Wentang

Chapter 13 Lunch
This was Yue Shan's first transaction in the Tang Dynasty. He exchanged four large herrings for a bucket of millet and a roll of linen.He was surprised by how smooth the process was.

I didn't meet the domineering rich second generation, I didn't meet local hooligans, and I didn't meet the low-level work and management.Of course, I didn't meet everyone's daughter who ran away from home.

But it's normal to think about it. It's the end of the sixth year of Wude in the early Tang Dynasty, and the administration of officials is relatively clear.In addition, here is at the foot of the emperor, so naturally there are not so many miscellaneous things.

Yue Shui'er is only six years old, and she is still holding the little fish that Yue Shan promised her, so naturally there is no way to help him carry things.He could only carry twelve catties of millet and a roll of cloth by himself, and took three or four rests on the road before finally sending these things home.

After that, he went back to the fish cage again and took back the remaining small fish and shrimp.What he didn't expect was that there was another big grass carp in the kung fu fish cage just now.

This grass carp weighs at least seven or eight catties, and its body is too thick to get into the cage at all, and it is stuck on the mouth of the horn.Yue Shan took a lot of effort to take it out.

After taking the fish home, Yue Shan dug out the clay pot for cooking and prepared to cook some rice.It's past noon now, about a little over.His stomach was growling with hunger.

As for Yue Laosi and his wife, they didn't come back for dinner until evening.

People in this age don't eat lunch, they only have two meals a day, morning and evening.Poor families don't even have dinner, only one breakfast a day.

"Brother, mother will scold you." Yue Shui'er said timidly as he watched him cook.

"No, look at my brother caught so many fish today, and also changed the millet and cloth, mother will only be happy and not curse." Yue Shan said while lighting a fire.

Yue Shui'er tilted her head and thought for a while, A Niang did not scold her brother, so she nodded and stopped talking, and ran over to help collect firewood.

The conditions were really limited, and Yue Shan didn't try to make any weird dishes. He honestly followed Yue Shanniang's method, cleaned the fish and threw it into the pot, and then put some freshly bought millet to finish the job.

Just when Yue Shan was about to cover Gaier, Yue Shui'er ran into the house with a thud, and ran over again.Holding the little grass carp in his hand, he looked at him eagerly.

Yue Shan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so he could only help her clean the small fish and throw it into the pot to cook together.

In the process of cooking, Yue Shan checked the kitchen, and there was nothing but a wooden bucket filled with water and a few clay pots.Open the earthen pots, except for one filled with about half a bucket of corn, the rest are all empty.

The salt he was looking for was not here.Finally, a small cloth bag was found under a stone in the corner, and when I opened it, I found that there were more than [-] grains of coarse salt in it.

Looking at the yellowish grains of salt, Yue Shan was really afraid of getting sick from eating it.But the conditions are like this, he can only grit his teeth and throw three or four grains into the pot, which is better than nothing.Although this word is not appropriate to use here, it is the only word he can think of with his literary level.

After the rice was cooked, the little girl gnawed happily on her little fish, and Yue Shan also ate a big bowl holding his nose.

After eating, he put the rest of the fish soup into another jar, and carried it to deliver food to Yue Laosi and his wife.

As a modern person, he is used to three meals a day, and he can't stand the hunger without doing anything, not to mention that Yue Laosi has to do farm work.

Abandoned land was strewn here and there, dotted with fields of crops.These wastelands are all owned and belong to each family of the four surnames Ping.

It's just that when they moved here, it was already late for farming, and everyone worked hard to cultivate a small area for replanting.

It’s impossible not to replant. The imperial court only gives relief food for one year. If you don’t plant something this year, you will have to starve next year.

Fortunately, this place was originally a good cultivated land. The original owner didn't know whether he died in the war or escaped, so it fell into desolation.

After the people surnamed Siping took over, they only needed to clean up the weeds and then sow seeds without much trimming.Otherwise, relying on their little manpower, they will definitely be hungry in the coming year.

Right now, the people surnamed Ping mainly have two jobs. One is to take care of the replanted fields and hope for a good harvest.The other is to continue to cultivate new land to prepare for autumn sowing of winter wheat.

Although it is very bitter and tiring, the farmers are happy.They are also grateful to the imperial court that gave them the land, and wish to set up a memorial tablet for Li Yuan for three incense sticks sooner or later.They are not afraid of suffering, but they are afraid that they will not even have the chance to suffer.

The field was full of people working under the scorching sun, and Yue Shan, the food delivery person, seemed very abrupt.Along the way, many people looked at him strangely.

Of course, more envy.

Some familiar people would shout at the top of their voices: "Shanzi, what are you doing here?"

Every time at this time, Yue Shan would stop to say hello politely, and then say: "Bring some food to my parents, they must be hungry after a day of hard work. Big brother/uncle/uncle, would you like to come over and eat together?"

Of course, no one would take it seriously, and they all refused with a smile.Turning around, he said to his own children: "Look at Yue Shanzi, who has mastered a craft at such a young age, and is still filial to Aye and Auntie. Then look at you, all of you look worthless."

Some would say: "Fourth Yue is blessed to have such a filial child."

Yue Shan didn't know that he had become "other people's child" inadvertently.

Carrying the pot to my own field, I saw my parents plowing the field from afar.

There is not a single animal in the entire Sixingping, and the plowing is purely manual, with Yue Laosi pulling the plow in front and Yue Shanniang holding the plow behind.One can imagine how tiring it is.

Seeing Yue Shan, the couple were very surprised, not knowing what their son was doing here at this time.When I learned that the food was delivered, it was a touch.

The four Yue Laos were also honest, they just squatted aside with red eye circles.Yue Shanniang's feelings became complicated, and she cried with her nose and tears in her arms.

It was embarrassing for Yue Shan to break free, and it was not good not to break free.Fortunately, her emotions came and went quickly, and she returned to normal in a blink of an eye.

Let Yue Shan secretly breathe a sigh of relief.

Then Yue Shanniang, who had returned to normal, began to feel distressed about the food again, and kept talking about who's three meals a day, what a waste, and the rich family can't live like this.

Yue Shan had already been on her pulse, and stopped her with just one sentence: "You work so hard, my son is young and weak, I can't help you much, I can only catch a few more fish and make a few delicious meals Honor you."

Then Yue Shanniang picked up a big bowl of fish soup and shed tears of happiness while eating.

"Huh? This is millet, where did our family get millet?" It was Yue Laosi who first discovered that today's meal was different from usual.

"That's right, our family only has half a bucket of millet and no millet." Yue Shanniang said belatedly.

Only then did Yue Shan tell the couple about the exchange of fish for food today.In the end, he deliberately lowered his voice and said: "... I am afraid that someone will steal our cloth, so I let the little girl stay at home."

Only then did the couple know that their son had done such a "earth-shattering" event in one morning.They were so shocked that they couldn't speak for a long time.

Yes, in their eyes, being able to answer questions with officials in the government is like smoking from their ancestral graves.The son had been chatting with the warehouse manager for so long, which was beyond their imagination.

Seeing the stunned look of the couple, Yue Shan went to the field to see how people in this era worked.

Mr. Yue and his wife are now plowing wasteland. On the one hand, they want to make the land fluffy, and on the other hand, they plow out the grass roots.

"Huh?" Yue Shan showed a puzzled expression when he saw the appearance of the plow they were using.

(End of this chapter)