After becoming a stepmother,I transfered the whole family into farming

Chapter 153: Fellow Villagers Meet Fellow Villagers

When the team was resting, the laborers and soldiers from another team came over to ask Liu Ji and his team for help.

Thinking that everyone was a poor person doing corvee labor, and that they were from the same hometown, when fellow villagers met, their eyes were filled with tears, and they basically agreed.

Seeing that his teammates also wanted to go over because of their soft-heartedness, Liu Ji hurriedly stopped the five of them and told them not to meddle in other people's business.

He always had a bad feeling, and the grain cart in front of him was their life-saving talisman, so he just wanted to guard it closely.

Otherwise, if there is a problem with the military rations, people will die even if they survive.

So how can we have so much time to care about others?

Because they could always drink water mixed with sugar by Liu Ji from time to time in the past few days, and he was the one who prepared the group's meals at night and secretly added a lot of salt to them, although the five people felt a little resentful of him for being unkind, they finally listened to him and quietly retreated to their own grain carts.

Others immediately looked at them differently, and occasionally made a "tsk tsk" sound, despising them for their inhumanity.

Seeing his companions unable to bear it and hesitated to speak, Liu Ji decisively took off his water bottle and handed it to them, "Are you thirsty? Come on, have a drink."

That natural enthusiasm, if you don't know, you might think it's some good wine.

Although it's not a good wine, it's still a very good thing.

The mixture of sugar water and salt water may taste strange at first, but after drinking it, you will feel much better and have more energy to travel.

This is also the secret recipe for their group to always stay ahead and avoid being beaten.

To be precise, it was the secret recipe given by Liu Ji.

When Liu Ji handed over the salt and sugar water, the five people in his group could not refuse and were "forced" to go along with him.

When they went out, they only knew that the government would provide meals for those who were doing corvée labor, so they did not prepare any food. They only had time to take a machete for self-defense and a few copper coins in case of emergency.

Some families were so poor that they didn't even have a pair of sturdy shoes. Their straw sandals were worn out, so they had to follow the main force barefoot.

Who is like Liu Ji, who not only brought a broadsword and copper coins, but also a lot of sugar and salt.

I prepared two pairs of shoes with thick soles, and brought thick clothes, a raincoat and a hat, so I was quite complete.

But I didn't know where he hid those things. It was so hot and unbearable when we first set out. If I hadn't suddenly drunk that little bit of sweet water from him, I would have collapsed long ago.

Then, when it was time to cook dinner, Liu Ji suddenly took out a small pot and placed it on the stone stove.

If Dalang were here at this moment, he would be able to find out at a glance that this small pot was the one Qin Yao specially asked the blacksmith in Xiahe Village to customize for him so that it would be easier to cook when taking him into the mountains for training.

The pot is not big, with a diameter of only about sixteen centimeters, but it is quite deep, so its capacity is very large.

Moreover, it is made of thin iron and is very light. There is a groove buckle between the handle and the pot. You can splice them together when in use, and remove the handle and put it into the pot when not in use. There is also free space inside to put some soft objects that can be stuffed. It is very convenient to use.

At night, in order to save trouble, others ate the dry food prepared in the previous few days, so Liu Ji cooked vegetable cakes for them.

Adding salt into it makes it flavorful and much more delicious than the bland soup.

Especially in the days after the rain, the weather becomes colder day by day, and it is so refreshing to have a warm drink at night.

So, Liu Ji relied on this little bit of sugar and salt to become the invisible team leader in his own group, which allowed him to avoid being lazy for a while.

For example, if a person is really tired and stands close to the car, lifts his feet slightly, and hangs on the rear of the car to rub against the car, the team members will not only condone it, but will also cover for him.

The last time he was whipped, it was because he failed to provide adequate cover, so he was discovered by the patrolling soldier and was whipped.

But by this point, Liu Ji had also restrained himself a lot, because as he walked, he actually got used to it!

Could this be the masochistic physique that Qin Yao always talked about?

The five people in the same group drank all the salt and sugar water in the bamboo tube, returned an empty bamboo tube to Liu Ji, and sat beside the carriage to take a rest in the shadow cast by the carriage.

The main point is that as long as I can't see them, those strange looks don't exist.

Liu Ji opened his mouth wide and shook the bamboo tube vigorously, leaving not a drop of salt and sugar water.

He glared at the five men unhappily, put away his empty bamboo tube, held up his long sword and stick, stood there lazily for a while, and took the opportunity to watch the excitement of the other team.

Outside Xuanyue Pass, all you can see are undulating hills covered with grass, with no obstructions on all sides.

Liu Ji was puzzled as to why they could not discover the enemy troops in advance when they appeared.

Just as he was imagining wildly, Shangguan Lie gave an order and all the civilians immediately returned to the team and set off at full speed.

The grassland is easier to walk on than the roads inside the pass, as the roads are wide and flat.

After leaving Xuanyue Pass, the temperature dropped significantly, and those who could afford it changed into the thick clothes they brought with them.

They passed a river on the way and everyone filled their kettles.

The next city is still three hundred miles away.

That city was the destination of the grain transport, named Wangyue City. It was the farthest city in the north of Sheng State, guarding the entire northern border.

The people living in Wangyue City are all military households. Due to the chaos of the previous dynasty, many ethnic groups live together there.

Liu Ji was lucky enough to see a travelogue describing frontier customs from his roommate. The book said that before the establishment of Sheng Kingdom, Wangyue City was occupied by the barbarians in Mobei for more than 30 years.

Now that Sheng Kingdom has forcefully taken back Wangyue City, the barbarians in Mobei naturally do not want to lose this lush grassland, so they frequently provoke it.

Liu Ji guessed that the sudden outbreak of war might be due to this important city.

In the past, how could he, a common citizen, care about these national affairs?

Although the journey has been arduous, I have also seen the vastness of the prosperous country.

Comparing the richness of the interior of the Great Wall with the desolate grasslands outside the Great Wall, if he were a person from Mobei, he would probably want to lead his troops south and take this rich land for himself.

He also heard from the old civilians in the same team that further north were snow-capped mountains. The snow in the continuous mountains never melted all year round and it was extremely cold. Only in summer was the climate warmer.

Under such climatic conditions, farming is impossible and people can only make a living by raising sheep and horses.

If the climate is not right in a certain year, Xuanyue Pass will be in trouble. These people from Mobei are more ferocious than horse bandits. They come and go in a hurry, robbing money, people and food. Wherever they go, they are like locusts passing through.

Their horses are very good and even a three-year-old child can ride them. They often sweep away the border residents for a while and then leave in a hurry. It's really hateful.

After knowing this news, and looking at the full grain trucks in front and behind him, Liu Ji always had a sense of uneasiness that the people from Mobei might rush out to steal the grain at any time.

But after all, they are now two teams with more than 200 people. It is expected that the people from Mobei should not dare to be so arrogant.

As it was getting dark, the scouts sent out by Shangguan Lie reported that there was a small lake ahead where the two grain transport teams could camp.

The laborers tried their best to speed up, just wanting to get to the destination quickly and stop to rest early.

Besides, it was so late, and the enemy had come once before, so they would have come earlier, and everyone relaxed.

But at this moment, the sound of horse hooves suddenly rang out, coming from far away, and black shadows rushed out from the horizon with the force of thunder!