The grasslands are just as cold as ever after sunset, but for the Fengshi tribe, it's a little different.
Outside the tent, a large pot of white porridge was being cooked, with bits of dried meat added. Da Ni'er also asked Aunt Wang to make some sesame cakes for them, and she was charged for them.
Ever since her daughter was carried back home last time, Aunt Wang couldn't stop worrying about her, so she came with the army. The woman called it a way of life.
"I may not be able to go to the battlefield, but Mom can cook for you. Without me, how will you have the strength to fight?"
Da Ni'er couldn't refuse, so she had no choice but to agree.
"Wash your hands first, go and wash them clean right away."
"Ada, the water's cold. I don't want to wash it. Can I just eat it directly?"
"No, the goddess said we can't eat without washing our hands."
"Grandpa, where did all this grain come from?"
The white-bearded old man smiled and patted the child's head beside him, saying...
"General Huo gave it to us."
"General Huo?"
"Yes, it's that really beautiful older sister in red armor."
"Is she a goddess? Only goddesses can bestow blessings. Goddesses from other tribes only pray to heaven and Buddha, but our goddess is different. She directly brings us food!"
The old man shook his head and said...
"She is not a goddess, she is... she is the one who feeds us."
“She said…”
The child stopped listening to the old man's rambling. As the pot lid was opened, hot steam collided with cold air, and the steam rising from the pot sprayed directly into his face.
"Those who have washed their hands can eat first. Those who haven't washed their hands yet, don't rush, there's more."
Huo Xiaolong stood in the military camp, where the camp was situated on higher ground than the tribe's settlement. From the hillside, he could see the scene within the Fengshi tribe. The girl listened to the children's laughter and play, and couldn't help but smile contentedly.
"Happy?" Lan Tingche asked as he walked to the girl's side.
"Of course I'm happy."
Huo Xiaolong originally didn't want to bring him along; the soldiers from the Zhennan Prince's Mansion should have been led by Lan Tingche, but Lan Tingche refused, saying with a straight face...
“My grandfather is at the perfect age. It’s rare to find a veteran like him. He can swing a hoe all day without getting tired. My grandfather should go back and visit him.”
"……hold head high?"
Huo Shuwen was at a loss for words. Where did he get the idea that the nearly seventy-year-old man was of the right age?
"Besides, Aunt He can't go to the front line to take care of Long'er, so my sister needs someone by her side."
The eagle didn't like hearing that, and Huo Shuwen spoke up.
"Among so many girls in the brothel, who are you to stand out from?"
"Over the years, I have learned about Long'er's daily life. My sisters are going to fight the enemy and are physically exhausted, so it's better for me to do things like sewing and washing clothes."
"Miss Hou doesn't know how?"
"Is Miss Hou free?"
Xiao Lanyi, seeing the tense atmosphere that was about to escalate into a fight, said...
“Tingche, even if you go, you can’t live close to your sister like you do at home, right? This is a military camp after all, and men and women are different, so you will definitely have to live separately.”
"Then I'll go to Uncle Huo's place."
The eagle is furious; it's the kind of eagle that can't get rid of my daughter, so it starts bothering me.
In the end, Lan Tingche still managed to infiltrate Huo Shuwen's team, but he rarely got to rest. Xiong Ying made him his personal guard, saying, "Aren't you happy to serve my daughter?"
First, please serve her father and let him enjoy himself.
“That’s why I wanted to come here,” Huo Xiaolong said, turning around to look at the handsome man in silver armor.
The silver armor reflected the moonlight, which was partially obscuring his face. His noble features seemed disproportionate to his hands. Huo Xiaolong lowered his head, pointed to his hands, and asked...
"What happened to your hands? Why are there so many cuts?"
The man smiled and said
"It's nothing, it's just that Uncle Huo changes out of a lot of clothes every day."
Her father changed his clothes every three days in winter, and even his undergarments were washed every three days because it was cold, and they might not even be dry.
Huo Xiaolong knew that Tingche was currently under her father's command, and as a daughter, it wasn't appropriate to offend her father, so she spoke up.
“If your hand hurts, tell him. If that doesn’t work, I’ll write a letter to my mother for you.”
The man smiled, like a white lotus blooming in the night, and then said to the girl.
"I'm a junior, and I'm currently working under Uncle Huo, so it's only right that I do these things."
Huo Xiaolong nodded. He still had to mention it to his father, otherwise his relationship with the Prince of Zhennan would be difficult.
Inside the Fengshi tribe, the children happily licked their bowls. After the children had eaten their fill, the adults set up a pot, added a little rice and some grass, and cooked a pot of porridge.
"We've benefited from the children's good fortune."
"My grandfather said that this was given to the children of our tribe by the goddess."
"I heard that the Great Swallow would give its people a good meal before it died."
"They're not going to attack tomorrow, are they?"
Each child held a small piece of jerky in their hand. The jerky was tiny, just a little bit, but they still couldn't bear to eat it, only holding it in their mouths to savor the salty taste.
"I've never eaten anything this delicious in my entire life."
"Me too. In the summer, we can't bear to slaughter our cattle and sheep; we have to sell them."
"The main problem is that our tribe doesn't have many cows and sheep."
Unlike the larger tribes, the Windstone tribe still has a small number of cattle and sheep. The main reason they don't sell them is that most of the women in the tribe don't have enough milk after giving birth and have to feed their children with animal milk.
Besides, if there are too many cattle and sheep, they can't protect them all.
"I wonder what happened to the pebbles," said one of the children who was munching on dried meat.
“Pebbles are great, I played with them just the other day.”
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