Dong Ping took a sip of tea in silence, and then said, "Sister, can you send those edible items brought by the family to the barracks and distribute them to those ordinary soldiers?" I will be more frugal in the future, their life is really hard..."

Dong Rong knocked her brother with a smile and said angrily, "It's just some edible food, how can it be worth your swallowing like this?" Although our family is not a rich country, it is not lacking in this little thing. But if you want to prepare a thank-you gift for ordinary soldiers, those things are a little inappropriate, it is better to send some food, they will not attract people's attention if they get the benefit. ”

"Okay, just listen to my sister. It's better to send some meat, they can't even eat enough bread all day, it's really pitiful. Dong Ping remembered that he had meat to eat when he came out now, but those men who slept in a tent didn't know when they would be able to eat a full meal, and their faces darkened for a while.

Dong Rong didn't persuade again, some experiences always have to be thought about and precipitated slowly after the end, and outsiders can't help at all.

She called Wen Niang outside the door to ask Steward Zhang, and then asked the almighty housekeeper for advice, "Uncle Zhang, Brother Ping plans to send some food to the barracks to those ordinary soldiers, I don't know what to send for a while, Uncle Zhang will help think about it." It's best not to be at home, those baskets of buns a few days ago almost exhausted Wen Niang and Zizhu, if you can save some effort this time, even if you spend a few more taels of silver. ”

Steward Zhang glanced at Dong Ping quietly, and admired in his heart that this young master was worthy of being a sister and brother with his wife, and his heart and courage were better than ordinary people. In the past, he must have endured a lot of hardships in the barracks, but now that he has come out, he doesn't want to retaliate, but he has to give gifts to go in, which is really virtuous and resentful, and he can be called a saint and a gentleman.

Dong Ping was blushing by Steward Zhang, and thought that he was blaming himself for casually talking about things and asking his sister to bother and effortlessly, but he was really a little ignorant. So he hurriedly said, "The money for preparing food is transferred from my account book, just to bother Uncle Zhang to help Zhang Luo." ”

How dare Steward Zhang hold up, he quickly got up and responded, and finally thought carefully for a while before saying, "I have been walking around the city for the past few days, and I found that this place is probably close to the Beiban, and the locals do not like to eat japonica rice, and several small shops on the street are selling steamed buns and steamed buns. There are less than 7,000 people left in the camp in the border army, and if you invite a few shops to rush together, it is estimated that you will be able to gather enough staple food in two days. As for the dishes, the adjutant general and the general have to book two tables of good tables in the restaurant alone, and the soldiers below... Just send the meat in and ask the leader to boil the broth. ”

Dong Rong's sister and brother all nodded when they heard this, Dong Rong was just about to settle the matter, but she didn't want Xu Mao to break in from outside the door with a group of classmates, and shouted loudly, "How can Juncheng be alone with such a good thing?" Although my family doesn't have any money, I can still get a few taels of silver. I'm in the mix! ”

"And me, and me!"

The scholars originally came in to thank the Dong family's sister for entertaining, but they happened to hear them discussing with Steward Zhang to send food to the barracks, so they hurriedly asked to participate regardless of etiquette.

Dong Rong's sisters and brothers naturally won't refuse them, even if they refuse, I'm afraid they will prepare otherwise, it's better to act together.

In this way, Steward Zhang was also pushed aside. A group of scholars discussed for a long time, and soon scraped together fifty taels of silver, and Dong Rong directly helped his younger brother add a silver ticket, which happened to be one hundred taels.

After the students divided the work, they each ran back to wash and change clothes, and finally went out together to the restaurant to book a banquet, went to the small shop to buy steamed bread cakes, and went to the butcher shop to bargain.

The military city is not small, and many businesses are inextricably linked to the barracks, and even those steamed bun shops are opened by the families of several captains or partial generals in the barracks. When I heard that these handsome sons wearing green shirts and hanging jade pendants on their waists were buying food for the soldiers in the battalion as a thank you gift, almost everyone was so shocked that they couldn't close their mouths, and finally patted their chests vigorously to ensure that they would do it as soon as possible, and even only charged the cost price, not even the salary.

A group of scholars walked around and returned to the courtyard, all of them in a very complicated mood. Mr. Yang soon learned about this, and he immediately sent Mo Bo to send twenty taels of silver to Dong Ping, and set up a table in the study that night to invite Mr. Meng to drink. When he was drunk, the old gentleman, who was famous for his strictness, actually sang a little song proudly, celebrating that his hard work was not in vain, and his disciples were all sensible, benevolent and righteous gentlemen.

Three days later, Dong Ping took all his classmates and personally escorted dozens of carriages full of food out of the East City Gate. This time, the camp gates of the border army were wide open, and all the adjutant generals and partial generals under General Wu stood at the door to greet them.

Dong Ping stepped forward and saluted, and had to say a few polite words, but the deputy general in the lead had already raised his big fan and slapped him on the shoulder, "Don't say polite words, we are all rough people." I didn't toss you when I was angry before, not only did you not hold grudges, but you also remembered to invite your brothers to have a good meal, and the brothers wrote down this affection.

