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Chapter 2 Yizhuang

After the millet porridge was cooked, Li Er quickly served a bowl of millet porridge, but Li Zhang found that Li Er had only made a bowl of millet porridge, and it was gone in a bowl of pot. However, Li Er seemed not surprised at all. She didn't brush the pot either, so she directly scooped a scoop of water and added it to the pot, then stuffed firewood into the stove. After the water boiled, she sprinkled a handful of elm seeds, and made a bowl of elm seed soup with the remaining rice in the pot.

"Brother is having dinner!" Li'er picked up millet porridge and elm seed soup at this time, and then put it on a small table in the yard. Then he turned his head to Li Zhang and said to Li Zhang. Li Zhang also found a stick from the kitchen and jumped to sit next to the table.

"Brother, eat it quickly. The rice porridge will not be delicious when it is cold. And if you are injured, eat more to get better!" Li'er pushed the millet porridge to Li Zhang at this time and said, but when talking about the rice porridge, she couldn't help swallowing her saliva.

Looking at Li'er's jealous look, Li Zhang couldn't help but smile bitterly. Xiaomi, which was regarded as coarse grain in later generations, could make this girl greedy like this. From this we can see what the brother and sister usually eat, and Li'er looked malnourished. As for Li Zhang himself, he was not very good, otherwise he would not have lost his life just by falling from the tree.

"Have a meal!"

Li Zhang reached out and picked up the bowl and ate it, but what he served was not the bowl of millet porridge, but Li'er's elm seed soup. This made Li'er immediately anxiously said: "Brother, I'm eating the wrong one, millet porridge is yours!"

"I don't like drinking rice porridge, and elm seeds are good for my injuries. Li'er, do you want me to get better soon?" Li Zhang smiled and rubbed Li'er's messy hair and said, no matter what his previous life was, now he is Li'er's brother. As his brother, there is no reason to drink rice porridge by himself, but his sister goes to eat wild vegetables.

"Brother, don't talk nonsense. How can I eat elm seeds to recover from injuries?" Although Li'er is young, she is not stupid. When she heard Li Zhang's words, she blinked her big eyes and asked suspiciously.

"You don't understand Li'er. Elm seeds contain a variety of vitamins and trace elements. These can speed up my injury recovery, so you don't have to fight!" Li Zhang ran the train all over his mouth. After all, his skin was the soul of an adult, and it was no problem to fool a little girl.

Of course, Li'er couldn't understand Li Zhang's words. Of course, if she could really understand, Li Zhang would have to doubt whether she was the flight attendant on her plane traveling through time?

Although Li'er didn't understand, she had a blind trust in Li Zhang. In her opinion, her brother was really omnipotent. Whenever she was hungry, he could always find food in a very short time. Moreover, she had been relying on Li Zhang since she was a child and was used to listening to her brother, so she finally nodded skeptically.

It was precisely out of trust in Li Zhang that Li'er finally served the millet porridge in front of Li Xiu, but after taking a few sips, she put it down again, which made Li Zhang ask in confusion: "Why don't you eat it?"

"Save it for Brother Douzi!" Li'er showed a proper expression, which made Li Zhang's nose sore and tears almost flowed out. However, when he took a sip of elm seed soup, tears really flowed out. In fact, elm seeds are quite delicious when they are ready, but this thing is cooked with water for the pot. It has an unspeakable strange smell in his mouth, which is even harder to drink than traditional Chinese medicine.

Although Li Zhang felt that the pig food in later generations was better than the elm seed soup in his hands, for the sake of his stomach, he finally held his breath and poured it down. Then he thought about it and suddenly asked Li'er: "How much does our family have?"

"This..." Li'er's face collapsed when she heard Li Zhang ask about money. Then she touched her body for a long time, but in the end she only took out a shiny copper coin and said, "It's only one penny left, it was given to me the day before yesterday."

Li Zhang reached out to pinch the copper coin with body temperature, and once again showed a helpless smile on his face. With his knowledge far beyond this era, it should not be difficult to make money, but no matter what method to make money, it always requires a certain amount of capital. So Li Xiu wanted to see how much money his family still had, but he didn't expect that the family's property was only one cent left.

"A penny is also money. Li'er, you can protect this penny well and you will definitely use it in the future!" Li Zhang said as he reached out and pulled out a piece of twine from his torn clothes, then passed through the copper coin to make a pendant, and then he hung it solemnly around Li'er's neck.

"Well, brother, don't worry, I will definitely not lose this money!" Li'er stroked the copper coins on his neck and nodded heavily. He handed over the last penny at home to himself for storage, which made Li'er feel that there was a bit of extra heavy responsibility on her body.

"Brother, you are finally awake!" At this moment, a boy like a beggar ran into the yard. When he saw Li Zhang, he couldn't help but shouted with a surprise expression.

