Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 2 Hungry and Eating Bugs

With Zhang Yong's promise, Sun Xiangfu suddenly felt relieved. The taste of broomcorn millet is similar to that of sago in later generations, and its nutritional calories are average. However, the cooked porridge is easy to swallow. The function of sores is very suitable for the diet of extremely hungry people. Because the output is greater than that of wheat and rice, it was one of the main rations in the Han and Tang Dynasties. In ancient times, most of the disaster relief used by the government was millet porridge instead of rice porridge.

After a while, the faint scent of millet came from the pot, and there was not much time left for Sun Xiangfu. At this time, Sun Dali also came to the riverside at the entrance of the village with a large bundle of firewood on his back. Holding a hatchet for chopping wood, Sun Xiangfu's eyes lit up when he saw the hatchet, and he had an idea.

Before the villagers were moved here by the government, Wuming Village was an earthy hillside covered with green bamboo. Although the villagers cut down a lot of bamboo when they built their houses, there was still a large bamboo forest surrounding the village. There are no bamboo shoots to dig, but outside those long big bamboo joints, Sun Xiangfu saw a lot of white-gray powder covering the bamboo, which reminded Sun Xiangfu of a food in a food documentary in later generations.

Bamboo worms, a gourmet raw material that has been described by the tip of the tongue for more than half an hour, those white-gray powders are the feces of bamboo worms. Judging from the amount of these feces, Sun Xiangfu is sure that there are a lot of bamboo worms in these bamboos .

"Brother Dali, lend me the hatchet."

Sun Xiangfu took the hatchet from Sun Dali's hand, and found a bamboo joint with a lot of bamboo insect droppings, and chopped it off. Because the hatchet was very blunt, Sun Xiangfu took a lot of chops to split the bamboo joint. Sun Dali didn't know why. After putting down the firewood, he also looked towards him.

"Xiangfu, don't be too busy. The firewood I brought back is enough for the soldiers to cook this meal. These green bamboos can't be burned, and the smoke is still heavy."

Sun Dali didn't know the previous conversation between Sun Xiangfu and Zhang Yong, so he leaned over and pulled Sun Xiangfu. Just at this time, Sun Xiangfu cut off a bamboo, and he hurriedly helped push the fallen bamboo aside, and then looked at Sun Xiangfu. While enjoying the blessing, he found that he was digging something into the bamboo tube with his hands.

When Sun Xiangfu took his hand out of the bamboo tube, Sun Dali suddenly discovered that what he was holding in his hand was a large handful of white worms that were wriggling.

"Uh, why are you fishing for these bugs! It's so disgusting." Sun Dali looked at the bugs in Sun Xiangfu's hand in disgust.But he saw Sun Xiangfu looking at the bug in his hand with a happy face.

"Properly original ecological game! Brother Dali, you are in luck."

As Sun Xiangfu said, ignoring the bewildered Sun Dali, he put the bamboo worms into the broken pottery bowl he brought, and reached out into the bamboo tube to fish out many worms.

"You, you're starving, aren't you? How can people eat insects, and, besides, such disgusting insects." As a friend, Sun Dali thought that he had to prevent Sun Xiangfu from committing suicide, and snatched the bug from Sun Xiangfu's hand. The pottery bowl is about to be thrown on the ground.

"Don't, don't, if you throw it away, I will die. I don't have the strength to cut another bamboo." Sun Xiangfu grabbed the pottery bowl and threw the straw sandals that didn't fit well to the river. Zhang Yong, who was cooking porridge, ran over.

"Master Jun, I have found some good things for you, which are enough to match your handful of broomcorn millet." As he spoke, Sun Xiangfu handed a bowl of bamboo worms to Zhang Yong as if offering a treasure.

"You, what a village boy, you dare to deceive the army, do you really think that the sword of the army can't kill you?"

Seeing the wriggling bowl of white worms, Zhang Yong instantly became furious, and thought, this kid is indeed a rascal who swindles food. He only regrets that his heart softened just now. Stomach, it's a big deal to be cheated, it's a shame.

"Chong"

The standard Tang knife was pulled out from his waist by Zhang Yong, and the village chief Hu Cai heard the sound and looked over.

"Mr. Jun, don't use the knife. If you have something to say, speak it out. The mountain boy doesn't understand the rules, so please ask the Lord Jun to make amends."

The reason why Hu Cai was able to serve as the village chief was because he secretly studied outside a school for a few days when he was a child, and he knew a little bit of the thousand-character script. He was considered the most knowledgeable person in the village. Dao, his first reaction was to dissuade him, but after seeing that the person who angered the officer was Sun Xiangfu, he just looked at it from a distance, his eyes were unclear, and he looked forward to the officer's action.

"Hmph, this is not ignorance of the rules, this is deliberate deception, even if you don't kill this kid today, you have to teach him a lesson."

As he said that, Zhang Yong turned the edge of the knife, but he didn't really intend to kill him. He just wanted to slap Sun Xiangfu with the back of the knife and let him learn a lesson. Silly.

