Chapter 72 – Do you want to eat Dragon and Phoenix Soup?
Chen Sanhe was swimming hard towards the shore, completely unaware of the situation around him. When Yan Xiaosi suddenly reminded him, he turned his head to look at his right side.
This glance almost scared him to death.
“Ah, a water snake!”
He screamed in fright, momentarily forgetting to kick his legs to swim. His whole body sank, and he gulped down a mouthful of icy cold river water.
“Cough cough, Big Brother, Second Brother, please give me a hand.”
Chen Dahe and Chen Erhe, upon hearing there was a snake in the water, were terrified and their faces turned pale. They fled faster than rabbits. By the time Chen Sanhe called for help, the two had already climbed onto the dike, and neither had any intention of going back into the water to help Chen Sanhe.
Yan Xiaosi stood on the dike, her gaze sweeping over Chen Dahe and Chen Erhe, who were now on the shore, naked and shivering. She felt utter contempt for them while also feeling grateful. She was thankful to have three older sisters like Yan Shuqin, Yan Shuxue, and Yan Shuyun. If it were her in the water tonight, whether it was Yan Shuqin, Yan Shuxue, or Yan Shuyun, they would have jumped into the water without hesitation to save her, not abandoning her like Chen Dahe and Chen Erhe did to Chen Sanhe in order to save their own lives.
The branch drifted closer and closer to Chen Sanhe, but due to the dim light and his immense fear, he didn’t realize it was just a branch.
“Ah, don’t come over, don’t bite me.”
After gulping down several mouthfuls of cold water, Chen Sanhe kicked his legs while swimming and shouted. But because he was so frightened, he kicked his legs aimlessly for a while and stayed in the same spot.
“Hey, Big Brother, Second Brother, save me!”
A teenage boy was crying in fear because of a branch.
Tian Dazhuang swam over to him and immediately recognized that it was not a snake but a branch.
Worried that Chen Sanhe would be scared to death, he paddled in the water and grabbed the dry branch, holding it up for Chen Sanhe to see, “Chen Sanhe, take a closer look, is this a water snake?”
Chen Sanhe was terrified and quickly closed his eyes when Tian Dazhuang lifted the object.
“I won’t look, I won’t look, Tian Dazhuang, please take this water snake away.”
Tian Dazhuang was somewhat speechless, “Chen Sanhe, you usually seem so brave. How can you be so scared of a branch?”
“A branch?”
Afraid that Tian Dazhuang was lying to him, Chen Sanhe cautiously opened his eyes a little and saw that it really was a branch in Tian Dazhuang’s hand.
Chen Dahe and Chen Erhe also saw it more clearly..
The three brothers suddenly realized that there were no snakes in the water. It was Yan Xiaosi who was tricking them.
Chen Dahe clenched his teeth and turned to look at Yan Xiaosi on the embankment, gritting his teeth and said, “Yan Xiaosi, you little bastard, how dare you deceive us!”
Yan Xiaosi didn’t want to see Chen Dahe’s ugly lower body, so she shifted her gaze to the weeping Chen Sanhe on the water’s surface, shrugged helplessly with a smile, and said, “I’m really sorry, I must have been seeing things earlier.”
Chen Sanhe was so scared that he almost wet himself. He couldn’t accept Yan Xiaosi’s explanation that she saw things wrong.
“Yan Xiaosi, you little bastard, you clearly did it on purpose.”
Chen Sanhe didn’t believe that Yan Xiaosi was seeing things as he sobbed.
He then asked Chen Dahe and Chen Erhe to deal with Yan Xiaosi, “Big brother, second brother, this little bastard is too hateful, help me teach him a lesson.”
“Chen Sanhe, your fear is your own problem, it has nothing to do with Yan Xiaosi.”
Seeing that Chen Dahe and Chen Erhe were already hurriedly getting dressed, ready to deal with Yan Xiaosi, Tian Dazhuang’s heart grew anxious. He threw the branch in his hand, roared at Chen Sanhe, and then quickly swam towards the shore to help Yan Xiaosi.
But Yan Xiaosi just stood there on the embankment as he shouted anxiously, “Xiaosi, are you crazy? Run!”
