Chapter 93 Leisure Time
Yang Ji was sitting on the bluestone steps in front of an unsold shop on the street, holding a steamed bun he just bought in his right hand and putting it in his mouth. He is also holding a steamed bun in his left hand and resting his elbow on his thigh.
On both sides of Yang Ji sat two common people who were similar to him. They also bought two steamed buns and sat on the steps chewing them quickly. Occasionally when they choked, they picked up the bamboo tube placed next to them. Give yourself a drink of cold water.
Yang Ji estimates that the cool white rice in the bamboo tube may contain salt. There is really no shortage of salt in Taishan County now. After Zhang Shuangsu Shiping made sea salt, the price of salt in Taishan has been very high. Stablize.
The man on the left finished the two big steamed buns in his hand within two minutes of sitting down, and then urged the other man to hurry up. Why is he still grinding after eating a steamed bun? If it is not fast If you click, the work on the construction site will be taken away by others.
Another old man who was still eating the steamed buns leisurely, that is, the one sitting on the right of Yang Ji, became anxious after hearing the words of the old man on the left, and immediately stuffed the remaining steamed buns into his mouth. , chewed it briefly twice, swallowed it, then picked up the bamboo tube and left quickly.
Yang Ji looked at the half-eaten steamed bun in his hand and pondered, was he eating so slowly? Then he threw this idea away and continued at his slow pace.
After Yang Ji finished eating a steamed bun, he wanted to drink some water to relieve his saliva consumption, but after looking around, there seemed to be no place selling water, not even a tea stall.
【Too bad, there isn’t even a milk tea shop! 】Yang Ji took a hard bite of the steamed bun, and after returning home, he tried to find a way to make milk tea, and then let people of this era experience the beauty of milk tea.
【But it seems that the sugar needed for milk tea cannot be obtained. How about waiting for a few days before researching? ] Yang Ji suddenly thought that it seemed difficult to obtain high-end ingredients like sugar in Taishan County now.
[Why don't you go to the wild and look for honey or something? 】Reluctant, Yang Ji thought that honey seemed to exist at this time. Then Yuan Shu in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms lamented before his death that he couldn't even drink honey.
Yang Ji wanted to drink milk tea so much that he just thought of it. He finished the steamed bun in his hand and continued to wander slowly on the street, just like a street wanderer with nothing to do.
Yang Ji, who was running around Fenggao City, would go and watch wherever he saw something interesting. Although Fenggao had only recovered for less than three months, the flow of people on the streets was still... Still good.
Under the bulletin board on the street, a literate official was explaining the latest announcement to the onlookers. The notice was written in vernacular. Even if the official read it, the onlookers could still understand Understand.
Yang Ji followed the people to watch, and read the words and sentences on the notice aloud. Every time the clerk read a sentence, the people watching followed suit. The clerk smiled and waited for the people to finish reading, and then read again. The next sentence goes on like this.
After Yang Ji read along a few times, he quietly left. Because the accent of the clerk was a bit serious, Yang Ji doubted that he was a local. Otherwise, how could he frequently speak in dialect to communicate with the onlookers.
While walking, he came to a construction site that was under construction. People inside were busy dusting, but Yang Ji couldn't tell what kind of building was being built here, even though the construction site was facing the street.
Across the construction site, we came to a street with a denser flow of people. It opened earlier and there were more vendors than on the street just now. There were very few shops on the street that were not open for business.
Yang Ji actually saw a juggler here, and a circle of people were watching next to him. From time to time, one or two shouts broke out, accompanied by the applause of the people.
Yang Ji walked around the whole street but didn't see any storytellers or anyone who had anything to do with cultural people. He must have been arrested and taken to be a manager.
In this way, Yang Ji walked around the entire Fenggao City in half a day. It must be said that it was terrifying, because Fenggao City is now full of construction sites and there are not many completed and open streets. Yang Ji's shopping efficiency is considered slow. .
It’s noon and it’s time to eat. Although the people here are not used to three meals a day, due to the strong consumption power of the construction site, several restaurants have opened on the street to provide lunch. 's restaurant.
But it’s still steamed buns with some side dishes. The side dishes are made from wild vegetables dug from the wild, but they taste pretty good, at least at this point in time.
After lunch, Yang Ji continued to wander around the city, but he was getting closer and closer to the city gate. He arrived at the city gate after spending an hour on the road.
"Hey, Dahe, have you eaten?" When he walked out of the city gate, Yang Ji saw an acquaintance, Zhang He. After all, every time he saw Yang Ji, he had to call him sir. Not familiar?
When Yang Ji returned to the city from the military camp that day, he happened to see Zhang He squatting at the door with a newborn baby in his arms, trying to find a scholar to give his newborn a good name.
