C145 Five pieces of Red Braised Meat
Sure enough, tofu hyacinth did as he was told and called A Cai in. The reason was to pour the Elementary Scholar a cup of tea.
Even after being in the city for such a long time, some of her original personality remained the same.
This caused the servants of the family to gossip for who knows how many days. But as they were masters, no matter how bad they were, these servants who signed the River Crab Body Contract didn't dare to say anything in front of them.
Seeing that she had come out, A Cai immediately moved to the side to avoid her. He was afraid that if he accidentally made her unhappy again, he would get beaten up again.
He waited for them to leave before pushing the door open and entering.
The Elementary Scholar in the room was sitting by the table with a book in his hands.
A Cai walked over and whispered: "Young Master."
The Elementary Scholar lightly nodded his head.
A Cai immediately poured tea for him.
The Elementary Scholar's gaze, however, never returned back to the book, and instead, remained on A Cai's face.
A Cai's appearance was nothing special, it could only be called delicate and pretty, but she was gentle and docile, with her head lowered, she had a look of pity in her eyes.
In a trance, the Elementary Scholar only felt that he had seen Mian Niang like this back then. Mian Niang seemed to have also seen this happen, bowing her head and following his eyes, but very quickly, she revealed her true form.
"Young Master, please have some tea!"
A Cai's cautious words to exchange brought the Elementary Scholar back to reality.
He took the tea cup that A Cai passed to him, and gently caressed the back of A Cai's hand with his fingers. A Cai immediately retracted her hand out of fright, and looked at the Elementary Scholar in shock: "Young Master!"
The Elementary Scholar smiled and said, "A Cai, where do you live? Why would they sell river crabs here? "
Due to the weather getting colder, Madame Song Li found a thin cotton-padded jacket, a felt hat and a pair of cotton gloves for Song Zhien.
Song Zhien also delivered a set to Sis A. The cotton clothes were made after the summer break, and the cotton clothes were still old and old, the lining was made from a few pieces of cloth that had been pieced together. There were also a few patches made, the fabric was the cheapest kind of coarse cloth, it was grayish in color, but there were no patches, it looked like it was clean and tidy.
The cotton gloves and felt hat were Song Zhixiao's and had been worn for a few years already. Fortunately, Song Zhixiao had preserved it well, and it still looked new to him.
Mian Niang stared at these things in a daze, "... "What's going on?"
"It was found by Mother, she told me to send it over to you."
Song Zhien was very happy, and felt that his mother was still thinking about the Sis A. Although he was young, he knew that the atmosphere in the family was very strange. He didn't know how to deal with such an awkward situation, so he could only worry about it.
In reality, Song Li still treated Mian Niang coldly, and when he spoke to her, he was still sarcastic.
However, the felt cap was warm, the cotton gloves inside were warm, and the cotton clothes on his body prevented a lot of wind and cold.
Mian Niang pursed her lips, a smile appearing in her eyes.
The person in the water no longer had the appearance of a female mother, because he was small and skinny. He looked like a boy, and every day, he would be exposed to the sun and wind, the skin on his face became darker and darker. Mian Niang subconsciously straightened his body, and a small piece of white river crab skin appeared on his collar.
However, Mian Niang did not notice all of this, so she quickly returned her attention to the felt hat and gloves.
These were all Ah Gou's things.
Mian Niang's eyes turned blurry, and it was as if she saw Ah Ge standing in front of him with his old felt hat and cotton gloves …
He didn't know how Brother A was doing, whether he was doing well there or not.
Although Gu Xin had said he would find someone to take care of him, would such a big general really take care of a small Distribution?
Furthermore, the battlefield was so dangerous. Was it really as long as he took care of her?
A'ge was a straightforward person, even if he was taken care of, he might lose out in the team.
The more he experienced, the more Mian Niang understood that he shouldn't treat the people outside as people from the Tian Jia Wan.
There were many people who wanted to make things difficult for you for no reason, even though you didn't want to provoke them.
Not everyone will be kind to you.
"Sis A, what are you thinking about?"
Song Zhien stood at the doorway with his backpack as he looked at Mian Niang with suspicion.
"Why aren't you leaving?"
Hearing the voice, Mian Niang regained her senses and immediately said: "Go, go, we're leaving now."
The furry donkey cart had already circled the village once, so Mian Niang took the empty tofu plate and drove to the next village to sell her tofu.
When he looked back and saw that he was still using it just a moment ago, Song Zhien actually started running again.
"hyposome, you have just finished eating, take your time to jog. Be careful or else your stomach will feel uncomfortable again."
Song Zhien humphed in agreement, but the moment he left her sight, he started to run once again.
Northwest, outside Yongzhou City.
The cold winter wind was covered with sand. The sand was blown into his mouth and after training for a while, he was still unable to spit out all the sand in his mouth.
