After the salted fish is married

Celebrate the harvest

Ji Song's stone room is at the top of the mountain. The stone room is divided into an inner room and an outer room. The inner room only has a simple stone bed, and the outer room is full of military books.After closing the door of the stone chamber, the snoring outside could no longer be heard.

When Yan Xining arrived in the inner room, he found a big wooden basin in the inner room.The two barrels next to the wooden basin were filled with hot warm water. Ji Song poured the two buckets of water into the basin. After testing the temperature of the water, he said slowly to Yan Xining, "Ah Ning, take a bath first. I'll go and see. Military newspaper."

Yan Xining stared at the big wooden basin hesitantly, the more he looked at it, the more familiar it became.Just when Ji Song was about to turn around, he accurately grabbed Ji Song's sleeve: "Rong Chuan, tell me the truth, is this wooden basin used by soldiers in the army to scald pigs?"

I remember that when he was hunting in the royal paddock, he wanted to take a bath. Yan Ke went to the cook Lao Zhang to find a huge pig-killing pot and moved it into the tent.Yan Xining, who had learned a lesson, was extremely alert when she saw pots of similar size.

Ji Song frowned, he went to the inner room door and closed the wooden door, and then he took off his clothes one by one: "This is for me to take a bath, if Ah Ning is worried, I will take a bath with you."

Facts have proved that this wooden basin is indeed the bathtub Ji Song is used to, and there is no trace of peculiar smell in the basin.In addition, the sound insulation effect of the stone room where the coach lives is really good, no matter how much he cries and begs for mercy, people outside cannot hear him.

Because of Ji Song's beastly behavior, Yan Xining spent the whole morning in bed the next day, and it was already noon when he got up.Ji Song, who knew he had done something wrong, took the initiative to put today's lunch by the bed. Looking at Yan Xining's resentful eyes, he cleared his throat to hide his guilt: "How is Ah Ning? Are you still feeling bad? I'll help you again." Get some medicine?"

Not to mention that it was okay to take the medicine, but when it was said that it was necessary to take the medicine, Yan Xining turned over and gave Ji Song an angry back.Ji Song smiled and put the food box on the side of the stone bed. He bent down and hugged Yan Xining and kissed his forehead. He begged for mercy: "I was wrong, I will pay attention next time."

Yan Xining was so angry that he raised his foot and kicked: "You say that every time!" But the movement was too wide, and before he kicked Ji Song, he grinned in pain.

Ji Song took the initiative to hold Yan Xining's feet and brought them to his chest: "Come on, as long as my family, Aning, can calm down, I can kick as many times as I want."

How could Yan Xining continue kicking, he found that Ji Song was too good at retreating, as long as Ji Song softened, he would not be able to get tough.He lay on the bed sadly: "I wanted to see everyone fuck today..."

10,000+ soldiers of the Chiling Army are doing exercises at the same time, how spectacular it would be!It's all Ji Song's fault. If it weren't for him, Meng Lang, why wouldn't he be able to get up.

The corners of Ji Song's lips rose: "We're disappointed by Aning, the soldiers haven't been out for sex for the past few days."

Yan Xining was stunned for a moment: "Why?" Don't the soldiers stationed on the frontier have to exercise every day?How can you not practice for several days?

Ji Song explained: "The weather is fine these days, and the soldiers want to take back the crops in the field before it snows."

Due to the topography of Chi Ling Army's garrison, the crops here mature later than other places.The crops in other counties of Liangzhou had been harvested half a month ago, but the crops in the basin are now at the best time for harvesting.

There are more grains and beans planted near the resident. These things can stay in the soil for one more day, and the harvest can be more.The experienced veterans in the army can always pinpoint the best time for harvesting. Ji Song and the others happened to be at the site of this year's bumper harvest.

Yan Xining immediately became excited when he heard it, he stood up and said, "I'm going to watch everyone collect things!"

Ji Song grabbed him and said, "Eat first, and then go after eating."

It's amazing to say that, I still remember when he and Aning first met, Aning always reminded him to eat on time.However, after arriving in Liangzhou, it was his turn to care about whether Aning had eaten on time.Unknowingly, their positions were reversed.

Unknowingly, Aning's focus has shifted from eating to more important things.He has changed from a simple and frank foodie to a concubine Rong who has the world in mind.

