Chapter 634: Hunger

"Li Xiu, I have to talk about you, why don't you transport fresh sweet potatoes, but instead deliver these dried sweet potatoes to the army, how do you eat these dry and hard? In contrast, whether fresh sweet potatoes are roasted or boiled, they are very sweet, even if they are eaten raw, they are crisp and sweet, 10,000 times better than this dried sweet potato. It was getting late, Tang Jian pointed to a small plate of dried sweet potatoes in front of him and complained to Li Xiu. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Tang Gong, you can't blame me, although fresh sweet potatoes are delicious, but they are too troublesome to transport, they are afraid of cold and heat, and they are afraid of bumping into them, otherwise they will definitely be rotten halfway, in contrast, dried sweet potatoes are much more convenient, and the weight is light, as long as you don't touch the water, it is no problem to store them for a few years, so don't think about fresh sweet potatoes, I dare to guarantee that you can't even find a piece of fresh sweet potatoes in the army!" Li Xiu also said helplessly at this time, the food in the army is transported through his hands, and naturally no one knows better than him.

"But the quartermaster is too lazy, how can he let people nibble on dried sweet potatoes every day? Not to mention anything else, an old man like me has bad teeth, and he can't gnaw on such a hard sweet potato at all! Tang Jian complained again at this time, he is also almost sixty years old, and he has always been pampered before, but now he naturally can't bear this kind of hardship.

"Tang Gong, master, why don't you give me the dried sweet potatoes, I'll make something!" At this moment, I suddenly saw Yuechan walking over with a smile, and after a few days, her little face has also lost weight, which looks distressing.

"That's great, speaking of which, I'm really envious of the horse, there is such a beautiful woman with exquisite cooking skills around me, but I have lived for most of my life, but I have never met such a clever woman as Yuechan." Tang Jian immediately said happily when he heard Yuechan's words, he knew that Yuechan's cooking skills were exquisite, no matter what kind of things were processed by her skillful hands, the taste would be improved by a few grades, even at the moment when such materials were scarce, Yuechan's craftsmanship seemed to be able to make people's eyes shine.

Hearing Tang Jian's praise, Yuechan couldn't help but smile shyly, and then took away the dried sweet potatoes in front of Li Xiu and Tang Jian, but after Yuechan left, Tang Jian looked at Li Xiu with a smile and said: "Donkey, Yuechan's little woman's mind can even be seen clearly by me, an outsider, and she is your personal maid, it's rare that you haven't taken her as a concubine, it's too hard to believe, is it because the public is too strict?" ”

After eating so much beauty that Yuechan made, Tang Jian was also a little embarrassed, so he spoke for Yuechan today, but Li Xiu smiled bitterly when he heard this, and then said helplessly: "Thank you Tang Gong for worrying, I also know Yuechan's thoughts, in fact, the princess also supports me to take a concubine, but because of my own reasons, I can only grieve Yuechan for the time being." ”

Li Xiu is also telling the truth, in fact, he also likes Yuechan very much, but he still can't get over the hurdle in his heart, fortunately, after this trip, the relationship between him and Yuechan is also closer, but he still hasn't broken through the last step.

Seeing that Li Xiu was reluctant to talk about Yuechan's words, Tang Jian also shook his head helplessly, after this period of getting along, he also found that Li Xiu was very good in other aspects, but he couldn't let go of the relationship between men and women, for example, after breaking the Turks this time, the army captured a lot of Turkic beauties, many of which were selected by Jieli from various tribes, the best of which was naturally dedicated to Li Shimin, and the rest were divided among other generals, even Tang Jian himself brought a pair of twin beauties, but Li Xiu didn't want any of them.

Of course, in addition to Li Xiu, there is another person in the army who does not touch women, that is, Li Jing, who controls the army, which is really similar to their father and son, but their father and son are like fire and water. Thinking of this, Tang Jian couldn't help but smile a little playfully.

After about half an hour, Li Xiu and Tang Jian already felt uncomfortable with the fire liao in their stomachs, as if even their stomachs were about to be digested, but at this moment, they suddenly saw Yuechan coming in with a small tray, and then gently put it in front of Li Xiu and Tang Jian.

"Master, because there are not many things, so I boiled a little sweet potato porridge, and after the rest of the dried sweet potatoes were steamed and softened, I cut them into small strips and roasted them on the fire, and then sprinkled with freshly fried pepper and salt, the taste is not bad, sir, you can taste it!" Yuechan said with a smile at this time, although the food was handed in uniformly, all kinds of seasonings were still kept, and there was no shortage of fuel for the time being, which gave her the opportunity to show her skills.

