Say goodbye to the old and welcome the new.

This is the meaning of the New Year.

It is also the beautiful wish of countless suffering people.

Say goodbye to the old and welcome the new.

The current Xu system is unable to ensure that every member of the survival army can live a happy and beautiful life.

But at the turn of the new year, Xu Xi felt that there were some things that could be done.

For example, let those who are seeking survival have a "good" meal.

"Niu, bring those chickens here."

"Goudan, hurry up, surround them!"

"Chase! Chase! Chase!"

On the outskirts of Pingshui County, Xu Xi led a large group of hungry and dusty people to set up several large iron pots and pour water and rice into them.

Not far away, Aniu and his friends were catching local chickens.

With experience.

They quickly caught the native chicken.

After careful cleaning, the chicken is cut into small pieces, even the bones are not spared.

There are too many people seeking survival, and it is quite unrealistic to expect everyone to have meat to eat.

This is the only way Xu Xi could spread the chicken throughout the rice soup so that everyone who drinks the soup can taste a little bit of the meat.

In fact, there is not enough rice either.

So, you can only pour water into the rice, lots and lots of water.

to the end.

Even the bran is added.

Wheat bran is not delicious, but compared to the cold and bitter demon meat, it is as precious as a delicacy in the eyes of the hungry people.

“Bang—!”

“Bang—!”

Under Xu Xi's watchful eyes, more than a dozen large iron pots began to burn fiercely.

The firewood burned fiercely, making a constant crackling sound, and the hot flames burned the bottom of the iron pot, causing the boiling water to flow into the water.

gradually.

The water began to boil.

Someone came forward and carefully sprinkled a little salt into the pot.

The flames rose high and the steam gushed out.

At some point, people began to gather around the big pot, staring at the boiling water, with tears welling up in their throats from time to time.

The porridge was bland in flavor and too much water was added to it.

It was hard to smell anything, whether it was the finely chopped chicken or the salt that had been sprinkled in earlier.

Can smell.

Just pure water vapor.

But even so, people's eyes are still full of desire.

As if looking at a rare and precious treasure, I endured the stomach acid rising in my abdomen, swallowed my saliva again and again, and waited patiently for the rice soup to be cooked.

Finally, the rice soup is cooked.

The people who were begging for survival all looked at Xu Xi at the same time. Xu Xi smiled and nodded, and then they scrambled to scoop up the rice soup.

The rice soup is very hot and 90% is water.

It was so hot that it made people scream.

The water you drink enters through your mouth but flows out of your eyes. The more you drink, the more you cry.

"Brother Xu, it's so hot!" Ah Niu held the bowl with his rough big hands and drank the rice soup in big gulps. He smacked his lips because it was so hot, but he couldn't stop wanting to continue drinking.

"It's delicious."

After drinking.

Ah Niu gave such a simple evaluation and licked his lips with a sense of unsatisfied feeling.

He licked the edge of the bowl with his tongue again to clean off the soup stains.

"Do you like it, Niu?"

"Yeah, I like it!"

Looking at the simple-minded man in front of him, Xu Xi instructed: "It's good that you like it, but don't be so anxious when you drink it next time."

"Hey, I understand, Brother Xu!"

Ah Niu tilted his head and smiled foolishly.

He scooped up another bowl, this time not to drink it himself, but to send it to his mother who was not far away.

There are too many people seeking to be saved.

Even if you keep adding water, it will never end.

The rice soup in the iron pot is also limited. Each person can only get a small bowl, no more.

People had no objection to this. After enjoying the rice soup, they would chew the dry and chewy monster meat again with happy faces.

Eat quickly and laugh loudly.

A heart that was once cold, desolate and dead.

It seemed that that small bowl of rice soup completely warmed me up.

"It will get even better in the future..." Xu Xi looked at the crowded crowd, his eyes swept across the smiling faces, and his mood became much better.

"It's time to go back. There are still many government affairs to be dealt with."

"Regarding the techniques and the second level of the Xiantian realm, I need to continue to study them. I have a feeling that I am not far from the level of the Soul-Eating Realm."

Maybe he turned around.

Just about to return to the official residence.

But behind him came the shouts of Ah Niu and others.

They came running over, handing over a large plate with two big, plump chicken legs in the middle of the plate.

This is for "Mr. Xu Da" and "Mr. Wu Xiao".

As they spoke, they enthusiastically handed over the plate, wanting Xu Xi to take it away.

Xu Xi was slightly stunned. When he met those expectant eyes, he suddenly realized that he might not be able to refuse people's kindness.

At least, it's impossible not to eat a bite.

So.

Xu Xi smiled and used his internal energy as a knife to cut a large piece of meat from the greasy chicken leg. Under the gaze of the people, he put it into his mouth and chewed it.

"It's so delicious." The fat bursts in your mouth, bringing the aroma of oil.

Obviously no seasoning was added.

But it’s so delicious.

"This is incredible, they actually added some ingredients into it...", Xu Xi muttered to himself. What was added into the chicken legs was the expectations of tens of thousands of people.

It is something invisible and formless, yet it carries a deadly attraction.

It is a special "poison" of the East.

Once you take a bite, it's hard to get away from it.

"It's time to go back." Xu Xi used his internal energy to cut off the remaining meat from the chicken leg and cooked a new pot of "meat soup".

The churning in his stomach made Xu Xi want to eat it all.

But reason reminded Xu Xi.

It won't make any difference if he doesn't eat the meat.

However, for these suffering people, this may very likely be their last meal of "meat" in their lives.

No one knows how many people will be alive among the survivors next year.

As for Wu Yingxue's chicken leg, Xu Xi did not move it.

He is willing to give up what is his own, but he will not force others to do the same.

“That child has had a hard time, too.”

"During this time, she has been helping to kill demons and collect enough demon flesh and blood to relieve the food shortage in the city."

"Besides, she also helped me handle a lot of government affairs."

"In terms of reason and ethics, Yingxue deserves a chicken leg as a reward. It can even be said that it is too little."

Xu Xi wrapped the chicken leg with his Qi.

Walking in the air, he returned to the county town at an extremely fast speed.

But when he arrived at the girl's residence, he found that the house was empty, dark and gloomy, and even the candles were not lit.

"Strange, you're not home?"

Xu Xi was puzzled and could only return to the official residence first. He pushed open the creaking wooden door, and when he entered the house, he saw the girl sleeping soundly on the table.