There are two to three thousand people in these hundred households.

The ratio of soldiers to soldiers is actually not high.

Zhang Yong is not a soldier.

In winter, he spent his free time either drinking or walking around the streets to meet drinking friends. News came from above that the Meng Yuan people were going south, and hundreds of households ordered the entire army to assemble, but they didn't do anything about him.

The eldest son of his family is already married and has a grandson. Zhang Yong made the decision and asked the eldest son to live separately. At present, he only has his wife Li and the second child in his family.

In the evening, the second child went out to meet friends. Only Zhang Yong and Li were left at home to have dinner together.

Because it was still early, no lights were lit. The living conditions of his family were much better than those of the Wu family before. In addition to white rice, pickles and dried radishes, there was also a plate of fried pork slices.

Zhang Yong was drinking turbid wine and eating fried pork slices, feeling very comfortable.

Mrs. Li was not so comfortable, and felt very uncomfortable. She put down her bowls and chopsticks and told Zhang Yong what she had heard. At the end, she added: "This incompetent waste has not been attacked by jackals after a trip to the mountains."

It was taken away, but a sika deer was hunted back."

"God is so blind."

The couple planned to let Li's brother Xiaoqi Li Ding play tricks on Wu Nian. When they learned that Wu Nian had gone hunting in the mountains, they wished that Wu Nian had died on the mountain.

As a result, Wu Nian came back and started buying and selling. Although their family's qualifications were that they were among the best in a hundred households, Mr. Li had never eaten lotus seeds several times in his life, and he was extremely jealous.

Of course, the most important thing is the few acres of land in Wu Nian's home.

"Don't panic. Yesterday, when the military order was issued, Wu Nian went into the mountains to hunt. This is a good excuse. Big brother can make him shed his skin without dying."

Zhang Yong laughed sinisterly, put down the wine bowl heavily, and said.

"Really?" Mrs. Li is a womanizer and doesn't quite understand the key points, but she still doubts her belief.

"Can I still lie to you?" Zhang Yong glared at his wife, and then sneered: "And this is just the beginning. Before Wu Nian obediently handed over his farmland, he suffered a lot."

"Yes." Mrs. Li believed it now and smiled on her face. The couple looked at each other and felt very happy and satisfied.

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Wu Nian returned home with a bamboo basket on his back. He went into the house and took a look at Liu Xiang. Seeing that she was sleeping soundly, he felt relieved, then washed rice and put a handful of lotus seeds in it to make porridge.

Set up another pot and start cooking the venison.

Although there are not many good ingredients at home, with ginger, garlic, and soy sauce, the cooked venison is definitely more fragrant than in the wild.

After the venison was cooked, the lotus seed porridge was already thick. Wu Nian picked up a plate, filled a bowl of lotus seed porridge and half a bowl of venison, and carried it to Liu Xiang's bedroom.

This is because Liu Xiang has just recovered from a serious illness and should not eat too much venison.

Liu Xiang was woken up. She stared blankly at the venison and lotus seed porridge placed on the stool beside the bed, as if she was dreaming.

She stretched out her hand and pinched her skinny face, waking up from the pain.

He looked at Wu Nian's face again. Wu Nian showed a smile and said softly: "Eat. Your illness doesn't matter. As long as you eat enough and rest, you will be fine in a few days."

It's really changed.

It's really changed.

When Wu Nian came back, Liu Xiang felt that he should observe and observe. But now Liu Xiang was directly affected.

Liu Xiang felt that something was about to flow out of her eyes, and her nose was itchy, and something was about to flow out. She took a deep breath and tried to hold back the tears and runny nose.

Her vigilance was still taking effect.

Liu Xiang looked at Wu Nian's face and wanted to say something, but she couldn't. For many years, she had been sarcastic and sarcastic towards Wu Nian and had never said anything nice, but she couldn't say anything now.

"Why are you buying lotus seeds? One pound of lotus seeds can buy more than twenty pounds of rice." Liu Xiang thought about a topic and complained.

When she said this, her own heart ached.

She had never eaten lotus seeds since she was a child. She had only heard about and seen them. Others said they were food for immortals and that eating them would lead to immortality.

So it's so expensive that even hundreds of households probably don't eat it often.

What kind of family is ours? If we can only eat rice bran rice, we are already satisfied. But if we eat lotus seeds, won't we lose our longevity?

Liu Xiang was in pain, so distressed that her whole expression turned ferocious and she was sweating profusely.

Wu Nian didn't think much about it. He just thought that Liu Xiang might have a recurrence of an old injury. He panicked and said quickly: "What's going on?"

He reached out to hug Liu Xiang, but his hands stopped halfway.

Because Liu Xiang already had a stress reaction, when she saw Wu Nian's hands, she couldn't stop being afraid. She hid in the corner of the bed like a little rabbit, shivering.

Even the pain of eating lotus seeds was covered.

Wu Nian looked at his palms and felt distressed and a little embarrassed. Then he took a deep breath and said softly: "Eat slowly and spit out the bones on the plate. When you finish eating, I will come and clean it up for you."

"

"Don't think too much about anything else. For example, lotus seeds. If I have strength, I can hunt. In the future, even if we eat lotus seeds every day, we can still afford them."

Liu Xiang was still trembling. She wanted to respond to Wu Nian in her heart, but her body was out of control. She could only barely raise her head and whispered: "Yes."

Wu Nian felt very relieved.

At least there are no more sarcastic remarks from this little girl. I can consider this progress.

Ha ha.

Wu Nian said nothing more, turned around and left, closing the door.

After Wu Nian left, Liu Xiang's trembling gradually stopped. She sat up weakly, put on a ragged cotton-padded jacket, then picked up the bowls and chopsticks and started eating.

Although Wu Nian was very considerate and removed the hearts of the lotus seeds, the lotus seeds actually tasted ordinary.

Without sugar, it's not sweet.

Liu Xiang held the lotus seed porridge and ate it carefully, but felt that this was the best bowl of porridge she had ever eaten in her life.

It tastes better than the peanuts bought for her when her parents were still alive.

What she eats now is not the taste, but the hope for the future.

The hope of living, the hope of a prosperous family.

Liu Xiang tasted so delicious that she stuck out her tongue and licked the bowl clean. She ate up the venison piece by piece, including all the bones that could be broken, without leaving a drop of soup.

She wanted to stand up and clean up by herself, but a wave of drowsiness came over her. She wiped the corners of her eyes, then took off her tattered cotton-padded jacket, tucked herself into the quilt, and fell asleep.

Of course Wu Nian did not treat himself badly. He ate two large bowls of lotus seed porridge and a large bowl of venison.

He has been eating meat these days and is active outside. He feels that his physical strength has increased significantly. His body bones have become stronger.

After eating, Wu Nian was about to clear away the dishes, but he heard someone knocking on the door.

"Wu Nian. Wu Nian. I am Tieniu."

There was a banging sound on the door, and the person who came was shouting at the door angrily and menacingly.

Wu Nian squinted his eyes and remembered what happened to Zhang Yong's family.
Chapter completed!