Border Cook

Chapter 22 Meritorious Service
First, give Wu Jin a sufficient amount of pan-fried dumplings, then mix them with chopped green onions, balsamic vinegar and sesame oil in a simple sauce, and Xia Mingyue began to feast on them.

The skin of the pan-fried dumplings is thin and chewy, and the bottom is extremely crispy due to being fried in oil. It makes a pleasant crunching sound when bitten, which increases your appetite.

The carrot, black fungus, egg and vermicelli filling is fragrant and refreshing, and you will never get tired of it. If Xia Mingyue hadn't been thinking about not eating too much for dinner, otherwise she would feel uncomfortable due to indigestion, she would really like to make another big plate of it and fill it all up in her stomach.

Wu Jin was also very satisfied with the pan-fried dumplings made by Xia Mingyue. He was even reluctant to take big bites and swallow them. He was only willing to take a bite of one at a time, chewing it slowly in his mouth. After swallowing all of them, he would eat the next one.

After finishing the meal, he licked the clay pot clean as usual.

Just like washed by water.

Xia Mingyue reached out and rubbed Wu Jin's head. "I'm afraid you won't have enough of these things. Tomorrow I'll steam a big pot of steamed buns made of erhe flour for you, and bring back some bones from the butcher shop for you to eat."

The former is filling, while the latter adds flavor.

With both, the skinny Wu Jin can definitely be made fatter.

If you say so, then I'm not sleepy anymore!

Wu Jin jumped and jumped happily on the spot and barked several times.

Sure enough, there is nothing wrong with this one!
People who cook delicious food are kind people!

We must stay in this home forever and protect it well!

So, even late at night, Wu Jin did not lie down comfortably in his nest and sleep, but instead paced back and forth in the yard with his head held high, with his big eyes wide open.

At Chou time, Wu Jin was so sleepy that he could hardly open his eyes, so he sat down at the foot of the south wall, yawned loudly, and then lay down on the spot to take a nap.

A rustling sound suddenly occurred.

From far to near, and the closer you get, the lower the sound frequency.

Wu Jin pricked up his ears, and when he realized that the sound was getting closer, he simply stood up.

After a while, a figure appeared outside the gate.

A thin and short figure paced back and forth stealthily outside for several times, and even clung to the wall and the fence door to look inside for a long time.

When the black shadow found that there was no one in the alley and no movement in the yard, he climbed over the wall very swiftly.

He first squatted at the foot of the wall and waited for a while. When he found that there was nothing unusual, he walked in quietly along the wall.

First he slipped into the kitchen and started rummaging around.

But after a long time, he still couldn't find the kitchen knife, so he had to pick up the rolling pin that was more than half a person's height in the kitchen, then took out the object in his arms and knocked it gently on the floor of the kitchen.

To avoid thieves, most people who have money at home will bury it underground.

Most people would bury the money in the earthen kang in the house, but some people would bury the money in the yard to avoid being guessed by thieves.

Under some tree roots, inside the kitchen...

This Xia runs a small business, and he does quite well in it. He is a smart man, so he will definitely think like a smart person.

Most of this silver and money is buried outside.

The thin and short black figure searched in the kitchen for a long time, and even emptied out all the ashes in the stove, but still found nothing. Finally, his eyes fell on the apricot tree in the yard.

The apricot tree is very tall, and the soil at the roots of the tree seems a little loose.

It must be here!
Without any hesitation, the black shadow ran straight to the apricot tree, took out the small trowel that he had prepared long ago, and began to carefully dig under the tree roots. As he was digging, the trowel seemed to hit something hard, making a slight "ding-dong" sound.

No doubt it's silver!
The black shadow's face was full of joy, and he dug the soil even harder. However, he was afraid that the trowel would accidentally damage the silver, so he simply dug the soft soil with his bare hands.

Wugin quietly walked behind the shadow.

Just as the black shadow was digging the soil like a rabbit with its big butt sticking out, it opened its big mouth full of sharp teeth, aimed at the man's butt, and bit down.

The weather has been getting warmer these days, and even the nights are not as cold as they were at the beginning of the month, so naturally the clothes people wear are not too thick. Wu Jin used all his strength in this bite, directly penetrating all the clothes, and his fangs went straight into the flesh.

Blood instantly flowed out from Wu Jin's teeth and mouth.

After a brief moment of confusion, the black shadow felt a piercing pain and screamed.

The screams were so terrifying and shrill that they cut through the sky and woke up the darkness and the sleeping people.

Xia Mingyue woke up immediately and almost jumped out of bed. She quickly put on her coat, picked up the kitchen knife beside the bed, and looked through the window to see what was happening outside.

When Xia Mingyue saw a black shadow being bitten by Wu Jin, rolling and howling on the ground, kicking and hitting Wu Jin with his hands and feet, she immediately understood.

There's a thief in the house!
Xia Mingyue pushed the door open with a bang and shouted, "Come quickly, there's a thief, come and catch the thief!"

The shouting of the black shadow had already woken up many people in Xinghua Lane, but most of them didn't want to go out to see what was going on. When they clearly heard Xia Mingyue shouting "thief", some people lit the oil lamps in their homes.

"Where is the thief?"

Lu was the first to run over, leading Zhao Dahu and Zhao Erhu, holding a rolling pin that was more than half a person's height in their hands.

"You two should go to the street and find the bailiffs," Xia Mingyue said hurriedly.

Jinqiu County did not impose a curfew at night, but yamen runners did patrol in shifts to ensure the safety of the people.

Zhao Dahu and Zhao Erhu understood and ran out.

Xia Mingyue picked up the rolling pin from the kitchen and worked with Lu to find an opportunity to beat the thief.

But at this time Wu Jin was biting the man tightly, and the man was struggling and fighting with Wu Jin. It would be very easy to hurt Wu Jin with a stick.

Lu circled around for several times but didn't dare to take action.

Xia Mingyue saw the opportunity and shouted, "Wu Jin, let go."

When Wu Jin heard Xia Mingyue's order, he must have relaxed, and even retreated quickly. Xia Mingyue and Lu's rolling pins fell down at the same time.

"Oh!"

First there was the sound of a rolling pin hitting flesh, followed by a crisp "crack" like a bone breaking.

The black shadow covered his legs again and howled like a pig being slaughtered.

Seeing that the thief had curled up in pain and had no ability to escape, Xia Mingyue stopped Lu who was about to hit him with a stick, "Sister-in-law, this man is just stealing. If you beat him up, the government will probably hold him accountable."

"If someone steals someone else's life-saving money, it's the same as killing someone. Such a person should be beaten to death!" Although Mrs. Lu hated thieves very much, she also knew that what Xia Mingyue said made sense, so she leaned the rolling pin in her hand on the ground.

Zhao Dahu and Zhao Erhu quickly brought over a few patrolling yamen runners.

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