Unlimited Food Plan

After winning a big victory on the first day, Du Changqiu completely fought with these rabbits.

Du Changqiu led the patrol team and hunters, and in the next few months, it was called adapting measures to local conditions—watering near the water source, and fumigation near the woods.Anyway, for those rabbits who usually make everyone helpless by getting into the hole, there is a nest at one end.

These rabbits have lost at most seven or eight rabbits in the daily hunting in previous years. Compared with their number and reproductive ability, this is simply not enough.

Even in summer, the villagers will pay some money to go into the mountains to hunt rabbits, but that must be someone with spare cash in their hands. A village can have a dozen or so people who can stand up to the sky, and usually they don’t have enough weapons and equipment. They can only hunt two or three rabbits at a time. .It has to be said that compared with the extremely witty orientals of the same age who are looking for food, the people in Kansai are still a bit straight-hearted.

Of course, it used to be a disadvantage, but now it has become a big advantage.

"Hahaha, where are you running?!" Du Changqiu laughed arrogantly. With sharp eyesight and quick hands, he tied up the burlap bag in his hand. The rabbit in the bag struggled wildly, but couldn't escape at all.

This is already another hill.This month, Du Changqiu took people up the mountain to hunt every day, and there was no shortage of meat in the manor.

Not only is the meat enough to eat, but the breeding of rabbits has quickly become a scale.During the month, the two large barns that Jack had cleared were filled with rabbit cages, large and small.

Wild rabbits are unruly, and they will still find ways to gnaw on boards madly in a cage in order to escape.However, Du Changqiu had already prepared for this. He asked Serena, the housekeeper, to arrange someone to mix and mix with the remaining Roman cement, and directly painted the walls and floors of the two vacant livestock sheds. After drying Just put the rabbit cage in it.

In this way, even if a rabbit didn't watch it, and one day it bit through the cage and escaped, no matter how strong the hare's burrowing ability is, it won't be able to dig through the concrete floor.

After a few generations of breeding, the bunny grows up in a cage, eats and drinks, and the wildness will soon weaken, and then there is no need for long-term troublesome attention.

But in this way, Jack was a little too busy. Du Changqiu quickly found a younger servant to help him. cage thing.At first, I was a little flustered, but after getting started, I became more agile.

Du Changqiu has been chasing these rabbits for a month, and Fan Xing is not happy to eat rabbit meat.

And the women workers in the factory and the men in the winery also found out where the meat Master Charlie gave them came from.

"The master takes people up the mountain to hunt every day, and then brings back the prey for us to eat." When I heard the news, I don't know what other people thought, but when the women in the sugar factory said it, they were moved, and at the same time, they were filled with excitement again. Worry.

It is said that in order to get the rabbit meat, the master squatted on the mountain every day, filled the rabbit hole with water, or smoked it, and used all kinds of methods.

There must be nothing left in the manor, so we can only rely on the rabbit to solve the problem.

But it has been more than a month, butler George hasn't come back yet, everyone doesn't talk about it, but they are already worried in their hearts.

Like, is Butler George all right?What happened to him?

If it goes well, it's time to come back.

Everyone was very anxious, worried about Master Charlie's shortfall, and worried about why Butler George hadn't come back yet.Even Jennifer, who had shut up before, recently talked about whether the skirt should be given to them. Hathaway was very upset when she heard it, and she scolded her several times.

But because everyone was panicked, Hathaway was able to stop Jenifer at first, but later, Jenifer became more and more complacent, and no one could stop her.

It was under such an atmosphere that Du Changqiu finally ended the long-lasting hunt.

It's not that he finally intends to let those rabbits go. Even if the wild rabbits in the manor are not for meat, Du Changqiu wants to consume a lot of them as much as possible, so that the number of wild rabbits will not increase by five or six times in spring. One-tenth of the crops here are planted for rabbits.

The reason why he was forced to stop was mainly because of the snow.At this time, Du Changqiu, who was immersed in happiness, counted the time when Butler George left, and suddenly remembered that Butler George seemed to have been away for more than a month? !

In the round-trip journey of less than ten days at most, this time is really a bit long.