After washing up briefly, Yan Xining lifted the lid of the casserole: "Let me see what I have for lunch." There is no small cooking stove in the Chiling Army, even the commander eats the same pot of food as ordinary soldiers.If there is a difference, it is probably because of the difference in the tableware. The tableware used by Ji Song is more delicate than the ones used by the soldiers.

There are two dishes and one soup in the food box. The dishes are stir-fried sweet potato leaves and spicy tofu, and the soup is dried bamboo shoots and old duck soup.Although the dishes are small, the portions are full.Coupled with a large pot of miscellaneous grains and rice, the two of them will definitely be full.

Seeing the duck, Yan Xining's eyes lit up suddenly: "Is this the duck that killed the locusts?" He walked all the way yesterday, but he didn't see any ducks in Liangshan.

Ji Song smiled and nodded: "Good eyesight, it is indeed a duck to kill locusts."

The eradication of locusts came to an end with the bumper harvests in counties and counties. The ducks that ate locusts for several months became plump.Except for the ducks that were returned to the states and distributed to the officials of the people, the other ducks went to the Chiling Army.The old duck is boiled in soup, and the tender duck has become salted duck and roast duck.Starting today, the soldiers will eat delicious ducks.

The cook in the army is a salty cook, and he will add more salt when cooking.The taste of these three dishes was a bit salty for Yan Xining, but this kind of food tasted just right for the soldiers who often sweated.Especially the spicy tofu, half of Yan Xining's mouth was numb after one bite, and he lost his sense of taste.

Seeing that Ah Ning kept drinking water, Ji Song quickly got up and went to the outer room to fetch water with honey.After drinking several mouthfuls of honey water, Yan Xining's tongue eased from numbness: "It's so numb and spicy..."

Didn't it mean that Chuliao people don't eat chili very much?Why is it so terrible for lieutenant soldiers to eat spicy food?

Ji Song glanced at him with a smile: "It's all thanks to Ah Ning."

If Yan Xining hadn't cooked so many spicy dishes for him and his brothers, how would they know the deliciousness of chili?When Yan Ke and the others ate chili for the first time in Wenzhang Garden, the chili seeds and the recipes for dishes made with chili flew to Chiling Army.Among them, green pepper twice-cooked pork and spicy tofu have become the favorite daily dishes of the soldiers.

Ji Song is not picky about food, he ate two big bowls of duck soup bibimbap in no time.Seeing that Aning kept drinking honey water, he put a duck thigh in Aning's bowl: "Eat the duck, this is not spicy."

Compared with duck, Yan Xining prefers dried bamboo shoots in duck soup.The yellow dried bamboo shoots are crispy and tender after being stewed in duck soup. Although the taste is not as good as that of fresh bamboo shoots, it still has a special flavor.

Looking at the two vegetables and one soup in front of him, Ji Song said with emotion: "In the past, in winter, the soldiers rarely had vegetables. Thanks to Aning, the soldiers can eat a lot of vegetables this year."

Meat is more expensive than vegetables in Liangshan. When the mountains are covered by heavy snow, the soldiers cannot eat a bite of green vegetables for ten and a half months.Therefore, every winter, soldiers are particularly prone to getting angry and constipated, and they are prone to sores if they eat too much meat.

Ji Song remembered that one year, there were no vegetables in the army, and the soldiers ate meat every day.At the end of the meal, my mouth was full of ulcers, and it hurt to drink water.Well now, this problem has been properly resolved.

When she was in Wenzhangyuan, Yan Xining would pack up the dishes that she couldn't finish and dry them in the sun.Ji Song has eaten dried bamboo shoots, dried Chinese toon, dried bracken, and dried lettuce...the taste of dried vegetables is stronger and the aroma is more mellow.More importantly, most of the vegetables in Chuliao can be made into dried vegetables.

In the past, the soldiers did not dare to buy too much when purchasing, for fear that the vegetables would be spoiled.However, the vegetables purchased this year can be made into dried vegetables on the spot, and the warehouse has already stored dried vegetables that can last most of the winter.

In addition to dried vegetables, soldiers can also taste sour, crisp and tender pickles and kimchi.In previous years, only the dishes for cattle and sheep were harvested, but after processing, they can also be turned into delicious dishes.

