RPAGF Chapter 219 Eating
Chapter 219 Eating
In the evening, the two brothers each held an oil-paper bag in their arms and carefully pushed open the wooden door of their house which was about to collapse.
"Chen'er, Yi'er is back?" A hoarse voice came from the gray and dilapidated house. The two brothers responded and walked quickly into the house. The dilapidated house was simply covered with a board. A thin man was sitting weakly against the wall, and in his arms was a small child, about three or four years old.
"Little daddy, my brother and I are back." The older young man walked to the simple bed and took out the oil-paper bag from his arms with great care.
The man's eyes lit up and he took it in disbelief: "What is this?"
The younger brother on the other side also sat next to the man with a smile on his face. He also took out his own oil-paper bag from his arms and handed it to the man as if asking for credit.
"Little Daddy, I have some too."
"Okay, Yier has some too." The man smiled when he saw this. The two oil paper bags in his hand were not big, but the aroma of food came through the oil paper bags. The man could smell that there must be white flour buns inside.
He did not rush to open the oil paper package, but asked the brothers in a gentle voice: "What did you do today?"
The two brothers looked at each other, and then simultaneously took out today's wages from the secret pockets of their clothes.
Seeing the handful of copper coins, the man was dumbfounded and was so shocked that he couldn't speak complete words.
The young man smiled and said, "Today I met a good customer. Not only is the work easy, but the money is also good, and a meal is included. These are the leftovers from the owner's distribution and given to us for free. They are all untouched. Please open them and have a look. There is still meat here."
Hearing that there was meat, the man became even more incredulous. He carefully opened the oil paper package and, sure enough, there were three pork ribs under the white flour bun. There was a lot of meat on the ribs, which made the man, who had not eaten meat for a long time, swallow his saliva immediately.
"This is real meat. Oh, it smells delicious. I'll heat it up on the stove for you later."
The young man immediately held the man down and said, "Little Daddy, please sit down. I will do the work."
The man was unwilling: "You guys have been busy outside all day, and I have been lying at home all day. It's just a hot soup, it's not a big deal."
"Little Daddy, please sit down. You have not eaten much during this period. We ate well during the day and have plenty of energy."
"That's right. We have the strength. Daddy, sit down. My sister will be woken up soon."
Seeing his little daughter in his arms seemed to be about to wake up, the man stopped moving. The young man immediately took the food to the kitchen. He went straight to the rice jar as soon as he came in. Sure enough, the pitifully small amount of rice in it looked almost the same as in the morning. It was obvious that the man had not eaten during the day and probably only cooked some rice soup for his little daughter.
The young man sighed softly, grabbed a handful of rice, and put a lot of water into the pot. The ribs were already cold, so he picked the meat and chopped it up, and then added it to the rice soup later so that everyone could taste the meat.
The man was still whispering to his youngest son about what happened today, saying that they went to work in a very far place. At first, the man was a little worried when he heard them say it was very far away, but the youngest son said that there were many soldiers working with them in that place, and the host was also a kind young master. They only needed to dig holes and plant seedlings, and the work only took half a day, but the income was more than carrying sacks for a day before.
The man smiled when he heard this: "He seems to be a kind-hearted child. You guys, you have to work hard, okay? Don't be lazy."
"Yes, little daddy, my brother and I work very hard and we are not lazy at all."
The man smiled with satisfaction. Soon the eldest son brought in dinner. The little daughter in his arms smelled the meat and woke up immediately. The family happily ate the first dinner with meat in the past year. When they went to bed at night, the man touched the sixty copper coins under his pillow, and his haggard face once again showed a desire for a new life.
Song Chunlin was sleeping soundly in the middle of the night when he suddenly received a huge golden light of merit. Dabao was so frightened that he jumped out of the space. He rode on Song Chunlin's neck and shook his head desperately. Song Chunlin was almost suffocated by him in his sleep.
He woke up holding his breath and saw the culprit still sitting on his neck. He immediately slapped Dabao away in anger.
"Huh~ I'm dying of suffocation, Dabao, are you going to kill your father in the middle of the night?"
Dabao was angry: "Hmph, Master, you are so shameless, don't think I don't know what patricide means!"