Although he knew it would take some time to wait for a suitable buyer, Du Changqiu was a little worried when the heavy snow fell.

Fortunately, housekeeper George probably sensed Du Changqiu's worry. Of course, the bigger reason was that it was snowing heavily, and everyone wanted to go home earlier, otherwise they might freeze to death if they were delayed on the road. On the second night when there was no snow yet, I returned to Wilt Manor.

When Fan Xing said that the butler was already outside the castle, Du Changqiu immediately became excited. As soon as George entered, he saw Master Charlie hurried to the hall.

"George, you're finally back. I was still worried yesterday." Du Changqiu went up to give him a hug. To George's butler, this was a very, very aggressive behavior, and it was too overreaching.

How can a master embrace a steward?

How can a nobleman embrace a servant?

This is completely inconsistent with the years of study and training that Butler George has studied and trained, but it has to be said that this hug made Butler George, who was a little in shock, feel the warmth of home.

He looked at Mr. Charlie, with enthusiasm surging in his chest.

He has served two generations and three masters of the Damon family. It has to be said that the first two Mr. Damon were very decent gentlemen, but this Mr. Charlie gave Butler George a strong desire to be loyal all his life. feel.

In fact, what Du Changqiu didn't know was that the butler George originally planned to wait for Mr. Charlie Damon to come back, and recommended the senior manservant Tim to take over his butler position. It was up to him to take his place, as George's father and grandfather had always done.

Witnessing the deaths of the two masters in succession, George already felt very tired. He wanted to retire, maybe marry a wife and have children, maybe quietly raise his nephew Dere at home, in short, spend the next days quietly.

But then Mr. Charlie's critical illness made it impossible for him to make this request, and then... Butler George didn't want to resign at all.

He has greater expectations for Wilt Manor, and feels deeply in his heart that he wants to continue to serve Mr. Charlie like this. Every time Mr. Charlie proposes some wonderful ideas to him, he pats him on the shoulder When smiling and saying words of thanks or anticipation, George felt full of freshness and strength.

This time too.

This time, they waited for the merchants to appear in the city, contacted two merchants successively, and sold three-quarters of the candy—these were indeed two very cost-effective deals, because the packaging was very good, so unexpectedly Much better than the planned price.

With these two transactions, they directly got more than 2000 pounds.

At that time, there was only the last bit of candy left in his hand. George planned to sell the candy and hurried back home, but he didn't expect that after the men who went out to protect the convoy got drunk, they revealed a little rumor.

Although it wasn't intentional, and it wasn't even a big show, it was also bad luck. Probably someone was watching them and the group, but those people attacked the hotel where they were staying at night, and almost didn't kill anyone.

Fortunately, Butler George was vigilant, not to mention that he slept with the goods, and the sheriff Joseph and his men slept in the room.

Of course, the most important thing is not force.

"Mr. Charlie, thanks to Bader this time! Otherwise, we might lose everything this time!" Butler George was not greedy for credit, he hugged Du Changqiu, and excitedly talked about what happened in the city. When talking about someone attacking at night, he specifically mentioned this person, and pointed to a thin and small man in the yard, saying, "He was very vigilant, and when he heard the sound, he yelled and woke everyone up. Then Joseph took Let the lads take action, beat these thieves and run away!"

Speaking of excitement, Butler George also used some indecent language.

Of course, maybe it was because I stayed with these rough guys for a long time, so I was assimilated.

Butler George felt that he was very unseemly after speaking, coughed, changed his voice, and said softly: "As you can see, sir, we managed to save the money after all, and bought a lot of fresh fish meat, Some lambs, calves, and more beets were ordered, and some wagons were bought for transportation, and the camel goods will be used later.”

Of course, it doesn't just include these, but there are too many to justify.They went out with sugar, but when they came back, the team had expanded by more than half, almost returning with a full load, food, livestock and all kinds of new things filled the carriage.

In this way, there are still more than 1000 pounds left.

Du Changqiu's account book balance, which was almost empty, was injected with a booster in an instant, and it became full all of a sudden.

