Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 19
Seeing that Yang Menglong and others came back safely, the villagers cheered in surprise. They had been worried about them all the time, for fear that something might happen to them.A group of young men came up and chattered and asked the other party how many people there were, whether you were injured, how did you get back, whether the enemy was beaten away by you, and so on.In their eyes, Yang Menglong and others were like divine help, they were able to survive for such a long time without any damage, it was rare, rare.

Yang Menglong shouted carelessly: "Don't ask, is there anything delicious? Bring some, we are almost starving to death!"

Xu Gong muttered: "Yes, bring some food over here, the enemy may attack at any time, let me be a——"

As soon as he opened his mouth, Yang Menglong knew that his broken mouth was going to spit out some discouraged words, so he grabbed a piece of multigrain pancake from a woman very rudely and stuffed it into his mouth, blocking the rest of the conversation. Zhu: "You can eat if you have something to eat. Aren't you tired of squatting all day long? How about saving some energy to fight with Jiannu!"

Xu Gong didn't talk nonsense, he pulled out the rolled pancake from his mouth and started chewing.These pancakes are made of corn flour, sweet potato flour and a little elm tree bark. They look golden and delicious, but they are actually hard and astringent, making them unpalatable.But for ordinary people, even such pancakes are rare and delicious. If they were not fleeing, they would never use so much cornmeal and sweet potato flour to make pancakes, and tree bark should account for at least [-]%.Xu Gong was so hungry that he didn't bother to think about it so much, he only cared about it. It seemed that he was also from a poor family, otherwise he wouldn't be able to eat this kind of food at all.

Everyone came to their senses, and countless pancakes were scrambled to be handed over, each one being more generous than the other, the common people are never stingy towards those who protect them.Yang Menglong's stomach has not yet adapted to such poor food, he waved his hands again and again, declining everyone's kindness, and looked around.Everyone seemed to know what his plan was, and smiled lightly to make way for him——over there, Xiao Yufang was lifting the lid of the pot.He walked over in three steps at a time and called, "Miss, what are you having for dinner tonight?" That natural attitude seemed to be at home.

Xiao Yufang blushed and said, "I've cooked wheat rice for everyone. Come over and eat it."

Maifan is rice cooked with wheat, and according to Yang Menglong's experience, this stuff is definitely not very tasty.But the common people don't think so. In their eyes, barley rice is simply the best delicacy.Yang Menglong ran over in three steps at a time, er, it's true, there was a small pot of barley rice cooking in the pot, enough to feed a dozen people.Xu Gong rushed in front of Yang Menglong, and said with a smile: "Miss, give me a bowl!"

Xiao Yufang filled a large bowl for him deftly, and that bowl was an indispensable prop for the heroes of the world when they fight for wine—the sea bowl.After filling it, she grabbed a little salt from a small bag and sprinkled it on it, then handed it to Xu Gong.Xu Gong thanked him, walked aside, shook off his cheeks and started to eat.

At this time, Yang Menglong came to make trouble for him again: "Don't eat too much, the enemy may come back at any time, if you are full, you won't have the energy to fight!"

Xu Gong opened his eyes and called: "Can you make me feel at ease and have a full meal? It's really annoying!"

Yang Menglong chuckled: "If you want to die, you can do it, but don't blame me for not reminding you, if you are full, let alone fighting, even moving will be a problem..."

Xu Gong lost his appetite and froze while chewing. He stared at Yang Menglong, his Adam's apple moving as if he wanted to eat him.He waved his chopsticks and roared: "You are deliberately not letting me eat enough, right!?" After being together for so long, he finally figured out Yang Menglong's temper. This guy is not afraid of anything, even if the Lord of Hell stands in front of him. He dared to rush up and kick him, but he had a very good temper, and he didn't get angry even if he joked with him. In short, he was a person who was easy to get along with and easy to fool. There was really no need to be polite with such a live treasure.

Yang Menglong's smile is wicked enough, and his sinister intentions are self-evident.But Qi Polu snorted: "It seems that the army in the interior has lived in peace for a long time, and they have forgotten the simple truth of facing the enemy with seven points!"

Xu Gong said angrily: "Who said I forgot? Sir, I'm just hungry!" Angrily, he took the bowl and returned to the small stove, and reluctantly returned the protruding part of the barley rice to the pot with chopsticks , then glared at Yang Menglong and Qi Polu, angrily returned to his original position, and began to chew slowly.

The grandparents of the Qi family also filled a bowl of wheat rice, both of which were flat bowls, and then ate them slowly, without making any sound while eating.As expected of being born in a military family, the habits and regulations in the military have been integrated into their blood and become their instinct.

Yang Menglong pointed at those young and strong people who were eating multi-grain cakes, and called: "Don't eat that horrible pancakes, come here, each serve a bowl of wheat rice, and cook if there is not enough! Tonight is all up to you These great guys, how can we not be full!"

