Chapter 31: A Dish of Spicy Seeds

The ordinary shacks in the camp are rudimentary. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info two rows of wooden sticks to support the characters, the outside is covered with grass, and the two ends are open and leaking.

Sun Yi's shack is one size larger than an ordinary shack, and it is a "double room". The front and rear "doors" of the shack were hung "luxuriantly" with two straw curtains.

But there was nothing in the shack but a bed.

In fact, this bed can't be said to be "Zhang", because it is simply a pile of hay.

When sleeping, "spread" the bed, and when not sleeping, you can pull the hay to the side of the shack.

Next to Sun Yi's shack is the small shack of the milk baby, and he can't straighten his waist when he goes in, and he can only allow one person to lie down.

Sun Yi was lying on the baby's "bed" at the moment, with his head resting on his backpack, staring at the one-meter-high wooden stick "beam" above his head in a daze.

Stuffy and Jia Daoshi were busy building a latrine for Sun Yi in the "courtyard".

Last night, despite the uproar outside, Daoist Jia hid in the shack and didn't go out. It wasn't until dawn in the morning that Ma San was surrounded, so he rushed to see the excitement.

Knowing that Lord Lidel was going to convene several leaders to discuss the meeting when he had the previous dinner, Daoist Jia had been thinking about how he could get involved.

I was one of the first people to swear an oath, and I also read books. In the past, his position in the battalion was too low, but now he has to seize the opportunity.

The border army made trouble, and Daoist Jia took the opportunity to report to his master, and never left Sun Yi.

Lord Liddell may have been hit by the "mutiny" of the border army, and he has been lying in a daze for half an hour after returning from the barracks.

The stuffy man touched the Taoist priest with his elbow, "The master is out!" ”

I saw Sun Yi walking out of the small shack, and his complexion improved significantly, "Milk baby, is the meal ready?" I am hungry. ”

Sun Yi walked straight to the baby who was busy cooking in the yard and squatted down side by side, found a wooden stick and stirred the fire in the stove.

The stove was also just built this morning, and now a pot of porridge is boiling.

The milk baby blushed, "Master, it's good to eat in a while." ”

Sun Yi lifted the lid of the wooden pot, a cloud of water vapor rose, Sun Yi stretched out his head to look at the porridge in the pot, "Is this millet or millet?" ”

The baby hurriedly stood up and replied, "Xiaomi." ”

Sun Yishun picked up the wooden spoon and stirred it, sniffing, "Well, it's quite fragrant." ”

The milk baby lowered her head and pleaded in a low voice, "Master, don't stay here." ”

Sun Yi was stunned, "Why?" ”

The milk baby hurriedly explained: "How can a man get off the stove!" The mother-in-law in the camp will laugh at me if she finds out. ”

As she spoke, the baby moved half a step forward, her body clinging to Sun Yi, but she firmly separated Sun Yi from the stove.

Sun Yi hesitated for a moment, then turned his head and left, coming over to help the stuffy man and Daoist Jia.

The stuffy man came over and asked curiously, "Master, do you know how to cook?" ”

Sun Yi replied: "I used to make it myself when I didn't eat out. ”

The stuffy man kept working in his hands, "Didn't anyone serve me before?" ”

Sun Yi smiled, "You mean women, right?" We have girls to choose from, and people like me can only be single. ”

The stuffy man lowered his voice, "Is it that the wages of the master knocking on the arrow plate can't save the bride price?" ”

Sun Yiyi: "Hmm...... We don't seem to be happy to give bride prices there, mainly because I can't afford to buy a house. ”

The stuffy man suggested: "You can build your own house!" Build your own house and save money. ”

Sun Yi smiled bitterly, he and a group of netizens thought about raising funds to build a house, but the relevant departments did not approve it.

The latrine is very simple, just dig a pit and use branches and thatch on all sides.

After the three of them finished their work, the baby's meal was also good.

A pot of millet porridge, a few cakes that I can't tell what kind of noodles, and a dish.

The vegetables were served in a bowl and placed on the ground in the middle of the courtyard.

There was nothing in the bowl except pepper and salt.

The milk baby burned some oil, poured it into the bowl while it was hot, "lala......", and a spicy smell diffused in the yard.

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References (Author's note: It has nothing to do with the plot, readers who are not interested can skip it)

Chili peppers in China:

Chili peppers are native to the Americas. Like corn, it was introduced to China in the late Ming Dynasty.

It is recognized that the earliest record of chili peppers in China is the "Eight Notes of Zunsheng" (1591) written by Gao Lian in the Ming Dynasty, which said: "The peppers are clustered, the flowers are white, the fruit is like a bald pen head, the taste is spicy and the color is red, and it is very considerable."

30 years later (1621), Wang Xiangjin of the Ming Dynasty "Qunfang Spectrum and Vegetable Spectrum" Yiyun: "Pepper, also known as Qin pepper, white flowers, like a bald pen head, red and fresh color, very spicy taste, subspecies."

The book was written in the Wanli period, and Xu Guangqi's "Complete Book of Agricultural Administration" published in the twelfth year of Chongzhen (1639): "Pepper is also known as Qin pepper, white flowers, such as bald pen heads, red and fresh color, and very spicy taste. ”

It can be seen that in the late Ming Dynasty, pepper already had a localized name - Qin pepper, indicating that pepper has been quite popular in Shaanxi.