Chapter 674: No Food
The rain was getting heavier and heavier. This heavy rain lasted all day and night, but still showed no sign of stopping. The convoy was trapped in the ruined temple for a while.
We didn't have much dry food with us, so after barely eating two meals, everyone started to feel hungry on the morning of the second day.
There was still a box of snacks on Xia Zihan's carriage that had not been touched much, but there were too many people and no one could share a bite. She ordered Chu Cong to take it to Li Sangwu, Lao San, and Zheng Wenting, and each of them divided a few pieces.
Zheng Wenting didn't answer and said, "I have some snacks in the car, no need to share them with me." But there wasn't much left. He had eaten two meals and still had five yuan left.
Chu Cang didn't give it to him.
Chu Pangsheng and others shared two pieces to eat, and there was still half a box left. Chu Pang returned to the carriage, and Xia Zihan pushed the box to her, "I still have half a pot of chicken soup to drink, and there are also fruits. , dried fruits, a lot of food, take these snacks and eat them with Chu Fei and the others.”
The chicken soup was newly stewed last night. The local chicken she bought this time was very large, weighing more than ten kilograms. She and Aqi had eaten two meals, and there was still half of it left. With some dried fruits, they could barely make it through today. one day.
It's just that the people in the escort agency will be hungry all day long, so I'm afraid they won't feel comfortable, but there are too many people, and she doesn't have much food. Even if she shares all the food, no one can take a bite.
"Chu Cong, go ask Mr. Li how far the next town or village is from here. See if you can send a few people to buy some food and send it over."
We can't all starve to death here together.
Chu Cong said yes, but she didn't want any snacks. "Master, you are weak and cannot starve. This slave has a strong body. If you starve for a few meals, you will be fine."
In the past, before meeting their master, she and Chu Fei were both beggars begging for food on the streets. They were hungry for several days, let alone one day.
In fact, facing the dilemma of food shortage, Li Sangwu was also anxious to death.
The next village was very close to here, only two or three miles away. After discussing with Lao San, he decided that Lao San would take ten brothers to the village to buy food in the rain.
"Shengdi, you go with us." Chu Jingqi ordered.
"Yes, Master."
Shengdi borrowed a raincoat and a horse from Li Sangwu and went with the third child. Zheng Wenting, Li Sangwu and others were waiting in the ruined temple.
Outside, the rain was as heavy as falling from the sky. The cold wind was howling and the rain was pouring. You can imagine how difficult it was to walk on the road.
An hour passed, but he still didn't see Lao San and the others coming back. Li Sangwu couldn't sit still, so he sent two brothers to ride horses to have a look.
"Senior Brother, don't worry, Third Senior Brother will be fine." A young escort next to Li Sangwu advised.
The two bodyguards mounted their horses and were about to go find Lao San when they heard the sound of riding horses, approaching from far away.
When they saw clearly that the leading person was Shengchi, the two bodyguards began to mutter, "Back, Senior Brother, Third Senior Brother, they are back."
Shengdi and the others came back from buying food.
The third child bought more than 200 kilograms of sorghum rice, as well as some pickles, steamed buns, steamed buns, pastries and other foods.
He put the pasta in baskets and covered them with a thick layer of straw. Although they were a little wet, they were still edible.
The whole rice is wet, but it doesn't matter, I can eat it in a few days without worrying about it getting moldy.
Shengdi didn't buy any pasta. He only bought a bag of sorghum rice and some vegetables. In addition, he spent ten taels of silver to buy a farmer's family's only two live chickens and a basket of eggs. Everyone's eyes lit up when they saw the food.
Li Sangwu came out to greet him. Without his instructions, several bodyguards gathered around him and moved all the rice, pasta and pickles into the ruined temple.
Chu Cong and others also came forward, moved the food off the horses in Shengdi, and said, "I'll kill the chickens, and you guys set up a pot to cook first."
Two chickens were killed, and the chickens were chopped into small pieces, packed in baskets, and sent to the carriage together with the baskets full of eggs.
"Your Majesty, Princess, that village is poor. My servant walked around the village and bought two chickens and a basket of eggs. This is what I saved up and planned to sell to buy a dowry for my daughter. If I hadn't given it to you, He had so much money that the village woman thought the slave was a thief who came to his house to steal chickens.”
"The rest are just some pickles, vegetables and sorghum rice. I bought a lot of sorghum rice. It weighs more than a hundred kilograms. We can eat it for half a month. Oh, Chu Cang is cooking sorghum rice. It will be ready soon. The prince and If the princess wants to eat, my servant will bring it to you in a moment.”
Xia Zihan had been eating chicken soup for several days and wanted to eat something light. She nodded quickly and said, "Bring up two bowls." Then, thinking of Zheng Wenting, she asked quickly, "Where is Zheng Wenting? What do they eat? Raw land, You guys are going to eat later and invite Zheng Wenting’s people to join you.”
"Humph..."
When this was mentioned, Shengchi looked unhappy.
"Zheng Wenting's personal servant also went there and bought dozens of kilograms of white rice. Moreover, he even forced the village chief to kill a half-sized pig that weighed just over seventy kilograms."
The reason why Shengdi was so angry was that he would never tell the princess. Originally, he was the one who saw the little pig first, and it was also the only little pig in the small village. He wanted to buy it and roast pork for the prince. To eat, he took out five taels of silver. When he was about to give the money, Zheng Wenting's boy beat him to it.
That little boy, his mother-in-law, is worthy of following the young master, the richest businessman in the world, and he is worth twenty taels of silver at a time.
He actually gave twenty taels of silver to a pig with a bigger butt. A pig weighing more than 200 kilograms was only worth three or four taels of silver. He really dared to give it that kind of silver.
Later, he discussed with the boy and asked him to give him half of the pork.
But the boy snorted and didn't even give him a serious look, which made him angry...
Later, if he hadn't moved faster, he would have snatched away the two chickens and a basket of eggs.
That bastard is too domineering, too rogue, and too annoying.
Humph, it’s great if you have money.
He also has money.
Two chickens and a basket of eggs were not worth even half a tael of silver according to the market price. But in order to make a living, he took out ten taels of silver at once, much to the delight of the village woman, who kept asking him to pay back. Need to buy nothing.
He was so enthusiastic that he wanted to pile everything in the house on him.
Seeing that he was very angry, Xia Zihan pursed her lips and teased him, "Shengdi, why are you angry? I was given money, one is willing to buy and the other is willing to sell. You can't be angry. You are not as fast as others. No Can you buy pork?”
"No, how could I be angry about that? I'm really not. I'm just angry because the little pig was eaten before it grew up." Shengchi laughed twice before putting down the chicken and eggs.
(End of chapter)