Chapter 15
Chapter 15: 015
“Stop talking nonsense, aren’t you hungry?”
“Hungry.” Ji Xuanbing nodded, but when he thought that Jiang Chaosheng was short of money, he immediately said, “I’ll have enough for one meal, it’s very good to support myself.” The father-in-law is too poor, so he should rely on him to add extra meals.
A piece of lamb chops exuding a warm breath was stuffed into the slightly parted lips of the merman. The latter chewed it subconsciously and found that it was food that he had never eaten, meat, and bones.
The shark has a sharp tooth, and he chewed and swallowed all the food that Jiang Chaosheng fed him with a click: “This is delicious, Engong, what is it?”
“It’s a lamb chop. The Qiongzhou Army slaughtered a few lambs today.” All the teams led by Lou Zhan were officially incorporated and became the registered Qiongzhou Army. When he became rich, Qiongzhou would have to recruit troops. It’s not just about raising so many people.
However, Jiang Chaosheng did not intend to raise soldiers in vain. Anyway, there were few others, and he planned to adopt a model of all soldiers from the beginning. When there was no war, he would farm the land, cultivate crops, and live the life of ordinary people. In this way, the war is over and they can return to their normal lives.
Close combat does not require too powerful weapons, as long as one’s own strength is strong, a **** for hoeing, a woodworking saw, and a butcher’s knife will all be good sharp edges.
But these things are all things that Qiongzhou New City has been built, and now all the money has to be spent on the blade, there is no money. It’s too early to mention this.
“If it’s delicious, then eat more.” Jiang Chaosheng handed the lamb chops wrapped in oil paper and the mutton pancakes to the hungry merman.
The lamb chops roasted at noon still have a slight smell of mutton. Jiang Chaosheng contributed a method to remove the mutton. He added some wine and spices to the lamb he had saved and re-cooked it. It has a different flavor from the roasted lamb chops, but The meat is still fresh and tender, with a hint of milky aroma.
The mutton patty was newly made at night. The patty was well fermented and tasted very soft. Moreover, the portion Jiang Chaosheng brought back had a lot of mutton stuffing in the middle. When you bite it open, plenty of juice will flow out. The meat filling was beaten for a long time, and it tasted elastic and chewy.
“Don’t you want to eat it?” Ji Xuanbing seemed to be very hungry. He devoured a pack of lamb chops and ate a big mouthful of meat patties. He remembered something, and handed the patties to Jiang Chaosheng’s mouth.
The young man disliked food with teeth marks, but he didn’t show it on his face, he just pushed back and said in a tone that couldn’t be rejected: “I have eaten it outside, and I brought it for you. .”
The little shark immediately began to blink, and Jiang Chaosheng couldn’t help frowning when he looked at him winking: “What’s wrong with you, what’s wrong with your eyes?”
“It’s not uncomfortable…it’s just so touching, I’m trying to cry.”
Jiang Chaosheng said angrily: “Why are you crying, the pearls that fell before are enough for you to eat many meals like this.”
Although pearls from the sea are not uncommon, the pearl farming industry in this era is almost zero. There are basically no pearls cultivated on the market. Wild pearls are inherently expensive, and pearls in the sea are much more valuable than freshwater pearls because of their fineness. That box was sold, enough for Ji Xuanbing to eat a lot of sheep.
“Anything is worthless if it’s too much. Don’t cry too hard. Don’t lower the price of Pearl’s cry.”
When Ji Xuanbing heard the words, she immediately took away the tears she couldn’t shed: “Then I won’t cry anymore.”
Jiang Chaosheng breathed a sigh of relief, and put the merman back into the water: “Don’t eat it on me, it will get crumbs everywhere.” The smell of the processed mutton is not too small, and the mutton patty is added to the patty for seasoning. The minced garlic is delicious, and the taste is very strong after eating.
Ji Xuanbing glanced at the meat patties given by her benefactor, and hesitated for a while, but she was going to eat first! If you don’t have a full stomach, how can you have the strength to entangle your grace and act like a spoiled child.
Jiang Chaosheng was no longer burdened, turned his head and left from the cistern, picked a few mint leaves on a small patch of grass in the yard, and poured in the warm tea on the stove.
An incident happened suddenly yesterday. He threw the merman into the pool and left, leaving nothing to do. Although he made the meal this morning, the little merman also washed the dishes and helped set the dishes, and he deliberately starved Ji Xuanbing.
Originally, Jiang Chaosheng didn’t feel that he had helped the other party, but now he took other people’s pearls, but he owed Ji Xuanbing. Jiang Chaosheng has always been soft and not hard. The pirates intended to loot him, and he counterfeited the opponent’s home, but he didn’t show any mercy.
But Ji Xuanbing was different. The other party foolishly regarded him as a good person, obedient and well-behaved. Jiang Chaosheng had a bad temper, and he couldn’t think of bullying others when facing such an idiot.
Forget it, just take it in as a stray animal. Although the merman does not have the furry of cats and dogs, and has a beautiful fish tail, it can be regarded as a rare animal in the deep sea.
Jiang Chaosheng never thought about raising the other party in captivity. When the other party wanted to leave, he wouldn’t force him to stay. He just treated the other party as an uninvited kitten. It was a special fate to get acquainted.