“Big brother Dazhuang, you go ahead and wash yourself, don’t worry about me.”
Yan Xiaosi not only didn’t run, but she also put her hands behind her back and waited for Chen Dahe and Chen Erhe to approach with a smile.
Chen Dahe, furious, charged at her, swinging his fist towards Yan Xiaosi’s face, intending to settle old and new grudges.
Yan Xiaosi’s skinny face couldn’t possibly withstand Chen Dahe’s sandbag-sized fists.
Seeing that the huge fist was about to hit Yan Xiaosi’s face, Tian Dazhuang jumped out of the water in a hurry, “Xiaosi, dodge!”
“Chen Dahe, you brought this upon yourself.”
Yan Xiaosi grinned, took a step back, then took out her right hand, which had been behind her back.
She held a long object in her right hand, which flew towards Chen Dahe’s fist.
The long object wriggled a few times, opened its mouth, and revealed its teeth, looking as if it was about to bite Chen Dahe’s fist.
“Ah, it’s a snake!”
Only when the object wriggled and showed its teeth did Chen Dahe realize that it was a genuine snake.
Afraid of being bitten, he quickly retracted his fist, jumped back, and bounced a few steps away from Yan Xiaosi.
The snake was a harmless black-tailed snake that Yan Xiaosi had caught while bored on the embankment. She had planned to take it home to make a pot of soup but didn’t expect it to become a weapon against Chen Dahe.
She pulled the black-tailed snake back, and it stopped resisting after being held by its tail and covered in her sweat. It obediently coiled around her arm.
Chen Erhe, who was angrily charging at Yan Xiaosi, saw this and suddenly stopped, hiding behind Chen Dahe like a frostbitten eggplant.
Chen Sanhe, who was still in the water, was even more terrified. Even the usually courageous Tian Dazhuang swallowed his saliva. He wasn’t afraid of snakes, but now he just realized that Yan Xiaosi had enough courage to play with the black-tailed snake.
Afraid that the black-tailed snake would hurt Yan Xiaosi, he swallowed his saliva and reminded, “Xiaosi, when catching a snake, grab it next to its head. Don’t hold the tail of the snake, or you might get hurt by it.”
Yan Xiaosi replied with a light tone, “Don’t worry, Big Brother Dazhuang. This snake won’t hurt me.”
Not to mention the black-tailed snake, she could tame and handle even the most ferocious and venomous cobra..
Seeing the snake gently coiling around Yan Xiaosi’s arm, Tian Dazhuang finally breathed a sigh of relief, quickly swam to the shore, and swiftly put on his clothes.
When Chen Sanhe also put on his clothes, Yan Xiaosi shook the black-tailed snake in front of the three brothers and said, “Chen Dahe, Chen Erhe, Chen Sanhe, do you three still want to fight me?”
The Chen brothers had already been scared out of their wits by the snake. They didn’t dare to make a move against Yan Xiaosi, but they didn’t want to admit it to themselves..
Chen Dahe gritted his teeth, “Yan Xiaosi, you are ruthless. You better be careful in the future.”
“Erhe, Sanhe, let’s go.”
Seeing his gesture, Chen Erhe and Chen Sanhe followed him.
Yan Xiaosi, holding the black-tailed snake, watched the Chen brothers leave with anger .The corners of her mouth raised a little as she waved at the three brothers, “Take care, Chen Dahe, Chen Erhe, Chen Sanhe.”
She had won this battle and was happily sending off her enemies. Tian Dazhuang’s mouth twitched as he watched.
The Chen brothers, who were walking back to the village with big strides, stumbled in anger because of her words.
When the Chen brothers had disappeared, Yan Xiaosi turned to Tian Dazhuang with the black-tailed snake and licked her lips, smiling, “Big Brother Dazhuang, do you want to try Dragon and Phoenix Soup?”
Tian Dazhuang, a country bumpkin, didn’t know what Dragon and Phoenix Soup was, but it sounded delicious from its name.
“If it’s delicious, of course, I want to eat it,” he said to Yan Xiaosi with a naive smile and a nod.