I guess he saw that Yang Ji was easy to talk to, and he was a high-ranking official, so after seeing Yang Ji, he handed the baby directly to Yang Ji. Where had Yang Ji ever held a child? He was able to pick up the pink and tender baby hurriedly and carefully.
Although Zhang He looks rough, his strength is actually very good. Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to come to Yang Ji with a child who was just over a month old at this time.
"Mr. Ziyu," Zhang He saluted Yang Ji, "I haven't eaten yet. Aren't I waiting for that guy from Jiang University to change my shift? No, he's already here."
Yang Ji looked in the direction Zhang He was pointing, and sure enough he saw Jiang Dazheng leading a group of people walking towards the city gate. They were the city defense troops trained a few days ago. After the expansion of the military camp outside is completed, these people will also have to go back and rebuild.
"Dahe, let me ask you something." After looking away, Yang Ji asked Zhang He again.
"Excuse me, sir." Zhang He said solemnly. This was the first time that Mr. Ziyu asked him for help.
"You often wander around in the wild, so do you know where I can get honey?" Yang Ji approached Zhang He and whispered.
"Honey? I have it at home. Sir, do you want to find some honey to try?" Zhang He's eyes lit up and he asked Yang Ji. He is a sweet tooth.
"If you have some at home, can I buy some? I've been feeling a little bad lately, so I wanted to find some sweets to relieve my mood."
Yang Ji was happy at first, and then quickly replied that if Zhang He had it at home, he wouldn't have to go to the wild to search.
"Don't mention the word [buy], sir. When I come on duty tomorrow morning, I will bring the best jar of honey at home to give to sir! Um, will sir still be out of town tomorrow?"
< br>Zhang He didn't ask why Yang Ji was in a bad mood, but just tried his best to handle Yang Ji's affairs. After all, he just heard Yang Ji say that sweets can relieve unpleasant emotions.
“Yeah, just give me a can. I will pay according to the market price. It’s not easy for you to find this outside. Don’t bargain with me here, otherwise I won’t want it! "
Yang Ji saw Jiang Da approaching with someone, "Then I won't disturb you for the handover. I'll leave first." Yang Ji waved to Zhang He who was standing in the guard box. , and then walked out of the city gate.
"Sir, please walk slowly." Zhang He waved helplessly to Yang Ji, and then continued to look at Jiang Da who was walking towards him, thinking about when to go outside to find some wild honey and visit Yang Ji.
After walking out of the city gate, Yang Ji continued to walk along the road. The fields on the roadside were full of crops that had sprouted and grown. The tender green seedlings made people feel very comfortable.
The farmers in the fields are working hard on weeding. From time to time they stand up and beat their sore waists. At the same time, they look far and near to see how much is left to be done. He sighed, smiled and continued working with his head down. After walking forward for a while, I came to a clump of bamboo growing not far from the roadside. Because there had been a heavy rain a few days ago, the bamboo was growing well.
Yang Ji found a piece of bamboo with a suitable thickness and about the same length as a fishing rod. He pulled out the long sword hanging on his waist and brushed the bamboo. It was cut down.
Then trim the remaining branches of the bamboo, and trim the bamboo joints carefully with a sword blade. Then he chopped the cut bamboo strips into fine pieces, and used the method of refining the materials to make a fishing line and a fishhook.
After tying the fishing line to the hook, tie the fishing line to the small end of the fishing rod. After tying, use the powerful warming secret technique to warm the entire top and bottom of the fishing rod. , these days even the fish in the river have internal energy, so it’s better to be careful.
He walked onto the main road with his fishing rod and continued walking forward. About half an hour later, Yang Ji turned off a small road from the main road. If he continued walking along this small road, he could see A small river.
There are still lush crops on both sides of the path. Originally, no one came here to farm. After Zhao Yun walked around Mount Tai, some people came here to farm.
After the people working in the fields heard the noise, they quickly stood up and looked at Yang Ji. They were extremely vigilant. Yang Ji waved the fishing rod in his hand to show them.
However, people did not relax their vigilance. Instead, they picked up their farm tools and waved them at Yang Ji a few times, saying that we are not easy to mess with here and should not try to steal their things.
Yang Ji shrugged, turned around, left the busy farmers behind, and continued walking to the end of the path, where he would relax today.
Above the boundless wilderness, the ripples of the breeze are rippling the green branches of the crops, and the undeveloped groves in the distance are setting off waves of green. It is really beautiful.
Ahead is a small village where no one is stationed. The dilapidated scene shows the helplessness of troubled times. I wonder when the people who once lived here will come back and take another look at this small village.
Yang Ji walked on the path of the village, touching the collapsed wall with his fingertips. All the past events came to mind, including the children's play, the adults scolding the naughty ones, and the old man sitting at the head of the village chatting. .
