Wei Xiaobao's Three Kingdoms Adventure

Chapter 83 What should I eat to become a superior person?

The heavy rain in Yanzhou lasted intermittently for more than a month. According to Cao Cao's military orders, the various camps of Cao's army conducted drills in the heavy rain. In particular, the archers led by Xiahou Yuan did not slack off for a single day. Even when there were strong winds and heavy rain, they had to stand in the rain to exercise their arm strength.

In order to boost morale, Cao Cao distributed all the money looted from Xuzhou. However, no matter how good the copper coins were, they could not be eaten as food.

This heavy rain not only trapped Wei Xiaobao in Chenliu City, but also stopped Cheng Yu's army from transporting grain.

Cao Cao saw that the food supplies in Chenliu were running out. Not only did his soldiers have to train on an empty stomach, but the meals for his advisers and generals were also repeatedly reduced.

The people arranged by Guo Jia would still deliver food to Wei Xiaobao on time, but the amount of food delivered became less and less, until today when they delivered dried meat.

Shuang'er greeted Wei Xiaobao happily: "Xiaobao, there is meat to eat today."

Wei Xiaobao was lying in his bedroom, trying to resist starvation. When he heard Shuang'er's words, he muttered to himself, "The heavy rain has washed away the official road. What about the meat that old man Cheng Yu brought in? It must have gone bad. Could it be the dried meat from last time?"

Wei Xiaobao quickly ran to the main house and saw dried meat on the table.

Shuang'er, Diao Chan and Mu Jianping were all waiting for Wei Xiaobao to come before they could eat, only Liu Xie already had the dried meat in his hand.

Wei Xiaobao stepped forward, snatched the dried meat from Liu Xie's hand, threw it into his bundle, wrapped it up hastily, and held it in his arms, saying, "Shuang'er, get some rice and make some porridge for everyone."

Liu Xie said, "We finally got some dried meat, why do we still want porridge? I haven't had any meat in days. I'm still growing up, and I'm starving. Even if we find the seal, we can't go back."

Wei Xiaobao said, "This dried meat is inedible. I'm going to throw it away."

Liu Xie stopped Wei Xiaobao who was about to leave and said, "Why can't we eat dried meat anymore?"

Wei Xiaobao was anxious for a moment, so he took out a dagger from his pocket and said, "If you want to eat meat, that's fine. When I come back, I'll cut off some of my flesh and give it to you."

Seeing Wei Xiaobao getting angry for no apparent reason, Diao Chan stepped forward to try to dissuade him, "He's just a child. Why are you so angry with him that you even resort to violence?"

Wei Xiaobao cursed, "He's already an old man in his sixties, how come he's acting like a child?"

Diao Chan said, "That was in the past. He's just a child now. You don't need to scare him with a knife if you don't let him eat meat."

Shuang'er and Mu Jianping also came up to persuade them.

Seeing that his three wives were all blaming him, Wei Xiaobao threw his bundle to the ground and said, "Eat, eat, eat! These are all cut from the bodies of the people who died of starvation and dried into dried meat. Hurry and eat them!"

Shuang'er and others were already standing there in a daze.

Wei Xiaobao shouted, "Why aren't you eating?"

After saying this, Wei Xiaobao sat on the ground and cried.

Liu Xie silently squatted on the ground and picked up all the scattered dried meat and put it back into the bundle, then tied the bundle tightly. When he picked it up, he gently brushed off the dust on it, and then handed it to Wei Xiaobao, saying, "I know now that you care about the people. It's all my fault." Wei Xiaobao said, "I'm just a small-time gangster. How can I have the right to care about the people? I care about you and myself. I spent millions of taels of silver in the Qing Dynasty, and I had my pick of Manchu and Han cuisine in the imperial kitchen. I didn't even look at the banquets in Prince Kang's mansion, and I didn't even want to smell the wine and food in the Pingxi Prince's mansion in Yunnan. Now I've fallen to the point where my wife is starving and I'm even trying to eat human flesh!"

Liu Xie said, "In these chaotic times, people are cannibalizing each other! How many people were killed when Dong Zhuo burned Luoyang? How many people were killed when Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou? How many people were killed when Yuan Shao fought with Gongsun Zan for territory in Bohai?"

Wei Xiaobao cursed, "These powerful bastards are fighting over everything, why do they let us poor people die and then be eaten by them? Why can't we eat their flesh? Even if I have to eat human flesh, I'd rather eat Dong Zhuo's flesh, Cao Cao's flesh, and Yuan Shao's flesh!"

Diao Chan squatted beside Wei Xiaobao, patted his head, and said, "Xiaobao, don't cry. Aren't you going to take me back to see Xiao Xuanzi? If you cry yourself sick, how can you go find the jade seal?"

Wei Xiaobao lay in Diao Chan's arms and said, "I just feel that it's unfair for you to follow me."

Diao Chan continued to comfort him, "I am willing to marry you, not for the sake of a comfortable life. We are already much luckier than those people who died of starvation because we are still alive and well."

Shuang'er said, "That's right, Xiaobao. Ever since I left the Zhuang family, I have never cared how high your official position is or how much money you have. As long as I can always follow you, I will be satisfied."

Wei Xiaobao raised his head, wiped his snot and tears, looked at Mu Jianping and asked, "What about you?"

Mu Jianping said, "When you rescued me and my senior sister from the palace, we thought you were a eunuch and agreed to be your wife. Now we won't despise you anymore."

Wei Xiaobao had never cared about his country or his country. He felt only instinctive pity and sympathy for the starving people, and his sadness stemmed more from guilt towards his loved ones. Now, after hearing the three women's words, the knot in his heart was largely untied. He wiped away his tears and said, "I, Wei Xiaobao, swear that whether in the Han Dynasty or in the Qing Dynasty, I will never let my good wife Shuang'er, my beautiful wife Diao Chan, and my young wife Mu Jianping go hungry again. Oh, yes, and my eldest wife Fang Yi, my pretty wife A Ke, and my gentle sister Zeng Rou."

Diao Chan laughed and said, "How many girls have you deceived?"

Liu Xie stuffed the bundle into Wei Xiaobao's arms and said, "I don't despise you either. I'm willing to follow you."

Wei Xiaobao snatched the bundle and cursed, "I don't care about you at all. If it weren't for that rubbish spell you left behind, my good Shuang'er and my little wife wouldn't have come here to suffer."

Liu Xie nodded at Diao Chan and said, "Now that you have a new wife, shouldn't you thank me?"

Wei Xiaobao stood up and said, "I'm grateful to my father-in-law Wang Yun and my godfather, but I won't thank you, old boy."

Liu Xie smiled faintly and stopped talking, thinking to himself, "When did I start to accept this jerk? Even now I kind of like and admire this foul-mouthed little bastard."

Wei Xiaobao said, "I'm going to go out and find a place to bury this bag of stuff. If they can eat it, I'm worried that I'll suffer retribution after eating it, and end up in someone else's stomach. Shuang'er, take the incense and come with me."

Shuang'er nodded, went to the inner room to get incense and a straw raincoat, and then followed Wei Xiaobao out of the courtyard in the rain.

Mu Jianping and Diao Chan took the rice to the kitchen to wash it and cook porridge, leaving Liu Xie alone in the big house.

Liu Xie stood there in a daze, and Zhang Jiao's original appearance vaguely appeared opposite him.

Liu Xie said to Zhang Jue, "Perhaps you just like the devilish energy in this boy, the energy that will do whatever it takes to do what it believes is right, just like you did when you were young."

(End of this chapter)