Chapter 146: The Duplicity of Eating Boiled Fish
It would be unrealistic to distribute more than ten kilograms of fish to everyone in the sanctuary.
Only the dozen or so people who helped the Song family farm in the morning and the soldiers who returned from guarding the wall in the morning could have a taste of it.
Xiaoqi and the general flag officers opened a small table for themselves and sat in a small room nearby to eat.
These people had drunk strong liquor and were relatively more tolerant of spicy food than Xiao An, so they also felt uncomfortable at this time.
Xiao Zongqi, who claimed to like spicy food and asked Song Liyun to add more chili peppers, raised his sleeve to wipe the sweat from his forehead and complained bitterly: "Oh my God, if I didn't know this taste is called spicy, I would have thought it was poisonous."
After saying that, he picked up the cold water beside him and took a big gulp. After his mouth recovered, he took another bite.
My mouth can’t bear it, but my heart wants to eat it!
Song Liyun told the soldier carrying the rice bucket that the taste inside was spicy and if you couldn't stand it, you could drink some plain water.
Zhou Xiaoqi opened his mouth and blew out a breath, only to feel his numb mouth cramping.
After a moment of hesitation, he carefully picked up the fish meat from his plate and put it into his mouth, and even wiped the soup with a bread and ate it.
The cafeteria was already filled with wailing.
"What is this? What is this? Who can stand it being so numb and spicy?" One person complained, fanning his mouth exaggeratedly with his hands, and then took a big bite of the multi-grain pancake.
"If you don't eat it, I will!"
Wang Qi next to him quickly snatched his plate and poured the piece of fish and a spoonful of acorn tofu into his own bowl.
He was at the wall of Suijin Pass in the morning and had no idea that the Song family was plowing the land.
When I found out that the boiled fish was made by Song Liyun, I couldn't put it down.
"Asshole! I'm just saying it, and you're still coming!" Seeing his dish being snatched away, the man jumped up anxiously, biting his pancake. "This fish broth is spicy, but it's delicious!"
"Hey! Why don't the Song family open a restaurant? Now that we are rich, we can go there often to take care of their business and change the taste at any time." A soldier who had eaten pig intestines before sighed.
Last time, it was Wang Qi who begged the Song family to cook the dish. Later, they found some pig intestines and wanted Song Liyun to cook them for them.
But Wang Qi never agreed to ask for help again, saying that it was unreasonable to always trouble others.
It could only be handed over to the main kitchen of the garrison, and the cooks were asked to make braised pork intestines. As a result, a group of people vomited after eating it.
The cooks were scolded by Captain Luo who came excitedly to try the new food, and they steamed buns and stewed vegetables every day and no longer dared to make anything strange.
"Come on! You're running a restaurant, don't you see how much oil it consumes? A serving of fish costs you a hundred coins. So, eat it first, and we can talk about the rest later."
In the small room, Xiao Zongqi wiped the sweat off his face and put down his chopsticks. He said to Zhou Xiaoqi, "Alas! What a pity! We'll have to wait and see if we can enjoy this meal. You should keep an eye on them from now on. Whenever the Song family needs to hoe or water the fields, let these bastards help."
He didn't say anything about asking Song Liyun to open a restaurant.
With the fur business of the garrison, people don't need to work hard to earn money serving others.
Zhou Xiaoqi chuckled, "Don't worry, General. I'll have the brothers on guard watch over it and make sure not even a sparrow dares to land in the Song family's fields."
General Xiao snorted, glanced at the soldiers eating in the cafeteria next to him, and chuckled: "I wonder which bastard will be able to marry Miss Song?"
Zhou Xiaoqi paused what he was doing and ate the cake silently.
He had already married at home. The flag officers of the Zhenbei Army could go home to visit their families for half a month every year, so it would not prevent Zhou Xiaoqi from having a child.
He knew what Wang Qi was thinking.
