How can I work if I have no strength?
They have been busy all night, and now they have been busy for almost a morning.
My stomach was already empty.
So Zhou Chenghai ordered the officials to set up a fire and roast the wolves that had not been cut into pieces whole.
Gao Dashan is a foodie. He knew the meat he grilled had a different taste from Xu Qiyue's grilled meat when he smelled it. It must be because of the seasonings.
So he walked forward and asked, "Mrs. Xiao, can I borrow some of your seasonings?"
Xu Qiyue looked up and saw that this was an official whom she had a slight liking for, so she generously took some out.
Gao Dashan happily returned to his team and sprinkled the seasonings on them.
The Tan family and the Meng family stood in the distance, at a loss what to do.
They also wanted the meat with such a fragrant smell, and they were also very hungry.
Xu Qiyue chuckled and said: "Mrs. Tan, Mr. Meng, you can also take one over and bake it. We have other things to do later."
Mrs. Tan's wife and Mr. Meng's family looked at the official's side again, not sure whether the official's permission allowed this.
Zhou Chenghai nodded towards them.
The Tan family and the Meng family each raised a wolf with happy faces, imitating the official manner, set up a fire and roasted the wolf meat.
The children of the Tan family and the Meng family were all drooling as they stared at the wolf meat.
"Mom, is this meat ready?" Tan Bin's daughter looked at the greasy wolf meat with bright eyes and asked with her hands clenched into fists.
"It's almost ready." Tan Bin's wife Chen, a gentle woman, said softly while stroking her daughter's hair.
There is no mother who doesn't feel sorry for her daughter. During these two days of exile, her daughter, who was only nine years old, held her hand without saying a word and kept walking with the team.
Aren't you tired? It's impossible not to be tired, but my nine-year-old daughter is very sensible and doesn't make trouble.
On the first night, there were blisters on both feet, but I still tried my best to endure it without crying.
Only late at night did Chen hear her daughter's gentle sobbing.
I feel even more distressed in my heart.
The barbecue made a sizzling sound as the branches kept turning.
The Tan family and the Meng family could finally taste some meat and fill their stomachs.
On the other side, the Feng family and the Fang family continued to nibble on the cooled black flour pancakes. After eating, they found a place and continued to fall asleep, as if they had lost the will to survive.
After Xu Qiyue and others had eaten and drank, they got busy again.
She gave a demonstration to everyone, roasting wolf meat into jerky, which is somewhat similar to modern beef jerky.
"Master Zhou, try it and see if this kind of dried meat is feasible?"
Zhou Chenghai took the dried meat handed over by Xu Qiyue and put it into his mouth, his eyes instantly brightening.
"Young lady, this dried meat is so delicious, very fragrant, and very chewy."
Xu Qiyue smiled slightly, "This dried meat is easier to store than fresh meat. This solves the problem of meat being difficult to store in hot weather."
Everyone looked at each other with joy on their faces.
In this way, part of the problem of eating on the road can be solved.
If you get to town, you can even exchange some silver coins to buy other food.
After getting the solution, Zhou Chenghai didn't waste any time and immediately arranged for everyone to participate in the baking.
There was a lot of meat being roasted, and the smell of meat spread throughout the surrounding areas.
Those who were still drowsy sniffed their noses, and their already hungry bodies became even hungrier.
In the blink of an eye, the officials who were looking at them started eating barbecue at some point.
And they could only watch helplessly, rolled their throats, turned around and continued to lie down, but the glutton in their hearts had already become restless.
Xu Qiyue and others waited until the sun went down to roast all the wolf meat, and then packed it all in the bags that had been used by official officials to carry food.
The wolf skin has also been specially treated, dried in the sun, and then put away.
After a while, take it out to dry in the sun. When the weather is cold, you can sew warm clothes.
"It's time to eat, it's time to eat." Gao Dashan shouted loudly.
The Feng family and the Fang family just opened their eyes, which had been sleeping all day, and lined up to receive the black flour pancakes.
But when the Tan family and the Meng family finished receiving the black flour pancakes, the official gave them some dried wolf meat.
Tan Linger, the nine-year-old daughter of the Tan family, was very happy to eat, "Grandma, it's so delicious."
The old lady of the Tan family looked at her granddaughter lovingly, "If it's delicious, eat more."
The same is true for the Meng family. The three grandsons of similar ages also happily ate barbecued jerky, with the corners of their mouths grinning to their ears.
The Feng family and the Fang family are done with it.
Lai Cui, the old lady of the Feng family, raised her voice as loud as ever and shouted to the official who was eating white flour pancakes with dried meat:
"Master Zhou, why do they have meat to eat, and we can only eat black flour pancakes that are as hard as rocks?"
"Huh...Why, don't you know it in your mind? The Tan family and the Meng family have been working for a day, and you have been lying dead all day, and you still want to eat meat? I have a black flour pancake for you. Just thank God! Don't you know foot!"
Zhou Chenghai didn't even want to look at Lai Cui. He's a lazy guy who doesn't know how to be grateful. He still wants to get something for nothing. Want to eat meat? no way!
Lai Cui was not convinced and said loudly: "But we also have a share in killing that wolf!"
Standing behind the stone and raising the stone to scare the wolves, isn't that helping?
Fang Zheng also stood up at this time, glanced at the black flour pancake in his hand, and said angrily:
"That's right, Mr. Zhou, you can't be so unfair. We have also done our best. You can't favor one over the other."
"We are all exiles, so you have to be fair and equitable, and we also have to eat dried meat."
Seeing the shameless accusations from the two families, Zhou Chenghai snorted coldly and really didn't want to pay attention to it, fair? There is no such thing as fairness in this world.
What's more, don't you think it's ridiculous to talk about fairness even after you've been exiled?
He gave me a tall look.
Gao Dashan immediately understood, and with a few officials, he whipped them to the ground with whips, and walked slowly in front of the Feng family and Fang family.
"Whoever is still here is going to take a few lashes first. Are you helping? You are just protecting yourself."
"That's right, you still speak so loudly, for fear that others will not know that you are greedy for life and afraid of death, just like you are too lazy to do anything."
Another official also echoed.
