Chapter 2 Eat? Still not eating?
In addition to the memories of his own previous life, Li Xiu's mind also has the memories left by the previous Li Xiu, but these memories are incomplete, and they are all stacked together in a disorderly manner, which is like a database without any catalog index, which can only be viewed little by little, not like his own memory, which can immediately recall all relevant things when he thinks of any point.
It is precisely because of this that when Li Xiu looked at the empty kitchen, he also couldn't figure out why he couldn't find even a grain of grain, and finally he looked through Li Xiu's memory and finally found that this year's year was not good, and there was a big locust plague when the harvest was approaching, which almost swept the entire Guanzhong, and the grain that the tenants grabbed was not as good as one-tenth of the previous year, and they couldn't eat enough food for themselves, let alone pay rent.
In this case, Li Xiu simply exempted this year's rent, which made the tenants grateful to him, but he did not collect rent, but the government's field tax still fell on him, because the land was his, and he used to collect the rent from the tenants and then pay the tax, and the difference in the middle was his real income, but this year instead of renting, he had to pay the field tax in advance.
Li Xiu didn't have any savings, he was almost penniless after paying the field tax, and he didn't even have money to eat, in fact, before Li Xiu died, he hadn't eaten anything for two whole days, and he was a person who wanted to save face, he would rather be hungry than borrow money from others to borrow food, plus Li Xiu's health was already very poor, and it was very cold last night, so he died of hunger and cold.
Thinking about the above, Li Xiu couldn't help but smile bitterly, the original Li Xiu was a hundred dead, but he still has to live, now there is no grain at home, Li Xiu has just arrived in Datang and no one knows anyone, and it will be winter again, this is simply the rhythm of forcing him to death, is it possible that he will die in this winter due to hunger and cold like the original Li Xiu?
"As a traverser, if you really starve yourself to death, it will be a big joke!" Li Xiu said to himself at this time, but then said with a wry smile, "But the traverser also needs to eat, the most important thing now is to find something to eat, and only when you are full will you have the strength to think of a way!" ”
After finishing speaking, Li Xiu did not give up and rummaged through all the rooms in the house, and finally although he did not find food and money, he found one thing, a simple fishing rod, and a small box next to the fishing rod, which contained fishing lines, fish hooks and other things.
"Do it yourself, have plenty of food and clothing, it seems that this meal is destined to eat fish!" After Li Xiu finished speaking, he picked up the fishing rod and tried it, and found that it was still very strong and could definitely be used.
In his previous life, Li Xiu liked to fish, but he was usually too busy to go, but he still had some research on fishing, I saw him tie the fishing line, and counted the hooks in the box, a total of seven, so Li Xiu simply made these seven hooks into a group of hooks, which is commonly known as the bomb hook, which is a combination of hooks that appeared with the rise of sea fishing in later generations, because the hook has a strong ability to catch more, so it has the reputation of the bomb hook.
However, after the bomb hook was ready, Li Xiu suddenly found that he had made a mistake, because the bomb hook generally uses bad food as bait, the so-called bad food is actually a bait formed after micro-fermentation such as bean cake, sesame cake, and bran, and when he uses it, he holds the bait and the hook into a ball and throws it into the water, but where does he go to find the bad food now?
"Forget it, let's dig some earthworms, a few more hooks are better than one." Li Xiu once again said helplessly to himself, fishing used to be for fun, but now fishing is to fill his stomach, so he doesn't pay so much attention to it.
There is a vegetable field in the yard, of course there is no vegetable now, Li Xiu took a shovel and dug it twice, and found a lot of earthworms, stuffed them into the box indiscriminately, and then drank a stomach of water, mixed with a full water and went out with a fishing rod, the small river in front of the door is too shallow, and there are children playing on the other side, it is really not a good place for fishing, so Li Xiu finally came to the Yellow Canal to prepare to go down.
Fishing is an activity of both skill and luck, Li Xiu wants to catch fish, the first thing is to choose a good fishing position, there are a lot of particulars, such as the season, weather, water conditions, etc., Li Xiu understands some, along the river bank to find, and finally found a good fishing position under a dead willow tree by the river, this is the best fishing position nearby, but unfortunately, there is already a middle-aged man sitting there and started fishing.
I saw that although this middle-aged man was dressed ordinarily, he had thick eyebrows and a wide mouth that looked very powerful, holding a straight straight fishing rod with oily and smooth in his hand, and the handshake was inlaid with gold, and there was a comfortable bamboo couch sitting under him, and there was a black lacquered and gold-painted food box next to the bamboo couch, even through the box, Li Xiu could smell the aroma of the food inside, which made him drool, and finally let his eyes move away from the food box.
It's really more popular than people, Li Xiu looked at the extremely simple fishing rod in his hand, and then looked at the other party's gold-inlaid fishing rod, if the other party's fishing rod was sold, it was estimated that it would be enough for him to eat for a year, which made him feel a little unbalanced, and he didn't bother to find a fishing spot at the moment, and sat directly on the left side of the other party. In addition, after all, he hadn't eaten for two days, and he was already tired and dizzy after walking this way just now, and he really didn't have the strength to go again at this time.
