C29 (1/2)
When Kong Sheng walked into the barn, Qu Feizhi and Chen Chu was comfortably basking in the sunlight. The two of them crossed their legs and laid their heads on the haystack, allowing the early spring sunlight to shine through the tall window edges and onto their bodies. This scene actually made Kong Sheng a little envious.
Hearing the door opening, the two of them did not look back, but Qu Feizhi shouted lazily, ”Just leave the food there, and leave the rest to me.”
Kong Sheng laughed but did not say anything, he found a clean place and placed all the dishes in the food box, then picked up the bottle and pulled open the cork, the wooden cork released a pleasant ”bang” sound when it left the bottle, and the wine aroma slowly filled up the entire barn. Kong Sheng did not speak, nor did he bother to pay attention to the two of them. He sat cross-legged on the ground, poured himself a cup of wine, then tore off a piece of chicken leg.
From the moment he opened the bottle, Chen Chu's nose had twitched, following that, Qu Feizhi began to sniff strongly, the aroma of the wine was like an invisible rope, pulling the two of them off the straw mat.
Qu Feizhi turned his head just in time to see Kong Sheng pouring his second cup of wine. He suddenly stood up and rushed over with a howl. His agility fully showed that he didn't miss his training in this dismal barn. With a few steps, he walked in front of Kong Sheng and hugged the bottle of wine to his chest. Then, he rolled over ten meters away, and when he stood up again, not only was there not a single drop of wine, there was even a chicken thigh in his hands. Qu Feizhi did not care about the formalities anymore, and just took a big gulp of wine, then stuffed the entire chicken leg into his mouth. Without waiting for the chicken leg to finish chewing, he took another big gulp of wine, and the wine flowed down his beard that he had not shaved in a long time and dripped onto the front of his clothes.
He ate while looking at Kong Sheng with a bitter smile, ”I'm not snatching yours, can't you take it slowly? Are you really not afraid of getting stuck with that bone? ”
Qu Feizhi said unclearly: ”You're thinking too much, it's boneless, I chewed it to pieces!” He really wasn't joking around. Before he could finish his sentence, the sound of bones being crushed could be heard from his mouth.
Kong Sheng shook his head and ignored him. Just as he was about to turn around and tear off a chicken wing to continue chewing on it, he realised that the roasted chicken in front of him was already gone. Chen Chu sat at least ten meters away from him, holding a bottle of wine in one hand and an entire roasted chicken in the other.
Kong Sheng let out a long sigh, ”I say, you two, although I admit that I haven't been eating well and didn't eat much recently, at least I haven't had a break, right? Why are you two like you haven't eaten in your previous life? ”
Chen Chu completely ignored him. As Qu Feizhi chewed on the chicken bone, he also reached out to grab the plate of new pork head and said unclearly, ”I'm not talking, why don't you come over and try for a while? Ever since the food was cut off, the few people who brought us food had also taken away our food. Sometimes, the two of us added up to barely enough to eat a bowl of porridge. I've only been feeling better recently, but it's been a while since I've seen any meat or wine, and my mouth is so weak that I can taste a bird. ”
Kong Sheng laughed and scolded, ”Kid, you made a mistake and went to jail, and you even drank wine and meat? Do you want this daddy to tell you another matchmaker and help you marry a girl and come in here to get married and live? ” After saying that, Kong Sheng turned towards Chen Chu and pouted, ”What, have you two made up?”
Qu Feizhi giggled, then lowered his head and ate the meat and drank his wine. Kong Sheng rolled his eyes at him, took out an elbow tray from the food box, and placed it beside Chen Chu's feet. He glanced at the wine he drank and asked, ”Monkey Wine?” How many years did you stay in the Wulian Mountain Range? ”
Monkey Wine was a special product of Wulian Mountain Range. The monkeys there would cut off the dead tree trunks, empty them, hang them on a tree near their cave entrance, and then place the ripe fruits they had collected inside as reserves. As time passed, the fruits in the tree slowly turned into liquid. When the hunters on the mountain discovered that the liquid was extremely delicious, they carried the entire trunk down the mountain and took out the liquid to carry out a simple distillation process. This resulted in the Monkey Wine being added. But now, the Monkey Wine was only called Monkey Wine. Many families at the foot of Five Lotus Mountain had already learned how to make this wine by themselves, just like how monkeys could.
This was especially so for Wulian Border Army, because they were able to find even fresher fruits and even older dead trees further into the mountain range. These two were enough to determine that the Monkey Wine they produced was much more rich and advanced than the Monkey Wine found in other places, and because of this, all the people who had stayed in the Border Army had a common characteristic; The Monkey Wine was rather viscous, and its color was bright red. The aroma of the wine carried with it a type of fruity aroma. If one didn't drink it often, it was likely that they wouldn't be able to adapt to this taste for a while.
Chen Chu held the wine bottle and took a deep breath, he burped with extreme comfort, then replied, ”Not even two years, a bit shorter than you.”
Without waiting for Kong Sheng to answer, Chen Chu suddenly asked, ”Where are my brothers?”
Kong Sheng replied, ”Yes, I did. Ling Zilu is now the new set of Red Camp. Rest assured, your brothers will not suffer any loss. ”
”Thank you.” Chen Chu raised the bottle of wine in his hand towards Kong Sheng, as if he was toasting him, and took a big gulp. Then he pointed at the bottle. ”Headless Wine?” Did you send me on my way? ”
Kong Sheng shook his head. ”Wine is something that Lord Shi and I have in our possession, so we came to take a look at you two.”
Chen Chu looked at him, and casually nodded, ”Thank you, and help me thank Master Shi.”
Seeing that he did not seem to want to speak, Kong Sheng directly asked, ”Master Shi, you told me about the previous Prince and you, do you have anything else you want to tell me?”
The corner of Chen Chu's mouth lifted slightly, revealing a half of a mocking and half bitter smile. He said softly, ”Sir Shi, you only know the surface, I'm afraid no one will ever know the true inside story.”
Kong Sheng nodded his head, ”I am not here to force you to say something, but to have you consider whether or not you want to find an opportunity to talk to her with His Majesty, even if it's just a letter. What she cares about is naturally her father's whereabouts, and it's also true that she still has some feelings for you that she hasn't had in a very young age. If you talk to her, you might be able to get back to your old job. When the time comes for us to return together, regardless of whether we are under the command of the Lord Mo Ji or the Demonic Beast Extinguisher, we will be able to once again join hands and destroy the enemies of the empire, just like we did to protect our Phoenix City Pass a few days ago! ”