In the faint smoke of morning cooking and the aroma of cooking,

Wang Jian, a new soldier in the garrison who looked plagued and distracted and seemed to be awake and unconscious, took a semi-circular tableware cut into bamboo, followed the long line step by step, and mechanically completed a series of actions such as washing his face, cleaning his mouth, tidying up and dressing, and finally appeared on the side of the hot room and pots, only to receive his share of breakfast;

Two gray steamed dumplings and a spoonful of sparse vegetable porridge, but he still felt a little satisfied; You know, even when he's at home, he doesn't have much opportunity to eat these things; The black and rancid chaff and vegetables, and the bark and grass roots of the occasion, were the things that occupied most of his cognition;

And here you can actually eat three meals a day, that is only a good thing when the farm is busy and God grabs the harvest, not to mention that there is a dry wheat rice or coarse cake for lunch, which is a good thing that may not be able to get if the big family works hard; Therefore, for him, the extra dinner is completely earned.

But at the moment, they still can't eat immediately, but have to complete a few precepts and declarations on the banner of the rebels under the leadership of their respective fire commanders.

It is nothing more than shouting with all the strength of the whole body, "My parents gave birth to me, the food and clothing of the righteous army", "Heaven makes up for the average, everyone is full of warmth" or "Kill officials and divide the fields, the world is peaceful", "Fight the injustice, the poor man turns over", and even "The old man is fat, the poor man is forced to die", "When the food is urged, the tears are dry", etc., etc., such can be called a great rebellion, or an extremely subversive discourse to the past;

and whoever speaks badly, or who makes mistakes or omissions, or who is weak, will be punished. In this kind of ritual process, which is full of collective atmosphere and some solemnity, as long as there is little delay or hesitation, it will attract the reprimand and even the fists and kicks of the respective fire commanders and the captains, and if they do not change repeatedly, they will be punished by standing up, resisting wood, depriving themselves of breakfast food, and being sent to the labor force.

At least, Wu Toulu, who was in charge of supervising his team, didn't seem to be such a patient person; And he didn't want to be punished again while watching others gobble up, and he could only swallow his saliva desperately hungry, which was simply too torturous and tormenting.

Then, after breakfast, before the procession, and after lunch and before dinner, they likewise read and shout something similar from the previous one; And Wang Jian also experienced this, from the initial cringe and not daring to speak out, to the later use of all his strength to vent the joy and comfort.

Because, his real name is Wang Bei'er, cheap and cheap, because many brothers and sisters in the family died, so he broke half a bucket of grain born between his teeth, and asked the fortune teller Mr. Donghu to change the word health, which means that he is just a healthy adult; It's just that he finally grew up to the day he confessed, but his parents died early in the increasingly difficult world, and they didn't live to see this day.

And in the midst of reluctance and all kinds of fears, he gradually got used to shouting with everyone many times, and he also felt that there were some things that he couldn't figure out, and he slowly understood, and the depression and prudence caused by the early death of his parents and the difficulties of the world also seemed to have been vented and dredged up, which made people feel much more comfortable.

But what he actually looked forward to more was that after the evening meal, at least after dark in the rebels, there would be no need to save the lights, and the grass would fall to bed early; Instead, there are other things to do and pastime, such as the whole team around the last embers and lights of the fire pit, while checking their own hygiene, talking about their origins and pasts, singing hometown songs, blowing bamboo whistles and leaf flutes to give everyone a pleasant feeling.

And only those who are the best at doing or doing their work during the day will be given the opportunity to enter the brightly lit dining room; There were men sent by the stewards who were called little gentlemen, and they were specially told all kinds of anecdotes and stories and legends of ancient times; It's just that people who go and come back will inevitably have red eyes, or can't wait to find someone to vent and tell.

As a result, they vaguely knew that these stories and observations were all related to the root causes and basic truths of why the poor were born to suffer and be forced to rebel against the injustice of the world.

"You're so tired."

When Wang Jian, who was distracted, was once again woken up by a slap from Wu Tou, who had an unkind face, he hurriedly picked up a straight bamboo stick from the shelf; After the blunt end of the wrapping cloth was stained with white ash in the basket, he poked it forward with all his strength in the midst of the whistle and the command.

Then, like the rest of the queue, in a few moments his hands shook and staggered, and landed beside the hay-tied stacks; Then there was a bitter rebuke and scolding, and quickly retreated back, and continued to operate so repeatedly.

