Dinner was white flour steamed buns and a pot of stew with vegetables, radish, tofu and pork. The freshly steamed buns are sweet and very smooth to eat. Put on a large bowl of vegetables, use chopsticks with the other hand to skewer two large skewers of steamed buns, and eat while walking. When they arrived at the eating place, Hu Liulang had already eaten two large skewers of steamed buns.
Luo Erlang smiled when he saw it and said: "Liu Lang, you eat more slowly. I just asked you to eat as many steamed buns as you want, up to ten. As long as a normal person, who can eat ten steamed buns? If you After you finish eating, just go get some more."
Hu Liulang sat down. Said: "Ten steamed buns are nothing! If there is no limit, I can eat twenty!"
Shi Xiang said: "You go ahead and brag! Looking at you, you are so skinny and small. It is great that you can eat five, but how can you eat ten!"
Hu Liulang was too lazy to pay attention to him. He buried his head in the bowl, eating the steamed buns and vegetables, and devoured them.
Not long after, Hu Liulang finished eating the steamed buns, then waddled back to skewer two chopsticks. The other people saw him and looked at him like a monster.
Luo Erlang sighed: "Liu Lang is just growing up. He has been without his parents in the past few years, which is really difficult for him. It has been many years since he has had a full meal like today. Don't eat too much to spoil it. , let’s watch him more.”
Shi Xiang and others nodded in agreement.
Hu Liulang ignored them at all and just immersed himself in eating.
After finishing the meal, Hu Liulang touched his belly, stood up and stretched. Said: "Straight bitch, I haven't been as happy as I am today in many years!"
Not long after, a man who looked like an officer came over with a piece of paper. He said to Shi Xiang: "There are a total of thirteen people including Shi Xiang on this list. They are from Huazhou and Tongzhou. Are they you?"
Shi Xiang nodded hurriedly and said: "Yes, yes! Officer, what are your orders?"
The officer said: "My surname is Du and my name is Xinglin. I am escorting new recruits. In the following days, you will follow me to the new military camp in Ruicheng."
Guo Zhou on the side said: "Officer, we heard that they are going to join Wang Taiwei's army. Wang Taiwei is in Luoyang, how can we get to Ruicheng?"
Du Xinglin smiled and said: "The new military camp in this area is located in Ruicheng County. Of course you have to go there. Even if you go to Ruicheng, you are still the subordinates of Commander Jies. However, there are hundreds of thousands of soldiers under Commander Commanders. , you have to make some meritorious deeds before you can meet the Commander-in-Chief."
Several people listened and whispered there, but no one paid attention to Du Xinglin.
Du Xinglin said: "Okay, you come with me. I will arrange for you to sleep tonight and leave early tomorrow morning."
Several people followed Du Xinglin to a row of houses at the back. Outside the house, a group of men were chatting. When they saw Shi Xiang and others coming, they all looked at them with curiosity.
Du Xinglin said: "These people are from Huazhou and Tongzhou and sleep in the last room. You should rest early and leave early tomorrow morning."
After saying that, he looked around and then left.
Watching Du Xinglin leave, several men immediately gathered around Shi Xiang and others. Someone asked: "You are from Huazhou. Which county in Huazhou are you from?"
Shi Xiang said: "You are from Huayin County, Huazhou. Are you also from Huazhou?"
The person who asked the question said: "Ah, we are from Weinan County! It's not that far away. - Qian Wu, these people are from Huayin County!"
The man named Qian Wu came over quickly. Said: "I am from Huayin City. Where are you from?"
Shi Xiang said: "We are from Fushui Town. Oh my, there are so many people in Huayin County!"
Qian Wudao: "There are so many people! There are more than 20 people in the county who went to Ruicheng this time. Adding the thirteen of you, there are more than 30 people."
Shi Xiang waved his hands repeatedly: "We only have six people from Huayin County here. The other seven people are from the same state. We met on the road and let's be company."
After someone heard this, they called people from the same state to come over and meet Guo Zhou and others. When fellow villagers get together, they talk a lot. After getting the name, Guo Zhou also found a child from his cousin's family. The two had met once when they were young, and they had long forgotten what they looked like. When we met now, we were particularly affectionate.
The house was built temporarily. There was a bed made of wooden boards inside, with a mat and a quilt spread on the bed. I think the quilt has a smell after being used for a long time. Most of these people come from poor families, and they don't care. They just sleep on the bed with the quilt pulled out.
Before the sun came up the next day, Du Xinglin came over and took everyone to have breakfast.
Breakfast is meat buns with a bowl of millet porridge.
Hu Liulang did not serve the porridge. With two hands full of steamed buns and one in his mouth, he jumped to Shi Xiang's side.
Shi Xiang looked at Hu Liulang's look and said, "There is no limit to the number of steamed buns, you can eat them all. Also, just take a bowl of porridge and treat it as water."
Hu Liulang stuffed the buns in his mouth into his stomach twice. Said: "Wouldn't it occupy your stomach if you drink the porridge? If you drink a bowl of porridge, you will miss several steamed buns!"
Shi Xiang said: "You guy! If you don't drink porridge, why don't you drink water after eating steamed buns? It's the same thing!"
Hu Liulang thought about it too. After eating three steamed buns in twos and twos, he came out empty-handed and brought over a bowl of porridge.
Finished eating soon. Hu Liulang touched his belly and said: "In these years, I have never been so full in these two days! As a soldier, it would be great if I could eat full every day! I will never live like this in my life. loss!"
Du Xinglin happened to hear it. He smiled and said to Hu Liulang: "Don't worry, the army is not afraid of big-bellied men. No matter how much you can eat, you are guaranteed to be full every time! As long as you are full and don't waste this food in vain."
After everyone heard this, they looked at Hu Liulang and laughed together.
After breakfast, everyone set out on the road. Head east and cross the Yellow River in Hucheng County. After resting in Yongle Town, we headed straight to Ruicheng.
Wang Xiaolie set up a new military camp in Ruicheng County. All the soldiers recruited from Shaanxi are trained here. After three months of training, they were assigned to various armies. After the great victory in Shaanzhou, Wang Xiaolie decided to build another army. The army is currently busy selecting a group of veterans and officers to join the new army. The vacancies will be filled by new recruits.
Ruicheng County can be seen ahead, and Du Xinglin leads everyone north. After walking less than five miles, I saw a large camp in front of me, with no end as far as the eye could see.
Du Xinglin asked everyone to gather. Said: "This is the recruit camp. I am escorting the recruits. After I send you here, I will go back to Tongguan. An official from the recruit camp will come in a while, and you will have to listen to him in the future. Remember, the army It's about discipline. You can no longer do whatever you want as before. After you are trained in the new barracks, you will go to the battlefield. I wish you kill more enemies on the battlefield, make more military exploits, and have a good future."
Everyone had just gotten acquainted with Du Xinglin in the past few days. When they heard about the division of labor, they couldn't help but feel a little scared.
But before everyone could say goodbye to Du Xinglin, an officer came out from the new barracks to hand over to Du Xinglin.
After the names were called according to the roster, Du Xinglin handed the roster to the officers of the new barracks. He bowed his hands to everyone and went to Ruicheng County.
