Chapter 479: Wen Yan Sends Wealth
Everyone ran towards the cook camp excitedly.
When there was no fighting, the soldiers only had two meals a day.
At 3:30 pm, it is time for dinner.
Meng Chifei led everyone to line up.
The drought spread to the north.
This makes life even more difficult in the north, which already has little rain and water.
Coupled with the insufficient supply of military rations, life was difficult for everyone.
However, fortunately, Meng Xiyan sent us the recipe for steamed cornbread, so we are not starving to death now.
Soon, each person was given two fist-sized steamed buns and a bowl of water.
I don’t know what was mixed in the steamed bun, half black and half brown.
Don't be fooled by its ugly appearance, it is hard and very nutritious.
It is steamed from a mixture of soybean flour, vegetable root powder, locust powder and earthworm powder.
There are both meat and vegetables, and the nutrition is balanced.
It makes your teeth crack when you bite it, and it also irritates your throat when you swallow.
However, it is all thanks to it that these soldiers have survived until now and have not starved to death.
Meng Chifei was very disgusted, but the soldiers were drooling at the sight.
Meng Chifei hesitated for a moment, then stuffed one of the two steamed buns in his hand into the hands of the thin old soldier.
The old soldier refused anxiously: "This is yours, Captain Meng. I can't take it..."
Meng Chifei said: "I am not very fat, it doesn't matter."
The old soldier looked up at Meng Chifei, who was a head taller than him: Captain Meng called her small?
I don’t know when this miserable day will end.
Meng Chifei was sighing in her heart when she suddenly saw a soldier waving at her from a distance and shouting, "Captain Meng, there's your bag. It's from the capital."
When he heard about the package coming from the capital, Meng Chifei's eyes lit up instantly.
"Where is the bag? Where is it?" Meng Chifei took two steps at a time and walked over.
"In the county government office..." said the soldier.
Meng Chifei immediately strode back to the county government office.
As soon as I entered the hall, I saw a large wooden box on the table.
When I opened the box, I saw small packages one after another inside.
He opened a bundle at random and found three sets of clothes inside.
They are all made of excellent silk, which is not only comfortable to touch but also has beautiful styles.
Another small box was filled with bottles and jars.
In addition to some pills, there is also Wen Yan’s very popular calming incense.
The remaining half of the box was all food.
Air-dried chicken, duck, fish, pork and lamb.
There was even a dried leg of beef.
In addition, there are fried noodles and stir-fried rice noodles.
Meng Chifei was so happy that his eyes curved with laughter: "Delicious! Everything is delicious!"
Immediately, she found a pot, boiled water and cooked rice noodles.
She then chopped the air-dried meat into small pieces and cooked it with oily rice noodles and dried vegetables. After a while, the tempting aroma wafted out of her room, attracting many of her companions.
They crowded in the yard, peeking into the house, all curious about what delicious food Meng Chifei was making.
But no one had the nerve to ask her for it.
Meng Chifei found it funny.
She left two dried chickens and said to her comrades, "Take all the remaining food to the cooks' camp so that they can have some meat tomorrow."
As for those beautiful and comfortable clothes, Meng Chifei took them directly to the wealthy families in the city.
The rich man's wife was extremely beautiful and loved to dress herself up.
These fashionable clothes from the capital can definitely be exchanged for a lot of food from that wealthy family.
Cook it in one pot with some dried meat and it will definitely be a good meal for everyone.
Meng Chifei couldn't wait to return to the capital and meet Wen Yan.
When Ying Zhilin returned home, he explained everything to Wen Yan about Gu Saisai causing trouble for her.
He also told her Gu Saisai's identity.
Princess Jinghe!
Wen Yan pondered over the title again and again, and finally remembered why she felt that Gu Saisai looked familiar.
It turned out that on the Dragon Boat Festival last year, Huo Yaoxing rescued a woman by the river, and it was Gu Saisai.
On the other hand, Ying Zhilin would come to find Wen Yan after leaving office every day. They would either go home together to study new and unusual food, or go together to find fun and interesting places in the capital, rain or shine.
Today, after Ying Zhilin went to the Yamen, he came to look for her again: "There is a bun shop on Donglin Street. They make a kind of pig bun. It's very cute and interesting. Let's go and try it together."
Wen Yan nodded: "Then go."
Ying Zhilin took over her three meals a day. Now she just had to eat at the appointed time and didn't have to worry about anything else.
On the way back from eating buns, she suddenly saw a team carrying water.
There were seven or eight large buckets, each as tall as a person and as wide as an outstretched arm.
After it is filled with water, it needs an ox to pull it and three or four people to support it.
"Whose water truck is this? I see it every day recently." Wen Yan asked puzzledly.
Ying Zhilin glanced at the waterwheel indifferently, then withdrew his gaze and said to Wen Yan, "These are the servants of the Lan family. The one who went to such great lengths to transport the water is none other than the newly returned Princess Ruixue of the Lan family.
The drought in the capital is severe, the water level has dropped, and the taste of the water has been affected.
Princess Ruixue was used to a life of luxury and could not get used to drinking this inferior water.
Every day, they would go to the outskirts of the city to fetch fresh mountain spring water.”
"It turned out to be her." When Wen Yan heard Lan Tingxue's name, he understood what was going on.
She suddenly tilted her head and looked at Ying Zhilin: "How do you know so much about the Lan family? Are you still keeping an eye on the Lan family because of the last frame-up?"
Ying Zhilin poked her face and said, "Why? Am I so stingy in your heart?"
Wen Yan smiled and changed the subject.
"The Wen family will be exiled tomorrow. Although I don't want to bother with the Wen family, I get along very well with the Third Miss Wen Xiuyun, so I want to go and see her off."
Ying Zhilin said, "We've been fighting since we were little, and we've gotten along so well?"
Wen Yan: "We are like a pair of bickering lovers. Since we were little, she has always been competing with me.
Whenever she does better than me, Jiang Xinkui will punish me.
In order to avoid being punished, I had no choice but to study hard and keep winning.
Without her, I wouldn’t be able to develop so many skills.”
Ying Zhilin held her hand and said, "From now on, you won't have to suffer like this anymore."
"Just like you are gifted and a natural student, didn't you study hard for more than ten years before you were able to pass the imperial examination and become the top scorer? There is no such thing as getting something for nothing in this world." Wen Yan said.
"The northern border is bitterly cold, don't you want Wen Xiuyun to stay in the capital?"
Wen Yan shook her head. "She herself didn't want to stay. The Wen family's reputation is ruined, and her concubine is all alone. She won't have a good life if she stays in the capital, and will be ridiculed by others."
It would be better for her to go to the northern border, away from the troubles of the capital, where she can start anew."
"I wrote a letter to Sister Chi Fei, asking her to take care of it.
Wen Xiuyun can write and count, and has excellent embroidery skills. She will have a good life there."
Ying Zhilin suddenly stopped and looked at Wen Yan with burning eyes.
Wen Yan was puzzled and looked back at him: "What's wrong?"
Ying Zhilin said: "I really want to hug you."
Wen Yan looked embarrassed, glared at him, and turned away.
Ying Zhilin caught up with her in a few steps, took her hand, and ran home quickly.
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