For example, big-headed mustard, that thing can grow to half the height of a person, and the yield of a row of plants is very impressive.However, the taste of mustard greens is bitter and astringent. In previous years, there was really no vegetable to eat, so the soldiers could only eat it.However, under Yan Xining's guidance, mustard greens can be made into delicious sauerkraut.The pickled cabbage, which has lost its bitter taste, is crisp, tender and sour, and appetizing. It is used to stew pork and beef. The soldiers can eat three bowls of rice.

Now there is a cave in Chiling Army's garrison that is filled with kimchi jars, and all kinds of vegetables can be soaked in it.Things like kimchi are not afraid of spoilage, as long as they are stored properly, they can be eaten for several years.

Dried vegetables and kimchi are added with various recipes, and all kinds of delicious dishes enrich the dining table of soldiers and soldiers, and at the same time alleviate the problem of difficulty in eating vegetables in winter.With these vegetables, soldiers no longer have to worry about ulcers getting angry and other minor problems this year.

Hearing what Ji Song said, Yan Xining was delighted: "It's no big deal. When the time is right, I will let the soldiers eat fresh vegetables in winter!"

After Chu Liao's glass smelting technology is improved, a vegetable greenhouse will be built, and there will be no fear of running out of vegetables in winter.

Ji Song frowned: "Okay, I'll thank the princess on behalf of the lieutenant first."

After lunch, the two walked out of the cave along the passage, and along the mountain road, they could see most of the basin.The soldiers in the basin are harvesting all kinds of crops in full swing, among which the most complicated harvesting is all kinds of miscellaneous grains and rice.

Sorghum, millet and some barley are grown in the Liangshan basin.The heavy ears bend the branches, so be careful when harvesting.The soldiers put down the sorghum stalks carefully, before the sorghum stalks fell, someone would come forward to harvest the tassels.

The harvested tassels are two feet long, and when they are hit hard on the rice bed, the plump sorghum grains fall off the tassels.The soldiers are so strong that they can smash all the sorghum grains on the tassels in two or three strokes.The threshed sorghum grains need to be dried in the air, and the soldiers directly spread straw mats in the field and pour the sorghum rice on the straw mats.

The harvested straw should not be wasted, it is an important food for cattle and horses in winter.The bundled straws stand in bundles in the field, and after drying, they can be cut and dragged back to the station for storage.

Not only sorghum is harvested in this way, but also millet and barley.As straw mats are spread out one by one, the whole basin becomes a huge drying field.Standing on the top of the mountain and looking down, the grains of various colors are drying on the ground like scrolls, which is very spectacular.

Yan Xining was amazed: "Is this a custom-made straw mat for harvesting? The seniors are really smart."

Ji Song smiled: "No, these are the mats given out to the soldiers when they entered the barracks, and everyone has one."

Each mat has the names of the soldiers.Unless it is damaged and replaced, the mat will accompany the soldiers throughout their military career.In normal times, mats can be placed on stone beds, and they will become a temporary drying ground for grain during busy farming seasons, and they will become the final destination of sacrificed soldiers during wartime.

Although it is said that the dead in battle should be wrapped in horse leather, but how can there be so many horse hides to wrap the corpses of soldiers?If unfortunately they died on the battlefield, only this mat that followed them would wrap their bodies.This is the treatment only when they win the battle. If they lose the battle unfortunately, their bodies will be thrown into the wilderness, and their heads will be built in Beijing by the enemy.

In contrast, the soldiers are willing to use the mats under them as drying grounds, so as to prove that they are safe and have food to eat.

Ji Song narrowed his eyes and said with a smile: "I also have a mat like this. I went to the capital with me last year. I don't know if Yan Ke and the others have packed it up."

Yan Xining's eyes turned red as soon as his nose became sour, he turned his head and poohed twice: "My family, Rong Chuan, will live a long life, and my Chu Liao soldiers will live a long and healthy life."

In addition to grains, many potatoes, sweet potatoes and peanuts are planted in the basin, and the loose sandy soil is especially suitable for the growth of these crops.Ji Song had always thought that the potatoes in Chiling Army's garrison were larger than those elsewhere, but compared to the potatoes planted by Yan Xining in Wenzhang Garden, they were not enough.Later, Ji Song asked Yan Xining how to grow potatoes in detail, and according to the prescription Yan Xining gave, the soldiers changed the planting method.

The potatoes in front of me were the first batch of potatoes planted according to Yan Xining's method. Before harvesting, the soldiers were already extremely excited.

