On December 30 of the fourth year of Jian'an, the last day of the fourth year of Jian'an, the Han army basically entered a state of vacation except for the necessary alert troops.

Everyone has been in a state of eating and drinking since the morning, and it is very enjoyable.

On weekdays, this meal in the morning is mainly thick vegetable porridge, with some food, Xili snoring to solve a meal, delicious and full, but also to protect the stomach, having said that, who can refuse more delicious and high-end food as a breakfast option?

For example, pure meat porridge full of meat, and fragrant flatbread.

Not to mention the rare food of meat porridge, when the soldiers nibbled on the flatbread, they were also pleasantly surprised to find that there was a thin layer of meat sandwiched in the flatbread, which tasted so fragrant and delicious that they couldn't stop at all.

This is true for the soldiers, and it is similar for the officers.

Among the Han army, the standard of food for the officers was not much higher than that of the soldiers, because the food for the soldiers was already very good.

So Guan Yu also often learned from Liu Bei, eating with the soldiers, and he ate whatever the soldiers ate.

Guan Yu himself is not a person who cares about appetite, of course some are willing to eat, and if they don't have to eat, they will deal with a few bites.

When marching and fighting, Guan Yu is not very able to eat the fine delicacies prepared by his own family in Luoyang City, unless it is a festival, even if it is a festival, such a sumptuous meal like this time is really rare.

So Guan Yu's mood was also very high, he got up early in the morning and ate three bowls of meat porridge with the soldiers, ate three more pancakes, nibbled on the cakes, drank meat porridge, ate very full, and was warm, in this cold winter day, it was too comfortable.

When he was almost eating, he caught a glimpse of Guo Jia holding a bowl and talking and laughing with a few soldiers, laughing and drinking porridge at the same time, so he became interested and leaned over to sit with Guo Jia.

"Seeing that you are so happy to eat, this kind of food should be very ordinary for someone of your background, right? You've probably eaten something better, right? ”

Guo Jia turned his head and saw Guan Yu, and smiled.

"The Guo family is a big family, there are rich people in a family, there are also poor families, my family is just one of the small branches, it is not a rich and noble family, but just asking for food and clothing.

Luck is not bad, I haven't been hungry since I was a child, but if you want to say that you have a big fish, big meat, dragon liver and phoenix marrow or something, then you also think too much, you can eat better in ordinary years, eat some rice grains and eat some meat dishes.

If the year is not good, my family will also have to cut back on food and clothing, I can't eat dry, just eat thin, a few meals a day, hungry or not, I just feel that my legs are floating when I walk, and I don't have any strength in my body. ”

Guan Yu nodded and took a bite of the pancake in his hand.

"It's not easy, in the previous world, I haven't been hungry since I was a child, a good thing that many people can't dream of, and my family is also well-off, but when the year is bad, starvation is also a common thing, and when the food is not enough to eat, you must eat with strong labor.

The elders of the family all said that the children were hungry for a few meals, and they could make up for it later, but the strong laborers could not eat enough, and no one would do the work in the fields, and everyone would have nothing to eat. ”

When Guo Jia heard this, he looked at Guan Yu deeply.

"I didn't expect that a character like General Guan had also starved."

"Guan Mou is not a great character, without the guidance of the general, Guan Mou may still be at the end of the world, panicked and don't know where to go, maybe he is dead."

Guan Yu sighed and looked at Guo Jia again: "Fortunately, I met the general like Ling, and this is why I have today...... Forget it, don't talk about it, today is a happy day, say something happy, have you ever eaten braised mutton? ”

Guo Jia shook his head.

"I've eaten roast mutton, I've eaten boiled mutton, I've never eaten braised mutton, how can I make it?"

"Before the wok, we didn't eat it, and then we had this set of methods of boiling red stew."

