It was the end of the hour, and the sun had risen very high, because it was the early summer season, and the sun was particularly strong, although it was not like a large fireball at noon, but the heat was constantly rising from the scorching earth.

It was hot, really, really hot.

In this heat, there is not a trace of cool breeze, even if you hide under a tree, you feel unbearable, but there are many people squatting under the sun and trying to make a fire.

Make a fire for cooking!

The one who makes the fire is the one who has to work.

In ancient times, there were two meals a day, morning and afternoon, because there was no habit of eating at noon, so breakfast would be eaten relatively late, and the time was about 9 o'clock in the morning at the end of the hour, that is, in the later generations.

This first meal is called morning food, also called 饔 (yong), and the afternoon meal is called feeding, also known as 飧 (sun), and it is very important to eat only two meals a day.

At this time, it was the end of the hour, and the entire Datang team was busy cooking, although they were all busy cooking, but cooking and cooking were also different.

For example, the people who trekked with the convoy basically did not make a fire to cook, and most of them went to the mountains to find some wild fruits and the like, and made do with swallowing them to coax their stomachs.

The second group is the merchants who follow the convoy, these people basically have no shortage of food and supplies, they will make a fire to cook, and then eat to their heart's content.

The last group is the people who really lack nothing, they are much more elaborate than the common people and merchants, some of these people are nobles, some are families, they have money and food, and they have no worries about food and clothing.

Not only do they have no worries about food and clothing, but they also don't have to cook by themselves, even if they are in the middle of a long journey in a convoy, they will enjoy the dignity and dignity of eating to open their mouths.

When someone comes to eat, there must be someone who serves them, and those who are responsible for serving are the ones who make a fire under the sun to cook.

People who do the work!

"Mother, mother, mother, the water is boiling, is it time to put food, the child really feels so hot......"

Under the scorching sun, I suddenly heard the voice of a young child, if you follow the sound, you will inevitably see a six or seven-year-old little guy is next to the fire, he is already hot and sweaty, but he is holding a fan in his hand and trying to fan the wind, the fire in front of him is very vigorous, the little guy is full of sweat.

He wiped his sweat vigorously, the fan in his hand continued to stir up, and his eyes stared directly at the iron pot above the fire, and when he saw the water boiling, he immediately shouted to his mother.

His mother was also beside the fire, and when she heard this, she hurriedly poured a bag of grain into the pot, and then picked up the little guy with a distressed face, and reprimanded him harshly: "How many times have I said you, why don't you listen, my mother can be busy herself, and you don't need to suffer this sin." ”

"I want to help you, so I won't be afraid of being offended......" the little guy stubbornly raised his head.

Although he was reprimanded by his mother, his face was full of pride, and he said loudly: "With me to help you light the fire, you will cook faster, so that you can rest early and don't have to stay in the sun and be sunburned all the time." ”

"Whew!"

The tip of the woman's nose was sore, and she hurriedly turned her head, she didn't want the child to see tears in her eyes, so she pretended to be squinted by the sand and rubbed it a few times.

After a long time, she turned her head and patted the child's head, and said softly: "Li'er, listen to your mother, you go and sit under the shade of the tree, my mother doesn't need your help." ”

After speaking, he was afraid that the child would refuse, so he said: "Your brother also needs someone to take care of him, he has been crying several times, Li'er is a sensible child, go and help your mother take good care of your brother." ”

The little one turned his head hesitantly and looked at the shade of a tree not far away, under which many people were sitting in the shade, and his brother was squeezed to the edge and alone.

"Mother's ......"

The little guy suddenly spoke in a low voice, his tone was childlike incomprehension, and he complained: "My father has become a big official, why do we still have to suffer?" ”

The woman was slightly stunned, and her face was a little sad.

The little guy said, "Those people are my uncles and uncles, and even some of them are grandfathers, and the book says, siblings, brothers, brothers, brothers, brothers, brothers, ”

This is a child's incomprehension, and his tone is sad.

