Chapter 3 Eating grasshoppers

Seeing Sun Xiangfu eating insects, everyone's expressions were not very good, it was normal to be nauseous, and it was difficult for people who had never eaten this thing to accept this thing psychologically.

However, when Sun Xiangfu ate the second and third bamboo insects one after another with an expression of enjoyment, the bold Sun vigorously accepted the fact that this insect could be eaten, no matter how unpalatable it was, it couldn't be difficult to eat Guanyin soil! Thinking that in order to escape the war, he even ate Guanyin soil, so in order to show his support for Sun Xiangfu, Sun Dali also decided to try it.

"Brother Dali, let's have one! It's really delicious, and it's a big tonic. ”

Seeing Sun Dali's eagerness to try, Sun Xiangfu took the initiative to take a bamboo worm from the bamboo skewer and feed it to his mouth.

"Kaji."

"Well, it's so fragrant, and there's a little bit of saltiness, this meat is better than fish and shrimp."

After eating one, Sun Dali took the initiative to reach out and take off the other one on the bamboo skewer and stuff it into his mouth, watching the two of them eat with relish

Everyone didn't feel disgusted anymore, but the young sergeant was bold and said to Sun Xiangfu, "Give me a taste too." ”

These bamboo insects were originally used by Sun Xiangfu to exchange millet porridge with the sergeant, and when he heard that Sun Xiangfu directly handed the bamboo skewer with four or five bamboo insects on the string to the young sergeant, the young sergeant took one of them, put it in his mouth cautiously, and chewed it twice tentatively, revealing an expression that was really so.

Then, the remaining few roasted bamboo worms were all stuffed into his mouth by him, and he said while chewing, "Well, it's delicious, you hurry up and roast some more, I'll cut a few more bamboo skewers for you, and I'll eat it for lunch today." ”

"Aren't they just bugs! Is it really that delicious? ”

"Uh, it's not delicious at all, such an unpalatable worm, I'd better eat it myself, as for my share of millet porridge, you can share it with him!"

The young sergeant seemed to think of something, and when he said the words on his lips, he held back vividly, and pointed to Sun Xiangfudao, who was holding bamboo skewers again, but the more he did this, the more curious Daniel Zhang and the other soldiers who drank porridge about the taste of this bug.

"Boy, bake me a skewer too, and I'll cut the bamboo skewers for you."

Daniel Zhang couldn't help it after all, took out his saber, cut a thin bamboo skewer three times and divided it by two, and threw it to Sun Xiangfu, anyway, one skewer is also roasted, two skewers are also roasted, Sun Xiangfu directly skewered all the bamboo worms in the pottery bowl on the skewers, and roasted them all at once.

"Well, well, this bug is really delicious, and I also ate a smell of refined salt······"

"What's that, brothers, it's still early, how about we bake a few more skewers, let's get a knife fast, and catch insects ······ fast"

When Daniel Zhang and several other sergeants also tasted the taste of roasted bamboo worms, they no longer had the slightest interest in the white boiled millet porridge, so the half-pot millet porridge was directly rewarded to Sun Xiangfu by the young sergeant, just to make room for them to roast bamboo worms, and after seeing Sun Xiangfu roast insects twice, several sergeants generally knew the trick of roasting insects, roasting slowly over low heat, stiff and discolored.

In the envious eyes of the onlookers, Sun Xiangfu hurriedly returned home with half a pot of millet porridge, found a bamboo soup spoon for eating at home, and hurriedly fed his sister first, and his younger brother, who smelled the smell of millet seeds, also struggled to sit up from the bed.

"You eat slowly, there's half a pot here! Can't eat too much at once······"

While telling his younger brother, while watching his half-comatose sister greedily sucking the soup spoon, Sun Xiangfu felt for the first time that he had so many responsibilities in his life, since he came here inexplicably, then live a good life!

After feeding a few spoonfuls of millet porridge, the little sister Sun Lili finally opened her eyes, her dizziness was hungry, once there was food in her stomach, she immediately regained some strength, and she was able to sit up and eat by herself.

"Big brother, after my father and mother died, this is the best meal I have ever eaten, by the way, you got the millet from there, is it that the crops in the field are ready to be harvested? Great, we've finally made it through this year. ”

Looking at the second brother who was drinking porridge and being silly and happy, Sun Xiangfu didn't want to hit him, the millet and wheat in the field could only be harvested after the Mid-Autumn Festival, and it was only mid-June, at least more than two months!

However, since he recognized the fact that he had crossed, Sun Xiangfu didn't think that he would be stumped by the problem of eating, so he touched the heads of his younger brothers and sisters and said, "Don't worry, eldest brother will never let you starve again in the future." ”

"Big brother, you're so nice."

