The wind seemed to have stopped outside, and the sky was getting darker.
Huang Xiao estimated the time, took a long branch, and forked a large piece of mutton.
Put it in, take it out from the fire, and clean it in a stone bowl.
Huang Xiao took a bite and praised: "It's so delicious, sister-in-law, you should try it too."
He picked up the mutton and handed it to Zhang Yan.
Huang Xiao had bitten this piece of mutton. Although it was from the other side, it was still inappropriate. However, Zhang Yan did not refuse. What was the point of being fickle in the current situation? It would also embarrass Huang Xiao.
Zhang Yan opened her mouth and Huang Xiao fed her.
Although he didn't refuse, Huang Xiao felt embarrassed no matter how hard he fed himself.
In particular, Zhang Yan thought about the storm of the late Ming Dynasty she saw in the garden that day.
Zhang Yan inside was feeding King Xin...
"Sister-in-law, what's wrong? Is it not to your liking?"
Zhang Yan came back to her senses and said: "It tastes good, quite delicious!"
Huang Xiao ate the rest, picked a few more pieces and put them in the bowl, then moved the sheepskin pot aside and let it cool.
"Sister-in-law, let's put some food on our stomach first and start eating. We'll have some mutton soup later."
Huang Xiao handed the chopsticks over.
Zhang Yan accepted it without any reservation.
Today was a day of awakening and stimulation, and the two of them were already hungry.
Even Zhang Yan ate two pieces.
Huang Xiao killed four pieces.
"It's comfortable, but it's a bit bland and has no salt. If you don't lose your backpack, there are seasoning packets in it, otherwise it would be perfect."
Zhang Yan said with a smile: "It's already pretty good, don't worry about Shu!"
Huang Xiao smiled, stood up, picked up the sheepskin pot, and poured a bowl of milky white sheep soup.
"Sister-in-law, drink."
Huang Xiao was holding a big stone bowl.
"Yes." Zhang Yan blushed, but fortunately, she couldn't see anything under the firelight.
She also wanted to lift the stone bowl by herself, but the weight...
Zhang Yan endured the shame and drank seven or eight sips, "Okay, I can't eat anymore, you can eat."
Huang Xiao was naturally not polite, so he picked up the bowl and started drinking.
I finished the large bowl of soup first and ate five or six pieces of mutton.
"Cool!"
Huang Xiao tied the sheepskin into a knot and hung it by the fire again.
"Save it for tomorrow."
Huang Xiao added firewood and put the stone bowl into the fire.
Zhang Yan asked: "What is this for?"
"Burn the grease."
Zhang Yan nodded.
Huang Xiao walked out of the cave carrying the stone bowl with a wooden stick.
He wiped it with snow again and again, removed the firewood ash, filled it with snow again and walked in.
After boiling the water, he took it out again and threw it away.
After burning three bowls in a row, the stone bowl was finally clean.
He cut off a piece of clothing with a dagger and threw it into a stone bowl.
Zhang Yan immediately understood what Huang Xiao was going to do, and she was so moved.
"I thought you were going to boil water to wash your face. If I had known you were going to do this, I wouldn't have bothered you so much. Look, the scabs have already formed, so it's fine."
"It's always better to wash it with hot water. Anyway, there's nothing wrong now."
"Well, I said no to you anyway."
Huang Xiao smiled.
After giving Zhang Yan a simple disinfection, it was found that the problem was not serious, and Huang Xiao did not bandage it.
After boiling another large bowl of hot water.
"Sister-in-law, you freshen up, I'll go out and get some bedding and come back."
Huang Xiao said and strode out of the cave without waiting for Zhang Yan's answer.
Zhang Yan took Huang Xiao's piece of clothes and was in a daze.
Then she wrung out her clothes and washed her face carefully.
…
This season, it’s snowing so heavily again, I don’t want to think about dead grass or anything like that.
Huang Xiao broke off dozens of branches of similar thickness and made a stylish wooden bed. Although it was simple, it was smooth under Huang Xiao's careful tinkering.