"Master, wait a minute."

Just when the back of the knife was about to reach Sun Xiangfu's shoulder, Sun Xiangfu shouted with all his strength, with his physical agility, it was absolutely impossible to avoid the knife, and there was no way to shout out desperately Method.

"scandium"

It was too late, but at that time, the not-so-large back of the knife was suddenly blocked by a handle. Sun Xiangfu's eyes narrowed because of fear slowly opened, but he saw another soldier in military uniform shot Zhang Yong's blade blocked it.

"Zhang Junhou, why don't you listen to what this kid has to say before it's too late to act."

The soldier holding the back of Zhang Yong's sword looked more like a half-grown boy, but his figure was not inferior to that of an adult. His tone did not show much respect for this officer who was obviously a superior. Of course, he He didn't give Sun Xiangfu any good looks either. Obviously, he also thought that Sun Xiangfu should be beaten, but he was just curious about what Sun Xiangfu would say next, because he didn't look like a fool in his previous behavior.

"Master Jun, do you think crabs look good?"

"Uh, what does this have to do with crabs?"

After asking and asking back, everyone looked at Sun Xiangfu with even more doubts.

"Think about the crab, which has eight claws and runs rampant, but it is also a delicacy in the world. Although this insect is not good-looking, it tastes no better than crabs. Why don't you wait for me to roast it and taste it before talking about it?" ?”

"Uh······"

Although Zhang Yong wanted to refute, he didn't know how to refute. He thought to himself, could this bug really be edible?So he said, "Okay, it's cooked, if you dare to eat it, I will forgive you today."

Sun Xiangfu was overjoyed at the classical Chinese, thinking that this test has passed, so he said, "Master Jun is fast, please cut some bamboo sticks, so that I can skewer these bamboo insects for barbecue."

"I know how to cut bamboo sticks, I know how to cut bamboo sticks."

Sun Dali's voice sounded at the right time, and he picked up his hatchet and chopped off the next section of the big bamboo that had just been felled, split it into many small pieces, and began to sharpen the tip.

"This kid has strong wrists. If he is put into the army and fought for a while, he can be a sword and shield hand." Zhang Yong put away the knife and said while adding firewood to the temporary stone stove.

"It's enough to be a sword and shield hand, but it's not enough to be a Mo Dao hand. My mission on this trip is to appease the eight counties of Jingzhao. Don't even think about recruiting people into the army for your master."

The young sergeant was obviously not on the same side as Zhang Yong. Although he was just a soldier in uniform, he contradicted Zhang Yong one after another, and his tone was not humble at all. Moreover, Zhang Yong took his attitude for granted. It seems that the background of this soldier is not small. Of course, ordinary villagers can't see this layer, but Sun Xiangfu can see it.

After a while, Sun Dali cut out a bamboo stick. The young sergeant saw that the bamboo stick Sun Dali cut out was too rough, and it was difficult for Sun Xiangfu to string the bamboo worms onto the bamboo stick, so he pulled out the sharp knife at his waist , Three or two times, a thin bamboo stick was peeled out by him.

After receiving the thin bamboo stick handed over by the young sergeant, Sun Xiangfu returned him a grateful smile, then quickly put a dozen or so larger bamboo worms on the bamboo stick, stretched it towards the flames of the stove, and felt the heat , start turning immediately.

The whole body protein of bamboo worms should not be grilled over high heat. In fact, if conditions permit, wrap it in flour and fry it in a pan. It will be the most crispy and delicious. However, flour and oil are not available everywhere in this period. At that time, the emperor ate wheat and often ate shells!Bran can also fill the stomach, so don't waste it!

After a while, the bamboo worms became stiff and discolored after being baked, and Sun Xiangfu knew that they were almost cooked. At this time, the millet porridge in the pot was already boiled, so Zhang Yong filled himself with a bowl of millet porridge, looked at Sun Xiangfu and said, "I'm waiting for you to finish this bowl of porridge. Don't blame me for being merciless if you haven't got your food out yet."

"Master Jun, wait a moment, and wait until I have a taste, and then present it to Lord Jun."

After finishing speaking, Sun Xiangfu took off the bamboo worm at the top of the bamboo stick and threw it into his mouth. A smell similar to shrimp balls spread in his mouth immediately. Perhaps his body was also extremely hungry. The reason is that between his lips and teeth, he tasted many tastes of bamboo worms, the most obvious being the salty taste. The bamboo worms have been sucking the nutrients of bamboo inside the bamboo all year round, and a lot of bamboo juice nutrients have been deposited in the body, which is like the tip of the tongue. As mentioned above, it is naturally flavorful and does not require seasoning.

In addition to its own taste, the meat of bamboo worms is plump, tender and elastic, which is not inferior to shrimp and crabs at all. Even Sun Xiangfu has eaten many delicacies from later generations, and he does not feel that the bamboo worm meat without any seasoning is difficult. Eat, come to think of it, should be able to make a difference.

(End of this chapter)