The lunch is in a hurry, so just make it familiar and eat it casually. Dinner was no longer sloppy, and Erya took out a bag of rice from the car that she had brought on the road. As for the dishes, it is not difficult, and there are a lot of vegetables in this season. And there will be no shortage of meat and vegetables, there are dozens of sheep in the Lizhen family, and of course Xiaolong can't let his family slaughter sheep to entertain them. Fortunately, this was already the hunting season, and Jin Mu, Tieda, and Wen Yue were all assigned by Xiaolong to go to the wilderness a little farther away to catch a few hares and pheasants.

Before the sun had set, the rabbit-hunting children rode back. Erya saw strings of rabbits and pheasants strung with straw ropes on horseback from a distance, and she could understand the helplessness of the locals. With so many hares and pheasants being caught in such a short time, you can imagine how widespread hares and pheasants are here. To exaggerate, it is a disaster. Lizhen's mother-in-law's eyes were not very good, she hadn't seen the prey on horseback, she just thought that they hadn't caught anything, so she comforted Erya: "The hares and pheasants we have here are all thieves and thieves, and thieves are difficult to beat!" It's okay if they can't fight, and my sheep slaughter is enough for everyone to eat. ”

Erya smiled and pointed at the children and said, "Thank you, auntie, for your kindness!" But these kids are amazing, you see! Their horses are full of hares and pheasants! ”

When Mrs. Qu saw the prey on horseback clearly, her exaggerated expression made the children embarrassed to look at her.

"Ouch! These kids of yours are so capable that they have caught so many rabbits and chickens. We usually just watched the hare burrow through the grass, and the pheasant fluttered in front of us, as if we could catch it with our hand. Wait until you actually have to catch them. After a while, they ran away without a trace, and many of us chased and blocked with hoes and shovels, but they were still able to run. It's terrible. ”

Erya smiled slightly, and when she saw that Wen Yue's horse that followed her also had a string of hares and pheasants hanging on her back, she opened her mouth and laughed even happier. Qu Pozi already knew that this little guy who looked strong but was only a teenager was the youngest son of this Wang Niangzi, so she happily flattered: "The little son of the Niangzi's family is really unusual, he can beat these hares and pheasants with the adults at this young age!" Our children are much older than him, and they know how to chase dogs and chickens all day long, and they are not sensible at all. I didn't think there was anything before. It's really humiliating to be compared to you little boy at this time. ”

Everyone's children like to be praised, and Erya is no exception. Although she knew that Qu Pozi was a little exaggerated and belittled her children. But she did feel that her son was better than other people's children, so she didn't blush, her face was not stiff, and she was in a super good mood and accepted Qu Pozi's false praise for her son.

The big and small people in Zhuangzi, the men who were working outside heard that the prefect had come to the Lizhen family at noon. In the afternoon, I went out to do some finishing work, and then I went home early. They were all gathered in the open space in front of the cave. Asking strange questions around Xiaolong, often stammering Xiaolong's questions. From time to time, there was a kind laugh in the crowd, and the big guys were very happy with this lovely young prefect who had no official frame at all, and no longer secretly complained that the emperor had sent a hairy boy with no hair on his mouth.

The little dragon, who was besieged in the local dialect that he didn't understand very well, saw from the cracks in the people that the hunting boys were carrying a lot of hares and pheasants from their horses and throwing them to the ground, and hurriedly said to Lizhen in surprise: "Lord Lizhen! They have come back from hunting, and it seems that they have gained a lot, so you can take everyone over to have a look. Can everyone share one and take it back to satisfy their hunger? ”

The big guy was thinking it was fun to tease this young prefect, and suddenly he listened to the topic of rabbits and pheasants. The throat couldn't help but burst with saliva, and they all turned around and quietly swallowed the saliva that was about to choke. The besieged little dragon was finally freed, and the first one ran to the pile of hares and pheasants, and asked Li Zhen, who followed behind: "Lord Li Zhen, do you see that these rabbits and pheasants are enough for all of your families?" ”

Qu Lizhen laughed happily, he likes hare and pheasants the most, but unfortunately they are all very stupid, except for a few in the snowy field, they usually don't have that ability. I was looking at the beauty of the hare and pheasant, and when I heard the prefect's question, I hurriedly replied: "Enough!" Enough! The prefect doesn't look at how much our door is open, in fact, there are not many people. Many doorways are actually a kitchen for cooking, which is not a household. ”

Xiaohu went to the town, and roughly calculated the number of households, which should be about thirty. There are at least eighty or ninety of these hares and pheasants, so they are in charge and leave ten pheasants and ten hares to eat by themselves, and the rest is distributed to the villagers in Quli Town.

The villagers each got a hare and pheasant, grinning happily and preparing to take it home, so that the mother-in-law could burn it and eat it at night. But Erya stopped: "You wait, let's peel off the rabbit skin first, it's more convenient for you to take the meat back." ”

Don't look at Erya's lack of those rabbit skins now, it's just that her nature of cherishing fur has been cultivated. I was afraid that these villagers would not know how to use fur to spoil it, so they thought about leaving the fur, and when the government settled down, they would buy some cotton skins and a few pieces of cloth and send them over, and give them some shares, which is more affordable than a rabbit skin that is not used.

