jdhmnovel Chapter 213 Sharing weal and woe
Chapter 213 Sharing weal and woe
"Let's eat~~"
Xue Nizi stood on the roadside where there were eleven trees and shouted loudly.
People working on both sides of the road heard it, and adults and children all rushed to the reed marsh river to wash their hands.
The adults grabbed the children, brushed the dust off their bodies, and then took them to squat by the river to wash their hands and faces.
After cleaning themselves up, they all came to the Eleven Trees Restaurant.
During the days that Li Lan was away, Li Erhan made two long dining tables like the one they originally had.
Everyone says that sitting around the long table and eating face to face creates a good dining atmosphere and the food tastes delicious!
Anyway, the food is served separately. You have to line up in front of the six large iron pots with your own bowl to get the rice, and then sit at the table with your own bowl to eat.
Xue Nizi also suggested that each person have two bowls.
One bowl can be used for porridge or rice, and the other for vegetables.
Li Lanzhen thought her suggestion was a good one.
Seeing that they have brought back more than 20 people, there may not be enough jobs.
She went to the kitchen again and put down the more than 100 bowls.
There were a lot of chopsticks, and Li Erhan also made chopsticks for the children that were shorter than those used by adults.
The children love it so much that they want to hold it in their arms all day long.
So today's dinner scene was very spectacular.
If the long dining table is placed vertically, the distance between them will be too long, so it is placed in a U shape.
On the U-shaped mouth are six large iron pots lined up in a row.
This way it is more convenient to get more food no matter where you go.
Directly opposite the six large iron pots is a row of tables.
Sitting there were Li Erhan, Han Shunde, Zhang Deshui and Xue Lao Hu.
They insisted that Li Lanzhen sit there as well, and in the middle seat.
Li Lanzhen refused to do so. She chose to sit in the first seat on their left, next to her mother Ye.
Everyone knew Mr. Xu's identity, so they respectfully invited him to the front and sit in the middle seat.
Old Master Xu shook his head and said, No, no, we can’t let the guest take the spotlight!
Then, he sat down quietly next to Li Erhan.
The side where Li Lanzhen and the others were sitting was almost all women, and other girls followed behind them.
Opposite them sat all men.
Li Lanzhen found this natural action really funny.
When we had dinner today, we arranged for the younger children to sit down first and did not let them go out to line up for food because there were too many people and we were afraid they would get hurt.
The child was also obedient and sat quietly waiting for the meat to eat.
Xinghua Lihua brought a few older girls to put the meals on the table for the children, and reminded them to be careful about the heat.
Others are still queuing up for food.
If you can’t hold two bowls in one hand, you can get the rice in two batches.
Han Mingxiang first served rice to Master Xu, and then went to get rice for Li Lanzhen.
Li Lanzhen waved her hand and told him to line up by himself.
Then Han Mingxiang went to help Li Erhan and Ye get meals.
As a result, his cousins got there first.
Li Erhan said with a laugh.
"It's okay, it's okay. Help grandpa get food tomorrow. Grandpa will be waiting."
Each person first had a bowl of fish soup, and then took a piece of wild vegetable cake according to the amount they wanted to eat.
In another bowl, there were braised pork and potatoes, and braised chicken and rabbit pieces and potatoes.
After eating, whoever wants to drink chicken soup can go and drink chicken soup.
As for the cold wild vegetables, just put them in several large bowls, place a few bowls on a table in a row, and eat them in turns.
The dinner was so sumptuous!
Li Lanzhen saw that there was still not enough tableware for each person, so she couldn't turn around. She thought about taking out another batch of bowls, but then she thought better of it.
After each family’s house is built, they will no longer eat in the canteen, but each household will eat on their own.
Then you don’t have to worry about so many people, it’s too tiring!
While eating, everyone was concerned about the people and things Han Mingxiang and Han Shulan encountered along the way, and how they came to Youzhou City.
They also want to hear what's happening outside.
Han Mingxiang talked to everyone while eating.
The children stopped playing and started listening with their ears erect and smacking their mouths while eating.
When they heard the thrilling sound, everyone shouted “Ouch, ouch.”
If one child calls out softly, you can't tell how high the sound is, but when so many children say the same word at the same time, the sound becomes very loud!
I saw the looks the adults gave me.
