Zuo Ling was a little ambiguous between the two because Xu Jiangxi was too close last night, and Zuo Ling was rarely shy and couldn't sleep, and he yawned non-stop when he got up early this morning.

Zuo Ling went to the well as soon as he got up to take a look, and there was not a single dirty laundry piled up, and he couldn't help but be happy, he finally didn't have to wash his clothes today!

Humming a little tune, Zuo Ling walked towards the kitchen, no need to do laundry, then only need to be responsible for the food.

Lao Ma saw Zuo Ling coming towards the kitchen and beckoned to her, "Let's go, follow me to see how much grain there is in the granary!" ”

"Okay! I'll take a steamed bun! Zuo Ling responded, quickly slipped into the kitchen to get a steamed bun, and trotted to catch up with the old horse while eating.

The granary of the barracks is large, but there doesn't seem to be much food in it. Piles of sacks were filled with rice and flour, with flour being the majority.

The old horse counted the sacks in the granary, and Zuo Ling recorded it on the side.

"Alas......" Zuo Ling was taking notes when he heard the old horse sigh.

"What's wrong?" Zuo Ling asked.

"These dishes are so bad!" The old horse said as he picked up a bundle of vegetables, half of which had rotted in the leaves.

"This Huanglingguan has two temperatures of cold and hot in a year, and these days are a little hot, and this dish is stuffy; When the time comes, the mountains will be covered with heavy snow in winter, and there will definitely be a shortage of food in the army! The old horse said, looking worried.

It was a pity for Zuo Ling to look at these dishes, thinking that Xu Jiangxi would lead the troops to fight, which would have required a lot of physical work, and if there was no food, the soldiers would not have the strength to fight, and in the end, their names would be dangerous, and Zuo Ling himself would be dangerous.

"Why don't we pickle all the vegetables! At this time, you can eat it when you marinate it in winter! Zuo Ling said.

"Pickled? How to pickle? Lao Ma asked, his eyes revealing a bit of expectation.

Zuo Ling's heart was stunned, could it be that people in this world don't know how to pickle pickles, make pickles, and the like?

"Put the vegetables in the jar with pepper and salt and seal them for a period of time to absorb the flavor, so that the vegetables will not spoil easily, and they can be eaten for a long time, and the taste is refreshing!" Zuo Ling said.

Lao Ma thought about it, and seemed to agree as if he thought it was feasible. The two rummaged through almost a hundred empty wine jars, Zuo Ling taught Lao Ma how to make pickles and pickles, and the two of them made pickles and pickles all day long.

In this way, it was not until the evening that two-thirds of the wine jar was filled, and then the rest was taken slowly.

Zuo Ling lay on the bed and thought for a long time, the soldiers in the barracks were not only tens of thousands, but hundreds of thousands; The reserve grain in the granary is not enough to eat, and after the winter, the consumption of charcoal, cotton jackets, and medicines will gradually increase, if the imperial court does not send military rations and military items, Zuo Ling feels that Xu Jiangxi should not survive the winter.

Zuo Ling himself didn't have much ability to get food, but he heard that there was a small mountain nearby, and there should still be something in this season. Zuo Ling also thought about going to the mountains tomorrow to see what wild vegetables or prey there were.

Early the next morning, Zuo Ling and Bai Lao said that they were going to the mountain to have a look, and Bai Lao thought about it for a while and wanted to go up the mountain with Zuo Ling, mainly to pick some herbs before winter.

Because I want to go out of the barracks, I want Xu Jiangxi to report. When Bai Lao was preparing things, he asked Zuo Ling to report to Xu Jiangxi.

Zuo Ling paused outside Xu Jiangxi's tent, thinking of what happened that night, Zuo Ling was a little weak-hearted, and he didn't dare to see Xu Jiangxi. But in the end, he was in the mood, took out his cheekiness, and signaled outside: "General! I have something to say, come in! ”

After Zuo Ling finished speaking, Xu Jiangxi's voice also came from the tent: "Come in!" ”

Hearing Xu Jiangxi's permission, Zuo Ling walked in with a smile. Only Xu Jiangxi and Xiao Yan were in the camp tent, and the two of them should be arranging strategies when they stood on the edge of the sand table.