I saw that the boy was about ten years old. He was short, but he had a big round head. His facial features were quite elegant, but he was black and thin. His black eyes were dripping and swaying, revealing a sense of cleverness. This child was the bean that was mentioned by Li'er from time to time.

"Douzi, you are here!" Li Zhang also smiled faintly when he saw Douzi. Douzi's surname was Douzi, and his nickname was Douzi. He was two years younger than him. He was originally an orphan. Two years ago, he fainted from hunger in front of Li Zhang's house, so he was picked up by Li Zhang and was treated as his younger brother.

"Brother, how are you injured? You were almost scared by the coma yesterday!" Douzi ran to Li Zhang at this time, and asked with a concern on his face.

"It's nothing, I just hurt my feet. I guess I'll have to take care of them for a few days." Li Zhang said as he pulled up his clothes and let Douzi look at them. His feet are still swollen now. Fortunately, they didn't hurt their bones. Otherwise, with the current medical conditions and Li Zhang's economic conditions, he would probably have to be prepared for disability.

"Brother Douzi, this is for you!" At this moment, Li'er also brought the half bowl of millet porridge to Douzi, which made Douzi's eyes lit up. After thanking Li'er, he picked it up and drank it all. Finally, he licked the bowl to the sky, and didn't need to wash it clean.

"Brother, you are injured. I've been at home for peace of mind these days. I'll find a way to get some delicious food for you to nourish your body!" Douzi licked the bowl clean, then reluctantly returned it to Li'er. Then he patted Li Zhang's chest and assured that Li Zhang used to take care of him, and now it's his turn to take care of Li Zhang.

Douzi turned around and was about to leave after saying that, but Li Zhang called him and said, "Wait a minute, you saw the divine bird yesterday, what do you say on the street now? Does anyone know where the divine bird has flew?"

Li Zhang had to think about whether the divine bird was an airplane? But Li Er didn't know much, so he wanted to ask Douzi, because Douzi was not alone, and there were more than a dozen orphans behind him. Although Li Zhang was not an orphan, he was the head of these orphans. These orphans were scrambling on the streets all day long, and the news was the most wise.

As soon as he heard the word "Divine Bird", Douzi couldn't help but feel excited and replied: "Brother, you really asked the right person. I heard Chou Niang and Huo Zi say that the entire Kaifeng Mansion saw the divine bird yesterday, and I heard that the divine bird landed on a mountain beside the Bian River. Yesterday, many people went to see it. Now everyone on the street is talking about the divine bird, and even the government is alarmed."

Hearing that this so-called "divine bird" caused such a big sensation, especially the government was alarmed, Li Zhang couldn't help but frown, because he was worried that if the government intervened, the news would probably be blocked. Ordinary people would probably not see the divine bird. How could he verify whether the divine bird was an airplane?

"Brother, the streets are now full of discussions about the divine birds. If you are interested, I will ask Huozi and the others to inquire more and come back in the afternoon to tell you!" Douzi also saw that Li Zhang seemed to care about the divine birds very much, so he spoke again.

Douzi's words were exactly what Li Zhang wanted. He nodded, then turned around and ran out of the yard. However, when he left, he still stuffed half a piece of snack into Li'er's hand, which made Li'er happy. No wonder she usually had a marriage to Douzi. After all, as long as she had something delicious, Douzi would never forget Li'er.

Seeing Douzi leave, Li Zhang fell into deep thought. He got a very important news from Douzi, that is, the divine bird landed on the earthen mountain by the Bian River not far away. Li Zhang knew that it was about ten miles away from his family. Kaifeng was located on the plain and there were no mountains around, but there were some not-too-high earthen mountains. The mountains were densely forested. Li Zhang had also visited there before to find wild vegetables.

The distance of more than ten miles is not far, and even if you walk, you can walk back and forth for half a day. However, Li Zhang looked at his sprained ankle again and couldn't help but sigh: I was injured too much, even if my hand was injured, at least I could allow myself to move freely, so that I could run to see what the magical bird was?

Since he couldn't go, Li Zhang was temporarily dead and thought of looking at the sacred bird. He looked at this familiar and unfamiliar courtyard again. This was Li Zhang's home, and it was also a dilapidated temple, or a charity village. The so-called charity village is the place where the corpses were not buried. For example, in the hall next to Li Zhang, there were a few gloomy coffins. Even if Li Zhang could not see the hall where he sat, he still felt uncomfortable.

Li Zhang never dreamed that he would have to live with the body one day. Fortunately, there was a side room next to the hall, which was Li Zhang and his friends' bedroom, otherwise they would have to sleep with the coffin.

But no matter what, this place is still a place to settle down, so after looking at the entire yard, Li Zhang began to think about his future life. He now has two tasks, the first is to recover his injuries, and the second is to survive. Of course, based on these two tasks, he also needs to take good care of Li'er and Douzi, and also find a way to find out if the Divine Bird is an airplane?
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