This is the first time Sun Xiangfu has heard Xiaomei speak in three days, I remember that when my parents were seriously ill last year, the village chief Hu Cai once proposed that my grandfather sell Xiaomei, exchange for some money and food, and survive for a year, and that time, it was the darkest time in Xiaomei's life, there were several groups of people who came to the village to see her, and bargained, and finally failed to succeed in the transaction under the strong opposition of the grandmother.

In this era, once sold into slavery, it will be cheap for generations, unless there is a big opportunity, it is difficult to turn over, and the specific origin of the grandmother's mother's family does not know the grandfather, in the war years, the refugees got together, and they lived a life, he couldn't imagine that in this matter, this woman who met in Pingshui would be so stubborn, and would rather starve to death than compromise, and in the end only two people died.

It is also this experience that makes Xiaomei's temperament become timid, and she is usually afraid when she sees someone, even if she gets along with someone at home, she is also cautious, for fear of making her family angry.

"I'm your eldest brother, it's right to be good to you, okay, you can't eat too much at a time, I'll leave a bowl for each of you, you sleep first, and then eat after you get up, I have to go back and return the pot."

Sun Xiangfu touched the heads of the two little guys, and the two little guys nodded obediently, but their eyes kept aiming at the two clay bowls that were filled with porridge.

Out of the house, Sun Xiangfu quickly sent the pot to the village, looking at the pot that was not brushed, the villager Wang Da Niu happily took it and ran back to his house, thinking that some of the remaining millet in the pot could let him get through today.

Sometimes I think about it, why people praise the rule of Zhenguan so much, maybe it is because Li Shimin brought the people of this period from such difficult conditions to the point of abundant food and clothing!

More than a dozen large bamboos with bamboo insect feces were cut down, there were a lot of insects inside, Sun Xiangfu no longer knew how many strings those sergeants had eaten, and now the villagers who were responsible for cutting bamboo and catching bamboo insects were led by Hu Cai, as for the sergeants, one person was roasting insects with several bamboo sticks.

"A few military masters, after eating a meal of meat in our village, but only giving half a pot of millet seeds, this is a bit unkind!"

Sun Xiangfu seemed to be saying it to all the sergeants who roasted worms, but his eyes only looked at the young sergeant, and he knew that only this young sergeant cared about what he said.

"So what? You are the people, we are soldiers, and the people raise soldiers, which is justified, and it is also the same reason to say this in front of the king of Qin. Don't fight us about the idea of marching food, that's a number, and in the next few days, our team will have to live on it. ”

The young sergeant is not as easy to talk as Sun Xiangfu imagined, and he is right, this world is so fucked up, the ruler has the sovereignty of all people or things in this country, and he says what he wants, you must give what he wants, and the sergeant is the person who specifically implements the will of the ruler, especially the sergeant who is equipped with a horizontal knife and a horse pistol and a fine war horse, if Sun Xiangfu has read enough history books, he will definitely guess that this is the Xuanjia cavalry under Li Shimin, It's just that now they don't have heavy armor.

"The military food boy doesn't dare to ask for it, but those items that are not necessary, can you give some rewards, if so, the next time you pass by here, I will invite you to eat roasted bamboo worms."

After carefully looking at this young sergeant, Sun Xiangfu determined that this kid was a rich second generation, because he actually had a piece of finely carved jade hanging around his neck, and the brocade bag around his waist was made of silk, and the bulging bag contained many things, as for the saddle stirrup, needless to say, it was better than the military Hou Daniel Zhang's, and it was almost inlaid with gold and jade.

"My father often said that a crying child has milk to eat, so he often cries in front of him, and as a result, he gets a lot of benefits that others don't have, and you, do you want to express some milk from me?"

Unexpectedly, the young sergeant's face looked a little rough, but the inside was a fine person, Sun Xiangfu's little trick was recognized, but he didn't feel embarrassed at all, just looked at the young sergeant's eyes with sincere eyes, he believed that the people of this world are simple, and the rich children of this world will definitely give tips after enjoying it.

It's a pity that he guessed wrong, and the young sergeant didn't say anything after saying this, so he had to stand aside, watching the young man still be unsatisfied after eating more than a dozen large strings of bamboo insects.

So, Sun Xiangfu finally couldn't help but say, "These bamboo insects are the last bit of food before the autumn harvest in the whole village, although it is difficult to manage the full, but the nutrition is sufficient, everyone only needs to eat one or two bunches a day, they will not be starved to death, so, please give the people in this village a way to live!" If you're really hungry and want to be full, I have another food I recommend to you. ”

"Another kind of food? Seek it. The boy was energized when he heard this.

"I'm afraid you won't dare to eat it."

"Is it more disgusting than this bamboo worm? But since you call it food, I think it's just something that doesn't look good, but it tastes very fragrant, get it quickly, if it's really delicious and full, I have my own blessing for you. ”

"Hehe, you should be familiar with this thing, it's grasshoppers, or locusts."

"Locusts, locusts? That stuff can be eaten, too? ”

The young man was stunned, and he finally realized the feeling that Daniel Zhang wanted to draw a knife and hit people before.