"General!" Zuo Ling said hello again, and at the same time was glad that he had just said hello first, otherwise if he broke in like this and interrupted Xu Jiangxi, he would have been miserable!

"What's the matter?" Xu Jiangxi asked.

"My father-in-law and I are going to the hill to the east to collect medicine, so let's ask the general for advice!" Zuo Ling said.

Xu Jiangxi was still a little familiar with the hill in the east, and it was also within a safe range, so he nodded and agreed: "Go ahead, do you need anything?" ”

Hearing Xu Jiangxi say this, Zuo Ling thought of something and asked, "Does the general have a slingshot?" ”

Xu Jiangxi was stunned for a moment and thought that Zuo Ling wanted a slingshot to defend himself, but there was no slingshot in the barracks, so Xu Jiangxi shook his head, "No." Only bows and arrows and crossbows. ”

Zuo Ling was depressed for a while, she couldn't bow and arrow, but the crossbow was okay, "Then give a crossbow!" ”

Xu Jiangxi nodded, and his eyes gestured to Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan comprehended, and went out to pull a soldier to take Zuo Ling to get the crossbow.

"Thank you, General!" Zuo Ling thanked General Xu and happily followed the little soldier to get the crossbow.

Zuo Ling didn't understand these weapons and crossbows, but he also picked a crossbow that felt good and was very handy; happily went to the gate of the barracks to find Bai Lao.

"Father-in-law, I'm coming!" Zuo Ling saw Bai Lao and trotted over.

"What are you doing with a crossbow?" Bai Lao saw Zuo Ling holding a crossbow in his hand and asked.

"Hunting!" Zuo Ling said.

"You still hunt?" Bai Lao was a little surprised.

"No!" Zuo Ling said.

“…… What are you going to do with it? Bai Lao said disgustedly.

"There's a first time for everything!" Zuo Ling really couldn't wait to give it a try, she already felt that she was returning with a full load of prey.

Bai Lao regretted a little, what he wanted to do when he decided to make Zuo Ling a righteous daughter!

The two of them chatted and walked on the road. At first, there was a stretch of loess avenue, then slowly you could see speckled bald grass, and after a few minutes of walking, the bushes increased, and then the flat road began to steepen.

Bai Lao has been to this mountain a few times, and he led the way in front. The two walked for another half hour or so, and finally went deep into the forest. Zuo Ling looked at the gloomy green jungle and the loess Gobi outside, and felt that the two were opposite and incompatible.

Bai Lao stopped digging when he saw herbs along the way, and Zuo Ling also helped on the side, but most of Zuo Ling's digging was either wrong or bad, which made Bai Lao disgusted and slapped her several times.

Zuo Ling stuck out his tongue embarrassedly, and was finally driven by Bai Lao to do his own thing. Zuo Ling first went to look for wild vegetables, but she didn't know many wild vegetables, thinking that she was going to give them Xu Jiangxi to eat, Zuo Ling was afraid that they would eat bad stomachs, and finally she didn't plan to look for wild vegetables.

Zuo Ling learned the hunting style on TV, and the cat bent his waist carefully to approach each bush; However, after searching for most of the day, there was no trace of the prey, and Zuo Ling wondered if there were only plants and no animals in this forest. The more Zuo Ling thought about it, the more he felt that this was it, and he felt that he hadn't heard the sound of birds for half a day.

Maybe it's time to go deeper!

Zuo Ling thought about it, and glanced back at Bai Lao, the gray clothes under the layers of leaves were flashing, and he was picking herbs diligently. Zuo Ling secretly wrote down the road, and stepped on some bushes or weeds to mark, so that Bai Lao could find himself later.

Zuo Ling stepped on the weeds and quietly went deep into the forest, trying to make his own noise as low as possible, so as not to alarm those small animals. Zuo Ling was engrossed, and the crossbow in his hand was also tightly grasped; Pushing aside the branches and weeds little by little, Zuo Ling seemed to see a smear of gray in front of him, as if he was still moving.

