Chapter 23 Death
Although these refugees have entered the city, food has been depleted, so now even restaurants can't stay open. And looking at the closed doors in the city, it seems that they won't be able to hold on for long.
After hearing the news, Li Zheng didn't stay any longer. She went straight back to her original place, climbed over the wall and went back.
When I returned to the village, I saw thick smoke coming out of the house. Could someone have burned it down?
"Cough, cough, cough." Hearing Gu Chengze's cough, Li Zheng stopped and walked over.
"What's wrong with you?" Is it necessary to make such a big fuss just because of a fire?
"Ahem, you're back?" Gu Chengze walked out and fanned the smoke around him with his sleeves.
"Sister, you're back!" As soon as Baoger heard Li Zheng's voice, he hurried out of the room.
"Well, sister brought you some candied haws. Here." In fact, she took them out from the space. After all, judging from the situation in Taiyuan Prefecture, it didn't seem like there would be any.
"Thank you, sister." Baoger took the candied haws and started eating it. After all, Li Zheng didn't like eating hawthorn very much.
"By the way, why did you make the fire like this?"
"Well, Bao Geer said he was hungry, so I thought of lighting a fire and making some porridge." He usually helped to light the fire, but why did it turn out like this when it was his turn to do it? "I didn't expect..." Gu Chengze touched his nose and felt a little embarrassed. He didn't expect that such a thing would stump him.
Li Zheng then remembered that she seemed to have forgotten to prepare lunch for them.
"You go and wash, I'll do it." Looking at Gu Chengze's dark face, it was funny.
"Trouble." Oh, staying here would only make things worse. I should go see Bao Ge'er.
Li Zheng first scooped up some water to clean the dirty dishes and pots. She didn't do anything too complicated. She just cooked some porridge, took out the pickled vegetables she had previously pickled, and made some batter to fry a few pancakes. She guessed that both of them were hungry, so it was better to do it quickly.
"Okay, wash your hands and eat."
After that, the two of them walked out, rolled up their sleeves, washed their hands, and brought the bowls and chopsticks and rice to the kang. Li Zheng wondered why it felt like a peaceful and tranquil time. Strange?
When they got to the table, they didn't say much and started eating. They didn't slow down until half of the food was gone. Li Zheng didn't mention what she saw in Taiyuan Prefecture. After all, talking about things at the table would affect her appetite.
"The emperor has passed away." After throwing out this bombshell question, Li Zheng stopped talking. He looked at the sky and saw that the snow had begun to fall sporadically. It seemed that the roof needed to be cleared of snow again, otherwise it was unknown how long the house could last.
When Gu Chengze heard the news, his initial disbelief turned into calmness.
"Is there nothing else?" Didn't he say who the throne would be passed to? He touched the blanket covering his knees.
"No, he died suddenly without saying anything. I guess he is the regent now." After all, there was no prince in the imperial city.
"It seems that the world is going to change." When spring comes, I believe that the princes will send out troops.
"Yes, what do you want to do?" Li Zheng looked at Gu Chengze. She didn't believe that Gu Chengze had no ideas at all.
"You still have to have the strength first." Li Zheng curled her lips as if she had said nothing.
"Okay, this sword is for you." Li Zheng took out a sword and placed it in front of Gu Chengze. She had been selecting this sword for several days.
Gu Chengze didn't look at the sword at first, but frowned at Li Zheng, "Don't take things in front of people next time." After all, if others knew, they might kill people for the treasure.
"I know. There's no one here. I wouldn't do this outside." It was a consensus between the two of them that Li Zheng had this ability. Although they didn't say it explicitly, Gu Chengze also knew that it was this ability that allowed them to survive all the way and not go hungry. Otherwise, they wouldn't have been able to get here.
"But it's better to be careful." Seeing that she didn't seem to care, Gu Chengze couldn't help but remind her.
"Don't worry." After all, I value my life very much. It would be very troublesome if others knew that I was being targeted. In this era, it is never too low-key.
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Gu Chengze looked at the sword in his hand. He didn't know how this sword was forged. It was so sharp and flexible. It was much better than the swords used in the army. He was sure that if this sword clashed with the swords in the army, it would undoubtedly cut the other sword in half.
Gu Chengze took the sword in his hand and slowly practiced, adjusting the posture according to his memory. After practicing twice, the movements became smoother. It seemed that he had a talent for martial arts.
Watching Gu Chengze's movements, Li Zheng instantly felt a little itchy and wanted to go up and try a few moves with him, but she held back! He had only been learning for a few days, and although his legs could stand up, he still had to take good care of them, especially in this cold winter.
Li Zheng picked up a broom and jumped directly onto the roof. This broom was made by her from rattan found in the mountains! Li Zheng swept the snow from the roof and thought that Chinese New Year would be coming soon. And Bao Ge'er's birthday was also coming soon. What should she prepare? Well, making dumplings. Under these circumstances, making dumplings was the only option.
Before we knew it, it was the fifth day of November, Baoger's birthday. Of course, the happiest person on this birthday was Baoger himself. He could spend the day however he wanted, without having to study or practice martial arts. This was very tempting for Baoger now.
Li Zheng didn't do much. She just made the braised pork that Baoger liked and added two vegetables. However, there were many kinds of dumplings, including leek and pork, leek and egg, and mutton and green onion. In the evening, Li Zheng directly pulled Baoger and Gu Chengze over to sit down and make dumplings together. Baoger had made dumplings before, so he was quite skilled. He just took the dumpling wrappers and started wrapping them. Gu Chengze was a little at a loss. He had never been in the kitchen before and didn't know how to start.
Li Zheng directly took a dumpling wrapper and said, "Watch carefully, I will only teach you this time. First, scoop a little filling, not too much or too little. Too much will make it difficult to wrap the dumpling, and too little and you will only eat the wrapper. Then fold it in half like this and pinch it tightly." Li Zheng was obviously not a good teacher.
Gu Chengze looked at the dumplings of unknown shape, his mouth twitched, and he took another one. This time it was very good, and you could tell it was a dumpling. From the third and fourth ones, you could tell they were made by the same person. The number of folds and the size of these dumplings were almost the same, which was better than the ones made by Master Li Zheng.
Looking at Gu Chengze's dumplings, which looked like they were made in a machine factory, she curled her lips. They would all taste the same after being cooked.
Before cooking the dumplings, I cooked a bowl of longevity noodles for Bao Ge'er, just two chopsticks. The meaning of this is still there.
"Brother Bao, eat quickly. If you eat, you can live to be ninety-nine!"
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