Chapter 400: The surplus food is urgent
The crisp sound of birdsong breaks the silence of the valley. The first rays of warm sunlight in the morning shine through the gap in the cave. Zhu Junyang, who was laying the floor in the outer cave with the guards, stood up, moved his muscles and bones, which were slightly sore from sleeping on the hard ground, and looked unconsciously towards a certain hole.
Several cave entrances were quiet, except for the slight footsteps of the changing guards, the cave was silent. After a short time, the maiden and mother-in-law of the other courtyard got up, and after a simple wash, she began to arrange breakfast for the guards and the people in the other courtyard.
Zhu Junyang stretched his neck, why hasn't the cave where the Yu family lives moved? Xiaocao, this lazy girl, when is she still lazy? He only arrived last night, talked to his mother for a while after dinner, and when he came out to look for Xiaocao again, he had already entered his cave and Mengzhou Gong. There are future father-in-law and mother-in-law in the cave, and he is not good at hooking up with other people's daughters in a grand manner, so he has to hold back the thoughts in his heart and toss and turn for a long time in the outer cave before falling asleep.
Finally, there was movement in the middle cave. The first to come out was a slim girl, dressed in an ordinary muslin dress, and her hair was simply combed into a bun. Zhu Junyang's face was overjoyed, he took a step forward, and when he saw the little girl's face clearly, he suddenly showed a disappointed expression: "Xiaolian, it's early!" ”
Yu Xiaolian saw his disappointed expression in her eyes, covered her mouth and smiled secretly. Then he said to the county prince whose neck was about to reach the entrance of his cave: "Little sister estimates that it will take half an hour to get up, she explained last night, saying that if you get up early, you might as well go to the creek to catch some small white fish and come back, she will use the stew soup in the morning." This is a crockpot for catching fish, and bait is placed in it......"
Zhu Junyang looked helpless: "This girl knows how to call the master." These rough jobs, still use the master? Still, despite that, he obediently took the crockpot. The little girl still has half an hour to get up, and he is idle, so it is good to walk around the valley and breathe fresh air.
He jumped off the cliff, came to the stream, took off his shoes and stood in the stream, looking at the small white fish in the cracks of the stones, and said to himself: Why do you need bait when you catch fish? With the master's skills, how many small fish are still not caught?
However, when it came to the actual operation, he immediately slapped him in the face. The little white fish was extremely dexterous in the water, slipperier than a loach, and shuttled freely through the cracks of the stones, sometimes gliding away from his fingers, sometimes deliberately wandering around his feet, as if teasing him.
Zhu Junyang was busy for a long time, tired and sweaty, and he didn't catch a few. In desperation, I had to put the crockpot into the stream. A strange sight appeared, and those little white fish seemed to be controlled, swimming in line towards the crockpot, crowded like pilgrimage saints.
His brows furrowed unconsciously, and the closer he got to Yu Xiaocao, the more he felt that there was a mysterious power in her, a power that was beyond nature, beyond the scope of human comprehension. He was worried that this would bring disaster to the little girl in the future.
However, with him to protect him, unless the emperor and the imperial grandfather are them, others want to beat the little girl's idea, and pass him first. He will keep her secret and protect her. With him, no one can hurt his little girl. made up his mind, Zhu Junyang's brows gradually relaxed: his little girl should do whatever she wants, and what he likes is her true and natural side.
When he jumped into the cave through the gap in the cave with a crockpot of fish, Yu Xiaocao was already busy by the stove. Glancing at Zhu Junyang who came over, Yu Xiaocao didn't raise his head and said, "Clean up the little white fish, I'll use it in a while." ”
"Me?" Zhu Junyang pointed to his nose, and the surprise in his voice was clearly recognizable, "Master's hand, you can hold a sword, carry a stick, and kill the wicked...... I just won't clean up the fish and shrimp......"
"You can't learn! Hurry up, I'm in a hurry to use it!! Yu Xiaocao didn't even raise her eyelids now, it seemed that she had taken it for granted that she had summoned the prince of the county.
The subordinates of the palace also seemed to be accustomed to it, what to do, and none of them came up to relieve their master. Princess Jing stood at the door of her cave, watching her youngest son carrying a clay pot with great interest, looking at a loss, covering her mouth and laughing unscrupulously.
It was still the Liu family who was merciful, gave his daughter a blank look, took the crockpot in the hand of King Yangjun, pointed to his trouser leg that was wet by the stream and said, "Lord Jun, you go and change your clothes, and leave the matter of cleaning up the fish to the people's women." ”
Zhu Junyang smiled at her gratefully, that smile was brighter than the rising sun, and it made Liu's eyes dizzy: The prince of the county is too good-looking, three points more beautiful than her grass, can such a person be reliable?
To be honest, if the Liu family had a choice, she would never have chosen her daughter to be a son-in-law like the King of Yangjun. They have to choose a down-to-earth person who can live a down-to-earth life, and it is best to be the right person, so that if the girl is wronged, their parents can go to support the girl. The prince of the county is not to mention his charming appearance, and his status is high, if he changes his mind in the future, they can only sigh and cry with their daughter.
