Chapter 50 Qin Zhen in Danger
Qin Zhi still knew these rumors from Song Rou. After meeting Qin Zhi that day, Song Rou had been thinking about the cakes she made, so she begged Song to take her to see Qin Zhi. Song was helpless, so she asked Liu Qian to lead the way, and took Song Rou and Song Yu to Qin Zhi's house.
Qin Zhi went up the mountain early in the morning. For her, going up the mountain was not only about looking for prey, but more about entering nature and relaxing.
I went up the mountain to see the wild water, and suddenly I saw green mountains under the water.
There are gurgling water and fragrant wild flowers along the way.
Qin Zhi caught a muntjac in the jungle, tied it with a rope and led her back, picking a bunch of wild flowers on the way back.
The persimmons in the mountains were ripe, and they were red and hung on the branches like lanterns. Qin Zhi cut a branch about two meters long from the persimmon tree, which was full of persimmons. Qin Zhi led the deer, carried the branches with fruits on his shoulders, and held wild flowers in his hands. Today was a day of great harvest.
When Qin Zhi returned to the courtyard, Mrs. Song and the three children were already sitting in the courtyard. Qin Zhen was pouring tea for them with a nervous look on her face.
Seeing Qin Zhi coming back, Qin Zhen felt relieved. She quickly took the persimmon from Qin Zhi's hand and left.
"Mrs. Song," Qin Zhi greeted her.
"Miss Qin, I came here today to thank you. If you hadn't helped us that day, something terrible would have happened to our Song Mansion."
"Mrs. Song, you're welcome."
"Miss Qin, I came here today to get some pastries. I couldn't stop thinking about it after I ate a piece that day." Song Rou said playfully.
"That's no problem, of course. Just wait, I'll go get some pastries for you to try." After saying that, he went to the kitchen and brought them out.
"I made this with goat's milk, you try it." Qin Zhi said, and brought out a plate of goat's milk egg tarts for everyone to taste.
Song Rou handed one to Madam Song and Song Yu respectively, and Liu Qian couldn't wait to grab one as well.
Song Rou finally took one for herself and tasted it. After taking just one bite, she couldn't help but say it was delicious.
Everyone spoke highly of the goat milk egg tarts, especially Song Yu, who loved sweets the most. He ate three in a row before stopping, muttering, "Sister Qin, I wish you were my sister, so I could have delicious food every day."
Song Rou pretended to roll her eyes at her, looked at Song Yu with a sad face, and said, "Why, do you dislike me as your sister?"
Song Yu hurriedly said: "Big sister, I don't dislike you, I like you too, you can protect me."
Everyone laughed when they heard Song Yu's answer.
After a while, Liu Qian finished the whole plate of pastries, but he still felt a little unsatisfied.
"Miss Qin, I'm not full yet. We must have a good meal at noon today." Liu Qian said to Qin Zhi. He has always been carefree, and Madam Song laughed at him for being shameless.
"No problem. I just happened to catch a muntjac in the mountains this morning. Let's make skewers with it. I guarantee that the fragrance will spread a hundred miles away. You will want to eat it again after eating it." Qin Zhi replied with a smile. She liked their straightforward character, without the twists and turns of the rich families. Qin Zhi was very willing to deal with such a family.
Qin Zhi called Uncle Shen to help him deal with the deer. While he was at it, Qin Zhi went to the kitchen to move the skewers, barbecue grill, charcoal, seasonings, etc. that he had bought earlier to the yard. A long table had already been set up in the yard.
Uncle Shen was very skillful and quickly processed the deer. He also cut it into small pieces according to Qin Zhi's request.
Uncle Shen left after he had dealt with the matter. He felt uncomfortable staying next to a noble person.
Qin Zhi quickly pickled all the deer meat.
While the meat was being pickled, Qin Zhi went to the vegetable garden to pick some eggplants and leeks, and went to the kitchen to get a few potatoes, washed and sliced them. Barbecue does not just involve eating the meat, grilled vegetables are also delicious.
When the marinating was almost done, everyone washed their hands and came over to skewer the meat. Liu Qian and Song Rou were the most interested; they were both foodies and had never seen this way of eating.
When the skewers were almost done, Qin Zhi went to prepare. She lit the charcoal stove, picked up the skewers and started grilling them. She kept turning the skewers and occasionally brushed them with a layer of oil with a small brush.
After a while, the air was filled with the tempting aroma of meat.
Song Rou couldn't sit still any longer, dropped the skewers she hadn't finished skewering, and ran to the stove to watch eagerly. Qin Zhi couldn't stand her staring at him, so he took a skewer and asked her to taste it.
Song Rou couldn't wait to take it and put it in her mouth.
Qin Zhi shouted in fear: "It's hot, blow on it."
But it was too late. Song Rou was so burned that she grimaced and was reluctant to spit out the meat in her mouth.
This silly girl, Qin Zhi complained in his heart.
"It's delicious and smells so good," Song Rou said while breathing out hot air.
"Let me try it too," Liu Qian also looked at Qin Zhi eagerly.
Qin Zhi also handed him a piece of roasted meat, put it on a plate, and invited Madam Song and Song Yu to come and eat. The skewered meat was enough.
Qin Zhi brought some tea and homemade juice and asked them to pour whatever they liked.
Qin Zhi skewered eggplants, potatoes, leeks and other vegetables, sprinkled them with barbecue seasoning, and started grilling them.
After being roasted, they were served to the guests. Everyone praised the vegetables, even the four-year-old Song Yu liked them.
At this time, Shen also sent some washed wild fruits. These wild fruits were all picked from the mountains. They were not expensive, but they tasted delicious.
"Mom, where is my elder sister? Ask her to come over for barbecue." Qin Zhi asked when he realized that he hadn't seen Qin Zhen for a while.
"I asked your sister to deliver some deer meat to the village head's house. She has been gone for a while. I think your grandmother Zhou is talking to her." Shen replied with a smile. She said hello to the guests and went back to the house.
Song Rou and the others stopped eating only after they were satisfied, and the two chatted for a long time. Song Rou and Qin Zhina met too late, and they could talk about everything together.
Mrs. Song was also very happy today. When she saw that the time was almost up, she stood up and said goodbye. Before leaving, Qin Zhi stuffed them with a lot of freshly made cakes and packed them in wooden boxes, including some old-fashioned cakes that they were asked to bring to the old lady, which were suitable for the teeth of the elderly.
After the guests left, Qin Zhen had not returned yet. Qin Zhi said hello to Shen and went to the village to find her sister.
Unexpectedly, Zhou said that she had been at home all day and had not seen Qin Zhen at all. Qin Zhi was panicked. Her sister never ran around. If she said she would come to the headman's house, she would definitely come. Now Zhou said that she had not seen her, so she must have had an accident.
When the village head heard about this, he also had a bad feeling and quickly found several young men from the neighboring families and asked them to help look for Qin Zhen near the village. Those young men were also enthusiastic and went out to look for her immediately after hearing the news. Qin Zhi couldn't sit still either and went out to look for her as well. The most suspicious one was the Qin family.