Chapter 1 The border crossing of lack of food and drink
Chapter 1, border crossing lacking food and drink
On the northwest border of Dachu, the sky is high and the land is vast, vast and desolate.
At the westernmost end of this remote and desolate Gobi Desert, lies the first pass of Dachu—Dieling Pass.
There are dozens of large and small military camps around Dieling Pass. On the edge of the Gobi, thirty miles southeast of Dieling Pass, the imperial court set up a post station to facilitate the exchange of war reports and official documents. Because it is close to the military camp Tianling Village,
It is called Tianlingtun Station.
In the frontier fortress in June, the heat is approaching, and the scorching heat wave in the air makes people irritated and thirsty.
A strong wind came, which did not take away the heat, but instead stirred up billows of sand and dust.
In the firewood shed in the backyard of the inn, five-year-old Li Wuya sat on the edge of a makeshift wooden bed, sweating and holding a broken porcelain bowl, sipping water in small sips.
too hot!
So thirsty!
The conditions here are not ordinary hardship!
There was a lack of water and food, and the climate was not good. It was extremely hot in summer and extremely cold in winter. When she thought that she might have to live here for the rest of her life, Li Wuya suddenly felt that life was full of malice towards her.
In this life, she was reborn in a military household. She served as a soldier during the war and farmed in her spare time. Unless there was a special permission from the court, her ancestors would be locked up here for generations to come.
I thought that after traveling through the apocalypse, her good days were coming, but who would have thought that God would throw her into this barren Gobi Desert.
The Gobi Desert is synonymous with desolation and barrenness.
In the past five years, she has been complaining about fetal miscarriage. Judging from the current development trend, she may continue to complain.
"Fifth sister!"
A five-year-old boy who looked very similar to Li Wuya walked in, took out a worn cattail leaf fan from his back like a treasure, raised his chin and said proudly: "Aunt Fang gave it to me, here it is,
You can use it to fan yourself."
Li Wuya glanced at the little Dou Ding in front of him, took the cattail leaf fan, and handed the bowl in his hand to him: "Drink some water, your mouth is dry."
Li Qilang carefully took the bowl and, like Li Wuya, sipped the water in small sips and drank it very cherishedly.
Their place is very short of water, and there are two wells in Juntun and the post station.
The wells in the military camp have to supply the entire military camp, and the post station has to supply the troops and horses passing by. No one can draw water as they please.
Li Wuya saw that Li Qilang stopped drinking after a few sips, so he said, "Drink all the water in the bowl. After you finish drinking, I will ask for it again."
She and Li Qilang were twins. Although they were not exactly rosy and delicate, and even a little rough and dark, despite being ravaged by the wind, sand, frost and snow, the advantage was that they both had blessed and lovable faces.
Furthermore, unlike other children who are slovenly and messy all day long, Li Wuya and Li Qilang tidy up every day. When adults see them, they will naturally prefer them.
As long as the request is not too excessive, people at the inn will usually satisfy them, such as giving them more bowls of water.
"Uh-huh!"
Li Qilang always listened to Li Wuya's words, and when he heard her ask him to drink the water in the bowl, he immediately beamed with joy and drank all the water without thinking twice.
Li Wuya shook the bamboo fan, fanned it for herself a few times, and then fanned it for Li Qilang a few times.
"GuluGulu~"
Li Wuya's stomach suddenly made a sound.
Uh. Hungry!
Touching his shriveled belly, Li Wuya couldn't help but look up to the sky and sigh: "When will these days of lack of food and drink end?!"
The Li family only eats two meals a day. One meal consists of a palm-sized piece of dried noodles and a bowl of bitter unknown wild vegetable soup.
Just like this, the food of the Li family is better than 90% of the families in the military camp.
The border area is barren and cold, and the food output is pitifully low. Many families can only eat one meal a day. The Li family can maintain two meals a day because of Li Changsen, who serves as a flagman in the guard station.
Li Changsen, Li Wuya's father in this life, went to the guard station to become a soldier at the age of thirteen.
In recent years, there have been wars in the border areas. He relied on his bravery to kill the enemy and raised the flag when Li Wuya and Li Qilang were one year old.
Although Xiao Qi only holds a seventh-grade official position, he can still receive a salary of 7 shi of grain every month.
With this salary, the Li family's life has become better, of course, just a little bit better.
There is no way, there are too many Li family members.
The Li family is a military household that has been in Tianling Village for generations. Father Li and Mrs. Li gave birth to three sons and one daughter in total. The daughter married a military household in the military camp next door, and the three sons also married and had children.
Li Changsen was the eldest in the family, but he was the last to get married. Most people in the border area got married at the age of sixteen or seventeen. He did not marry Jin Yue'e, the daughter of an Orion in the mountains, until he was twenty-two years old.
Li Changsen and Jin Yue'e gave birth to a total of four children. The eldest son Li Sanlang is ten years old this year, the second daughter Li Erya is eight years old, and there are twins Li Wuya and Li Qilang who are only five years old.
Li Lao Er and Li Lao San got married early. One gave birth to five children and the other gave birth to six children.
Including Mr. Li and Mrs. Li, there are a total of twenty-three people in the Li family.
Thinking of the big family in the Li family, Li Wuya felt bad again. If it weren't for those people, even if there were just a few less people, the output of the family's military field plus her father's salary, their lives wouldn't be so tight.
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"GuluGulu~"
The empty city plan started singing in his stomach again, and Li Wuya thought for a while and jumped off the bed.
I had breakfast at nine o'clock in the morning, but I ate so little. Now it's two or three o'clock, it's strange that I'm not hungry.
There are still an hour or two before dinner, so I have to find a way to get something to eat.
As a result of the sequelae of her previous life, she could not be hungry at all. When she was hungry, she would feel panicked. In severe cases, she would feel dizzy and uncomfortable.
"Shichiro, let's go to the kitchen."
Li Qilang's face was overjoyed. Every time he followed Fifth Sister to the kitchen, he would always get food. However, he soon hesitated again: "Fifth Sister, didn't Third Brother not let us go to the kitchen?"
This will affect my mother's job as a errand."
Li Wuya paused, thought for a moment and said, "Let's just look outside the kitchen and not go in."
It's not easy to find a job in this place these days. The opportunity for Jin Yue'e to work in the back kitchen of the inn this year was an opportunity that Li Changsen worked hard to get. The whole family cherishes it very much.
In any case, Jin Yue'e can at least make some income by working at the post station, which can subsidize her family to some extent.
If you meet a lavish customer, you can still get some leftovers or something.
Thinking of this, Li Wuya felt sad again.
She has been reduced to eating other people's leftovers, and she still feels pretty good and happy.
This is a day that makes me want to cry for no reason!
Li Wuya held her shriveled belly and led Li Qilang out of the woodshed. As soon as he went out, he heard a noise coming from the front yard, and not long after, he saw the gray-haired Yi Cheng hurrying to the backyard.
Seeing Yi Cheng, Li Wuya immediately smiled and ran over holding Li Qilang. She extended her hand to say hello from a distance, and she was very enthusiastic.
In the face of survival, face and dignity are nothing, filling your stomach is the important thing.