"Alas......" Liu sighed deeply, his brows full of sorrow.
Zhu Junyang thought that he would not be able to clean up the fish, and was disgusted by his future mother-in-law, so he hurriedly said: "Auntie, you can call me Junyang in the future, it seems too rusty to call the prince of the county." What if you have something at hand...... You can teach me how to make fish, and I'm a quick learner. ”
Liu shook his head, and the sorrow between his eyebrows still existed: "County ...... Your hand, which is the hand that cleans up the fish? Hurry up and change your clothes, the temperature in this mountain is quite low in the morning and evening, don't get cold. ”
Zhu Junyang saw that his mother-in-law cared about him, and cleaning up fish was really not his forte, so he obediently went to his cave to change clothes. Princess Jing smiled and said, "Yo! Whose son is so obedient? Usually what I say, no one works. Alas...... What is the use of raising a son? On the contrary, it is cheaper! ”
"Mother!" In the past two years, the youngest son has almost never been ill, the demon in his heart seems to have been driven away, Princess Jing has lost a big heart, and her temperament is getting more and more out of her mind. Catching his youngest son for pastime all day long, Zhu Junyang was annoyed.
Princess Jing pretended to dip her handkerchief into the corners of her eyes, pouted and said, "Okay! My daughter-in-law didn't marry into the door, so I was an eyesore as a mother. Alas...... Life is hard, the son who has been raised for 20 years in vain is empty and happy! ”
Zhu Junyang bypassed his mother with a helpless face and went into the cave to change clothes, having no time to appreciate her singing and playing. According to his experience, he couldn't ignore his mother at this time, and the more he ignored her, the more he couldn't get out, so he could only take thirty-six plans as the best policy.
Breakfast was simple, with thick white rice porridge, oil cakes and a bowl of fragrant fish soup. Eating in the cave, the taste will not be dispersed for a long time, starting today, the Yu family, the Liu family and Princess Jing gathered in a corner of the outer cave to eat. A few relatively flat stones were used as a table, except for the princess who sat on the cushion, everyone else sat on the ground, and the food was very sweet.
"Dad, there is not much food left in our family, if you save some food, you can hold on until tomorrow morning." Yu Xiaocao drank the fish soup, frowned slightly, and worried cheeks hung on his cheeks.
Yu Hai sighed and said, "I don't know when these would-be robbers will leave...... Otherwise, I'll go around the mountains tomorrow and see if I can hunt a bigger prey......"
Zhu Junyang frowned and said, "Otherwise, I will take Zheng Yun and the others to Dongshan Village to grab some food and come back." Solve a few widows and vent the anger in your heart! ”
After he got the news, he went straight to Dongshan Village all the way, with a breath of anger in his heart, if he wasn't worried about the safety of his mother and Xiaocao, he would have killed those widows who were powerful in Dongshan Village!
Princess Jing said worriedly: "There are a lot of Japanese robbers, one or two hundred!" We have a small number of people, so we should not act rashly! Mei Xiang, how much more food do we bring? First, as Yu Hai said, hunt some prey, plus the food brought over, and make do with it for a few days. Wait for the private army of the palace to come, and then settle the account with the Japanese Kou. ”
When King Jing was young, he followed the Emperor Taishang to fight in the south and the north, and he was also a prince. Several sons in the family have also practiced martial arts since childhood, and they have been exposed to it, and when they talk and behave with Princess Jing, they will occasionally show a refreshing side.
Although Zhu Junyang wanted to kill the Quartet there, he did not disobey the will of his mother, so she worried, so she suppressed the fire in her heart. After breakfast, Zhu Junyang gathered a few guards, and under the leadership of Yu Hai, he walked out of the cave and headed for the depths of the West Mountain.
Some of the villagers who were isolated from the countryside were on the run, losing their luggage and supplies, and the past two days have almost been like years. Zhang's and Yu Dashan's mother and son are two typical of them, at the beginning, because they brought too many things, the mother and son who were left behind, when they were about to be caught up by the Japanese Kou, except for the silver sewn on Zhang's waist, everything else was lost. In a hurry, Li didn't know where he was rushed, and he has not been able to join the villagers so far.
At the beginning, some villagers would give them a few mouthfuls of food when they saw them crying pitifully. But two days have passed, the villagers have traveled lightly, they don't bring much food, and their families don't have enough to eat, how can they help this mother and son?
Fortunately, the palace guards came to spread the word that there were no wild beasts in the valley, and some wild grasses and wild fruits could be found in it, and as long as they were diligent, they could barely fill their stomachs. These words brought a ray of hope to the villagers, who were already a little desperate, and the peace in the valley was quickly broken by these villagers. The flowers and plants in the valley have suffered, trampled on by the villagers who don't know the goods.
The team that went out hunting, and today was lucky, and met a family of four wild boars. Adult wild boars have thick skin and thick flesh, and it is difficult for ordinary bows and arrows to penetrate their skin. However, the guards of the palace were all good at kung fu, and they quickly won the wild boar family. The two big wild boars add up to four or five hundred catties, and the two little wild boars have also grown to half the size, adding up to more than one hundred catties.