You know, the deposit income in the manor has never been so rich over the years!Du Changqiu was very excited, there were a lot of people, and he hurriedly washed at night, the cook, Aunt Mary, was called up, and quickly took the rabbit that Du Changqiu had just marinated. Therefore, while ensuring the flavor, it is also very fresh. It is a good dish when it is slightly roasted, or chopped into pieces and stewed with onions and carrots, and served with bread.

"This meat is too tender!" Everyone in the manor was so hungry that they didn't want to eat any more. Even Du Changqiu had no appetite when he saw the rabbit meat, but Butler George and Sheriff Joseph obviously liked the smooth and tender rabbit meat very much. Fresh, very emotional praise.

Not only them, but all the patrol teams who followed the team outside were like this, chomping on the rabbit meat, thinking that there is no such delicious food in the world anymore.

Du Changqiu was not stingy with those who came back from hard work. Last time, because they didn't have much money, they gave each of them two or three black breads.

But this time, on the basis of earning money, Du Changqiu said to the housekeeper in front of everyone: "George, for your hard work in a while, I will give everyone a reward - all the men who go out, each have at least eight Pounds of pickled rabbit, a ten-pound fish!"

As soon as Du Changqiu announced, everyone shouted excitedly!

In the past, I worked for the lord and went out with the lord, but I never ate so well. I ate bread and bacon every day, and I was rewarded with meat when I came back!

Everyone was already very excited, but Du Changqiu hadn't finished announcing. He pointed to Bader and said, "As for a meritorious person like Bader, I announce that he should get ten smoked rabbits that weigh no less than eight pounds. Ten pounds of fresh fish, plus fifty pounds of fresh, unadulterated wheat!"

Everyone boiled to the extreme in an instant, and they all looked at Bader with jealous eyes!

Du Changqiu hadn't finished announcing it, and just taking advantage of this opportunity, he wanted to do a more important thing.He said loudly: "I also want to tell you that the Damon family will not treat anyone who is fighting for the Wilt Manor - from today to Christmas next year, I will open mine for free to all of you and your family members." No more taxes for mills and bakeries!"

"Master Charlie!" Someone among the crowd heard the news and shouted Charlie's name excitedly. Obviously, any reward is not as good as this kind of benefits—some of the serfs present are still eating wheat porridge because they don't have any rewards. Money for bakery and mill taxes!Because I have no money, I eat rye and oats without shelling and boiling them. The taste is terrible when you think about it.

"I will always be at your service, honorable Mr. Charlie!" Bader yelled after holding back for a long time, his face flushed with excitement.

No one laughed at him, the men of the guard roared and repeated the words: "At your service forever, Mr. Charlie!"

Excited, Du Changqiu asked someone to bring out the old cider in the warehouse, and everyone drank until they were slightly tipsy, and then went home excitedly with their rewards.

Bader is also one of them.

It's just that he can't carry so many things, so the generous master lent him a wheelbarrow.The meat and wheat filled the entire wheelbarrow, and Bader was sure that if his brother, Basa, a member of the patrol team, hadn't always followed him with his friends, he might have been directly robbed by jealous people!

Fortunately, his brother Barcelona probably felt the same way, so he brought them all the way to their home.

"Brother, you can take half of it." Badr arrived at the door and said to Uncle Basa who took his fish and rabbits from the cart.

Seeing the surprised look in his elder brother's eyes, Bader said softly in embarrassment: "I got into the escort team because of you. Without you, how could I get these rewards?"

"Baider, you can't think like that." Barca looked at Bader, smiled and patted him on the shoulder, and said forcefully, "I told you when I recommended you. You are vigilant. Although you are not good at fighting, you You are very suitable for letting the wind and keeping watch at night. Facts have proved that I have not misunderstood the person, don't underestimate yourself, my dear brother."

Seeing what Bader wanted to say, Barca quickly said: "Don't worry so much, just grab and eat. Everyone has food these days, and there are basically workers at home. You will be fine when you get home, don't worry. "

Hearing his brother's advice, Bader originally wanted to continue to refuse, but the door of the room opened, and a thin woman walked out, dressed in tatters and patches, followed by two children who were peeking furtively. Del and Barcelona ran out roaring excitedly.

