Why do we say that ordinary heroic spirits are arbitrary for eternity?

Chapter 7 This newcomer is quite awesome!

In the farm on Taiping Road.

As outer disciples, all of them had just finished their farm work and were very tired.

The weather was so hot that the ground was turned into hard lumps, making it extremely difficult to dig. Even with older people guiding us on how to use less energy, everyone was still tired and sweating profusely.

Because it was so dry this year that all the original seedlings withered, so we planted sorghum to ensure a harvest despite drought and floods.

Sorghum has relatively little demand for water and can adapt to arid climate conditions. At the same time, its growth cycle is relatively short and it is not prone to insect pests. It is very suitable for planting in such disaster years.

Although sorghum rice has a bitter taste, in years of famine, as long as you can eat enough, you don't care about the taste.

Logically speaking, everyone should be growing such life-saving crops.

But the opposite is true. After all, everything has advantages and disadvantages.

Although sorghum is a drought- and flood-tolerant crop, it can grow normally in environments such as drought, cold, and floods because of its deep and large root system.

It is also true that this crop is too tiring for the land. If you plant it this year, if you plant something else in the next two or three years, it will not grow.

So except in some specific areas, not many people grow sorghum.

Most of the land in Nanyang County is good land. Who would be willing to grow sorghum?

No need to pay so much land rent every year? The powerful landowners will not let you destroy their land by planting sorghum!
  In a word, the reason why the victims were starved of food and forced into exile, with their bones exposed in the wild and no roosters crowing for thousands of miles, was never because of natural disasters.

Essentially, farmers do not have their own land and have no ability to fight against natural risks.

And this is also the root cause of the demise of most dynasties - land annexation!
  Although farm work is tiring at the moment, many refugees who starve to death in the wilderness don't even have the chance to work hard.

Lu Yu looked at the three people wearing rough clothes beside him, hesitated for a moment, and pretended to be tired.

Although I was really tired after working all morning, it was not that exaggerated.

Lu Yu secretly wondered why.

Is it because of the big meal at Bai Yuyao's place?
  Or is it because of practicing the true method that one has improved his physical condition?

Or rather, both?
  There should be two reasons!
  After resting for a while, the hungry people finally waited for lunch time.

Today's lunch is wheat rice with some wild vegetables.

What is wheat rice?
  It means steaming unhulled wheat.

Because wheat tastes bad when eaten in its shell and is difficult to swallow, it is best to eat it with the water in which the wheat has been steamed.

Put some wild vegetables in this water and it will become soup.

Even with this kind of food treatment, each person only gets one bowl. If he wanted to eat more, he wouldn't have it.

Lu Yu stared at the wheat rice and wild vegetable soup in front of him, his expression a little subtle.

If I had seen this bowl of wheat rice some time ago, I would have been so happy eating it.

But ever since I was summoned by the little rich woman and ate those delicacies, looking at them again gave me a headache.

From frugality to extravagance is easy, from extravagance to frugality is difficult!
  but.

Lu Yu did not complain, but ate silently.

Apart from being a bit throaty, the wheat rice is still very fragrant, and the wild vegetables also taste good. It focuses on a healthy and original ecology. If you drink a bowl of soup, it is called an original soup!

"Why isn't the wheat rice shelled?" Kong Yue couldn't help but complained in a low voice.

"How do you peel wheat?" Ren Qingshan on the side said speechlessly: "You are from a scholarly family after all, how come you don't even understand this? Nowadays, all scholars are ignorant and industrious?"

"Ah?" Kong Yue was dumbfounded. He felt that he was despised.

"Wheat does not have an easy-to-peel shell. To remove the shell, you can only smash it and then sift it, but what comes out is flour. How can we be qualified to eat such good things?" Wei Ergou said angrily.

"Oh, that's it." Kong Yue was a little embarrassed, "I still know Wugu, but I really don't know about these."

"It's okay if you don't know. You'll know when you see more in the future." Lu Yu said lightly, then put down the soup bowl: "I've finished eating."

"I'll help you wash the dishes, Brother Yu." Wei Ergou stood up quickly and took Lu Yu's dishes and chopsticks over.

"Wash it for me too!" Kong Yue said.

"Who do you think you are?" Wei Ergou glanced at Kong Yue.

"If you don't wash it, you won't wash it. Why are you scolding me!" Kong Yue wanted to get angry, but when he saw the look in Wei Ergou's eyes, he suddenly got cold feet.

