Chapter 64: Building the Pot

With such a cold air, people can't eat enough with just one bowl of porridge, not to mention, there are many people who are supported, as well as women and children who are old and young.

Qiaoyu looked at the rice that had just been put in the pot, and hesitated: "Why don't we find someone to go to the market, buy a cart of sweet potatoes and sweet things, buy them and cut them and wash them and cook them in the pot, which can also be hungry." ”

When Ganlu and the others heard this, their eyes lit up, and they all nodded.

"Yes, when our sisters were starving, there were also good people who gave me this kind of rice porridge, which was sweet and delicious!"

"yes, yes, we've all drunk ..... too"

"What do you think, girl?"

"It's a good idea, but the road is difficult, and I don't know if I can catch up with it. After all, the first three pots of rice have already entered the pot. ”

Cheng Xiangjin was frowning and thinking, but at some point, Xie Lingfeng and Cheng Siyi came over. Behind them was a cart with a pile of sacks bulging out of it.

"Cousin, Brother Xie Shi, what are you pulling here?"

"Just now, when the two of us were helping the victims to rest their houses, we saw two merchants with a lot of sweet potatoes, radishes and other things in their homes. The two of us thought about it, maybe you could use it here, so we gave dozens of dollars and bought them all.

When Cheng Xiangjin and the others heard this, they were immediately happy, "It's the right time to come!" ”

Cheng Siyi and Xie Lingfeng helped them unload the car, and Cheng Xiangjin and eight or nine girls immediately got busy around the sack.

Qiaoyu started cutting sweet potatoes and discussed with Cheng Xiangjin, "Sweet potatoes are used to make porridge, and radishes are pickled with some sauce and vinegar." Save time and effort, and taste good! Do you think it's possible? ”

"Yes, just follow yours!"

A few girls washed and cut it, and soon made up the weight of three pots.

Cheng Siyi and Xie Lingfeng hadn't done this kind of work for a long time, they were tired enough, and when they saw that the fire in the stove was booming, they didn't care about any image or not, and squatted on the stove to roast the fire.

Xie Lingfeng looked at Cheng Xiangjin who was dressed in a yacha costume and couldn't help but tease, "If it weren't for listening to Dunzi, a few of you also came here, I might not be able to find you in the crowd!" I didn't expect Cheng Mei to look really decent in the clothes of the servants! ”

Cheng Xiangjin was busy with his hands and didn't have time to take care of him. turned to Cheng Siyi, who was squatting aside, and said, "Cousin, you know the situation of each square better, in your opinion, how many disaster victims will come to receive porridge in a while?" Are we enough for these three pots? ”

Cheng Siyi shook his head decisively.

"Several squares in this area have been affected, and hundreds of people have been affected. These three pots are divided, and they can't even splash a little water! ”

Cheng Xiangjin's eyes widened suddenly, "Huh? So what kind of fire are you two still cooking? Hurry up! ”

Cheng Siyi and Xie Lingfeng were shouted by her, and suddenly had some bad premonitions, "Let the two of you do something?" ”

"Build a pot!"

Cheng Xiangjin threw down three words, and then washed rice and cut vegetables with Qiaoyu and a few others.

Xie Lingfeng frowned suddenly, "How can we do this kind of work?" Isn't there a dun and others? ”

Cheng Xiangjin glanced at him, and raised his chin around, "Look at this side, where are there people with piers?" ”

Xie Lingfeng looked at it with a bitter face, except for the two guards who were chopping wood, the rest of the people were called away by Cheng Fuyin.

Now, they are really the only two idlers who can take on this heavy responsibility!

"It's all your mouth splashing, what's wrong with betting on the fire for heating, but it's not enough to have three pots with her, it's okay, such a difficult task, see how you get it? Ben Gongzi has never built a pot table! ”

Cheng Siyi was also dumbfounded, and said aggrievedly: "I'm also telling the truth, what if the porridge is not enough, and the victims rush to hurt people?" Anyway, if there is a lot of rice and grain, just boil it a few more pots, so that the victims will be fed and clothed, so that there will be no trouble. ”

Xie Lingfeng gritted his teeth with hatred, "Then have you ever set up a pot?" ”

Cheng Siyi suddenly wilted, "No ......"

He is just a young proprietor of a tea house, and it is too difficult for him to set up a pot!

Ganlu and the others listened to the two of them arguing around the pot table, and glanced at them with disdain. glanced at Qiaohui and the others, no one said much, eight or nine girls came back from all around one after another, and without saying a word, they used stones to build three simple pots and come out.

Although it is only a simple stove made of stones, it is stable and time-saving. That's enough!

The two guards who were chopping firewood saw that the cauldron was not enough, so they spontaneously went to the nearby people's homes to borrow three mouthfuls. The cauldron was put on the stove, and a few burning firewood were taken out from the stove on the side, and in a blink of an eye, the three new stoves were also burned.

Then add water and rice to the pot, and Cheng Xiangjin and Qiaoyu put a lot of sweet potatoes into the pot and finished in one go. The rice porridge boiled again.

Half an hour ago, the problem was suddenly solved!

Cheng Siyi and the others were simply stunned by the hands-on ability of these girls, and said in their hearts, these girls are really tough! He didn't even blink an eye when he lifted the stones, and what made him even more ashamed was that these girls could even build a pot, where did he put his face?

It's shameless to stay!

As the color darkened, the first few pots of porridge were boiled. As Cheng Siyi shouted loudly, the hungry people who were waiting in the shed suddenly swarmed up and surrounded them.

Cheng Xiangjin and the others were instantly surrounded by the hundreds of people who swarmed in.

"Wait, come one by one, don't worry!"

"Give me a bowl!"

"I want a bowl"

"I want it too, give it to me first!"

"Eh, I'll come first, why are you squeezing me!"

"Six or seven hot at home, give me a sheng first!"

“.......”

As the first porridge was served, the people behind were suddenly crowded with rice porridge with sweet potatoes in a large bowl. Scramble to be the first to give in to each other!

The two guards who remained here to maintain order were squeezed to the periphery, and no matter how much they shouted, the boiling crowd turned a blind eye.

As soon as Cheng Siyi saw this situation, he covered all the pots full of porridge with a bang.

"Queue, don't queue, no one eats!"

The people you fought for me suddenly stopped, "Why did you cover the pot?" Why don't you give it to us? ”

"That's it, open the pot, we want to eat porridge!"

"Open the pot! Turn on the pot! ......”

Seeing that the scene was about to get out of control, Xie Lingfeng immediately stood on a high platform and said in a deep voice with all his might: "Today's pots of porridge were ordered by Master Cheng of Jingzhao Yamen to cook them. The rice of this rice porridge was also brought by Master Cheng from his own house for you in an emergency. If you don't obey the command and swarm and scramble indiscriminately, then wait for the relief food of the imperial court tomorrow to come down and then eat! This porridge today. I'm still in charge! ”