"I'm an idler now. I just need to eat a few mouthfuls to keep me from starving to death." Xi Zhang stretched out his hand to point to his shoes again, "Take these to Xiaolou. Look at what he's wearing. He's squeaking when he walks.
There is a clicking sound, there was no sound last night?”
Lei Tong thought carefully: "No."
Xi Zhang lowered his head, with tears flashing in his eyes: "This child walked such a long way barefoot."
Yinxiao can endure all physical pain, and can even endure critical blows to the soul, so the injuries on his feet caused by walking barefoot are not even injuries in his eyes.
He walked to Peng Hu and saw that Peng Hu had cooked soup in a big pot, including a piece of dried meat and a pot of soup, and then put the rice that had been peeled off into it to make a big pot of rice soup that was neither thin nor thick.
, it was already the best thing they had eaten recently.
Peng Hu knew that he ate a lot and was a hard worker, so he simply took out a bowl and gave the rest to Yin Xiao including the pot.
Yin Xiao took the rice out of the pot with a spoon and ate it silently. He didn't gobble it up, but he ate it very quickly.
Peng Hu looked at his eating appearance and thought to himself: "You are still working so hard even when you are at the end of your rope. What a stupid boy."
Before he picked up the bowl and ate it, Yu Tongye came over with a wild melon that he didn't know where it came from. Facing Yinxiao, a small building, he, the commander, was not disrespectful at all, and stretched out a pair of
Mud Shou: "Xiaolou did a great job. This is how the boys respect you."
Yin Xiao took the melon, punched it in half, and swallowed the flesh and leather into his stomach.
Peng Hu smelled the sweet smell of melons and wanted to ask where the crooked melons and cracked dates came from, but as soon as he opened his mouth, his saliva flowed out.
Yu Tongye laughed heartily: "Lao Peng, do you want to eat this meal? If not, give it to me. The little bit just now is not enough to stuff my teeth."
Peng Hu immediately protected his bowl: "Get out!"
Yinxiao ate a lot, and a melon and a pot of rice and soup were not enough in his stomach. After eating, he began to patrol the ground again. The soldiers hid in the shade and chewed the food cherished. Although he felt that
I was very grateful to him, but no one dared to come forward.
A dozen soldiers gathered around and were roasting the caught locusts on skewers on the fire. The land was barren and the locusts were not climate-friendly. Each one was no bigger than a finger, but it was still meat.
Yin Xiao walked over smelling the fragrance and stood not far away listening to the sound of locusts exploding. A soldier spotted him and almost sat down in the fire.
No one dared to joke with Yin Xiao. Yin Xiao looked like a murderous god without any enthusiasm. He could only be seen from a distance. If anyone got close, they would be afraid of being hurt by his sharp edges.
A soldier carefully served two skewers of roasted locusts, and then ran away as if they were hot to the touch.
Yin Xiao took the roasted locusts, ate them in two or two bites, and pointed to the general's flag leaning on the stone: "Give it to me."
The general's flag was not fluttering in the wind and was covered with dust. The gold letter "Xi" on it was also wrinkled and looked pitiful.
The flag-carrying soldiers quickly raised the general's flag with both hands.
Yinxiao took the general's flag, took it to the lake, washed it with water, and dried it in the hot sun. He soon regained his majesty.
He started patrolling with a flag.
The sluggish soldiers watched him and the general flag pass by. The general flag with gold letters on the soap base rippled in the sun and wind, and the golden word "Xi" shone brightly, silently calming everyone's restless hearts.
Peng Hu leaned against the stone and watched Yin Xiao's every move: "What a fool."
Yu Tongye laughed and said: "What a fool, this is a natural general. As long as he doesn't die, he will have a great future."
"Why don't you die?" Peng Hu didn't care, "Can't we finish the food?"
They saved food again and again, but there was always a day when they ran out. Just like what Peng Hu said, after eating, they fell into heat and hunger again.
Hunting has become the most important thing, but the edible living animals in the wilderness can't help opening their mouths so much, and they soon disappear.
The soldiers began to dig up grass roots.
There were not many grass roots in this place where the ground was covered with white salt. After digging for the grass roots, they pulled off a piece and chewed it carefully in their mouths. They could chew out a little sweetness from it, and then they were like old goats.
Swallow the roots.
Everyone was putting whatever food they could eat into their mouths, but hunger continued to sweep through them, not sparing anyone.
Yin Xiao was also as thin as a bamboo pole, but with a frame of bones, he could still hold his spear, carry the general's flag on his back, and the number of patrols did not decrease.
He is also like a weed on this land. As long as there is a little water and a little wind, he can survive.
He has become a bright light in the darkness. Only by seeing him patrolling back and forth carrying the general's flag can others continue to walk on this hopeless road.
Xi Zhang spent more time in coma and less time when he was awake. Lei Tong stayed with him all the time. As soon as he woke up, Lei Tong would feed him a paste made from grass roots, leaves, and bark. He wished he could directly
Stuff it into his stomach.
Peng Hu stuck his buttocks out and dug for weed roots for four or five days, but he couldn't dig any more. He sat on the salt ground in disgrace, picked up a pinch of white salt, looked at the soil and sighed.
Yu Tongye came over, holding his stomach, and sat down next to him. He was so tanned that his face could no longer be seen. But not long after he sat down, he stood up again, holding his stomach, and walked behind the stone in the distance.
After doing this three times, his legs were so weak that he couldn't even walk, and he lay paralyzed on the ground unable to move.
Peng Hu helped him sit up and leaned on the stone: "Have you eaten poisonous weeds?"
Yu Tongye didn't have the strength to answer, so he just huffed and puffed, finally regaining his breath, and then said: "I would rather die of starvation or poison."
Peng Hu dug out clods of soil with his fingers: "That's true. I actually envy Ouyang. He died so happily and didn't suffer any of the sins he suffered later."
Yu Tongye really couldn't sit still, so he simply lay down on the ground and closed his eyes to rest - the sunset was so beautiful that he had no intention of watching it.
"I'm not as good as Ouyang." He turned sideways and curled up, trying to make his stomach feel more comfortable. "I'm afraid of death, and I would rather die than him."
Peng Hu opened his eyes and looked at the land. His eyes were full of white salt. They were like cattle and sheep, chewing everything they could chew. More than 20,000 Liao soldiers were sure of victory. Surrounded by them, they charged through
Three times, all failed.
"I'm also afraid of death." He closed his eyes and had a thought that had been running through his mind for a long time. Every time he thought about it, his heart sank and his blood became cold along with it. "I'm not willing to give in."
Yu Tongye squeezed out his strength and laughed: "That's it, it's hard to be a commander, but if you don't enjoy the blessing for a day, you will become a lonely ghost."
Peng Hu's voice lowered: "Those civil servants can just sit down in a chair and read a few books of saints and sages, and they can exploit our military pay and food that we have earned through life and death. The more I think about it, the more I hate it. Why are we here?"
They are starving here and eating all kinds of delicacies?"
Yu Tongye's closed eyes suddenly opened, he sat up a little and stared at Peng Hu: "Old Peng, you are a bit resentful."
Peng Hu lay down and avoided Yu Tongye's gaze, "I'm about to die, so I can't feel resentful. I just feel resentful, but I haven't done anything else yet."