The young men were overjoyed and came over one after another.Xiao Yufang hesitated: "I originally planned to give the extra wheat rice to the old, weak, women and children... They are weak and need to eat better..."

Yang Menglong waved his hand and said: "Let the young adults eat first. Whether we can survive tonight depends entirely on these young adults. As for the old, weak, women and children, wait until the young adults are full and see if there is any leftover wheat. If you don’t have one, cook them a bowl of wheat porridge, if you don’t have it, forget it.”

What he meant was obvious, it might be very dangerous tonight, and we must rely on these young and strong to protect everyone with them, and a group of hungry people are useless, so we must give priority to feeding the young and strong, Eat better, old and weak, women and children, just wait.This is against the tradition of respecting the old and loving the young, but now is not the time to respect the old and love the young, so Xiao Yufang had no choice but to follow suit and share meals with the young and strong.The young and strong who received the meal were all grateful, thanked them repeatedly, and then went aside to gobble them up.Xiao Yufang also filled a bowl for Yang Menglong, Yang Menglong walked to the side and began to eat, felt something wrong with his chopsticks, and carefully pulled out an egg from the bowl.Uh, it seems that the hen named "Luhua" is really powerful in fighting, and she still laid an egg for him to add vegetables in the chaos of war, which is really good!He was so hungry that he didn't care about being polite, he cracked open the shell of the egg under several envious eyes, crushed the egg to accompany the meal, and ate without lifting his head.

The eggs laid by the original ecological chickens that do not eat feed and do not have injections are different, fragrant, really fragrant...

The pot of rice was finished, Xiao Yufang didn't need to do it, a few women got together a few small pots, washed the rice and started a fire to cook the rice.Xiao Yufang had made it clear that she would take out the food and share it with everyone. This was already a great kindness, so why would she have the nerve to let her do it herself.She walked up to Yang Menglong with a bowl of wheat rice, and asked softly, "Young Master Yang, does this wheat rice suit your taste?"

Yang Menglong swallowed the food in his mouth and said, "It's fragrant and soft, very delicious." Picking up a piece of egg yolk with chopsticks, "Add another egg, it will be even more delicious."

Xiaojun pouted and snorted: "The reed peanut egg, can it be delicious? This is the only egg, and you just let it be eaten like this. Unfortunately, you still said that you would leave the reed flower alone..."

Xiao Yufang patted her younger brother's face with a smile, and said, "Xiaojun, Mr. Yang is tired and hungry after dealing with it for so long. Eating an egg is just to replenish his strength, so don't bother with him. In the future, my sister will eat it every day." Let me boil eggs for you, okay?"

Xiaojun said: "I don't mind that he ate my eggs, but he wants to leave the reed flowers alone..."

Yang Menglong rolled his eyes: "Young Master Xiao, Young Master Xiao, Grandpa Xiao, can I be wrong? In the future, I would rather sacrifice myself to protect your Luhua and retreat safely, okay?"

Xiao Jun snorted: "That's pretty much it!"

Xiao Yufang smiled lightly, sat down, picked up a little barley rice with chopsticks and wanted to put it into her mouth, but suddenly frowned again, stopped eating, her clear brows were full of melancholy.

Yang Menglong asked: "What's the matter?"

Xiao Yufang bit her lip and asked in a low voice: "How many people...are they?"

Yang Menglong said: "Sixteen, it is very easy to kill all of us."

Xiao Yufang was surprised: "Sixteen, so many!"

Yang Menglong said: "But don't worry, although there are many of them, most of them are simple-minded people with well-developed limbs. They made us fool around, and they are probably half angry to death now."

Xiao Yufang forced a smile, and her worry became more intense: "Will they...will come back again?"

Yang Menglong laughed: "Of course they want to come back, and they must come back. If they don't come back, how can I play them to death?" He put the last grain of rice into his mouth, handed the bowl and chopsticks to Jun Xiao, and held his head with both hands. Lazy, looking fascinated: "There is a white-armored soldier among those Jian slaves. I heard that the head of a white-armored soldier can be exchanged for 1000 taels of silver... Hehe, as long as I knock him down, I can get rid of the bad luck of being poor." Already!"

Xiao Yufang was startled, and exclaimed: "White armored soldiers? I heard that white armored soldiers are all demons who drink blood, kill without batting an eye, and even eat human flesh raw. You want to fight them desperately? What if you lose?"

Yang Menglong didn't care: "If you lose, you die. Fighting is a life-threatening job. While playing with the enemy's life, you are also playing with your own. Winners stand, losers lie down, it's that simple..."

Such a wonderful life-defying theory, Xiao Yufang was really dumbfounded and stunned!When she came back to her senses, looking at Yang Menglong's gaze was equivalent to looking at a lunatic.

(End of this chapter)