Zhou Ting took it with both hands and handed it to Dark One, "Thank you uncle for your generosity." ”

Zhou Ting probably guessed that the people who came out to escape the famine did not have much food, and there were also few things to keep out the cold; It is very gracious to be able to send all these to him.

"I'm ashamed." Cheng Yuanxi saw him accepting, his mind relaxed, and said: "The grass people have to go back to discuss with the clansmen, I don't know when the prince plans to leave?" ”

"Three days later."

"Yes, thank you again for your care, and the grass people will take the lead."

Cheng Yuanxi called Mingyi when he left, and Zhou Ting saw this and left Mingyi behind; When they came, there were two people, and when they left, Cheng Yuanxi went back alone.

Mingyi looked at him suspiciously, "Chaosheng, are you leaving me in trouble?" ”

"It's nothing, I just want to talk to Mingyi, but Mingyi doesn't want to?" Zhou Ting lowered his eyelids, and involuntarily brought out a little loss on his body, and the whole person was like a discarded puppy.

"You want me to stay?" Playfully begged him, and handed the oiled paper bag in his hand with both hands, "The family found small fish and shrimp fried by the seaside, and gave them to Chaosheng for snacks." ”

Zhou Ting was a little shy, and took the oil paper bag with full joy in his heart.

Under the illumination of the bonfire, Mingyi clearly saw that Zhou Ting's ears were red, and chuckled, "Chaosheng, what are you going to eat at night?" ”

"Eat as much as you want, it's enough to have snacks from you."

Mingyi then remembered that in ancient times, some places seemed to have two meals a day, rather than three; The aristocracy followed the habit of eating two meals a day and basically did not eat at night.

Bai asked.

After she wore it, she had the habit of eating three meals a day, but she forgot the habits of the ancients.

Dark One and Dark Five laid out their mattresses, looked up and saw them talking, and sat down in front of the campfire.

Zhou Ting looked from the small mountain pass to the place where the Cheng clan was stationed, and saw that every household was cooking with bonfires, and he knew it in his heart.

"Mingyi can use a meal?"

"Well, our family continues the habit of eating three times a day." Mingyi nodded, and Zhou Ting smiled, "It shows that your people are living a good life." ”

Mingyi quite agreed, the Cheng clan did have a good life before escaping the famine.

In ancient times, in order to do farm work, farmers would choose to eat three times a day as long as the food at home was sufficient; Those who do not have good living conditions will choose two meals in order to save food at home, while aristocratic families feel that two meals a day are conducive to health.

"In the past, it was good, but when I came out to escape the famine and had no land, I couldn't buy food with silver, and there were few refugees who let in the state capitals, and even if I let in, I would charge a high entrance fee of one or two silver." Thinking of the Fucheng I entered before, it was really expensive.

One or two pieces of silver to enter the city is enough for an ordinary family for half a year.

Zhou Ting frowned, and then said, "One or two silver, one person?" ”

"Yes, one tael of silver is one person, and two is two taels." Mingyi made a two-way comparison, "Refugees are already in difficulty, and some families may not be able to come up with a tael of silver when they get together; Refugees must have come to the city to buy food, and how much money can they buy food for a tael of silver? ”

Officials are really not afraid of riots by the people.

"Ridiculous." Zhou Ting's whole body was depressed.

Mingyi agreed, "The magistrate's purse is bulging, and they don't care whether the people live or die; My family is a bit of a family, and my father went into the city to buy some food to support the family here. ”

Zhou Ting's face was calm, annoyed by the inaction of the officials, "I have never had such a thing in the northwest, and I will be charged a maximum of five cents when I enter the city." ”

Natural and man-made disasters, the more displaced people, the higher the probability of rebellion.

However, the officials did not act, and they only cared about their own turf; I didn't think about the country, I didn't think about the suffering of the people.

"That's really good in the northwest~"

Zhou Ting didn't hear it, "Why didn't you choose to go northwest in the first place?" ”

"I don't know." Mingyi spread his hands, "Where the elders say to go, I am a child who naturally listens to the elders." ”

Zhou Ting had an urge to support his forehead, he was stupid, after getting along with Mingyi for a long time, he always felt that she acted in the same way as an adult; I told him very much, but I forgot that she was still a young girl.

In someone else's house, the little girl is not taken seriously, and she has the right to speak.

In the Cheng family, Mingyi's little girl looks very favored, but it is not to the point where she has the right to speak.

"I don't know if my uncle can tell you about the people in your clan."

Mingyi nodded, "As long as the patriarch, village chief, and clan elders agree, the others will follow; They have nowhere to go, they can only assemble alone if they don't follow, their chances of survival are greatly reduced, their brains are stupid, but not all stupid. ”

Zhou Ting chuckled, the little girl's way of speaking was strange and funny.

"Mingyi, are you in a hurry to go back? I see they're killing pigs. ”

"I want to go back, there is a pig killing feast at home tonight." Mingyi smiled, "If it weren't for the inconvenience of your identity, I would like to invite you to use it; It's a pity that you can't eat the pig killing feast. ”

Zhou Ting asked curiously, "Is the pig killing banquet delicious?" ”

"It's delicious, in my hometown, my grandparents used to raise pigs; Once a year, the pig killing feast, kill the pig and invite the people in the village to help to eat, especially the blood soup boiled by the pig is particularly fragrant, and it can only be eaten once a year. ”

Of course, it can be done in ordinary times, but it doesn't have the good taste of the pig killing feast.

It's about eating the atmosphere.

Killing a pig all year round to treat your family is a sense of accomplishment and the joy of eating meat.

"Sounds good." I haven't eaten it, Zhou Ting's curiosity was completely stimulated, "If you have the opportunity, you must taste it." ”

"Yes, if our family settles down in the northwest, I will invite you when there is a pig killing feast!"

Zhou Ting smiled and nodded, and then thought that she was a girl, and her status at home was not high, so she said, "Can you call the shots?" ”

"I can't call the shots, and my father; My father treated me very well, treated me and my brother equally, my brother studied and I also studied, I would have what my brother had, and I would have what my brother didn't. "The original owner is really a very cute and happy little girl.

"That uncle is really good to you, my family is complicated, there are more than a dozen concubines in the family, and more than 20 concubines; My father couldn't remember their names, and only had an impression of a few children he particularly liked, and even if I was in front of my father, I only had a name and a surname, which took advantage of the convenience of my identity. ”

On the contrary, there is not as much fatherly love as Mingyi gets.

Mingyi's ears moved, and he asked patiently: "Your father can give birth, listening to you say this, are you not favored at home?" ”

"It's okay, I'm a concubine, I naturally have an advantage, and my father is pretty good to me; My mother's maiden family is the daughter of the Liang clan in Cangzhou, which is a big clan in Cangzhou and occupies the position of one-third of the officials in the court. ”

Mingyi listened carefully and asked from time to time, but in just half an hour, she understood the current situation of Zhou Ting.

Zhou Ting is still favored at home, but it may be more because of his mother's family; It is undeniable that the mother is powerful, and sometimes it is better to use than the father.