Chapter 173 Damn it
After talking for a while, Xia Mingyue, Lu and others discussed the next arrangements.
"If we go back now, it will probably be dark when we get to the town. If the inn is full, it will be difficult to find a place to stay."
Lu Qiyan suggested , "Why don't we stay in Xiaohe Village for one night? We have stayed here for some time, and the people in the village are familiar with us and can find a place to stay."
"That's it. Something." Zhao Youcai echoed.
"That's fine." Xia Mingyue and Lu agreed.
It gets dark early in winter, so it’s really not safe to drive at night.
After the matter was settled, Lu Qiyan ordered people to find accommodation for Xia Mingyue and Lu. He also took out the two jars of braised pork that Xia Mingyue and Lu had brought, and asked the gang leader to Then clean it up and eat it with some other vegetables at night.
Lu Qiyan is the leader of the capital, and Zhao Youcai is the leader of the brigade. This move can be regarded as having fun with the soldiers.
Xia Mingyue and Lu did not object, nor did they feel sorry for the braised pork. They only handed over a dried meat specially prepared by them to Lu Qiyan and Zhao Youcai.
"Originally I said that since we have braised pork and can eat it for several days, we don't need to prepare these teeth-grinding dried meat. Now I really let my brothers and sisters guess it correctly."
How can people be so sophisticated? They all do, and the military is no exception.
When they are at home, they have to walk around frequently with their neighbors. It is understandable for men to be generous once in a while when they are away.
Neither Xia Mingyue nor Lu Shi felt bad. The only regret was that they didn't make more when they came. At least Lu Qiyan and Zhao Youcai could eat more.
The accommodation was quickly arranged for a family named Yin Sanshui in the village.
Yin Sanshui is the third wife of the Yin family. In the early years, he did some business selling fur goods and dried fruits. The family purchased about 30 acres of farmland and owned five tile-roofed houses, making life quite comfortable.
When he learned that Lu Qiyan was looking for a house for his family to stay overnight, Yin Sanshui volunteered and vacated the west wing where his eldest daughter lived, so that she could squeeze in with her younger daughter.
The couple not only cleaned the house again, but also put on new sheets and bedding, and greeted Xia Mingyue and Lu warmly.
"Brother Laoyin and sister-in-law." Xia Mingyue and Mrs. Lu thanked them repeatedly.
"You two ladies are welcome." Yin Sanshui's wife, Li, is a woman with a smile on her face and a strong affinity. "The head of my family said that the Ludu leader led people to build the bridge for It’s a good thing for the common people. After the bridge is built, we won’t have to go around more than thirty miles to go to Dahezhuang, which will save a lot of trouble!”
"We, the whole village, are very grateful and want to help with some work, but Lu Dutou is unwilling to let us work hard and only asks us to take care of the fields. We are worried that there is nothing we can do to help. , now I finally have a chance. "
Yin Sanshui smiled and said, "You two ladies, you don't have to be polite, just treat this place as your own home."
The couple are honest and enthusiastic, and Xia Mingyue and Lu also feel very close to each other. We talked together for a long time.
Not far from Yin Sanshui's house, the courtyard where all the soldiers stayed was especially lively at this time.
The Huotou soldiers were busy frying large pieces of tofu and radish balls, removing the old leaves from the fresh cabbage, washing it and cutting it into square slices.
Some soldiers who came back from work early frowned when they saw the mountains of cabbage piled up on the chopping board and in the wooden basins at the bottom, "Are you going to eat a big pot of vegetables again tonight?"
There are so many people and so much food. The standards are not high, and there are only a few pots and stoves. The only food that everyone can eat at the moment is the food cooked in the big pot.
Today one is cooking cabbage, tomorrow one is cooking potatoes, the next day one is boiling radish...
In short, every day is different, but they all have the same taste - less food and no taste. Son! "Today's one is different!" The cook in charge of cutting vegetables twitched his lips, "Today's one is delicious!"
Everyone looked up at the tofu slices and radish balls being fried in the pot and curled their lips.
It is indeed different, with a little more fried food, but there is no difference, there is no meat.
But if you think about it carefully, after all, it can be considered that there is so much oil and water, maybe it can taste more delicious?
While thinking about this, someone suddenly opened his eyes wide, stretched his neck and sniffed vigorously. While sniffing, he sighed, "It smells so good!"
"I'm really starving to death. Damn it, even the tofu slices and radish balls taste delicious!" Someone next to him gave him a thumbs up, "Look at your potential!"
"No!" The person who was knocked rubbed his forehead and argued, "It's really not the smell of fried tofu and meatballs, but the smell of meat. If my guess is right, it's definitely braised pork!"
It still tastes really good.
“Hey, I’m talking about you kid. I don’t know that my brothers haven’t eaten meat for several days. Now when I hear the word meat, the gluttons in my stomach are going to fight. You kid. You are still talking here because you are afraid that we will be starved to death!”
As he spoke, the man raised his hand again, ready to give him another blow.
But after raising his hand, he hesitated in mid-air for a long time, and finally fell to his ear.
Ke scratched behind his ears vigorously, and even rubbed his nose, with a face full of disbelief, "It really smells like meat."
"I never heard that you can buy meat in the kitchen. I heard some of the gang leaders complaining that they wanted to get some meat and fat. Where is the meat coming from now?” The wives of Captain Lu Dutou and Captain Zhao came here. They said they were giving cotton-padded clothes to Lu Dutou and Captain Zhao. But I heard that not only did they bring cotton-padded clothes, but they also brought two large jars of braised pork. Lu Dutou and Captain Zhao Dutou and Captain Zhao were worried about the light food we have been eating recently, so they asked the kitchen staff to cook this braised pork into a big pot and have a good meal at night!"
As soon as he said this, he immediately gathered in the soldiers. elicited an enthusiastic response.
“I haven’t eaten meat for a long time, now I can eat meat!”
"It must be Captain Lu Dutou and Captain Zhao who know how to care about the brothers."
"No one should rob me from me tonight. I want to eat three bowls."
"I will eat one. Just a bowl..."
After that, the speaker took out something about a foot in diameter from under his bed, which could be called a basin.
Everyone, "!!!"
Damn it, why didn't they think of this!
Amid everyone’s frolic and anticipation, dinner was served in the kitchen.
Everyone queued up to receive their meals, and then each found a place to eat.
Some are squatting, some are standing, some are gathering in groups of twos and threes, and some are just moving rocks or wooden blocks to sit on or use as a dining table...
The postures are different and the shapes are different, but the movements at this time are uniform, and they can't help but scoop the vegetables in the bowl into their mouths.
Sorry, I went to take the exam today. I thought it would end in the morning, but there was a problem with the system. It ended now. When I left the exam room, I found that the timer was not set...