It didn't take long for the sky above Qujiaao to be filled with the smell of stewed pheasant and dry-roasted rabbit meat. Don't blame them for not saving for a few more meals, it's actually autumn on this day, but it's still very hot. The rabbit and pheasant meat could not be put to rest, and besides, they were reluctant to waste the more precious salt for such a small amount of meat. In this way, it is better to burn them all and eat them in the stomach, so as to keep them fresh.

The women of the family were happily busy burning the meat that had not been eaten for a lifetime, while the children and men outside were intently following Xiaohu to learn how to weave cages for catching rabbits and rope nets for pheasants. I made a rattan cage to catch rabbits, and roughly told them how to put bait, how to trap them, and how to use nets to catch pheasants. By the time the people here have learned the same, dinner is ready.

The bag of rice dragged out by Erya was at least fifty catties, and the people of them, plus the big family of the Lizhen family, were definitely enough to eat. It's just that the mother-in-law of Lizhen is reluctant, so she has to leave half of the rice, add sorghum and millet to cook together, and then serve it on the table with this red, yellow, and white rice. Although Erya is not as sweet as the children in Lizhen, she doesn't feel unpalatable. It's just that she is still very relieved to see that her son can swallow it without frowning. At least his son has a good life and a hard life, and he is not hypocritical, which is enough.

Because Lizhen said that there would be no rain tonight, they all slept in the carriage, although it was definitely more comfortable to live in the cave, but they really didn't want Lizhen to toss a big family for them.

Just because they think about the Li Zhen family everywhere, Xiaolong has already accumulated a reputation as a good official before he arrives.

The further you go away from Qujiaao, the more people who live there will become, and there will be a group of caves almost two miles away. The fields of crop are also one after another, and there is no more wasteland that is idle.

After walking unhurriedly for two days, he finally arrived at the gate of Lanzhou Mansion at sunset. This is a frontier city, and unlike when they entered and exited the city in their hometowns without fortifications, vehicles and individuals entering and leaving the city here had to be carefully examined before they could be released.

When they arrived, even in the evening, there were still a lot of people and cars at the gates of the city. Loud noises could still be heard at the gates, as if something was delaying the work of the soldiers at the gates.

Xiaolong stuck his head out of the car window and said to a young man who was riding a horse and following him, "Zhang Han! You go over and see what's going on? How to deal with it as you see fit! "Because he hasn't taken office yet, and the official seal hasn't been obtained yet, so when he encounters something, he can only watch and do it.

Zhang Han dismounted and squeezed through the crowd of onlookers, and saw a woman about thirty years old kneeling on the ground begging the soldier to save her.

"Please, Soldier! Save the women! If they take it back, the women will die! Please! The woman wept and said as she kowtowed, and the other head made a muffled noise on the stone-paved road. There were two other people next to her, who seemed to be ready to step forward to pull her up and take her away, but they were not allowed to approach because of the obstruction of another soldier at the city gate.

The woman begged for a small leader of the city gate, although he knew that this matter was not in his charge, but since the woman begged for it, he had no way to ignore it. But how do you manage this? He felt a pang of trouble in his heart again. When he frowned and thought about something, the woman's forehead that had already kowtowed was bleeding, and Zhang Han saw it and hurriedly said, "Auntie! You can't go on like this again, or you'll die by yourself before anyone saves you. ”

After he finished speaking to the woman, he said to the officer at the city gate, who was thinking about something: "This military master! Either you put this woman's business aside and let them get out of the way, and the other side should continue to check, and quickly clear this entrance and exit! What do you think? ”

The little leader suddenly remembered his own duty, and hurriedly nodded and thanked: "Yes!" Right! Thank you to this brother, I almost missed the point. At the same time, he beckoned the woman to stop kneeling on the ground and kowtow, and quickly stood aside, and asked the two servant-like men to drive the carriage to the side and wait. Although the two men were reluctant, they did not take the woman away, and they did not dare to drive the empty carriage back, so they obediently drove the carriage aside and got out of the way.

Zhang Han did not go back to the convoy, but stood aside and waited for the convoy to come. When the little leader saw more than a dozen big horses carrying strong young men with high spirits, guarding more than a dozen carriages with strange shapes and expensive prices, his first reaction was that the nobleman in the capital was here. After thinking about it, it was impossible, for many years, except for the officials who came to take office, I had never seen a decent nobleman come here.

My dear? The little leader's eyes lit up, could it be that the prefect appointed by the emperor came to take office. As soon as he thought of this possibility, he immediately stepped forward to the window of Xiaohu's car that was being verified, bowed down and clenched his fists and asked loudly: "Dare to ask Brother Tai, is it the new prefect?" ”

Xiaohu shook his head with a smile, opened the car door and went to the ground, pointed to Xiaolong who was about to get out of the car behind him and said, "He is!" ”

The little leader hurriedly greeted Xiaolong, and Shan Qi knelt down, "Welcome to the prefect!" ”

This is the second time that Xiaolong has faced others bowing to the official position of the prefect, but he still can't adapt to it, with an unnatural smile on his face, he bent down and stretched out his hand to make a false support and said: "Hurry up, please get up!" ”

"Thank you, sir!" (To be continued.) )