Li Xiu did not rush to get off the pole, but pulled out some weeds on the ground that had not completely withered, as well as the reeds by the river, etc., and then picked up a stone and smashed these things, and finally crumpled them into a ball and threw them into the water.
"Boy, why don't you fish well and throw grass into the river?" At this moment, the middle-aged man sitting under the willow tree suddenly turned his head and asked, only then did Li Xiu notice that although the other party was sitting there, it could also be seen that he was very tall, especially when he was obviously just holding a fishing rod in his hand, but it made people feel that he was holding a sword in his hand, and the whole person looked murderous and awe-inspiring, and he didn't look like an ordinary person.
"Uncle, I'm sorry, the kid is making a nest with grass, please bear with me if you bother!" Li Xiu still replied very politely, after all, the two were so close, the movement of the nest was easy to startle the fish, and looking at the murderous appearance of the other party, maybe it was a gangster from the Tang Dynasty, Li Xiu was not willing to provoke this kind of person.
"Nesting?" The mighty middle-aged man was very curious when he heard this new term, as if he wanted to ask but was too embarrassed to speak, Li Xiu didn't explain much, after all, everyone was not familiar with each other, and he really didn't have the strength to talk more.
At that moment, Li Xiu put the earthworm on the hook, and then the middle-aged man next to him was stunned again, because it was the first time he saw someone hanging so many hooks on a fishing line, but he soon showed a disdainful expression, speaking of which he has also fished for many years, although the technique is not very good, but it is also considered to be well-informed, like the fishing method of the young man in front of him has never heard of it, it is estimated that the other party is just a clever guy, thinking that the more hooks you can fish, how can there be such a simple thing in this world?
Thinking of this, the middle-aged man didn't bother to look at Li Xiu anymore, and started fishing intently.
"Gollum~Gollum~" But what the middle-aged man didn't expect was that as soon as he turned his head, he heard a strange sound next to him, and then he turned his head around and looked around, only to find that the sound came from Li Xiu's side.
Li Xiu was staring at his fish float without squinting at this time, but his red face still betrayed him, and it was actually his empty stomach that made a sound, just now he only drank a few sips of cold water to satisfy his hunger, but at this time he was hungry and hungry, and his stomach sounded as if he was rebelling, and he found that his stomach was still very talented in music, and it sounded like a drum beat and was very rhythmic, making people want to jump up and dance to the beat.
Fishing was originally an activity that needed to be quiet, Li Xiu's stomach kept drumming, but the middle-aged man next to him became more and more irritable the more he listened, and he was in a good mood to destroy, and finally he couldn't listen to it anymore, so he simply took out a roast chicken from the food box next to him, and then threw it on the grass next to Li Xiu and said: "Eat, be quiet for a while after eating, don't disturb me fishing again!" ”
When you are hungry, suddenly a roast chicken falls in front of you, this is probably the happiest feeling in the world, but when this roast chicken is thrown by someone casually, and the other party still looks like a beggar with an expression of charity, I am afraid that people can't stand it.
Dignity and life, although life seems to be more precious, but many people prefer to choose the former, so Li Xiu replied with a righteous face: "Gentlemen don't eat ......" When he said this, his eyes inadvertently swept over the oily roast chicken, and as a result, a stream of saliva gushed out of his mouth, and when he swallowed it, he made a loud noise, and his speech immediately became very unconfident, and he continued, "Don't eat the food that comes from it!" ”
"Yo~, I didn't see that you are still a backbone reader, but if you don't swallow saliva when you speak, you will look even more stylish!" The middle-aged man saw that Li Xiu was obviously hungry, but he just made a righteous and awe-inspiring look, and he couldn't help but laugh at the moment. Li Xiu tried his best to control his head and not turn his head to look at the middle-aged man, so as not to embarrass himself, and secondly, he was even more afraid that he would not be able to control his saliva when he saw the roast chicken again.
However, the middle-aged man became interested in him at this time, and when he saw that Li Xiu ignored him, he actually threw down the fishing rod and walked to Li Xiu, then bent down to pick up the roast chicken on the ground and handed it over: "Boy, I was wrong just now, how about I officially invite you to eat now?" ”
"If you don't eat it, it's already dirty!" Li Xiu decided to be backbone to the end, of course, the most important thing is that the ground is really dirty.
Seeing that Li Xiu was dirty, the middle-aged man also had a dark face, he was a martial artist, he usually didn't have so much stinky attention, not to mention the roast chicken that fell to the ground, sometimes he was very hungry during the war, even if it was a nest that fell into the blood water, he was still a stubborn temper, the more Li Xiu didn't eat him, the more he wanted him to eat, so he made a move that he thought he was very smart, but made Li Xiu stunned, I saw him open his big mouth a few times and gnaw down all the dirty places of the roast chicken, and then handed it over again and said: "Here, it's not dirty now!" ”
Looking at the ravaged roast chicken in front of him, Li Xiu had a feeling of wanting to cry without tears, the dirty place was indeed gone, but it was full of saliva from this middle-aged man, compared to what it was just now, although he didn't have any cleanliness, but he really couldn't eat other people's saliva, what if the other party had hepatitis B or something? But if he refuses again, he is worried that the other party may turn his face.
Eat? Still not eating? It's a hard question.