Song Chunlin didn't get up, but directly carried the little thing into the space. As soon as he entered the space, Dabao's body immediately became bigger, and Song Chunlin clicked his tongue a few times.
"I haven't seen you for a few hours, and you've grown up!" Song Chunlin squatted down. Well, it was just right. From this angle he could look Dabao in the eye.
Dabao put his hands on his waist and said, "Of course, you didn't see how thick the golden light of merit was. Master, what did you do during the day?"
What did he do? Song Chunlin thought, didn't he just hire people to farm during the day? He didn't do anything special, he didn't even kill anyone.
The two men sat on the floor and reconciled the accounts. They found that nothing special had happened during the day, and they both fell silent in the end.
Finally, Song Chunlin patted Dabao on the shoulder and said, "Don't think about it. It's a good thing to have merit. If you can do it once, you will have it again. No matter how it comes, go to work."
Dabao was dejected. Halfway through his walk, he realized something was wrong, turned around angrily, grabbed Song Chunlin and went to work in the fields together.
Song Chunlin was enslaved by the angry Dabao for a whole night. In the morning, he came out of the space yawning and drank a glass of spiritual spring water to wake himself up.
He came earlier today than yesterday. The group of people who came yesterday had already come to the city gate and were waiting there, fearing that this good job would be snatched away by others.
Song Chunlin still only asked for the seventeen people from yesterday. He first took a few people to the carriage and horse shop to drive the ox carts out, and then went to the government office to load the seedlings and tools that had been taken out in advance onto the carts. Only then did the three ox carts sway out of the city gate.
Gu Fengyue arrived late. Today he was responsible for transporting stones for Song Chunlin to build the wall. Song Chunlin's vineyard was too large, and a lot of stones and bricks were needed. Fortunately, the thing that was least lacking here was stone.
They had been working here for quite a while. Song Chunlin asked these people and found out that they had not eaten breakfast. He was afraid that they would faint from hunger due to low blood sugar. But it was not convenient to give them any food. They could only drink a bowl of coarse tea mixed with spiritual spring water.
These people had drunk similar coarse tea before, but Song Chunlin's coarse tea was not as bitter as they had imagined. There was even a sweet aftertaste in the mouth after drinking it, which made everyone marvel.
Brothers Luo Chen and Luo Yi usually don't eat breakfast before going out in the morning. At most, they drink a sip of water and run out to find work. On weekdays, they always feel dizzy while working, and they don't know why. Today, after drinking the coarse tea given by the young master, the feeling of hunger in their stomachs miraculously disappeared, and was replaced by endless energy.
"Brother!" Luo Yi's eyes sparkled, and he obviously discovered this.
Luo Chen shook his head gently at his brother, and Luo Yi immediately lowered his head and stopped talking, concentrating on his work.
As expected, half of the grape seedlings could be planted by today, but only a small section of the wall could be built. Song Chunlin felt that it was a bit slow. He also wanted to build a yard here specifically for the people who look after the vineyard to live in. Of course, the winery cannot be built now, and Song Chunlin is not in a hurry. Anyway, the grape production in the next two years will definitely not be enough, so he will plant it first.
Regarding building the house, Gu Fengyue suggested that he find professionals. The soldiers in the barracks could be arranged to build a wall, but they could just forget about building the house.
After much thought, Song Chunlin finally found the uncle he met yesterday. The uncle's surname was Ding. When he heard Song Chunlin say that he was looking for someone who could build a house, he immediately and enthusiastically recommended his own relatives to Song Chunlin.
"My relative's ancestors were masons, and they were good at building houses. The family is also prosperous, with seven or eight sons, all of whom are good at work. The house you want to build is not too big, so we can find a few carpenters and it will be built for you in two or three months."
Song Chunlin listened and nodded repeatedly. After two days of observation, he felt that this uncle's character was still okay. Since he was recommended, he might as well meet him. If he was not suitable, he could change him later. Anyway, with Gu's army in charge here, these people would not dare to deceive him.
"Okay, go back and tell your brother, and bring him to see me tomorrow. By the way, I won't go to the city gate tomorrow. You can go directly to the carriage shop to help me drive the ox cart out and take the things to the government office. Anyway, you know the owner of the carriage shop better than I do."
