When Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan finished crawling 40 meters of sand, they were so tired that they lay there motionless. Pomegranate, who had been accompanying them the whole time, was really frightened. What kind of children were they? When they crawled the last 20 meters, she clearly saw the two children's short arms and legs trembling non-stop.
She knew that she had a similar experience and knew what it felt like. Moreover, her arms and legs were fine before. When she first came to Zhuangzi, she was not familiar with how to do things and was punished. At that time, she kept cursing in her heart, but she did not dare to refuse. If she did not work, her family life would be cut off.
At that time, if someone let her rest, she would be grateful to that person for the rest of her life. But now, why did the little master and Cuckoo do this? Did they say that they were playing? Which family's children were so desperate to 'play'? If someone really allowed their children to play like this, the children would have cried and looked for their mother.
Thinking of this, Pomegranate felt a little admiration in her heart. She told herself that maybe the children of rich families were so amazing. Looking at the children's sand-covered bodies, red faces, and small hands, Pomegranate asked someone to prepare the bathwater and walked closer to the two children, wanting to carry them.
"No, we can walk after lying down for a while. Ask someone to heat up the bathwater and warm up the old wine. Just warm up a big pot. Go, don't worry about us." Zhang Xiaobao used all his strength to shake his head and ordered Pomegranate.
Pomegranate hesitated for a moment, but still did as the little master said. She did not leave, but stood by the side and arranged everything.
"It's so damn comfortable. Aiya, when was the last time I was so tired? I miss those days. " Zhang Xiaobao said in a muffled voice, basking in the sun, face down, and sticking his head to the wet sand that he had pushed away with his head.
"Isn't that so? It's fine today, but it will be hard to train tomorrow. Even if we eat too much milk, we will be hungry at night. Xiao Bao, what do you want to eat tonight?" Wang Juan imitated Zhang Xiaobao and used her head to push the sand.
"Who knows? I don't want to think about this right now. I just want to lie down and sleep. "Zhang Xiaobao stuck his little hands into the sand. It was cool there.
Wang Juan followed suit. "No, you have to think carefully. That little milk will affect our training tomorrow."
"If you can stand greasy food, then drink mutton soup. Ask them to boil the mutton until it's soft. Don't put too much salt and other spices. If you want to eat something light, then eat cucumber and egg soup. Don't put too many cucumbers, stir the eggs, and add some chopped green onions. It's better than going hungry." Zhang Xiaobao wanted to eat something light right now.
"Mutton soup. Just bear with it if you feel disgusted. After all, it can replenish energy quickly. If there is too much gruel and water, the calories will come slowly. Our rice isn't very good." Wang Juan chose the dish that she didn't want to eat the most.
Zhang Xiaobao used all his strength and was finally able to stand up. He pulled Wang Juan and the two of them walked together to the shade. Their staggering steps made Pomegranate worried.
After soaking in the hot water for almost an hour, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan massaged each other with the warm wine. When it was their turn to be massaged, they would bite the clothes next to them and endure the soreness. Everyone was driven out. The two of them didn't want others to see their uncomfortable appearance.
"Xiao Bao, the alcohol content of this wine is too low. Let's distill it. The body absorbs it slowly and the alcohol is evaporated." Wang Juan hummed and said.
"I don't like it. It's useless. If you want to make drunk prawns, Shaoxing yellow wine is the best."
"It can be used to treat wounds and disinfect." Wang Juan continued to persuade. She didn't know the steps of distilling, but she thought that Zhang Xiaobao had no problem.
"No, I dislike alcohol. It can easily cause pus to form under the scabs. When I was injured before, I directly used yellow iodine water."
"You can also get injured. You're such a powerful person." Wang Juan had nothing to say. She was almost crying when Zhang Xiaobao massaged her. "How can I be injured?
"Why don't I get injured? I always get injured when I practice. Luckily, I have the money I stole from the officials to support me. There was once when I jumped down from 13 meters and broke both my legs. Two hundred thousand yuan was sent to the hospital and they treated me like I was their ancestor. When my legs recovered, I continued to jump and finally found that feeling." After Xiaobao finished massaging Wang Juan's last leg, he directly lay down on the ground.
Wang Juan gritted her teeth and got up. She began to massage Zhang Xiaobao. "I, a great beauty, am massaging you. Are you happy? Is it comfortable?"
"What feeling? Now, whoever touches me will have the same feeling. How did you make yellow iodine water? When I was cheating people, I didn't mention this thing. If I knew it would be like this, I would have learned it. It's just a matter of a few sentences, and I can memorize it. "Zhang Xiaobao gritted his teeth, sucked in cold air, and snorted.
"What you asked Erniu's family to do, and what about Cherries's side. Have you thought about what to do in the end? What if it's leaked? "Wang Juan pressed both hands on Zhang Xiaobao's back. Her whole body weight was almost pressing on him.