Tang Jian was already hungry at this time, so he picked up the chopsticks and tasted the roasted sweet potato fries, but found that the outside was charred and the inside was tender, and there was a hint of sweetness in the spicy, which made him can't help but praise: "It's delicious, it's so delicious, Li Xiu, you can taste it too!" ”

Li Xiu was also hungry and crazy at this time, and he picked up the chopsticks and just wanted to eat, but at this time, he suddenly stopped again, and then turned his head to stare at Yuechan and said, "What about yours, bring it over and eat it together!" ”

Hearing Li Xiu's words, Yuechan was a little shy, but finally stood up and went out, and after a while, she brought in a sweet potato porridge and baked sweet potato fries.

The reason why Li Xiu did this was because when he first started to ration food, Yuechan, a stupid girl, quietly added her share of food to Li Xiu's portion, because the two ate exactly the same, Li Xiu didn't notice it at first, and it wasn't until later that he accidentally found out, which made him angry and scolded Yuechan Yitun, and from then on, Li Xiu had to watch Yuechan eat the rice with his own eyes.

Although Yuechan has superb cooking skills, it is difficult for Qiao Woman to cook without rice, so if she uses dried sweet potatoes to cook in normal times, it is not necessarily very delicious, but Li Xiu and they are too hungry, and their requirements for the taste of food have dropped a lot, so they also eat very sweetly, and even think that this is the best sweet potato they have eaten in their lives.

After dinner, the sky also darkened, Tang Jian got up to say goodbye, and in order to save fuel, Li Xiu and they all went to bed early, so that they could also save physical strength, especially when they had just finished eating, their stomachs felt very full, which could make people fall asleep faster.

However, sweet potatoes are not hungry, even if they fall asleep, they are easy to digest, Li Xiu is in his early twenties, young people at this age have a lot of food, plus the weather is cold, the human body also needs more calories, and I don't know how long I slept, Li Xiu was actually woken up by hunger.

When Li Xiu opened his eyes, he found that the tent was dark and quiet, except for Yuechan's even breathing, and there was no light in the gap of the tent.

Li Xiu lay on the blanket and forcibly closed his eyes, trying to force himself to sleep, as long as he fell asleep, he didn't feel hungry, but unfortunately he was really hungry and uncomfortable, and he didn't feel the slightest sleepiness at all, and finally he found that he couldn't sleep, so he simply got up quietly, so as not to wake up Yuechan, and then got dressed and came outside the tent, intending to divert his attention.

The weather tonight is good, there is a bright starry sky overhead, it looks like a crystal full of gems, it is difficult to see such a pure night sky in the future life, if it is placed in normal times, Li Xiu will definitely enjoy this beautiful night sky, but the premise is that he can't go hungry, now he is not in the mood to enjoy any night view?

Only when people are hungry, can they truly appreciate the importance of the phrase "people take food as the sky", when the stomach is empty, people's will will be hit wave after wave, and the stomach is more like a knife has been scraping, and each knife will scrape off a piece of meat, which is simply more torturous than any torture.

Now Li Xiu still has something to eat every day, but the taste of starvation is already so uncomfortable, and sometimes he also thinks about what kind of torture should those victims who were completely starved of food should suffer during the famine years? It is no wonder that every time there is a famine, it is the most likely period for civil unrest to break out, after all, people do everything to eat in the face of extreme hunger.

But fortunately, because of his own appearance, the high-yield crops of sweet potatoes and corn in the Americas appeared in the Central Plains in advance, and now they have destroyed the most powerful foreign enemies of the Tang Dynasty, and they will definitely usher in a more powerful prosperous era next.

Thinking about things in his mind, Li Xiu gradually couldn't feel the hunger in his stomach, but the winter night was too cold, Li Xiu stood outside for a while but found that his frozen feet were numb, at this time the sky in the east was also slightly white, it seemed that the sky was about to dawn, he didn't go back to the tent at the moment, he simply walked around in the barracks, there were many patrolling soldiers in the barracks, compared to them were harder, not only did they not have enough to eat every day, but they also had to patrol hungry.

Li Xiu walked around in the barracks, and finally unconsciously came to the camp gate, at this time the sun in the east had already revealed half of his face, Li Xiu estimated that breakfast would be distributed soon, although he was sure that he still couldn't eat, but it would be good to have something to eat, so he was ready to go back, but at this time, he suddenly heard a rapid sound of horses' hooves at the camp gate, and then a team of men and horses rushed in.