Chapter 7: The Cottage Meeting

Chaochuan Wu smiled: "I didn't expect that this time in order to compete for half a piece of mutton fat, but let us put aside our prejudices and unite more together, I feel that this time it was not in vain." ”

"Sheep fat?" Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then shouted in unison: "Mutton!" ”

Just now, everyone was so excited that they forgot about the mutton cooked in the pot, which was reminded by Chaochuan Wu, only to find that the whole room was filled with a rich aroma of meat.

The firewood in the stove had long been burned out, and everyone began to busily regenerate the fire, and Chen Luosheng and Yan Yue were also busy getting the bran and bran to prepare for cooking.

"Luosheng, Yan Yue, bring more chaff and bran, everyone is happy today, we have to celebrate, let everyone have a full meal." Ma Xuan commanded.

"Okay!" Chen Luosheng and Yan Yue agreed.

The fire in the stove was lit again, Yan Yue and Chen Luosheng slowly sprinkled the bran and bran into the pot, Chao Chuanwu stirred it with a wooden stick, and finally put in a little salt, this hearty mutton and bran porridge was ready.

This meal was very sweet and satisfying; On the one hand, the mood is different today, and on the other hand, today's dinner is indeed extraordinarily fragrant.

After eating, Asagawa Wu pointed to the blanket and asked, "Where is the rest of the mutton?" ”

Everyone looked at Qin Zhen, and after the conversation just now, everyone unconsciously handed over the matter of using their brains to Qin Zhen.

Qin Zhen smiled, didn't think much about it, and said, "Why don't you hang it on the beams of the house, the weather is cold now, and it won't freeze." ”

Ma Xuan said: "You can't hang it, you should build a stone pit outside the house and bury the meat." ”

Qin Zhen was stunned for a moment, then immediately understood what Ma Xuan meant, and said sincerely: "It's my negligence, what Brother Ma said is right, just do what Brother Ma said." ”

"I'll go!" Wang Tiezhu and Yang Xiaoqi stood up and said in unison.

In terms of the handling and arrangement of a specific matter, Qin Zhen is far less meticulous and thoughtful than Ma Xuan, although their kind of hut party members basically will not come, but maybe there will be an accident when, in case other party guards find out that they are secretly hiding mutton oil, they may face a catastrophe.

Be careful and careful in the coming period.

The time has entered April, and the grassland of Bulzhi is already full of greenery, not far away a small river twists and turns, winding away, and a little farther is a small hill blocking the view, the hill occasionally has some bushes dotted with this grassland, and above the hill is a tiled blue sky, and a few white clouds are floating leisurely in the sky.

The sky on the grassland was always very low, so low that Qin Zhen felt that he could touch the white clouds floating by when he stood on that mountain.

Qin Zhen, who was accustomed to seeing the gray sky, suddenly saw such a fresh and distant sky, and felt inexplicably comfortable, and his whole body was a lot more relaxed.

After a month of recuperation, Qin Zhen's injuries were completely healed and he returned to the work of raising horses.

The Bulzhi grassland is very large, it is divided into the territory of several tribes, this horse farm belongs to the tribe of the centurion of the party army, there are more than 100 batches of war horses in the horse farm, and a ten-master Tuoba Feng under Tuoba Jue is stationed to take care of the horse farm, their main job is to guard the safety of the horse farm, not to let people from other tribes encroach on their horse farm, and regularly ride these war horses for proper training, after all, no matter how good the war horse, if it is not trained for a long time, it will be chaotic when it really arrives on the battlefield.

The work of the gang of horse slaves in Qin Zhen is to clean the stables and mangers, clean the war horses, care for the horseshoe, drink the horses, feed the horses, prepare forage for the horses, etc., more than 100 horses, only ten of them, and the daily labor intensity is not insignificant.

Usually training war horses is a very boring thing, Tuoba Jue lives in Liangzhou City, and usually does not come to the horse farm, so Tuoba Feng and his guards are lazy, and the training of war horses is also imposed on Qin Zhen and others, which makes Qin Zhen and others more labor-intensive, but it is also because of this that each of them has practiced a good riding skill.

Although the Bulzhi grassland in April is already full of green, but these grasses have not fully grown, so the current war horses are still kept in the stables, eating the forage they have prepared, only occasionally in addition to training, let these war horses gnaw the grass for a day, and when the grass is fully grown in May, they can graze horses on the grassland, and gradually recover the physical strength of the war horses, and from May to August, it is basically the time period when they have the least workload.

Qin Zhen combed the hair of Chasing Dian, although it had just arrived in April, Chasing Electric had begun to gradually lose his hair, and the new hair was even more black and shiny, Qin Zhen liked this chasing electric horse very much, maybe it was because he had been together for a long time, and Chasing Electric also had some affection and dependence on Qin Zhen, after a month, he saw Chasing Electric again, and Chasing Electric was like a child, and his head was rubbed against Qin Zhen for a long time.

Chasing electricity is specially cared for by Qin Zhen, so Qin Zhen spends the most time on chasing electricity, and like Qin Zhen, Xue Yuan and others also have war horses that are specially cared for, such as Xue Yuan's care of chasing clouds, Chaochuan Wu's care of chasing the moon, Chen Luosheng's care of chasing wind, Ma Xuan's care of lightning, etc., these war horses that we specialize in caring for are much more handsome than ordinary war horses.

During this time, everyone was still the same as before on the surface, the Liangzhou faction and the foreign gang often had conflicts because of some trivial matters, Wang Tiezhu and Xue Yuan even made a move, looking at this posture, if it weren't for the party members pressing on it, the two gangs would have to fight.

