After the little cannon fodder was reborn, he chose the villain childhood sweetheart

Yong'an County.

late at night.

Xie Lan suddenly opened his eyes and reached out to grab the sword at his waist.

In the dark and cold ruined temple, there was a faint rustling sound of things stirring.

Xie Lan tilted his head slightly and saw with his peripheral vision that the two beggars in the daytime were rummaging through the clothes of the top three.

"Er Gouzi, didn't you see him buying sesame cakes with money on the street? How come you can't find the silver?"

"Brother, I really saw him using money to buy sesame cakes! Who knew he was such a pauper and had spent all the money he had!"

"Bah, what a damn bad luck!"

The man kicked Er Qiang and was about to stop when the younger brother beside him pulled him back and pointed in the direction of Xie Lan and said, "Brother, look at the knee pads on that kid's legs and the boots on his feet. Although they are dirty, they look quite warm. I have never seen such a style before. Why don't we take his knee pads and boots away? Otherwise, if we go back empty-handed, won't we be laughed at?"

The man followed his gaze and nodded, saying, "You make sense. Let's go and search him!"

The two men walked over with a swagger, not shying away at all.

Xie Lan was puzzled and was about to turn over and jump up, but found that he could not move his limbs.

He suddenly remembered the strange pieces of wood that the two beggars burned in the dilapidated temple before going to bed at night.

The wood had an unpleasant smell that made people dizzy and sleepy.

He thought it was just a strange piece of wood and didn't take it seriously.

But the smell was so bad that he went to the east side of the ruined Buddha statue to rest and inhaled little of the fragrance.

Now that I think about it, these two seemingly harmless beggars must have soaked some kind of drug in the wood, which caused them to fall into a deep sleep.

Xie Lan didn't smoke much, so he could stay awake in the middle of the night.

Even if he was conscious at this time, his limbs were weak and it would be of no use.

Xie Lan watched the two men approach him and beat him up, veins and sweat already covering his forehead.

He tried to use the internal force taught by his father Xie to stimulate his tendons and meridians, but his father died young and he was young at that time and had not yet mastered the internal force techniques to the fullest.

In a state of desperation, Xie Lan bit his cheek hard until blood oozed out from between his lips.

The beggar named Er Gouzi had sharp eyes. He saw blood on Xie Lan's lips by the moonlight and shouted in fear: "Brother, this guy is awake!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Xie Lan moved his arms and found that he had some strength. He drew his sword and held it across his body, his cold brows and eyes like the cold moon in the night.

"court death."

Two cold words came out of his thin lips, causing the two guilty beggars to shudder.

"Boy, why are you so arrogant? I gave you enough drug to knock out ten bulls, and you managed to wake up by chance. Instead of begging for mercy, you even said such arrogant words? I think you don't want to live anymore!"

The leading beggar was panicked for only a moment, and then started shouting wildly.

Seeing this, Er Gouzi became bolder and reached out to grab the knee pads on Xie Lan's legs.

Seeing that the knee pads were about to be torn off, Xie Lan's eyes were filled with bloodshot, and there was a frightening brutality at the corners of his eyes.

"court death……"

He gritted his teeth, stared at the two of them coldly, raised his hand and stabbed Er Gouzi with the sword in his hand.

Er Gouzi didn't expect that Xie Lan had recovered so much strength. He couldn't dodge in time and was stabbed in the shoulder by Xie Lan.

"Ouch!"

Er Gouzi cried out in pain. The beggar next to him also became angry when he saw this. He bent down, picked up the large stones scattered on the ground, and smashed them on Xie Lan's forehead.

"You little brat, do you really think your grandfather is easy to bully?"

That sword strike just now had used up most of Xie Lan's strength. He thought he could scare the two men away, but he never expected that the beggar would get angry out of shame.

Seeing the stone about to fall on his head, he had to use all his strength to dodge to the side.

But the man still hit him on the back.

"Well……"

Xie Lan closed his lips tightly, swallowed the moan that was about to escape his mouth, and made a quick decision in his mind.

He turned his sword and stabbed it backwards, hitting the beggar in the chest.

Warm blood flowed down the cold hilt of the sword to the back of Xie Lan's hand. He subconsciously increased his strength and stabbed down fiercely.

"what!"

The beggar who was stabbed by the sword screamed and fell to the ground.

In the quiet and cold ruined temple, two wailing sounds suddenly rang out one after another.

Xie Lan used his last bit of strength to sprinkle water from the copper kettle on the faces of Feng Yuanfei and the others.

Soon, Feng Yuanfei and the other three slowly woke up.

Seeing the two beggars lying in front of them, they were all stunned.

Feng Yuanfei immediately noticed Xie Lan's face, which was as pale as paper. He hurriedly stood up to help him, but he could not stand steadily for a long time, and his limbs were as weak as soft noodles.

"Xie brother, what happened?!"

Feeling a dull pain in his back, Xie Lan frowned, clenched his teeth, and his lips turned pale.

"They drugged us with bad intentions, but luckily I woke up in time and prevented them from succeeding."

After saying this, Xie Lan spat out two more mouthfuls of blood. Finally, he ran out of strength and passed out with his eyes closed.

"Thank you, brother! Thank you, brother!"

*

Green Water Village.

Jiang Wan didn't sleep well in the second half of the night.

She had an inexplicable feeling of uneasiness, but she couldn't tell where she felt uncomfortable. She just felt a tightness in her chest and had no energy to do anything.

After lunch, she cheered herself up and went to Aunt Xie's yard to do some work.

Fourth Aunt Xie and Meihua Juhua had prepared everything early, cleaning and processing the ingredients Jiang Wan would need in advance.

Since there is no kiln in Aunt Xie's yard, the roast duck will not be made for the time being. This dish will be made after Master Wang builds the kiln.

I'm going to make three dishes this afternoon, namely, mouth-watering chicken, pig's trotters stewed with soybeans, and pork ribs with preserved plums.

Jiang Wan was directing from the side while Fourth Aunt Xie, the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law were busy all the time.

Mouth-watering chicken is relatively simple to make and is also a cold dish, so Jiang Wan took the lead in teaching Aunt Xie how to make mouth-watering chicken.

First, put two large drumsticks of Tujia chicken into cold water, then add ginger, scallion segments and a dozen peppercorns to remove the fishy smell.

After the water boils, simmer for a cup of tea, then use chopsticks to poke the thickest part of the chicken leg. If you can poke through it, it means the chicken leg is cooked.

Then put the chicken legs into the ice water prepared in advance to enhance the firmness of the chicken, and then make the sauce.

There was no chili pepper in this dynasty, so only dogwood could be used as a substitute.

Jiang Wan then taught Aunt Xie how to make a spicy garlic sauce, which she poured over the chicken legs cut into long strips, successfully completing the first dish.

Looking at the delicious mouth-watering chicken, Aunt Xie's confidence grew, and she soon stewed pig's trotters with soybeans under Jiang Wan's guidance.

Jiang Wan said: "If you want to remove the stinky smell from the pig's trotters and make them soft and hairless, you should roast them over a fire in advance. After burning off the hard hair on the surface of the pig's trotters, scrape them with a sharp blade. This will remove the hair and some of the fishy smell."

Juhua exclaimed: "Sister Wan'er, you are really knowledgeable! I have never heard of such a method before!"

Fourth Aunt Xie laughed and said, "My niece-in-law is really smart, otherwise an old woman like me would never know how to cook pig's trotters in my life."

Jiang Wan's interest in cooking was also aroused, and she said excitedly: "Fourth Aunt, let's make the last dish."