Chapter 97: Xiao Jiu's Observations (Part II)
After taking a bath, Li Xiaojiu was rubbing his teeth and grinning, it really hurt, but he never thought that his body would be so clean, and the thing called soap just now was quite good.
When he came out from the other side, Li Xiaojiu received a set of his own clothes, and what surprised him a little was that the clothes were still good linen clothes, and he also gave underwear, and changed his clothes from the inside out, after he walked out, the other party asked him to wait for Li Xiaoshi again.
When Li Xiaoshi also changed into a small dress and came out, Li Xiaojiu suddenly realized that his sister looked pretty good.
Continuing to walk ahead with her, it was a big wooden house, and before he could walk in, Li Xiaojiu smelled the fragrance, which was the smell of meat.
"Brother, it's mutton." Li Xiaoshi's nose was obviously smarter, and she swallowed her saliva and said.
"Hmm." Li Xiaojiu nodded.
"Come in." Two men in white aprons spoke at the door.
Li Xiaojiu and Li Xiaoshi hurriedly followed, and when they entered the door, one of them gave them a wooden tray, a chopstick, some dimples on it, and a large wooden bowl.
Picking up their things and walking forward, they soon saw the large wooden barrel in front of them, and the rich smell of meat came from inside.
Seeing them coming, the cook didn't say anything, but directly opened the lid of the wooden barrel and used a big spoon to put a bowl of mutton soup in the wooden bowl of Li Xiaoshi who was holding the plate in front, and there were still a few pieces of mutton floating in it.
Then he gave Li Xiaojiu another bowl, which also contained meat.
Walking forward to the next place, there were several huge cage drawers, and when the other party opened them, Li Xiaojiu's eyes widened, it was actually steamed buns! And it's not coarse grains! Although the dough is not white, there is not a bit of bran mixed in it.
The steamed bun was very big, and it felt bigger than the big bowl on his plate, and the other party gave Li Xiaoshi half a small one and gave him one.
"My sister is very edible, can you give her one?" Li Xiaojiu asked tentatively. They hadn't eaten enough for a long time, and when they saw food, they wanted more.
"It's not that I'm reluctant to give it to you, but Lang Zhong said that if you don't want her to die, don't eat so much. You haven't had enough to eat for a long time, and the first time you eat such a good meal, you can easily die if you eat too much. The cook looked at him.
Li Xiaojiu was stunned for a moment, he suddenly thought of a companion before, and picked up a lunch box from a large family to deliver rice, and he didn't want any delicious food in it, and then he ate it all in one go, and when he went back, he showed off to them that he had eaten the best full meal, which was the best!
Then he fell asleep and never woke up.
Anyway, when Li Xiaojiu woke up the next day, his body was already hard.
"I see, thank you, boss." Li Xiaojiu said softly, the other party looks like he is thirty or forty years old, and it is not too much to call him an old man.
"Well, you have caught up with His Highness's kindness, you have food to eat every day, don't be afraid of not being full, so remember not to eat too much for the first meal." The other party explained again.
Li Xiaojiu nodded, and then took Xiaoshi to the table next to him to eat.
sighed, the two of them quickly ate the contents of the bowl, and when they felt that they were almost full, Li Xiaojiu still had half a steamed bun, and he couldn't bear that he didn't eat it, but secretly stuffed it into his arms.
He was afraid that if he ate too much and died, there would be no one to take care of Xiaoshi.
Instead, Xiaoshi licked her lips and looked at him and said, "Brother, it's delicious, I can still eat it." ”
Li Xiaojiu stretched out his hand and touched her belly, which was already completely bulging.
"You can't eat it, you can't eat too much at once, wait for the next meal." Li Xiaojiu admonished.
"Hmm." Li Xiaoshi nodded obediently.
After eating, they washed the plates in their hands according to each other's request, put them there, and then walked out from here.
This time, the people outside were already waiting for them, and the other party took them to two large houses first, where there were already beds set up, all of which were made of wood, and they were two floors above and below. Not only are there beds, but everyone has clean quilts!
Here, Li Xiaojiu saw the beggar from the same place as him again, and there was nothing wrong with them.
"You don't have anything to do today, take a rest here first, and then from this afternoon, a master will come to teach you to read, if you want to know words, you will go over and learn them by yourself, no one here urges you, as for how to do it, it's up to you." The steward at the door spoke.
Li Xiaojiu and they looked at each other, they can still read and write? Every single one of them has wanted to read a book at one time or another! I didn't expect His Royal Highness the King of Shu to really let people teach them to read! Li Xiaojiu's biggest wish was to study, but he knew that he didn't have a chance, and he never dreamed of the scene happening in front of him.
"Xiao Jiu, look, I said that His Royal Highness the King of Shu is a good person!" The little boy who came with him said excitedly.
"Hmm." This time Li Xiaojiu nodded heavily, and an idea popped up in his little head, but it is a pity that His Royal Highness the King of Shu is not the crown prince, if he is the prince, when he becomes the emperor, all children like him in the world can live such a life.
"By the way, I can't tell you, I'm going to take my sister to the doctor, and just a Lang Zhong asked me to go to him." Li Xiaojiu remembered something and hurriedly spoke.
"Good! You go. ”
Li Xiaojiu took Xiao Shi's hand and walked out of the place where he lived, he looked around, this is a huge courtyard, you can see the wooden walls in the distance, the wooden houses are newly built, and you can see that the ground is still the original wasteland.
There are many houses here, and Li Xiaojiu soon found the red gourd on the flag hanging in front of one house.
He took Xiao Shi over, and he didn't see the Lang Zhong just now, but there was another Lang Zhong here, and after showing Xiao Shi, he said that Xiao Shi didn't have much of a problem, the wind chill was not serious, and let him come back in the evening, and give Xiao Shi a good medicine when the time comes.
Li Xiaojiu was a little happy and returned to where he lived.
When he entered the house, Li Xiaojiu looked at the still somewhat chaotic environment around him, and suddenly his nose was a little sour, he felt that if this place could continue to exist, His Royal Highness the King of Shu should let this place continue to exist, right? Well, it will!
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What Li Xiaojiu didn't know was that not far from his next door, this was the place responsible for the resettlement of the displaced people, and the displaced people here were similar to the procedures in front of them, bathing and eating. However, no clothes were issued, but the steward told them that if they worked hard, they would have new clothes to wear.
And those adult beggars who are actually in relatively healthy health are also arranged here, of course, if they don't want to work, then don't blame Li Ke for doing it.
In ancient times, there were also lazy things to do, and when dealing with these people, Li Ke is not as gentle as in modern times, if you don't eat, you can only give a military stick.
And the salary standard here, naturally, was also told by the steward to these homeless people, His Royal Highness the King of Shu is in charge of food and shelter here, working about 6 hours a day, and a month's salary is about 120 Wen for a strong laborer.
Hearing this salary, all the homeless people were shocked, because this salary meant that a strong laborer could buy a stone of coarse rice if he worked for His Royal Highness the King of Shu for a month!
And it's about food and shelter!