OBS Chapter 421: Barbecue on the Mountain
Chapter 421: Barbecue on the Mountain
Zhou Mingxuan and Zhao Junhao, who were both devastated, continued to collect firewood listlessly in that area when they suddenly heard the voices of a group of children.
"What's wrong with the kids? Why are they making such loud noises? Did something happen?" Zhao Junhao said.
This place is not far from the Red Star Production Team at the foot of the mountain. The children who come here are generally from the Red Star Production Team. The two of them cannot just sit back and do nothing.
"Let's go and see if they are in any danger," Zhou Mingxuan said.
The two men no longer cared about the firewood. They picked up axes and machetes and walked hurriedly towards the direction where the sound came from.
Liu Jingxue, who was observing the two people's movements with her spiritual sense, heard their conversation and saw their actions and was very satisfied.
These two people are not bad people.
When the two arrived at the place where the sound came from, they saw a group of children from the team busying themselves there.
After being in the team for so long, the two of them have become familiar with these children who run around the production team all day long, and can even call out the names of some of them.
Looking at Tiedan who was directing the children to work, Zhao Junhao asked,
"Tiedan, what are you doing? Why are you making such a big noise?
We thought you were in danger, so we came to check it out."
Hearing someone talking to him, Tiedan looked in the direction of the voice and saw Zhou Mingxuan and Zhao Junhao, so he greeted them quickly.
"It's Zhou Zhiqing and Zheng Zhiqing, don't worry, we are not in danger.
We are preparing to have a barbecue.
I was arranging work for them, so the noise was a bit louder."
"What kind of meat are you grilling?" Zhao Junhao asked curiously.
Could it be that the children dared to secretly bring the meat from home to the mountain to roast it, without fear of being caught and beaten by the adults?
Tiedan pointed to the hare that was being skinned and placed nearby and replied, "Roast hare. What other meat can you roast?"
When Zhao Junhao saw the three wild rabbits placed there, he almost couldn't believe his eyes.
The children who grew up at the foot of the mountain are so amazing. The oldest one is only seven or eight years old, but they can hunt and catch so many.
And they also planned to roast it and eat it in the mountains.
Do they handle their prey?
Do they know how to barbecue?
Do they have seasoning?
What Zhao Junhao didn't know was that he had unknowingly asked the question in his heart out loud.
"We didn't hunt this hare; Sister Xiaoxue gave it to us.
But we dug traps and occasionally caught wild rabbits.
As for handling prey, that's not difficult at all. You've seen it since you were a child, and you'll learn how to do it.
Besides, we often barbecue in the mountains, so we have practiced it.
As for salt and seasonings, which mountain kid doesn’t bring some of these things with him when he goes into the mountains?”
After Tiedan finished speaking, he turned to the three older children who were in charge of processing the prey, "Hurry up and skin them. We'll light a fire and roast them when you're done."
"The rest of you hurry up and collect firewood."
Seeing those kids skinning people skillfully, Zhao Junhao looked at Zhou Mingxuan with a look of doubt on his face, "Mingxuan, were you as good as them when you were their age?"
Zhou Mingxuan rolled his eyes at him and said, "Even at my age now, I'm still not as good as them.
Besides, don’t you think you’re focusing on the wrong thing?”
"What's the point? What do you mean?" Zhao Junhao was a little confused.
Zhou Mingxuan was so disappointed with his friend, "Why are you so stupid?
Look at what they are going to do now?"
"What are you doing? Skinning and roasting a rabbit. Isn't that obvious?" Zhao Junhao still didn't understand.
Zhou Mingxuan shook his head and sighed. What a stupid teammate he was. He couldn't even lead him. But what else could he do? He was his brother.
He reminded, "They're preparing a barbecue, and what were you complaining about?"
"What are you complaining about? You're complaining about not being able to eat meat and you're complaining about not daring to hunt," Zhao Junhao replied.
"Damn it." Zhao Junhao yelled.
He pointed at the group of children and said, "They are barbecuing, barbecuing in the mountains.
Are we stupid? Why are we always thinking about getting prey and taking it back to eat? Otherwise, we will be discovered by Zheng Pengcheng and reported by him.