Come, let's go into camp! General Wu specially ordered that at noon today, except for the brothers on duty, the rest of the people would rest for two hours, and they should just eat and drink to their heart's content. ”

Dong Ping was almost out of breath by him, and finally came over and hurriedly responded, "The general is right, everything before has been revealed." These days, we eat and sleep with our brothers, and we have long been like a family. In a few days, we will go back to the academy, and today's meal will be practiced for us by our brothers! Brothers don't eat enough to eat happily, they just don't treat us as brothers! ”

"Haha, that's good!" The generals laughed and led them to the door. The 100 and 100 gang leaders in the back immediately received all kinds of cakes, steamed buns and pork stumbling blocks from the wagon, and the big iron pot in the rear camp had already been erected, and a large piece of pork was thrown in, and only a little salt was put in, and the aroma soon filled the entire camp.

As soon as the soldiers who were familiar with the scholars saw that the generals had dispersed, they rushed forward and pulled people back to their tents. Those who didn't know each other sat at the base of the tent and basked in the sun while swallowing saliva, looking forward to how to nibble on steamed buns and drink broth for a while.

Dong Ping was surrounded by seven or eight soldiers in the same camp at this time, and an elderly veteran asked vaguely while gnawing on the dried meat contributed by Xizi, "Dong Xiucai, when you first came in, the brothers bullied you a lot, aren't you angry?" Why do you still want to bring us food? ”

Another small soldier also said, "Yes, I kicked you back then." ”

Xu Mao originally grabbed the jerky again, but when he heard this, he said, "You kicked him, but the shoe prints are all printed on my buttocks!" ”

Everyone laughed, and the older soldier nodded, "That's a good thing, I originally thought that people who read books were all flowery, but I didn't expect you to be quite affectionate." ”

"That's, I'm the famous righteous Bo Yuntian Xiaolangjun!" Xu Mao raised his chin and bragged, and at the same time snatched the jerky in Dong Ping's hand and munched on it.

Dong Ping put him aside in amusement, and asked a few soldiers, "If there is a war one day, will you let the foreigners cut us down because we have laughed at you?" ”

"Of course not," several soldiers glared at each other and said angrily, "Our border army is here to protect the country and the people, how can we ignore the general righteousness because of personal hatred?" ”

"That's it," Dong Ping smiled and responded, "Although we have suffered here, we have not hurt our lives after all, and the most important thing is that we have learned a lot of truths that are not in books, and we admire your loyalty from the bottom of our hearts." That's why we are using our money to buy food today and thank all our brothers! ”

"Understand a lot of truth? What is the truth? The soldiers looked at each other, puzzled. But rough people have the temper of rough people, and if you can't think of it, you don't want to, so it's good that these readers don't hold grudges.

"You scholars, there are many twists and turns in your minds. Let's not talk about this, you can come to the military city if you have nothing to do in the future, if only you could bring us some wine and meat. Of course, if anyone doesn't bully you for a long time, you can send a letter, and the brothers will quickly kill you to support you! ”

Dong Ping and Xu Mao were both enthusiastic to listen, but they both knew the temper of the soldiers, and they did not politely thank them, but talked about the fun and delicious places in Qingxian, especially the various braised vegetables in the Four Seasons Garden. A few soldiers drooled greedily, and finally shouted that they must go to Qingxian County if they had the opportunity.

Dong Ping listened to the sound of drums outside, and hurriedly motioned to Xizi to hand over another basket.

"Brothers, after a while, we will leave, and I don't know when we will meet again. We didn't have any good things, but my sister had prepared a lot of medicines for me, but now I don't need them, so I just gave them to my brothers. ”

When he said this, he took out a lot of small wooden bottles, carefully distributed them to a few soldiers, and instructed, "The red bottle is a knife wound medicine, which is very effective, so save a little use." The pills in the blue bottle are for the treatment of wind and cold, and the pills in the white bottle are for the treatment of dysentery, so as long as you feel uncomfortable, take one pill quickly. Remembered? ”

Several soldiers looked at the medicine bottle in their hands for a long time and did not respond, there were nearly 10,000 soldiers in the barracks, but there were only three military doctors. Although these small pill bottles are lightweight, they are their lifesavers at critical moments.

The old soldier saluted first and said in a deep voice, "Brother Dong, your affection, the brothers have written it down." ”

The rest of the soldiers then saluted in the same way, nodding vigorously.

Dong Ping hurriedly waved his hand and said with a smile, "It's just a few pills, don't be polite." ”

The old soldier wanted to say something, but in the end he swallowed it back and joked instead, "How many small bottles of pills did you carry in such a big basket?" Brother Dong is really stingy! ”

Dong Ping laughed, tore all the cloth towels on the basket casually, and whispered, "There are some novelties here, and the oil paper is wrapped in a kind of snack, called biscuits, which is not afraid of rotting." The bottom eggs can be eaten by peeling off the shells, and they taste good. Hide it first, and then divide it among you in the evening. ”

"Oh, that's great." The two young soldiers shouted in a low voice and hid in the basket and went to the bed, just as someone was shouting outside for dinner, and everyone laughed and walked out.

At this time, there are already large baskets of steamed bread and cakes on the school grounds, as well as large vats of broth. The soldiers took turns to come forward to serve soup and receive steamed buns, and if they were lucky, they could even get meat buns.

(I got up at four o'clock in the morning, and I had time to ponder another chapter in the afternoon, and I guess I would rush out at about five o'clock.) Thank you for your support, hug, I'm so sleepy, while my son is sleeping, I will also squint. ）R638