Chapter 2 Food and Clothing
Li Xinchen did not become the owner of this body for no reason, the original Li Xinchen rolled down the hillside outside the village and fell into the stream at the bottom of the mountain. Although he did not suffer much skin injury, when the villagers raised him, it turned out that the soul had dissipated and was replaced by another soul from 1,500 years later.
Lying in bed in the past two days, Li Xinchen has been able to flexibly control his limbs and thoughts, at this time his limbs are strong, his lower abdomen and chest can be seen to be muscles that have been trained by trekking between the mountains and fields all year round, and his complexion is also quite healthy wheat color, which is far from the image of his previous life full of white flowers and fat.
When he got out of bed and moved his hands and feet around the room, he felt the strength of his body.
"It's good to be healthy, young and muscular!" Li Xinchen looked at his bulging arm muscles and couldn't help but sigh deeply.
"Brother, it's time to eat!" There was a crisp shout from the outhouse, and a ten-year-old girl with a double-ringed bun jumped out and kept waving her arms at him.
Li Xinchen nodded, after his mother died, he had been adopted by Li Cheng, the head of the Li family in the village, so he became surnamed Li with Li, and his name was also given by Li Cheng. After all, at that time, his mother was frightened and died in childbirth, and she did not tell her name clearly, and the people in the village had nothing to do.
There are three surnames in the whole village, the Li family, the Zheng family and the Song family, and it is natural to form three families, each of which has a patriarch, and each has an area where its own clan lives.
And the patriarch of this generation of the Li family is Li Cheng, a young and promising patriarch who is quite respected, but what makes people sigh is that this patriarch is a middle-aged daughter, because of the deep love between husband and wife, so he did not marry again, so there is only a little girl under his knees. However, fortunately, Li Xinchen, who was adopted by the Li family before, can continue to inherit the incense for the patriarch.
And because Li Xinchen was naturally diligent, not only did he learn a large number of ancient books and poems from Li Cheng when he was young, but he also worked very hard in the rest of the village affairs, and he took a group of Ding Zhuang to help build the houses of several orphans and widows in the village. No matter the person with the surname in the village, when he mentions the Li family's brother, he applauds again and again.
Originally, there were many orphans in the village who adopted to continue their own incense, and Li Xinchen's efforts were learned, so everyone directly ignored the identity of Li Xinchen's adopted son, and really regarded him as the young patriarch of the Li family.
But who knew that the sky did not fulfill people's wishes, the Li family brother fell down the slope, and everyone worked hard to save them, but fortunately, Li Cheng spent a lot of money to invite the wandering Taoist priest, and finally drove away the evil ghosts in the mountains attached to the Li family's brother. In the past few days, Li Xinchen has been lying peacefully on the bed, and the people in the village who came to visit almost broke through the threshold of Li Cheng's family.
In the war, it was not easy for everyone, so Li Cheng symbolically accepted a few eggs, but this was enough for the three members of the Li family to improve their food.
Li Li'er waited until Li Xinchen sat down before Shi Shiran brought the dishes and chopsticks to him. Li Xinchen suddenly smiled at his sister. Li Cheng walked over slowly and said with a smile: "Come on, come on, this is the egg of the old hen in the mountain, to replenish the baby's body." Girl, don't rob your brother. ”
Li Li'er, who was about to drool, suddenly pursed her lips and snorted twice, but did not object. This time, it was Li Xinchen's turn to be embarrassed, no matter how he said that he was a young man, let the old man and the little girl watch him eat, even if he was thick-skinned, he couldn't afford it.
So Li Xinchen forcibly endured his hunger, pushed the bowl of eggs in front of Li Li'er, and then grabbed a chopstick and ate wild vegetables with relish.
When people are hungry, where can they care about what they eat, and they can fill their stomachs. As for secretly, Li Xinchen could only swallow tears into his stomach silently, he didn't smell meat for so many days, and he didn't even see Oil Xing'er, for a modern person who is used to the life of big fish and big meat, this is simply a hellish torment.
Looking up at the surprised Li Li'er and Li Cheng, Li Xinchen suddenly felt a little heartbroken.
They just can't bear it after just a few days, but they have been suffering for ten or even thirty or forty years, and they will continue to suffer for a long time.
However, I have to say that the mountain spring water in this era is clean and the wild vegetables are healthy, although there has been no enough rich food for a long time, Li Li'er and Li Cheng's faces have no obvious unhealthy looks, and they are even a little ruddy.
It shows that for people in this era, this is already a good meal.
"Brother, let's eat it." Li Li'er hurriedly pushed it back, "You usually like to eat this the most, but you always let me, not this time." ”
Li Chengcheng next to him silently watched these two people push the bowl of eggs around across the table, and finally couldn't help knocking on the table: "One person and half, both have a share, you two will be cold if you push like this!" ”
His hand froze in the air, Li Xinchen was silent for a moment, inserted the chopsticks into the bowl of scrambled eggs, carefully divided it into two large and one small, and first divided the small one by two and ate it, and then pushed the bowl to Li Li'er and Li Cheng: "Dad, sister, the two of you are one and a half, I have eaten it." ”
Li Li'er and Li Cheng were stunned for a moment, neither of them spoke first, but there were faint tears in their eyes. Li Cheng's hand trembled slightly and picked up a chopstick of wild vegetables: "Baby, girl, it's that my father has no ability, and he can't even fill your stomach, but there is no way, if you want to beg for food and clothing in your belly these years, you basically have to take your life." Daddy is old, and there is only one person, how can I support the two of you! ”
After being silent for a moment, Li Xinchen stood up: "Daddy, I'm full, you and your sister eat first." ”
Before he could finish speaking, he turned and walked out.
Because Li Xinchen knew that there was no way for him to stay in this room for another second, otherwise he might not be able to control his tears. At this moment, he finally understood why the people of ancient China were the most simple, obedient and hard-working people, because their requirements were really not high, as long as they could feed their stomachs and feed their children, it was enough.
However, around 5,000 years, with the change of dynasties and the chaos of wars, how many years have been the real peace and prosperity, and how many years have the people been able to really know the taste of food and clothing?
kept throwing off his steps and walking to the side of his own fence, stretching out his hand to press the fence, Li Xinchen paused and gasped. The crisp air of the mountains washed his chest and abdomen.
In an instant, he vaguely understood that he was standing here at this moment, not only for himself, but also for his father and sister in the room behind him. Looking at his hands, Li Xinchen felt a deep sense of powerlessness.
Now I am so incompetent that I can't even meet the food and clothing of three people.
But then Li Xinchen shook his head violently, he was thinking about what he was thinking, when did a little white-collar worker who couldn't manage himself well in the past become a virgin? In this troubled world, even if you don't know if you can survive, how can you manage others?