rolling in the barbecue, his eyes dazed.
"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 is only blood and struggle all the way. When I look back, my enemy is behind me, and the power I have cultivated will never be enough." Gong Chenying murmured.
"He has it, I only have a short memory when I was young." Zhao Min suddenly said something meaningless.
Gong Chenying A pair of beautiful eyes looked at Zhao Min's beautiful face that looked like carved jade under the moonlight again. "Coming here today, I felt a little inconvenience again, didn't I?"
Zhao Min was stunned for a moment, and she remembered the motherly warmth that spread throughout her body when the old woman held her hand. The curiosity and enthusiasm that the villagers showed in their respect for the two of them were not at all like those from the Immortal Cultivation Sect or Lineage. Although they also had respect when they saw her, she could see fear and even greed in their eyes. These made her feel a strangeness in her heart from the moment she stepped into the mountain village and fields today. This strangeness she did not want to push away from her heart.
As she thought about it, the thin strips on Zhao Min's face that seemed to have been frozen slowly softened, but she was so stunned that she didn't notice.
Suddenly, the noise became louder, and at the same time, there was a sound of footsteps approaching from far away. The two women looked up and saw the strong man village chief and Li Yan walking towards them. Li Yan looked at them with a smile on his face.
Li Guoxin and others came under the big locust tree. He clapped his big hands in the air, looked at the dozen tables with steaming delicacies, and said loudly, "Okay, okay, Brother Yan is going home now. We also know that he is now a high-ranking official in the imperial court. He has really brought blessings to the village in the past few years. In addition, there are distinguished guests coming, this is considered a big event."
Well, the banquet will be held next, but I can 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 make Brother Yan drink too much, I'll wait for you. I've got great skills, hahaha..." Li Guoxin laughed loudly. When he was talking to Li Yan just now, he wanted to find out the nature of the two girls, so as to prevent the mountain villagers from messing up and losing their etiquette.
Li Yan told the two girls that they had often been in the army since they were young, and they were regarded as heroes among girls. They were both informal people. Li Guoxin was overjoyed when he heard that. He was worried that he would be disrespectful in greeting her, and he was also worried that she was a wealthy lady. He hated such vulgar etiquette. With the words of Li Yan, he felt relieved.
Suddenly, 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 aroma of wine flying from the curtain filled the place.
After the children were cautious at first and tentatively stretched out their little hands to take a few of their favorite foods, they gradually became bolder when they saw that the adults were not scolding them at home as usual and were concentrating on talking and drinking. In the end, some picked up a large chicken leg or a small bowl of animal meat, and chased and played between the tables. There was a commotion, and for a while, clear children's voices sounded far or near under the moonlight. Even the domestic dog, which usually barked as soon as night fell, lost its past temper. It would either wag its tail more cheerfully, hoping to attract the attention of people at the table and throw it a piece of delicious food;
Aunt Chang even chose a few girls or women who knew etiquette and had seen the world to sit next to Gong and Zhao. From the initial restraint, these people saw that although the two girls were cold and handsome, they were polite and not angry when asked. They gradually became more talkative, and from the village A girl from a certain family started the topic and slowly asked about the life experience of the two girls. Although the two girls were not familiar with the world, they were extremely smart. Occasionally, they would pick out some things they could talk about and say a few words. The ones they couldn't talk about would be brushed off with a smile. For a while, the atmosphere here was as good as those at the drunken table.
They were just chatting, and even these women didn't pay attention. They slowly turned the topic to Li Yan. One of them was that Aunt Chang proudly mentioned her fifth child from time to time. Secondly, it was also the first time to meet the second girl. The only common topic was that Li Yan was the bridge. Thirdly, intentionally or unintentionally, the second girl seemed to want to lead the topic to Li Yan.
Gradually, all kinds of things happened when Li Yan was a child, and all the things that happened when they were young were revealed to the two girls. Even how old they were when they wet the bed, when they learned to walk, and whose little girl had been thinking about them, they all knew one by one. The two girls who listened occasionally lowered their heads to hide their chuckles.
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He knew nothing. In this atmosphere, he did not release Divine Sense to eavesdrop on who said what. Instead, he was chatting and drinking with Li Yu, Li Shan, Li Wei, and several playmates who had grown up.
Li Yu also wears an apron around his waist. He is tall and thin, a head shorter than Li Yan and Li Shan. Just because he is thin, he also looks tall. He was picked up from the city by Li Shan on a fast horse in the evening. When he came back, he became the chef tonight without hesitation. At this moment, his fair complexion was already a little red. "Brother Yan, you said you wanted to taste my cooking. Unexpectedly, after that goodbye, there was no news from you, but today you are going to Try it well, come on, come on, try this "Golden Crispy Chicken", it has a trace of first-class Demon Beast blood, plus golden powder, flying lespede..." He said, pointing to a plate of tender and crispy meat on the table with his chopsticks.
Li Yan nodded with a smile and put a piece into his mouth. He felt his teeth and cheeks were full of fluids, and his mouth was crispy and smooth. He couldn't help but give Li Yan a thumbs up. He didn't mean to praise it, but he really thought it was delicious. With the increase of his cultivation, even if he didn't take the "Bigu Pill", he didn't eat or drink for several months. He could only keep his body in the best condition by breathing in the spiritual energy of the weather. After eating these delicacies carefully cooked by Li Yu today, his long-lost appetite was aroused, and he could not help but move his index finger. He couldn't help but glance at Gong Chenying and Zhao Min on the other side, who were surrounded by several people at the main table. He found that the two women were also constantly picking up food and putting it in their mouths to chew. He couldn't help but smile in his heart. It seems that even cultivators are not immune to the craving for food.
Li Shan and several childhood playmates next to him occasionally peeked at Gong and Zhao, with amazement in their eyes. Then they glanced at each other and raised their wine bowls to Li Yan. Li Yan drank one by one with a smile. How could he not know what these people were thinking? Ever since they met, they had been trying to talk to him to confirm whether the two girls were interested in Li Yan. However, Li Yan did not express his opinion either. There was no denying that they had secretly made a bet to see who could get the truth out of Li Yan first. However, they all knew Li Yan's character. He had not talked much since he was a child, but he was extremely alert. When he was young, he often flirted with Li Yan, and they were the ones who suffered in the end. Now that they looked at each other, they must have made Li Yan drunk. Even Li Wei smiled and said nothing, watching the excitement.
With the current level of cultivation of Li Yan, not to mention ten bowls or twenty bowls, but a hundred bowls or a thousand bowls. He didn't even need to get up. His spiritual power turned into mist and dispersed from his sweat hair. However, tonight he did not do this. Instead, he did it forcefully. He drank with everyone, but after all, his physique was already extraordinary, not to mention that he had Qiongqi Purgatory Art, the world's top Body Refinement method. After drinking three bowls with seven or eight people each, his complexion was still the same as usual, and instead he drank seven or eight people until they were dizzy.