Chapter 4 Lamb in Sauce
In the dark night, Xu Feng stood quietly on the edge of the cliff behind the wooden house, and the mountain wind was howling, blowing the sound of hunting in the robes. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
The cliff below was dark, and in the night, it was like a gate to hell leading to the demon world, and it was dark that nothing could be seen, and his rotten and unseemly clothes were thrown underneath.
After a beating and kicking, the children who had bullied Ah Crazy on weekdays became honest, silent, and no longer dared to make waves. Even looking at Xu Feng's eyes, there was a kind of awe in his eyes.
After a day's lessons, Xu Feng only had one feeling -- naïve! Whether it was science or mathematics, the subjects he studied were as simple as playing at home in Xu Feng's view.
These subjects are too pediatric for a former top scientific genius who has studied calculus, string theory, and quantum physics.
Xu Feng has found full self-confidence from this world, regardless of his high-ranking lords, his imperial power and Taoism, and his cultivation of immortals, Xu Feng will meet him for a while, give him a try! In this strange world, let yourself live a real life.
He decided to go to the bottom of the mountain tomorrow to see Aunt Shen and do his filial piety in this world.
Having made up his mind, Xu Feng suddenly felt an empty feeling in his stomach, and then remembered that he hadn't eaten a bite of food in a day, and walked in the direction of the school cafeteria.
Xu Feng came to find something to eat openly, at this time the door of the cafeteria had been locked, Xu Feng was too lazy to show the lock-picking skills in physical theory, and gently pushed open the hidden window, like a big cat, with a bow, and slipped in.
Under the window is a square brick stove, Xu Feng gently descended from the stove to the ground, walked around the kitchen, and found that it was all cooking, cutting boards, spatulas, and baskets were everywhere, but there was nothing to eat.
Alas, it actually fell to the point of going into the window to find something to eat! Xu Feng shook his head again and sighed.
While sighing, Xu Feng smelled a fragrance, it turned out that there was an inner room in the kitchen, just next to the firewood stack, and a mellow aroma of cooked meat wafted out from it.
Xu Feng pushed the door and dodged in, and crashed into a person's arms head-on!
In the small space, a pair of frightened eyes were attached to his face, and the man was startled by Xu Feng who suddenly broke in, and involuntarily opened his mouth to exclaim.
Xu Feng hurriedly reached out to cover the man's mouth.
In the dark world, only the sound of two hearts beating can be heard.
His eyes quickly adapted to the dark environment, and Xu Feng recognized that this person was Jiang Liao, who was carrying a sack during the day.
In the middle of the night, it was a little embarrassing to meet each other in this place.
After a moment of silence, Xu Feng first adjusted his mood and said indifferently: "Where's the meat?"
Jiang Liao reacted at this time, grinned knowingly, and let go of his wide body. There was a large iron pot on the table behind Jiang Liao's body, which was full of boiled tender mutton, sprinkled with salt flowers, emitting an attractive fragrance.
The tender mutton boiled in salted water tastes the most delicious, and Jiang Liao came here because he calculated that there was a delicious taste today.
Xu Feng was no longer polite, picked up a piece of lamb chops and started eating, and was eating vigorously, but Jiang Liao gently touched Xu Feng with his elbow.
Looking back, Jiang Liao had already taken out a large porcelain plate in his hand, which contained condiments mixed with sesame oil, chili pepper, and ginger.
Xu Feng was slightly stunned, tentatively dipped it, and tasted it carefully.
The tender cooked lamb chops, dipped in delicious spicy ginger juice, are also the best in the world.
Xu Feng winked at Jiang Liao while feasting, meaning "You kid!"
Jiang Liao smiled honestly and embarrassedly, shook off his big mouth and ate it.
In this life, Xu Feng tasted the delicacy of mutton with sauce for the first time, and he ate more than Jiang Liaodu.
In a moment, the bones had been thrown to the ground. It feels so good to be full in my stomach, Xu Feng sighed.
Jiang Liao obviously didn't come to steal food for the first time. At this time, out of nowhere, he took out a piece of brown paper, wrapped all the leftover bones, scooped a scoop of water from the vat, brushed the plate with ginger juice, and put everything back in its place, and in a moment the battlefield was cleaned.
