It was only after Mrs. Xu came out that she realized what it meant to house 3000 people.

She felt that although she was almost blown away by the strong wind several times, she really gained her knowledge.

This also gave her a good psychological prediction in advance in terms of receiving caravans in the future.

And it wasn't just the old lady Xu who felt enlightened, but also Xu Tianxin, Xu Youcang, and Sun Baotian, the youngest son of the Sun family.

Xu Tianxin took a look at Mrs. Xu before she left the cave, and followed her.

Xu Youcang was worried about his old mother and eldest niece, he was going to catch up with him wearing rags, but was grabbed by Wanjia boy, who hurriedly took off his clothes and threw them to Xu Youcang.

And Sun Baotian dared to speak in front of Shi'an before.

Liu Laozhu knew that Mrs. Xu had a knee injury, and it was windy and rainy outside. He finally recovered a little bit of normal before Mrs. Xu disappeared. What's the matter, help me remember the route, and ask me to have a little insight.

The four people followed Shi'an to the back of the cave, only to realize that no matter how big the cave is, try not to cook in the cave.

Especially the natural cave where they settled down today.

That is a natural cave that only appears when the geology is loose.

There are many people, the air is not circulated, and it is easy to be poisoned by carbon monoxide.

On the other hand, if a natural cave has been baked by fire, it will expand with heat and contract with cold, and it is easy for stones to fall from the top and hit people.

Although people here don't understand the words carbon monoxide and thermal expansion and contraction.

But people like Huo Jiajun who are away all year round are very experienced.

Therefore, the tent of the head army was temporarily built outside the cave against the rock, some distance away from the entrance of the cave.Visually, one next to the other, there are six in total.

It is said that it is extremely rare to use six tents to cover the stove, and there is another stove on the side where the horses are placed.

Following Shi'an's explanation, it is actually a disguised reminder to Erdaohe and his group not to light a fire in the cave. The family members in the live broadcast room are still wondering:

Yes, such a simple truth, why have we never thought about it before.

We clearly understand carbon monoxide and thermal expansion and contraction.

It must be influenced by the film and television drama. The hero and heroine often burn a fire in the cave to keep warm and even roast chicken to eat.

At this time, Shi'an directly skipped the first two kitchen tents, which were for his young master, officials of the Ministry of Rites, and generals of the personal guards.

Shi'an wanted to lift the curtain with the word "Huo" written on the back to ask if Uncle Lai was there, but a strong wind blew past the curtain and saw people without opening it: "Uncle Lai, I'm still busy." Let's go."

I just saw an old man sitting on a pile of small stones and writing notes.

The two sides in front of him were full of earth stove pits.

Mrs. Xu and Xu Tianxin were surprised to see so many earthen stoves out of the blue.

It is roughly estimated that dozens of pots can be placed in it to boil water at the same time, or use the fire in the pit to bake pancakes. Is it just the age of the manager?
What Old Madam Xu and the others don't know is that don't underestimate Uncle Lai, the commander of the Huo family's army cook.

Because the cook of the Huo family, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, is well-known in the capital, belongs to the mysterious organization of the Huo family, and exists like a sweeping monk.

It is said that the husband of the Huo family took Uncle Lai as an example. No matter how bad the environment was, Wen Neng set up camp as quickly as possible, and Wu Neng immediately threw away his shovel and raised his sword to kill the enemy. The pot is their armor.

A few years ago, Huo Yunqian had just arrived in Beijing, and was stopped and provoked by a certain prince's subordinates. He insisted on a big contest to compare the strength of his subordinates.

The opponent called out elite soldiers and strong generals, Huo Yunqian had to ask Uncle Lai to choose a few people to compete.And Uncle Lai didn't make a lot of choices, he just randomly picked a few people who were good at frying sugar and color, and won the other party's embarrassment and insisted on adding another game.

Uncle Lai said: Then we have to wait, the pigs are about to be slaughtered, and they are all raised in the village, and there is no manpower.Only then did the opponent know that it was the cooks in the Huo family's personal guard who won them, and Uncle Lai was the strongest in martial arts.

So Shi'an didn't dare to act big in front of Uncle Lai.

Uncle Lai said without turning his head when he heard the words: "Your boy is not serving the general, what are you doing here?"

Shi'an introduced Mrs. Xu and the others.

Uncle Lai has always been harsh on officials.For example, the officials from the Ministry of Rites had to eat this and that while on the way, saying that they would feel unwell if they didn't have enough rest and didn't eat well.

He really wanted to tell his hidden thoughts for his general: Do you want to eat shit?The imperial court is riddled with internal struggles, and the national treasury is running out of money. They can't wait to let his young master raise their own food for the guards. Why are they so embarrassing?

Compared with high-ranking officials, Uncle Lai treats the lower-level people more leniently and politely.

Because the military rations of the generals in the four towns, east, west, north, and south came from the grain tax paid by the people at the bottom.

Uncle Lai put away his little notebook, and heard that Mrs. Xu and her party were specially ordered by his young master to take him in. He even smiled like an ordinary little old man, and he was very talkative: "Let's go, fellow villagers follow me Come on, there is no place to dig stoves in this tent, I will take you to dig holes in other tents."

When they got out of the tent, Mrs. Xu would have been blown down by a gust of wind if she hadn't been supported by the kid from the Sun family.

Looking at the direction that Uncle Lai was pointing at, Mrs. Xu's eyes went dark, she never expected that the destination was so far away.

