"Xiaobao, open your mouth, it's delicious." Wang Juan and Zhang Xiaobao planted seedlings side by side. They were hungry at noon. They quietly grabbed a handful of pork floss from their pockets and stuffed them with Zhang Xiaobao. They also ate a handful. Puff your cheeks and chew.
"En," Zhang Xiaobao's mouth was stuffed with things, and he moistened the pork floss with saliva hard, nodded in response.
The two of them stole food. The others had nothing. Until now, they have not even drank a lot of water and stiffened. A few of them just bent their backs and did their heads.
Zhang Xiaobao inserted a hand and suddenly stretched out his hand, took out a water snake from the water, handed the rice seedling in his other hand to Wang Juan, took out a small knife from his waist, and began to clean up the snake. This time he came without a sleeve arrow. The dagger was not tied to his calf, and the knife was on his waist.
"I'll go up in a while, and I'll grill it for you on skewers. I'm ready to bring the seasoning. I wanted to make a mashed toad. If there is a snake, I will eat the snake first."
Zhang Xiaobao dug out the snake gall, said a word to Wang Juan, walked towards He Yiwei, and said to the front: "He County Order, please eat the snake gall and swallow it raw, don't bite it."
He Yiwei didn't know that this water snake was not poisonous. When he saw a snake scared, he moved nervously with aching and numb feet. He opened his mouth and asked Zhang Xiaobao to deliver the gall to his mouth. It was bitter, bitter and unbreakable, and still fishy. .
"Thank you, Xiaobao, snake gall is a good thing. Are there many snakes in Tianzhong? Poisonous?" He Yiwei endured uncomfortable eating the snake gall. He dared not not eat it, and asked worriedly.
"This one is not poisonous. When you notice a sudden pain in your feet, then it's numb. It's a poisonous bite. Remember to call me. I have a temporary solution."
Zhang Xiaobao frightened He Yiwei again. There are too few poisonous water snakes here, and the probability of being bitten is about the same as winning the lottery.
"Okay, okay, that's it." What else can He Yiwei say, just keep it up, hoping that the Zhang Family's medical skills really work as legendary.
At this time, the hostess's girl also came back. Her home was not close. When she returned home, she found that there was no ginger, so she went to borrow the ginger. Only then did she boil a jar of ginger soup and put some red pond in it.
A bowl of red pond ginger water was poured down, He Yiwei was much warmer, and he was about to ask for another bowl. Zhang Xiaobao, who had not left yet, said: "He County Order, their family is not rich, a bowl of two cents, remember to drink as much as possible How much money, help with work, can't ask others to benefit."
"Okay, okay, that's it. It's not expensive. A bowl is only two cents, and another bowl." He Yiwei didn't expect to have to put it in for work. A bowl of two cents would be enough for two bowls to be full. A jar of money is out.
The little girl hurriedly said: "If you don't need money, the high official will help my family work, and don't need money for what should be done."
"How can you not have money? I also want to thank your family for the land to let the official do more work, you see that the official is already very fat, your family used to plant seedlings like this?" This time, without Zhang Xiaobao reminding him, He Yiwei knew what to do. How to say, while looking at the little girl, he asked distressedly, he finally knows what it's like to cultivate in spring.
"The magistrate must be exhausted. It's better to take a rest. It won't be so uncomfortable to do it often." The little girl looked at her home. She was almost done. She will make up for it tomorrow, without planting seedlings. She gratefully said to He Yiwei. .
"Okay, okay, oh no, I'm not tired, I'm not tired at all, I'm comfortable after doing a while, strange." He Yiwei said something against his heart.
The little girl chuckled, "My lord, when I go to my house to eat in the evening, grandma is ready."
"Okay, okay, so good." This is what Zhang Xiaobao learned to say. He wanted He Yiwei to think about the past. It is okay to be an official and enjoy the blessings, but don’t forget that there are people who can’t enjoy the blessings are counting on him. .
After agreeing to the little girl, Zhang Xiaobao said to He Yiwei again: "He County Order is the first good official known to the lower officials to lead the people to do farm work. The lower officials admire him, and now the lower officials heard that the adults said they were staying here tonight. Tomorrow, we will continue to help others and lay down their lives to accompany the gentleman."
"It's easy to say, it's easy to say, everything should be done." He Yiwei has the desire to die. He can guess how hard it will be to go to bed tonight. He thought that he could go home and have a good rest. It seems that this wish cannot be realized. Up.
Two little children, I remember you, don’t believe me is uncomfortable, are you uncomfortable? Your two families are rich and wealthy. You are used to enjoying it. Is it possible that you can endure it
Zhang Xiaobao knows what he thinks when he looks at He Yiwei's expression, and he said in his heart that you dare to compare hardships with me and the cuckoo? Do you know who we are
How did the little girl know that there were such struggles and calculations behind the officials who came to plant the land for her family. She only felt that her heart was warm. It was the happiest thing to live in Baoxin County. The emperor really remembers people like her. The best officials are sent.
"Master county magistrate, grandma has killed the chicken, and there must be chickens to eat at night." The little girl licked her lips and assured He Yiwei.
"Okay, no, give money, give money, I always give money for food." He Yiwei didn't need Zhang Xiaobao to say, he took the initiative to ask for money, he figured it out, isn't it just using his own money to make up for the people? How much money can it have? Don't worry if you give it, you don't need to have chicken to eat.
