Seeing Su Yi's surprised face, looking at Fu Yuan's appearance of wanting to speak and stopping, as if he wanted to dissuade but didn't dare, Luzhu knew that this was not an ordinary thing, and although he took it in his hand, he raised his eyes and looked at Fu Yuan: "What is this?" ”

"Tonic, replenish physical strength, eat it. will make you feel better. After Fu Heng finished speaking, he took a gourd from Lie Wei and handed it to Lu Zhu.

Luzhu wanted to want it, but if it was for his own sake, he delayed everyone's trip, so that everyone could not get to the place before dark, and experienced danger in the mountains and forests, the consequences would be even more inappropriate.

She stopped refusing and smiled at Fu Heng and Fu Yuan: "Thank you." ”

Tilt your neck and take the medicine.

Sure enough, not long after taking this pill, there was a feeling of heat under her abdomen.

The feeling grew stronger and stronger, and she felt that her stomach was no longer hungry, and her legs were stronger, and she finally supported herself to climb over three mountains before it was dark, and reached the place where they had to go—a col.

They only walked down the hill when they heard someone shouting from a distance: "Childe, Miss, you are back, I am afraid of death." ”

Immediately after, a group of people greeted him.

Only then did Lu Zhu see clearly that these people were all wearing gorgeous clothes, and there were a group of big men standing behind them, and there were more than a dozen people together.

Further on, in the meadows of the col, stood twenty or thirty children of her size, both male and female, but with a larger proportion of boys.

Everyone was holding a withered branch in their hands, standing there looking at Fu Heng and Fu Yuan, who were surrounded by everyone, their eyes were a little stunned.

"Put down the firewood. Come here and salute Childe and Miss. From now on, Childe and Miss will be your masters. A man in fine clothes walked to the middle of the meadow. Loud voice.

The children all put down the firewood and gathered over, learned the man's movements, knelt down unevenly, and kowtowed to the Fu Heng brothers and sisters.

Lu Zhu stood behind Fu Yuan, pretending to be not in the same group as those opposite, and did not move.

In ancient times, hunger and cold were combined.

Now he sells himself into slavery. Naturally, she would not be naïve to think that in her later life, she would still have the dignity she had in the past, and tell her masters what "everyone is equal". Keep your knees and back straight.

She just didn't want to be too noticeable.

Just now, in order to be able to go out of the mountain with these people, she couldn't help but behave very smartly.

But now that the goal has been achieved, it is better to hide it slowly and behave stupidly.

Only unobtrusive. She was able to find a chance to escape. Again. The situation is unknown, and it is not known what these people bought them for.

It's not a good thing to be too prominent, and you might die faster.

Of course, if Qin Wei wanted to go out and kneel, she would have to go out with her.

Thinking of this, she looked at Qin Wei with her spare eyes.

Qin Wei looked at the children who were obviously just bought like himself kneeling, looking very hesitant, not knowing what he should do properly. But when he turned his head and saw that the green bamboo was motionless. He pursed his lips and didn't move.

"Get up." Fu Heng brother and sister are at this moment. There was no superfluous expression on his face, and there was no more majesty in Qing Yue's voice.

But with such an indifferent and calm demeanor, it showed the demeanor of everyone, so that these children, who were not much different from him, were ashamed of themselves, that is, they didn't know the rules and didn't dare to get up immediately for a while.

"Young Master Xie and Miss." The man in the fancy costume made a demonstration, kowtowed to the ground again, and then got up.

The children of the organic spirit did so, and the stupid ones watched their companions do it, and they did it one after another, shouting "Gongzi Xie and Miss" and got up from the ground.

Seeing Fu Heng bowing slightly, the man in Chinese clothes turned around and said to the children: "Okay, pick up the firewood and make a fire in four piles." ”

This time, Luzhu did not break away from the collective again, and behaved differently.

She dragged Qin Wei by the hand, followed everyone into the forest next to her, picked up some dead branches and carried them over there.

At this time, a fire had already been lit upwind at the upwind port, and Fu Heng and Fu Yuan sat by the fire, listening to what the men in fancy clothes said to them.

And Su Yi found a small iron pot out of nowhere, washed it in the mountain stream, filled it with water, hung it on a fork and put it on the fire to boil the water.

There is a lot of strength in people, and in a short time, a large pile of firewood was picked up.