"I didn't curse." Wei Ergou lowered his head and said.

When he couldn't do the farm work this morning, Lu Yu helped him, and also helped Kong Yue and Ren Qingshan. Maybe they didn't take it to heart, but Wei Ergou still kept it in mind.

Lu Yu didn't stop him either. We would be together for a long time in the future, so there was no need to be too outspoken. After eating and half an hour's rest, Deacon Dai led all the outer disciples for training in the afternoon.

Everyone received a wooden stick and started trotting under the command of Deacon Dai.

After running around the farm five times, it took nearly an hour. When we returned to the same place, many people's legs were weak, and the new outer disciples couldn't help but fall to the ground.

Kong Yue, Wei Ergou and Ren Qingshan also sat on the ground. Lu Yu glanced at the Laowai disciples. All the Laowai disciples, without exception, stood up straight.

Obviously, it’s not that I’m not tired, it’s that I don’t dare to sit.

Lu Yu said: "Stand still, don't sit down."

"Ah?" Kong Yue said subconsciously, "But I'm going to be exhausted."

Ren Qingshan and Wei Ergou said nothing, choosing to believe Lu Yu and quickly stood up.

Soon, Deacon Dai came over. He glanced at the people sitting on the ground and said with a sneer, "Who told you to sit down?"

"Everyone stand up and run five more laps!"

"Qu Yingda!"

"No!" A foreigner disciple responded and stood up.

"You come to supervise these people and lead them to run five more laps. Whoever dares to run less or falls behind will be kicked out directly and let them get away as far as they want. I don't need them on Taiping Road!!"

The new disciples who were sitting on the ground to rest, when they heard this, their faces turned pale, and they ran five more laps? ? This is really deadly!

But if you don't run, you will be expelled from Taiping Road. You don't have to think about what the consequences will be. You will probably starve to death outside!
  So, if you don’t want to run, you have to run!
  When many foreigner disciples saw this scene, they immediately gloated. This was how they got here in the first place, so these newcomers should suffer!
  Kong Yue glanced at Lu Yu desperately, feeling extremely regretful in his heart. He hesitated just now and didn't listen to Lu Yu's words. Now he will run five more laps!
  But Ren Qingshan and Wei Ergou were not punished because they listened to Lu Yu!
  Kong Yue gritted his teeth, but did not betray Ren Qingshan and Wei Ergou, and accepted the punishment obediently.

As these people left, Deacon Dai looked at the many outer disciples and said loudly: "Everyone stand at attention in a team! Keep a certain distance apart and prepare to practice spear thrusting! The wooden sticks in your hands at this moment are your spears!"

Soon, everyone formed a large square formation on this large flat ground, with everyone separated by a certain distance.

"Prepare!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone stood firm and held the wooden sticks in their hands tightly.

"prick!"

With an order, everyone stabbed out the wooden sticks in their hands at the same time.

"receive!"

"prick!"

"receive!"

"Stab again!"

After practicing this for an hour, it was already dusk, and those who had gone out for a run finally came back.

"Okay!" Deacon Dai nodded and said loudly to everyone: "Rest for a moment, and then carry out the final training!"

"The last part of today's training is the corner contact!!"

"The rules are very simple, the winner continues, the loser quits, and the one who can win five times in a row can eat meat tonight!"

After a whole afternoon of training, everyone was already exhausted, but when they heard that they could eat meat, many people suddenly became energetic again!
  The so-called wrestling is a kind of two-two contest activity similar to wrestling and sumo wrestling.

In this kind of activity, one depends on strength and the other depends on technique.

At this moment, the newly arrived disciples were already exhausted and had no strength to fight at all. As soon as the fight started, they were basically defeated in one round.

Among the newcomers, only Lu Yu still has enough energy left.

And he obviously had no intention of hiding his clumsiness.

At this moment, he has won consecutive battles and has defeated four opponents!

Such a luxurious record naturally attracted the attention of many people.

Many outer disciples were talking about it, and even Deacon Dai looked over.

"This newcomer is pretty awesome!"

"I'm careless!"

"I also underestimated the enemy!"

The foreigner disciple who was knocked down had a look of confusion on his face.

Many of these foreign disciples have been training here for a year or two, and now they are losing to a newcomer. It is so embarrassing!
  (End of this chapter)