I Love Farming

After coming to the castle in person, Lily realized that this tall and majestic castle was not quite what she had imagined.

First of all, it is not as warm as the serfs rumored, because it is all built of stones, so the interior is damp and cold, even if the tapestries hanging everywhere can't make up for it too much, when the cook took her to the residence, she also saw craftsmen repairing it Where the water leaks.The master's room is indeed more comfortable because there is plenty of firewood.

Secondly, it is not as cruel as everyone described. Compared with the life of those slaves in the past, the slaves Lily saw were much happier. This is obviously because of the baron.

"Are they making...farm implements?" Lily knew some of the implements, and she was surprised that the work was done by slaves.

"That's right, the master told them to learn how to make agricultural tools from craftsmen, so that we will have more tools to use after the spring begins." The cook said calmly.

Anyone who has been bombarded with surprises by the baron for so long will learn to calm down.

It's just unbelievable.Turning a corner, there is a group of people sitting in the hall, with a fire in the middle, and they keep warm together. At a glance, there are craftsmen, servants, and slaves.

——Because everyone was well dressed, Lily didn't know who was the slave at first, until she saw the daughter of Mike's family and her friend Al.Ai Er and several daughters huddled together, knitting woolen fabrics in their hands, and there were some smiles on their faces.

I don’t know if it’s Lily’s delusion. She thinks this smile is bigger than Al’s before, because Al’s body is not very strong, and she can’t do much work for the family. In winter, she can only drink a little at each meal. Soup.

Seeing the cook passing by, the servants asked, "Can I have stewed carrots today?"

The cook said calmly, "Yes."

Then everyone cheered. Although meat is not available every day, the hot vegetable soup is also a rare delicacy in winter.Since the harvest feast, carrots seem to be hooked with mutton. Many people later agreed that mutton should be stewed with carrots.

Lily saw Ai Er among the cheering people, and she said weakly: "Carrots...can slaves eat them too?"

"They can have carrot soup, and occasionally a little carrot, but oatmeal and pea mush are enough," said the cook.This is also the reward for the master to let the slaves put all their horsepower into manufacturing and weaving in winter, because the master has made a good harvest of wheat. If the stewards can't do better, they can only accept it.

To be honest, after those slaves learned it, their hands and feet were quite fast.

Lily: "..."

Unbelievable, her family is free people, but she can't get enough to eat in winter, no wonder Al has a smile on his face.Although beans and coarse oats are inferior food, enough is better than nothing.

At this time, Al also found Lily's figure, she exclaimed, but she didn't dare to come to Lily, just stared at Lily.

Lily also looked at her for a while, and then was taken to the residence by the cook. Naturally, many people crowded together to sleep, just like at home.

Later, Elle came to Lily, and they told each other what happened to them.

Only then did Lily know that after Uncle Mike’s family became slaves, the men all went to learn craftsman’s crafts, while the women weaved. I brought back a few oil residues for the girls to eat.

——Here, Elle spent a lot of saliva describing the taste, which made Lily feel hungry.

To be honest, even though I lost my share, life seems to be easier than before.You have to worry about the harvest for the allotment of land, here you only need to care about the master's preferences.

"Lily, you're in good time, the fasting day is coming to an end, the lord and the stewards are going to eat meat. And..." Aier swallowed, "The ham cured by the cook seems to be edible. "

Lily was at a loss, what is ham?

……

Soon, Lily knew what ham was. She helped the cook in the kitchen, chopping garlic, tidying up vegetables, sifting wheat and other tasks. When she was busy, her body was very hot. Always full, even though it's just vegetable soup.

She must say that these vegetables are really sweet, like those huge fruits and vegetables in the old man's vegetable garden.

To put it far, let's talk about ham, which is the big pork leg hanging in the kitchen. As long as she is in the kitchen, she can smell the salty aroma. Just because of this smell, she can drink a large bowl of water.

When Lent was over, the master himself came to the kitchen again, bringing his cat, of course.

Lily's initial misunderstanding has dissipated long ago, the master has not specifically looked for her again, and there are more plump women in the castle, it is impossible for the master to be interested in her.

But Lily was grateful to the master, and she thought with embarrassment that she and the master had a secret in common, that they were both fascinated by cats, which others called evil creatures.

Cui Qichao also saw Lily, and he handed Xiaobai into the child's arms, as if telling her that the secret still existed.