Under the command of the man in fancy clothes, three more fires were raised.

The children were arranged to sit around two fires far away from the Fu Heng brothers and sisters.

"Alright, it's time to eat." Another man carried a cloth bag in his hand, shook it at everyone, then threw it into the grass next to him, turned and left.

Everyone walked for a day, and at noon they had to eat a piece of cake shared by the big men, and when they were all growing their bodies, they were already so hungry that their chests were pressed against their backs.

At this moment, when you see something to eat, where do you still take the restraint just now to heart? Immediately pounced on the cloth bag like a hungry wolf.

Revolution is not a time for dinner or politeness.

So when Lu Zhu heard the man shouting, he didn't care about Qin Wei's reaction, and pulled him forward a few steps.

But she is thin and small, and she is a girl, she has no strength, and her movements are not so savage.

Even if she was prepared in advance, when everyone rushed up, she still stumbled and was squeezed to the side, almost stampede, and she didn't touch the edge of the cloth bag.

I had to watch everyone squeeze out of it with a flatbread.

Fortunately, Qin Weiren is not stupid, and he knew what she meant when he was pulled forward by her.

The man was tall again, and finally grabbed four large cakes and squeezed them out of the crowd.

Although Qin Wei's expression on his face was still so flat, he handed two cakes to Lu Zhu: "Eat." ”

"Thank you, Brother Qin Wei." Green Bamboo thanked him with a smile on his face.

She knew that this kid was still reliable at a critical time.

Qin Wei still didn't seem to hear it, eating the cake by himself, but he kept standing beside Luzhu and didn't leave.

Green bamboo also nibbled on a flatbread while looking around.

She worries that this is one of the rules of survival. Those people just want to use this method to do survival of the fittest.

If this is the case for every meal in the future, she will have little strength, and she will want to grab the cake without relying on Qin Wei. When pigs fly.

Today, there will definitely be people who eat more and occupy more, and some people will starve.

Sure enough, not far from them, a stout boy of one meter eight was holding five large cakes in his hand, and he was gnawing on it with a happy face; and a few men had four or three loaves of bread in their hands.

And there are four other skinny children. While rubbing the injured arms and legs, he looked at the empty cloth bag and cried anxiously.

Midoritake frowned. Turned his head to look at the Fu Heng brothers and sisters and Dahan.

I saw that Su Yi was gone, and Fu Heng was still talking to the man in Chinese clothes next to him, Fu Yuan was squatting next to the iron pot, holding some small gall bottles and not knowing what to sprinkle into the pot. The big men gnawed on the flatbread by themselves. No one is looking at this at all.

Is no one really watching? But she didn't believe it.

After looking around for a long time, she finally found a corner of her clothes on a nearby tree.

Luzhu's heart moved.

It seems that this is not some survival of the fittest, but I want to do the interview through this cake.

The reason why the man did not distribute the loaves but let them rob them was to see how they were doing.

Now, who have eaten the bread by virtue of their ability or relationship, and who have not; Who took the bread and gave it to others, and who took only their own portion of the bread? which ones eat more and occupy more; Which people take it for granted, and which people feel ashamed; Who stood by and watched. Who will speak up......

This cake is like a mirror that shows a person's abilities and conduct.

Thinking of this, Luzhu opened his mouth and took a bite of the cake, and then squinted his eyes comfortably.

It's been half a year since she came here, and she hasn't really eaten serious food except for eating bran all day long.

Although this cake is only made of sorghum noodles, only a little salt is added, and in order to preserve it for a long time, it is very dry and hard.

But when it comes to her mouth, it is no less than the delicacies of the mountains and seas.

"Hey, if you take so much of this bread, they won't have anything to eat. This is what Childe and Miss share for everyone, why don't you take so much when no one else has any? A voice rang out.

Midoritake raised his eyes and looked over.

is a tall, strong, thick-eyed and big-eyed young man, who seems to be a person with a great sense of justice. He glared at the strong boy, his face full of indignation.

The strong boy paused in surprise and looked at the person in front of him who questioned him.

glanced at everyone again, saw that everyone was looking at him, and then recalled what the kid in front of him said, and suddenly blushed.

He grew strong and ate a lot. Usually starving at home all day long, today I finally grabbed five flatbreads, and I saw that I realized my wish to be able to eat enough, but I didn't expect someone to say that he ate more and occupied more.

