Aristocratic family's career in the Red Chamber

As time went by, the food of Jia Hu and the others was almost finished. There were not many fresh vegetables and fruits in the small kitchen, but there were a lot of rice noodles. On the premise of not lighting a fire so as not to be discovered, Jia Hu and others There are not many people to choose from, and fresh ingredients are perishable, even if the four of them try their best to save, the food that can be eaten raw will soon be used up.

And the time, only two days have passed!

The four of Jia Hu endured the hunger and only drank water for a whole day, but at night, except for An Yi, an adult, all three little people were so hungry that they tossed and turned and couldn't sleep. Soft and powerless.

Seeing that it was not possible, Anyi suggested hesitantly to go out to find something to eat: "Your Highness and the two young masters are both growing up, how can they not eat, I know the way to the imperial dining room, so I will go there early and return early, nothing will happen of."

But no matter whether it was Jia Hu or Tu Youhao, no one agreed: "The chaos is like this now, the road is so far away from the imperial dining room, there are so many people, do you want to die?"

"But you can't just keep starving like this." Anyi said with a bitter face, "I'm a lowly slave, even if I starve for two days, it doesn't matter, but the masters are all rich and noble, how can I suffer like this."

The feeling of being hungry is really uncomfortable. The three children all grew up in a pile of gold and jade. Yesterday’s experience was the first time in their lives. Even Jia Hu, no matter how difficult the previous life was, he had never tasted hungry I have to say, this feeling is really uncomfortable!Especially when he is still a child.

But asking Anyi to venture into the imperial dining room to find something to eat, Jia Hu and the other three couldn't bear it.Not to mention that An Yi risked his life to play a scene with them and saved their lives, but in the past three days, An Yi always put them first, and did not forget to respect them at all just because he was in a dangerous situation. He is humble, let alone sneak out and ask them to ask for credit from the rebels. Just because of his loyalty, the three of them can't let him get hurt in the slightest.

"Now there is only rice noodles left in the kitchen, and there is still water, but not much. If the outside doesn't stop, we really can't last long here." Han Yan smiled wryly, pinching his chubby cheeks Small arms, sigh.In just a few days, the danger tempered this little fat man who grew up doted on by his parents and elders. At this moment, he is very clear about the danger that his party will face in front of him. , the lives of the four members of my family may not be guaranteed, even if this stalemate continues for a few more days, they will not be able to get better.Under the protection of his parents in the past, how did he ever think that he would experience such a difficult situation?The little man sighed heavily all the time, just like a grown-up.

Facing the food problem, everyone was worried, Tu Youhao gritted his teeth, and said resolutely: "If it's really not possible, you might as well hand me over, those rebels might see it for the sake of your meritorious deeds. I can save your life..."

Before he finished speaking, he was spat by Han Yan, the little fat man jumped up from the ground, and shouted at him: "Tu Youhao, don't look down on people anymore, who do you think we are? You come to ask for a life, we are not so disrespectful!" No matter how many disagreements we had in the past, we studied together, were quarantined and recuperated together, went through difficulties together, and faced the crisis of life and death together, Han Yan didn't say anything, but in his heart, he I see Tu Youhao as a brother and friend. Although the little person is not as full of reason as an adult, he has the most clear grievances and grievances. A word of righteousness taught by the master in the study is more important than life. How can he tolerate it? Friends talk like this.

Tu Youhao was yelled at together, but he was not angry but happy, he felt warm in his heart, looked at Han Yan and persuaded: "There must be another way, I also treasure my life, but we can't do this Keep starving, right? I’m just an unfavorable prince. Even if I die, no one cares. These days, I remember all the kindness you have treated me in my heart. It’s worth my life for three of you. " Tu Youhao thought of what he and Jia Hu guessed earlier that the smallpox of the prince and daughter in the palace was all from the emperor's handwriting. His father, the blood father, knew that there would be a conspiracy, but he didn't take his son seriously at all. Let him be in danger for these days, and his heart feels ashamed.His mother, Concubine Chen, doesn't care about him on weekdays, but now even his father is like this, so what's the fun in living any longer? Now that he has made two friends, he will die as soon as he dies, even if he is killed by the rebels. At least he can't starve to death. If he speaks out, his reputation is terrible!

"Bah! You're trying to kill us. If you investigate it later, we'll die. Tu Youhao, you'll come up with bad ideas!" Han Yan cursed with his eyes red. "I'm not that stupid!" He jumped again, "You were not the most arrogant person before. When you were sick, you still knew to take care of yourself, take medicine and sleep well. Why don't you want to live now?!"

Tu Youhao didn't care at all: "No, it's death, what's the big deal? Now that I think about it, it's really a loss. If I had known today, I wouldn't drink so much bitter juice. Those medicines are not ordinary. Drinking, it’s much more bitter than when I was drinking in the wind and cold.” I didn’t have much fear.That's right, if a child knows about life and death, it's just a matter of falling asleep, it's no big deal.

