Xuande

Chapter 736 The Last Day of Jian'an Four Years

On December [-]th of the fourth year of Jian'an, the last day of the fourth year of Jian'an, except for the necessary security forces, the Han army basically entered a state of holiday.

Everyone has been in a state of eating and drinking since the morning, very happy.

On weekdays, this morning meal is mainly thick vegetable porridge, with some side dishes, Xili Hulu solves the meal, it is delicious and full, and it also protects the stomach. Having said that, who can refuse more delicious and high-end food as a breakfast option?
For example, pure meat porridge full of meat, and delicious pancakes.

Not to mention the rare food such as meat porridge, when the soldiers gnawed on the pancakes, they were pleasantly surprised to find that there was a thin layer of meat sandwiched in the pancakes, which tasted delicious and delicious, and they couldn't stop eating them.

Soldiers are like this, and officers are similar.

Among the Han army group, the food standard of the officers is not much higher than that of the soldiers, because the food for the soldiers is already very good.

So Guan Yu also often learns from Liu Bei, and eats with the soldiers, and he eats whatever the soldiers eat.

Guan Yu himself is not a person who cares about his appetite. Of course he is willing to eat what he eats, and he will deal with a few mouthfuls if he doesn't have to eat.

Normally, when marching and fighting, Guan Yu would not be able to eat the delicate delicacies prepared by his family in Luoyang City. Unless it was a festival, even if it was a festival, it was really rare to have such a rich meal like this time.

So Guan Yu was also in high spirits. When he got up early in the morning, he ate three bowls of meat porridge with the soldiers and three pancakes. He ate the cakes and drank the meat porridge.

When he was about to eat, he caught a glimpse of Guo Jia holding a bowl and chatting and laughing with a few soldiers, drinking porridge while laughing, so he became interested and moved over to sit with Guo Jia.

"Looking at how happy you are eating, this kind of food should be very common for a person like you, right? You should have eaten better things too, right?"

When Guo Jia turned his head and saw Guan Yu, he laughed.

"The Guo family is a big family. There are rich and poor families in a family. My family is just a small branch of it. It is not a family of great wealth and wealth, but it is just looking for food and clothing.

I'm lucky, I haven't been hungry since I was a child, but if you want to talk about big fish, big meat, dragon liver, phoenix marrow and so on, then you are thinking too much. In ordinary years, you can eat better, eat some rice grains, and eat some meat dishes.

If the times are not good, my family will have to cut down on food and clothing. If I can’t eat dry food, I will eat thin food. A few meals a day, whether I’m hungry or not, I just feel my legs flutter when I walk and I don’t have much energy in my body. "

Guan Yu nodded and took a bite of the pancake in his hand.

"It's not easy. In the world before, I never went hungry since I was a child. This is a good thing that many people can't even dream of. My family is also well-off, but when the times are bad, it is common to go hungry. When there is not enough food, you have to work hard to eat.

The elders in the family said that it doesn’t matter if the children are hungry for a few meals, and they can make up for it later, but if the strong laborers can’t eat enough, there will be no one to do the work in the field, and everyone will have nothing to eat. Seriously, they can eat a full stomach, and they can also drink and eat meat. After following the general. "

Guo Jia heard this and took a deep look at Guan Yu.

"I didn't expect that someone like General Guan would go hungry before."

"Guan is not a great person. Without the guidance and support of the general, Guan is probably still on the run, not knowing where he will go, and maybe he is dead."

Guan Yu sighed, and looked at Guo Jia again: "Fortunately, just like you, I met the general, and this is what I have today... Forget it, let's not talk about it, today is a happy day, talk about some happy things, have you eaten braised lamb?"

Guo Jia shook his head.

"I've eaten roast mutton, I've eaten boiled mutton, but I haven't tried stewed mutton, how can I cook it?"

"Before the frying pan came out, we hadn't eaten it, and only after that did we come up with this method of stewing red stew."

Guan Yu laughed and said, "It's also thanks to the general. He felt that the existing seasonings were too monotonous, so he asked someone to get something called soy sauce. It is said that it is made from beans. It tastes extremely delicious. When cooking meat dishes, add a little to make it more delicious."

"Really? I said why the pork was so delicious when the general gave the banquet before. I didn't dare to ask what was going on. That's how it is."

Guo Jia said with a smile: "Then I will have a good taste of this delicacy today! Hey! I never expected to eat such a good food in the army! The general is really willing!"

"Isn't that right? The production of soy sauce is not high now, and some of it is used by the army. There is no need to sell it. You are lucky. You caught up. You have to eat this meal, otherwise you don't know when the next time will be."

Guan Yu patted Guo Jia's shoulder with a smile.

It was finally noon, and dinner was about to begin.

The old fire leader in Guan Yu's army started preparations very early. When the time came, he turned on all the firepower and led his subordinates to carry out frying pans to perform Jianglong Eighteen Stir-fry.

More than 200 frying pans were started at the same time, and the entire Huotou Army barracks suddenly burst into flames and fragrance.

The strong smell of meaty oil exploded with the fire, filling the entire Han army barracks, and then gradually diffused outwards, and a gust of cold wind blew the strong smell farther away.

The soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army who were guarding the hill defense line woke up from the cold early in the morning.

The last day of the fourth year of Jian'an, I don't know if it is good news, anyway, the snow stopped, and they don't have to worry about the crushing of the newly built wooden house because of the heavy snowfall.

But what followed was a sudden drop in temperature. They had warm clothing, but not enough.

As the saying goes, snow doesn’t cool down, and it’s even more so in Jiangnan, where there’s plenty of water vapor, and the snow doesn’t melt as slowly as in Jiangbei. The snow in Jiangnan melts quickly, and the temperature also drops quickly. It’s normal for the temperature to drop by seven or eight degrees in one night.

It was not bad to get through the first few days with the means of the Yellow Turban Army to keep out the cold, but it is more difficult to get through today.

So they can only let their bodies move and breathe out continuously, it seems that by doing this, their frozen hands can be warmed up, and their bodies can also be warmed up without being shivering from the cold.

The colder it is, the more they look forward to eating some hot food to warm their bodies and fill their heads with hot food.

But it was the New Year's Eve, and I was looking forward to something good to eat. When the meal came, there was only a simple bowl of porridge and half a piece of cake.

It was hot, but the resentment in the big guy's heart didn't go down at all, so holding the porridge bowl, a group of people squatted together, complaining while drinking the porridge.

"Why is it still porridge? Today is the New Year's Eve. I heard that the people above can eat meat. Why is it our turn to have this porridge? Just put this in your stomach and it will disappear in a while. How can you fight?"

"Who says it's not? But it's good to eat something. I heard that except for the people above, those people in the mountains can only eat one meal a day. We can eat two meals at least."

"I think so. It's good to be alive. In my previous team, I was the only one who survived. The others were all burned to death. It's not bad to be able to eat a bowl of porridge alive and warm my body. What are you thinking about so much?"

"That's what I said, but...these damned Han soldiers eat meat every day these days. Where did they get so much meat? It's so delicious..."

A soldier of the Yellow Turban Army holding a porridge bowl sniffled and swallowed uncontrollably, with a mixed look of hatred and envy on his face, which was very complicated.

In the past few days, these people guarding the frontline smelled the rich aroma from the Han army barracks every day, and looked at the steaming and hot appearance of the Han army barracks, tears flowed from the corners of their mouths and eyes, and they couldn't control it.

They imagined the scene of the Han army eating meat, and then looked at the bowl of gruel they were holding in their hands. The sense of gap in their hearts was getting better every day.

(End of this chapter)