But this bread he never wanted to give.

He moved his cheeks and swallowed the cake with difficulty, and he glared at the person in front of him: "I didn't rob your bread to eat, what's the matter with you?" Thou shalt have pity on them, and wilt thou give them thy bread to eat? ”

"I ......" the messenger of justice was choked speechless.

But he quickly calmed down, and said, "If you don't give up the extra bread, I'll go and tell my masters that you won't have a single bread to eat." ”

The strong boy glanced back at the other side, as if he was a little scared.

After thinking about it, he took out a cake from his arms and said, "I have a large amount of food, so I can let one at most." ”

There are not just two people in the cake, as long as the thorn is willing to take one out, things will be easy to do.

The messenger of justice stopped pressing him, took the bread, and handed it to the one who had not been taken.

He was about to go to the others to persuade him to educate, but he didn't need to speak anymore, and those people handed the bread they had taken extra to those who didn't grab it.

A storm subsided.

Midoritake smiled.

Although Fu Yuan on the other end has not looked here, her keen perception has not missed every move that happened here.

The fact that the messenger of justice did not sue first but found a way to solve it in private shows that he is a very intelligent man who knows how to weigh the pros and cons - if he does to file a complaint, although the matter can be resolved, the children who have no bread to eat will be grateful to him.

But when the strong boys were punished, they naturally hated him; And most children will also think that he is a traitor.

After all, everyone came out of the mountains, and they were all sold into slavery, and this contradiction can be regarded as a contradiction among the people.

Shouting out without being the first is no different from selling friends for glory.

Now that he solves it like this, everyone will think that he is smart and righteous. It can be said that he has won the respect of everyone, even the strong boys.

When the turmoil subsided, everyone stopped talking, ate bread earnestly, and if thirsty they went to the mountain stream to drink water.

The afterglow of the sun reluctantly moved down step by step, and finally there was only a trace of gray left in the sky.

The breeze blew, rustling the trees, and the smoke from the fire drifted everywhere.

There is no way back home, the future is bleak, everyone's mood is a little low, even Luzhu also misses his uncle's not warm home.

She casually swept her eyes over the fire, watching Fu Yuan eating a piece of sauced beef there in small bites, and couldn't help but think of a paragraph she had read in her previous life in modern times-

In costume TV series, similar scenes are often seen: on a windy and sandy day, a bearded man wearing a hat and a cloak breaks into a dilapidated inn.

The shopkeeper immediately stepped forward with a smile: Guest officer, are you playing a sharp game or staying in the hotel?

Dahan glanced at him coldly: Eh, eat noodles~

After a while, the steaming bowl of meat noodles broke off the table, and the big man began to gobble it up.

Makes your index finger move, doesn't it? Would you like to have a bowl too? All right. The shopkeeper turned around and walked into the kitchen, the movement was still numb enough, and after a while, the same steaming bowl of noodles was served on your table. So, you start moving your chopsticks.

Wait! How do you toppings beef without chunks?

Well, I'm sorry, the shopkeeper smiled and said: This dynasty is forbidden to kill cultivated cattle. In ancient times, there were no beef cattle farms for diners to feast on.

During the Song and Ming dynasties, there were clear provisions for the protection of cultivated cattle.

And the Da Ming Law even stipulates that "those who kill cattle privately, thirty rods", if you deliberately or the number is enough, then you can't live it, you have to be exiled.

This regulation was not improved until the middle of the Qing Dynasty, when the influx of Hui ~ people brought grazing cattle and the custom of eating beef.

Hey, there's no beef, pork is fine, bear with me! Leave the toppings alone. But this green onion, I don't look like a shallot? Don't......

That's right, guest officer, you see, this is green onions. As for the shallots you mentioned, they are not from the Central Plains, they are native to Siberia, and a small amount of them planted outside the customs have been sent to the imperial court, but we don't have them here.

Well, bear with me a little longer! What do I want for red soup and chili peppers? You've finally found out.

Xiao Er was dizzy: I'm sorry, peppers are still grown in the Americas. It was not until Columbus discovered the American continent that it was brought back to Europe, and then with the missionaries to Southeast Asia, and then to China at the end of the Ming Dynasty. (To be continued.) )