Chapter 145 The official arrives!
Liu Yan put her hands behind her back and said happily: "Of course I bought it back. Is it possible that I can run to the mountain to fight back?"
Shen Yuanjing looked at the gurgling white soup in the middle of the yard. The big iron pot will make your mouth water.
In order to save money these days, the food at home is all steamed buns, and the only vegetables are water spinach and pickles. People who don’t go out can only eat two meals a day, and men who go out to chop firewood can only eat three meals.
In addition, every time a man practices martial arts and chops firewood, he will get an extra egg. If he does not chop wood or practice martial arts, he will have two meals as at home, but no eggs.
Although Shen Yuanjing eats eggs every day and eats three meals a day, he is growing up and cannot survive without some oil and water, and he is also greedy for meat.
"Big sister..." Shen Yuanjing and his family quickly ran to Shen Lanxi's courtyard.
Qiu Shuang raised her hand and stopped at the door.
"Silence, the young master is practicing martial arts!"
Shen Lanxi has always been dressed in men's clothing, so the two maids' names were smooth, and they didn't want to cause trouble for the people of Hongliu Village, so they didn't change their names. .
Shen Yuanjing quickly shut his mouth.
There was a roar in the yard. Shen Yuanjing and the others wanted to take a peek, but they were afraid of disturbing them, so they could only endure it and kept tiptoeing, hoping to see clearly the figure on the other side of the wall.
Unfortunately, this time the stone house has the highest courtyard wall among all the stone houses.
“Come in!”
Shen Lanxi had heard their movements a long time ago and casually put a stick in the courtyard to call people.
"Sister, I hunted rabbits in the mountains, and the corps commander said we are not stationed troops, so we don't need to turn them in!"
Shen Lanxi looked at her eldest brother showing off the prey and raised a smile.
“Well done!”
A few people laughed, a little embarrassed to be praised.
"Big sister, this rabbit is for you!"
Shen Lanxi didn't answer and said with a smile: "Give me the rabbit, does your family know?"
They rushed here after being released by Zhang Liao before they went home.
“Looking at you like this, your family must not know!”
Shen Yuanjing and others’ eyes were a little dodgey.
"Sister, you have helped the family so much. If I give you a rabbit, the family will definitely not say anything!" Shen Yuanjing said confidently, but he was unsure in his heart.
Shen Lanxi raised her eyebrows: "Why don't you go back and ask at home?"
Shen Yuanjing insisted: "No need to ask, I hunted this rabbit, I said I would give it to my eldest sister, It's just for big sister. If you hadn't protected us along the way, we might have disappeared as soon as we left the capital!"
"Yes, big sister, just accept it. I will hunt rabbits too in the future! Send it to you!"
"I hunt too..."
The corner of Shen Lanxi's lips raised slightly: "Okay, I accept your offer. Let's stay here for dinner tonight!"
Shen Yuanjing and others thought about the big pot in the courtyard next door, and their stomachs rumbled.
"Sister, we will have dinner at home and won't come in the evening!" Shen Yuanjing was shaken in his heart, but he said this.
“Sister, I’m not coming either. We have food at home!” Shen Yuanqing’s words were not as loud as the wind!
Looking at the different sons and daughters, Shen Lanxi said in a brisk tone: "Okay, you have worked hard today, go find Chun Xue to get pastries!"
Shen Yuanjing and the others After leaving the yard, everything changed from high spirits to wilting.
“Brother, I want to eat meat!”
“I want to eat meat too!”
“They will definitely not be able to finish the two big pots of meat. Why, eldest sister? Don’t you let us take some away?”
“Shut up, don’t say anything like this again. Those things don’t belong to you alone. You have already helped us a lot!”
“ But they obviously all listen to the eldest sister?”
"If you keep saying that, I won't take you to practice martial arts tomorrow!"
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After dark, some men, women, and men kept tossing and turning.
"Brother, I want to eat meat!" "Sister, I want to eat meat!"
"I'm going to the toilet, will you go?"
< br>"I'm not going, it's too cold outside!"
"If you don't go, I'll go by myself. Don't regret it if you don't go!"
About half an hour, figures appeared one after another. Outside the courtyard where Shen Lanxi is.
“Brother Yuanxu, why are you here too?”
"Shh, keep your voice down~"
The courtyard gate was open, and a few people entered quietly.
Haruyuki held a bowl of big bones, glanced in their direction wordlessly, and pushed the door open.
"Wow, yes, it's still hot, I know big sister is thinking of us!"
Why does this voice sound so familiar?
Shen Yuanxu and others opened the door and took a look, oh~
"Yuan Jing, Yuan Jun, Yuan Qing, why is it you?"
There were footsteps coming from behind, Several people looked back.
Hey guys, everyone who said they wouldn’t eat this afternoon is here!
It has snowed heavily for five consecutive days. Where no one is cleaning, the snow is almost covering the house.
Zhang Liao would organize the first snowfall every day, and men, women, old and young would go into battle and pile all the snow outside Hongliu Tun.
The outside of Hongliutun seems to be surrounded by snow. Outsiders can't get in, and people inside can't get out!
"When will this snow end?"
"Fortunately, we collected a lot of firewood before, otherwise we would not be able to survive this month if we only burned charcoal!"< br>
“There is some charcoal to use. After the snow stops, we have to find a way to collect more firewood for use!”
This is the voice of all the exiled prisoners.
I didn’t expect that in such weather, another group of exiled prisoners would come to Hongliutun at noon!
The Yamen servants kept yelling and cursing along the way. It got better after entering Hongliutun.
Zhang Liao knew this yamen official and quickly invited him to his home to warm himself by the fire.
"Old Liu, have you offended someone? It's snowing so heavily, and you are asked to send someone out?"
Old Liu shuddered and put his hand into the brazier to bake for a while before speaking.
“I was almost frozen into a popsicle!”
Zhang Liao laughed.
"The new county magistrate in the county has some people with him. As soon as they came, they targeted us and arranged for us to be exiled and annoying. They said, whoever doesn't do it, get out!" Liu looked helpless.
Zhang Liao patted his shoulder and took two sweet potatoes out of the basin.
“My wife buried this in the morning, let me give it to you to eat.”
Old Liu was deeply moved. He knew that Zhang Liao’s life was not that good, but there was ice in his stomach. Same, I really need something warm to keep me warm.
"Thank you, brother. If anything good happens in the future, I will definitely think of you!"
Zhang Liao said in a bright tone: "We are all our brothers, so don't say polite words!"
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As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Yanhui came in carrying the basket.
"Brother Zhang, I smoked some meat at home yesterday. I'll bring you some pieces!" Liu Yanhui opened the cloth on the basket and found three strips of meat and four or five bones hanging from the meat.
Wang glanced at Lao Liu and felt a little reluctant.
Zhang Liao was reluctant to part with it, thinking that it might be useful to Old Liu in the future, so he felt distressed and took a bone from the basket and handed it to Old Liu.
“Grill some meat to eat, this is rich in oil and water!”
Old Liu glanced at Liu Yanhui, then looked at the bones with a lot of meat hanging on them, hesitated for a moment, and still didn’t Hold it in.
After taking it, he immediately thanked Liu Yanhui and Zhang Liao.
Liu Yanhui took advantage of the situation and moved a small bench to sit down, reaching out to warm himself by the fire.