xymnovel Chapter 1415 - 1410: Meeting Fengzi (Part 1)
Chapter 1415 - 1410: Meeting Fengzi (Part 1)
The next day was the day Mu Shuangshuang set off as an escort master to the Northwest.On this journey, a lot of supplies would certainly be consumed.
Fortunately, food and clothing were prepared by the Zhenyuan Escort Agency, so Mu Shuangshuang didn’t have to use the jerky, sauces, and other easily preserved items she brought along for the time being.
When the time comes, she could even let Fengzi and Xing Beichen have a taste.
This trip to the Northwest would take a month, starting from the county and with the final destination at Xing City, the frontier of the Northwest.
Because they were transporting valuable items, for safety reasons, they could only camp outdoors along the way and only use inns when absolutely necessary.
Mu Shuangshuang traveled with the escort masters, heading towards the Northwest.
Thanks to her strong physical strength and incredible recovery ability, Mu Shuangshuang never once complained of being tired along the way.
Nor did she cause any delay to the journey.
On the contrary, Ni Fa, who was the errand boy traveling with them, was either ill or couldn’t keep up, causing the progress of the team to be dragged down several times.
No comparison means no harm!
Zhao Erbiao, the leader, was impressed with Mu Shuangshuang.
Everyone in the Zhenyuan Escort Agency felt that during this trip to the Northwest, having Mu Shuangshuang and Shen Feng was entirely a good deal.
The only one eating a loss was the likes of Ni Fa, who looked good but wasn’t useful.
However, despite dragging his feet, Ni Fa was hard-working and never got angry no matter how he was scolded.
Zhao Erbiao had no reason to send him away.
After pressing on for half a month, the escort agency had virtually trekked across mountains and rivers, encountering all sorts of harsh conditions.
Once again, traversing a large mountain, the members of the escort agency had been hungry for an entire day.
Zhao Erbiao, seeing that they wouldn’t miss the delivery day, simply took a few escort masters to hunt in the mountains.
They shared the hunted game with everyone.
Soon, they caught a deer and carried it to a nearby creek to skin it clean, then roasted the entire deer over the fire.
As the deer cooked, the crowd began to chat.
Mu Shuangshuang, Shen Feng, and Ni Fa were all newcomers, so they naturally got more attention.
"Da Niu, don’t mention it; your ugly appearance is slimming you down, yet you have some decent skills. Why did you think of becoming an escort master, a job where your head hangs on your waistband?"
Lu Daniu was Mu Shuangshuang’s alias, and everyone called her that.
"Hey, isn’t it just because I’m too ugly for anyone to like me? I’m thinking of saving some money, buying a big house in the county one day, and marrying ten or eight women, with only the prettiest!"
Given Mu Shuangshuang’s ugly appearance, no one doubted her words.
"Haha, I knew you had a lustful heart! The other day, in the town, you were staring at a girl’s chest; I wasn’t as bold as you!"
It was Peng Shugen who spoke, one of the escort masters in the team.
He was relatively older and somewhat frivolous.
However, everybody was ’men’ at the moment, so it didn’t matter what he said.
"Brother Peng, what nonsense, I heard you got married, I’m just a solitary bachelor without a wife!" Mu Shuangshuang said, full of grievance.
Looking at Peng Shugen, she seemed to devour him with her eyes.
Peng Shugen, after her words, didn’t dare to joke with her.
"Shen Feng, you’ve been silent all the way, how about you tell us why you became an escort master?"
Peng Shugen turned his attention to Shen Feng.
Shen Feng was still wearing his bamboo hat, and as Peng Shugen spoke, he toyed with the knife he always carried.
Mu Shuangshuang had seen him play with that knife once.
It was when he was practicing; it was so sharp that even a tree trunk as thick as a bowl broke with a single slice.
Speaking of which, among the escort masters, Mu Shuangshuang was most interested in Shen Feng.
Having known him for so long, he seldom spoke.
He was extremely aloof!
"Shen Feng, though I’m your elder, you can’t stay silent all the way, can you?" Peng Shugen was somewhat upset.
He stood up, wanting to argue with Shen Feng.
But was stopped by Zhao Erbiao, "Shugen, this is a desolate wilderness, everyone needs to unite! If these things go wrong because of our arguments, who will be responsible?"
Peng Shugen, upon hearing this, was instantly discontent.
"Erbiao, that’s not the way to put it! It’s this kid who doesn’t respect me. I’ve been talking nicely to him all the way.
How does this kid treat me? His tail is almost up in the sky; I don’t know why you recruited him, someone who’s so ill-mannered should not be kept!"
As Peng Shugen criticized Shen Feng’s manners, Mu Shuangshuang noticed Shen Feng gripped the knife tighter.
Although there was no aura of killing, it was obvious he cared.
Mu Shuangshuang thought for a moment and said, "The meat seems almost ready, today I’m eating a deer leg, no one snatch it from me, if you do, I’ll be mad!"
"Da Niu, you cheeky brat, being so skinny, eating deer leg, how about deer penis!" someone teased Mu Shuangshuang.
With those words, the escort masters present burst into laughter.
"Brother Zhao, the deer penis is for you; you always feel weak kidneys, right? This thing’s great for treating weak kidneys!" Mu Shuangshuang laughed.
The crowd laughed along!
The atmosphere suddenly improved.
Peng Shugen also stopped being angry, his eyes sneakily fixed on the deer meat over the fire.
The deer meat grew increasingly fragrant, and even the grease began to ooze out.
Mu Shuangshuang took out chili powder and salt from her luggage, sprinkling them over the meat, enhancing the aroma instantly.
"Delicious, this smell, Da Niu, I didn’t expect you to bring something like this!"
Salt might be brought by people, but chili powder, no one else would have it.
"Naturally, I’m sacrificing this much for a deer leg!"
As she spoke, Mu Shuangshuang marked a spot on the deer with a knife.
Indicating that part of the deer meat belonged to her.
The others followed suit, using knives to mark the deer.
Soon, the whole deer was divided up.
When the deer was roasted, everyone picked their portion and sat by to eat eagerly.
Shen Feng sat alone, munching on a plain bun.
No one gave him any deer meat, nor did anyone invite him to eat deer meat.
Mu Shuangshuang cut her deer leg in half, giving a portion to Shen Feng.
She didn’t eat much in the first place, and even initially planned to share half with Shen Feng.
Shen Feng was very unsociable, extremely unsociable.
Moreover, he didn’t fight or snatch, eating whatever was given to him.
If there was none, he ate buns, without a word of complaint.
"Eat!" Mu Shuangshuang handed the deer meat to Shen Feng.
Shen Feng didn’t take it.
Seeing this, Ni Fa reached out to grab it.
"If he doesn’t want it, give it to me!"
At that moment, two hands simultaneously hit his paw.
Both Shen Feng and Mu Shuangshuang acted.
"You said you weren’t eating it?" Ni Fa asked, clutching his hurt hand.