Lily hid her joy and hugged Xiaobai tightly, but the smell of garlic in her hand smelled to Xiaobai, and Xiaobai jumped out of her hand immediately.

In the eyes of others, it is actually beneficial to Lily, and garlic peeling is indeed useful, but she was rejected by the black cat.

The lord master came to guide the cook himself in cooking ham and sausages. He asked the cook to take down a ham and a few strings of sausages, "Are there any more dried mushrooms? Take them out."

The cook found a bunch of dried mushrooms, which were tightly sealed in jars.

Cui Qichao asked the cook to cut up the mushrooms and slice the ham into small pieces. He originally wanted the cook to soak it, as it might be salty after marinating.

The cook panicked and said, "Then what is the brine used for?"

"...Forget it, don't soak it anymore." Cui Qichao said, salty as long as it is salty, these people probably like to eat salty food, anyway, he will put it in vegetable soup and soak it himself when the time comes.

Dried mushroom sticks and carrot sticks are first stir-fried with oil. It took a long time for the cook to master this stir-fry.Then add some shallots and garlic, and fry with the ham.

The aroma of raw materials is fully released in this peculiar cooking method, olive oil sizzling in the pan, and Lily can even smell the aroma of fried carrots.Everyone already knows the deliciousness of stewed carrots, but unexpectedly, fried carrots have another taste.Although Lily hadn't tasted any of them, it didn't stop her from imagining the tenderness and saltiness of the sliced ​​meat, the soft fragrance of carrots...

At this time, the scene that made Lily salivate appeared. The cook picked up a small piece of mushroom from the shovel, put it in her mouth and tasted it.

Auntie the cook was able to taste the dishes cooked for the masters in front of the lord, which was obviously allowed by the lord, Lily envied her so much!

Then there are sausages, some of these sausages are fried with vegetables, and the other part is put on the bread to make sausage bread!Lily never thought that meat can be put on bread, is there still such a way of eating in the world?The aroma is too tempting, and the sausage slices are not burnt at all.

Moreover, this sausage is not quite the same as what Lily usually sees. After cutting into slices, you can see the white part inside, which looks like fatty pork.The whole thing is smaller and a bit more resilient.

After the meal, they brought the food to the long table in the hall, and everyone salivated except for the lord. Only then did Lily know that even if the master in charge saw these delicacies for the first time, his expression was not much different from that of a slave.

At Cui Qichao's order, they almost scrambled to eat the sausage and bread.

The bread is still the same bread, because the sieve is finer, there are no impurities in it, but it is still rough, but it is different if there are more slices of sausage on it. During the roasting process, the sausage leaks some fat and soaks in the bread, making the bread more There is a hint of salty and greasy taste.

The taste is unbelievable when eaten together with bread and sausages. The sausage made of fat and thin pork is quite different from the sausages made of offal and offal in the past.The outer layer of casing is so thin that it almost doesn't exist. The sausage that has been marinated and shrunk is shiny with oil, and the aroma is attractive. When the teeth touch the sausage meat, the fat and thin parts can almost be distinguished. The oil and water in the fat part are squeezed out. There was no sound, but they could almost feel a "sizzling"...the oil came out.

The salty sausage makes the bread extremely delicious. Even though it is soaked in the vegetable soup for a while, it is still relatively thick bread, but it is full of the aroma of the sausage.

Eating ham slices with mushrooms and carrots has a peculiar taste. Even if the salted ham slices are not roasted or added with spices, they do not have the rotten smell of bacon that everyone is used to eating in the past. It's pure fragrance.Although it is salty, it is much better to eat it with vegetables, or drink a few more mouthfuls of soup, and soak the ham slices in the soup like the old man did.

Drinking, eating meat, the stove makes people sweat all over, and the woolen clothes are all taken off. This winter is too happy.

Lily's eyes were almost red. At this moment, she heard someone rushing into the hall, saying, "My lord! There are --- thieves coming to attack!"

All one meal.

Thieves, it's a band of thieves!

Many thieves roamed the roads, and like a whirlwind they went from one domain to another, storming the castles and carrying away the grain.

Generally speaking, this kind of fortress built with stones and trenches is difficult to break through, but people always doze off. Once the defense of the castle is weak, or the lord is not in the castle, they may suffer.

