Traveling through ancient times

Gu Dalian went to Shannan County Government Office again, and this time, she ran into her sworn brother who was about to go out!

"Brother, are you going out?"

He handed over the black iron dagger in his hand:

"Here you go. I heard you were attacked and nearly died. I'm leaving this for you to defend yourself!"

Lin Shiyu felt warm in his heart and smiled:

"It's still the remnants of the Wu Guogong Mansion. Fortunately, I have the crossbow you gave me. Now I carry it with me when I go out!"

As he said this, he raised his arm, meaning that he was wearing it on his arm!

"This year, the tomatoes whose seeds you provided have matured in many places in Shannan County. Liu Sinong has also grown wheat in a piece of wasteland experimental field he reclaimed in the county. Although it is only two acres, we all want to see it for ourselves!"

"How about, big sister come with us?"

Gu Dalian responded happily!

So, a group of people took a horse-drawn carriage to a remote mountain village, which took more than an hour!

When we got off the carriage, we saw two men in their forties dressed as farmers coming forward with big smiles on their faces!

"Sir, Liu Sinong, everyone, please come this way!"

A dozen people followed and walked forward for a while. The mountain path was rugged and uneven. After walking for less than a quarter of an hour, they saw three mud houses with fences around the courtyard. The courtyard was not big! This was where the two agricultural officials lived!

There was a bright yellow field outside the courtyard. It was a wheat field! Every ear of wheat was full and not much different from the wheat grown by Xiao Gu's family!

Next to them are two rows of tomatoes, both red and green, each one is big and plump, looking very festive!

Looking at the side, Gu Dalian smiled at Lin Shiyu. It turned out that he had given him some of each seed in his hand years ago, and this brother sent them all to Sinong Temple for experiments!

There is also a field of flowering pepper seedlings, and the corn and sorghum are also growing well!

Everyone took the sickles handed over by the two men and attacked the wheat excitedly!

Looking at those people, harvesting wheat is just like children playing house, with smiles on their faces!

"Girl, I think the adults are all good officials..." Dahan couldn't help but say!

"How do you think they are good officials?" Gu Dalian asked with a smile!

Dahan thought for a moment and said, "I remember when I was in my hometown, in good years, the tax grain collectors collected more than in previous years, and in bad years, they still collected less..."

"Moreover, the villagers dig wild vegetables in the spring, but they can't get enough food in the winter. Many families can't make ends meet and have to go out to beg. I've never seen officials like the adults in Shannan personally teach and promote, and do their best to serve the people!"

"If there was such an adult in our village, my family wouldn't have fled from famine and starved to death, and I wouldn't have been wandering around..."

Gu Dalian sighed and said:

"Yes, if there are more good officials like this who serve the country and the people, why worry about the country not being prosperous and the people not being strong? ... I wish the world will be peaceful and prosperous!"

After having a farm meal in a nearby village at noon, Gu Dalian said goodbye and went home!

Everything that needed to be done had been done, and he didn’t want to wait any longer, so he took Qi Huli and went straight into the mountains!

They went to the cornfield first, which would take some time, but the peach orchard was already ripe!

A whistle sounded, and a large group of big and small monkeys came. One of them, the monkey king, ran up to the front with a few jumps, and made a "squeaky, squeaky" sound while jumping and talking. Gu Dalian probably understood what he meant!

"Brother Monkey, today I would like to trouble you to bring your brothers and sisters to help pick peaches. I will treat you to bananas later!"

The Monkey King took a banana handed to him by Gu Dalian, peeled it, and ate it in no time!

He started giving orders, and then he saw groups of monkeys rushing up the trees, picking, catching, and releasing the peaches at an incredibly fast speed. In just one hour, all the big red peaches on the trees were picked, and the peach forest was filled with piles of peaches!

Gu Dalian placed baskets of bananas outside the peach orchard, then entered the orchard and put all the picked peaches into the space. She would wait until her sister had time to take her out of the space and put them in the cellar of Cuiyu Village!

When it was almost dark, the two had already climbed over three mountains!

"Master, you seem to be at home in these mountains!"

Gu Dalian said with a smile:

"Yes, we started out by relying on the crops from Yingdang Mountain. Now, I want to take you to discover a new world!"

This time, let’s deviate by forty degrees and see what different discoveries we make!

So, the two of them began to cross forests and ditches during the day and sleep in space at night. On the fifth day, they came to an abyss!

"Master, this water looks unfathomable, and I don't know what's in it?"

"Listen carefully, there is a sound in the lake!"

Gu Dalian always felt that there was a voice in the lake calling her. Anyway, there was no rush, so she took out two grass carps weighing five or six pounds from the space, scraped off the scales, cleaned the internal organs, and sprinkled seasoning on them!

While the chickens are being marinated, take out two more chickens, scald the feathers in boiling water, pluck them clean, take out the internal organs, stuff the chicken heads into the stomachs, remove the claws, and stuff the two chicken legs in, then wrap them tightly with several layers of lotus leaves!

I dug a hole nearby, put the chicken in it, covered it with loose soil, and piled branches on top. I lit a fire, and when the smoke dissipated, I started grilling the fish!

I don’t know if it’s an illusion, but Gu Dalian always feels that there is some movement on the lake!

Some unintentional touches will cause the deep lake water to surge, and some floating algae on the lake surface will rise and fall with the swimming of the fish!

It was unusually quiet all around, unusually quiet! Apart from the sound of the wind and the rustling of leaves, there was no sound of wild animals or even birds chirping!

Although Qi Huli was skilled and courageous, she couldn't help but move closer to Gu Dalian:

"Master, I feel something is wrong. It's too quiet here!"

Gu Dalian didn't reply, just glanced towards the center of the lake and grilled her fish quietly!

After a while, the aroma of grilled fish wafted out, arousing the hunger of the two!

There seemed to be ripples on the surface of the lake, and schools of fish were swimming around, as if they were frightened by something!

As the aroma of the fish became stronger, the movement on the lake seemed to be getting louder and louder. After the fish was grilled, Gu Dalian took out two large plates from the space and asked Qi Huli to use chopsticks to pick up the fish meat and put it into the bowl!

Then move the fire away, use a dagger to remove the loose soil, revealing the roasted beggar's chicken inside!

"Master, you are so awesome. What's the name of this episode?" Qi Huli was peeling the fish meat while stretching her neck to smell the fragrance of the chicken!

Gu Dalian laughed and said loudly:

"This is called Hua Ji. According to legend, there was a man named Zhu Yuanzhang who led his troops to war. He was defeated and was extremely hungry after running for three days and three nights. At this time, he saw an old beggar roasting a chicken wrapped in mud. The beggar presented the roasted chicken to Zhu Yuanzhang, who praised it after eating it. Later, when Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor, he still missed this dish and named it "Fugui Chicken!"

While talking, he peeled off the outermost layer of lotus leaves, and the fragrance became even stronger!

"Splash..." Suddenly a dragon-shaped monster rushed out from the lake!