Fire Captain

Bai Qian ran over to pick up the pheasant and said with a smile, "We have something to eat now."

Bai Ziyang said with a smile: "You light a fire, and I'll take care of this chicken!"

Bai Qian nodded and said, "Okay, wait for me."

After Bai Qian lit the fire, she saw Bai Ziyang stuffing the chicken's stomach with fruits and mushrooms, and then covered it with a layer of mud. She couldn't help but ask, "Can we still eat our chicken like this?"

Bai Ziyang smiled and said, "This is how beggar's chicken is cooked. Haven't you tried it?"

Bai Qian shook her head.

Bai Ziyang said: "Don't worry, this is the most suitable food for us to eat now. I will make sure you swallow your tongue in a while."

Bai Qian chuckled and said, "It's not that exaggerated."

Bai Ziyang threw the beggar chicken wrapped in mud into the fire, and sat aside with Bai Qian, chatting while waiting. Suddenly, Bai Ziyang asked, "I don't think I've asked the girl's name yet?"

Bai Qian was stunned, and thought for a while with a confused look on her face, then she said regretfully: "Name... I don't seem to have a name?"

Bai Ziyang was not surprised and said, "Don't you have a name? How about I give you one?"

Bai Qian nodded blankly and said, "Okay!"

Bai Ziyang said, "My last name is Bai, so you can take my last name. I see you like to wear light-colored clothes, so let's call you Bai Qian!"

Bai Qian said happily: "Bai Qian...Bai Qian! Okay, then I'll be called Bai Qian!"

Bai Ziyang said: "Then I will call you Qianqian!"

Bai Qian was still happy that she had a name, and nodded and said, "Okay!"

Bai Ziyang teased, "Don't you want to know my name?"

Bai Qian realized what was happening and laughed twice, "I forgot to ask... What's your name?"

Bai Ziyang said, "Bai Ziyang!" After that, Bai Ziyang looked into Bai Qian's eyes and said, "Remember it and don't forget it!"

Bai Qian seemed to be deeply immersed in Bai Ziyang's gaze, and said subconsciously as if sleepwalking: "Okay, I won't forget it!" After saying that, she suddenly woke up and said, "Is our beggar's chicken ready?"

Bai Ziyang pulled the clod of earth out of the fire and broke through the layers of soil with a stone. The aroma of chicken mixed with the fragrance of fruit wafted to his face.

Bai Qian couldn't help but say, "What a nice smell!"

Bai Qian's appetite was indeed not big. Apart from eating a few pieces of chicken, she also ate a lot of fruits and mushrooms hidden in the chicken's belly. Most of the rest was eaten by Bai Ziyang.

After eating and drinking, Bai Ziyang added firewood to the fire and asked Bai Qian: "Are you tired?"

Bai Qian said vaguely: "Not tired!"

When Bai Ziyang turned around, he saw Bai Qian saying that she was not tired but her head was nodding. He couldn't help but laugh. He sat down beside Bai Qian, stretched out his arms and gently held Bai Qian in his arms. Bai Ziyang leaned back and let Bai Qian lie on him. Looking at Bai Qian who was sleeping more and more soundly, Bai Ziyang was smiling without even knowing it.

The next day, Bai Qian helped Bai Ziyang walk slowly back to the hut. After settling Bai Ziyang down, Bai Qian picked up the basket and said, "I'll go to the town at the foot of the mountain to sell these fruits and exchange them for some rice and flour."

Bai Ziyang said: "You go alone?"

Bai Qian nodded and said, "Yes!"

Bai Ziyang said: "What if you get lost again?"

Bai Qian said, "No, I've been to the town at the foot of the mountain many times."

Bai Ziyang stood up and said, "I'll go with you!"

Bai Qian said anxiously: "But your injury!"

Bai Ziyang held his waist with one hand and took two steps. Bai Qian quickly came over to hold his other arm. Bai Ziyang smiled and said, "Look, that's it!"

Bai Qian was stunned, and Bai Ziyang said, "Okay, let's go!"

When Bai Qian was leaving, she suddenly turned around and took something from the table, then said, "I almost forgot. Okay, let's go!"

The two of them had nothing to do anyway, so they were in no hurry along the way. They walked slowly to the town at the foot of the mountain and watched Bai Qian sell the fruits and mushrooms she picked to a familiar vendor in exchange for a few cents.

Bai Qian thought about the few coins in her hand and said, "I wonder how much rice and flour these coins can buy."

Bai Ziyang smiled and fished through his belt, took out some silver and said, "Fortunately I still have some silver. I can buy some rice and flour to last us a few days. But even if I had silver in the mountains, I would have nowhere to spend it!"

Bai Qian said happily: "Even so, we can go to the teahouse to have tea and listen to opera!"

Bai Ziyang said, "Do you like drinking tea and listening to opera?"

Bai Qian said, "Yes, drinking tea is secondary. I really like to go to the teahouse and listen to storytellers tell stories!"

Bai Ziyang said: "Okay, then let's go to the teahouse."

As they walked, they saw a group of people gathered together. Bai Qian asked, "What are they doing?"

Bai Ziyang stopped to take a look and said, "It's just a quack who is cheating!"

It turned out that there was a Taoist priest inside selling talisman paper he had drawn. "Come and take a look at my talisman. If you encounter a monster, I guarantee that you will be protected by the gods and will be unharmed!"

Bai Qian asked curiously, "Can this talisman really drive away demons?"

Bai Ziyang whispered in her ear: "Of course not, this talisman not only has no power at all, but it is completely wrong. It is truly a ghostly talisman!"

