The August Lake is level, and the culvert is too clear. The steaming cloud Mengze shook Yueyang City.

If you want to help without a boat, you will be ashamed and sage. Sitting and watching the anglers, there is nothing to envy the fish.

……

It's August in the blink of an eye, but the news of the scientific expedition has not yet arrived.

Changlin Village not only let Lin Erhu of the county government pay attention to the news of the scientific expedition at all times, but also let people go to the Qingye Inspection Department every day to inquire, and the old patriarch and others became more and more anxious.

The news of this era is undoubtedly closed, and everyone knows that after Song Tixue presided over the college examination in Gaozhou Mansion, he went to Qiongzhou Mansion to preside over the college examination according to the previous practice.

It's just that Qiongzhou Mansion is an island, and you need to cross the ocean to get there. Now that there is no news, some people speculate that the ship that Lord Song Tixue was on was shipwrecked and had hidden in the sea.

However, there was also a rumor that Song Tixue did arrive in Qiongzhou Mansion, but after receiving the news from Enke, he immediately rushed back. And on the way, it was announced that the date of the expedition would be set for August 18.

It's just that this is a rumor after all, and everyone doesn't dare to believe it easily, and only hopes that the official document will come sooner.

As a participant in the imperial examination, Lin Haoran did not seem to be in a hurry.

Even though time was passing quickly, he still leisurely took a group of men from Changlin Village and planned to build a walled gate in front of the stone bridge. It's not a big deal, it just needs to act as a buffer, especially at night to prevent large-scale raids.

The binder of this era was mainly glutinous rice juice, but the cost was high. So Lin Haoran took local materials, got some limestone in the limestone mountain on the edge of the village for simple firing, and made some rough version of cement.

Naturally, these cements cannot be compared with future generations, but there is no problem in building stone walls.

A tall carriage came slowly from the entrance of the village, and the little body of the tiger girl sat in front of the carriage, driving the carriage in style. The little golden monkey followed, squatting next to her and eating broad beans.

"This carriage is really comfortable and stable!"

"Tiger girl, you hurry up, when you arrive in Aoba Town, my aunt invites you to eat candy!"

"Tiger girl, I haven't been to a restaurant in my fifties or sixties, you have to take me to see it this time!"

……

The curtain of the car was opened, and the carriage was crowded with women from Changlin Village, including an old lady. These three women are in a play, and I'm afraid they will talk non-stop all the way.

After confirming that Hu Niu really knew how to drive the carriage, some women in the village became active, and finally couldn't hold back in today's market and asked Hu Niu to use a horse-drawn carriage to drive them to the market.

Hu Niu was already an idle master, and when she saw several women begging for her, she immediately agreed. When the carriage passed by Lin Haoran's side, she also glanced at him proudly, looking a little angry.

"When you come back, bring me a shrimp cake!" Lin Haoran looked at her appearance and couldn't help but smile bitterly. Compared with the tiger girl who likes sugar people, he loves shrimp cakes and likes the soft and fresh delicacy.

"Well, I'll remember!" The tiger girl nodded proudly.

The tall carriage drove unhurriedly across the stone bridge, and soon disappeared around the bend of the hillside, and the tiger girl carried the women towards the town of Aoba.

When the stone bridge was built, there were some stones left next to it, which could be used at this time. Soon, the stone wall on the left began to be built, intending to build a splayed walled gate.

Chirping......

While carrying the stones in the rubble, there was a sudden scream, and something came out of the cave, and the man was so frightened that he hurriedly let go of the stone, and his face was shocked.

"White-necked pig!"

Someone's eyes lit up, and he pointed at the little thing that was running away and shouted.

Lin Haoran was having people mix cement and sand together, and a small thing passed by his feet, causing him to jump up, but when he heard that it was a white-necked pig, his eyes immediately burst into light.

The thing seemed to be frightened, and wanted to run towards the bushes at the other end of the bridge, but after several encounters of obstacles, it chose to flee in the direction of the entrance of the village.

"Catch it! Catch it! ”

Lin Haoran swallowed his saliva, couldn't care about his image anymore, and said loudly at the young man who was running in front. In his eyes, it was not a white-necked pig, but a steaming barbecued pork.

Chirping......

There was nowhere to hide this thing, and at last a man pounced on it and let out a shrill scream.

"Uncle Nineteen, give!"

It was Ah Wu who caught the badger, a very strong man, who sent it over flatteringly.

"Well done!"

Lin Haoran praised without hesitation, looking at the fat pig badger. But he didn't expect that there would be such an unexpected joy, so he immediately left the work at hand and walked towards the village.

The others went back to the cave where they were, because the badger is a social animal, and it is very likely that there is a badger in it.

Monkey Four quickly boiled water and slaughtered the white-necked pig, which weighed eight or nine pounds, and the meat was very fat, and it was indeed a rare delicacy.

After thinking about it for a long time, Lin Haoran made up his mind and planned to make barbecued pork.

The best barbecued pork is naturally pork tenderloin, but pork belly is also available. After adding the sauce and salt, he found honey, which Tiger Niu had picked some time ago by discovering a nest of wild bees.

The meat is cut into strips, marinated in salt and sauce, smeared with honey, and skewered on top of bamboo skewers.

There were several earthen kilns on the edge of the barn, and he chose the shorter one, and placed the bamboo sticks flat on top, and the fiery red charcoal fire below. The meat is slowly roasted over a charcoal fire, and the meat gradually hardens, and the fat drenches out of the surface.

The oil stains fell on the charcoal fire, making a "zing" sound, and wafted out bursts of meat fragrance, which spread throughout the barnyard, and immediately attracted everyone's attention.

Grunt......

A few men walked over and couldn't help but swallow their saliva.

Wu Daoxing also came to the earthen kiln, his throat squirmed heavily, and he asked with saliva: "Xiao Sanyuanlang, what delicious food do you make, why is it so fragrant?"

"It's not yours!" Lin Haoran flipped the bamboo skewer and said lightly.

"Why don't you have my share? Although I don't have financial luck, my mouth is still good, and I once ate dragon meat in Yunfu Mountain. Wu Daoxing's eyes widened, and he immediately boasted.

Lin Haoran ignored him, looking at the char siu that was burned red and burnt, and couldn't help swallowing his saliva. I just felt that the honey was not enough, so I smeared some more, and then continued to burn.

Seeing that the barbecued pork was about to be ready, he heard the sound of a carriage outside the village.

Lin Haoran gave Qian Dabiao a few days ago and asked him to go to Huazhou City to buy two carriages and come back, counting the days, knowing that Dabiao probably bought the car back. It was only when the carriage drove in that it became clear that there was a misunderstanding.