Just grinding one's teeth was enough to make one feel as though one's teeth were crumbling.
Even though he was hiding under the wall, he could still feel the sand falling into the bowl from time to time.
After eating the first mouthful of rice, he felt that the sand in his mouth was mixed with the food in his mouth. He didn't even want to chew and wanted to swallow it directly.
However, when you eat a piece of fat pork, no matter how much sand is mixed in, it won't be hard to swallow.
Every day, the first ranked member of the training squad would return to braised pork to eat.
The meat wasn't much, but it was still big enough to satisfy his appetite.
Just for the sake of having three meals of Red Braised Meat a day, every team had an intense competition.
The old man's surname was Wei, and he was also a Distribution. He was originally a teacher, and was rumored to have offended the county magistrate's brother-in-law, so he was charged with a crime and sent here. The only people left behind were an old mother in her sixties and a pair of wife and children.
In the past few days, he had been the last in the team every day. In the past few days, he had finally clenched his teeth and dropped one or two people, climbing from the last person to the bottom second.
Actually, it was an old man. Old Wei was not even forty years old, and he had stayed in the northwestern part of the Yellow Sand Country for more than two months.
When he saw the two extra pieces of Red Braised Meat in his bowl, he almost cried. He had almost forgotten when he had last eaten the meat. He thanked Song Zhixiao time and time again.
"Speaking of which, doing this in a clumsy manner is considered excellent. In the past, whenever there were festivals or happy events, she would always burn a bowl of Red Braised Meat and give me two taels of wine. Now …" Sigh … I wonder how their mother and the others are doing at home. How are they going to live in this day and age!? "
Song Zhixiao was also staring blankly at the meat in the bowl.
He had also almost forgotten the last time he had eaten meat.
It seemed like he was still in Gu Mansion. At that time, those brothers who cared for him sincerely chatted and laughed while eating Red Braised Meat.
The Gu family's master would not treat people so harshly. When the young master was in a good mood, he would even reward him with a jug of wine and instruct the kitchen to prepare two more dishes.
He had the best relationship with Gu Wu, so he had always felt that he was a person close to the rich young master, and that it was not easy to get into contact with him, or even repelled him. However, Gu Wu did indeed have a little arrogance on his face, as he was a person close to his master after all.
It was just that Gu Wu had always thought that he had hidden himself well.
Since he was young, he and Gu Wen had been together with the Young Master Gu. They had learned a lot of skills and were a little arrogant, so it was understandable.
However, at that time, Song Zhixiao often could not understand, and since it was like this, why did Gu Wu put down his river crab body and befriend him?
Could it be that it was only because Mian Niang had saved Young Master Gu that he did this?
But, very quickly, Song Zhixiao tossed all these questions to the back of his mind. Gu Wu was a person who truly cared about loyalty, and was worthy of making friends with. This way, Song Zhixiao wouldn't feel that his temper was just that, instead, he felt that it was normal for capable people to have tempers.
Only the incompetent would not dare to have a temper.
He was the one who was incapable, thus, his temper had long been worn out. Thinking of his parents and siblings at home, Song Zhixiao's heart ached.
He had been out for so long, he did not know how the situation in his family was. This year, if he was not here, all the work in his family would be on his Abba, he did not know if hyposome would listen to him or not, and his mother's legs were also not sure if they were in pain this year.
As for Mian Niang, she had been so muddleheaded that she had to go home, so the rumors must have been spread quite a bit. If not for him being confused and admitting that everything was her fault, the Mei Family would not have found an excuse to abandon Mian Niang.
Thinking about it, Song Zhixiao felt more and more sour in his heart.
He was clearly at the age where he should be able to support both heaven and earth, yet he couldn't help his father share his worries, take care of his siblings, and even need his family to worry about him.
The more he thought about it, the more ashamed he felt. Even the Red Braised Meat in the bowl had become tasteless.
"If you don't want to eat, then don't. Eating so much is strenuous for you to eat some meat. It's as if I'm making you eat poison again."
Song Zhixiao raised his head, and called out: "Captain, Brother Liu, Brother Sun!"
"You little rascal, today you have hit the jackpot. You actually took first place in the party, is your next target going to be first in the entire army?" What's wrong, a Distribution wants to turn over their body, but isn't it better to piss off and look for your morals? The only thing missing is the word "sin" carved on their forehead. "
The Liu guy had knocked out half of his front teeth in practice two days ago, so even if he talked right now, it wouldn't be enough to stop him from making a ruckus.
In the past, the one who occupied the first place in this group had always been Captain Wu Liang, but today, Song Zhixiao had occupied the first place.
Even Wu Liang, who didn't really think much of Song Zhixiao in the past, hid his hostility within the way he looked at Song Zhixiao.
They didn't think that Song Zhixiao, a Distribution, would have any chance of turning things around, but they just didn't want him to take the limelight.
