Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 3

Seeing Sun Xiangfu eating bugs, everyone's expressions were not very good. It's normal to feel sick. It's very difficult for people who have never eaten this thing to accept it all at once psychologically.

However, when Sun Xiangfu ate the second and third bamboo worms one after another with an expression of enjoyment, the bold Sun Dali accepted the fact that the worms were edible, no matter how unpalatable they were, they couldn’t be more unpalatable than Avalokitesvara soil Bar!Thinking back when he was fleeing from disaster, he even ate Avalokitesvara, so in order to show his support for Sun Xiangfu, Sun Dali also decided to try it.

"Brother Dali, let's have one! It's really delicious and very nourishing."

Seeing Sun Dali's eagerness to try, Sun Xiangfu took the initiative to take a bamboo worm from the bamboo stick and feed it into his mouth. In later generations, this thing is a delicacy that is hard to buy even if you have money.

"Karji."

"Well, it's really fragrant and a little salty. This meat tastes better than fish and shrimp."

After eating one piece, Sun Dali took the initiative to take the other one from the bamboo stick and stuffed it into his mouth. Seeing the two eating with gusto, everyone didn't feel disgusted anymore, but the young soldier was so bold that he rushed at Sun Dali. Xiangfu said, "Give me one to try too."

These bamboo worms were originally used by Sun Xiangfu to exchange millet porridge with the sergeants. Hearing that Sun Xiangfu directly handed the bamboo sticks with four or five bamboo worms on them to the young sergeant, the young sergeant took one of them, and put it away carefully. Put it into the mouth, chewed it tentatively twice, showing an expression that really did.

Then, he stuffed all the remaining roasted bamboo worms into his mouth, chewing and saying, "Well, it's delicious, hurry up and roast some more, I'll cut a few more bamboo worms for you Sign, I will eat it for lunch today."

"Aren't they just bugs! Are they really that delicious?"

"Uh, it doesn't taste good at all. I'll eat such an unpalatable worm myself. As for my share of millet porridge, you can share it with him!"

The young sergeant seemed to have thought of something, and he choked back the words he said, pointing to Sun Xiangfu, who was holding bamboo sticks to string bamboo worms again, and said, but the more he behaved, the more Zhang Yong and the others The sergeant who drank the porridge became even more curious about the taste of the bug.

"Boy, grill me a skewer too, and I'll peel the bamboo sticks for you."

After all, Zhang Yong couldn't help it, took out his saber, cut a thin bamboo stick, and threw it to Sun Xiangfu. Anyway, one skewer was roasted, and the second skewer was also roasted. All the bamboo worms in the bowl were strung on sticks, and they were roasted all at once.

"Yeah, um, this worm is really delicious, and I also tasted a salty taste that only refined salt has..."

"Then what, brothers, how about we bake a few more skewers while it's still early, we're fast with knives and fast at catching bugs..."

After Zhang Yong and several other sergeants also tasted the taste of roasted bamboo worms, they were no longer interested in boiled millet porridge, so the half pot of millet porridge was directly rewarded to Sun Xiangfu by the young sergeant, just for them. Teng place roasted bamboo worms, and after seeing Sun Xiangfu roasting insects twice, several sergeants roughly knew the trick to roasting bamboo worms, slow roasting over low heat, until they become stiff and discolored, they are ready.

Under the envious eyes of the onlookers, Sun Xiangfu hurried home with half a pot of millet porridge, found a bamboo spoon for dinner at home, and hurriedly fed his sister a mouthful first, and smelled the millet porridge. The younger brother also struggled to sit up from the bed.

"Eat slowly, there is half a pot! Don't eat too much at once..."

While telling his younger brother, while watching his half-comatose younger sister greedily sucking on the spoon, Sun Xiangfu felt for the first time that he had so many responsibilities in his life. Since he came here for no reason, he should live his life well. go down!
After feeding a few tablespoons of millet porridge, Sun Xiaomei finally opened her eyes. Her dizzy state was caused by starvation. Once there was food in her stomach, she immediately regained some strength and was able to sit up and eat by herself. .

"Brother, after the death of my parents, this is the best meal I have ever eaten. By the way, where did you get the millet? Could it be that the crops in the field are ready to be harvested? Great, we finally put this year's Get over it."

Sun Xiangfu didn't want to offend his second brother, who was drinking porridge and being silly and happy. The millet and wheat in the fields could only be harvested after the Mid-Autumn Festival. It was only mid-June now, at least two more months away!

However, now that he recognized the fact that he traveled through time, Sun Xiangfu didn't think that he would be troubled by the problem of eating, so he patted his younger brother and sister on the head and said, "Don't worry, big brother will never let you go hungry again. "

"Brother, you are so kind."

This is the first time Sun Xiangfu has heard his little sister talk in three days. I remember that when his parents were seriously ill last year, the village chief Hu Cai once suggested that his father sell his little sister for some money and food to survive a year. Time was the darkest time in my little girl's life. Several groups of people came to the village to see her and bargain with her. In the end, they all failed to make a deal under the strong opposition of her grandma.