It's already a little late today, but the master invited me to eat meat, so I ate late for a long time, and it's still dark until now.

Lily became weak when she heard the word thief, and subconsciously went to see the master.

The master was still very calm, and even wiped his mouth before he said, "It looks like a group of hungry thieves are coming out to rob at this time, so the knights should go and catch the thieves first, and then continue eating."

The knights and their attendants put down their plates one by one, stood up with black faces, put on the armor or cotton armor, took their weapons, and walked out the door angrily.

When they reached the door, Cui Qichao said loudly, "Come back early, the food is still hot."

……

When Cui Qichao heard the word "thief", he thought that it was finally here.Living in the Middle Ages, is it complete without encountering thieves?

It was a coincidence that these thieves came here. Everyone was free in winter. Although he did not prepare weapons, he asked the agricultural officer to prepare some potions of killing insect vines and rubbed them on the weapons for the knights.

The knights of Northumberland serve in rotation, because each of them only serves for a few months a year, and with the attendants, there are dozens of them currently staying in the castle.

They staged a medieval version of warming wine and killing Huaxiong for Cui Qichao - warming vegetables to catch thieves.

Few people go out in winter, and these hungry thieves had to take the risk, taking advantage of the dark to attack the castle in this small territory. Everyone knows that the castle has the most supplies, and the manor seems easy to attack, but the crowd is scattered, and there is nothing at home. You just robbed two of them, and the police and knights also found you.

But who knows, at this point, no one in Northumberland Castle hid to keep warm and sleep, and the knights were all aggressive.

They charged down from the high ground on horseback. This is the beauty of the castle built on a high place. It is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the cavalry charge is also powerful.

The half-fed knights had the highest combat effectiveness, and the thieves only heard the leader of the knight shout: "For the castle..."

They rushed over like crazy and desperate, and their low morale was even lower.

The leader of the thieves also shouted with all his strength: "We, we are also for the castle! For the food in the castle, kill!"

It's a pity that there were few responses. When the galloping horseshoes of the knights were approaching, a few thieves left the group in a panic.

The knights had rushed forward, and the words they shouted became clearer, "For the food in the castle!"

"??" The thief leader was a little at a loss, why did he copy their slogan?

Don't you live in the castle for the food in the castle?

Before he could figure it out, he was captured by the knights. There were indeed elite thieves who could fight against the noble knights, but he was so hungry that his eyes turned green, how could he be full every day? This half-fed meal was the opponent of the knight who was extremely dissatisfied.

The thieves who ran downstairs were also heard, and the police guards who surrounded him from below caught them and beat them hard with wooden sticks a few times.

……

Cui Qichao lifted the tapestry and looked out through the window opening. He saw echoing "ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh on the empty grassy slopes, dozens of people fighting hand to hand... probably shouldn't be called soldiers, because quite a few of them The person is holding a wooden stick.

Within 10 minutes, this "intense" defense battle was over, and Cui Qichao walked back with a "tsk".

On the contrary, other people in the castle were full of anticipation for the war, nervously waiting for the news, pricking up their ears to listen to the movement outside, the maids even held hands, closed their eyes every time they heard the distant shouts, and kept praying.

When the knights came back after winning the battle, the atmosphere was like Chinese New Year.

The intruders were bundled into pigs and thrown in the hall.

The thieves stared at the nobles in the castle, only to realize that they were eating, no wonder they were all awake and reacted so quickly!

The thief shouted to the young man sitting at the head, who was obviously the lord: "It's our bad luck, if you are not having a banquet today—"

Before he could finish speaking, he was kicked.

The lord who signaled people to do so said to himself: "Then, please continue with your dinner, warriors. In order to reward you for your victory, I just asked the cook to prepare the pudding."

"Oh!!" The thieves saw those sturdy knights raised their fists and shouted a few times like brats, and happily continued to sit down.

The thieves were at a loss.

According to the usual practice, after the war is over, humiliating and judging the invaders is the main event, but now, they are completely ignored,

These people continued to eat and drink grandiosely.Speaking of eating and drinking, this smell is really strange...

The flames shot up high, illuminating the wet and cold stone castle brightly and warmly. Under the light of the fire, they could clearly see the knights forking a large piece of red and white meat and chewing it in their mouths. , the lips are all stained with oil, shining brightly.

There are also mushroom sticks and carrot sticks. I don’t know why they are in the same bowl. They are picked up and sucked into the mouth, chewing.