After hunting, if we roast and eat the game in the mountains, he won't find us, so why do we have to bring it back to eat?"
Zhao Junhao's loud shout startled the children and they all looked up.
After hearing his words, a child said in confusion, "We allow villagers to go into the mountains to hunt, but they have to hand in the big ones.
Why did that Zheng Pengcheng report you for hunting and eating meat?"
"You can think of him as someone with a bad conscience, looking for trouble," Zhou Mingxuan said perfunctorily.
The child nodded, "Then he is really bad. You have to report him even if he goes hunting."
Having found a solution, Zhao Junhao could no longer sit still. He had to eat meat today.
"Mingxuan, let's go hunt rabbits and roast them in the mountains."
"You can only grill it next time. You don't have salt or seasoning," Zhou Mingxuan poured cold water on him.
Zhao Junhao was discouraged again.
But the greed in his stomach made him unable to accept that he could only watch others eat meat while he couldn't eat it himself.
Looking at the group of children, Zhao Junhao's eyes turned and a plan came to his mind.
"Tiedan, can we have a negotiation?"
Tiedan glanced at him and asked warily, "What are you going to do?
I'm telling you, don't try to have a barbecue with us.
You two are so big, you eat a lot.
We only have three rabbits, which is barely enough for us to share, but we can’t give any to you.”
Even if Zhao Junhao was craving for meat, he was too embarrassed to snatch the meat from the child's mouth.
He waved his hands repeatedly and explained, “Don’t worry, I don’t want to steal your meat.
I thought of making a deal with you to take both of us together.
We two didn't bring any salt or seasoning, so the grilled food turned out tasteless. If you have extra, please share some with us.
We will go hunt three hares later and give one to you as a thank you gift. You can roast the other two for us, okay?"
Zhao Junhao thought of asking the children to help them roast the dumplings, mainly because this place is closer than the production team. Zheng Pengcheng didn’t go to work today, so he didn’t know whether he had gone into the mountains.
It would be a problem if they saw the two of us barbecuing here.
It would be better to let the children bake it for them, and then they can find a secluded place and eat it secretly.
When he heard that he could get an extra rabbit and everyone could get more, Tiedan readily agreed.
"Okay, no problem. Then you have to hurry up and deliver the rabbit quickly."
"No problem, we are very fast," Zhao Junhao agreed.
"Mingxuan, let's go catch the rabbit."
June is the time when grass grows and fertilizer is not needed. Both of them are agile, and with the help of Liu Jingxue, who used her spiritual sense to drive the rabbits towards them, it didn't take long before the two of them caught three wild rabbits.
After sending the rabbit to the children, Tiedan waved his hand generously, "You two went into the mountains to chop wood, right? Then go ahead and chop wood. You don't have to worry about this. Just wait for the food to come."
It's a good deal to receive the payment for a rabbit and roast two rabbits at the same time.
Zhou Mingxuan and Zhao Junhao both laughed. This kid is quite generous in doing things.
"Then I'll leave everything to Tiedan. The two of us will continue to chop wood."
"Go ahead, and come back in an hour to get the roasted rabbit," Tiedan replied.
The two returned to the area where they had chopped wood before, and the firewood was still there.
"Mingxuan, why didn't we think of grilling it on the mountain and eating it before going back?"
"I thought it was forbidden to light a fire in the mountains to avoid fire," Zhou Mingxuan replied.
Zhao Junhao said, "Then let's wait and see how the children handle it and learn from them.
Let’s go inside a little bit next time, roast and eat, and then go back, so as not to be seen by Zheng Pengcheng.”
"It seems that when I go into the mountains to chop wood in the future, I can only work half a day. Otherwise, I will have to hunt, process the prey, and grill the meat. If I don't have enough time, I won't have enough time."
"When you want to eat meat, spend half a day chopping wood. If you don't want to eat meat, chop wood during your off-work hours.
But if we move out, we won’t have to worry about this.”
“It’s almost time, we’ll move out at the end of the month.
But you can only eat it all at once, and you can’t leave any left, lest Zheng finds out.”
"As long as you let me eat meat, everything else will be fine."