The old village chief finally returned with a big bowl of stewed pork, two large white steamed buns, and a smile that made him laugh out loud.
As soon as I got home, I was surrounded by a group of villagers.
The dark man looked at the thing in the old village chief's hand with salivation for a long time. Not only him, but all the surrounding villagers looked at him the same way.
The meat they sell here is more expensive than that in Yong'an City. Pork costs sixteen cents per pound, chickens and ducks cost more than ten cents, and rabbits cost thirteen cents per pound.
How can ordinary people be willing to buy it? A kilogram of high-quality rice only costs ten cents.
If you want to go hunting alone...
Hunting is not something to be taken casually. The climate in the south is pleasant and there are dense forests everywhere. It is suitable for human beings to live as well as animals. In the forest, not to mention large beasts, snakes, insects and ants are better than those in the north.
Much more.
People without any experience can really get in but not get out.
Fighting for one's life for the sake of eating meat, really, it's not that far yet.
Isn’t this a lack of meat?
Seeing the bowl of meat in the old village chief's hand, everyone forgot the purpose of coming and swallowed their saliva.
The black man came back to his senses quickly, pulled his eyes away from the bowl, and asked in a low voice with a trembling voice: "Village Chief, are they not here to cause trouble for us?"
Their road is a direct official road, and there are many noble people coming and going. After the disaster in the south, they have seen the disaster relief team several times, and their experience is much higher than that of other farmers. One look at the grain transport
The team knew that it was the court's disaster relief food team.
This was the first time I saw a convict team. Normally, the convict team was not allowed to take the official route, so they took the mountain roads with few pedestrians. Because offending the common people was a source of publicity, the official route was not allowed to stain the eyes of the nobles.
But every one of the prisoners had the word "prison" written so big on their fronts and backs that even the villagers were not blind.
They are not afraid of the refugee team, but they are afraid of the disaster relief team. They are real soldiers. I heard that there are several generals here this time. Based on the things they have done, it is known that they will not be killed in a minute.
Same as cutting a melon?
"Village chief, do they already know about us..."
"Shut up." The village chief yelled at him.
"We have never done anything. We are all extremely ordinary people. We live our lives honestly and we have never done anything illegal."
You are all such fools. Can you tell me about this? The people are just outside the village. They are all martial arts practitioners and have extraordinary hearing. What will happen if they hear this?
Besides, it’s not just people from their village who have done this. Do you know that the law does not punish everyone?
"Our grain drying farm is big enough, and they just passed by and stayed overnight."
If it's not for other reasons, don't be stupid and take the initiative to die.
Qi Bao'er, who was sitting on a tree not far away, heard this and no longer felt that there was any point in listening anymore. He pulled Prince Li who was following him and raised his hand to signal: 'Retreat'.
Prince Li nodded without any objection, and the two of them came quietly and left quietly.
Back at the grain drying ground, both the grain transport team and the prisoners were already gathered together in twos and threes, eating dinner.
Qi Baoer and Prince Li also went to get dinner, and they found a quiet place to eat.
They haven't played any special tricks all the way. It doesn't matter whether you are a princess or a general or a soldier. Everyone eats from the same pot. They don't even have to queue up to get their meals.
Of course, the princes and princesses have attendants around them, and the generals and lieutenants have soldiers around them, so they will not have to go get the food by themselves every time. But just eating and drinking like the soldiers is enough to make the soldiers feel moved.
This is a hierarchical world. For a general to be able to distinguish himself from the soldiers like this, it can be said that the Qi Family Army is unprecedented in the entire Qilin Kingdom. As for whether there will be others in the future, who knows?
Twelve and Xiaoluzi each came over holding something wrapped in lotus leaves.
On this trip, Qi Bao'er took Twelve with her. The reason couldn't be simpler. Twelve is not the best martial artist among the people around her, but he is the one with the best ability to protect himself.
Qi Bao'er didn't expect that Prince Li, who was the most respected person in the capital, would only bring one servant this time, Xiao Luzi, who looked like he was only sixteen or seventeen years old with red lips and white teeth.
At first glance, he is a weak eunuch, but Xiaoluzi is stronger than Twelve in terms of kung fu alone. That time when he was besieged by the White Ghost Cult, if Xiaoluzi hadn't been transferred by Prince Li to protect the silver car that Prince Li considered the most important,
Prince Li will not be injured at all.
Not to mention these two, they are both very sensible and have no sense of presence along the way. People often don't feel that they are following the team. That is, they only show up when she and King Li are eating or resting.
Appear.
Such as now.
Twelve opened the lotus leaf, and a strong fragrance of tea, wrapped in the fragrance of chicken, wafted in.
"Princess Princess, Xiaoluzi and I went to hunt some game. The rest was left to the fire-headed soldier to add food to everyone in the evening. We each left a pheasant. There happened to be a lake over there, and there were a few pheasants growing in it.
Cong Hehua, my subordinates made tea-leaf chicken, and the princess tasted it to see if it tasted right."
Xiao Luzi, who also held the chicken in front of his master: "..."
You said it all, what did I say?
You are a twelve-year-old. You can't hold back a fart for a long time on weekdays. I thought you were such a cold person. I never thought that you are even more shameless than him in front of the master.
"Prince, please try the lotus leaf chicken that I just learned."
Qi Bao'er had already given Twelve an appreciative look, then tore off the two legs of the lotus leaf chicken and started to chew on them. While eating, he said, "Those mud cakes."
The princess rewarded him, and Twelve happily accepted it. He walked to a place not far from them and squatted down, holding the whole chicken one bite at a time.
Yes, yes, he is good at his craftsmanship, and it is worthy of the fact that he studied it with the second wife at home for so long.
It’s been a long time since I’ve eaten meat properly. I couldn’t help but pick up a whole chicken when I smelled the aroma. Prince Li, who was about to start eating, said: “…”
How can he still bite it?
He turned his eyes and looked at Twelve's Xiaoluzi with envy: "..."
What's that look?
He also tore off two legs and threw the rest back to the path.
Normally, Xiaoluzi would not dare to accept such a reward.
Not to mention how precious a chicken is, these servants who work for the prince are really not short of good things. Their prince is generous and rewards them with a few taels of silver every time they raise their hands, and the money is the best.
The second ones are usually gold beads, pearls, and jade beads.
A chicken is nothing compared to those.
But in front of him, the county king only ate two chicken legs, but he rewarded him with other than two chicken legs. So, it doesn't mean that he got more than the county king. Such a reward is overstepping the bounds.
It's just that, after spending a long time with Qi Bao'er and the others, Xiao Luzi has gradually been influenced by this place. Xiao Luzi has been sublimated from the twelve filial slaves who Prince Li would put to his lips when he first came out of the capital.
Now he took the lotus leaf chicken thrown by Prince Li and immediately laughed like a fool and ran over to the path to gobble it up one by one.