Chapter 2200 Yellow Sand Fills the Sky
The military doctor was stunned. "Using pig's feet to practice? Is that okay?"
"Of course you can," Zhou Liru said, "My aunt and I both practice with pig's feet. After we're done, we can chop them up and stew them so they don't go to waste. By the way, I have a recipe for stewing pig's feet. Do you want it?"
The military doctor hesitated: "Yes?"
Zhou Liru didn't even write it down, but read it to him directly, causing Manbao to look at her several times. When she came out of the military doctor's office, she couldn't help but ask, "Why are you still memorizing the recipe?"
Zhou Liru sighed and said, "What can I do? Every time our dorm supervisor buys pig's feet for practice, they all have a good way to prepare them afterwards. But when I say I want to stew the pig's feet, they all turn down the idea. I can't compete with them in things like lighting the fire and fetching water, so I can only find the recipe for them. That way I can contribute my own strength. Otherwise, I would be embarrassed to buy pig's feet with them."
Zhou Liru was their dormitory supervisor, and even the youngest in the entire Imperial Medical Bureau. The youngest one before her was a few months older than her. In addition, she was Zhou Man's niece, so everyone took extra care of her.
But she has a good temper and gets along well with everyone. In the Imperial Medical Bureau, they need to practice suturing. Rabbits are hard to find, and each suturing requires the rabbits to be alive. The girls don't dare to work directly with living things, so they start with pig legs.
It was difficult to throw this thing away after practicing, and they were reluctant to do so, so they ate it.
The Imperial Medical Bureau has a kitchen, but it will not allow students to handle these things privately, so students need to handle them themselves.
Manbao asked, "Who did you ask for the recipe? It seems a little different from what my sister-in-law usually makes."
"I got it from the head shopkeeper," Zhou Liru said, "Little aunt, have you forgotten? When you were still in Jishiditang, the brothers and sisters learned suturing from you. That's how we cooked the pig's feet we ate back then."
Manbao said disapprovingly, "It's not as delicious as my sister-in-law's. It's too bland."
Pork leg is light...
Zhou Liru stopped talking, but she also thought so in her heart. The pig's feet made by her aunt were soy sauce flavored and especially delicious.
Zhou Liru suddenly felt a little hungry, and Manbao said quietly, "I'm hungry."
When they were hungry, Governor Duan had only bread to give them and a big pot of mutton soup.
Because they would part ways the next day, Governor Duan had obtained a lot of spoils, so he generously took two ingots of silver and bought a few sheep from the neighboring tribe. They killed them and kept one, and distributed the rest to the soldiers.
Everyone celebrated lively for half the night, and then went to rest. They got up early the next morning to pack up the tents. After packing up, everyone stood on both sides of the official road to say goodbye.
Governor Duan glanced at the road hidden in the mountains and said, "Take care on your journey."
Bai Shan smiled and thanked Governor Duan. Everyone also wished Governor Duan a safe journey. Then, after the sun rose, they separated and walked back to back. One team was going to Liangzhou, and the other team was going to the Western Regions.
Manbao glanced back from his horse and said to his friends, "I wonder when the letter sent back by Lord Duan will reach the capital."
She wrote a letter to Xiao Yuanzheng. Since it was official business, she sent it directly to the official post station. However, most of the post stations in Liangzhou had been demolished, and even the messengers were gone. She could only ask Governor Duan to do this.
Manbao also enclosed a private letter to his family, and Yin and several others also wrote letters and enclosed them in it.
Governor Duan was also riding on a horse. He glanced at the packages on the backs of his personal soldiers and shook his head slightly. These young men were sometimes so smart and capable that they didn't seem like teenagers, and sometimes they were as lively and cheerful as children.
The master rode up from behind and said, "Sir, our people saw with their own eyes that they crossed the mountain safely."
Governor Duan nodded in satisfaction, and the advisor couldn't help but ask, "Sir, are we just going to give them the cat's eye stone in exchange?"
Governor Duan sighed and said, "Heroes emerge young. Master Bai is right. That thing is only a gem when it's sold. Otherwise, it's just a piece of stone. Do you think we can find a more suitable buyer than them with our abilities?"
The master thought about it and decided that it was impossible.
Among the people that Governor Duan knew, there were those who would spend a fortune to buy a horse, but there was absolutely no one who would spend a fortune to buy a stone, oh no, a gem.
Thinking back to the whole process of being persuaded, Governor Duan couldn't help but sigh again, "Heroes emerge from youth."
The young men were galloping on their horses towards the rising sun. Even Yin Huo trotted his horse and ran freely behind them.
Mr. Zhuang also put aside the worry he had been feeling for several days and fell asleep leaning against the wall of the car.
The two travelers sat in the carriage and counted the spoils they had received. They didn't contribute much, but they also participated, and since everyone saw it, they also got a share.
Not to mention, this amount alone is more than their annual salary, so this trip is not a loss. When they return to Beijing, they can buy some things from the Western Regions and it will be even more worthwhile.
Thinking about it this way, it seems that there is nothing wrong with walking so slowly.
But this time they were traveling at a very fast speed. In just one day they entered a small county town, a small county town that didn't even have a city gate. After a short rest they immediately set off again, and then they entered a desert.
Mr. You was traveling with them. He was quite familiar with this road, having walked it three times before, so he unconsciously acted as their guide.
Because a lot of treasures were found, Governor Duan generously returned most of Mr. You's goods to him. He didn't even have to go back to Liangzhou to register. As the governor, he did it for him at a low price.
Although a batch of goods was lost and several of his men died, Mr. You still cheered up and continued to head towards Yumen Pass.
Only after he sold these goods at Yumen Pass and bought some popular commodities from the Central Plains and sold them back, would he have enough money to make a comeback and settle the families of his deceased colleagues.
This time he didn't dare to leave first, so he followed Zhou Man and his team's convoy. For this reason, he would go to Mr. Zhuang to keep him company and talk almost every day.
It was the first time that Manbao and his friends saw a desert. They didn't notice it at first because the plants became fewer and fewer as they walked. When they looked up, they suddenly found that all they could see was yellow sand. Manbao was shocked to realize that this was not a lush green grassland.
So the few people still on horseback immediately dismounted and moved into the carriage. Manbao searched the carriage for something and quickly found a veil hat. He gave one to Zhou Liru and said, "Fortunately, we prepared this in advance."
Zhou Liru touched the gauze on it and asked curiously, "Who prepared this, aunt? Why didn't I see it when I was packing my luggage?"
Manbao said, "It was given by Second Sister Fu. She also gave me two cloaks."
The two of them put on their cloaks and then stuck their heads out to look at the sand. After looking for a while, they felt it was inconvenient, so they lifted up the veil.
Although it's not so blurry that I can't see clearly, it's still blurry and uncomfortable.
Manbao stared into the distance with his eyes wide open. "So this is the desert. The sky is really filled with yellow sand."
See you tomorrow
(End of this chapter)
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