Zhang Xiaobao was just about to speak when he suddenly snorted. When Wang Juan changed positions, he exhaled and said, "Don't be afraid. There are many ways to make money. When others learn it, we will do other things. This kind of thing is like cheating people. It needs to be flexible. In this era, it's not easy to keep a secret."
"Okay, you're good. What about the hot pot? Don't you want to sell it for money?"
When your family and I are done eating, we'll publicize it for free so that everyone who is willing to eat like this will know how to make hot pot. When the time comes, we'll sell the ingredients. In fact, the most normal thing to do is to put starch. That way, the meat won't get old easily. I don't know how to do it, so I'll let him cook rice and wheat. This thing has a lot of starch content, so we'll have another source of income when the time comes. " Zhang Xiaobao slowly closed his eyes. This kind of massage was really comfortable. The sour feeling was in place, and the pain was good.
In the small room, the two of them pressed on each other. Outside, Jang Wong Clan was also eating hard. When Pomegranate arranged for people to make thick mutton soup, Jang Wong Clan also asked people to make pork knuckles for her to eat. The kind without salt. After eating two mouthfuls, she felt disgusted. Xiao Qiu, who specially came to serve her, looked at the bowl of greasy pork knuckles. She didn't need to eat it. Just looking at it made her want to vomit. When she saw her madam eating hard, she persuaded her.
"Madam, this thing is really too greasy. How about adding some salt? It can't go on like this. "
"What salt? Is it still milk with salt? My son and daughter-in-law are tired out today. If I don't eat more, how can I feed them? Other families' children cry hard when there's something wrong, but my two children are very sensible. If they're hungry at night, they won't cry like other families' children. They'll bear with it. The more they act like this, the more my heart aches. Tonight, when you sleep next to them, listen carefully. If there's any sound, wake me up to feed them. "
Jang Wong Clan said a few words and began to eat again. Thinking of the sweet smile of the children when they were full and sleeping, she felt that the pork knuckles didn't seem so greasy anymore.
"Madam, why don't you find two wet nurses? It's too tiring for you to feed two children by yourself." Xiao Qiu persuaded.
"No, I'll feed my children myself. I still have pork knuckles to eat. Many families want to eat meat but can't. Didn't they also survive?" As Jang Wong Clan spoke, she picked up a piece of fatty meat that was about an inch thick and stuffed it into her mouth. There was a smile on her face, as if she had won a battle.
*****
At night, just as Jang Wong Clan had predicted, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan would wake up after two hours of sleep. When the muscles were regenerating, they consumed a lot of calories. The prepared mutton soup was given to Jang Wong Clan, and the two of them were still drinking milk.
The next day, when Jang Wong Clan went to do other things, Zhang Xiaobao called Pomegranate and asked, "What did my mother eat before dinner last night?"
"In reply to the young master, it was pork knuckles." Pomegranate replied.
"Okay, you can go now."
"Xiao Bao, pork knuckles can't be used so quickly, right?" Wang Juan waited for Pomegranate to leave the room and asked.
"The milk we ate yesterday had nothing to do with pork knuckles. This is a kind of self-hypnosis. My mother thought that pork knuckles could produce more milk, so she kept thinking that she had more milk. In the end, she really did have milk. It's like a sleepwalker climbing a tall building. In that state, she thought that she could climb up. As long as her body functions meet the requirements, she could climb up." Zhang Xiaobao explained.
"Oh, so are we still going to walk on the sand today?" Wang Juan nodded to show that she understood. She didn't say too much. They were all adults, so there was no need to say words of gratitude.
"We can walk on the sand. You should have noticed that we don't feel uncomfortable at all. This is the benefit of a child's body. The recovery speed is very fast. Let's walk around outside today. I want to familiarize myself with the things on Zhuangzi. You let Pomegranate lead you, and I'll look for Cherries." Zhang Xiaobao made the decision.
When she finished drinking the milk, she was carried out. Zhang Xiaobao wanted to see what was planted on Zhuangzi and whether it could increase the yield. Wang Juan was assigned the task of understanding the farmers' thoughts. They split up to act.
Cherries went to buy eggs yesterday. Today, she didn't need to go personally. Someone sent the eggs over. They were all newly laid according to her request. At least one end of the eggs was round, and they couldn't shake too much. Zhang Xiaobao was a little worried about this last point.
As if she knew the young master's worries, Cherries directly said to Zhang Xiaobao, "Young master, don't worry. These people won't dare to lie to us. I will mark the eggs they send over. I will go to whichever family has more necrotic eggs."
"That's good. I'm not worried. You brought the chicks out. What are you going to feed them?" Zhang Xiaobao thought for a while. The people here were different from the people in his era. There weren't that many bad people.
"What are you going to feed them? Just drive them out and feed them. They can find something to eat. They can even eat sand. "Cherries casually replied.
"That won't do. My chickens must be stronger than other people's chickens."
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