Chapter 187, Suffering (Eight-treasure Porridge for the Dead )
This row of six large tents is a resting place for the food transport team, but no one from Qijia Village went to other tents. They felt at ease when they were crowded together and could see each other.
While Wei Dezheng and the others were still outside the kitchen, Qi Kang'an took a dozen men and went to the kitchen to get charcoal and basins for the fire, steamed buns, and two large buckets of egg and mushroom soup.
I have to say here that the food in the military camp is very real. A big white steamed bun is as big as a man's face, and the egg and mushroom soup is so thick that there is almost no soup but only ingredients.
It's just that at this moment, few people care about whether the food is good or not.
As for taking a hot bath, washing and washing, they still don't pay attention to this now. They just light a few charcoal pots and grill them around them to keep them warm.
The young cook grabbed Wei Dezheng who was about to leave and said, "Captain Wei, why do you need to feed and drink these people? Aren't they all..."
The knife hand was scratching back and forth on his neck.
Wei De was looking at him like a fool, "Silly, they walked all the way through the snow to deliver food to us, and if we don't give them food or drink, doesn't that mean we are telling them that we have ill intentions towards them?
How many people are left in the camp now? There are about two to three hundred of them. If they go crazy, what good will it do to us?"
The cook was stunned for a moment, then said "Oh~" as if he understood, and gave a thumbs up to Wei Dezheng, "I understand, I understand, stabilize them first."
"Of course, let's wait until late at night to discuss everything. They must be tired from the whole journey, and they are so stupid and obedient that they crowd into a tent and fall asleep at night..." He raised his eyebrows evilly.
The cook also smiled and said, "That's not all meat on the chopping board."
"It's good that you know. We've all been with the general, so why are we still so confused? Don't be too short-sighted. They came with two to three thousand shi of food [one stone and one hundred catties], as well as those cotton clothes and quilts.
It’s just a matter of steamed buns and a few buckets of soup.”
The cook continued rubbing his hands and laughing.
Wei Dezheng cursed "De Xing" and turned to leave.
Qi Kang'an didn't know that the kitchen would open like this after they left. After everyone returned to the tent, they began to divide the steamed buns and start eating.
Mrs. Tian carried a box of steamed buns to share with a group of children. One such big steamed bun doll was enough for each person, but Mrs. Tian still gave it to two of them. Anyway, it was not her own thing. She carried them all as she pleased, and she was hungry at any time.
Pad at any time.
He whispered: "Eat it when you take it, and don't say a word. This is a military camp. If you really want to catch a baby, if you catch it, you will take it to the battlefield to threaten the soldiers of our court."
The children were all excited when they saw the snow-white steamed buns, but when they heard this, they were all frightened. The steamed buns were handed to their hands and they couldn't even eat them. Looking at it, it felt like it was grinning and wanted to bite them back.
A few mouthfuls.
Mrs. Yang, who was sharing the soup, saw this and coaxed: "Eat all of them. If you don't make any noise or make a sound, you won't be discovered, and you won't be arrested."
Tian Da, who was sitting next to him, was chewing a steamed bun and said, "It's okay to come all the way, just touch it quietly."
Be quiet, this will happen.
They put their fingers to each other's mouths and said "hiss", took a small mouthful of steamed buns and a small mouthful of soup, all in a rare and gentle manner. There was no snoring or snoring, and they all chewed and swallowed slowly, showing a bit of elegance even though they were fierce.
The adults all gathered around the baby in a tacit understanding, and ate the steamed buns as quietly as possible, and drank the soup without the usual big mouthfuls.
The cook passed by the tent carrying a bucket, and everyone looked inside with confusion.
There were clearly a lot of people there, but why didn't they make any sound? Could it be that they were all asleep at this time?
He pursed his lips, these people are really extremely arrogant.
But it's okay, it saves you the pain.
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Night falls.
In the evening, I didn't feel it intuitively. It was only when the sky gradually darkened that I could clearly notice that there were not many soldiers in the camp.
There were only sparsely lit tents here and there. Looking out from the cracks in their tent doors, everything was pitch black.
As night falls, everyone's spirits are getting higher and higher. Qi Kang'an has already told everyone that they have to go to the mountain behind at night, and then walk around the mountain road from the mountain.
You don't even know how dangerous it is, and you don't know where to go. It just feels like you're about to set off, and it makes your heart feel tugging at you unconsciously.
They were not far from the kitchen. Occasionally, soldiers in twos and threes would pass by outside the tent to eat, which made their hearts in the tent rise and fall, rise and fall again.
The source of life of Erniu's wife was sucked out of blood. Her baby was the uncontrollable factor here. She was afraid that the baby would cry when someone was outside, so she quickly stuffed the baby into her mouth when she heard footsteps.
But she was timid, so she frightened herself first and her milk supply decreased, so the baby sucked desperately.
There was silence outside for a long time, and everyone still didn't dare to make a sound or take a deep breath.
This feeling is not tiring, but it is torturous.
I don't know how long it took, but suddenly a muffled voice came from outside the tent: "Master Qi, Miss Bao, are you awake?"
Call me Master Qi, this is one of our own.
"Awake, everyone is awake." No one dared to sleep, uh, no, his daughter was asleep.
Qi Kang'an hurriedly stood up. After sitting for a long time, he was too nervous and his legs were numb. When he stood up, he staggered and almost fell backwards.
Behind him, Wei Ba and Qi Erniu were busy holding him back with one hand and one hand.
Qi Kang'an couldn't care less at this time. After standing firm, he hurriedly ran to the door, opened a corner and half-pushed his head out.
Standing outside the tent was a familiar soldier, one of the forty-nine soldiers led by the garrison commander.
The soldier said hurriedly: "Call everyone out quickly, we will leave immediately."
"Hey? Hey."
He turned around and called to someone, not daring to speak loudly, "When you get up and walk away, don't talk and walk softly. Remember?"
Everyone nodded, and the children each covered their mouths.
Old man Qi trotted out and handed the half-awake Qi Bao'er into Qi Kang'an's hands. At this time, he felt more at ease with her father.
"Dad, you take your mother and second brother and leave first, and I will cut off the head behind you."
Qi Kang'an was already prepared. He held his daughter in one hand and pulled the rope around her waist with the other and began to tie her to himself in circles.
He was afraid because he had to prevent his daughter from accidentally running off to find that general again.
God is thundering, this is no joke.
I prayed that the old man didn't hesitate and got out of the tent first without looking back.
When the soldier saw someone coming out, he immediately put his head forward and led the way without saying a word, asking the old man to follow closely.
Behind them, the people from Lao Qi's family and the villagers hurried out of their tents one by one to follow the people in front.
The last ones to leave were Qi Kangan and Gao Dayouliang.
After Qi Kang'an left the tent, he glanced in the direction of the kitchen, which was the only place with light nearby.
There was faint laughter coming from over there, and it sounded quite lively.
Gao Dayou ran a few steps and found that Qi Kang'an was not keeping up. He stopped and urged him in a low voice, "Brother An, let's go quickly."