In this era, once you sell yourself as a slave, you will be a lowly family for generations. Unless there is a big chance, it will be difficult to turn over. The specific origin of grandma's mother's family is not known to grandpa. After a long time, he never imagined that this woman whom he met by chance would be so stubborn in this matter, she would rather die of starvation, illness and death than compromise, and both of them died in the end.

It was also this experience that made the younger sister's temperament become timid. She is usually afraid of strangers, and even when getting along with family members, she is cautious, for fear of making them angry.

"I am your big brother, and I should treat you well. Well, you can't eat too much at one time. I will leave a bowl for each of you. You should sleep first and eat after you get up. I have to go back and return the pot. .”

Sun Xiangfu touched the heads of the two little guys, and the two little guys nodded obediently, but their eyes kept looking at the two clay bowls filled with porridge.

After leaving the house, Sun Xiangfu quickly sent the pot to the head of the village. Looking at the unwashed pot, the villager Wang Daniu happily took it and ran back to his house. Thinking about it, some broomcorns left in the pot could make him boil the day. past.

Sometimes I think about why people praise the rule of Zhenguan so much. Perhaps it is because Li Shimin brought the people of this period from such difficult conditions to the point where they have enough food and clothing!
More than a dozen large bamboos with bamboo worm feces were cut down, and there were a lot of worms in them. Sun Xiangfu no longer knew how many strings those soldiers had eaten. Now the villagers headed by Hu Cai are responsible for cutting bamboo and catching bamboo worms , As for the sergeants, each of them was roasting worms with several bamboo sticks.

"Several military lords, after eating a meal of meat in our village, they only gave half a pot of millet. It's not kind to do so!"

Sun Xiangfu seemed to be speaking to all the sergeants roasting insects, but he only looked at the young sergeant. He knew that only this young sergeant cared about what he said.

"So what? You are the people, and we are soldiers. It is only right and proper for the people to raise soldiers. It is also the same reason to bring this matter to the prince. Don't think about our marching rations anymore. There are counts. The next few days God, our team still has to live on these grains."

The young sergeant is not as easy-talking as Sun Xiangfu imagined, and what he said is right, this world is so fucked up, the ruler has the sovereignty over all people or things in this country, and he can do whatever he says. You have to dedicate something, and the sergeant is the person who implements the will of the ruler, especially this team of sergeants equipped with horizontal knives, carbine guns and excellent horses. If Sun Xiangfu has read enough history books, he will definitely guess. It turns out that these are the Xuanjia cavalry under Li Shimin, but they are not wearing heavy armor now.

"I don't dare to ask for military rations, but those items that are not necessary, can you give some rewards? If so, next time you pass by this place, I will treat you to eat roasted bamboo worms."

After carefully looking at the young sergeant, Sun Xiangfu confirmed that the boy was a rich second generation, because there was a piece of finely carved jade hanging around his neck, and the brocade pouch at his waist was made of silk, which was bulging It holds a lot of things, and as for the saddle and stirrup, needless to say, it is even better than that of Zhang Yong, the marquis of the army, and it is short of being inlaid with gold and jade.

"My father always said that a crying child has milk to eat, so he often goes to that person to cry and cry, so he gets a lot of benefits that others don't have, and you, do you want to milk some milk from me?"

Unexpectedly, the face of the young sergeant looked a bit rough, but inside he was a fine person. Sun Xiangfu's little trick was seen through, but he didn't feel embarrassed at all. He just looked into the eyes of the young sergeant with sincerity. He believed that this The people of the world are simple and honest, and the children of rich families in this world will definitely give a tip after enjoying it.

It's a pity that he guessed wrong, the young sergeant didn't have anything to say after finishing this sentence, so he had to stand aside, watching the young man still not satisfied after eating a dozen or so bunches of bamboo worms.

So, Sun Xiangfu finally couldn't help but said, "These bamboo worms are the last bit of food for the whole village before the autumn harvest. Although it is difficult to keep full, they are nutritious. Everyone only needs to eat one or two bunches a day, and they will not starve to death, so , please give the people in this village a way out! If you are really greedy and want to be full, I have another kind of food that I recommend to you, just keep your fill."

"Another kind of food? Find it soon." The young man became excited after hearing this.

"I'm afraid you won't dare to eat it."

"Will it be more disgusting than this bamboo worm? But since you call it food, I think it's just something that doesn't look good but tastes delicious. Get it quickly. If it's really delicious and full, I'll eat it." I have a blessing for you."

"Hehe, you should be familiar with this thing, it's a grasshopper, or call it a locust."

"Locusts, locusts? Can that thing be eaten?"

The young man was stunned, he finally felt Zhang Yong's feeling of wanting to hit someone with a knife.

(End of this chapter)