Then Tao Ran became their big brother. In prison, being a big brother is better than being a little brother, isn't it? The eldest brother is privileged, and the eldest brother enjoys any benefits first, such as eating.
The prisons here are definitely not as humanized as modern prisons. It is impossible for each prisoner to have three meals a day. It is good enough to have a full meal a day, and not everyone can eat enough.
Generally, the eldest brother is the first to eat, then the second brother, and so on. When it comes to the prisoners at the bottom, it would be nice to have a bite.
Tao Ran had just been imprisoned and sat on the elder brother's throne, which was the only single bed in this cell. There are worn-out quilts and straw on the top, and the others can only sleep on the ground.
When it was time to eat, a few jailers came over with some dirty-looking wooden barrels, and handed out food to each cell. They don't even look at how many people are in a cell, they leave as long as they give. When it was Tao Ran's turn to be in the cell, the jailer filled a few bowls of things that looked thin or thick and put them in, and then threw a few steamed buns in.
"Eat, eat, eat..."
The jailer walked away with the bucket, and Tao Ran's other prisoners in this cell were about to move. The fat man snorted, then walked up to Tao Ran with steamed buns and a bowl of unknown food, and said flatteringly, "Brother, it's time to eat."
Looking at those foods, Tao Ran couldn't be more disgusted. Since she crossed, it should be said that since he was born, this should be the worst meal he has eaten, right? Tao Ran lost his appetite just looking at it, but thinking that he couldn't be too picky in a prison cell, he said, "Just give me a few steamed buns, and you can eat the rest."
"Hey, good." The eldest brother has already spoken, how can anyone dare not listen.
Tao Ran sat on the bed and gnawed on the steamed buns. The steamed buns were already cold, and they were hard and tasteless when eaten inside. Tao Ran tormented as he ate in small bites, hearing the sound of the inmates eating.
Tao Ran struggled to eat the steamed buns, and silently recited the Dafa to deceive himself. This is not cold steamed bun, this is not cold steamed bun, this is roasted duck leg, this is roasted duck leg...
While closing his eyes to hypnotize himself, he chewed the food in his mouth vigorously. I don't know if he learned hypnotism without a teacher, but as he was eating, he seemed to really smell the smell of roast duck.
"The system." He said in his heart, "You must be helping me because you can't see me suffering, right? Just changing the smell is useless, you might as well help me change the smell too."
Xiaomei looked at him with her legs crossed, her panda face was full of disgust.
"It's time to eat."
Tao Ran opened his eyes, and saw a jailer open the door of the cell next to him and enter with a food box. It was only then that Tao Ran realized that the cell next door was different. Not only was it much cleaner and tidy inside, but there were also tables, stools and clean bedding on the bed.
The jailer took out three plates of delicious dishes and a bowl of white rice from the food box, and thoughtfully prepared drinks. Then he said, "It's time to eat."
The bed in the cell moved, and a person came out from under the quilt. The person said, "Take it away, even if I starve to death, I won't eat that person's food."
The jailer persuaded: "Why are you doing this? Why are you making trouble with yourself?"
"snort!"
Seeing that it didn't make sense, the jailer didn't intend to persuade him anymore, so he said: "The food is here, if you want to eat, you can eat it by yourself."
Then he went out and locked the door.
Xiaomei said: "The host, have you seen it? This is the male patron, Gu Yinglian."
"He is Gu Yinglian?" Tao Ran looked at the sullen man sitting on the bed in the cell next door, and said to himself that Gu Yinglian was indeed imprisoned by Xuanyuan Yan at this time, but he did not expect to be next door to him.
He looked at the cold and hard steamed bun in his hand, and suddenly thought about it. He got off the bed, walked to the fence between the two cells, and shouted to the next door: "Hey, the next door."
Gu Yinglian turned her head, revealing a pear-blossoming and rainy face that I still feel pity for. It's really unbearable for a man to have such a face, although Tao Ran's current situation is similar.
The fat man behind said: "Brother, don't bother, the person next door is ignorant."
Then he heard Gu Yinglian say: "What's the matter?"
Fatty: "..."
In fact, Gu Yinglian is not ignoring people, but not everyone. He had no worries about food and clothing since he was a child, and he was the son of an official family, with a sense of aloofness in his bones. He was locked in prison, and Xuanyuan Yan secretly took care of him. The prisoners living in the other cells were all dirty and smelly, and he didn't want to talk to them.
But Tao Ran was different. Tao Ran's body was a male pet specially raised by the palace, and he was originally white and good-looking. In addition, he had just arrived, and he was wearing high-quality silk clothes and was still clean. Compared with other prisoners, he was completely different.
Gu Yinglian hadn't talked to anyone for many days, but when she suddenly saw Tao Ran, she felt a little desire to talk.
Tao Ran said, "Are you really not eating?"
Gu Yinglian said stubbornly: "I won't eat."
