You are my golden finger

Chapter 111 Barbecue

After breakfast, the three siblings did not need to visit relatives and friends. It was precisely because their mother was an orphan that Jiang dared to abuse her.

We decided to have a barbecue by the pond at the back of the mountain.

Xihui went out for a run and called Xingwen, Xingwu, Xingcheng, Xingyuan and Xiaowen, who had not gone to visit relatives and friends. These people had gone to their grandparents' house to give New Year gifts before the New Year, so they did not go with their parents today.

So the group headed towards the valley in a mighty procession.

Ye Jinlin, Chuntao, and Qiuyan were also brought along as workers. Ye Jinlin was responsible for carrying the charcoal and grill, while the boys and Murong Xu were responsible for carrying the food, tents, tablecloths, etc. Chuntao wanted to hold An'an, but An'an refused.

"An An, grow up and walk on your own!" As he said this, he ran to the front, with Duoduo and Mimi protecting him on the side.

Lin Xijin let him do what he wanted. The little guy was over four years old and did morning exercises every day. He was in good health. There was no problem for him to walk more, but she still had to help him when it was difficult to walk.

Soon they arrived at the pond, and everyone chose an open grassland to unload their things. Lin Xijin sprinkled insect repellent powder around. Murong Xu led Ye Jinlin and Xihui to set up the tent, while the other boys set up the grill and ingredients. Xijia, Xinlan, and Mujin were responsible for laying out the tablecloth and arranging the fruit plate.

An An was sharp-eyed and noticed a red apple hanging on the top of the apple tree. She took Lin Xijin's hand, pointed at the top of the tree and said to her, "Sister, Guoguo, pick it!"

Lin Xijin picked him up, put him on Mimi, and took him and Chuntao to pick apples.

She reached the tree and jumped onto a branch. After climbing up a few times, she reached the top of the tree and picked the apple.

"Sister is great!" An An imitated how everyone usually praised him, clapping his wrist and praising Lin Xijin.

Lin Xijin used the same trick again and picked a few apples in a row.

Hearing the sound, Xijia and several other girls also ran over. When they saw her skills, they all looked at her like little fans.

"Sister, if we practice hard now, can we be as powerful as you in the future?" Xijia asked.

"Yes, as long as you are not afraid of hardship and keep practicing, you might be better than your sister." Lin Xijin encouraged.

At this moment, Xijia, Xinlan, Anan and Mujin strengthened their determination to become martial arts masters.

After a while, Xihui came over and said that they wanted to go hunting. Lin Xijin whistled and summoned the big tiger and a pack of wolves.

"Da Hu, Wolf King, these people want to go hunting. You lead the way and take them with you. But don't go to dangerous places." Lin Xijin stroked them one by one.

Da Hu and the wolves then took Murong Xu and a few other boys to go hunting, but they soon disappeared into the bushes.

Lin Xijin brought Chuntao, Anan and the three little girls back to the tent. Lin Xijin and Chuntao were preparing the food, while the three little girls took Anan to play hide-and-seek around the tent. With Duoduo and Mimi watching, there would be no danger, so Lin Xijin let them do what they wanted.

In less than half an hour, the hunters returned, and it must be said that they had a good harvest.

Xingwen and Xingwu were carrying a goat with sticks, Ye Jinlin and Xingyuan were carrying a roe deer, and the others were holding hares and pheasants in their hands. Da Hu and the wolves also had prey in their mouths.

While the boys were processing the prey, Murong Xu and Ye Jinlin caught a few more fish and processed them together.

Lin Xijin let the tiger and the wolves have a good meal and sent them back to the forest. She didn't want to feed them barbecue, and changing their living habits might not be a good thing.

After the prey was processed, the boys buried some of the unwanted internal organs and fur in a deep pit. They also found some dry firewood. Lin Xijin was in charge of pickling it, and Chuntao was in charge of stewing roe deer bone and pheasant soup.

After everything is ready, charcoal and firewood are lit and the barbecue begins.

The first to be grilled are beef skewers, roe deer skewers, and some corn and leek skewers, brushed with oil and sprinkled with pepper and salt, which are so fragrant that they make people salivate. A bite of barbecue and a sip of juice or beer is really a rare enjoyment in life.

Soon, the grilled fish, grilled pheasant and grilled hare were freshly baked, and the soup was ready, and it was a new round of delicious food.

Murong Xu's hands were busy, but his mouth was not idle either. He roasted the whole lamb while enjoying the food fed by Lin Xijin and An An. He felt very satisfied.

As a result, after the whole lamb was roasted, everyone was already full, and each person only ate a few bites, because they couldn't eat any more. Everyone took a walk in the orchard, picking fruits like Lin Xijin did just now.

After several years of learning Kung Fu, the results were visible to the naked eye. A few boys leaped up and the fruits hanging on the treetops fell into their hands.

Not to mention, the climate in the valley is pleasant, and the fruit trees have experienced frost and snow in autumn and winter, so the fruits taste particularly sweet.

After digesting the food, everyone prepared to rest. The women slept in the tent, while the men spread out a few tablecloths and lay directly on the grass.

Jia Jia led An An to enter the tent, but the little guy looked at everyone and became unhappy. He pouted and said, "An An, you are a boy. You should sleep outside."

After saying that, he ran to Murong Xu and lay down.

"Hahahaha..." Everyone couldn't help laughing, and the laughter scared the birds in the trees away.

With Duoduo and Mimi watching over them, everyone felt relieved and rested for more than an hour.

During the break, a few boys set up a longmen formation to play chess, Chuntao and a few little girls played with An An, Murong Xu and Lin Xijin competed in fishing, and everyone had a great time!

Seeing the mountain top blocking the sun, the valley began to darken. The group packed up and started to return home. Because of the large amount of prey and fish caught, the backpacks on the way back were still full.

When they got home, they divided the prey into five portions and asked Xingwen, Xingwu, Xingyuan and Xiaowen to take one portion each. Only then was the day's journey over.

It was not until the evening of the fifth day of the New Year that Lin Xijin sent Murong Xu back. In the past few days, the two of them took advantage of the cover of night to drive the battlefield jeep to visit Qingyuan all over, and even drove back and forth on the highway from Qingyuan to the capital city. They were really elusive.

Murong Xu told her that her achievements in building a charity school, inventing movable type printing, building a cement factory, and building cement roads had caused an uproar in the entire court. As soon as the cement road from Qingyuan to Kyoto was built, the court would reward her and make her a princess. At that time, it was possible that the imperial decree for marriage would be issued together with it.

Lin Xijin didn't care. She was a person who only acted according to her conscience and didn't care about the results. Whether there was a reward or not, she would do it. As for whether the marriage was granted or not, as long as the love between the two was firm enough, what did these external forms matter?

Murong Xu felt helpless about her personality, especially since she didn't care about the arranged marriage, which made him even more upset.

What can I do? After all, she is the woman destined for me, and the woman I love madly. I can only pamper her!