The two brothers had diarrhea the night before, and although they were fine now, it wasn't appropriate for them to immediately indulge in rich, meaty food.
At noon, Song Liyun made a thin noodle soup.
Perhaps it was the natural and pollution-free ingredients that reactivated Song Liyun's cooking talent; she could make anything she had ever tasted or heard of.
After making the noodle soup, Song Liyun shredded the radishes she picked from Song Lao Er's vegetable garden and marinated them to draw out the water. Then she took out two ounces of half-fat and half-lean pork, chopped it up, added seasonings and shredded radishes, mixed them together, and patted them into cakes.
Then fry it in a pan, and the aroma will waft far and wide.
Song Zhenping, who was working, sniffed and said to Xiao An, whose face was covered in mud, "Your second sister is making something delicious again."
Xiao An's eyes lit up, and he nodded vigorously, rubbing his belly and licking his lips.
I ate so much chicken yesterday, but unfortunately I got diarrhea from it all.
From now on, even if I eat something delicious and my stomach hurts, I will resist the urge to go to the toilet.
Song Liyun took out a plate and arranged the radish and meat patties in a pyramid shape. She then placed a small amount of pickled vegetables around the edge of the plate. This way, the dish was nutritious, colorful, and delicious.
It's a pity that all the pickled vegetable and chili sauce that Granny Gu painstakingly prepared over the years ended up benefiting Song Liyun.
When it's time to eat, the dining table is set up under the eaves of the side courtyard.
In the early winter sunshine, the three siblings ate pancakes and drank soup happily, while rumors were rampant in Broken Gold Town and the laborers' sheds.
Now, many people among the laborers know that the Song siblings have signed military household contracts and will be moving into a new house.
Some people envied that they would have a house and land from then on, while others cursed that becoming a military household was unfilial and that their descendants would have no future.
As time passed, and Song Zhenping hadn't returned to sleep for a day and a night, the laborers' conversation shifted from whether they had a way out to whether they were alive.
Some people even opened gambling dens, and quite a few people placed bets, with even those who only needed a few coins joining in the fun.
Most of those who gamble die; only a few still hope that people will survive.
Some people are saying that they should send a message to Song Dekui, who is driving a cart in the army camp, and ask him to find a way to come back and visit his fellow townsman.
If they arrive in time, they might be able to recover the body; if they arrive a few days later, they might not even be able to find the bones.
The atmosphere was also tense around the cook.
Granny Cui was relieved. Once her daughter regained consciousness, she explained everything clearly: Song Liyun had gone out in the middle of the night, and she had followed her to see what was going on, which was why she lost her.
Although this is her daughter's fault for bringing trouble upon herself, it is also due to Song Liyun's indiscretion, running around outside in the middle of the night instead of sleeping.
Seeing that her daughter almost lost her life because of this and now has a fever, Granny Cui felt that it would be better if Song Liyun was bitten to death by an evil spirit, then she would be happy.
Aunt Guo frowned and pulled her husband aside outside the shed to whisper, "I said, Liyun is a girl who comes out to work with her younger brother. She's from a poor family. What if something happens to her? Try to go to that house and check on her."
Aunt Guo's husband was in his thirties, a kind and honest man. He scratched his head and said, "When we came here, those soldiers said that we were not allowed to run around while working. It would take me at least an hour to get there. If the foreman saw me, it would be a small matter if he deducted my wages, but I was afraid I would also get whipped."
This is a military camp under construction. When the work started, Commander Luo gave everyone a rule: those who came to work had to eat and sleep together and were not allowed to run around on their own. If anyone was found to be doing so, they would be treated as traitors.
Aunt Guo knew her husband was an honest man, and getting him to sneak off to do something private was harder than climbing to heaven.
I'll have to figure it out myself.
Even if I can't go there in person, I should at least ask someone to inquire about it.
Aunt Guo didn't know much about the military camp's management of military households. The only person she could easily contact and who was also easy to reach was Xiao Qi Xue Zhuang, who had been coming quite frequently these past two days.
From the moment he started helping Song Liyun choose a house and land, Xue Xiaoqi frequented the kitchen shed.
Yesterday morning, Xu Yan'er got lost during the night, and it was he who led the team to find her.
They even brought a doctor from the military camp to examine Xu Yan'er and help her get medicine. They also came to check on her several times during the day. They were generous, warm, and considerate, and everyone was very grateful.
After finishing lunch, Aunt Guo kept an eye on the direction of the military camp gate.
In the morning, she heard from Granny Cui that Xu Yan'er had caught a cold and had a fever, and needed to take another dose of medicine, so she guessed that Xue Xiaoqi would come.
Sure enough, just a quarter past noon, Xue Xiaoqi hurriedly left the military camp with a bag of medicine and headed straight for the laborers.
After exchanging pleasantries, Granny Cui smiled and saw Xue Xiaoqi off, waving goodbye even after he had walked quite a distance, acting as if she were a mother-in-law seeing off her son-in-law.
It's no wonder Aunt Guo thought that way; it's mainly because Granny Cui was being far too enthusiastic.
Granny Cui thought the same thing.
Xue Xiaoqi was in his early twenties. He had thick eyebrows and big eyes and a handsome appearance. In addition, his years of military training gave him a straight posture, a powerful gait, and an imposing manner of speaking.
No matter how you look at it, she is far superior to ordinary farm children like Song Zhenping.
Most importantly, his uniform was different from that of ordinary soldiers, and he could even manage people; he was, in a way, an officer.
That day, not only did he spend money to buy medicine, but also, fearing that the girl would find the medicine bitter, he somehow found a packet of candied fruit.
This is a great candidate for son-in-law.
Ah! If only I weren't a military household.
Military households are considered lowly status, and anyone who encounters one is doomed. Only a fool like Song Liyun would jump into such a fire pit, changing her status from a perfectly good civilian household to a military household, ensuring that her family would never be able to escape poverty for generations.
Granny Cui sighed about the unpredictability of life, then took the things Xue Xiaoqi bought back home with a clear conscience to brew medicine for her daughter.
Seeing that Granny Cui had left, Aunt Guo hurriedly chased after Xue Xiaoqi, and called out to him just before he entered the barracks: "General Xue, wait a moment!"
Xue Xiaoqi stopped, turned around and saw it was Aunt Guo. He smiled and said, "Aunt Guo! What is it? Did Yan'er ask you to pass on a message?"
Aunt Guo hurriedly stepped forward and said, "General Xue, it's about Miss Song."
Xue Xiaoqi's smile vanished, and he adopted a businesslike demeanor, asking, "Oh! What does she want?"
Song Liyun looks weak, but she has a stubborn temper. I told her to choose a house in town, but she insisted on going to that haunted house. She's deliberately going against me.
If it weren't for Xu Yan'er, he would have had to try to win her over and then train her after marrying her. Now... he naturally doesn't need to put in that effort.
However, it felt pretty good to have two girls to choose from.
Aunt Guo was anxious and, ignoring Xue Xiaoqi's obviously cold attitude, said directly, "General Xue, Miss Song and her brother moved into their place yesterday afternoon and haven't come back for dinner yet. I'm worried, worried that something might have happened."
Xue Xiaoqi was about to say that the house was found by Song Liyun herself and was registered in the clerk's register, so it had nothing to do with him now.
Suddenly, he realized that Commander Luo seemed to value the military households who had come to his door quite highly, and that he should take good care of them.
If I ignore it, and something really happens, I'm afraid Luo Baihu won't listen to my explanation and I'll be held responsible.
Thinking of Luo Baihu's constant refrain of "military law is merciless," Xue Xiaoqi decided to report it to his superiors.
But not now.
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