In fact, it's not that Gu Yinglian doesn't eat, it's just that he eats less. Sometimes when he is really hungry, he will secretly eat a little, trying not to be obvious.
Seeing his resolute attitude, Tao Ran was overjoyed and said, "Then give it to me."
Gu Yinglian: "Huh?"
"Give it to me." Tao Ran said, "You don't want to eat it anyway, so give it to me, or it would be a waste."
Gu Yinglian's mouth trembled a few times, wanting to say that this was food sent by a big villain. But he can't expect everyone to hate Xuanyuan Yan as much as he does, and if he disagrees, Xuanyuan Yan will think that he cares about the things she sent.
So Gu Yinglian got off the ground, walked to the table and asked, "Which one do you want to eat?"
"Give it all to me." Tao Ran said, "I'm not picky about food."
"..." Gu Yinglian felt a little wronged, it's not that she didn't eat at all, I gave it to you, what should I do if I starved to death.
But because of face and other issues, he still served all the dishes to Tao Ran aggrievedly. Just when he was about to give Tao Ran the rice, Tao Ran said, "Forget about the rice, I will have enough vegetables."
I don't know why, Gu Yinglian suddenly felt moved and wanted to cry, so she saved food for herself anyway...
These three dishes are roast duck twice-cooked pork and a plate of cold lily, which is really healthy with meat and vegetables. Tao Ran had just experienced such a miserable cold steamed bun dinner, and now he was extremely happy eating hot dishes. The younger brothers behind were attracted by the scent, staring at Tao Ran with green eyes and drooling, waiting for Tao Ran to eat and reward them with two mouthfuls.
After Tao Ran was full, there were side dishes left in the twice-cooked pork, neck and claws in the roast duck, and half of the lily was left. He doesn't like vegetarian dishes. The fat man leaned over and salivated, "Brother, drink some water."
Tao Ran took the water to drink, and the fat man said again: "Brother, do you still want to eat?"
Tao Ran knew what he meant, so he said, "If you want to eat, take it."
"Hey, thank you, brother!"
The fat man was overjoyed, took the food and went to eat.
Tao Ran had enough food and drink, and leaned happily on the bed, thinking that it's no wonder there are male prisoners here. Ancient prisons did not distinguish between men's prisons and women's prisons. In sky prisons, men and women were locked together chaotically. This is the world of women, so there should be more female prisoners.
When Tao Ran first came in, he found that there were only male prisoners here, and some cells were even empty. It should be that Xuanyuan Yan didn't want the delicate Gu Yinglian to be locked up with a group of old women, so he specially ordered it. I can be considered to have benefited from Gu Yinglian's favor, otherwise the situation might be even worse.
Thinking of this, Tao Ran shouted to the neighbor: "Hey, brother, what's your name?"
Gu Yinglian's timid voice came over, "My name is Gu Yinglian."
"Good name." Tao Ran praised: "It matches you very well."
Hearing someone boasting her name, Gu Yinglian said a little happily, "What about you? What's your name?"
Tao Ran wants to say that his name is Tao Ran, but he has a name in this world, even though he doesn't like that name very much. Tao Ran said, "My name is Ye Tan,"
"Yetan?" Gu Yinglian said, "Is it the kind of flower that only blooms at night? Such a beautiful name."
Well, in fact, the two of them have similar names, and they are both unusual mothers. Tao Ran said, "Why don't you eat?"
Gu Yinglian said: "I was framed into the sky prison by a very hateful woman, and these meals were also sent by him. I don't want to eat his food."
"I see." Tao Ran said, "But if you don't eat, you will starve to death."
Gu Yinglian was so wronged that he wanted to cry instantly, tears filled his eyes, and he said sadly: "But I can't give in to him, I... someone will come to save me."
Of course that person is Emperor Xuanyuan Mo, Tao Ran knew it well, but he still pretended not to know anything and said, "But if you starve to death, even if that person saves your body, it will be useless."
Gu Yinglian thought about it too, if she really starved to death, she would never see that person again.
Gu Yinglian said: "You mean, let me eat?"
"Well, people have to eat." After a pause, Tao Ran said: "But don't eat too much, give me some."
Every day, someone would report Gu Yinglian's situation to Xuanyuan Yan. Today, the people from the prison came to the palace and said, "My lord, I'm here."
Xuanyuan Yan cared about Gu Yinglian, he said: "How is it, has he eaten today?"
The man said: "Today, a new male prisoner came into the cell next door, and he ate all of Mr. Gu's food."
"What?" Xuanyuan Yan said angrily, "Who is so bold to bully Ying Lian?"
"That's right, it's Ye Tan who was just sent from the palace to the prison today."
Hearing this name, Xuanyuan Yan felt a pain in his chest and remembered that heartless kick.
"It's too much." He said, it's fine to kick me in the palace, but even bullying my beautiful and fragile Ying Lian in the prison! It is really intolerable!