I could only hear the shouts and cries of pain from Wang Jian's left and right; From time to time, some people pushed forward and fell to the ground, and some people suddenly lost their strength and couldn't get their breath, and even people with poles flew in the dust; There are also people who simply shake the pole from side to side in a panic, and beat and slap with others, and disturb the thrust of a whole fire...

After a long tossing and turning, one of the worst pawns was pulled out, forcibly tied to a helmet made of straw and wood chips, and stood bloated and clumsy in front of the others, and began to act as a ready-made target for everyone to set an example.

First of all, the left and right sides were poked by more than a dozen rounds of poles, and they only needed to dodge and were not allowed to retreat, so that although there were no obvious scars on the skin and flesh, it could be so painful that people couldn't eat or sleep well for most of the day;

And if it is a person who has repeatedly performed poorly, he will be subject to further punishment; They had to put on heavy armor of straw and wood chips, and serve as targets for the archers, and they ran back and forth with screams and screams among the blunt-headed arrows flying in the sky, until they had exhausted their last strength.

As the sun gradually rose, there were also people in the ranks of the new soldiers who were constantly fainting or lying down tired, and then they were dragged away on the spot while others continued to fill in; Whether their stunned appearance was true or not, they would inevitably be sent to the Fifth Brigade, which could only undertake the lowest level of labor and basic rations.

And Wang Jian was really reluctant to stay in the army for the benefit of three meals a day, although even if his eyes were black, dizzy and dizzy, as if there were many insects buzzing, he still gritted his teeth and encouraged himself to support it again.

I don't know how long it took, Wang Jian, who had sore hands and soft feet and was about to collapse to the ground at any time, finally waited for the whistle on behalf of the lunch fast; He finally squeezed out a little more strength in his body, hurriedly put the sweaty bamboo stick in his hand back on the shelf, and then faltered to join the team to the room.

As long as you have eaten lunch and a short food break, the afternoon drill will make people feel a little more relaxed, because it is more about the content of formations and arrays, although it is still boring and monotonous, but it can give your arms and arms a good rest.

After half a ring, a handful of freshly steamed brown rice balls and a pinch of thick miso soup and salt vegetables were placed on top, which suddenly made him forget all the fatigue and hard work, and devoted himself to this delicious food that he had only tasted a few times since he was a child, and only saw the delicious food on the day of ancestor worship in the harvest year.

Suddenly, half of the browned cake fell on his almost licked eating utensils, which couldn't help but surprise Wang Jianhuo, snatching other people's food outside his own share is also a big deal and a miss; Then I saw that it was Wu Toulu, who had always had a stinky face, and he was still holding the remaining half of it in his hand.

"It's not a shame for us",

He threw down such an explanation with a stiff pause, and then turned and walked away.

。。。 Separator...

In another place, Zhou Huai'an was eating sweet soy milk and dipping fried dough sticks in spicy sauce, while looking at and listening to the various returns in the camp after this coming.

Although these are all posterity and inconspicuous things, they represent a certain level of luxury and enjoyment in this era; Because soybean milk needs to be grinded, reciprocated, filtered, and brine gypsum, in order to barely reach the lower mouth standard of later generations; And the refined sugar that can melt quickly, a whole pot of oil, and finely ground flour strips are all rare items of the era.

The hot sauce is simpler, but the minced cornwood and rattan pepper are ground and stir-fried with tempeh and oil. It's just an improved version of the appetizing vinegar ginger slices and salted dogwood that were rationed to the soldiers.

Therefore, even if he experimentally came up with a complete set of equipment and processes, the amount that could actually be supplied was only a few dozen people in a small range, including himself; Almost the leaders plus the close people are equal to the point, and there is no more.

And having a pot of soybean oil or vegetable oil that can be freely used every day also means more varied fried foods, from the simplest rice flour cakes and cake ball products, to fruits and vegetables such as eggplant, courgette, leek, dextra, cranberry, mushrooms, chickens, ducks, geese, pigs, cattle and sheep and various poultry and livestock parts and meat and egg products, and even fish, shrimp and crabs and other river seafood and aquatic products, etc.;

Anyway, it is necessary to use the oil over and over again to the extreme, and in the end it is almost black and yellow and can not filter the residue, and it can also be used as the base oil for stir-frying, and the leftovers specially collected by the house are passed through the pot, and then processed and concocted; It can be regarded as the private benefits and benefits of the dozen or so people around Zhou Huai'an.

Of course, after the successive intake of such high-calorie food ingredients, the consequence is that the energy bar in the field of vision has finally begun to grow slowly and slightly.

(End of chapter)