Chapter 53: Rats and Vegetable Roots in the Field
The city is located at the junction of the river and the Luoshui, the fertile field is thousands of miles, the endless ears of millet are full, and the head is lowered maturely, and it looks like a wave of green, green and gold. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
This is one of the largest granaries of the Xia Dynasty, and compared to other barren lands, the farmers around Chuxun are relatively the richest, and they are also the places with the least hunger.
At this time, the farmers often stand on the edge of the fields to keep watch to drive away the birds that come to peck, and if they are interested, they will also set up simple baskets to catch birds.
Now there are two men sitting on the edge of the field, dressed in cool linen clothes, staring vigilantly at the endless field, and chatting with each other.
"Caigen, I didn't say you, the mother-in-law in your family is really excessive, seeing that the new rice is going to come down, why is it still a spoonful of millet a day. "The man who spoke was about thirty-five or sixteen years old, and was called about twenty-five years old.
If Caigen does not have a surname, it is not a so-called common people, but just a commoner, just like the thousands of people living in this ancient land. He did not answer, but picked up a piece of soil from his side and threw it into the middle of the field, and three wild birds flew up in a flutter.
"You just don't have a temper at all, and you squeeze your mother-in-law to this point. I'm hungry again before I even go out, you're so tall, you're definitely hungrier than me!" the man continued.
Caigen looked at the birds that flew into the distance and laughed innocently.
"Did you hear me talking to you, I'm your brother-in-law!"
Hearing the words "brother-in-law", Caigen replied: "Tongye is my mother-in-law, and she is also your sister-in-law, she didn't let you eat enough, it's useless to complain to me, if you are really hungry, I will catch a rat with you to eat." ”
When my brother-in-law heard this, his eyes lit up: "Yes, yes, yes, catch the rats, these rats are the most hateful, and the rice fields are all ruined by these things, and now we have directly ruined them, which can be regarded as the first strike." ”
Having made up their minds, the two of them walked cautiously to the field.
"Brother-in-law, slow down, step on the millet seedlings and beware of me, I told Kiriha. ”
"That's all you have!"
"Slow down, slow down!"
"I know, I know, even a turtle like you can't catch up!"
The two of them talked and searched, and finally found a big rat hole, and dealt with the nearby seedlings, filling it with stones while filling it with stones.
But after a while, a fat rat ran out and got stuck in the narrow hole, and the brother-in-law picked it up and beat it twice until it didn't move at all.
The brother-in-law carried it slowly out of the field, and the vegetable root followed.
After a while, a fat fragrance filled the ridges.
"You shouldn't have eaten this meat, you deserve to starve to death. The brother-in-law took the roasted meat in half: "Oh, eat some, if it weren't for my brother-in-law, you would have starved to death." ”
Caigen reached out and took it, with a look of shame on his face.
Not far away, five GIs passed by, and one of them suddenly sniffed and said, "Do you smell it, I bet it's the smell of Kao Shuo rats!"
"Dognose, where is there anyone in this wilderness?"
The GI sniffed like a dog and slowly approached the vegetable roots, whose mind was full of delicious food at the moment, and noticed that someone was coming.
The soldier rushed out and suddenly shouted, "Haha, I'll just say it's rat meat." Bring it here, bring it over!"
Caigen shrunk and handed over the meat he had just taken a bite of, while his brother-in-law took the opportunity to take another bite.
The soldier suddenly became angry and kicked him to the ground: "Damn, what did you eat after eating Grandpa Bing!"
The brother-in-law raised his head and smiled: "Grandpa, if you eat, I won't have to eat!"
The GI kicked him a few more times, and his brother-in-law was beaten, but he stood up numbly, pulling the vegetable root and leaving.
The soldier suddenly stopped and said, "Don't leave yet, Grandpa Bing will arrange a good errand for you, and you can eat roast pheasant after you do a good job." Pheasant, you know what it tastes like, you don't know!"
When the brother-in-law heard the food, he felt that his legs were a little heavy, but Caigen always felt that something was wrong and wanted to leave, so the four GIs behind him pressed them to the ground and punched and kicked them.
The rat was originally small, and it was eaten by seven people before and after, and one person couldn't get a mouthful.
The soldier smashed his mouth and said, "Let's build a tilting palace to decorate Yaotai in the summer, just so you can go with me." When it's built, you'll come back when you come back, and you'll naturally have all kinds of treasures when you come back!"
Caigen said: "But this corn is about to be ripe, and my mother-in-law can't get so many crops alone, so I'll go with you when I harvest the rice." ”
The soldier said: "You Diao people like to deceive the soldier's grandfather, and when you collect the corn, his old man will take my head after the summer!"
Caigen said: "But, this will be cooked immediately!"
The soldier waved the stone knife in his hand twice and said, "I don't know when the corn will be cooked, I know you're going to die soon!"
Caigen shrank his head in fear: "This ......"
The GIs were beaten again.
Caigen said: "Bing...... Grandpa, I'll tell my mother-in-law, just say it!"
"No way!"
"Grandpa Bing, I knelt down with you. ”
"No way!"
Caigen and her brother-in-law were tied to a rope and walked onto the official road, heading towards the first city in the ages.
Tens of thousands of civilians like them gathered outside the city, and many of them didn't have time to say a word to their mothers-in-law and children, so they came here and gathered together in a "great and arduous" cause.
The city is dozens of feet high, and Caigen raised his head to look at the two figures above, one was wearing a bright yellow dragon robe, and the other was wearing a red brocade, and they pointed at Caigen's group of people.
The red figure seemed to hide its lips and let out a laugh.
Caigen was pulled by his brother-in-law, hurriedly knelt down like everyone else, and shouted with them: "My posterior strength covers the ancients, and there is no limit to longevity!"
Xia Hou stretched out her finger to the people who were prostrate on the ground, and said to Yuxi: "You see, these people will build a new nest of love for us, and when you return from Youshi, I will feast the ministers there, and let them know your place in my heart!"
Yu Xi didn't answer, she narrowed her eyes at the tens of thousands of civilians under the city, she wanted to look at the so-called Allure Palace Yaotai sarcastically, but in the end she just raised her head and smiled at Queen Xia and said, "It's all up to the king!"
Xia Hou said: "I have sent the prince to the bitter cold land of the extreme north to pick glazed stones, the third prince took people to the East China Sea to get all kinds of pearl agate, Guan Long will come back from Sanmiao in a few days, and he will also bring some rare things." I want to gather the best things in the world in one place, so that I can be worthy of my woman!"
The shyness on Yu Xi's face is like a flower blooming in spring, wonderful and abnormal, without the slightest trace of artificiality.
The summer queen took Yuxi into her arms, listening to the praise of the city like waves, and a heartfelt sense of satisfaction filled his chest. After more than 20 years on the throne, today is one of his happiest days.
The joy of the true dragon is like a piece of bright sunshine, and anything that might block the sun should be back down.
Therefore, a minister stood behind the city wall in a daze with a silk book, not knowing whether to present it, and at this time, he saw Yuxi's eyes, and immediately returned the same way without hesitation.