Zhang Xiaobao thought this He Yiwei was very interesting, even if he was pretending to be fine, it would be natural for him to pretend to be used to it, and said to the little girl:
"The magistrate also wrote a poem just now, saying that the spring breeze comes and the spring water is gurgling, and the spring water is gurgling to the bones. When the bones are cold, the heart is in the heart, and the world is the same heaven. The water is crooked and reminiscent of the past. In the past, I learned to look forward to the pity of the heavens. In what year did the heavens pity and pity the heavens, and when the sea sent Jinfan, Jinfan took me to the shore.
"Xiaobao!" He Yiwei looked at Zhang Xiaobao and didn't know what to say.
"Master He, a good poem, the cuckoo just said that the poem written by Master He is He Zeng recalling the past. The adults are busy, and the official will catch the toads and drink the adults at night."
Zhang Xiaobao said again and walked to Wang Juan to continue his work.
The little girl didn’t understand, "My lord county magistrate, what do you mean by poems? Is it about planting rice seedlings?"
"Yes, yes, planting rice seedlings. Yes, planting rice seedlings. When planting rice seedlings, I think about the harvest in autumn. Eating fragrant rice. Remember how difficult it is to plant rice seedlings."
He Yiwei's expression changed a few times, and he said something to the little girl, and then continued planting seedlings. He looked at his own reflection occasionally exposed in the turbid water and didn't know what he was thinking.
Where did the little girl understand the purpose of Zhang Xiaobao's few words just now, and said with a smile: "Sir, the magistrate, grandma is already boiling water at home, and she will not be afraid of splitting her hands when she gets hot."
"Okay, okay, that's it." He Yiwei's movements are much more proficient, and he replied while doing it.
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Soon, it was dark, and the work in the ground could no longer be done. It was almost a little bit. Everyone bent over to the road, slowly sat down and lay back, grinning one by one, and Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan didn’t care. Is there anyone next to each other to massage each other? The two people rely on being short and don't need to bend as much as Tanaka's waist, which is better than others.
"Little Treasure, I think if the seven dwarfs live with Snow White, it's good to grow rice. Snow White cooks at home and the dwarfs plant rice seedlings. What do you think?"
Wang Juan had just been massaged by Zhang Xiaobao, and he said to Zhang Xiaobao while he was giving him a massage.
"I think if the water is bigger and deeper, the seven dwarfs can be drowned, and Snow White is also pretty enough. That is the story of Snow White, not the story of the matrilineal clan, seven."
"What are you talking about? Rogue."
"Cooking, you can cook eight of them by yourself. How tired you are. Be light. How many toads did I catch just now? I will cook you braised toads. Okay, your waist will be broken."
After some rest, everyone was finally able to straighten up and walk, and walked towards the person on this land together. The little girl followed by jumping around, talking to Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan from time to time. The three of them looked about the same size.
The host looked very excited, and the high official came to eat at home, for the first time, he also helped with work.
The group walked for nearly two quarters of an hour, and finally came to this family, three earthen houses with a fence outside, and green onions were planted on the ground enclosed inside. The buds were just exposed, and there were two chickens in the yard. One male and one female.
It doesn't look so dilapidated. The roof of the house is very dense. The courtyard is also very clean. You can see that it is a diligent family.
Zhang Xiaobao looked at the green onion field and said to the host: "When it gets warmer, don't forget to plant the green onions diagonally and bury them high in the ground when they are planted separately. The county will need a lot of green onions this year."
The host understood that the slanted planting and filling of the soil would make the green onion grow long. It is suitable for making green onion, and he nodded respectfully and said, "Thank you for your advice."
He Yiwei glanced at Zhang Xiaobao in surprise. He didn't expect the two children to understand farming so much. He thought that the children of the rich family didn't understand anything. Why would they need a lot of green onions
Everyone simply cleaned up and prepared to eat. The dishes were really good. It should be the mushrooms left over last year. The chicken was stewed after soaking. You don’t need to eat it. Just look at the chicken skin and know that it was an old hen that was stewed. It takes a long time to stew and should not be difficult to chew when eating.
There is also a tender wild vegetable fried with pork, a wild vegetable soup beaten with frangipani, a small plate of salted beans, and a pan fried with eggs. There are four dishes and one soup, everyone knows. , This is the best thing this family can come up with.
But the staple food is over. There is no steamed buns, only rice mixed with millet. You can see that the rice is not good rice, but there is nothing else in it, no sand, and no small thorns left after the rice is ground. , I can imagine picking it over and over again.
Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan have not yet been seated. No one is seated in the main seat and the next first position. The county magistrate does not sit. They are reserved for Xiaobao and Juan Juan. The two are making toads and snakes in the kitchen.
After waiting for a while, the two came back with two large wooden plates. Wang Juan glanced at the position and sat down to the next position. Zhang Xiaobao couldn't do it either. He sat directly in the main position, but pushed the braised toad to Wang Juan. In front of, Wang Juan glanced at Zhang Xiaobao with a smile, and sent the toad in front of the male owner.
When everyone was about to start eating, there was a shout from outside: "Brother Fu, are you here? Good thing, I heard that the silver in the county has risen, and the bracelets and chains are much more expensive than before. If you have one at home, hurry up. Come to sell it."