1565 The Old Lady of the East Family (6)
Lin Tingyu guessed that he would follow, so he broke half of the bun in his hand and handed it to him, and asked, "Look at this son's luxurious clothes and decorations, I want to come from an extraordinary background, have you ever eaten this bun made of buckwheat noodles?" ā
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Lin Tingyu smiled: "You might as well try it." ā
The Nine Emperor Princes took the piece of bitter buckwheat bun, put it in his mouth and took a bite, but he felt rough in his mouth and had a very bitter taste, and he couldn't help frowning.
It may be related to the environment of this time and space, tartary buckwheat has a large yield, it is easy to plant, and you can grow tartary buckwheat by throwing away the seeds, so the price is cheap. However, its taste and texture are extremely poor, so the average civilian with a little bit of a thin yield will not use this food as a ration.
Only a very poor family like Linelle's family would use it as a ration, and Linnier couldn't even eat it. She only gets two bowls of rice soup a day. She would freeze to death a month later in the middle of winter, also because of her prolonged hunger.
Seeing that the Nine Emperor Princes chewed it twice hard, and was a little nauseated, Lin Tingyu hurriedly said, "Don't spit it out, it's too wasteful." Childe knew that it was the only dry food I had for three days. I've been drinking rice soup for days now. ā
The Nine Emperors still swallowed the bun in the end, but just stared at her strangely.
Lin Tingyu said: "You must be very strange, since this is the only dry food I can eat in the past few days, why do I want to give you half of it?" ā
The Nine Emperor Princes said, "You want me to taste this kind of thing on purpose?" ā
Lin Tingyu sighed: "Yes." The villagers here feed on this every day. In the villagers' homes, daughters like mine can only get one of these buns at most every day.
And I, an old girl who had not yet been able to marry a wife at the age of twenty-two, had long been rejected by my family. They won't give me such buns anymore, nor will they give me winter clothes, but will only make me work for them desperately.
If I stay here, I'm afraid I won't survive this winter. I don't want to die. ā
Speaking of this, she looked deeply at the Nine Emperor Princes.
Although the Nine Emperors' heart was shaken, he had already adapted to the ruthlessness of life in the palace, but he didn't answer with a cold face.
There was an eerie silence on both sides.
At this time, Xiao Luzi, who was moxibustion outside the forest, suddenly ran over and said happily: "Okay, it doesn't hurt, Ninth Master, my leg injury for several years doesn't hurt anymore." ā
Lin Tingyu smiled softly and said, "This grass is called wormwood, and the little brother can light it every night before going to bed and bake it in the order of the acupuncture points I just told you." This is actually called moxibustion. After this wormwood is lit, the smoke is larger, the smell is strong and choking, and it can also be used to repel mosquitoes and flies in summer. ā
Hearing this, the Nine Emperor Prince's eyes lit up and said, "You deliberately lit this grass to let its smell and smoke enter the royal enclosure. ā
Lin Tingyu said: "As I said, if I continue to stay here, I won't be able to survive this winter at all." I don't want to die. ā
The Nine Emperor Princes sneered lightly and said, "Even if you attract the attention of the people in the royal paddock, what can you do?" As he spoke, he took the remaining half of the wormwood that Xiao Luzi was holding in his hand, "There are a lot of such grasses growing here, do the villagers here use this grass for moxibustion to cure diseases?" ā
Lin Tingyu said: "The villagers are stupid, they don't know that this grass can actually cure diseases. Otherwise, they would have been plucked up a long time ago and sold in the town, exchanged for silver to improve their lives. ā
The Nine Emperors' gaze moved from the wormwood in his hand to Lin Tingyu's face, becoming extremely cold, and said, "In that case, why don't you pick it and sell it in the town?" It's enough to get you through the winter safely. ā
Lin Tingyu said: "It's a pity that I'm a woman, and I'm very restricted, even if it's the nearest town, it's not something I can go to whenever I want." I can't even go to the town, so how can I take wormwood to the town and sell it? ā
The Nine Emperor Princes said: "Since you know that this thing can cure diseases, you should tell the villagers and let them have one more source of livelihood, and maybe it will also make your life a great improvement." ā
Lin Tingyu said: "Childe, even if I tell the villagers that these wormwood can cure diseases, they will not believe me.
They grew up watching me grow up and watch me do sunrise and rest at sunset every day. In their eyes, I was just a girl as ordinary as their daughter, who could only cook on the fire.
They thought they knew me well enough, but they didn't know what I was working on alone while they were resting.
I saw early on that being a woman, especially a woman like me, could not survive in this world, and I tried my best to learn all kinds of knowledge. ā
The Nine Emperor Princes chuckled and said, "Even if you have learned a certain amount of knowledge, but, in the eyes of others, you are just an ordinary village girl after all, what can you do?" ā
Lin Tingyu said: "Yes, even if I have enough knowledge, but I am from a background and a female stream, no one will think of what a village girl like me has in her head."
There is no way, there is no chance to change anything, just like now, if there is no way to get out of here, and when the deep winter comes, I will face either freezing to death or starvation. ā
The Nine Emperor Princes said, "So you deliberately burned these wormwoods to attract the attention of the people in the royal enclosure, hoping to get a chance to gain glory and wealth." ā
Lin Tingyu said: "Like me at this moment, I really dare not think about glory and wealth, and the person I ask for is just food and clothing." ā
The Nine Emperors said: "A village girl is a village girl after all, even though she has learned some knowledge, her vision and insight are very short-sighted. ā
Lin Tingyu chuckled and said, "Childe is trying to say that a soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier, right?" ā
After hearing this, the Nine Emperor Princes looked at Lin Tingyu again, but his eyes became a little playful.
Lin Tingyu also looked at him, his eyes were straight to the ground, but the smile on his face was a little cool, and said, "Childe, I can be regarded as your sister in terms of age." Maybe you have experienced more things than I have, and have seen much more of the world than I have, but are you sure that your idea is reality? ā
The Nine Emperor Princes smiled extremely confidently and said, "Isn't it? ā
Lin Tingyu smiled and began to tell the story of Shang Ying's change. The Nine Emperors still had a smile on their faces at first, but listened absentmindedly as if they were listening to a story. When he heard it, his face became very serious, and he listened seriously.
After Shang Ying's story was finished, Lin Tingyu continued this history and talked about the TV series "The Legend of Miyue" that she had watched. Shang Ying and Mi Yue, two people in the history of the Warring States period in her current world, happened to be characters who appeared one after another.
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