Song Zhixiao swallowed his anger, he did not want to fight with them.
Even after being in the city for such a long time, some of her original personality remained the same.
This caused the servants of the family to gossip for who knows how many days. But as they were masters, no matter how bad they were, these servants who signed the River Crab Body Contract didn't dare to say anything in front of them.
Seeing that she had come out, A Cai immediately moved to the side to avoid her. He was afraid that if he accidentally made her unhappy again, he would get beaten up again.
He waited for them to leave before pushing the door open and entering.
The Elementary Scholar in the room was sitting by the table with a book in his hands.
A Cai walked over and whispered: "Young Master."
The Elementary Scholar lightly nodded his head.
A Cai immediately poured tea for him.
The Elementary Scholar's gaze, however, never returned back to the book, and instead, remained on A Cai's face.
A Cai's appearance was nothing special, it could only be called delicate and pretty, but she was gentle and docile, with her head lowered, she had a look of pity in her eyes.
In a trance, the Elementary Scholar only felt that he had seen Mian Niang like this back then. Mian Niang seemed to have also seen this happen, bowing her head and following his eyes, but very quickly, she revealed her true form.
"Young Master, please have some tea!"
A Cai's cautious words to exchange brought the Elementary Scholar back to reality.
He took the tea cup that A Cai passed to him, and gently caressed the back of A Cai's hand with his fingers. A Cai immediately retracted her hand out of fright, and looked at the Elementary Scholar in shock: "Young Master!"
The Elementary Scholar smiled and said, "A Cai, where do you live? Why would they sell river crabs here? "
Due to the weather getting colder, Madame Song Li found a thin cotton-padded jacket, a felt hat and a pair of cotton gloves for Song Zhien.
Song Zhien also delivered a set to Sis A. The cotton clothes were made after the summer break, and the cotton clothes were still old and old, the lining was made from a few pieces of cloth that had been pieced together. There were also a few patches made, the fabric was the cheapest kind of coarse cloth, it was grayish in color, but there were no patches, it looked like it was clean and tidy.
The cotton gloves and felt hat were Song Zhixiao's and had been worn for a few years already. Fortunately, Song Zhixiao had preserved it well, and it still looked new to him.
Mian Niang stared at these things in a daze, "... "What's going on?"
"It was found by Mother, she told me to send it over to you."
Song Zhien was very happy, and felt that his mother was still thinking about the Sis A. Although he was young, he knew that the atmosphere in the family was very strange. He didn't know how to deal with such an awkward situation, so he could only worry about it.
In reality, Song Li still treated Mian Niang coldly, and when he spoke to her, he was still sarcastic.
However, the felt cap was warm, the cotton gloves inside were warm, and the cotton clothes on his body prevented a lot of wind and cold.
Mian Niang pursed her lips, a smile appearing in her eyes.
The person in the water no longer had the appearance of a female mother, because he was small and skinny. He looked like a boy, and every day, he would be exposed to the sun and wind, the skin on his face became darker and darker. Mian Niang subconsciously straightened his body, and a small piece of white river crab skin appeared on his collar.
However, Mian Niang did not notice all of this, so she quickly returned her attention to the felt hat and gloves.
These were all Ah Gou's things.
Mian Niang's eyes turned blurry, and it was as if she saw Ah Ge standing in front of him with his old felt hat and cotton gloves …
He didn't know how Brother A was doing, whether he was doing well there or not.
Although Gu Xin had said he would find someone to take care of him, would such a big general really take care of a small Distribution?
Furthermore, the battlefield was so dangerous. Was it really as long as he took care of her?
A'ge was a straightforward person, even if he was taken care of, he might lose out in the team.
The more he experienced, the more Mian Niang understood that he shouldn't treat the people outside as people from the Tian Jia Wan.
There were many people who wanted to make things difficult for you for no reason, even though you didn't want to provoke them.
Not everyone will be kind to you.
"Sis A, what are you thinking about?"
Song Zhien stood at the doorway with his backpack as he looked at Mian Niang with suspicion.
"Why aren't you leaving?"
Hearing the voice, Mian Niang regained her senses and immediately said: "Go, go, we're leaving now."
The furry donkey cart had already circled the village once, so Mian Niang took the empty tofu plate and drove to the next village to sell her tofu.
When he looked back and saw that he was still using it just a moment ago, Song Zhien actually started running again.
"hyposome, you have just finished eating, take your time to jog. Be careful or else your stomach will feel uncomfortable again."
Song Zhien humphed in agreement, but the moment he left her sight, he started to run once again.
Northwest, outside Yongzhou City.
The cold winter wind was covered with sand. The sand was blown into his mouth and after training for a while, he was still unable to spit out all the sand in his mouth.
Just grinding one's teeth was enough to make one feel as though one's teeth were crumbling.
