"This damn boy, tell him to be more honest. Even if he doesn't obey, it's better to die outside." When Xie Sheng said this, his teeth were itching with hatred, as if he had forgotten what he said in the first place.

"If it was just our child, it would be fine, but now that Li Chongxin is also there, I'm afraid it won't work." Tian Buyi looked at the dishes in front of him. The meat and vegetables were well matched, but he didn't have much appetite anymore.

"Yes, they just want us to provide food, so they have to pay for this." When Xie Sheng said this, he looked at the door and shouted, "Xie Shan, come here."

Xie Shan was the housekeeper of the family. After hearing this, she hurried over and thought there was something wrong.

"Master of the house."

"Hurry up and ask someone to prepare food, two thousand dan, and set out with the Li family tomorrow."

"Tian Duo, come here." Tian Buyi also followed the instructions. Although he didn't want to give it, he had no other way.

"Follow what Mr. Xie just said and tell Tian Heng that his son has really gotten into trouble this time."

Since there is no other way out, I have to find someone to take the blame.

Tian Buyi has a lot of children, and his family is not small, so someone always needs to take advantage of someone.

"promise."

After receiving the news, the housekeepers of the two families quickly made preparations.

But the two heads of the family continued to eat, drink, and plan other things.

"Look at you losers. You can't even dig a ditch. What's the use? You might as well just eat them."

When it was dark, Li Chengqian came to Li Chongxin and several others who were eating and drinking there, and couldn't help but curse.

I really didn't expect that these people looked quite strong, but they were all useless. Not only were they unable to work, but they also ate a lot.

Li Chongxin was a little ashamed and angry with the steamed bun in his mouth, but he was really hungry.

Li Chongxin said he didn’t know how many good things he had eaten over the years. Anyway, he had eaten a lot. He had eaten some so-called cherished good things, and he had eaten a lot of them, but he had never found those things.

Delicious, but now I discovered that this thing called steamed buns is really delicious. Not only does it taste good, but it is also very sweet if you chew it for a long time. Although he is a rich man, he has a sweet tooth

Still no resistance.

The bowl of broth given to him should be mutton, because he ate half a sheep skull, and he didn't know how the meat in it was made. It tasted really delicious, without any odor at all, but more meat.

It has a bit of umami flavor, and this thing is different from what I usually eat. I usually eat whole lambs, covered with spices, and the flavor makes me eat a lamb at one time.

Looking at the man in front of him, Li Chongxin simply ignored him. It was still important to make his stomach comfortable now. Although the boy was roaring there, he did not stop himself from getting another steamed bun to eat. He decided that when he went back, he must

If you do this, this stuff will taste really good.

Tian Ning and Xie Daokun were about the same. Even Dou Dage was working with them at this time. Although he was seriously injured, Ye Tan still had some sense of proportion, so after resting for a long time, he could pick up stones.

Normally, he would definitely not do this, but now, he has no choice. His master has done it, so why don't you do it.

Amidst Li Chengqian's rude words, after they had eaten, they were taken to a single room on the side to rest. Their only benefit was that they were not allowed to sleep with those messy people.

In fact, Ye Tan didn't want to do this, but he was worried that if he did, he might be hacked to death by those people. Sometimes, class hatred cannot be solved with a meal.

When the moon climbed halfway up the mountain, everyone working around him fell asleep, and Li Chengqian hammered his waist. To be honest, although he didn't do any heavy physical work that day, he still stood up all day long.

Tired.

Without eating, he found that he had no appetite.

Seeing that there was a light in the room where Ye Tan was, he walked over, but after seeing the people inside and the food on the table, he realized that he was really hungry.

The room is not big, and the table is not small. In addition to a large basin of mutton soup for outsiders, there are also baskets of steamed buns and some fresh food. Although I don’t know what they are, there is always something delicious to eat with Ye Tan.

This is certain, because Mo Xiaoyu has been following him.

You can tell at a glance that the log table was just made today. Even though the village is not big, there are still people with carpentry skills. In addition to these things, there are actually millet porridge, several plates of chopped mutton, and a few barking dogs.

What's more interesting about Huaji is that he has a jar of good wine. Although he is not old, he is not incapable of drinking. More is not enough, but less is fine.

Xie Feng was sitting at the edge of the table, but he felt a little sad, which made him walk in strangely.

"Ye Hou, is there really no other way?" Xie Feng originally wanted to get something different from Ye Tan, such as being able to feed the people here, but he didn't expect this

Before one piece was finished, another problem arose.

Ye Tan sighed. He didn't expect these people to be so good at eating, but in just five days, these people had eaten up one-third of Li Dalu's family. It seems that this is not possible. It will take a long time.

If so, these people will have to starve to death. After all, there will be no way to harvest the grain for a while, and the grain on the land in many places is almost the same as grass, with only seedlings growing but no fruits.

"Brother, what happened?" Li Chengqian originally planned to have a few bites of food, but with the current atmosphere, he didn't know what to do.

"Your Highness, it's because of the food." Although the captain of the guard was protecting him, he did not follow him all the time because it was not necessary. Sometimes Ye Biao would appear in the protection here. If he really took action, this man would be like a Buddhist disciple.

The young people are no match for themselves.

"Grain? Isn't there a lot of food?" Li Chengqian remembered that he was very excited when he saw the food. Such a small amount of food was enough for these people.

"It's almost not enough." The captain of the guard continued. He actually couldn't figure out what the problem was.

In fact, it is a very simple thing. We may not know this in the eyes of today's people, but if you were just after the founding of the People's Republic of China, you must have known it.

