"How come this bastard's belly is so unsatisfactory? He obviously drank most of the bowl of vegetable porridge in the morning, but now it's not even noon, and his belly is hungry again~"
He lowered his head and faced his belly which had just growled several times.
Hou San cursed in a tone that sounded like he hated iron.
Then, after deftly loosening a belt around his waist, he tightened his belly a little harder with both hands.
With such a simple and crude method, you can make yourself feel less hungry for the time being.
In the following time, he naturally reached for a basket on the ground and planned to carry the basket home.
After seeing the basket full of wild vegetables, Hou San suddenly showed a rather complicated expression on his face.
On the one hand, I am happy because today is already the fifth day since Her Majesty Queen Maud ascended the throne.
At this time today, like 80% of the people in Kaifeng City, the last grain of food in Hou San's home has been eaten up.
Fortunately, God will not pity the Kaifeng people, but the Kaifeng people themselves pity their own people.
The reason why I say this is probably because too many people died in Kaifeng City during this raging Jin soldiers; too much human blood was poured on the land, and too many corpses were not buried in the wilderness outside the city.
middle.
In this way, they nourished the land where they lived.
In short, today is the time when spring has just begun, and there are many more wild vegetables outside the city than in previous years.
Dozens of kinds of wild vegetables, such as shepherd's purse, noodle vegetables, ququcai, and white polenta, are everywhere.
Today he left the city early in the morning, and it took him only an hour to dig out such a big basket.
After returning home, boil the water first to remove the bitter taste from the wild vegetables, and then cook them to fill your stomach and prevent you from starving to death.
On the other hand, Hou San was worried.
You must know that no matter how much you say, wild vegetables cannot be eaten directly as food. If you eat less, you will not feel hungry at all; but if you eat a little more, it will feel like there is a fire burning in the stomach, which makes people worried.
Scratching the liver makes me feel very uncomfortable.
More importantly, Hou San felt extremely guilty when he thought of his little lady.
The little lady who was saved by him was completely unmoved by the recent announcement in the palace that they should just go back in peace and everything else was forgetful.
On the night when Queen Maud ascended the throne, the two of them bowed facing the direction of the palace and the memorial tablets of their parents at home. It was considered as worshiping heaven and earth, and the two of them were married.
It can be said that Hou San, an old bachelor, finally married a daughter-in-law.
It's a pity that Hou San can't even have a full meal, not to mention that he can give his new daughter-in-law, who is like his darling, a happy and worry-free life.
Even though my wife ate vegetable porridge with him every time, she never said an unpleasant word.
But looking at my daughter-in-law, her face was originally the size of a palm, but in just a few days she has lost a lot of weight, and her face looks pretty.
As a grown-up man, Hou San felt that he was really a waste and felt extremely distressed.
The question is, what can he do?
Nowadays, in the huge city of Kaifeng, all industries are in decline. Even if I am willing to spare my efforts, I can't find any work.
Not to mention that as usual, after working for a day, he could bring back enough rice and noodles to last for several days.
"Go back and eat some vegetable porridge, and then go to the pier to have a good look. You should bring back some food so that I can add a handful of millet to the vegetable porridge tonight."
With such an idea, Hou San walked into the open gate of Kaifeng City...
However, Hou Sancai walked to the entrance of Qingyi Alley where his home was, and suddenly heard a sentence in his ears:
"Third brother, what time is it now, and you are still strolling here slowly, don't you want your little lady to have a full meal?"
As soon as Hou San heard the word "full meal", he immediately became energetic.
After looking back, he found a short man greeting him from behind. Isn't it his sworn brother Liu Dalang?
By the way! Although Hou San has no brothers in his family, he has two sworn brothers.
Among them, this traveling merchant, who was short in stature and usually carried a load of needles and threads, was considered the eldest brother among the three.
In addition, there is also Xie Ergou, who seems to be unable to fart even with eight blows of a stick. He was originally a blacksmith in a blacksmith shop, and he is the second brother among them.
