Courtyard houses: Those who are capable are rewarded, and many children bring many blessings.

In his previous life, Niu Dazhuang was deeply attracted by Michelle Yim's pretty face, expressive eyes, and voluptuous figure when he watched the movie "In the Heat of the Sun".

Since God has given us this opportunity, why not seize it? The next day, I didn't even go to class.

I was alone in my dorm room, marinating the meat I was going to grill that night. There were only a few types of meat available, and I couldn't grill too much or too little.

They'll be thinking about the next meal after this one, and there's nothing a few meals of roasted wild game can't solve.

After thinking for a long time, Niu Dazhuang decided to roast roe deer meat. Although it wasn't as nourishing as sika deer, it was still a mild tonic.

Just bring another wild pheasant, and next time we'll roast a wild rabbit.

I ate so much the first time that I didn't want to eat it again.

First, cut the roe deer meat into chunks, then soak the wild pheasant in water. For Niu Dazhuang, eating roasted meat was secondary; the main thing was to get acquainted with Michelle.

The meat was cut into too small pieces, and it was grilled in just a few minutes. What was the point of chatting then? The other person finished eating, wiped their mouth, and left.

After marinating the meat, Niu Dazhuang thought about the evening's events, wondering if he could create an opportunity to have a private chat with Michelle...

During afternoon class, Niu Dazhuang kept looking at his watch. As soon as get out of class ended, he dashed out.

They were almost at the library. Niu Dazhuang stopped, took a few deep breaths, and regulated his breathing to make sure the other party wouldn't realize that this was all part of his plan.

I strolled over to the corner of the library and peered at the entrance from afar.

Only when Bai Hongyan and Mi Xue appeared in sight, arm in arm, did Niu Dazhuang slowly emerge from around the corner, a cigarette dangling from his lips.

Upon meeting, Michelle asked, "You're not playing a prank, are you? Treating us each to a grasshopper leg?"

"You said you like to eat grasshopper legs? I don't have any prepared here. How about I go and catch a few big grasshoppers for you right now?"

"You're quite humorous. At least it's not a prank. Let's go!"

"What did you prepare?" Bai Hongmin asked.

"Of course it's in the dorm. You guys wait for me at the main gate, I'll bring the things over."

Ten minutes later, Niu Dazhuang came over carrying the marinated meat, a shovel, and a machete.

"Hey, you guys even have a machete in your dorm?" Bai Hongmin asked.

"Of course, my roommate brought it from home." Niu Dazhuang could easily come up with an excuse.

Niu Dazhuang, a local, had already chosen a spot during the day. A little over a hundred meters east of the school gate, there was a sizable mound of earth.

It conveniently blocks the view from the main road.

Niu Dazhuang handed the newspaper wrapped around the meat to Mi Xue.

"You guys stand back, I'm going to dig a hole first."

Bai Hongmin looked around and said, "You're just going to grill it here? That's so inconsiderate of you!"

"Miss, you should be grateful that there's barbecue to eat, so don't be picky."

"Comrade Niu Dazhuang, you seem to have forgotten the most important thing: how can you grill meat without charcoal?"

Who says burning straw is a tradition? In this day and age, not to mention corn stalks, even the stubble under the corn stalks is dug out with a hoe and taken home to be burned as firewood.

That's not the most amazing part. The most amazing part is that after you've cleaned up all the corn stalks and stubble, you rake them all over again.

Not a single leaf remained on the corn. In late autumn, when all the leaves had fallen, they would still carry baskets to the fields to gather the fallen leaves and bring them home.

Cow dung and sheep dung are not only fertilizers, but also fuels. In this day and age, everything is used to its fullest potential.

"Don't rush. There's an old locust tree a little further on. I've already observed it during the day. I'll get some dry branches later."

As they were talking, a pit the size of a washbasin was dug.

After finishing the work in the pit, Niu Dazhuang tucked his machete behind his back and went to chop away.

After walking about a hundred meters, Niu Dazhuang looked back and, with a thought, released a bundle of firewood he had chopped while hunting back in his hometown.

He sat on the firewood, smoked a cigarette, wandered around for a while to kill time, and then returned with the firewood on his back.

The rest was easy. It was the two beautiful ladies' first time grilling wild game in the wild, and they both found it very novel. They both showed great enthusiasm.

Niu Dazhuang pretended to be very tired and plopped down on the ground: "I'll start the fire. You guys keep your hands clean and skewer all these pieces of meat and pheasants."

Once the firewood in the pit had stopped smoking, the three of them each took a skewer of meat and began grilling it...

There was no chili pepper, no cumin, nothing at all.

The three of them were eating with great relish.

"Just one gourd of Erguotou (a type of Chinese liquor) is missing. Roasted meat with Erguotou, tsk tsk... that's what I call delicious." Niu Dazhuang forgot about that. His mind was full of thoughts about how to film Michelle.

These sticks, each over a meter long, were held by the two beautiful women.

"That's easy to say. We'll prepare the wine, and you prepare the meat. Let's have another meal together! Barbecue in the wild has a unique flavor." Although Bai Hongmin is a bit pretentious, she's not completely ignorant of social etiquette.

Michelle's mouth was now stuffed full of grilled meat, a far cry from the image of Niu Dazhuang in the movie he remembered. "Ah... no..."

"Swallow it first, no rush."

Michelle chewed quickly a few times and swallowed, feeling embarrassed by Niu Dazhuang's gaze. A shy, girlish blush appeared on her face.

"What did you use to marinate this meat? It's delicious! Next time, Xiaobai will provide the wine, you provide the meat, so what should I provide?"

"You just need to provide the manpower."

"How could I? How about I go to the bar too? My family still needs the leftover wine from my dad's bar, I'll bring a bottle with me."

"Hehehe... Xiaomi, why do you have a black beard now?"

Michelle quickly wiped her mouth with her hand. After wiping, she looked at her hand and saw it was covered in oil and black residue. She then reached out and touched Bai Hongmin's face.

Bai Hongmin didn't dodge and her face was covered in smears. She didn't make a fuss, wiped her face with her hand, and then reached back to touch Mi Xue's face.

Laughing and joking around, they temporarily forgot all the unpleasantness.

Seeing the two beautiful women so happy, Niu Dazhuang couldn't stop smiling.

After bickering for a while, they noticed that Niu Dazhuang was watching the commotion. They exchanged glances and simultaneously reached out to touch Niu Dazhuang's face.

Niu Dazhuang instinctively tried to dodge and was able to, but they still managed to smear his face with black smears.

Things got a bit chaotic, and Niu Dazhuang started to fight back. The three of them ended up in a commotion.

Exhausted from playing around, the three of them lay flat on the ground, looking at the stars in the sky...

"Sigh, if only people didn't have to grow up. Growing up brings too many troubles," Bai Hong sighed.

"It's good that you're grown up; you can take charge of your own life. Comrade Niu Dazhuang, what are your dreams?" Michelle asked.

"Me? I'll just do my job, like a monk ringing the bell every day!"

"Niu Dazhuang, do you know what I despise most about you? It's this: a grown man who just eats his fill and loafs around all day, without a single ideal."