Uncle Ding smiled, revealing his big white teeth: "Well, OK, I promise to do a great job for you tomorrow."
Song Chunlin was very happy to get the guarantee from Uncle Ding. Thinking about the vineyard that he would see soon, he was so happy that he gave everyone two boiled eggs at noon.
Boiled eggs are great because you can put them in your pocket without peeling them and take them home for your children to eat.
So everyone tacitly left the boiled eggs at noon, and only the soldiers ate them all.
Knowing that these people were in difficult circumstances, today's meals were more than yesterday's. After finishing the work, there was still a lot of food left in the big wooden barrel. Song Chunlin took out a stack of oil paper and packed a portion for everyone to take home.
Even the shameless men felt embarrassed when seeing him eating and taking things. They all praised Song Chunlin for being kind and a good person.
Song Chunlin's mouth curled up at the praise, and he even saw golden light of merit constantly emerging from their bodies and floating towards him, and there was quite a lot of it.
Seeing this, Song Chunlin raised his eyebrows, as if he realized where the golden light of merit came from.
The Luo brothers had a great harvest today, because they went out earlier in the morning than yesterday, so they came back earlier today as well. They returned home before the sun went down. This time they brought back not steamed buns, but dumplings, rice balls and ten boiled eggs. Except for four that they couldn't bear to eat, the remaining six were shared by those who had left over. Because they were the youngest and those people took care of them, the two of them got one more than the others. Others got two, but they got three.
"Little Daddy, I gave us ten eggs today. We each have one. It will last us two days."
"And these dumplings and rice balls. The young master said that these are new delicacies from the capital. They even contain meat."
The two of them opened the food wrapped in oil paper. The dumplings were steamed and tasted good even when eaten cold. The little girl quickly picked one up and took a bite. It was full of meat and sweet corn kernels.
Luo's father watched his little daughter eat with relish, so he took a bite, pointed at the golden sweet corn kernels and asked, "What is this? It tastes sweet and looks familiar."
Luo Chen told his little father: "This is corn. The young master said that this is the kind of corn that can be eaten."
"What? Edible corn?"
No one grows corn in the border areas, but there are still some wealthy families who will specially transport some corn bunches from the capital for viewing. They are not unfamiliar with corn, but they have never heard that corn can be eaten.
The two brothers also found it incredible: "I don't know, but it does look a bit like corn."
"Corn, delicious!" The little girl didn't know what corn was. Now she only knew that corn kernels were delicious.
Luo's father smiled and pinched his little daughter's cheek: "Well, it's delicious, then you eat more."
"Sister, try this rice ball too. There's meat in it."
The elder brother handed the little girl a purple rice ball. This kind of rice ball was the one Song Chunlin often ate in his previous life. It tasted good and had plenty of ingredients. Five yuan could buy a large rice ball. It was delicious, filling and cheap. Song Chunlin placed orders frantically before the apocalypse and stockpiled and bought ten thousand yuan worth of rice balls. These were the rice balls he ate the most when he was escaping from the apocalypse. Now, after Dabao doubled it, there were even more.
The rice ball is wrapped with ham sausage, a little fried chicken steak, a lot of meat floss, cucumber shreds and carrot shreds, and topped with ketchup and salad dressing. It is one of the favorite breakfasts of the kids at the school gate.
The rice balls were very solid. The two brothers shared a rice ball at noon, and then ate a few dumplings and drank a bowl of cold mung bean soup, and their stomachs were full. They put away the remaining rice balls, planning to take them home with the eggs if there was no food left today and let their little dad and sister try them.
"This rice ball is delicious and fragrant, but why is the rice purple? And the outer layer is black. I thought it was black oil paper."
"Hahahaha, my brother and I thought so too, but when we turned around, we saw the young master bite it directly. Only then did we realize it was edible."
Father Luo looked at the fresh food he had never seen before and the oil paper with strange patterns printed on it. He stroked the edge of the paper with his fingers, not knowing what he was thinking.
After a long time, Luo's father slowly raised his head and smiled at the children.
"Chen'er, Yi'er, that young master is a capable man. If he is willing, you...you should just follow him."