my lord, please eat

Chapter 57

The "robber" led the way, An Qi followed behind, Xing Yihong drove the carriage, and Gong Xiaoyong dumped things in and out of the carriage.

It's not that they didn't doubt the man's words.But for them, whether it is true or not, the danger is not great.And it was originally intended to help the victims of disasters, so you can't just stand by when you meet other people in need.

I heard from the man that there are about thirty of them, and the two bags of rice porridge should be enough for two meals.Although after moving out these two bags of rice, there are only two bags of rice and two bags of noodles left in his inventory.Then he thought again, and brought out two strips of bacon and some seasonings.Anything else won't work and will be suspect.What was left in the car yesterday was nothing.

Listening to the voices in the carriage, Xing Yihong had a gentle smile on his face.This little guy in my family has a good heart, and before he could confirm the authenticity, he dumped the things out first.But that's okay, it's convenient to do these things now that An Qi is not in the car.But he is still thinking about it now. After a long time, with An Qi's meticulous mind, he will notice the abnormality sooner or later.Just talk about it when the time comes.He believed in An Qi's behavior 1 times, and he also believed that if he didn't say anything, An Qi would not speak up even if he suspected something.

Gong Xiaoyong poked her head out of the carriage: "Yihong, you won't get anywhere just by keeping this little rice. Even if you give them money, they will eat it up one day. Besides, I always feel that I will wait for others to come. Relief is not a thing. Why don't you help them find work?"

Xing Yihong turned around and patted Xiaoyong's head: "You, you're too fast. I haven't decided whether it's true or not."

Gong Xiaoyong pursed her lips: "Don't you have to help if it's true or not?"

Xing Yihong smiled and said: "That's true. It's easy to find work. The climate here is no better than that of the capital. Now the plants can continue to grow before the severe winter. If they don't want to go back to Longyu, it's not difficult to live here temporarily. "

The words of the "robber" are indeed not a lie.When seeing these young and old looking at them with vigilance and even panic, Xing Yihong and An Qi already believed [-]% of them.

They didn't reveal their identities, but after questioning several half-grown children and women, Xing Yihong asked An Qi to help move the two bags of rice out of the car. "It's not much to eat, but it can satisfy your hunger for a while."

Seeing that the people who went to rob before them not only did not send their big heads to the Yamen to be punished, but instead gave them food, this group of people who had suffered for more than two months were very grateful.A group of people knelt down at that time.

Xing Yihong and An Qi are used to these kneeling rituals, but Gong Xiaoyong is not.He jumped aside quickly. "No need for this, everyone get up."

The prince smiled: "It's easy for us. The food is nothing to us, but it can be a full meal to you. Xiaoyong, help them make some food."

Gong Xiaoyong had exactly this intention, and just now he saw a large area of ​​lilies in the woods that had already lost their strength, and was about to dig some fresh lilies.These people have not had a good meal for a long time.Big fish and big meat are not enough, and I can't get those out by myself.But you can still make a little nutritious soup.Lily is a good food and medicine.

Gong Xiaoyong took four children and two middle-aged women to dig Lily.Xing Yihong and An Qi are here, talking to the elders in this group about their situation.

He is said to be an old man, but he is actually just in his early fifties, but he is already very old from the appearance. "Well, we don't want to leave our hometown, but we can't help it. The land in our village is still soaking, and we will definitely not be able to grow anything this year. The houses have also collapsed, and everything in the house has been washed away by the water. No What can I do if I escape?"

"As far as I know, there is half of the land in Longyu with higher terrain. Even if the rain is too heavy, the harvest will be lost, but it won't mean that you don't even have a place to stay?" Xing Yihong asked.

Another old man shook his head: "That's a good land. The annual harvest is much better than our low land. And half of it is the land of the rich master's family. Where can we settle down?" Yo."

Xing Yihong frowned slightly: "Then do you want to go back in the future?"

The old man nodded: "Why don't you think about it. That's our home. But if we go back now, we will definitely starve to death. Otherwise, no one would be willing to do such unconscionable things. Hearty. Now that I think about it, I am afraid. If I meet someone else, I am afraid that the big head and their lives will be confessed."

Let's talk about Gong Xiaoyong's collection situation.

Those children are very obedient, although in their opinion, this beautiful young man is only a few years older than them, and looks very kind, but they know that he is a benefactor and a child of a rich family, so they dare not get too close .They just dug whatever Gong Xiaoyong told them to dig.

In fact, these days, they have been digging wild vegetables every day, and many of the wild vegetables they know nearby have been dug up.Even these flowers were boiled and eaten, but they were bitter and tasteless.But they didn't expect that the flower root dug out by the young man with them was so beautiful. After removing the middle stem and the outer skin, the root was as beautiful as a lotus.

Looking at the curious and doubtful eyes of these children and the two women, Gong Xiaoyong broke off a piece of lily by himself, thought for a while, then simply wiped the soil with the hem of his clothes and put it in his mouth.Damn, fresh is crisp. "Sweet, delicious." After speaking, he wiped another slice and handed it to the mouth of a little boy behind him.

The boy was a little scared, but he was really hungry, and after seeing Gong Xiaoyong's smiling face, he couldn't help but open his mouth.The entrance is really sweet and crunchy.The child's emotions are always easy to express. Maybe it's because Gong Xiaoyong fed him this piece of lily with his own hands. He also smiled at Gong Xiaoyong: "It's really sweet and delicious."

When the other children heard that it was really sweet and delicious, they couldn't help coming over.Although no one in their hands used their clothes for several pockets, it was for everyone to eat, and they were still reluctant.