Thinking about it this way, his demeanor is naturally a lot, and there is a way of hospitality. Jiang Chaosheng took a small table and brought out the mint tea. The light green leaves swirled on the water, exuding a cool aroma.
He pushed the small coffee table with a lot of things in front of Ji Xuanbing: “You can drink tea from this cup in the future.”
Jiang Chaosheng prepared new utensils for Ji Xuanbing, a separate set of tableware, tea cups, mouthwash cups, toothbrushes and toothpaste. The towel is not prepared, and the merman stays in the water all day long, and it is a waste to prepare it.
Nowadays, ordinary people brush their teeth with relatively soft twigs, dipped in a little salt or tooth powder made of saponin and asarum. Jiang Chaosheng had that condition and collected some pig bristles. In the small wooden brush, a batch of the same toothbrush was made.
He also asked people to make toothpaste into a paste, which added powder made from dried mint leaves, which was cool and refreshing. This kind of thing did not have a particularly high technical content. Jiang Chaosheng wrote some other recipes and sent them to the capital together with the family letter, as a return gift to the concubine who had given a lot of supplies.
In this era of no industrial manufacturing, toothpastes with various flavors are consumables used by nobles, and can only be sold in stores in the capital.
With so little money from the emperor alone, how could the concubine live a good life? Most of the high-ranking concubines in the palace entered the palace with generous dowries. Jiang Chaosheng remembered that the concubine had a rouge gouache shop with a very good business.
However, in the original book, this very profitable shop fell into the hands of the male protagonist, and it can also be regarded as a face-slapping tool shop for the male protagonist. But unlike the original book, his ‘son” didn’t die, and the concubine would not be so obsessed with revenge that she lost her mind, and her own things would not be handed over so casually to others.
Ji Xuanbing had already eaten all the food that Jiang Chaosheng brought, took the mint water from his hands with both hands, took a big sip, and then his whole face wrinkled.
This taste is a bit exciting! But he couldn’t spit out what his benefactor had given him, so he slowly swallowed it with a bitter face.
The mouth and throat were icy cold. He closed his mouth and breathed through his nose, as if he was breathing cold air. Ji Xuanbing looked at the mint water with a rare look: “Engong, what is this cold water?”
“It’s mint. There are a lot of plants in the yard, but it’s best not to chew it raw. Soak mint in water to dispel wind and clear heat.”
He built a pavilion in his yard and planted grape vines. The grapes were wild grapes that were brought in from outside. Strings of greenery hung on the stone shelf. Jiang Chaosheng liked to enjoy the shade below. He didn’t know if the merman would suffer from heat stroke, but it was always right to drink more herbal tea if the mutton patties were on fire.
The weeds in this house have been pulled up, and Jiang Chaosheng has transplanted a lot of plants, but they are mainly for eating. Usually, if you want to eat some greens, you can pick them by yourself. You don’t have to worry about wasting them.
Ji Xuanbing’s eyes were sparkling: “Eunuch knows so much!”
His compliments are always so sincere and straightforward, Jiang Chaosheng, who doesn’t like sweet words, is happy to hear: “It’s just some common sense. If you live on land, you can know so much.”
Jiang Chaosheng glanced at the sky, the sky was full of red clouds, and the setting sun was gradually setting the horizon. He lit the lamp and set up a pergola by the reservoir overnight. There was no shelter here, and the water in the reservoir was shallow, so it might get hot almost.
“I’m here to help too!” Ji Xuanbing inserted the pole of the pergola into the ground, Jiang Chaosheng glanced at it, the little merman’s strength was quite strong, no wonder the clothes were washed and torn.
“Go to bed earlier.” Jiang Chaosheng was a little sleepy after running around in the daytime. He tidied up the pergola, turned around and hugged his clothes to take a shower.
Originally, he used to bathe directly next to the well, but the well was open-air and not far from the reservoir. Thinking that a little merman might peek at it, he chose to fetch water into the tub by himself.
Even if the tub is half the height of a person, taking a bath is still not as convenient as a shower. The cool well water sank down the young man’s wet hair below his neck, and wet his well-defined collarbone.
Jiang Chaosheng sighed lightly. It seems that he still has to build an indoor shower room with stones. When the craftsman comes in tomorrow, he will let the merman hide in a bucket or a warehouse.
He was obviously very tired, but Jiang Chaosheng had a messy dream, and he didn’t sleep well at all. Early the next morning, he was woken up. When he opened his eyes, he was surrounded by the little mermaid who was jumping around in the dream. .
Looking at the sky outside, the sky turned white with fish belly. Early in the morning, Jiang Chaosheng asked angrily: “What’s the matter, are you hungry again? I’m not saying that if you are hungry, you can go directly to the previous warehouse to get fish. , eat as much as you want.”
“It’s not that I’m hungry.” Ji Xuanbing shook his head violently, tears streaming down his face, looking so pitiful, “Tail, the tail stinks!”
The falling beads that rolled on the ground and woke Jiang Chaosheng were still a faint light blue, showing that the merman was very sad.
Ji Xuanbing was terribly uncomfortable: before he could get along with his benefactor, he became a little stinky fish, what should I do?