Chapter 139: A Poor Territory
Walking on a pile of grass that was no longer visible, the horse's hooves made a rustling sound when they stepped on the sand under the grass.
Li Yunyang took his head, and none of the people behind him knew why he came to such a barren and broken place.
Not long after the three-way road, there was a beach in front of it, and this road carved out of the beach was not walked by many people all year round, and at this moment there were piles of barren grass growing on it.
Although it has been abandoned, it is still possible to find the general outline of the road from some details.
"It's here!"
The team moving forward silently stopped suddenly, Li Yunyang looked at the figure of the village not far away, looked at the outline of the rows of houses, and was faintly a little lost, "What about the caves and branches?"
"Hell, what are we doing in such a place!" Lulu's brow twisted into a curved rope, obviously concerned about coming to this place that was despised by hunters and farmers alike.
"Maybe this can be regarded as an experience...... Vincent obviously didn't want to get along with Vivian, but he was always squinting at Vivian when he was talking at the moment, but such a complaint was also directly ignored by Vivian.
It was almost noon, and the sun that was about to reach summer became a little scorching, Li Yunyang quickened his horse and ran towards the village, praying for the miracle over and over again in his heart......
When I got closer, I deeply understood that the 'poor place' in their mouth was like this!
"This joke is too big, isn't it?!" Li Yunyang really wants to go back and smack that Orion and the farmer in the mouth!
It was a village perched on a sand dune, with no farmland around it, not even a decent tree! There were no merchants coming and going, and there were no rows of neat rows like the houses outside, and there was no vermilion wood paint......
I don't see any bars here, and I don't find any hotels, but every room here is also a two-story building, and the new tiles and brown wood are so clean!
Could it be that all the houses in poor places are like this! Li Yunyang lowered his head in shame, because it reminded him of the Pirka collar......
"There's a restaurant!" Jeff shouted as he walked down the deserted street, pointing to a signboard house not far away.
I ate early in the morning, and I was indeed a little hungry after running all the way, and no one objected at the moment, so I walked into this spacious restaurant with Jeff who went first.
There were ten square tables and forty small wooden chairs of the same color in the hall, because there were no guests, Li Yunyang checked the spotless restaurant as soon as he came in, and even the unpainted tables looked a little bright under the light projected from the window at the moment.
"How many masters, what do you want to eat?" Hearing the sound, the little old man with a beard who was sitting in front of the table and napping saw this group of people enter the gate, and then looked at the dress of several people, and suddenly sobered up, and before anyone could sit down, he trotted over with a rag in one hand, and wiped the two tables with a flattering face.
"What do you have to eat?" Wei Wei'an frowned, no matter how clean it was, it was estimated that he would not be able to get anything to eat in a place that he couldn't even bring with people.
Not only Wei Wei'an, everyone is actually thinking this way, including Li Yunyang.
"This ...... It's really hard to say, why don't you say a few, I'll go and see if there's anything in the kitchen?" the boss still smiled.
"Forget it, if you have the best, just bring it up!" Li Yunyang didn't want to be embarrassed, since he was here, eating became the second, and he still had something to ask this boss later.
"Okay, a few people, wait a minute, the meal will come soon!" Seeing that the boss didn't come out for a long time after entering the kitchen, Li Yunyang was almost sure that in this whole restaurant, what kind of bosses, juniors, cooks, and miscellaneous ...... In fact, there is only one person, and that is this little old man with a mustache!
"Dishes come ......"
In just a moment, the little old man brought out several plates of dishes, four dishes per table, two meat and two vegetarian dishes, and the vegetarian dishes were the wild vegetables that were usually dug in the field, but this meat dish really scared Li Yunyang a lot!
It's still freshly fried meat!
"Rice is coming, ......" Before Li Yunyang was shocked, the little old man brought out eight bowls of rice on a tray!
Li Yunyang was a little difficult to digest......