The tall Jiang Liao looked wooden and kind, and he was really careful when he ate secretly. Before leaving, I didn't forget to remind Xu Feng: Just eat it once in ten days, otherwise there will be too little meat and you will be discovered!
Xu Feng would do such a thing again, nodded on the surface, floated lightly, and swung out of the window.
Jiang Liao followed, jumped out of the window, turned around and closed the window. In the night, quietly watching Xu Feng.
In the past, Xu Feng was really honest, but when he saw it tonight, the means were actually above himself, if Xu Feng hadn't covered his mouth, he would have to show his stuffing today! Jiang Liao thought to himself.
After a while, Jiang Liao said leisurely: I don't want to deliberately take advantage of the school, I can't eat enough just rice.
Jiang Liao, who was born with divine power, was the only classmate who cared about him among the people he had seen in the past two days, and Xu Feng had already thought of getting acquainted.
Xu Feng patted Jiang Liao's sturdy figure, and said with a smile: Those who can work harder, naturally have to eat more, and when we get rich, we don't have to eat secretly.
In the past few days since I woke up, it costs money to invite Langzhong, it costs money to study in the school, and it costs money to buy clothes, Xu Feng already knows that in this empire, silver is very important.
Jiang Liao was born in a poor family of blacksmiths who could no longer be poor, but fortunately, his father and himself were brute force, and they earned a little money to support their family by striking iron. In most families like Jiang Liao, their children will not be sent to the school, they are all wandering among the rivers and lakes, but Jiang Liao's father is bent on sending Jiang Liao to the school, hoping to change the fate of poverty.
Jiang Liao looks tall and mighty, but his inner self-esteem is extremely strong. Coming to the cafeteria to eat secretly today, Xu Feng not only did not disdain and dislike it, but also said such things like a real friend, Jiang Liao's heart secretly identified Xu Feng as a friend.
When it came to making a fortune, Jiang Liao was obviously excited: "When I have money, please come to Rixuan for a big meal!"
Coming to Rixuan, taking the meaning of the long day, is the best restaurant in Zhongzhou County.
Xu Feng nodded and said: Definitely!
Xu Feng is going down the mountain to Hengshui Town to see Aunt Shen tomorrow, and his memory is already confused after he is reborn, it is best to have someone to accompany him, and he can mention himself at a critical moment, so he told Jiang Liao his plans.
Although it is said that the children's reading and learning art is a major event of the dynasty's national policy, but the Great Xia Kingdom has been peaceful for thousands of years, and the bureaucracy is bloated, which leads to rampant corruption, and the schools in the prefectures and counties are often reduced to the money bags of the teaching officials, and Hengshui is no exception.
Unless it is on the eve of the triennial Tsing Yi test, the school will rectify the discipline for a few days decently, so Jiang Liao agreed to Xu Feng's request to accompany him tomorrow.
The next morning, the breeze was light, and the sun filtered through the pine branches to leave dappled shadows on the grass.
Xu Feng wore a cyan gown, although it was an old clothes, and the material had been washed and white, but it was clean and refreshing, and an elegant atmosphere faded out.
Xu Feng, who was calm and relaxed, walked in front, Jiang Liao's body was too tall and strong, put on a long shirt, and had a feeling of incoordination, and followed Xu Feng majestically, walking towards Hengshui Town step by step.
Walk through the rice field again, come to the foot of the mountain, what catches your eye is a tall archway, Xu Feng and the two of them pass through the archway, only to see the four big characters carved on it "Hengshui Wenzong".
Hengshui Town is located in the hinterland of the Xia Empire, in Zhongzhou, due to the suitable climate, the four seasons are distinct, the town is very densely populated, the industry and commerce are extremely developed, not only the people are abundant, but also is an important town connecting the north and south of the empire, and the water and land transportation extends in all directions.
This kind of feng shui treasure land, a few decades ago, there was a big official, it was the prime minister of the Great Xia Empire, Lu Gongquan, and the people in the officialdom respected him as Lu Ge Lao. The archway of the "Hengshui Wenzong" in front of him and the Hengshui School in the middle of the mountain are built by Lu Gongquan in order to encourage the future generations of his hometown.