Bread, the bread is actually covered with slices of meat, it is too extravagant!You can taste the meat in every bite!

The knights were intoxicated, enjoying the ham and sausages that had been marinated with great difficulty, and infinitely praised the lord and the recipe he brought back from the East in their hearts.

The sounds of eating "creaking", "bajibaji" and "xilihulu" seem to be amplified in the ears, and the picture of oil stars dripping on the lips is also very clear. The rest is eating meat, eating vegetables, eating pudding...

"Ahhh!!" The thieves were about to go crazy, they wailed in pain, and couldn't bear the strong hunger in their hearts anymore, and shouted loudly, "So hungry!"

It's a pity that this cry only whetted the appetite of the people of Northumberland and made them eat more happily.

Cui Qichao raised his eyebrows lightly, and the knights understood it. They deliberately stood in front of the thieves with wooden bowls and ate them, so that people could almost see the shape of the meat being chewed in their mouths.

The thief's eyes were red.

But this is not the end. After a while, everyone ate enough food to pile up their throats. Cui Qichao said, "I will reward you for the rest."

This you, of course, refers to the servants in the castle.

The lord has always been so extravagant, everyone knew this a long time ago, Ai'er squeezed Lily quietly, and gave her a wink, and then Lily understood why Ai'er said before that it was a good time to meet the castellan's banquet.

At this time, the food was placed on a large plate, and everyone shared it. Even if the masters ate a lot, there were still leftovers on the plate. The maids mixed these dishes with their oatmeal paste and distributed them to everyone.

So the second round of eating and drinking began, and the thieves were going crazy.

The reason why they become thieves is that they are not full due to various reasons, so they go to other places to rob. In this terrible castle, their knights can eat and drink. After all, they are not ordinary people, and their slaves can unexpectedly full!

A bowl of warm oatmeal mush mixed with greasy vegetables and a bit of meat, or soup.The slaves ate much more vulgarly than the knights. They ate like wild boars, their faces flushed.

A girl like Lily eats a little more politely, but she also drools over the sausage all day, imagines what it tastes like in the kitchen, and now finally tastes it, better than she imagined tasty.The rough taste of oatmeal becomes less unacceptable because of them, and the salty taste is the salty taste that farmers also cherish.

At this time, the cook's pudding was also ready. The thieves had never seen this kind of food, but it didn't prevent them from observing how delicious it was from the enjoyment expressions of those bastards.The special texture, a whole piece bouncing on the plate, exudes a milky aroma, it is also a dessert, much better than those green cheeses!

Thieves: "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!"

They will be completely tortured and insane.

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LJJ real-time barrage:

[Hey, the hero saves the beauty!I shed tears of emotion, is this our heroine?She looks pretty! 】

[I can't believe it... I'll go, Cui Qichao is going to take him back to the castle! 】

[Beast, the girl is only 14 years old! 】

[A few more years, look at those adult women who don't take a bath, do you dare to ask for it?I was desperate at first, but the emperor's blood can play. 】

【Hey, no, didn't you take it back and raise it?Why did you really go to the kitchen to chop garlic? ? 】

[It's different from what you said, you've already revealed that you like cats in front of girls! 】

[Now I'm going to speak for Xiaobai, he likes a hair...]

【No!I can not accept!You all share the same secret!Why don't you call the girl up from the kitchen! ! 】

[I was cheated again, why don't I have a long memory! 】

[I hahahahahahahaha deserve it right, you old viewers with love brains]

[I support with my real name, Cui Qichao don't fall in love! 】

……

[Did I hear wrong?Is it an intruder?Is there an intruder at last? ? 】

[Crying, the fight is finally about to start, kill! 】

[They are thieves who are robbing food, hurry up and catch them and abuse them, let them know how powerful the Northumberlands are]

[Cui Qichao, don't let me down, you must be a frightening lord! 】

[? ?Where is the humiliation, where is the abuse, where is the interrogation, no... what kind of new punishment is this, you eat them to see? 】

[ORZ still wants to take close-up shots of eating and thieves drooling, is it me who should be punished? 】

【Your father, I'm hungry again】

[Hehehehehehehehehe deserves it, war freaks give up]

[Hehe, don't worry, the punishment for these thieves must be more than that simple, and they will definitely be held in pain... in the future!land!ah! 】