Li Kui was strong and strong, and he walked with a flat pole carrying dozens of catties of things, which was a piece of pure cake for him, and he walked to the vicinity of the former Wangjiawu Fort near Laizhou in Rizhao in one breath, without even sweat on his forehead.

He stood on a small slope and looked at the original dock fort of the Wang family, but found that there were also many small buildings outside the walls of the original dock fort - most of them were straw houses.

But it's not about the material of the house, it's about why such a clearly defenseless building is built outside the dock wall?

Aren't these people afraid?

Not to mention the Tartar bandits and robbers, even if a small group of homeless people or other nearby dock castle owners seize the opportunity, they may come to grab a wave.

Since the imperial court moved south, there has been no building outside the defense system in Jiangbei for more than ten years.

"Uncle!"

At this time, a lively children's voice woke up Li Kui, who was in doubt.

When he looked back, he found that his nephew was carrying a large basket with a large bundle of pigweed, standing behind Li Kui with 7 or 8 friends of men and women, staring at him with big eyes and surprise:

"Uncle, you're back!"

The little guy seemed to be very, very surprised to see Li Kui, he trotted to Li Kui's side, tugged at the corner of Li Kui's clothes, and showed off to his friends:

"This is my uncle~~~, my uncle is a warrior of the new army~~~, my uncle is the commander's personal captain~~~"

The children's voice was very long, but Li Kui felt a little unaccustomed.

Uncle? Are children nowadays called so formal?

However, the little nephew showed off like this, and he really received a burst of amazement from his friends, which actually made Li Kui feel that he seemed to be a great hero.

So, you can't embarrass your little nephew, can you?

Li Kui put down the flat shoulder, took out a small oiled paper bag from his arms, opened it, carefully pinched out a pinch of brown sugar, and put it in his nephew's mouth:

"Taste, it's good!"

The little guy licked it, smashed it carefully, and after a while, a brilliant light was released on his face: "It's so sweet!" ”

"Really?"

Li Kui happily picked up his little nephew, let the child ride on his neck, and then raised the salute and walked home:

"Uncle bought fine noodles today, go home and let your mother eat pancakes, and braised pork!"

"Oh~~~, eat the cake!"

The two of them, one big and one small, walked away happily, followed by a large string of direct saliva, and the envious little .......

A quarter of an hour later......

"No! What kind of pancakes to eat! ”

Li Kui looked at his sister-in-law, who was as thick as him, pinching her waist, and pointed at Li Da, Li Kui, and the little nephew who were shrugging their heads, and scolded:

"I've just eaten a few days and eaten full, I don't know how thick the sky is, right? Eating pancakes? I still want to eat braised pork! Why don't you go to heaven? ”

Li Kui's brother Li Da is a tenant of the Wang family, when the two brothers lived together in the past, the poor jingle sounded, this mother-in-law or the Wang family saw Li Da's honest duty, hard work and willingness to work, gave a rough maid to Li Da, which allowed the Li family to stay behind.

Because of this incident, Li Kui's wife has always been grateful to the Wang family, and she is also obedient to this daughter-in-law, especially after she gave birth to a son, the internal affairs of the Li family have actually fallen into the hands of Li Da's daughter-in-law.

Not to mention Li Da and his son, even Li Kui, who has actually gone out independently, has to be honestly trained when he returns home - no way, who makes the old lady support others?

Li Kui, not to mention anything else, at least in terms of filial piety, it is still no problem to do it.

"Keep the fine noodles for the New Year!"

After severely reprimanding the men in the family, Li Kui's sister-in-law began to cook Zhang Luo, of course, vetoing the pancakes and braised pork, it doesn't mean that it can't be improved today.

"I'll stew you rice, Li Da, you take your brother to boil fat meat!"

Fatty meat is a rare good thing in this era, but the poor generally do not eat it directly like large families, but use it to boil oil, and the remaining fat residue can also be cooked, killing two birds with one stone.

The house was small, and the grass shed was not suitable for too much fire-related work, so Li Da and Li Kui set up a large pot outside the house, cut the fat into small pieces, and put a small amount of water in the pot to boil.

"Brother, when did you have your own pot at home?"

Li Kui asked curiously.

In the past, the people of Wubao shared the same pot with several households, and they had to give the Wang family a little grain as rent every year.

"Rewarded by the lord of the Wang family."

Li Da replied a little embarrassed:

"You take the initiative to sign up as a soldier, and the master of the Wang family is very happy, so he rewarded our family with this pot."

The Rizhao royal family has in-laws with the Xu family in Juzhou, and they are the earliest foreign dock castle owners to take refuge, so they are also the first external dock castle owners to enter the core layer of Qingzhou.

Today's head of the Wang family has been taken over by Xu Shiyang's uncle Wang Ping, and the competition of the Wang family for the head of the family has long ended.

When the new army was recruited in Rizhao for the first time, everyone still had great doubts about this, and the Wang family showed their loyalty to the Xu family in order to carry out the conscription smoothly, and hinted that they would give some benefits to the families who took the initiative to join the army.

This pot is one of the benefits that was given in the first place.

Not to mention anything else, with this pot, Li Dajia can make their own fire and cook, without wasting time cooking with others, can spend more time on the work at hand, and does not need to spend grain to rent a pot.

Even if the neighbors are in need, they will come to rent Li Da's pot, so that they can save a few more liters of food every year.

Don't underestimate a few liters of food, many times, these liters of food can save lives!

There was a burst of oil fragrance from the cauldron, Li Kui's nephew squatted on the side to help add firewood to the fire, Li Da lifted the lid of the pot, stirred a few times in the pot with a bamboo colander, fished out a small piece of oil residue, and stuffed it into his son's mouth dotingly.

The child who was smoked into a flower face immediately smiled: "Dad, it's so fragrant!" ”

Seeing his son's smile, the father also smiled with satisfaction.

"Brother, when I came, I saw some houses outside the wall, what's going on?" Li Kui then asked, "Aren't you afraid of bandits?" ”

"Who dares to rob our Wang family now?" Li Da replied slowly: "What is the relationship between Master Wang and the Xu family?" The bandits were cleared early in the morning, and there is a hateful lord over there in Laizhou, so if we don't rob them, we should burn incense and chant Buddha. ”

"And the ...... of the homeless"

"Outcasts? Those who live outside the wall are all homeless people who have taken the initiative to vote, and they have land to plant and a house to live in when they go down the mountain, so they don't have to be frightened, they don't have to eat the last meal or the next meal. ”

"This year, there are a lot of singles in our fort who have married daughters-in-law, many of them are homeless women, some widows, and some girls, people are not stupid, they can live a stable life, why not?"

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