happy fisherman

Chapter 857 Good things

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Duan Yixu was taken aback for a moment, and then said with a smile: "Do you still want to move here with me?"

"It's temporary residence, not long-term residence!" Beibei smiled convincingly, then turned and got on the horse.

That is to say, it has only been a few days since I left, so Beibei is not as reluctant as before.

Beibei arrived at the original garrison area outside Yishan County and took General Lin and his party before rushing to Huaizhu City. Because General Lin and others ran to go, it took the group three days to reach the outside of Huaizhu City.

Beibei didn't go back to Duan's mansion immediately, but followed the people who came to meet them to the foot of the mountain where the grain and grass were burned.

From a distance, Beibei saw generals guarding the foot of the mountain.

One of the generals who looked like a young general trotted forward when he saw General Lin, and gave a military salute to General Lin: "General Lin."

General Lin glanced over there and asked, "Is the burnt food still there?"

The young general hesitated before saying: "Go back to General Lin, most of them are still there."

General Lin frowned, and asked displeasedly, "What do you mean most of them are still there?"

"Back to General Lin, when the subordinates brought people here, they saw several families at the foot of the mountain carrying burnt food to their homes." The young general led the way.

"What do you mean?" General Lin obviously didn't understand the meaning of the little commander. It is reasonable to say that the burned grains are used as fertilizer in the fields, but what does it mean to move them home?
"General Lin, it must have been raining when the enemy burned the food, so the food was not completely burned, and those families said that soaking it in water can still fill their stomachs!" The young general replied again.

This is also the only few families at the foot of the mountain. If there are many people living in the surrounding area, even the burned food may be wiped out.

After hearing the little general's words, Bei Bei felt relieved, she was right!

"Can you eat the burnt grain after soaking it in water?" General Lin was dubious.

"This subordinate doesn't know!" Anyway, he had never eaten like this before, the little commander said honestly.

General Lin was silent for a while and then sighed: "This war has really hurt the people!"

If it hadn't been a last resort, how could the people eat these burnt grains?
Seeing General Lin's sad face, Beibei smiled and said: "General Lin doesn't know, this uncooked food tastes delicious."

As Beibei said, she led Lu Hui, Duan Yuan and others towards the pile of burnt grain.

"General Lin, who is this?" Seeing General Lin's respectful expression towards Beibei, the little commander couldn't help asking in a low voice.

"This is the marshal's wife!" General Lin followed with strides after speaking.

As soon as Beibei approached, he found that although the pile of grain was burned, it was still surprisingly large, and some half-burned carts were mixed with it.

Beibei guessed that the villains who robbed this batch of military rations were probably worried that transporting such a large amount of military rations would be too eye-catching, or maybe they were worried that Duan Yixu would send people to recover the batch of rations, so they transported the rations to this remote mountain and burned them. drop it.

Beibei looked at the nearby pile of charred grain, and after a short pause, he squatted down and stretched out his hands to push aside the layer of grain that was almost charred.

Duan Yuan stared closely at Beibei's movements. Seeing that Beibei swiped his hand, a golden object appeared below him. When he held it carefully, his eyes dimmed again, and he said disappointedly: "I thought there was no food below. It's burning."

Bei Bei smiled, stretched out her hand and grabbed the unburnt grains below, and turned her head to Duan Yuan, "Duan Yuan, don't underestimate these unburned grains, the taste is no better than rice when it is cooked. Rice and steamed buns are inferior!"

"Madam Marshal, do you want the soldiers to eat these things?" General Lin dared not answer.

Hearing General Lin's tone, Beibei raised his eyebrows: "General Lin, I don't know where you were transferred from before, but I heard General Qiao Xiongqiao say that he used to be with the soldiers in the most difficult times. We have eaten bran and swallowed wild vegetables back then, and now we still have these popcorns to fill our stomachs, which is much luckier than General Joe and the others!"

Beibei originally had a good impression of General Lin, but the disgust in his eyes changed Beibei's view of him.

"General Qiao and the others have eaten bran and swallowed wild vegetables?" General Lin was dumbfounded.

Beibei guessed right, General Lin was transferred from Jiangnan, which is known as the "Land of Fish and Rice". Although General Lin and his subordinates regarded death as home on the battlefield, they went to battle to kill the enemy and wipe out the mountains. The gangsters never blinked half an eye, but they never forced themselves to eat.

Sometimes even if the military rations from the court were not delivered in time, the local officials and gentry would consciously pay some money for the army to buy food for their own benefit, or directly buy the food and send it directly to the military camp.

"If General Lin doesn't believe it, you can ask General Luo after you return to the barracks." Beibei put the popcorn back into the grain pile and said calmly.

"No, I don't believe in Madam, I just admire them!" General Lin said sincerely.

Beibei glanced at him, and said: "General Lin, please ask your people to clean up the burnt grain on the top layer, as well as those unburned sacks, carts and other sundries, and then clean up the explosives. Open the unburnt rice and find a place to dry it, then put it in a bag and send it back to the military camp."

Beibei reckoned that at least half of the food had been burned, and after excluding those who had been removed by those households, the rest was only one-third, which was far from enough to last for two or three months. Find another way.

Now General Lin didn't question any more, and quickly ordered his subordinates to start sorting out the food.

It rained here a few days ago, and if they came two days late, they would not be able to eat the food even if they hadn't finished burning it. General Lin and his team didn't dare to hesitate, and hurriedly cleared the food out and found a place to dry it while the sun was shining.

After General Lin made arrangements, Beibei said to him: "General Lin, I'll go back first. The food will have to dry for another day at least tomorrow, and I'll go out of the city tomorrow evening to meet you and go back to the barracks."

She wants to take the two children to the military camp together, it will be safer with General Lin and the others.

"Madam, don't worry, I will keep an eye on these grains and never fall into the enemy's hands again!" General Lin assured Beibei, patted his chest.

Even with General Lin's guarantee, Beibei was still worried, and asked Shen Wu to keep two hidden guards and Duan Yuan to keep a few guards, and then went back to Duan's mansion with Lu Hui and his party.

At this time, in a private house in Luocheng, a man in black reported to Deng Changrui: "Report to the master, Mrs. Bai led a hundred soldiers to the foot of the mountain where the grain and grass were burned."

Deng Changrui lightly twirled the suet jade wrench in his hand, and murmured with indisputable expression: "Bai's again?"

"Yes, Master!"

"Continue to explore!" The dangerous light in his eyes flashed away.

He wanted to see what the hell this Bo family was up to!

PS: The update is complete

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