"Boss, there are no people coming and going, what are you going to do with all this fresh meat?" Didn't you say that this place is very poor? When will Nima, in the restaurant of Barony Pirka, be able to bring out two fresh meats at one end? Oh yes, and these white rices!
"Hey, what you don't prepare, it's all your own food, when there are guests, we will naturally give it to the guests to eat first, and we will eat a few less meats, so it doesn't matter!" the little old man wiped the counter and replied casually, and his words seemed very free.
"Ahem...... Li Yunyang choked on a mouthful of food, and the speaker had no intention of saying it, but the listener was going to it intentionally! What does it mean to eat it all at home? What does it mean to eat less than two meals of meat? Ah? Is this the attitude of life that a poor place should have?
"They all say that you are poor here, and you didn't even see a crop on the way when you came, where did you get so much rice?"
"Why do you have so many things? Do you have to be poor to be poor if you can't afford to eat?" Vincent, who was sitting at the other table, was a little unbearable, this hillbilly, ask some embarrassing things!
But as far as Li Yunyang's words were concerned, the bearded boss also looked dark when he heard it, and he looked sad, so he simply didn't bother to wipe the counter, and threw the rag away and sat on a bench, even Li Yunyang couldn't bear it when he saw it, and he really didn't think he could open which pot!
"This little brother, what you said can be regarded as speaking to our hearts!" The little old man's expression was broken, and it seemed to remind him of some unbearable memories.
"Such a large piece of Xiyu grassland, only this part of Calder's territory is a sand dune, not to mention that this grain can't be grown, and it takes a day to go to the Xiyu grassland even for hunting, and even my two sons who are not angry are not willing to take them with them at home, and they ran outside with their daughter-in-law and son!"
"So miserable?" this was beyond Li Yunyang's expectations, "Then what are you still doing here?"
"This other territory is also hunting and ploughing, and we can also do some small business, but what about us? We have to go outside to buy grain, and the hunters have long stopped staying in the village, let alone small trade! It's just that the family business handed down by this ancestor cannot be lost, and the villagers are now doing some inferior work to process furs, and my wife is also doing it, and I am also idle, so I want to open a restaurant or something to supplement the family, and this day is not easy......
After the little old man finished speaking, he sighed.
Li Yunyang was sandwiching the meat and eating, which sounded quite pitiful, but he always felt that something was wrong, and his brows couldn't help but twist together.
"There is food to eat, there is meat to eat, and the house is so big, and you still complain?" Li Yunyang suddenly became enlightened, this is the problem!
"Little brother's words are not right, my wife is doing these inferior jobs every day that no one else wants to do, can't she even afford to buy some rice and meat? The girls in this territory are disliked when they marry, let alone any girl who is willing to marry in! Hey, those babies born here, I can only blame them for their bad names......" The old man crossed Erlang's legs, tilted his head, and looked sad, as if he wanted to go to something.
But Li Yunyang couldn't eat anymore, and after listening to this, his heart felt as uncomfortable as if he had knocked over the five-flavor bottle!
Even if you can afford to eat meat and buy bowls and bowls of rice, you can also complain about being miserable?
Living in a big house with bright tiles, the clothes are neat and neat, and I don't see a patch on my clothes, which will also be looked down upon?
According to this statement, the people of my Pirka drink porridge all year round and live in dilapidated houses, not to mention fresh meat, even if it is a piece of jerky, they are not willing to take it out and eat it on any festive day......
That's the way to live, isn't it just digging a pit for yourself and burying yourself!?
In front of so many people, Li Yunyang endured it, but he was really uncomfortable!
People are so despised by people at such a well-off level, so do those in their own territory have to stand on the same starting line as African refugees......
No wonder he is the baron of the kingdom and is so unwelcome!
Li Yunyang swore a poisonous oath in his heart: If you go back this time, Lao Tzu will have to develop Pirka Ling into four modern towns! What imperial capital, what royal city!