"Father! Uncle Basa!" Both children are children of Bader, a boy and a girl. The eldest daughter is seven years old and the youngest son is five years old, but they look much shorter than their real age, with thin limbs, only a little smaller The child's characteristic round belly bulged.

Sometimes when Bader looked at it himself, he felt that the children were thin and frightening, like poor-quality straw dolls randomly planted in the wheat field to drive away birds. They looked very pitiful.

Seeing the children excitedly looking at the goods on the wheelbarrow, their little faces flushed, and they swallowed excitedly, Bader could no longer refuse this reward, he glanced at his elder brother gratefully, everything was in the In the middle of the speech, he nodded, hugged this elder brother who was always willing to help them, and said, "Thank you, Barcelona, ​​my dear brother."

Barca smiled, and hugged Bader back vigorously, watched them enter the house, and then walked home with his own things.

Bassa's house was not far away, and Bader was not worried, seeing him leave, he turned and closed the door.At this time, it was around eight o'clock in the evening. Usually, at this time, in order to deal with the hunger, the Bader family had to go to bed early, but today, with the rewards given by Mr. Charlie, everyone was so excited that they couldn't fall asleep.

"Jenny, come on, put this rabbit on the fire and make some vegetable soup!" Together with his wife Jenny, Bader carefully hung these salted rabbits and fish on the wall in the corner where they slept, assuring that He could open his eyes to confirm the safety of the food when he heard any movement, then picked up the last rabbit and proudly said to his wife.

Because of his small stature and not much work, Bader was rarely so proud.Most of the time, he is very guilty, guilty that he is not as strong as his elder brother, otherwise he can go to the patrol team or do some other work, at least to make his family eat more.

Although his wife Jenny doesn't care, the two grew up together, and they have a deep friendship that other people can't match, but as a man, Bader has low self-esteem and sadness for not being able to provide more food for his family .

But all of this no longer existed tonight. Bader watched Jenny take the salted rabbit in her hand, saw Jenny's happy smile, and the cheers of the children, all of which made Bader feel full of satisfaction in his chest.

"I won't eat. To reward us today, Mr. Charlie prepared half a rabbit for each of us, as well as bread with nothing mixed in!" Rabbits are marinated very well and can be eaten after baking. It is rare to eat food rich in sufficient salt, let alone meat that is not available all year round. Each of the children is holding a rabbit leg and biting it like two little beasts.

When his wife Jenny stuffed it for him, Bader didn't take the rabbit meat, but continued to stir the carrot and onion vegetable soup, while happily telling his family how beautiful everything in the manor was, how kind and magnanimous Mr. Charlie was, saying During the sweet cider, Bader said excitedly: "Sir, this is not the best drink. Next time he comes back, he will reward us with the highest quality cider produced by the manor!"

Halfway through the talk, seeing that his daughter had finished eating a rabbit leg, Bader said repeatedly: "Wait a minute, Melo, stop chewing, and tear another piece of meat, give me this bone!"

After hearing what his father said, little Mello realized that the rabbit was very fat—although it was said to be a rabbit weighing more than eight pounds, but because he was very grateful for Bader's vigilance, the housekeeper George specially ordered the fattest rabbit in the kitchen to be taken every day. They were all well over eleven pounds—little Mello immediately handed the bone of the rabbit's leg to his father, then tore another piece of meat and began to eat.

While Badr was talking, he added these bones to the vegetable soup, so that the vegetable soup would also be a little oily.This may seem extremely unhygienic in later generations, but at this time, in an era when food is extremely rare, not wasting even a little bit of food is the highest consensus among everyone.

While cooking, the soup was ready soon.

"Melo, Alexander, don't eat too much meat. You will have a stomachache tomorrow. Come, have some vegetable soup." Over there, Jenny touched the stomachs of the two children and found that a big rabbit was eaten by the two children. A little half, immediately stopped them from eating meat, and served them vegetable soup.