The woman sighed faintly, stretched out her hand and gently rubbed the child's head, and after a long time passed, she said softly: "This is what my mother took the initiative to do, Li'er must not hold grudges against them." ”

"Why?"

The little guy was still puzzled.

The woman hesitated for a moment, and finally leaned down and lay on the child's ear, and whispered: "Mother is doing this to help your father, Li'er, you must remember that the dissatisfaction in your heart must not be hung on your face, otherwise it will be very bad to be seen, and maybe your father will pay an extra year of money." ”

"Why?"

The little guy's face was flushed, and his voice couldn't help but become high, after all, this child was too young to know how to hide his emotions, obviously his mother told him to be patient, but he couldn't help but get angry and his voice became higher, and he shouted loudly: "Daddy became a big official and brought honor to the clan, but not only did he not give a reward, but he also wanted Daddy to contribute his own money, Daddy has already paid five years, why add another year?" ”

These words were reasonable, but there was confusion and indignation in the child's tone, but his mother was startled and couldn't help but cover the child's mouth with her hand.

It's a pity that it's late.

I heard a sudden sneer under the shade of a tree not far away, and someone said with disdain: "Yo! This kid is very energetic! ”

It was a young woman who spoke, dressed in extremely soft silk, but when she saw her sitting in the shade of the tree, she sneered, looked at the fire from afar and said: "If you don't want to do it, don't do it, but you have to pretend to take the initiative, grovel on the surface, and teach bad children secretly, oops, oops, forget that you are no longer as good as before, you are now a great lady, the husband has entered the court, and he is a well-known five-grade master......"

If it is for people with the same status and status, this kind of talk belongs to saying that grapes are sour, but if it is aimed at people with unequal status, this kind of words will inevitably give people great pressure and intimidation.

The woman who burned the fire hurriedly put the child down, bowed eagerly, and hurriedly explained: "Fourth sister, don't be angry, the child is not very sensible. ”

"What a bold man, who are you calling the fourth sister?" The woman's face under the shade of the tree turned cold, and she said with a gloomy face: "My husband is the Cui family's descendant, what is your husband?" Don't compare with your peers, your peers must also be qualified. ”

As he spoke, he seemed to be getting more and more angry, and suddenly walked out from under the shade of the tree, and he didn't know where the anger came from, and he kicked the iron pot on the top of the fire, and a pot of fragrant porridge suddenly rolled to the ground, but when he heard a bang, the porridge water extinguished the fire.

The little guy was startled by her, and then he felt distressed, and couldn't help but shout, "You kicked over my mother's porridge." ”

The woman's face was even colder, her tone was colder than her face, and she stared at the little guy and scolded: "Open your dog's eyes and see clearly, this is your mother's porridge made with Cui's grain, doesn't your mother want to show it, let her make another pot again......"

As he spoke, he looked at the child's mother and said with a provocative expression: "How is it, your lady?" Doesn't it feel like it's a lot of fire? Don't hold back the fire if you have a fire, send it out for everyone to see, your husband is a dignified five-grade member, and he is a big man who can enter the court to participate in the court meeting. ”

The child's mother trembled angrily, but she still insisted on refusing to fight back, but said with a wry smile: "Fourth sister, why are you doing this? After all, the husband earned honor for the Cui family......"

"Phew!"

The woman smacked suddenly, gritted her teeth and said, "You still gasp when you say you're fat, does the Cui family lack an official for your man?" Do you really think that you are entering the court with your own skills? What is he without the promotion of Qinghe Cui's family? Do you really think it's a five-grade master? He is only from the fifth grade, this level is not even a dog in the Cui family, so you think he is a big official......"

The more she spoke, the more mean she became, and she was about to say something more ugly, when she suddenly heard the sound of the wind breaking in the air, but when she heard a muffled sound of 'bang', she fell to the ground abruptly.

There was a stone rolling on the ground where it had fallen.

The woman was stunned for a moment, then her face was full of anger, she let out a sharp scream from her mouth, gritted her teeth and said, "Who threw the stone, hurry up and get out of Mrs. Ben......"