Bai Qian smiled secretly when she heard that. The Taoist priest saw Bai Qian and asked, "Miss, do you want a painting too?"

Bai Qian said proudly: "I'm not afraid of monsters!"

The Taoist priest flattered: "How can a girl be so brave and not afraid of monsters?"

Bai Qian shook the folding fan in her hand in a good mood, and ignored the Taoist priest who took Bai Ziyang's arm and said, "Let's go and listen to the opera!"

But he didn't see that the Taoist's eyes lit up when he saw the folding fan in Bai Qian's hand.

Bai Ziyang looked at the shops on the street and asked, "Is there anything else you want to buy?"

Bai Qian shook her head.

Bai Ziyang smiled and said, "You are much easier to support than me!"

Bai Qian looked up and was about to speak when she heard someone shouting from behind: "Girl! Girl!"

Bai Qian looked back and saw that it was the Taoist priest from before. She couldn't help but said, "Why are you following us? I just said that I don't buy talismans!"

After saying that, he turned around and was about to leave.

The Taoist priest hurriedly stopped in front of the two of them, pretending to be a respectable person, and said slowly: "I just want to ask the young lady about the origin of this fan!"

Bai Qian glanced at the fan in her hand and said honestly, "I picked it up!"

Hearing this, the Taoist smiled even more and said, "How about selling it to me?"

Bai Qian stroked the fan gently and said in a gentle tone: "I won't sell it. This fan is the first thing I picked up. I want to keep it as a souvenir!"

The Taoist twisted his beard and said, "It's useless to keep it, why bother to keep it?"

Bai Qian said in a slightly serious tone: "If I say I won't sell it, then I won't sell it!" After that, she turned around and left with Bai Ziyang.

Unexpectedly, the Taoist priest didn't stop the two men. Bai Ziyang got angry and said, "Why are you so annoying? If you keep pestering us, don't blame me for being rude!"

The Taoist priest said, "I'm talking to this girl!" Then he took advantage of Bai Qian's inattention and snatched the folding fan from her hand!

Bai Qian couldn't help but said, "Ah...you..."

The Taoist priest said in a flattering tone, "Young lady, why did you steal my fan when I was drawing the talisman?"

Bai Qian was frightened by the Taoist priest and subconsciously said, "Who stole your fan? Give it back to me!" As she said that, she reached out to grab the folding fan.

The Taoist took a step back and raised his folding fan high, giving Bai Qian room to reach it.

Bai Ziyang knew at a glance what the Taoist was up to. He just wanted to confuse right and wrong in front of everyone. Bai Ziyang had not seen such a shameless person for many years.

Before the crowd gathered, Bai Ziyang grabbed the Taoist's wrist. He knew only a little bit of Kung Fu, but he still dared to make a fool of himself in front of him.

The Taoist felt as if his wrist was about to break, and he could not help but shout, "Hey, hey, hey... spare my life, spare my life."

Bai Ziyang snatched the folding fan, stepped forward and kicked the Taoist priest to the ground, saying: "You don't want to expose your tricks, but you actually dared to deceive me. Get out!" After that, he stepped forward and kicked him twice more!

The Taoist kicked him so hard that he was tumbling all the way. He turned around and said, "You...you just wait!"

Bai Qian quickly came over to support him and asked, "How is it? Are you okay?"

Bai Ziyang staggered, leaned on Bai Qian, and said in pain: "Ah... my waist..." His originally heroic image collapsed immediately.

Bai Qian saw a teahouse not far away and quickly helped him over: "Let's go to the teahouse and take a rest."

The two listened to a story in the teahouse and drank a cup of tea. Bai Ziyang suddenly said, "Qianqian, why don't you go buy some things first? I'm also not very mobile, so I'll wait for you in the teahouse, and then we'll go home together."

Bai Qian didn't think much about it, so she nodded and said, "Okay!" Then she got up and left with the basket.

After Bai Qian left, Bai Ziyang suddenly raised his teacup and said respectfully to the woman in black at the next table, "Miss, you have been with us all the way, is there something wrong?"

The woman in black was not panicked. She stood up and sat directly on Bai Qian's seat and said, "May I ask your name, sir?"

Bai Ziyang cupped his hands and said, "Bai Ziyang!"

The woman in black also bowed in return and said, "My little girl is Rouge!"

Bai Ziyang raised his eyebrows and revealed a surprised expression without saying anything. The woman acted as if she hadn't seen anything and asked, "Was that the Yuqing Kunlun fan in the girl's hand just now?"

Bai Ziyang neither said yes nor no, but just said: "It's just an ordinary folding fan."

Yanzhi suddenly said, "When I saw that girl just now, it seemed like I saw my old friend. To be honest, sir, the Yuqing Kunlun fan originally belonged to my old friend. Unfortunately, my old friend was a man, but she is a woman."

Bai Ziyang smiled and said, "Since he is an old friend of the young lady, you will meet him again in the future. Why bother with a fan? I think the precious fan has spirit and will go to where it should go."

Seeing that Bai Ziyang knew about the Yuqing Kunlun fan, Yanzhi said affirmatively: "Young Master, what you said makes sense... But Young Master also knows about the Yuqing Kunlun fan, so he is indeed not an ordinary person."

Bai Ziyang raised his hand as if trying to block something, and said, "Hey, don't... I'm just an ordinary person."

Yanzhi looked at Bai Ziyang and smiled. Bai Ziyang also looked back at her with a smile. The two of them tacitly agreed not to mention the matter again.

Bai Qian happened to be walking into the teahouse carrying a basket. Seeing the two of them smiling at each other, she couldn't help but feel a little nervous, as if her heart was being grasped by someone.