After staying at the uncle's house, the two went to help the uncle pick up some water and came back, and by the way, they also filled their water bladders.

I didn't ask the uncle why he stayed in the village, and asking too much would only provoke memories that others didn't want to recall.

After nightfall, Li Hao lay on the bed thinking about what he should do next.

In addition to wanting to see those famous generals, he was also thinking about how he could learn some attack techniques, after all, it was impossible to rely on the formation alone, and it was impossible for Guan Hai to protect himself all the time, not to mention that there were people who were more powerful than Guan Hai.

Li Hao came outside the house and took out the information device, "Xiao Mo, where can I learn the technique?" ”

"Master, I can only do functions such as information analysis and recording, which I don't know."

Hearing the informant's answer, Li Hao knocked on his head, he hadn't used the informant for a while, and he actually forgot it. Thinking of his cheap big brother Zhang Jiao, he should be able to, but the distance between here and Pingxiang County is not close, and he doesn't know if he is still in Pingxiang County.

"Hey, that's a nuisance."

After sitting for a while, Li Hao didn't think of a good way, so he had to go back to the room and sleep.

By the time the sun rose again, the two had already gotten up. packed his bags, said goodbye to the old man, and set out on the road again.

……

"How do you know locusts can be eaten?"

On the way, Guan Hai asked what he was thinking. I didn't ask it yesterday because I was afraid that if there was something inappropriate for the answer, it wouldn't be good if the old man heard it.

"In my hometown, this thing is a delicacy, and it's high protein, and it's good for people."

Guan Hai listened, scratched his head and asked, "What is high protein?" Is there any benefit to eating this stuff? ”

"Anyway, you just need to know that this locust is good for your body if you eat it, but you must deal with it well, otherwise it is also poisonous, although the toxin is not strong."

Guan Hai didn't seem to care much, anyway, this locust can only be seen in the summer of the year, and it is not so easy to catch.

The two of them were in a hurry, although there was nothing to eat, but at least there was water, which could make people feel better.

I finally got to Pingjian County, and I passed through many villages during this period, but all of them were empty.

The land was dry and there was no rain, the crops were already difficult to feed, and the locusts attacked again. Although they will save some surplus food, they can't stand such a toss, and gradually they will see the bottom, and if they want to survive, they will only have to relocate.

When I arrived at the gate of Pingjian County, I saw those listless soldiers, and I thought that I hadn't had a full meal for a long time.

The drought of the land, the absence of rain for a long time, the vegetables in the field, and the crops are all drought. Even if you want to kill a pig to eat, but there is no good way to keep it fresh, you will waste more, not to mention that you can't eat enough, let alone these livestock.

Coming to the city gate, after a simple registration, the two entered the city.

The pedestrians on the street were also listless, as if they were going to faint at any moment.

After finding an inn, the two walked in.

There wasn't a single diner in the restaurant, and the owner didn't move when he saw a customer coming to the door, just standing at the counter with his head on his hands.

Seeing that the shopkeeper didn't move, Guan Hai said dissatisfiedly: "Shopkeeper, how do you do business?" When guests come to the door, they don't come out to greet them. ”

The shopkeeper didn't have an impatient expression, but smiled wryly and said, "Guest officer, don't be angry. I'm not afraid of your jokes, but there's really no food in the store right now. ”

Guan Hai didn't believe it, and was about to get angry, but was stopped by Li Hao.

"Shopkeeper, why are you running out of food when you're open for business?"

Hearing Li Hao's words, the shopkeeper walked out and asked the two to sit down.

"Two guest officers, when you came from other places, you also saw the situation on the road."

Li Hao and Guan Hai nodded, some understood what the shopkeeper said, but they were also puzzled, it shouldn't be as serious as the shopkeeper said.

"It's not a secret, a few days ago, the grain was levied from above, and more was levied more, and less was levied. Even so, there isn't much food left. ”

The shopkeeper also became more and more uncomfortable, and even cried.

Li Hao and the others didn't expect that they would encounter grain requisition, but thinking about it, the officials above had some crooked thoughts, and they only needed to move their mouths, and the people below would suffer.

The shopkeeper paused for a while and continued: "I originally left some things in this store, after all, I have to save some when I open a store." But after the big guys found out, they all came to my store to eat first, and although they made money, there was not much left to eat now. ”

Yes, now it's not a question of whether there is food at all, but that money can't buy food.

"Shopkeeper, if you have anything left in this store, just give me two brothers, we won't pick them anyway."

After listening to the owner's words, Guan Hai was not angry, and now it is good to be able to eat a little.

"I only have a lot of. I can't stand it when I eat it every day. “

This is usually a dry food made from fried noodles or rice, or pasta is glued together into lumps and pastes. And the squirt is a clear porridge used in sake brewing, that is, rice wine.

