There are two to three thousand people in these hundred households.
The ratio of soldiers to soldiers is actually not high.
Zhang Yong is not a soldier.
In winter, he spent his free time either drinking or walking around the streets meeting drinking buddies. News came from above that the Meng Yuan people were going south, and Baihu ordered the entire army to assemble, but they did not do anything to him.
The eldest son of his family is married and has grandchildren. Zhang Yong made the decision and asked the boss to live separately. At present, he only has his wife Li and his second child at home.
In the evening, the second child went out to meet friends. Only Zhang Yong and Li were left at home to eat together.
Because it was still early, no lights were lit. The living conditions of his family are much better than those of the Wu family before. In addition to the white rice, pickles and dried radish, there was also a plate of fried pork slices.
Zhang Yong was feeling very comfortable while drinking turbid wine and eating fried pork slices.
Mrs. Li was not so comfortable, and felt very uncomfortable. She put down her bowls and chopsticks and told Zhang Yong what she had heard. Finally, he added: "This incompetent waste went to the mountains and was not snatched away by a jackal. Instead, he hunted back a sika deer."
"God is so blind."
The couple planned to let Li's brother Xiaoqi Li Ding use tricks to get Wu Nian. When he learned that Wu Nian had gone hunting in the mountains, he wished that Wu Nian had died on the mountains.
As a result, Wu Nian came back and started shopping. Although their family's qualifications were that of the best among the hundred households, Mrs. Li had never eaten lotus seeds several times in her life, and she was extremely jealous.
Of course, the most important thing is the few acres of land in Wu Nian's home.
"Don't panic. Yesterday, when the military order was issued, Wu Nian went into the mountains to hunt. This is a good excuse. Big brother can make him shed his skin without dying."
Zhang Yong laughed sinisterly, put down the wine bowl heavily, and said.
"Really?" Mrs. Li is a womanizer and doesn't quite understand the key, but she still believes it.
"Can I still lie to you?" Zhang Yong glared at his wife, and then sneered: "And this is just the beginning. Before Wu Nian obediently handed over his farmland, he suffered a lot."
"Yes." Mrs. Li believed it now, with a smile on her face. The couple looked at each other and felt very happy and satisfied.
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Wu Nian returned home carrying the bamboo basket. He entered the room and took a look at Liu Xiang. Seeing that she was sleeping soundly, he felt relieved, then washed rice and put a handful of lotus seeds in it to make porridge.
Set up another pot and start cooking the venison.
Although there are not many good ingredients at home, with ginger, garlic and soy sauce, the cooked venison will definitely be more fragrant than in the wild.
By the time the venison is cooked, the lotus seed porridge has become thick. Wu Nian picked up a plate, filled a bowl of lotus seed porridge and half a bowl of venison, and carried it to Liu Xiang's bedroom.
This is because Liu Xiang has just recovered from a serious illness and should not eat too much venison.
Liu Xiang was woken up. She stared blankly at the venison and lotus seed porridge placed on the stool beside the bed, as if she was dreaming.
She stretched out her hand and pinched her bony face, waking up from the pain.
He looked at Wu Nian's face again. Wu Nian showed a smile and said softly: "Eat. It doesn't matter your illness. As long as you eat enough and rest, you will be fine in a few days."
Really changed.
Really changed.
When Wu Nian came back, Liu Xiang felt that he should still observe. But now Liu Xiang was directly impacted.
Liu Xiang felt that something was about to flow out of her eyes, and her nose was itchy, and something was about to flow out. She took a deep breath, holding back the tears and runny nose.
Her vigilance was still taking effect.
Liu Xiang looked at Wu Nian's face and wanted to say something, but couldn't. For many years, she had been sarcastic and sarcastic towards Wu Nian and had never said anything nice, but she would not say any more now.
"Why are you buying lotus seeds? One pound of lotus seeds can buy more than twenty pounds of rice." Liu Xiang thought about a topic and complained.
When she said this, her own heart ached.
She has never eaten lotus seeds since she was a child. She has only heard about and seen them. Others say it is food for immortals, and eating it can lead to immortality.
Therefore, it is so expensive that even hundreds of households may not eat it often.
What kind of family is ours? Being able to eat rice bran rice is already satisfying. Doesn't eating lotus seeds shorten your lifespan?
Liu Xiang was in pain, very distressed. As a result, the whole person's expression became ferocious, and he was sweating profusely.
Wu Nian didn't think much about it, only thinking that Liu Xiang might have a recurrence of an old injury. Somewhat panicked, he quickly said: "What's going on?"
He reached out to hug Liu Xiang, but his hands stopped halfway.
Because Liu Xiang already had a stress reaction, she couldn't stop being afraid when she saw Wu Nian's hands. She hid in the corner of the bed like a little rabbit, shivering.
Even the pain of eating lotus seeds was covered.
Wu Nian looked at his palms, feeling distressed and a little embarrassed. Then he took a deep breath and said softly: "Eat slowly and spit out the bones on the plate. When you finish eating, I will clean it up for you."
"Don't think too much about anything else. For example, lotus seeds. I have strength and can hunt. In the future, we can afford lotus seeds even if we eat them every day."
Liu Xiang was still trembling. She wanted to respond to Wu Nian, but her body was out of control. I could only reluctantly raise my head and whisper, "Yeah."
Wu Nian felt very relieved.
At least there were no more sarcastic words from this little girl's mouth. I've made some progress.
Ha ha.
Wu Nian said nothing more, turned around and left, closing the door.
After Wu Nian left, Liu Xiang's trembling gradually stopped. She sat up weakly, put on a ragged cotton-padded jacket, then picked up the bowl and chopsticks and started eating.
Although Wu Nian very thoughtfully removed the hearts of the lotus seeds, the lotus seeds actually tasted ordinary.
No sugar, it's not sweet.
Liu Xiang held the lotus seed porridge and ate it carefully, but felt that this was the best bowl of porridge she had ever eaten in her life.
It tastes better than the peanuts bought for her when her parents were still alive.
What she eats now is not the taste, but the hope for the future.
The hope of living, the hope of a prosperous family.
Liu Xiang ate so deliciously that she stuck out her tongue and licked the bowl clean. The venison was eaten up piece by piece, all the bones that could be broken were eaten, and not a drop of soup was left.
She wanted to stand up and clean up herself, but a wave of drowsiness came over her. She wiped the corners of her eyes, then took off her ragged cotton-padded jacket, tucked herself into the quilt, and fell asleep.
Of course Wu Nian did not treat himself badly. He ate two large bowls of lotus seed porridge and a large bowl of venison.
These days he has been eating meat and being active outside. I feel my physical strength has increased significantly. The bones of the body have become stronger.
After eating, Wu Nian planned to clear away the dishes. But I heard someone knocking on the door.
"Wu Nian. Wu Nian. I am Tieniu."
There was a loud banging sound on the door, and the visitor yelled at the door angrily and menacingly.
Wu Nian squinted his eyes and thought of Zhang Yong's family.
I'm afraid this Iron Ox has come with bad intentions.