They quickly closed their mouths, puffed up their cheeks, pretended to eat, and refused to look at the adults.
Han Mingxiang and his companions were drifting in the water and were intercepted by bandits.
In the emergency, it was the brother and sister Shuisheng and Lingjiao who rescued Han Mingxiang and Han Shulan.
The two siblings took Han Mingxiang and others to their own village, a small fishing village that made a living by fishing.
The small fishing village has been completely submerged by the flood.
Now that the flood has receded by half, the brother and sister have rebuilt a house and are living in a higher place.
All the people in the village were caught in the flood, including their parents.
The only people who survived from the entire village were 17-year-old Shuisheng and his ten-year-old sister.
They didn't want to leave their hometown, so they had been living here for about half a month until they met Han Mingxiang and his partner.
This time they rescued Han Mingxiang and Han Shulan, and the four of them stayed in the small fishing village for a few days.
Han Mingxiang told Shuisheng that they had separated from Li Lanzhen and Hanjia Village.
Han Jiacun and Li Lanzhen are going to settle down in Youzhou City.
So, now they have to head east to Youzhou City.
Han Mingxiang thinks that Shuisheng and Lingjiao are sincere and kind people.
Moreover, the brother and sister saved both of their lives.
He asked the brothers and sisters to go with him to Youzhou City to find Li Lanzhen and others.
Shuisheng thought about it for a day and realized that it would not be a long-term solution for him and his sister to live here.
So, I decided to follow Han Mingxiang on the journey of finding my relatives.
What they didn't expect was that they had just set foot on the territory of Youzhou Prefecture.
Before he had time to be happy, he was intercepted and robbed by bandits from the Wild Wolf Village and taken to the mountains.
Fortunately, when they left the small fishing village, Lingjiao and Han Shulan were both dressed as men.
They call each other brothers to outsiders.
After they were captured and taken to the mountains, they did not have much property on them because they were refugees.
So it can be said that he and Han Shulan were penniless and had no valuable treasures.
People like them who were fleeing famine and were caught in the mountains and had no valuables on them were first beaten by the bandits.
Then it was thrown into the cave.
After the four of them entered the cave, they found that more than 100 people were already imprisoned there.
When they arrived at the cave where they were imprisoned, they inquired about the news from the people there.
I found out that the first person who was caught here had been here for more than half a month.
Those who were beaten to death were all strong and had some martial arts skills.
I don’t know how these bandits judge, but they can tell who knows martial arts.
Therefore, Changsheng, who knew some martial arts, could not avoid being beaten.
After staying in the cave for three or four days, Han Mingxiang and his friends learned that the bandits and King Jin were in collusion with each other.
The bandits robbed houses here, captured able-bodied men, and then sent them to King Jin to be cannon fodder.
It’s not that these people didn’t want to escape, but once they were caught, they would beat them even harder, leaving their skin torn and flesh exposed, and they would also grab everyone who was watching to make an example of them!
Shuisheng and Han Mingxiang discussed and decided to keep their troops in place until the bandits sent them to King Jin, and then take the opportunity to escape.
Later, they got to know Silver Fox's three secret guards.
These three people, together with Shuisheng, Han Mingxiang and two people dressed as men, Lingjiao and Han Shulan, formed a small gang.
The injuries of Silver Fox's three secret guards were quite serious, especially the second one. Although the bone of one of his legs was not broken, his tendons were probably injured, making it difficult for him to move.
Whenever the bandits gave them food and water.
Shuisheng and Han Mingxiang squeezed to the front to grab more food and water and brought them back to feed the three secret guards.
The three secret guards were also very grateful for Shuisheng and Han Mingxiang's help when they were imprisoned in the cave.
So, in the following time, the bandits wanted to bully them several times.
The people in the cave also formed gangs, and one group always wanted to steal and occupy the food and water of others.
At this time, all three of them will help them.
Knowing how powerful the Silver Fox Secret Guards are, no one dares to mess with these three people!
In this way, the days passed until the day when Li Lanzhen and Silver Fox came to rescue them.
The night before, when the bandits were delivering food and water, they told them that they would set out before dawn the next morning and send them to live a good life.
Han Mingxiang and the others knew that they were going to be sent to the front line to fight and die.
A few people whispered to each other while leaning against the mountain, and waited for an opportunity to escape on the road.