After thinking about it, Li Hao asked, "The shopkeeper, do you have flour here?" ”

"Flour? Yes, there are many more, after all, it is so easy to store, but isn't it only made into glutinous and fermented? ”

"So, give me some flour and a little water, and borrow it from your kitchen by the way, and I'll teach you how to make a kind of food." How about keeping it and you can get rich? ”

When the shopkeeper heard Li Hao's words, he didn't believe it. I've been in business for so long, and I've never heard that this flour can be made into anything else to eat. But think about it again, anyway, this flour is also put away, after all, these two things, I am really about to vomit. As for whether to get rich or not, I don't have much idea now.

"Okay, you come with me."

Guan Hai looked at Li Hao with some surprise, "What are you going to do here?" ”

"Hey, I don't see you eating it. By the way, I made more, and our dry food on the way was also settled, but it was a little difficult for some people. ”

"Sorry for whom?"

"Haha, no one, no one!"

But I thought to myself: I'm sorry, Ryoko.

Several people came to the kitchen, and the shopkeeper brought flour and handed it to Li Hao.

After finding a table, Li Hao poured flour on the table, added some water, and began to knead the dough.

"What are you doing here? Can you still eat this?

The shopkeeper felt a little sorry for these flours, after all, these are also grains.

"Shopkeeper, you can rest assured, it's really not good, can we give the money?"

Now the shopkeeper couldn't speak, but he still looked at the kneading flour with some resentment, and he really couldn't think of what he could do with this.

After kneading, the dough is rested, and then the dough is divided into dough of about the same size.

After doing this, he lit the stove, filled the utensils with water, used bamboo chips as cage drawers on them, put the divided dough on them, covered the lid, and sat by the stove to add some firewood from time to time.

Seeing that Li Hao had been busy for a while, and now that he was finally free, the shopkeeper came over.

"Little brother, you don't seem to be troublesome, do you have any reputation?"

When Li Hao heard this, he thought about it, and then told the shopkeeper with a serious face: "The noodles should not be too thin, and the water can be added less and kneaded more." ”

Looking at Li Hao's serious expression, the shopkeeper also nodded stunned.

After waiting for almost two pillars of incense, Li Hao picked up the utensils.

When the lid was opened, a white gas overflowed, which immediately startled the two of them.

"This is white gas, why are you two making such a fuss."

Guan Hai and the shopkeeper smiled awkwardly, stood back again, and saw the white thing in the utensils, the two of them were a little puzzled, this was really made of flour.

"Little brother, what is this?"

"Steamed buns." As he spoke, Li Hao was about to get it, but he was burned, so he had to bring a pair of chopsticks.

Two chopsticks, each strung with a steamed bun, gave two people each, and then strung another piece by himself and took a bite.

"Hmmm! What is made of firewood is incense! ”

The two of them saw that Li Hao was eating fragrantly, and they also took a bite each. Soft and glutinous, this is much more delicious than glutinous!

"Little brother, you... You ......"

"Haha, let's eat it, let's talk about it after eating."

The shopkeeper was also unkind, and ate several in a row, although there was no taste, but fortunately, it could be swallowed normally.

Guan Hai is also unkind, eating more.

After a while, the steamed steamed buns were all settled, and the shopkeeper and Guan Hai looked at Li Hao with blank eyes.

"What? What does it mean? Not enough? ”

Both shook their heads at the same time.

"Then why are you looking at me?"

The shopkeeper asked excitedly, "Little brother, do you really plan to teach me this steamed bun?" ”

"What's this. But can you please give me some flour and let me make some. Don't worry, the money is easy to say. ”

Hearing Li Hao say this, the shopkeeper smiled: "I still charge your money?" How much do you want, how much I give, how much money do you charge! ”

Li Hao was not surprised, and then told the shopkeeper that this steamed bun can also be filled with some vegetables and meat, or dipped in some meat sauce or something, and the shopkeeper was also surprised when he heard it.

Guan Hai said with emotion on the side: "You are too amazing, I really don't know how many of these strange things you still have in your head." ”

And Li Hao approached Guan Hai and said softly: "Hey, I will tell you, this steamed bun can still be fried and eaten, and the flour can also be wrapped in buns." ”

Thinking of the fried locusts before, Guan Hai licked his mouth unconsciously, and was very curious about what this bun was. But he didn't ask in front of the shopkeeper, thinking that Li Hao didn't plan to tell the shopkeeper too much.

Subsequently, the shopkeeper took out a vat of flour and handed it to Li Hao, and Li Hao didn't use as much as he wanted, and he felt that it was almost the same after making forty or fifty steamed buns, and he could just eat some of them this night, so he left thirty or forty of them to be packed, after all, if this steamed bun was cold, he would also choke and panic.

The shopkeeper was also honest and filled the two of them with some alcohol. This can make Guan Hai very happy, this is the owner's home-brewed, although the degree is not high, but it also quenches his thirst.

The shopkeeper enthusiastically let the two live in his own inn, and the two originally planned to find a place to stay, but it was not easy to refuse.