Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Chapter 468
Dingniang was pregnant, so Zhang Chi hired a four-wheeled carriage to take the family of four back home.When I come back from the training ground, it should be the end of the year, and then the family can be reunited.Being a soldier is like this, there are too many differences.

Watching the carriage gradually go away, and his family saying goodbye to him in the car, Zhang Chi felt a little helpless.During the days when my wife was pregnant, I always felt a little regretful that I was not by my side.May she return to her hometown and be safe.

Xinye is two hundred miles from Dengcheng County.After noon on the fifth day, Dingniang and her family went outside the village.

At the entrance of the village, I settled the wages with the drivers. Several people were packing up and saluting. Saburo, who got the news, hurried over.

I saw my son was wearing short clothes, the straw sandals on his feet were covered with dust, and he was sweating profusely.Zhang Yan said anxiously: "You hired someone, so you don't have to work so hard. The human body is not made of iron, how can it be like this all the time?"

Saburo said: "I just watched other people's work, why don't I do it, I'm not tired. You have worked hard all the way, go home quickly."

After speaking, he stepped forward to help salute.Holding two big bundles in his hand, he went first.

Wu Lang said: "Brother, why don't you ask a few workers to help carry out the salute? Look at those officials, which one is not shouting and hugging, how can there be someone like you? Obviously employing twenty or thirty people Do everything yourself."

San Lang said: "What do you know! These days the supply and marketing cooperatives are so busy that the workers can't be idle for a moment. Well, go home quickly. Cook a pot of meat tonight, and I'll drink with you."

Wu Lang said with a smile: "Third brother, you are not as good as the second brother. When we were in Xinye, we had several dishes for our meals every day. There was no time to cook meat. When we left, the second brother still came from outside. I called a helper, and the dishes I cook are so delicious!"

Saburo muffled: "How can I compare with my second brother? He is an official, and Xinye is not like our countryside, of course it is different."

While talking, he saluted and entered the village with his family.

This is a small village. For many years, Zhang Chi was the first official in the village.When the villagers saw Zhang Chi's family, they automatically avoided the side of the road and saluted respectfully.Zhang Yan nodded his head one by one, feeling very benefited.

After entering the house, put down the salute.San Lang then said: "Wu Lang, go and buy some meat and come back with a bottle of wine. Let mom make it, and we will drink together in the evening. There is money here, take it with you, be careful on the road, go back quickly, don't play around outside. "

Goro took the money.He said: "Why, did I arrange to do something just after I got home? Today, the family is back, and you still don't want to rest for a day?"

Saburo said: "I can't leave the banquet hall, and I really can't leave. As soon as the sun goes down, I will add a family. Don't worry."

Wu Lang said: "Is it only after the sun goes down that we eat now? Doesn't it cost oil to light the lamp?"

Saburo said: "I bought oil, you don't have to worry about it. I'm doing more work while the sun is not setting, so why worry about eating!"

As he spoke, he quickly walked out the door and headed towards the factory in the west of the village.

Looking at his brother's back, Goro said to his father, "Father, what do you think third brother looks like?"

Zhang Yan sighed: "He has a debt of two hundred guan, so naturally he can't be careless for a moment. You are not a child anymore, you should think more about your brother, don't just think about playing. After the debt is paid off, your third brother will marry a wife ,everything will get better."

Goro snorted dissatisfied.Taking the money given by Saburo, he walked to the main road at the entrance of the village.

Saburo opened a Weixi club in the village, and the number of people in the village increased.On the side of the main road more than one mile away from the village entrance, there are a few more small stalls on weekdays, gradually forming a grass market.A butcher in a neighboring village sells the leftover meat there every evening, which is equivalent to having a meat stall.But there is more meat and less meat, it all depends on the business of the butcher at the market today, sometimes there is, sometimes there is no.In addition to meat stalls, there are sometimes fruit and vegetable sellers, daily groceries, and of course wine sellers.These are people from the nearby villages, who go to other places to go to the market, and sell the unsold goods at the intersection.With these stalls, the nearby villagers are much more convenient.

When Wulang arrived at the intersection, he saw that there was only one leg of lamb left on the meat stand, and there were all kinds of bones in a mess.He said to the stall owner: "Father Qin, is the business so good today? It's not dark yet, so there's not much meat left."

Father Qin pointed to the leg of lamb and said, "Little kid, what nonsense are you talking about! Isn't this leg of lamb the best meat?"

Wu Lang said: "Mutton has no fragrance, and I want to eat pork today. Don't you kill more pigs and less sheep?"

Father Qin said: "There are few pigs around recently, what can I do? Mutton is good meat, you still pick and choose!"

Wulang had no choice but to buy a leg of lamb, and went to the side to buy a bottle of wine, which he held in his hand.Seeing that it's still early, go to the next few big willow trees and look for gnats there.Officers in Xinye like to drink with this thing the most.Living in Xinye for a few days, Goro learned this way of eating and liked it very much.

In this era, there are a lot of cicadas and insects, but not many people eat them.There are densely packed holes under the willows, and I don't know how many there are.Goro didn't have much experience, so when he saw a hole in the ground, he went to dig it out.Although many of them are ant holes and unknown bugs, there are still a lot of gnats without much effort.Picking a big leaf from the nearby ditch, wrapping it up and holding it in his hand, Goro went home happily.

When I got home, I saw my mother cleaning the freshly slaughtered fish in the yard.Seeing Wulang, he said to him: "Brother didn't allow you to play wild outside when you went out. Why did you come back? Look at the sky, the sun is almost setting."

Wu Lang said: "Mom is joking. The sun is still so high, and it's still early to go down the mountain. Now summer is the longest day."

While talking, he put the leg of lamb and wine in his hand into the water tank under the shed.Take the earworm and show it to my mother.Said: "What luck! I also found a lot of these things! I will fry them in oil for a while, and I will have wine tonight. I didn't know this could be eaten before, and I caught it with the children to play with it. I only found out when I went to Xinye , it turns out that this is the supreme delicacy!"

Mother sighed, and didn't bother to care about Goro.Goro took the weetweed, scooped a spoonful of water into the basin by the side of the tank, and scrubbed there alone.

Not long after, my father came out of the house.He said to Wu Lang: "When I was on the road, I thought of going home and asked you and my third brother to go outside to catch some eels and come back. How could I have thought that your third brother was so busy. I wanted you to go alone, but in the end you Played outside for half a day."

Wu Lang said: "Today's enough. I want to eat eels, I'll catch them tomorrow. I don't know how many of them are in the ditch outside. How many people are rare enough to eat them? That is, people in the city take them as treasures."

Zhang Yan said: "When I was in Xinye, I ate the eel they made. It was really delicious. These things must have oil. Without oil, no matter how little salt, what taste does it have? When cooking without lack of oil and salt, the taste It's vastly different."

Salt administration was an important source of government in the Song Dynasty, and the price was very high.Ordinary people don't dare to eat too salty things.Wang Xiaolie does not make money from salt administration, and the price of salt has dropped a lot in the past two years.Coupled with the good conditions at home, Zhang Yan's family also pays attention to taste.

(End of this chapter)