Lu Gongquan is a clean official for the people, but also an official who protects his shortcomings, bringing a lot of convenience to his hometown, the highest reward given by the imperial court to important ministers is to reduce or exempt taxes from his hometown, Hengshui Town enjoys the preferential tax treatment of the imperial court every year, giving Lu Gongquan a great face.
Three years ago, the old emperor died and the new emperor ascended the throne, relying more on the Wenchen group headed by Lu Gongquan. Originally, the Tsing Yi test was only selected in the county schools in the four major states, and the lower-level town office schools were only recommended to participate in the selection of the county government, but because Hengshui was Lu Gongquan Sangzi, the imperial court specially approved the Hengshui School to directly open the Tsing Yi test, which was the glory of reaching the peak as a courtier.
Xu Feng and the others walked through the wide and simple stone streets, the lively shops along the road, and the pedestrians coming and going, all of which showed the prosperity and wealth of Hengshui as an important town in Zhongzhou.
A Heng River divides the town in two. The side of the mountain near the school is relatively prosperous, which is the office of the town office, and the rich mansions are gathered.
Jiang Liao pointed to a large Zhumen family and said: This is Han Fugui's family, which is engaged in the business of selling grain on the river.
The Han family occupies an extremely wide area, and the two walked along the road for a quarter of an hour before walking past the pink and white courtyard wall of the Han family.
Jiang Liao pointed to a large-scale book printing shop not far away: This is the Dongfang Bai family, and next door is Ma Youcai's family, but it is a butcher shop.
On the other side of the river is where ordinary croppers and poor families live. At the end of the road, there is a bridge across the river, and a deep house compound is being built at one end of the bridge.
In fact, the word yard can no longer describe this family. The entire complex is a palace! Xu Feng looked at Jiang Liao with an inquiring eye.
Jiang Liao sighed lightly and said: This is the first tyrant in Hengshui, the Huang family.
The head of the family, Huang Batian, covers the sky with one hand in Hengshui Town, an only son, called Huang Juncai, and he bullies men and women and does all kinds of evil, and secretly has a nickname called "Huang Silai", that is, eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling are all cheating, and Hengshui is old and young who dare not speak out.
Xu Feng knew from Jiang Liao's expression that Jiang Liao had also suffered from the Huang family. In retrospect, Han Fugui seems to have said a few words of "a few kind words for you in front of Huang Shao" on the edge of the rice field, could it be that this Huang Silai is talking about?
Crossing the river from the bridge, to the river is a lively bazaar, all kinds of people and other miscellaneous places, fortune tellers, tea sellers, juggling is very lively, but compared to the street on the other side of the river, it is the Zhabei black market in Hengshui Town, and it is also a place where all kinds of gang organizations are active.
The pharmacy in Helang is the first gate market in Zhabei.
After walking about two miles, I came to a small house in the narrow alley, which was Aunt Shen's house.
The narrow and dark wooden door was not locked, Xu Feng pushed open the wooden door, there was no one in the house, the walls were black everywhere, except for agricultural tools such as rakes and plows, there was no decent furniture in the house, and in the early summer time, the house also looked cold and shabby. On a clay platform was a sewing basket with a long gown on it, and Xu Feng knew that it was the same gown he had worn before.
The inner room was even darker and narrower, with only a low bed, and on the cushion at the head of the bed, a clean white cloth bag was placed, and the word "learning" was embroidered on the cloth bag. The clean white cloth bag is particularly glaring in the dark room.
Xu Feng reached out and touched the bag, which contained more than a dozen eggs, still with warm residual heat.
Xu Feng's eyes were hot and he walked out of the house.
For the poor people in the left district, eggs are the best food, and the eggs saved by Aunt Shen are reluctant to eat them, and they have to be sent to the school for themselves.
When he was thinking about where the eldest lady went, an old voice came from the courtyard next door: "Ah Feng is back! I heard that you have suffered an adventure, tell your uncle about it." ”