Big pot rice is a good term, and it is also something that people like very much, because no matter how you are, you can have a full meal. If there is anything delicious, everyone can eat it together. In this way, for people who don’t have much fat in their stomachs

, it is simply a gift from God.

It is certain that people in the past were not rich. For example, modern people, if you eat a bowl of rice, everyone thinks it is good. If you eat two bowls, if you are a rich man in his thirties, people will think you eat too much.

Yes, because there are so many dishes on the table, all of which are oily and watery.

But if we put it in the past, such people were simply sick. You are a strong man in his thirties, and you don’t eat three bowls of extra-large bowls. Do you have the nerve to say that you are not sick?

People who usually eat, and those who eat two bowls at Ye Tan's house, have to eat five bowls at home, and after eating, they will easily become hungry because there is no oil and water.

Although Lijiazhuang is a pretty good village and no one is starving to death, if we talk about oil and water, sorry, no.

People without oil and water are always hungry easily, and they have never eaten enough. Therefore, when they eat, even children can eat six or seven steamed buns, while an old man like Li Jiahe can eat twenty

Needless to say, those who are healthier and stronger eat more wantonly.

With so many people eating together, even a mountain would be eaten down.

And now you have no way to limit how much everyone eats, because the work is not light and people need to eat when they work, and they need to eat more to speed up.

What's even more terrible is that if you let everyone eat less at this time, problems will definitely occur, and the good situation that finally appeared will be gone.

The reason why Li Sanli is sitting here is because of this. He has no way to let the people in his village see that they have food but are not full. In this case, he, the so-called leader, will be beaten to death without any problem.

This is reality, a very real problem.

"Will the Li family send food?" Ye Tan thought for a while, but had no good solution, so he asked.

Xie Feng shook his head and said, "I don't know."

"Isn't he their grandson? Why don't you know?" Li Sanli couldn't help but ask. In the countryside, if a child is kidnapped, he must get it back no matter how high the price is.

But what he doesn't know is that this Li Chongxin is not from his place.

"It seems something needs to be changed." Ye Tan thought for a while, remembered something, and said.

"Marquis Ye, are you planning to reduce the food supply? If it was okay at the beginning, it will definitely not be okay now, because if you do this, something will definitely happen." Xie Feng asked in shock.

, and then quickly said, "If we don't give them food after these people have eaten enough, especially when there is food, something will happen."

"Are you overthinking, will I do those things?" Ye Tan looked at him with disdain, then looked at Li Sanli and said, "Take your people to the woods outside the village tomorrow to find someone similar to

Remember to bring back some things the size of eggs, I can use them. At the same time, Cheng Gan, ask those people to prepare some more vegetables. No matter what they are, as long as they are edible, put them into the mutton soup."

Li Chengqian nodded, "No problem."

In fact, these days, he has long wanted to add water to the mutton soup. It's not that he is stingy, but that he simply can't be generous now.

"Okay, let's talk about tomorrow. If there is still no food in three days, I will take Li Chongxin to the Li family to have a good chat with him."

"Now, let's eat."

Seeing that Ye Tan seemed to be alive, everyone felt relieved. Then they picked up their chopsticks, picked up the slightly cold millet porridge, took a sip, and started eating.

When does a person eat the most delicious food? It is not when he is the hungriest, but when he is the hungriest after he is the most tired.

People like Li Chengqian ate more than usual for two people. However, Ye Tan didn't stop him because after eating, he couldn't sleep yet. Later, Li Chengqian wanted to see the dam built during the day.

How's it going?

After finishing the meal, the moon was already standing in the sky. Although it was very hot, many people still slept soundly.

Early the next morning, Li Sanli took a group of people to the woods, bringing an ox cart and a large basket, and followed Ye Tan's request. Li Jiahe prepared some stone mills. There is no special press now.

The oil method can only be used roughly like this.

If it were now, there would definitely be many people who felt that such behavior was unacceptable and would say a few more words. But here, now, I am the master here, and anyone who dares to say one more word will die.

At noon, it was still the same meal as before. Everyone thought it tasted good and did not feel greasy. When the stomach was full, there were green vegetables in the soup. This kind of life even the little twins thought it was good, and the others were even more so.

That’s it.

After lunch, everyone rested for half an hour, and then some people started to peel the things they picked up. It was very difficult to peel very hard things, but no one dared to say no.

, because the lame man just said one more word, and was caught by Ye Tan and thrown aside. He pointed at the half basket and said, "If you don't want to do it, get out of here."

The fear of Ye Tan came from his bones, so he used his fingers to peel the shell regardless, but his hands were covered with blood, while other people were holding stones and other objects.

"Sir, what's the use of this thing?" Li Jiahe asked, relying on his familiarity with Ye Tan, because he really didn't know.

There are so many of these things out there, and they are usually not edible, so why do you do this?

Ye Tan ignored him, but asked other people to peel the things and fry them in a big pot. Although there was sand and other things in it, after frying for a while, the taste was still good and fragrant.

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After it was almost mushy, it was moved to the stone mill and started to be crushed. Soon some brownish-yellow liquid came out. There was a long-necked clay pot underneath to collect the things. As for the crumbs, they were fine.

Take it out to feed livestock, if it is used to feed horses, it is very good.

It's just that this liquid has a strange smell. I don't know why. However, this doesn't bother Ye Tan. He took out a few Chinese medicines from the side and threw them in. Then he said to the people around him, "Seal it up.

Bury it in the soil and dig it out at noon tomorrow."

There were two huge clay pots in total. After they were moved away, everyone continued to go about their business.
Chapter completed!