Years ago, Wang Qi defeated Di Lu and was rewarded with ten taels of silver. When he brought the money home, Wang Qi's family replied that they were arranging a marriage for him.
The soldiers were away from home for most of the year, so all they had to do was arrange their marriages at home. They just had to set a date for the wedding, ask for leave from the camp, and go back to the bridal chamber.
Wang Qi has been very distressed these days. He has never met the girl, but he has heard that the daughter-in-law chosen by his family is gentle and virtuous, and that the engagement has already been made.
In his heart, he still wanted to settle down in Suijin Town. He said that he wanted to test the Song family's attitude. If the Song family agreed, he would ask his family to cancel the engagement.
Zhou Xiaoqi was not very optimistic about Wang Qi's idea.
When Song Dekui was still doing labor service here, he mentioned a few words about the Song family's situation.
It is said that these three siblings have no father or mother, and they came to become military households because their stepmother and uncle did not like them, and they did not dare to let people in their hometown know.
These three siblings have a miserable life.
Wang Qi's family has already arranged the marriage. If he keeps it a secret and tries to provoke Miss Song, who knows how much trouble will arise.
Although Wang Qi is his subordinate, if he can't distinguish between the inside and the outside, he will have to remind Song Zhenping.
I just mentioned it casually in the field, and I don’t know how much Song Zhenping understood.
In Baolinju, Song Liyun ate spicy boiled fish and broke out in sweat on her forehead. She felt refreshed and her pores were clear.
Song Zhenping also put down his chopsticks at this time and looked at the rosy-faced Song Liyun, seeming to be hesitant to speak.
After Yunniang put away her dishes, Song Zhenping suddenly said, "Yun'er, when do you say you're going to Pingyang Prefecture?"
Song Liyun was wiping the sweat off Xiao An's neck while savoring the delicious meal. When Song Zhenping suddenly asked when they would go to the provincial capital, she was stunned for a moment.
Xiao An looked up at Song Zhenping: "Brother!" He wanted to be with his brother and sister.
Song Zhenping pursed his lips and explained, "The soil is almost plowed today. There are only some grass roots to be cleaned up, and the rabbit manure and horse manure in the backyard need to be put into the soil. I wanted to keep Uncle Han at home to compost the soil.
I'll go to the capital with you, and when we get back we'll be able to sow corn and sorghum, and also buy some cabbage seeds to mix with the rapeseed."
The rapeseed grown in the greenhouse experienced a journey through time and survived death, growing into three good seedlings.
The temperature is suitable and the rapeseed grows very fast. Now it has grown to knee height. Song Zhenping waits every day to see the golden rapeseed flowers described in the heavenly book.
Song Liyun didn't know anything about planting, so she could only look up the book. She saw that the book said that depending on the geographical climate, rapeseed has two sowing seasons: spring and autumn. Yunzhou's cold weather is suitable for spring sowing.
Can be sown in spring.
Song Zhenping has experience in farming.
Since Song Liyun said that rapeseed and cabbage are the same family, in order to increase the survival rate, they plan to intercrop them, and they must use up all the precious seeds in the small bag.
Song Liyun absolutely supports this idea.
These seeds have been stored for too long. If they are not put to good use, they will become extinct before this era even begins.
Hearing Song Zhenping talking about farming, Song Liyun just nodded, and suddenly said that he wanted to go to the provincial capital. It was definitely not for the convenience of farming, and he had something else to say.
Song Zhenping didn't say anything else, but just took Xiao An's hand and walked towards the bedroom. He actually wanted to pack up now.
Song Liyun raised her eyebrows: Let’s go!
When Han Ming learned that Song Liyun and her two siblings were going to the provincial capital and that he would stay to farm, he was very surprised: "Miss, it's more than eighty miles from Suijin Town to the provincial capital, and it will take a day by carriage."
Song Zhenping was combing Juqing's horse with a large brush. When he heard it would take a whole day, he said quickly, "Let's go out early. Juqing can pull the cart fast now."
(End of this chapter)
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