"I'll throw it, but I won't roll, or you can teach me."

But when I heard a crisp voice sound, it sounded like a young boy, and he said indifferently: "Let me get out, I've never learned, you woman opened her mouth and said get out, could it be that you were born to do this?" Hehe, I heard that dogs can roll, but there are no leper dogs in the palace, there is a chance today, you can learn a leper dog and show me! ”

The woman was stunned again, her eyes couldn't help but follow the sound to check, and when she saw the person clearly, her face suddenly became angry, although she was born with a flower and a moon appearance, but at this moment she looked hideous and ugly, and scolded: "Cui Hao, you are so bold, kneel down for me obediently......"

There were three people standing proudly opposite, one big and two small, the big one was Cui Hao Cui Tan Xiao, and the small one was Bao Shusheng and Li Baiding.

At this time, Cui Hao's face was also full of anger, his eyes kept staring at the overturned cauldron on the ground, and suddenly he took a deep breath, the anger on his face slowly converged, and said lightly: "The stone, I didn't hit it!" ”

The woman actually knew that it wasn't him who smashed it, but she still stared at him with hatred, and at the same time pointed at Li Baiding beside Cui Hao, gritted her teeth and said: "Even if it wasn't smashed by you, it was also smashed by this little bastard you brought, no matter who did it, it must be counted on your head, Cui Hao, you have to kneel down for me today......"

After a pause, he looked at Li Baiding and said, "And this little bastard, you have to kneel too!" ”

Poof!

Cui Hao smiled!

He took a deep breath again and said, "The dignified Qinghe Cui clan, but when he opens his mouth like squirting dung, why doesn't anyone come out to take care of such a woman who corrupts the door style?" ”

Why didn't anyone come out and take care of it?

Not far away, under the shade of a tree, some people looked slightly stunned.

They vaguely felt that Cui Hao's style today was different from usual.

A few people's faces had already changed drastically, and they suddenly stood up hurriedly from under the tree, stared at Li Baiding and asked, "You just said that there are no leper dogs in the palace?" ”

Li Baiding's little face was cold, and he didn't care about these people, but he looked at the woman who scolded him and asked, "You just scolded this king for being a little mongrel?" Do you have the guts to go and scold my father once? ”

Do you have the guts to scold my father once?

These words suddenly made the faces of some people under the tree pale.

However, the scolding woman failed to react for a while, but spoke angrily again: "Scold, scold, what are you, who has the Qinghe Cui clan been afraid of, why should I scold you in front of your father...... Wait, your father? ”

Her face suddenly turned pale.

The graceful body trembled uncontrollably.

Li Baiding suddenly stepped forward for a walk, bent down and picked up the stone from the ground.

Then, in full view of the public, when the sky was clear, I saw the nine-year-old boy holding the stone high, hard, and smashing it down.

Bang!

The woman fell headlong.

Her beautiful face was bleeding like a stream.

Bang!

Stone again!

Bang!

Stones are still smashed!

smashed seven or eight times in a row, and the woman rolled her eyes and fainted.

Li Baiding threw away the stone with an indifferent face, and then looked at the person under the tree slowly, and said arrogantly with a small face: "Once, this king is a noble man in Tianhuang, and now, this king is a disciple of Bohai, I am ranked eighth, I give the name Bai Ding, and the master tells me to fight with me in my life, but there is an exception, it is not good to bully my junior brother, because, I have only one junior brother as the eighth old, and the master told me that he is the first ruthless person in the Tang Dynasty, and I can be the ninth ruthless person in the Tang Dynasty, and my ninth junior brother is the tenth ruthless ......"

As he spoke, he seemed to remember that there was something that he didn't explain, so he turned his finger at Cui Hao and said with a smile: "I forgot to tell you clearly, this is my ninth junior brother, the former Cui Hao, and the current Cui Tanxiao, who worshiped the Bohai Sea today and gave him the title of the king." ”

Worship in the Bohai Sea today.

Bestow the title of king!