She ate a big rabbit leg by herself, plus two pieces of meat the size of a palm, and felt that it was too much, so she forced herself to restrain her urge to continue eating, scooped up a bowl of vegetable soup, and ate it with her Husband Bader chatted.

"Really? I really want to drink some cider." Hearing Bader's talk about the dinner that night, Jenny was also very envious, and said longingly while drinking vegetable soup.

"Next time, next time I have a chance, I will ask Master Charlie to allow me to bring my share back to you, and I will bring it back to you!" Bader said immediately.

"Don't do it, Bader." Jenny stopped immediately, and she said repeatedly, "The master's reward is his kindness. If you ask, it would be bad to make the master angry."

Seeing Bader's happy expression instantly lost, Jenny's heart suddenly softened.She knew that Bader wanted to make her happy, just like when there was something delicious at home when he was a child, even if it was a bowl of soup with rabbit blood and offal, he would stay and enjoy it with her.

It's not that Jenny is not pursued by anyone. In fact, before marrying Bader, the other two suitors were taller than Bader and worked faster.

But Jenny chose Bader, because she knew that at critical moments, these men might sell their wives or even daughters to other men for a piece of black bread, but Bader would never, he might not be that powerful, but even if he There is only a little bread crumbs in it, and I will share it with myself.

And this moved Jenny's heart more than anything else.

She didn't want to see Bader so depressed. After drinking the last sip of vegetable soup, when she stood up to pack the remaining half of the roasted rabbit, she touched Bader's forehead affectionately and said with a smile: "Baider, my Badr, for a little cider, you don’t need to make Master Charlie unhappy. Isn’t it more precious than cider that you brought back so much meat and wheat? Compared to cider, I’d rather you get meat and wheat every time!”

"That's right!" When Jenny said this, Bader also felt the same, and immediately became happy again, and whispered, "If I can really get more rewards, we can exchange for some cider! I heard Mr Charlie has a cider distillery in the village, and my brother says the men who work in it say the first batch has come out, and the smell alone makes them feel drunk!"

If this is the case, since Mr. Charlie is so kind, Bader believes that the villagers can exchange some bread and meat for cider in the village, or they can get it directly.

Jenny couldn't laugh or cry seeing that he was really interested in cider just because he said something casually.Although he was heartwarming, he didn't dare to let him think about it all day long, so he whispered, "When will there be any trade after Master Charlie said it?"

"It is said that we have to wait for the wind and snow to pass." Bader had already heard about this matter from Master Charlie at the banquet, and when he said this, he remembered another important thing.He slapped his forehead and said loudly: "Look at my brain! The master said that those of us who go out this time can use the mill and bakery in the manor for free until Christmas next year!"

"What?!" Bader talked about cider, and talked about it for a long time, but it just made Jenny yearn for it.After eating such delicious salted rabbit meat, she felt that she could ask for nothing more.

But Bader's words still surprised her, and Jenny asked repeatedly: "Is what you said true?"

After receiving repeated confirmation from Bader, Jenny immediately turned her head to look at the few burlap bags placed in the straw pile - all the property of their family this winter.

There were sacks of rye, and now a fifty-pound bale of wheat, and sacks of sun-dried beans.

Jenny covered her chest, and said in a low voice in disbelief: "We don't have to pay taxes, can these be made into bread?!"

"Yes, yes, Jenny!" Seeing Jenny's excited expression, Bader finally completely forgot about the cider and said with a big laugh.

"Bread! Bread!" Little Mello heard her parents say that. She couldn't understand anything, but she understood one thing—she was going to have bread soon!

In fact, not only Bader's family, but also the entire village, every family of men involved in the trade, are exclaiming like this!

So the next day, in the village of Wilt, outside the bakery and mill belonging to Master Charlie, there was a very lively queuing scene.

For the first time except for Christmas, the bakery did not cease fire from morning to night. The smell of baking bread lingered throughout the village. Women greeted each other with smiles, while children eagerly took a bite of the newly baked hot bread. Come to the cheerful laughter of the adults.

This winter, it seems to be the same as the previous Wirth Manor.

It's all heavy snow, and it's all bleak and withered.

But there seemed to be something else, and it finally started to be different little by little.

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