Chapter 6 The sweet potato in my hand is suddenly not fragrant

"I shot a lot of pigweed," Ji Zhao hurriedly caught up with him, and said excitedly, "By the way, I also picked up a pheasant on the mountain, I guess it weighs three or four catties! "

   gurgling—

   Before Shen Yao could answer, Ji Zhao's stomach suddenly rang.

  She covered her stomach, but in the silent night, every little sound would be amplified infinitely—

   "Follow me." Shen Yao glanced at her, then limped into the kitchen.

  The dishes and chopsticks in the kitchen have been cleaned, and there is not even a grain of rice in the pot.

  Ji Zhao silently covered his thunderous belly, the hunger struck him, and he couldn't even cover it up!

   "I just ate half a sour apple on the mountain, I just need to drink some water to deal with it..." Ji Zhao secretly glanced at Shen Yao's expression, and said softly.

  Shen Yao didn't answer her, but walked around to the hearth, picked up the tongs leaning against the corner of the wall, and pulled out two round, black sweet potatoes.

  The moment he saw the sweet potatoes, Ji Zhao couldn't help swallowing.

   "Are we alone?" Ji Zhao asked cautiously.

   "I'm not hungry." Shen Yao said in a deep voice.

   "Give it all to me?" Ji Zhao was very surprised, but also very happy.

   "Yes." Shen Yao nodded slightly.

   "Then I started it?" Ji Zhao, who was squatting on the ground, said with a smile.

  She couldn't wait to pick up a sweet potato, and gently peeled off the scorched black skin on the outside.

   "It's so sweet!"

  Ji Zhao took a bite of sweet potato, eating with relish, and his face was full of happiness.

   "When it dawns tomorrow, you can go back to Shiliu Village." Shen Yao suddenly looked away, and said softly, "From now on, you and I will have nothing to do with each other."

  The sweet potato in my hand suddenly lost its fragrance.

  Ji Zhao hung his head in silence for a long time, then asked softly after a while, "Can you really not give me another chance? I will prove it with practical actions."

  Shen Yao shook his head firmly.

   "I understand." Ji Zhao lowered his eyes to cover the disappointment in his eyes, and replied muffled.

   After eating a sweet potato, she was not so hungry.

   "Then can I stay here tonight to deal with it all night? I'll leave after dawn tomorrow, okay?" Ji Zhao asked softly.

"Um."

  Shen Yao nodded slightly, turned and left.

   Never looked at her more than once from beginning to end.

  Ji Zhao leaned against the hearth and took a nap. Not long after, he tilted his head against the wall and fell asleep.

  When the sky was bright, there was a strong smell of chicken soup floating in the courtyard of the Shen family.

   Zhao Lanhua, who just woke up, frowned suspiciously.

  In the kitchen, the amphora placed on the stove is steaming, and the smell of chicken soup comes from here.

  There are two more rows of firewood on the firewood stack near the hearth.

  Zhao Lanhua walked out the door again, and found that the three large tanks had been filled with water.

   "Mother," Ji Zhao happily walked up to Zhao Lanhua with his skirt, "Good morning!"

   "You? What's in your arms?"

   "Wild duck eggs." Ji Zhao explained with a smile, "I just found a reed bush when I went to the river to fetch water, and there were six wild duck eggs in it!"

   When Ji Zhao went to fetch water from the river for the first time, she found several wild ducks hidden in the reeds on the river surface. At that time, she mumbled that it would be even better if she could find wild duck eggs.

   As a result, when she went to fetch water from the river for the second time, she picked up wild duck eggs!

  Ji Zhao felt that his luck had begun to change!

  (end of this chapter)