Lord: Start with a book of Water Margin

Chapter 68 Sweet and Sour Four-tailed Carp

At night, Zhao Zhen and Bai Zhi set up a table in the backyard. On the table were two plates of "Qiaoguo" made by Bai Zhi, and then there were seasonal fruits: watermelon, mulberries, plums, peaches and so on.

Zhao Zhen first sent people to send sobering soup to all the heroes. Because he made more Qiaoguo Angelica dahurica, he also sent people to give it to all the heroes to taste it. Today, all the heroes did not return to their respective stations, but rested in the East Cross Courtyard.

Zhao Zhen had sobered up slightly at this time, and sat opposite Bai Zhi. Bai Zhi said, "My lord, would you like another bowl of sobering soup? Can Nunu bring some?"

Zhao Zhen said: "It doesn't matter, I'm mostly awake. I saw you went out again, what were you doing?"

Bai Zhi said: "This evening, Sister Bai from Ruan Erlang's Hun family, Sister Sun from Zhong Mu's wife, Sister Wang from Li Xiaoer's wife, and the Zhong family's younger sister all came to my natal house to beg for help."

Zhao Zhen said: "Winning or losing? Let me guess, but Li Xiaoer's Hun family and the Wang family won?"

Bai Zhi asked strangely: "How do officials know?" Zhao Zhen laughed but said nothing.

Bai Zhi said: "Today there is a lot of noise in the village, so in order to keep things quiet, I and a few others made an appointment to meet in the front yard of my parents' house. When everyone was gathered, I and a few others first knelt down to the Vega and begged the Vega to bless them with their ingenuity. Then, they took Bring out the colorful silk thread and seven silver needles prepared in advance, and thread the needle against the moon to see who can thread the seven needles first. It was Sister Wang who threaded the seven silver needles first, faster than the second sister Zhong. Two needles.”

Sure enough, as Zhao Zhen thought, Wang Lan, Li Xiaoer's wife, is one of the rare people who has skills before awakening. Although it is only a production occupation, it will always be useful in the future.

Thinking of this, Zhao Zhen suddenly realized that his arrangement was probably wrong. Now he arranged for Wang Lan to serve as Li Xiaoer's assistant and help the chef in the village. When he first saw the talent, he inevitably wanted to stay. Although he would be paid a monthly salary, if he learned cooking skills, Wang Lan would not let himself fail to train him as a tailor craftsman in the future.

I just got a lot of silk and satin, so I opened a tailor shop in the past few days and let Wang Lan take charge of it. Although most of the people in the village are poor and their clothes are cut and sewn by themselves, they can make them themselves and sell them in the main world.

Moreover, it can be used to make summer clothes for the heroes in charge of the village, which can not only exercise Wang Lan's skills, but also win over people's hearts, killing two birds with one stone.

Seeing that Zhao Zhen was in a daze, Bai Zhi said angrily: "Officer, what are you thinking about?"

Zhao Zhen put away his thoughts and said: "I heard that Wang is so good at women's fashion. Why don't we open a ready-made clothing shop? We have a lot of cloth at home. I will make you some summer clothes first."

After hearing this, Bai Zhi turned from anger to joy, and the two of them had a little fun. Taking advantage of the moonlight, I drank some fruit and had a few glasses of wine. Since ancient times, "romantic tea is the matchmaker, and wine is the matchmaker of sex." Zhao Zhen had five or six glasses of wine first, and then had a few glasses of wine with Bai Zhi. After a while, the wine was strong, and he felt his spring heart fluttering. It was the time when the two of them were deeply in love and in love with each other.

After hugging and returning to the house, Zhao Zhen took out a dagger made of sapodilla wood and handed it to Bai Zhi, saying: "This dagger is carved from sapodilla wood. It is considered a second-level treasure. It has the ability to exorcise ghosts and ward off evil spirits. Only one It's half a foot, easy to carry, and can be worn on your body."

Bai Zhi took it with a happy face. He turned around and put down his dagger, and said shyly: "Officer, it's time to rest." Then he untied his shirt by candlelight. In the past, I would only take off my clothes after turning out the lights.

Look at the beauty under the lamp, the beauty is more charming. His clothes are half-undressed and his face is as red as a peanut.

The eyebrows are like willow leaves in early spring, often filled with sadness about rain and clouds;

The face is like a peach blossom in March, with a hint of amorous feelings.

The slender waist is graceful, and the restrained swallow is lazy and carefree;

The sandalwood mouth is light, seducing bees and butterflies into chaos.

The enchanting appearance of the jade is interpreted by the flowers, and the graceful appearance of the jade is fragrant.                                                                                                   The moon on the pillow, flattered in every way throughout the night.