The potatoes are buried deep in the ground, and the more they grow, the stronger the soil at the roots of the potatoes will rise.Half a month ago, the soldiers discovered that the soil at the roots of this year's potatoes was several inches higher than in previous years.After finally waiting for the harvest season, everyone rushed to the field full of expectations.After the yellowed potato vines were pulled out, large milky-yellow potatoes were brought out.

From time to time, exclamations came from the field: "It's so big!" "Look, mine is only big!"

This year's potato harvest is good. Common potatoes are bigger than a fist, and the biggest potatoes are as big as a baby's head.The joy of the harvest infected everyone. The soldiers abandoned their shovels and chose to dig out the fruits buried deep in the ground with their hands.The dug out potatoes lay wet on the soil, looking golden from afar.

The same is true for sweet potatoes. Frost fell during this period, and the leaves of sweet potatoes wilted and blackened after being hit by the frost.Although these leaves are not beautiful, they taste very good.The industrious family members of the army guarded the sweet potato fields early, and after the soldiers harvested the sweet potato vines, they stepped forward to pick off the leaves.

This year's sweet potatoes are also growing very well, and the big red-skinned sweet potatoes are heavy.Some of them will soon become dried sweet potatoes, and some will become sweet potato flour.

Seeing everyone harvesting the crops in full swing, Yan Xining felt itchy in her heart: "Rong Chuan, shall we go down to help too?"

Ji Song glanced at Aning up and down, and he said meaningfully, "Okay."

Facts have proved that Yan Xining is a walking mascot, no matter where he goes, the soldiers will not let him do it himself.On the contrary, he got all kinds of food from the soldiers, freshly pulled out of the soil, with moist peanuts, sweet sweet potatoes, chewing and sweet bean pods... these unexpected things one after another It fell into Yan Xining's arms.

After walking two ridges, Yan Xining packed his clothes full of delicious food.At this moment, he finally understood the meaning of Ji Song's look at him.He'd better go back honestly, and he won't be able to mention delicious food if he keeps turning.

Ji Song couldn't help laughing: "Do you want to do it yourself?"

Yan Xining quickly shook his head: "No, no." Just like this, he couldn't eat anymore and walked away. If he did it himself, the soldiers would probably use this year's grain to bury him alive.

After walking around the fields, Yan Xining had a lot of harvest. He found a bamboo basket and put the harvest in his robe.After a while, the bamboo basket was filled with peanuts, sweet potatoes and potatoes, and the crops were wet with earthy fragrance, which was especially suitable for a big harvest in one pot.

Ji Song raised his eyebrows lightly: "Big harvest?"

Yan Xining explained: "It's just steaming whole grains in one pot." This is a common dish in modern times, and it is often used as a staple food in big restaurants.Now that the Chiling Army is having a bumper harvest, it is appropriate to make this dish.

Ji Song smiled: "That's a good name. In the past, the army would cook steamed vegetables when it was harvest time. Pumpkins, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and peanuts were steamed in one pot. Hearing what you said, I haven't eaten them for a long time."

As he spoke, he held the bamboo basket and weighed it: "I asked them to steam the things and take them out later."

Yan Xining was a little surprised: "Where are you going?" Did Ji Song want to take him to inspect the barracks?I heard that there are hundreds of barracks in the Chiling Army, and walking around would break a leg.

Ji Song smiled: "Didn't you say you wanted to go to the Sari Grassland? I'll take you there."

Yan Xining:! ! !

grassland!Can he see the scene where the wind blows the grass and sees the cattle and sheep?

After two cups of tea, a few horses galloped along the mountain road towards the northwest.Ji Song, dressed in strong attire, carried a quiver and a longbow on his back, and a long knife pinned to his waist.His hands passed through the sides of Yan Xining's waist and held the rein tightly.

The black steed took the lead with the wind blowing under its feet, and it ran very steadily even though it was on the rugged mountain road.It's not the first time for Yan Xining to ride a big horse. At the beginning, he would panic. Now that the horse is running wildly in the mountains, he is calm and wants to peel two peanuts for a taste.

The mountain roads near Chi Ling Army's garrison extend in all directions, and if you take a wrong fork in the road, you have to make a big circle in the mountains.Of course, this is not a problem for Ji Song and others who are familiar with the road, they can always find the way they want to go.After running southwest for half an hour, they crossed the Liangshan Mountains.