Turning over a stone in the corner, the earthworm that saw the light for the first time hurriedly hid from the sunlight from outside the world, but even if it drilled into the soil, it was useless, because Yang Ji brought a piece of bamboo.
Insert the bamboo piece diagonally into the moist soil and turn it over gently. Several earthworms want to escape from the sky-covering hand again, but this time they cannot escape.
Yang Ji put the earthworms he pulled out of the soil into a bamboo tube. This would be their last home. Yang Ji was kind enough to dig some soil and put it in so that they would not have anywhere to hide.
There is a small river about a hundred meters from the back of the village, and a path leads directly to the river. The side of the path is already covered with weeds, and traces of past farming can be seen vaguely.
At the end of the path, on the bank of the river, the steps made of bluestone have been polished extremely smooth by the past, but you can still see chiseled marks where you stepped on them to prevent slipping.
There are two tall willow trees standing on both sides of the steps. Their high-spirited green branches cover the steps under the trees. The hanging branches touch the slightly turbid river water, and small fish gather in the ripples of the water.
Sitting on the bluestone steps, Yang Ji reached out and broke off a willow branch of suitable thickness, etched a floating rune on the skin of the willow branch, and then tied it with a fishing line about three meters away from the fishhook. Ten centimeters away.
Open the bamboo tube containing earthworms, pull out a lucky one from the tangled earthworms, hook it with a fishhook, and then swing the fishing rod to throw the fishhook to the center of the river.
After adjusting the position of the fishing rod, put down the fishing rod, immerse your hands in the warm river water, and wash away the earthy smell on your hands.
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Yang Ji is now looking at each other with a big fish that has its head on the edge of the stone steps and its body submerged in the water. At this time, Yang Ji is sitting on the stone steps with a fishing rod in his hand, waiting for the fish to take the bait.
Yang Ji has been staring at it for five minutes now, "I said, Brother Fish, if you really like me, can you please go over there and bite the fishhook, and then I will How about you catch it?" Yang Ji suggested to Brother Yu.
Brother Yu was unmoved and continued to watch Yang Ji fishing there, "I won't look at you anymore, let's see how you still look at me." Yang Ji looked away from Brother Yu, Throw it to the float.
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Yang Ji put away the fishing rod again, and there was only a little residue left on the earthworm on the hook. Yang Ji endured his grief and once again selected an unfortunate one and hung it On the hook.
After throwing out the fishhook, Yang Ji looked at Brother Fish who disappeared for a while and then reappeared, "Brother Fish, even if you don't pity me, you have to pity the unfortunate Brother Earthworm." Yang Ji couldn't hide his sadness. said.
Brother Yu floated his body up and down in the river for a few times, as if he was agreeing with Yang Ji, "Then I will thank Brother Yu for his generosity on behalf of Brother Earthworm." Yang Ji said to Yu Brother thanks.
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"Brother Yu, what do you mean? He brought his brothers and sisters to eat at the table of Brother Earthworm's family? This is the last surviving Brother Earthworm!" Yang Ji gritted his teeth and said to Brother Yu and his brothers and sisters.
At this time, the fish brother and his brothers and sisters poked their heads out of the river and looked at Yang Ji with their dead fish eyes, "This is unbearable!" Yang Ji covered his ears with lightning speed He used his fishing rod to knock Brother Yu unconscious.
The school of fish suddenly dispersed, leaving only Brother Yu floating alone on the water. "I told you a long time ago, Brother Yu, now you are toasting and not having to drink as a penalty." Yang Jilao Brother Qiyu said into its eyes.
Yang Ji opened the fish's mouth, hooked it with a fishhook, and then threw the fish brother back into the river, waiting for the water to calm down. After a while, the float suddenly sank to the bottom of the water, and Yang Ji directly put away the fishing rod. rise.
Yang Ji and Yuyan looked at each other, "I just said that I can't be in the Air Force today. Did you see that? This is the proof!" Yang Ji patted the fish's head and pretended that nothing happened. He looked like he was fishing and went back to the city after catching a big fish.
Yang Ji was carrying a fishing rod and fishing a big fish behind him. Facing the setting sun, he walked on the road back to the city with windy steps, enjoying the envious looks of passers-by on the road.
After Yang Ji returned home, he gave the fish he caught to the chef at home and asked her to make a steamed fish dish. This was a chef who had studied in Chen Xi’s house. Just think about it. I'm going to drool.
At the dinner table, Zhang Ning looked at the happy Yang Ji strangely, [Does the master like fish so much? But I have never seen the owner of the house so happy when eating fish before. 】
After eating and drinking, Yang Ji boiled a pot of hot water, took a comfortable hot bath, and then lay on the bed contentedly.
【Let’s go fishing again when we have time in the future. ] Yang Ji thought this while lying on the bed with his eyes closed.
(End of this chapter)