The next day, Zhao Zhen and Bai Zhi got up a little late. They still practiced Ba Duan Jin in the backyard, and then went to the east courtyard to practice martial arts. The heroes had not seen each other for many days. Today was a rare opportunity to catch each other and fight.

The crowd huddled in three groups, Jiao Ting and Tong Guanghui competed with each other, and banging sounds could be heard from time to time;

Han Bolong held an eyebrow-length stick, and Du Qian held a full-length stick, both made of ash wood. Both of them were strong. When they swung the sticks, the sound of whining was endless, and the two sticks met from time to time, making a banging sound.

Bao Xu used a mourning sword, and Ruan Xiaoqi used a three-pronged fork. Both of them used sharp weapons, so they held back their strength and the fight was evenly matched.

The other three people and all the villagers gathered around to watch. Seeing this fight between dragon and tiger, they cheered loudly. After fighting for more than ten rounds, everyone gave up when they saw Zhao Zhen arriving.

Only then did everyone train Zhuang Ding. Zhao Zhen picked up the double swords and followed Guang Hui to practice the Shaolin door-protecting double swords twice. He also took out a steel fork and followed Ruan Xiaoer to practice the thirteen-position Taibao Fork.

Zhao Zhen suffered the disadvantage of having no one to teach him in the main world. When he saw martial arts, he always wanted to learn how to master it. Although he also knew that biting off more than he could chew was the key to mastery. It was just greed, and I couldn't change it for a while, so I made excuses for myself and learned from everyone's strengths. At yesterday's banquet, I also agreed with Du Qian that I would practice the 72nd Taizu Long Stick.

After practicing martial arts for an hour, the weather started to get hot, and everyone just dispersed. Breakfast was served in the kitchen, and everyone ate and went back to their rooms to rest, waiting for the lunch banquet.

Today, Zhao Zhen arranged three tables alone. Just after noon, all kinds of wine, meat, dishes, and fine fruits were served like water, and the two tables were piled full. Today's dishes are much more exquisite than yesterday. Zhao Zhen even asked for 36 four-tailed carps to be made into sweet and sour carps. They were caught every day, and there were still 22 four-tailed carp left on the farm.

The largest four-bearded carp Zhao Zhen has ever seen weighs only three kilograms, and larger ones have never been caught. Today we are inviting everyone to a banquet to increase their physical fitness.

Table 1: Zhao Zhen, Guang Hui, Jiao Ting, Ruan Xiaoer, Ruan Xiaowu, Ruan Xiaoqi, Han Bolong, Bao Xu, Tao Zongwang, Du Qian.

The second table: Zhao Yuanli, Ding Chou, Tang Tian, ​​Zhu Sha, Sun Zheng, Wang Lun, Yun Ge, Li Xiaoer, Li Xia Ming, Wang Benxing, Cai Zhong (former Xiang Army Warden), Li Liang, Tian Dasheng.

Table 3: Bai Duo, Li You, Chao Cuo, Tang Sen, Zhao Ji, Li Gu, Zhang Da, Yang Mazi, Li Ji, Xiang Mao (incense maker), Zhong Rang, Gao Lun (former Xiangjun commander) , Zhang Wang.

Everyone sat down and the cook brought out sweet and sour carp and placed a plate in front of each person.

Zhao Zhen said: "Brothers, this four-bearded carp is a specialty of Liangshan Township, and it is also a spiritual fish. Today I will share it with you."

As he spoke, he picked up a pair of chopsticks and saw that the fish was golden in color. It tasted charred on the outside and tender on the inside. It was sweet and sour, and it was a spiritual fish with delicious meat. Soon after Zhao Zhen finished eating the plate of sweet and sour fish in front of him, he felt hot all over. I glanced at the log and found that my physical fitness had indeed increased a bit.

Seeing that everyone had finished eating the spirit fish, Zhao Zhen still did not go to serve the wine. He stood up and said: "Brothers, our development from a small Xixi Village to a Liangshan Township with more than a thousand households depends entirely on the lives of all brothers. Managers, please do your work carefully.

Surrounded by fog, we can be considered at ease here. Now that we have received a promotion from the county, it is considered justifiable.

As the battalion commander, I can recruit 500 sergeants and appoint two deputy commanders, two chiefs and five deputy chiefs. It's just that there is no supplies in the county now, so we all rely on ourselves to raise military supplies and equipment. They are said to be fighting troops, but in fact they are just rural soldiers.

Today, there are 176 villagers in total including the original villagers plus those selected from the prisoners and newly recruited. There are 280 people in active service. If they are well trained in the future, they will all be able to serve in the army.

Things are not what they used to be. Based on past merits, duties are redefined today and everyone must abide by them. "

(End of this chapter)