Even though he was hiding under the wall, he could still feel the sand falling into the bowl from time to time.
After eating the first mouthful of rice, he felt that the sand in his mouth was mixed with the food in his mouth. He didn't even want to chew and wanted to swallow it directly.
However, when you eat a piece of fat pork, no matter how much sand is mixed in, it won't be hard to swallow.
Every day, the first ranked member of the training squad would return to braised pork to eat.
The meat wasn't much, but it was still big enough to satisfy his appetite.
Just for the sake of having three meals of Red Braised Meat a day, every team had an intense competition.
The old man's surname was Wei, and he was also a Distribution. He was originally a teacher, and was rumored to have offended the county magistrate's brother-in-law, so he was charged with a crime and sent here. The only people left behind were an old mother in her sixties and a pair of wife and children.
In the past few days, he had been the last in the team every day. In the past few days, he had finally clenched his teeth and dropped one or two people, climbing from the last person to the bottom second.
Actually, it was an old man. Old Wei was not even forty years old, and he had stayed in the northwestern part of the Yellow Sand Country for more than two months.
When he saw the two extra pieces of Red Braised Meat in his bowl, he almost cried. He had almost forgotten when he had last eaten the meat. He thanked Song Zhixiao time and time again.
"Speaking of which, doing this in a clumsy manner is considered excellent. In the past, whenever there were festivals or happy events, she would always burn a bowl of Red Braised Meat and give me two taels of wine. Now …" Sigh … I wonder how their mother and the others are doing at home. How are they going to live in this day and age!? "
Song Zhixiao was also staring blankly at the meat in the bowl.
He had also almost forgotten the last time he had eaten meat.
It seemed like he was still in Gu Mansion. At that time, those brothers who cared for him sincerely chatted and laughed while eating Red Braised Meat.
The Gu family's master would not treat people so harshly. When the young master was in a good mood, he would even reward him with a jug of wine and instruct the kitchen to prepare two more dishes.
He had the best relationship with Gu Wu, so he had always felt that he was a person close to the rich young master, and that it was not easy to get into contact with him, or even repelled him. However, Gu Wu did indeed have a little arrogance on his face, as he was a person close to his master after all.
It was just that Gu Wu had always thought that he had hidden himself well.
Since he was young, he and Gu Wen had been together with the Young Master Gu. They had learned a lot of skills and were a little arrogant, so it was understandable.
However, at that time, Song Zhixiao often could not understand, and since it was like this, why did Gu Wu put down his river crab body and befriend him?
Could it be that it was only because Mian Niang had saved Young Master Gu that he did this?
But, very quickly, Song Zhixiao tossed all these questions to the back of his mind. Gu Wu was a person who truly cared about loyalty, and was worthy of making friends with. This way, Song Zhixiao wouldn't feel that his temper was just that, instead, he felt that it was normal for capable people to have tempers.
Only the incompetent would not dare to have a temper.
He was the one who was incapable, thus, his temper had long been worn out. Thinking of his parents and siblings at home, Song Zhixiao's heart ached.
He had been out for so long, he did not know how the situation in his family was. This year, if he was not here, all the work in his family would be on his Abba, he did not know if hyposome would listen to him or not, and his mother's legs were also not sure if they were in pain this year.
As for Mian Niang, she had been so muddleheaded that she had to go home, so the rumors must have been spread quite a bit. If not for him being confused and admitting that everything was her fault, the Mei Family would not have found an excuse to abandon Mian Niang.
Thinking about it, Song Zhixiao felt more and more sour in his heart.
He was clearly at the age where he should be able to support both heaven and earth, yet he couldn't help his father share his worries, take care of his siblings, and even need his family to worry about him.
The more he thought about it, the more ashamed he felt. Even the Red Braised Meat in the bowl had become tasteless.
"If you don't want to eat, then don't. Eating so much is strenuous for you to eat some meat. It's as if I'm making you eat poison again."
Song Zhixiao raised his head, and called out: "Captain, Brother Liu, Brother Sun!"
"You little rascal, today you have hit the jackpot. You actually took first place in the party, is your next target going to be first in the entire army?" What's wrong, a Distribution wants to turn over their body, but isn't it better to piss off and look for your morals? The only thing missing is the word "sin" carved on their forehead. "
The Liu guy had knocked out half of his front teeth in practice two days ago, so even if he talked right now, it wouldn't be enough to stop him from making a ruckus.
In the past, the one who occupied the first place in this group had always been Captain Wu Liang, but today, Song Zhixiao had occupied the first place.
Even Wu Liang, who didn't really think much of Song Zhixiao in the past, hid his hostility within the way he looked at Song Zhixiao.
They didn't think that Song Zhixiao, a Distribution, would have any chance of turning things around, but they just didn't want him to take the limelight.
Song Zhixiao swallowed his anger, he did not want to fight with them.