Here Qingyan and three young ones were catching grasshoppers. Over there, the women had already started washing pots and cooking. The men also caught a dozen sparrows with baskets, which was a bit of a harvest.
Although the sparrow is small, it is still meat. I plucked the feathers, packed them up, chopped them up and put them in the wheat porridge.
Qingyan and the others also caught a lot of grasshoppers here, and Lanhua and the other three also learned to string them together with dogtail grass, making strings one after another, which looked quite similar.
When the wheat porridge was almost ready, they also threw the bunches of grasshoppers into the still-burning fire. After a while, the smell of grilled protein came out, which was very fragrant.
Because they had pulled off the wings of the grasshoppers before Chuan Chuan Er, and they were not very big, they didn’t need to bake them for too long. Once the thin legs of the grasshoppers were all burnt, they would be cooked.
Everyone used slender wooden sticks as chopsticks to pick out the grasshoppers that were roasted and slightly burnt.
Qingyan picked up a long one with her little fingers, shook the plant ashes on it, blew the ashes off the grasshopper, and then put it into her mouth.
Well, even though there is no oil or salt, it is still quite fragrant.
Except for Li Hao, everyone else gathered around and ate it. Basically everyone who farmed had eaten this food and was no stranger to it. Even if there was no locust plague, locusts would appear every summer, so people here still knew how to eat it. of.
Li Hao had really never eaten before. No matter how he practiced in the military camp, he still had food and salary to eat. There was nothing to eat outside. At most, he could eat some game. He had never touched such insects.
Wang Kun and Wang Qian happily ate together. They were farmers when they were young. When they were eight years old, they encountered a famine and all their family members died, so they sold themselves and were bought into the General's Mansion.
Because of his good performance and outstanding aptitude for learning martial arts, he was assigned to Li Hao, the young master of the general's mansion, as a bodyguard. Later, he followed him into the military camp, and they were always by his side to protect Li Hao's safety.
Speaking of which, they can be regarded as growing up with Li Hao, so the relationship between the three of them is not comparable to that of ordinary masters and servants, and there is also some brotherhood in it.
Li Hao saw that everyone was enjoying the food, especially Qingyan, and he didn't dislike it at all. He didn't hold back, picked up one, shook the ashes off, and put it in his mouth to taste.
It turned out to be really delicious when he tasted it. It was crispy and not as disgusting as chewing bugs as he had imagined, so he started grabbing it too.
Fortunately, Qingyan and the four of them caught a lot, and with the sparrow oatmeal porridge, everyone was able to eat until they were 70% to 80% full.
After finishing the meal, we started discussing what to do next.
They also saw smoke from the village in the distance, indicating that the village on the roadside had not been looted.
Of course, it cannot be said that it is safe. It is also possible that the people living in the village are not the original villagers.
Fortunately, that direction was opposite to the direction they wanted to go, so they wouldn't pass by those villages and there was no need to go there to check.
Wang Kun said next to him: "I just took a look on the road. There were many footprints and ruts on the road. They are relatively new and should have been left by people passing by in the past two days.
Since there are people passing by, this road should be relatively safe. It is best for us to blend in with the crowd and walk together so that we can look out for each other.
It is best to unload one cart from our donkey cart and take turns pulling the cart away, which will make it go faster.
This place is not like in the mountains, where you can stop and rest at any time. There are wastelands on both sides of the road, and there is no game to hunt, not to mention the food. They all have owners.
If we collect food from others, we might be besieged by the villagers, so it is better to rush to Handeng or the next town to buy it as soon as possible.
If possible, sell these somewhat shabby jewelry and exchange them for money. It will be more convenient to use and will not be noticed. "
Everyone agreed that a donkey pulling two carts did look a bit strange. There were quite a few men among them, so it was effortless to take turns pulling one cart. Women and children who were unable to walk could also sit on the cart.