In the face of the contradictions between these two gangs, the party members turned a blind eye, and even sometimes added fuel to the fire, for example, sometimes when arranging labor, they deliberately arranged a little more for the other gang, anyway, they did not dare to vent their dissatisfaction to the party members who were high above, so they could only vent it to the party with less labor.

And when I got to the hut at night, it was a different scene entirely.

Ten days ago, Qin Zhen proposed that everyone communicate with each other in order to improve their survival skills here, and everyone agreed, and after discussion, they thought that what they urgently needed to improve now was physical fitness, literacy and hyphenation; Under Ma Xuan's arrangement, Xue Yuan and Ma Xuan taught everyone to practice martial arts to strengthen their bodies, while Qin Zhen, Chaochuan Wu, and Ma Rui were responsible for teaching everyone to read and hyphenate.

Ma Xuan divided the people into three waves, one group practiced martial arts outside, one group read and hyphenated characters in the house, and the remaining two went to a farther place to post a sentry in case they were discovered by the party members. In this way, everyone can learn martial arts and cultural knowledge by taking turns every day.

For example, on the first day, Xue Yuan led Qin Zhen and Chen Luosheng to practice martial arts, Chao Chuanwu and Ma Rui taught Ma Xuan, Yan Yue, and Wang Tiezhu cultural knowledge, and Ma Shun and Yang Xiaoqi were responsible for sentry; The next day, Ma Xuan taught Chaochuan Wu and Ma Rui to practice martial arts, Qin Zhen taught Xue Yuan, Yang Xiaoqi, Ma Shun, and Yan Yue knowledge, and Chen Luosheng and Wang Tiezhu were responsible for sentry; In such a rotation, under Ma Xuan's arrangement, everyone knew their duties at night.

At dinner tonight, Qin Zhen informed everyone that he had some new ideas, and during this time, everyone basically adapted to Qin Zhen's various ideas, in fact, these ideas of Qin Zhen were imperceptibly influencing them and enriching their lives a lot.

After eating, Yan Yue and Ma Rui went out to sentry, and now they have formed a habit that they must be sentry every night.

After Yan Yue and Ma Rui went out for about a quarter of an hour, Qin Zhen spoke: "I have some ideas here, let's all sum them up, first, we need to increase the practice of riding; The second is that we need to find food so that everyone can be full, so that with the effect of martial arts, our physical fitness will be greatly improved. ”

"Everyone is pretty good at riding, why do you have to practice your riding skills?" Asagawa asked a little strangely.

Qin Zhen said: "Although everyone's riding skills are good, but it is not enough, I have some considerations, but it is not specific enough, so it is inconvenient to tell you, but the riding skills must be improved, this is very important, at least to be able to hide in the horse's belly, now only Xue Yuan and Ma Xuan have such riding skills among us, when the time comes, when Xue Yuan and Ma Xuan take turns to tell you about this skill when learning cultural knowledge every night." ”

Xue Yuan groaned slightly: "If you want to say that there is no special skill in the riding technique of hiding in the belly of the horse, the main thing is to be bold and skilled, I also practiced riding a horse since I was a child, and we can practice in the process of training war horses; On the other hand, from May onwards we can herd horses on the horse farm, and we can practice riding without a saddle while we are herding horses, and if we can ride a horse without a saddle, it is much easier to add a saddle and stirrups. ”

Ma Xuan nodded and said: "I completely agree with these methods that Xue Yuan said, so that's it, I will discuss with Xue Yuan in the past few nights, and tell you about the skills and methods that we think are useful, and we will start practicing from May." ”

Among the ten people now, Qin Zhen is mainly responsible for putting forward his ideas and opinions from the general direction, while Xue Yuan and Ma Xuan are mainly responsible for the overall arrangement and implementation of specific affairs; Qin Zhen, who has two lifetimes of experience, has a vision and experience beyond this era, and is often able to look at problems at a higher level; But when it comes to handling specific affairs, he can't catch up with Xue Yuan and Ma Xuan, they are united, and the advantages of the group are immediately apparent.

Hearing Ma Xuan's arrangement, Qin Zhen said very seriously: "I can't say the specific reason now, but this practice of riding is really very important, we don't have much time, it is impossible to practice step by step so safely, I hope you don't be afraid of injury, and even take out the spirit of not being afraid of death to practice, everyone knows that starting in August, the party will start to invade the south again, and we will have no chance." ”

Chen Luosheng said with a smile: "Don't worry, we are now a cheap life, and we may not be taken by the party members at any time, if we can practice our skills before they take them, even if it is blood, what a life." ”

Wang Tiezhu also continued: "I Wang Tiezhu can't do the things that use my brain, so my idea is very simple, the nerve-wracking things will be handed over to Qin Zhen, what you say is what, I believe you." ”

Qin Zhen nodded and said: "Then this matter is decided, we will listen to Xue Yuan and Ma Xuan's arrangements for the specifics, and the second thing, the matter of increasing food for all of us, we will also discuss it." ”

Yang Xiaoqi stood up: "This is easy to do, there are a lot of marmots on the grassland, there are hares in those bushes, and there are birds in the sky, we can make some sets, set some traps, and hunt some game back, I have been hunting with my father since I was a child, and I am familiar with this set; In the past, we fought each other, I didn't dare to fight, for fear that you would tell you, but now I am not afraid, we will not be hungry this summer. ”