Gong Xiaoyong laughed, and simply didn't care whether it was clean or not. After wiping her hands on the clothes, she began to break the lily roots for these children. "Let's make porridge with the root of this lily and rice later, shall we?"

At this time, the children had no wariness or fear towards Gong Xiaoyong, and they all nodded happily: "Okay!"

Although the two middle-aged women did not taste the lily root, they were moved by the children's rare happiness and the kindness of this young man.In this world, there are still many!

There are not only lily roots here, Gong Xiaoyong also found some mushrooms.This place is much warmer than that in the capital, so it is still in the state of dog days, and it is not unusual to have mushrooms.

These farmers know better than Gong Xiaoyong what kinds of mushrooms are edible and which ones are not.These days, a large part of the reason why they are willing to hide here is that there are a lot of free food in the mountains, forests and fields. Even if they can't eat too much, they won't starve to death.These mushrooms are one of their life-saving food.

There are a lot of mushrooms, big and small.Gong Xiaoyong felt that it was almost the same.Seeing that everyone picked up several other plants that he had never seen before besides lily root and mushroom, he was a little curious about the taste.

Back at the "place of residence", everyone came to help. There is a small stream nearby. Although there are no fish and shrimps in it, it is clear and clean. It is their drinking water for the past few days.Of course, cleaning the ingredients will also be done there today.

Xing Yihong was very curious about these lily roots made by his little princess.Of course, he has eaten fresh lily roots, but he has only seen slices, and this is the first time he has just dug them out. "You can find food wherever you go."

Although it was a joke, Gong Xiaoyong felt that this was definitely a compliment to herself: "It's amazing! Although I don't know so many wild vegetables, the ones I have eaten are still not difficult for me. How about it, help me wash it?"

Xing Yihong smiled: "I am willing to serve my life. It's just that there is no reward after washing?"

Gong Xiaoyong glanced at him, then leaned over to kiss Xing Yihong's face at an extremely fast speed, and retracted at an even faster speed. "Hey, you got the reward, so hurry up and work!"

The conditions are simple, but Gong Xiaoyong still understands how hard these people put on life.Although the pots and pots used were earthen and a few were chipped, they cleaned them well.

Several children gathered around the newly set up stove, which happened to be the distance where they could smell the fragrance as soon as possible without disturbing Gong Xiaoyong's cooking.

He put white rice into three large clay pots to cook white porridge.For such a wild stove, he really can't control the heat, but with the help of a woman on the side, it's not too bad.When the porridge boiled down to a simmer, he poured a large bowl of lily roots into each large pot.For the rest of the porridge, I will continue to ask the two women for help.

The two pieces of bacon weighed at least six or seven catties, so Gong Xiaoyong cut half of one of them.Cut half of this half into slices, and the rest into cubes.

The sliced ​​cured meat was divided into half and stewed in a large pot with mushrooms. Because the cured meat already had various seasonings and was very salty, a lot of water was added and a little salt was added.But even so, the scent that wafted out after a while of gurgling made these people salivate.Although occasionally they will hunt wild animals to eat, but this taste is far from satisfying them.Even if they don't eat it in their mouths, they can still imagine the taste, which is the feeling of home.

The remaining half of the bacon was fried by him with some wild vegetables that did not taste bitter.Although these people couldn't tell what the names of these wild vegetables were, some of them were randomly picked and tried to eat when they were hungry, but the ones they chose now are really delicious in Gong Xiaoyong's opinion, and the texture is also good. Excellent kind.Believe that the oil must be delicious.

The remaining diced bacon is used in porridge.Although these people are not hungry and haven’t eaten for a long time, they still can’t let them eat too much hard food at one time. Putting diced bacon into the porridge not only increases the taste, but also makes the porridge more nutritious.It can be regarded as making up for the lack of meat.But in fact, what Gong Xiaoyong didn't know was that few of these people would put diced meat in porridge even on weekdays, and those two bacon meats were enough for them to eat many times.Some people are reluctant to cut more even if it is not the New Year's Eve.

"Engong, why do you want to go to Longyu to do business at this time? There are many disaster-stricken places there now." After everything is cooked, the people in front of the stove can relax for a while.A woman who helped cook started chatting with Gong Xiaoyong.

Gong Xiaoyong is not used to the title Engong, but what Xing Yihong meant was not to correct other people's names, especially those who are not familiar with them.So he accepted it. "We didn't know before we set off. And the goods were all ordered last year, so let's go and see. If they prepare it, but we haven't picked it up yet, it won't make things even more difficult for them."

The woman sighed: "You are so kind. Few people dare to go to our place at this time. Although I don't know what you ordered there. But I think, if it is necessary for daily life , even if the goods are still there, the price has to be raised.”

Gong Xiaoyong frowned. "It's all affected by the disaster, and the price is raised? What's more, it was agreed before. It's not only their family who owns it. If the price is raised, we won't buy it?"

The woman smiled wryly: "I saw that you are too young to know about these market affairs. How many people are making money and dying. It's rare that you have something in your hand and you don't raise the price? Besides, if you don’t buy it and leave, those who are reluctant to leave their hometown, can they live without buying it?”

Gong Xiaoyong frowned even tighter.It's not like he doesn't know about this kind of thing, and it often happens in TV dramas.It’s just that seeing these victims tell him personally, he thinks it’s very impactful.Perhaps... rather than punishing corrupt officials, suppressing these profiteers who drive up prices and take the opportunity to make money first may benefit the victims more quickly.