Chapter 193 Living in Baolinju Again
Song Liyun nodded nonchalantly: "Yes! We are all women, we can't just watch her being insulted by a man."
It's not about saving anyone, it's just that this place cannot be the chaotic Suijin Town anymore.
"What about you? What would you do if you encountered danger for others?" Zhao Tingduo stared at her with sharp eyes.
"I, I'm not afraid!" Song Liyun believed that under the circumstances just now, she could escape safely.
Zhao Tingduo didn't say anything else. He just looked at her deeply and changed the subject: "I want to buy more acorn vermicelli this time, and also some food. Can you help me?"
"Sure! I'm happy to be of service to you!"
Now the food shop not only makes acorn vermicelli, but also buys some groceries to mix with it to make dry noodles, making it easier to collect grain.
Song Liyun was of course happy to have another big order coming in, and she even playfully touched her chest and gave a Western-style salute.
Zhao Tingduo smiled and narrowed his eyes slightly to hide the gleam in his eyes. This etiquette was only used between the leaders of the Di Lu tribe, while others would bend over and spread their hands.
The arrival of Zhao Tingduo and Abu suddenly made the atmosphere in Baolinjuli lively.
Abu was competing with Heijin in rabbit skinning. Those rabbits were hunted on the way here, and each one was pierced through by an arrow.
Song Liyun praised Abu for his good archery skills, but also habitually sighed that it was a pity that the rabbit skin was ruined and could not be used to make anything.
Abu smiled and said, "Sister Song, what do you want rabbit skins for? It's summer now, and rabbit fur is sparse and short, so it won't look good when made into anything. If you like, I'll get you a few dozen in the fall."
After tanning and dyeing, rabbit skins can be used to make various fur coats, hats, collars and clothing trims. Song Liyun intends to raise them artificially.
"Abu, can you catch a live rabbit? I want one with long white fur."
"Yes! Gray rabbits change their fur color in winter, from black-gray to white-gray, so they can hide in the snow to avoid being discovered by hawks and falcons." Abu said casually.
The most annoying thing on the pasture is rabbits. Not only do they eat the tenderest grass, but they also dig holes everywhere. If the horse's hooves are not careful, they will sink into them and break.
Children in the tribe must learn how to catch rabbits when they grow up, as this is also the way they can find food when they are hungry.
Xiao An listened attentively, his eyes shining with admiration for Brother Abu: Brother Abu can even catch rabbits in the snow!
Inside the room, Zhao Tingduo was looking through a pile of paper boxes that Xiao An had pasted together in the corner.
The last time Zhao Tingduo came, the carton factory was still under construction. He had not seen any white cardboard boxes yet, only a few thick yellowish-brown cardboard boxes.
Later, Abu came to pick up the acorn vermicelli and acorn noodles that were ordered, but Zhao Tingduo did not show up.
Song Liyun didn't ask where Zhao A Shi had gone. She just asked about the mission, which was a military secret. She was aware of this.
Touching the smooth paper box and looking at the changing Suijin Town day by day, Zhao Tingduo felt very excited.
The last time he returned to the tribe from Broken Gold Town, he had just moved to the summer pasture.
Cowhide tents are scattered across the plateau meadows, with flocks of sheep and cattle scattered around, trying to graze on the freshly grown grass, in an effort to fill their stomachs, which have been hungry and thirsty for a whole winter.
The tribesmen rode around on horseback, driving away the equally hungry wolves that followed them.
The women were collecting wool and cow hair to make felt mats.
The children wore dirty sheepskin vests and carried large wicker baskets on their heads as they walked among the cattle, picking up the dried cow dung on the ground and burning it for warmth.
This has been the life of the Di Lu tribe year after year and day after day for thousands of years, but it seems particularly uncomfortable to Zhao Tingduo.
He wanted these children to be able to read and write like the people of the Wu Dynasty, and he wanted to settle down.
However, he didn't dare say this.
His own Wuda tribe already has a thousand people. As the number of people increases, the number of cattle and sheep they need to rely on is also increasing, and the area of grassland required will also increase.
Fixed pastures cannot support so many livestock, so people need to migrate constantly. It is not easy for people to settle down.
If we leave the pasture behind, what will these cattle and sheep eat? If there are no cattle and sheep, what will people eat?
Although his last visit to Suijin Town was short, it was not in vain. He soon received the silver for the furs he sold through Suijin Guards, and the acorn flour and acorn vermicelli he bought were popular in the tribe.
A'niang also specifically instructed to find more of this cheap and filling food to take back so that the children in the tribe could eat better.
Now that the tribe has settled down in the summer pasture, they can stay until the snow starts to fall before leaving, and he can also stay in Wu Dynasty for a while longer.
The chaos at the market in Suijin Town did not last long. A few men who took advantage of the situation were whipped and driven out of the town, while the others resumed their business.
In the crowd, a man squatting on the ground buying eggs squinted his eyes, paying attention to the movements around him.
His dark face was the same as that of the surrounding farmers, except for the ruthlessness that flashed across his eyes, which made his originally plain face look even more sinister.
Just now he heard someone say: The woman who was hitting people with a wooden stick was Song Liyun.
In Baolinju, Yunniang was busy grinding acorn powder to make jelly, which was the favorite summer food of the Song brothers and sisters.
Xiao An and Abu were busy preparing their spicy diced rabbit and barbecue sauce. This time, Abu brought a lot of cumin powder, so they could eat as much as they wanted.
Hearing that Zhao A Shi was coming, Song Zhenping and Han Ming also came back from the fields early and brought back the newly grown broad beans and peas for them to eat.
Zhao Tingduo told him that they would stay in Baolinju for a while. Song Zhenping smiled and said that Xiao An was thinking about when Brother Abu would come every day, which made him, his biological brother, feel happy and let the two of them stay longer this time.
Hearing Xiao An calling him, Abu laughed triumphantly, and Zhao Tingduo was also in a good mood.
Song Zhenping is now dedicated to farming. His expression is much more relaxed and cheerful than the last time I saw him. The sadness that always appeared between his brows is gone, replaced by calmness and restraint.
On the table, there were roasted, grilled, cold, and hot dishes. Abu took a bite of the spicy hot pot and a sip of iced peach juice, and said with trembling lips, "This feeling is really like ice and fire.
Brother Shi, I wish we could eat freely like this on the grassland someday."
Zhao Tingduo swallowed the smooth and chewy acorn jelly in her mouth and glared at him. "Nothing can fill your mouth, so hurry up and eat. Eat more, or you won't be crying out for food every day when you go on a mission."
Abu also knew that he had said the wrong thing and quickly looked at the expressions of the people around him.
Now Han Ming consciously avoids sitting at the same table with them, and Yunniang only eats in the kitchen.
The two Song brothers at the table were concentrating on eating, as if they didn't hear anything.
Heijin squatted on a chair in the corner of the room, grinning as he ate his fresh peaches, busy and happy.
Only Song Liyun smiled and said, "Abu, if there is milk, make a milkshake and drink it now, that would feel good!"
There are peaches and ice cubes at home, but no yogurt or fresh milk.
Abu opened his mouth wide: "What is a milk...shake?" He drinks milk every day, how come he has never heard of a milkshake.
Xiao An also looked up and asked curiously, "Second sister, what is milk? Have I ever had it?"
(End of this chapter)
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