He was so busy that it was almost dark before he finished carrying it and headed back to the cave.
Zhang Yan stood at the entrance of the cave, watching worriedly.
"Sister-in-law, look, this is the bed I made for you, how do you like it?"
Zhang Yan felt sour in her heart and stopped looking away.
"I like it very much. Come in and warm yourself by the fire!"
"Well, it's a little cold!"
Huang Xiao took his work into the cave, and Zhang Yan followed him in.
After Huang Xiao warmed up, he set up a wooden bed not far from the fire.
"Oh! It's a pity that there is no grass. It will be very uncomfortable to sleep on it."
"It's okay, it's better than sleeping on the ground! You're exhausted today and injured again. You can go to sleep. My sister-in-law will sit here all night."
Huang Xiao shook his head and said loudly: "No! I am a man, this is not okay no matter what!"
When Zhang Yan wanted to speak again, Huang Xiao shook his head resolutely and said, "Sister-in-law, your health and bones are not very good. You have been nursing and cannot bear the cold. This time, because of me, it has made me very uncomfortable. To refuse my kindness, me! Me!”
At this point, Huang Xiao coughed.
Zhang Yan was startled and said, "What's wrong with you? Does your body hurt again?"
Huang Xiao endured the discomfort and shook his head, "It's okay. I'm a little excited. I'm very fine."
Zhang Yan lowered her head, tears falling from her eyes.
She was not a fool, how could she not see that Huang Xiao was not feeling well.
"What's wrong? Sister-in-law, did I speak too harshly?"
Huang Xiao blocked the firelight and didn't see Zhang Yan's tears. Seeing that she didn't speak, he asked with concern.
"nothing."
"Okay, sister-in-law, can you go to the toilet?"
Zhang Yan blushed.
Huang Xiao said: "The temperature must be low at night, and it will be very cold when you wake up at night..."
"Yeah." Zhang Yan responded softly.
Huang Xiao understood.
He quickly walked out of the cave and explored it.
It was snowy outside, and the time was probably around eight o'clock.
He came back.
"It's safe outside, sister-in-law, go ahead, don't be afraid."
Zhang Yan was so ashamed, but she couldn't care less about it at this time.
After a while, Zhang Yan left and returned.
Huang Xiao also went to solve personal problems.
Huang Xiao began to take off his clothes.
Zhang Yan's heart was beating wildly.
Huang Xiao spread his clothes on the wooden bed and quickly returned to the fire.
"Sister-in-law, I added a mat for you. The one with blood stains is underneath. The lining should be clean. You can sleep on it. Use the fox fur as a quilt. It shouldn't be cold."
After Huang Xiao finished speaking, he turned around and left his back to Zhang Yan.
For a while, there was no movement behind him, and Huang Xiao felt sleepy. He hugged his knees, rested his head on them, and slowly fell asleep.
Zhang Yan sat on the wooden bed, staring blankly at Huang Xiao's back, listening to his slight snoring, her thoughts were ups and downs, and her tears could no longer stop flowing.
"Although he has very wrong thoughts, he is an open-minded person and he treats others with sincerity, whether it is to His Majesty, to friends, or to the people. The reason why he is supported by so many people is Dahuangzhuang Tens of thousands of people are willing to die for him, is it just Huang Xiao who gave them food?"
"There are many people who do good deeds and give out porridge. Why isn't this the case? Huang Xiao exchanged his sincerity for the sincerity of others, that's why it is like this. Take Liu Cheng as an example. He is a refugee and Huang Xiao is not related. Xiao said nothing and used her own blood to save him. What did Huang Xiaotu do?
In his world, the world of flowers, there are countless things that make people comfortable. In his words, Huang Xiao has also earned more money than he can eat in a lifetime. If he hadn't been thinking about the people of the Ming Dynasty, if he hadn't He loves the people here and the Ming Dynasty, why did he come to the Ming Dynasty to suffer so much and almost lost his life? "