Rabbits for sure! Zuo Ling was pleasantly surprised.

Zuo Ling slowly approached, and even his breath was held. When he really saw the gray rabbit, the crossbow in Zuo Ling's hand was slowly aimed at it. Zuo Ling aimed at the rabbit, let the hand holding the crossbow steady, and quietly waited for the opportunity; At the moment when his intuition told Zuo Ling that he could, he pulled the crossbow arrow and shot it out.

The rabbit was shot in the hind leg and flopped to escape. Zuo Ling pressed the joy in his heart and hurried up the mountain to catch the rabbit; Suddenly, his feet slipped, and he slipped out of the bushes with a scream.

"Little Spirit!" Bai Lao, who heard the screams, followed the number left by Zuo Ling and rushed over.

Zuo Ling slid down and fell, and the crossbow in his hand flew far away, but the rabbit was tightly grasped by Zuo Ling.

"Xiaoling, are you okay?" Bai Lao said worriedly.

"It's okay, it's okay!" Zuo Ling replied, holding the rabbit with a smile on his face.

This is the first prey she has ever hunted!

Seeing that Zuo Ling was still smiling, Bai Lao was a little helpless, and he was afraid that the ordinary woman was already in tears, "Don't move first, wait for the old man to come down and take a look!" ”

Bai Lao said as he slid down the lower slope on the side, and hurriedly came over to check on Zuo Ling. Fortunately, Zuo Ling fell down a low landslide, and there were only some abrasions on his body.

Zuo Ling was helped up, handed the rabbit in his hand to Bai Lao, and praised me with a look of speed, "Look! I hit a rabbit the first time! ”

"Awesome!" Bai Lao looked at Zuo Ling, and his heart was a little spoiled.

"This rabbit seems to be pregnant!" Bai Lao said and checked the rabbit, and nodded to make sure that the rabbit was indeed pregnant.

Zuo Ling was happy again now, "That's better!" Keep it up and you'll have plenty of rabbits to eat! ”

"Take it back and keep it up! Later, I will cut some grass and go back to feed the rabbits! As he spoke, he took out the braided rope from the basket and tied the rabbit's limbs.

"Good!" Zuo Ling struggled to get up, rubbing his back a little hot, and staggered to pick up the crossbow that flew out.

"There's even a lake here!" Zuo Ling was pleasantly surprised.

"Let's see if there are any fish!" Saying that, Zuo Ling seemed to be in no pain, and ran towards the lake.

"Slow down!" Bai Lao was worried about it in the back. Does this left spirit not feel pain?

Zuo Ling squatted on the edge of the lake and looked at the bottom of the lake carefully. The water of the lake is very clear, and you can see the sand and rocks at the bottom of the lake clearly, and you can see the blue sky reflecting the surface of the lake in the middle of the lake.

"No fish!" Zuo Ling was a little disappointed.

"Just have rabbits!" Bai Lao rubbed Zuo Ling's hair and comforted him.

Zuo Ling nodded and washed his face with lake water; The lake water was cool and comfortable, and Zuo Ling secretly decided to come here in a few days to take a good bath.

"We can go back the same way and collect some medicine to go back, it's still not safe to stay outside for a long time!" Bai Lao said.

"Good!" Zuo Ling got up and patted the dust and weeds on his body, and when he just turned around, his eyes were sharp, as if he had seen something familiar.

"What's wrong?" Bai Lao asked.

"This seems to be ......" Zuo Ling was a little unsure. He took a small hoe and dug it up, and after two or three strokes, Zuo Ling dug things out.

"Potatoes!" She also recognized the thing in Zuo Ling's hand that turned to ashes.

"Potatoes!" Zuo Ling handed the potato to Bai Lao's eyes.

"Potatoes?" Bai Lao was very unfamiliar with the things in Zuo Ling's hands.

"It's edible! You can steam, stir-fry, fry and bake! Zuo Ling said.