Guan Yu said with a smile: "This is also the general's credit, he thinks the existing seasoning is too monotonous, so he asked someone to get something called soy sauce, which is said to be made with beans as raw materials, the taste is extremely delicious, and when you make meat dishes, you can put a little in it, it is more delicious." ”

"Really? I said why the pork was so delicious when the general gave the banquet before, and I didn't dare to ask what was going on, I see. ”

Guo Jia smiled: "Then I want to taste this delicious dish today!" Hey! I really didn't expect to be able to eat such good things in the army! The general is really willing! ”

"Isn't that right? Now the production of soy sauce is not high, and some of them are also used for the army, and they don't have to be sold, you kid is lucky, you have to catch up, you have to eat some meat this time, otherwise you don't know when it will be next time. ”

Guan Yu smiled and patted Guo Jia's shoulder.

Finally, it was noon, and the main meal was about to begin.

The old firehead in Guan Yu's army began to prepare very early, and when he saw that the time had come, he turned on his firepower and led his subordinates to perform the eighteen dragon slaughters with a wok.

More than 200 woks started at the same time, and the entire Huotou military camp was suddenly full of fire and aroma, and the sound of stir-frying and the sound of oil splashes bursting out were extremely pleasant, which made the Han soldiers who were watching the excitement drool, and their eyes were straight.

The strong aroma of meat and oil rose with the fire, filling the entire Han army's barracks, and then gradually diffused outward, and a cold wind blew, blowing this strong smell farther away.

The soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army, who were trapped on the hill defense line for vigilance, woke up early in the morning.

On the last day of the fourth year of Jian'an, I don't know if it is good news, anyway, the snow has stopped, and they don't have to worry about the wooden house that has just been built not long ago being crushed because of heavy snowfall.

But then the temperature plummeted, and they didn't have enough warm clothes, but they weren't enough.

As the saying goes, the snow is not cold and the snow is cold, and the land south of the Yangtze River is even more so, the land of the south of the Yangtze River is full of water vapor, the snow is not as slow as the north of the Yangtze River, and the snow in the south of the Yangtze River melts quickly, and the speed of the temperature plummets is also fast, and it is normal to plummet seven or eight degrees in one night.

With the Yellow Turban Army's means of keeping out the cold, it was okay to spend the first few days, but it was more difficult to get through today.

So they can only let their bodies move, keep breathing, as if doing so, their frozen hands can be warmed, and their bodies can be warmed up, without being frozen and shivering.

The colder it gets, the more they look forward to eating something hot to keep their bodies warm and their heads full of hot food.

But it's the New Year's Day, and I'm looking forward to eating something good, but when the meal arrives, there is only a simple bowl of gruel and half a piece of cake.

It's hot, but the resentment in the big guy's heart didn't go down at all, so with the porridge bowl, a group of people squatted together, drinking porridge and complaining.

"Why is it still gruel? Today is the New Year's Day, I heard that those people above can eat meat, why is it our turn to just have this little gruel? Just stuff this little thing into the stomach, and it will be gone after a while, how can you still fight? ”

"Who's to say it isn't? But some of them are good to eat, I heard that in addition to the people above, those people in the mountains can only eat once a day, and we can eat two meals anyway. ”

"I think it's the same, it's good to be alive, the whole team before me, I survived alone, and the others were all burned to death, I can eat a bowl of porridge alive, and I can warm my body, it's good, what do you want to do so much."

"That being said, but...... These damn Han soldiers, who have been eating meat every day these days, where did they get so much meat, it's so fragrant......"

A Yellow Turban soldier holding a bowl of porridge snorted, couldn't help but swallow his saliva, and a look of hatred and envy intertwined appeared on his face, which was very complicated.

In the past few days, these people guarding the front line have smelled the rich aroma coming from the Han army camp every day, and looked at the steaming and hot appearance of the Han army barracks, and the corners of their mouths and eyes have shed tears of emotion, and they can't control it at all.

They imagined the scene of the Han army eating meat, and then looked at the bowl of gruel they were holding in their hands, and the gap in their hearts was that one day was better than another.

(End of chapter)