Wear it quickly! My mad dog-like host!

Dust was flying on the official road, and a team of horse-drawn carriages slowly came from a distance.

"stop."

"Everyone, take a rest here and have some lunch before setting off."

Zeng Jiang stopped, pulled the reins of the carriage, and stopped the entire team.

"Hey, I can rest for a while. This journey has been so bumpy for me..."

"You, a person like me who is walking, never screamed, but you, a person who is riding in a car, still complain?"

"Go, go, you'll know after you experience it for yourself when you get on the road. My bones are almost shattered..."

Zeng Jiang pulled the leading carriage and led the team behind him down the official road and walked to the open space on the side.

After walking for about a hundred meters, the team stopped.

They had just stopped, and a caravan not far away from them had already rested and was refitting and preparing to set off soon.

The caravan extinguished the fire they raised with soil, and then poured it over with water from the water bag. After the sparks were completely extinguished, they slowly set off.

When passing by Zeng Jiang's team, they waved and said hello.

Zeng Jiang also raised his hand to respond to them.

The two teams have often met at this resting point over the years. Although they haven't been able to set off together or have deep conversations, they can be considered familiar.

Not only these two teams, in recent years, as long as the merchant teams taking this road will basically stop here to rest.

Zeng Jiang asked the guys to set up the boiler and prepare to light a fire for cooking, while he took out an iron hoe from the carriage and prepared to go to the bamboo forest not far away to see if there were any bamboo shoots that could be added to the dish.

It rained lightly for half of last night, so there will definitely be bamboo shoots sprouting up.

When Peng Zhou saw Zeng Jiang leaving with a hoe, he quickly called him and asked curiously: "Leader Zeng, what are you doing?"

Zeng Jiang stopped and turned to look at Peng Zhou, the "goods" their team was transporting this time. He weighed the hoe in his hand and said with a smile, "Go dig some bamboo shoots in the bamboo forest over there. Carpenter Peng wants to go with him. ?"

Peng Zhou looked at the bamboo forest not far away with a hesitant look on his face, "Is this bamboo forest ownerless?"

The bamboo forest looks very big. The bamboos in it are straight and tall. They cost a lot of money, right? No one wants to own it?

"Hey, there is an owner." Zeng Jiang said with a smile: "But it's okay. This bamboo forest belongs to Mrs. Zhong. She is kind-hearted and has told the outside world that as long as the bamboo is not chopped, there is no problem in digging bamboo shoots."

"The merchants who come and go stay here. If it is in season, they will always dig up a few and add a dish."

"Would Carpenter Peng want to come with us?"

Mrs. Zhong? Peng Zhou secretly pondered this title.

After he entered the territory of Ying Country, he often heard this title, which was a compliment. He also saw "Mrs. Zhong Temple" built in some villages.

It is she who now has enough food for the people in the world, and there is still a surplus of food left after a year.

It is precisely because of her that women in the world no longer have to worry about being randomly pointed out to others when they reach their age, and being forced to marry that useless person, nor do they have to spend their whole life being someone else's "mother" or "wife and lover". A peaceful day.

Once a woman has her own status, she is no longer the private property of her parents, brothers, husband and parents-in-law.

It's hard to say what men think of Mrs. Zhong, but Peng Zhou knows that the female relatives in his family admire Mrs. Zhong very much and talk about becoming a woman like Mrs. Zhong day and night.

"I'll go too," Peng Zhou said.

It would be great if I could meet Mrs. Zhong. When I go back and talk about this to the female relatives at home, I will definitely gain their favor.

Peng Zhou couldn't help laughing when he thought of the female family members pestering him to please him so that he could tell more about his encounter with Mrs. Zhong.

Zeng Jiang glanced at Peng Zhou inexplicably. What's so funny about digging bamboo shoots?

The two of them came to the bamboo forest and dug out bamboo shoots in places where the bamboo grew densely. They picked out the bamboo shoots that had not completely broken through the ground.

Zeng Jiang dug out a bamboo shoot in twos and twos, and said to Peng Zhou, who was pulling the soil with a stick: "It's only May, and the taste of these bamboo shoots is still not as good as the bamboo shoots after November and before February of the next year.'"

"But the bamboo shoots of this month can also be dug out, stripped of their coats, boiled, torn into thin strips, and left to dry under the sun. If they are stored well, they will last for a year."

"When it's time to eat, you can boil it by soaking it in water, but if you want it to taste good, you have to be willing to add oil."

"Many restaurants in the royal city have this dish. You can try it when the time comes."

Zeng Jiang introduced it to Peng Zhou eloquently. At the end, he said with a bit of regret, "There is an amusement park in the royal city. There are so many delicious and fun things in it. If you are free, you can go there for a stroll. , tickets are not expensive, thirty coppers per person.

However, if you want to have fun inside, the price is not high. "

Peng Zhou nodded, but he had no intention of going.

The name of the amusement park spread far and wide, even in remote areas.

Not only he knew, but everyone over there knew that it was said by a big businessman in the county. The big businessman had been to the royal city, and when he came back and talked about it, his face was still filled with longing and pain at the price.

The ticket alone was only thirty coppers. He knew how expensive the things inside were, but he couldn't afford it anyway.

Peng Zhou dug out the bamboo shoots, patted the soil off them, stood up and looked around, "This bamboo forest is quite big."

"Yes." Zeng Jiang answered, "A few years ago we could rest by the thorn wall, but now the bamboo forest has become a climate where we can no longer rely on it."

Peng Zhou nodded and suddenly saw many half-year-old boys and girls not far away. Those people had smiles on their faces and held many things in their hands. He half-squinted his eyes and raised his hand to point there in confusion. , asked: "What do those children do?"

Zeng Jiang turned to look and said after a while, "They should be children from nearby villages. They will buy flowers from Mrs. Zhong's flower garden and then sell them in the royal city."

He looked at the hoe in his hand and the bamboo shoots on the ground, and shouted towards the place where the team was resting, "Xiao Liuzi, come here and get the things!"

After saying that, he threw the hoe and said to Peng Zhou, "Would you like to go over there and take a look together?"

Peng Zhou nodded repeatedly, "Go, go, go."

After saying that, he dropped the bamboo shoots in his hand and followed Zeng Jiang towards the group of children.

After walking for a while, the two of them reached the group of children.

Peng Zhou is a carpenter. In addition to technical work, he also has physical strength work. He is dressed in tendons and is about 1.75 meters tall. In the eyes of these children, he is particularly scary, not to mention that there is a man of nearly 1.9 meters standing next to him. Tsang.

In addition to being tall and strong, Zeng Jiang also has a full beard, raised eyebrows, and a fierce look. This look can scare away many thieves with bad intentions if he is used as a businessman or escort. Likewise, it can also scare people into tears. Lots of kids.

Before they could say anything, the children holding flowers in their hands had tears in their eyes and looked at them timidly, as if they would cry and call adults if they dared to take a step closer.

Tsang:……

Peng Zhou:......

The two had no choice but to stop and try their best to smile.

Zeng Jiang: "Children, what are you doing here?"

"Whoa whoa-"

A group of children broke up crying.

Zeng Jiang and Peng Zhou were left looking at each other.