If she wants to speak her mind, she really wants to say that it's okay to not eat or drink tonight.

But I heard that Erdaohe's mules and cattle were placed halfway up the mountain, where there were many military horses and large tents. In this kind of weather, the mules, horses, cattle and tents must be placed in a suitable place to be safe in the storm. The old lady endured the pain in her knees and didn't have the nerve to refuse Shi'an and Uncle Lai's kindness.He couldn't keep it up, as if the mules and cows were thrown to Huo's army and he really didn't care, and he didn't even eat or drink as if he was waiting for a ready-made meal.

When climbing the mountain, the wind was too strong, so Mrs. Xu was helped up the mountain by the boy of the Sun family.

And Uncle Lai wanted to hold Xu Tianxin by the hand with the rumbling thunder, and he didn't forget to comfort Xu Tianxin, saying: "Girl was frightened by the thunder? Don't be afraid, our Huo Family Army's tent will not be struck by lightning. The cave has been seen to be very safe. If you can't stand the cold in the cave, there is a place in the tent I will take you to later, and you and your grandmother can always take a nap and warm up there."

When Shi'an heard this, he suddenly couldn't help but let out a laugh.

Because when they set up camp today, the officials from the Ministry of Rituals said that the cave is cold, and the colder it gets as you go inside, it is better to live in a tent. Anyway, the tent has a copper roof nailed to the ground and will not be blown down by the wind.

Before his young master could say anything, Uncle Lai pretended to scold the young general not far away, but in essence he scolded the officials, otherwise he wouldn't be so loud.

Say you are women?I won't have menstruation, I won't have a stomachache, I'll be sick when I sit down, what kind of fire is there!Seeing the heavy rain hit by such a strong wind, the military account book is not enough to take care of it?Even the big tents of the Chinese army are used to shelter sweaty BMWs from the wind and rain, and our generals have to be wronged and go into caves. Are you more expensive than the generals?Don't even weigh yourself.

The young master took the opportunity to ask, what's going on with the noise in the distance.

Those officials from the Ministry of Rituals didn't have the face to make any more demands.

Xu Tianxin was a little flattered. She saw that Uncle Lai was very old, and she wanted Uncle Lai to come forward to help Uncle Lai before, but she didn't expect that the other party would come to help her first, and it was so windy, the old man walked calmly and comforted her, she hurriedly thanked her.

What Xu Tianxin didn't know was that Uncle Lai was a little surprised by Xu Tianxin's performance.

The little country girl who looked only eleven or twelve years old in front of her didn't show any nervousness and hid behind others, and she didn't show any fear or nervousness when she saw so many patrolling generals in armor walking out of the blood and iron along the way. Talking to him is not at a loss from beginning to end.

It touches very careful.

He observed from the corner of his eye, when he had just climbed the mountain, the stone under his feet suddenly loosened, and at that moment, the little girl instinctively stretched out her arms behind her, as if she could protect him in case he slipped and fell, which shows his heart pure good.Then the little girl's uncle wanted to reach out to help him, but the little girl realized that she must have seen him walking on the ground, that he was still in the Huo family's army at such a young age, and secretly pulled her uncle's sleeve and shook his head, a little smart.

I heard that these people went shopping for the village.

There are so many families in the village, so many men in charge, the villagers can choose this pair of grandparents and grandchildren to go out with their little granddaughter, and they can be taken care of and obey orders by both their own sons and uncles or the strong men in the village. The word of mouth in the village and the degree of love by the villagers.

Uncle Lai suddenly remembered what he had chatted with his subordinates before.

He once said what happened to the poor family?In fact, there are many good families among our common people. The family style is clean and beautiful. The most rare thing is that under limited conditions and insufficient food and clothing, the elders in the family still teach their children carefully, and the children they raise are sincere and generous.

And this kind of common people's family, according to him traveling all over the world with his young master all these years, compared to the filth in some high-ranking families and the so-called little calculations between the so-called noble girls, who is more pure in character and clean-eyed? sentence.

This may be arbitrary.

But Uncle Lai felt that maybe today he encountered the reality version of his example.

Because not long after he left, I heard that the grandparents and their entourage were sending several large pots of sugar water to the soldiers who had been heavily rained.

The little girl's grandmother also arranged for the young men in the village to help the soldiers nail the ground against the rain, so that the tent would not be able to support it when a storm came down.

Shi'an also heard about what Mrs. Xu and her party did.

He wanted to treat Mrs. Xu and the others better.

What's more, there are an old and a young couple inside, who couldn't stand the autumn rain and the cold, and the cave was already cold, so they ordered the cobblestones that were prepared to be warmed up.

This kind of stone will not explode after being heated and can continue to heat for a long time. If you use hot pebbles as a bed board and cover it with a layer of hay old clothes, you will be warm all night.

And these stones were prepared for the young master of his family and the officials of the Ministry of Rites. They had prepared quite a lot, and Shi'an felt that if there were some young masters, he wouldn't say anything.

He reported to Huo Yunqian after delivering it.

"They didn't seem to eat at night, probably because they were worried that the rainy day would delay them for a few days, and they might not have enough rations. Instead, they boiled a few large pots of sugar water and sent them to the tents that helped take care of the mules and cattle to warm up the soldiers. Before each pot of sugar and water was filled, they drank a few sips to make a sample, but no one reminded them, and the soldiers did not guard against them."

Huo Yunqian looked at the map and asked, "Erdaohe?"

"Yes."

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