Standing on the hill and looking westward, you can have a panoramic view of the boundless Sari Grassland.It was November, the grass on the prairie was green and yellow, and the breeze blew across the grass, creating layers of waves.The backs of cattle and sheep are exposed under the tall grass, and the shepherds and horsemen are riding on tall horses and waving harness poles.

The blue sky is high and the eyes are unobstructed. This scene is refreshing.For a moment Yan Xining forgot to speak, his eyes were burning and he looked at the grassland in front of him.Smelling the fragrance of green grass, looking at the cattle and sheep running all over the ground, his spirit seemed to fly out of his body and be in the sky.

It took a long time for Yan Xining to come to her senses: "It's so beautiful..." No wonder they all said that they must go to see the grassland and the sea in their lifetime. In the grassland and the seaside, they can understand the concept of the sky and the sea.

Ji Song hadn't seen the Sari Grassland for a long time, and his impression of the grassland was not as good as that of Aning: "This is my territory of Chu and Liao, and five miles forward, with the Sari River as the boundary, is the territory of Liaoxia. "

In order to protect the five miles of land, how many of their soldiers died here forever.The mountains and rivers of Chu and Liao cannot be surrendered, and enemies who dare to trample on Chu and Liao will definitely pay the price in blood.

Saying that, Ji Song raised his whip: "Go, I'll take you to see a more beautiful scenery."

Yan Xining suddenly turned her head with anticipation: "Can you take me to a place with chive flowers?"

Ji Song slipped his horsewhip and almost fell to the ground: "Leek flower?" Did he hear it wrong?

Yan Xining scratched her cheek: "Oh...it's the season, maybe the leeks are not blooming anymore. Can you take me to pick mushrooms?"

Now not only Ji Song was messed up, but even Yan Ke and the others were dumbfounded.They usually only pay attention to the enemy, how can they pay attention to whether there are mushrooms under their feet?Besides, are there mushrooms on the grassland?

For a while, the guards looked at each other, and after a while Pang Wenyuan thought about it: "Is the princess talking about white mushrooms?"

Yan Xining nodded: "Yes, it's white!"

In modern times, he has always wanted to go to the grassland. He wanted to taste the beef and mutton on the grassland and see if they were particularly delicious with leek sauce.I want to taste the white mushrooms in the prairie, and try whether they are as crisp as those introduced on TV.

It has always been Yan Xining's dream to go to the grasslands. What he couldn't achieve in his previous life has come true in this life.

Hearing Pang Wenyuan's question, Ji Song asked subconsciously: "There are really mushrooms?"

Pang Wenyuan nodded: "Yes, but there are more spring, summer and early autumn. I don't know if there are any more in this season."

Ji Song smiled and said: "Lead the way, if there are really mushrooms, the soldiers will have an extra dish in the future."

Pang Wenyuan hesitated to speak, he drove the horse forward with a complex expression: "The coach, the concubine, comes down with me." As Pang Wenyuan raised his whip, the bay red horse turned into a shooting star and hurried westward.

It didn't take long for the crowd to come to several yurts, and in front of the yurts there were piles of dark things as high as a wall.On the grass in front of the wall, round cakes were neatly arranged one by one. The round cakes were lined up hundreds of feet apart, exposed in the middle of the green grass like chess pieces.

Pang Wenyuan introduced: "There are more mushrooms that the princess wants here, and this subordinate will let people look for them."

Yan Xining waved his hand: "Don't worry." He stared at the round cakes, large and small, and finally couldn't help asking: "Pang Jiangjun, what are these?" Are these tea cakes?But why are tea cakes spread out on the ground to dry?

Yan Ke was surprised: "Good fellow, there are things in the world that the princess doesn't know!" In Yan Ke's heart, Yan Xining knows everything.

Yan Xining said embarrassedly: "The world is so big, there are always things you don't know."

Ji Song hugged Yan Xining's waist tightly, and he said with a light smile, "It's cow and horse dung, it's a good kind of fuel."

As soon as the words fell, Yan Xining understood.He had heard of dung cakes, and heard that herdsmen in pastoral areas would collect horse dung and cow dung as fuel, which was said to be a very good fuel.Looking at the tall dung walls now, Yan Xining thinks they are tall haystacks.

Yan Xining was happy: "No wonder mushrooms grow here."

The pastures where horse dung cakes are often dried are more fertile than other places, which made Yan Xining firmly believe that if he couldn't find mushrooms here, it would be even more difficult to find them elsewhere.