After walking the cliff for several days, I finally got out of the mountain road in the evening five days later.

Shen Yunqing stood on a higher ground and looked down, there was a village not far from the bottom of the mountain, it was time for dinner, and there was smoke from the chimneys of every house.

The village chief came forward to discuss with Shen Yunqing whether he wanted to go into the village for a night.

"It's okay......" Shen Yunqing nodded: "I've been sleeping outside for so long, everyone must be stinky, I'm only worried about so many of us, and the villagers are afraid that they won't." ”

More than 300 people, if they want to spend the night, how many houses do they have to live in?

Not to mention the villagers, Shen Yunqing felt that he hadn't taken a comfortable bath for a long time.

She looked at the village below the mountain, and a voice came from behind her: "Generally, a large village like this will build an ancestral hall, and the ancestral hall should be able to accommodate more than 300 people." ”

Shen Yunqing turned around, saw Nangong Qiao with his hands behind his back, and slowly paced forward: "The first thing King Ning did when he came to Yangcheng was to order the villages to build ancestral halls. ”

Half of the people's original small income was levied as military rations, and the other part was paid for the cultivation of ancestral halls.

He also learned about these things when he was investigating in King Ning's Mansion.

"I see." Shen Yunqing and Nangong Qiao glanced at each other, and then looked at the team behind them, there were still many villagers a few miles away, "It seems that you can only wait here for a few villagers." ”

"Hmm!"

In his spare time, Shen Yunqing carefully observed the terrain and found that this was an intersection, a wide road, and a sign stood next to it - "Ningzhou".

The other road was overgrown with weeds, and there were no people walking around at first glance, and there were no signings.

A slightly smaller but barely walkable path that leads straight to the village down the hill.

Ningzhou? Is Ningzhou in Liguo big?

As soon as the doubts in my heart arose, Nangong Qiao's voice came from my ears: "Ningzhou is the largest military grain transfer station in Liguo, and all military food transported to the border needs to be handed over and counted in Ningzhou." ”

"Because of the special topography of Ningzhou, coupled with the central location of the north-south and east-west areas......"

He seemed to have guessed Shen Yunqing's doubts, and stepped forward to explain the development history of Ningzhou in detail.

He spoke seriously, and Shen Yunqing also listened carefully.

When he had finished, the villagers at the back of the group followed, and by the time they reached the village, it was already dark.

The village chief nodded to a few kind-faced villagers: "You guys, follow me and knock on the door, remember to be kind, don't scare people." ”

"The village chief can actually laugh, we are not fierce bandits, we can still be scary!"

Village Chief: "I'm afraid that people will really treat us as bandits!" ”

However, they did not frighten the villagers, because they knocked on several houses, but no one opened the door.

Not only did he not open the door, but he heard a knock on the door, and the lights in the house went out instantly.

"......" The village chief came to report the situation to Shen Yunqing: "Qing girl, look at this...... I meant to say hello to the villagers and borrow their ancestral hall for a night. ”

Shen Yunqing nodded to indicate that he understood the situation, "Now it seems that we can only stay first, and we will talk about it tomorrow." ”

A small soldier had already turned the entire village, touched the location of the ancestral hall, and ran to report to Hu Ran: "General, the ancestral hall is under the big tree at the east end of the village. ”

Hu Ran nodded, waved off the small soldiers, and asked Nangong Qiao for instructions, "General? ”

"Let's go! Go to the ancestral hall. ”

They stood aside, and by the moonlight, they could faintly see the tallest tree at the edge of the village.

The strange reaction of the people in this village made Shen Yunqing more vigilant, no matter what, let's rest for one night first.

Shen Yunqing took the villagers to slow down their footsteps as much as possible and came to the ancestral hall.

The ancestral hall is very well built, and it is the best and largest building in the whole village.

With a clean and sheltered place to stay, the villagers of Nan'an Village all smiled, and everyone took out their guys and began to prepare dinner.

There is a well outside the ancestral hall, which is convenient for the villagers, and there is no need to go far.

For a while, the originally deserted ancestral hall became lively in an instant.

Shen Yunqing picked a small room in the far corner, and took Lin, Yunjiao and the third aunt together to take a comfortable bath.

In her space, there is no need to worry about the bathtub and hot water.

Nangong Qiao first arranged for a few people to take turns to be on duty at night, he took a turn in the ancestral hall, and finally stopped in front of a stir-fried lady and stared at the dishes in the pot in a daze.

"Hungry, young man, aren't you? How about waiting for me to fry and get out of the pot and share a little with you? "The eldest lady only knows that he is leading the way with Qing Yatou, but she doesn't know his true identity.

The amount of food is just enough for the eldest mother's family of three, and she can kindly divide a little, but it is also for the sake of the girl's face.

"No, you don't." Nangong Qiao stretched out his finger and pointed at the pot: "How to use this?" ”

In the barracks, cooks were also seen cooking in iron pots, but they were many times larger than this, and they were directly on top of the fire.

The villager's own pot is a bit small, and he is worried that he will knock out a hole if his hand is too strong.

He wanted to use the pot as an excuse to cook a meal......

The eldest lady was stunned for a while before she reacted, he asked how to use the iron pot, "Just put it on the fire, and put some rape so that it won't burn." ”

"Thank you! I'll borrow a ......."

With a pot, there are no ingredients.

Nangong Qiao originally wanted to ask Shen Yunqing for some food, but when he saw that their family was closed in the room, it was estimated that they were resting.

So, he was so cheeky and asked everyone around him for a little food.

The young men and uncles were probably frightened by the momentum on his body, and honestly took out some of them.

And the eldest lady and the girls are all willing to give, not for anything else, in front of his face, no one will refuse.

The pot and ingredients are complete, Nangong Qiao is in the next step: why is it so difficult to make a fire?

It seems very simple to see Hu Ran holding the flint, why can't he hit it?

At this time, Hu Ran stepped in from the outside, and saw his general tie up his hair, rolled up his sleeves, lying next to Xiaozao, and blowing with his cheeks.

A little spark at the bottom of the firewood finally looks like it's about to burn.

And his great general, with a fair and handsome face, has been so smoky with black carbon that he can't see his true face clearly.

Hu Ran felt that he must have failed to do something good, which made the general dissatisfied, so he admitted his mistake with a very good attitude, and ran forward in three or two steps:

"Hey, my general, what do you want to eat, why do you need to cook it yourself?"

"Stand three meters away!" Nangong Qiao continued to exhale and blew up the flames: "Otherwise, I will stew with you." ”

“……”

Waiting for Nangong Qiao to brush the pot with oil, he threw all the ingredients in it and stir-fried it, and then poured some water, but when he poured the water, his hands were a little shaky, and he accidentally poured a large bowl of water into it.

So, it was originally fried vegetables. It became a stewed vegetable soup.

Seeing that there are red and green, black and yellow in the pot, Nangong Qiao feels that the color is quite bright, and the taste should be good.