This is Bai Lao's eyes are also surprised, if the potatoes can be eaten, a little more food has been added to the military rations.

"Dig as much as you can! Wait until you go back and let the general send someone to dig again! Bai Lao was excited.

After saying that, Zuo Ling and Bai Lao dug up, and when the two baskets couldn't be put down, they stopped.

After returning to the barracks, Zuo Ling and Bai Lao went straight to Xu Jiangxi's camp. Bai Lao told Xu Jiangxi about the matter, and said that when Zuo Ling fell downhill, Xu Jiangxi glanced at Zuo Ling without leaving a trace, and only after finding that there was nothing wrong with her before he was relieved. And when Bai Lao said about potatoes, Zuo Ling held the potatoes in front of Xu Jiangxi, with a look of invitation.

Xu Jiangxi looked at Zuo Ling and felt a little funny, he was so happy when he hit a rabbit and found potatoes! It seems to be a little easy to satisfy!

Xu Jiangxi called Xiao Yan in and asked him to order a few soldiers to dig up all the potatoes that had not been dug up, and at the same time let them take some potato leaves from Zuo Ling to find them.

"What reward do you want?" Xu Jiangxi couldn't ignore Zuo Ling's star eyes, so he asked.

"I have a bruise on my back, the general will help me with medicine!" Zuo Ling said without even thinking about it.

"Poof!" Bai Lao on the side squirted out a mouthful of water, very embarrassed.

"......" Xu Jiangxi suddenly regretted it, and asked Zuo Ling what she wanted to do, wouldn't it be good to give her other things directly!

Bai Lao coughed dryly, took out a bottle of ointment and put it on the table and got up and went out, "The old man still has something to do, the ointment is on the table for the general!" ”

Bai Lao stroked his beard with satisfaction after going out, Xu Jiangxi grew up under his watch, and it was ten years to fight at the border. Xu Jiangxi is not married now, although Bai Lao didn't say it, he was already anxious in his heart. And Zuo Ling's performance these days still makes Bai Lao very satisfied, except when he handed over Zuo Ling's medical skills. What a daughter or something, Bai Lao doesn't expect Xu Jiangxi to marry them, and Bai Lao feels that only Zuo Ling is the most suitable for Xu Jiangxi!

After Bai Lao left, the atmosphere between Zuo Ling and Xu Jiangxi was ambiguous and embarrassing.

"I can't reach the back bruises! And the barracks are full of men, what if I'm a big girl with yellow flowers and a big girl is taken advantage of? Zuo Ling said with a scared face. It was as if she had been taken advantage of.

"I'll wipe it for you...... Isn't it taking advantage? Xu Jiangxi asked, his breath a little slow.

Zuo Ling shook his head, "The general is the person I trust the most, and besides, I take advantage of the general!" ”

Xu Jiangxi was shaken by Zuo Ling's eyes, he could obviously refuse Zuo Ling, but it was so difficult to speak.

What's wrong with him?

After a while, Xu Jiangxi sighed again, he found that every time he faced Zuo Ling, he always sighed.

"Bring the medicine!" Xu Jiangxi said, and at the same time found that his voice was a little hoarse.

Zuo Ling was secretly happy in his heart, took the ointment that Bai Lao put on the table, sat next to Xu Jiangxi, and turned his back to him. He began to untie his clothes, and when he untied the chest inside, Xu Jiangxi suddenly reached out from Zuo Ling's back and held her hand.

"That's it!" Xu Jiangxi said.

Zuo Ling also stopped.

Xu Jiangxi smeared some ointment on Zuo Ling's back and gently applied it, his movements were very careful, for fear of cutting this white back. Xu Jiangxi felt the heat from his abdomen spread to his head little by little, and he could feel his ears red and dripping blood.

Xu Jiangxi felt that this feeling was very painful.

Zuo Ling felt Xu Jiangxi's rough fingertips roaming on his back, and the place where he passed was not the coolness of the ointment but the hot touch. Xu Jiangxi couldn't see it, Zuo Ling's cheeks were already red, and his expressions of regret and joy were mixed on Zuo Ling's face.