Seeing Song Liyun's smiling face, Xiao An calmed down and nodded vigorously.
After only one day of getting to know her, he fell deeply in love with the smiling second sister in front of him.
The older brother also said that this older sister is the one who truly loves him, completely different from his cousin who beats and scolds him every day.
Now that my second sister says I should eat it, I'll eat it.
Song Zhen'an held the energy bar in both hands, like a little mouse, carefully nibbling off a tip with his teeth, savoring it slowly, a look of joy on his face, touching the energy bar again and again.
Seeing that he didn't object, Song Liyun was about to let him finish eating when she saw Xiao An stuff the energy bar into his arms.
Song Liyun was puzzled and couldn't help but ask, "Xiao An, don't corn taste good?"
Song Zhenan shook his head vigorously.
The stick had a strange taste, even a fishy smell.
But for him, it tasted better than the hard, gritty cornbread he usually ate, and even better than the rotten leftovers.
He wanted to save it for his older brother.
Song Liyun frowned when she saw Xiao An shaking his head and refusing to eat.
Although this food doesn't taste good, it is formulated by a nutritionist, is rich in nutrients, and is very suitable for the human body's needs.
Compared to millet cakes, which are mainly composed of carbohydrates, these foods are actually more suitable for people like the Song brothers, who are severely lacking in protein and fat.
Song Liyun is preparing to start treating the two brothers immediately, as well as her own current physical condition.
Without a healthy body as a foundation, some of the biological muscle-strengthening agents in my own space cannot be used.
"Xiao An, although this corn doesn't taste good, it's good for your health. You should eat more of it," Song Liyun patiently persuaded.
Song Zhen'an remained silent, only shaking her head while clutching the energy bar in her arms.
Seeing his appearance, Song Liyun suddenly thought of something and quickly took out another energy bar: "I have another one here for you, big brother, you can eat yours!"
There's one more!
Song Zhen'an's eyes lit up. He looked up at Song Liyun and saw her nod. Then he grabbed the energy bar, covered his mouth with his clothes, and started munching on it.
Hiding and sneaking away, Song Zhen'an's skillful sneaking of food stung Song Liyun's eyes. Did this child not have a normal way of eating?
One energy bar weighs 50 grams. Because it is a highly compressed food, it becomes very filling after being soaked in water. Even an adult can only eat one bar.
Xiao An wolfed down his food but only ate a third of it before rubbing his stomach and groaning.
When Song Zhenping woke up from his deep sleep, he also tasted the energy bar.
Similarly, he was reluctant to eat it at first, but when he knew there were still some left, he wolfed it down.
The carriage didn't stop for the entire journey until it got dark, when it finally stopped at a post station. Amidst the soldiers' angry shouts, everyone hurriedly got off the carriage and gathered together.
The field was packed with people, even more than when they set off from Qingping Town, clearly indicating that laborers had also been sent from other places.
In the open space in front of the post station, dozens of soldiers holding torches surrounded the laborers.
An officer shouted, "Two hundred men will be assigned to each location. You only have the time it takes for an incense stick to burn to choose your men. Once you've chosen, hurry up and leave. The authorities are already on their way!"
As soon as he finished speaking, more than a dozen men rushed out from among the soldiers like wolves and tigers, ransacking the laborers and taking anyone they caught with them.
At this time, the laborers were jolted by the cart until the middle of the night, exhausted, hungry, and frightened.
During the day, at least a minor official from the town government could verify the other party's identity. Now, in the dark, they were being dragged out without even knowing what was happening, and everyone was terrified.
For a time, there was a great commotion of crying, shouting, yelling, and screaming.
Some tried to resist, but how could they be a match for the soldiers? They quickly got onto the vehicle and disappeared into the dark night.
Song Liyun and the other three stood together, watching helplessly as the people around them were pulled away one by one. Occasionally, soldiers would come to them and try to take Song Zhenping and Song Dekui away, but they were all scared away by Xiao An, who was being led by them.
What he needed were laborers who could build barracks and garrisons before the snow fell, not stay-at-home dads with babies.
As for Song Liyun, the soldiers in the dark didn't bother to look at her face and just picked the strongest men, so naturally they rejected her as well.
Song Liyun stood with her hands behind her back, looking quite relaxed.
Song Dekui munched on an energy bar, not stopping him from chattering incoherently to the three siblings: "Yun girl, this energy bar is actually quite good. If you hadn't said it was made from leftovers, I would have eaten it long ago."
"Oh dear! Why don't they come and choose us? We've been traveling for most of the day, are they going to abandon us?"
In the afternoon, not only Xiao An ate energy bars, but Song Zhenping also ate some, only Song Dekui did not.
Because Song Liyun told them that these dry food sticks were made by herself using leftover soup and rice from the restaurant, and that they could carry them with her for easy eating anytime.
The two brothers had been hungry since childhood, even eating pig feed. Besides, the leftovers from this restaurant tasted better than the coarse grain buns with bran and vegetables, so they naturally didn't mind.
Song Dekui had never suffered like this before. He felt nauseous as soon as he heard that it was made from leftovers. He endured it until he finally couldn't stand the hunger anymore and ate it.
I must say, although the taste was a bit strange, it was really filling.
Song Liyun ignored him and spoke quietly with Song Zhenping.
In the afternoon, Song Dekui received news from the coachman that this force was indeed the Zhenbei Army.
They needed to build barracks on the border, but couldn't find enough laborers locally, so they came from the interior to rob people.
As for why it was a robbery, the reason is simple: the government was unwilling to help the Zhenbei Army conscript laborers.
The Zhenbei Army was no pushover either. Knowing that various places were conscripting laborers during the off-season for farming, they simply ambushed and robbed people on the road.
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