In this case, Hou San is naturally the third brother among them.
Although the industries the three of them make a living in are quite different, they grew up together in Qingyi Alley. They became sworn friends by chance and look after each other on a daily basis.
Of course, none of the above is important to Hou San.
The important thing is, where can I find some rice and noodles now so that my little girl can have a full meal?
Immediately, he started asking: "Brother, where can I get rice and noodles?"
After Liu Dalang heard this, he took Hou San's arm and started walking, saying: "Don't worry, call your second brother and we'll talk about it. I'll explain it clearly to you along the way~"
Later, they called Xie Ergou, the blacksmith who was no longer living at home, and the three of them hurriedly walked together.
It was also along the way that Hou Sancai figured out the cause of the matter.
It turned out that Liu Dalang was in the newly established sub-district office. I heard that Grandpa Hu, who is now Xianggong Hu, had ordered to recruit a group of people in Kaifeng City.
The old man from the street office didn't know what he was doing specifically. He said that someone would announce it later.
The important thing is that the only place that has some food now is in the hands of Queen Maode's new court; no matter what the court wants to do when recruiting people, it can't be done in vain, it must be given some money and food, right?
Thinking of the people in the city nowadays, almost all of them are idle at home.
Liu Dalang didn't even wait for the gentleman to publish the list in the afternoon. He hurriedly called his two sworn brothers and ran towards the Yamen of Kaifeng Mansion.
But the three of them, who were almost out of breath as they ran all the way on empty stomachs, didn't know at all.
The three of them have completely different destinies and life trajectories in the future, all of which have undergone huge changes because of such a move.
To use an adjective from the modern world that is already somewhat clichéd in Internet literature:
The gears of fate began to turn quietly at this moment...
****
After arriving at the gate of the Kaifeng Mansion Yamen, Hou San found that there were hundreds of men here, gathered around the gate and talking endlessly.
There were more people, like the three brothers, running over from a distance.
After the three people squeezed through, they could clearly hear what was going on from the comments of the people around them:
It turns out that Grandpa Hu wants to form a new army. After a good training, he will go straight to Huanglong in the future to avenge the humiliation suffered by Jingkang.
In addition, the new army naturally has a new look. The Ministry of Industry is preparing to recruit a group of craftsmen to prepare equipment. It is said that the salary will be generous.
The Ministry of Household Affairs is preparing to recruit some civilian workers to mine coal, iron ore and other ores, and recruit some cart drivers and boatmen to transport coal, iron ore, etc. back.
Recruit a group of farmers to cultivate the vacant fields in the areas surrounding Kaifeng City.
The Ministry of Rites is planning to recruit some scholars. It is said that it is planning to open multiple primary schools in the city, and all children of school age will be able to attend for free.
It can also be regarded as the achievement of "teaching without distinction", which is an act of an ancient saint.
And the Criminal Department, prepare...
No matter what kind of job you apply for, you will be given two kilograms of rice and noodles to settle down, and rice and noodles will be distributed one after another. In short, people will not starve to death.
In short, upon hearing this, Hou San and the other three brothers were overjoyed at first.
Then they started to feel a little worried. To be precise, they were worried about their eldest brother Liu Dalang.
The second brother, Xie Ergou, has good blacksmith skills, so he naturally went to the Ministry of Industry and received a generous reward.
It would be a pity that the third brother Hou San, who has so much strength, did not work hard in the army and get a wife and a shadow.
Then the question arises, what should we do with the short and tall brother Liu Dalang?
Whether it's farming or working as a farmer, I'm afraid my eldest brother will suffer a lot given his size.
But what they didn't know was that Yu Hanfeng, who was now the intelligence chief of the Song Dynasty court, happened to be passing by at this moment, after seeing Liu Dalang's classic figure.
His eyes immediately lit up, as if he had discovered a piece of jade...