Jia Hu listened but didn't pay attention.He wanted to live so much back then, but was killed by the soldiers of the Sui Dynasty. Although he woke up and changed his identity and took his life for nothing, but the sense of loss, the unwillingness to die when he was about to die, has long been engraved in his bones, and he can't erase it Lose.Although he didn't take Han Yantu Youhao very seriously at first, but we have experienced so much together, and the two little people are young and smart, so he couldn't help but take them into his heart.Hearing them say "death" at this moment, it was really unpleasant to hear them, and he said with a dark face: "What nonsense are you two talking about, although the current situation is difficult, but you are going to the point of death, give it all I'll calm down a bit, and if you make noise and attract people, everyone will really die!"

Along the way, Jia Hu had a quick mind and a lot of ghost ideas. Han Yan's disciple Youhao always followed his example. Now that he was drinking, he lowered his head and didn't dare to fight any more. Jia Hu saw it, They were angry and funny, the two brats who were not even a little bit, those unlearned loyalty, who said they were dead or not, naive and true, but they couldn't help but like it to the bottom of their bones.

After pondering for a while, Jia Hu had no choice but to admit that it would be impossible to hold on to the hungry stomach any longer. The children's small bodies couldn't bear the hunger at all, and they were all weak bodies recovering from serious illnesses. If they were hungry, they might lose their vitality. .But I have to go out to find food, the situation outside is unknown, I am afraid that I will lose my life if I go out, it is not worth it!It's better to take a risk and start a fire to cook. It's such a mess at the moment. Come to think of it, no one should notice the smoke, right...

Jia Hu has always adhered to the way of a gentleman in his two lifetimes. He has never been in the kitchen, and he doesn't know how much smoke will be produced by cooking and how it will attract attention. He can only ask An Yi: "How do you say that when cooking How about making the cooking smoke smaller?"

Poor An Yi, although his family was poor when he was a child, but the male in the family had never cooked before. After entering the palace, he worked as an errand in the Artifacts Bureau, so he had never been exposed to these things at all. He was stunned by Jia Hu's question for a long time Then he frowned and said: "If the cooking smoke is smaller, then you should pay attention when lighting the fire. Mr. Jia, this, this servant has never touched these things, so I really don't know." After thinking about it, he added, "But every time the slave goes to the kitchen to get food, he always sees smoke curling up from the chimney. Thinking about it, there must be smoke rising."

Both of these are like this, and the two Han Yantu and Youhao didn't know what to do with the rice and water that they didn't know they were eating before today.Qiqi frowned as if thinking hard, but no one could come up with a good idea.

Tu Youhao kicked the firewood hanging in the corner annoyedly, and said angrily, "Why do these fires still smoke when they burn? Normally, charcoal is burned in the winter palace, but there is no smoke at all!"

Jia Hu's eyes lit up, and he asked Anyi, "This charcoal should be able to cook, right?"

Anyi hesitated for a long time before answering: "That one also has a fire, so it should be fine, but now, where are we going to get charcoal?"

As long as it works, Jia Husong looked at everyone and said, "Did you forget the fire we set off three days ago? At this moment, Qiongfang Hall should be burned to ashes. Let's go get some pieces." For charcoal, there may be sparks, so we can save ourselves the trouble of looking for fire pockets."

The other three were all happy, but worried: "This stove is so big, even a few pieces of charcoal can't reach the bottom of the pot. How do you cook rice and vegetables?!" Han Yan went to the stove to compare, The stove is not small.

Here An Yi is quite good at it, and within a moment he thought of a compromise: "The usual way of cooking will definitely not work, why don't we just fill the kettle with rice water and carry it to the charcoal fire pile over there?" , such a large side hall, the embers are still there at this moment, the rice must be cooked." But if you want to cook, it's hard to say.

The current conditions are like this, and everyone has nothing to choose.Cleanly took the brass kettle, and filled it with rice after two random flushes. When it was time to drain the water, the four of them ran into difficulties again. They didn’t know how much to put in. It was An Yi who said to put in less, lest the fire would not be enough to sleep. It was too much to be cooked, so I only put a little in it, and it was covered with rice grains. Then An Yi carried it, and walked back to the side hall according to the route they escaped.

Jia Hu and the three waited anxiously in the small kitchen. They didn't feel relieved until Anyi came back, and hurriedly asked him how he was doing.Anyi's body was blackened by charcoal, but he smiled happily: "Sure enough, the part of the side hall was not completely burnt, and the doors, windows and pillars are all the best hardwood, if it weren't for the pouring of so much oil and wine , it’s not that big of a fire. I pulled it there, and the outside was almost burned, but the core was still burning, and the wisps of smoke were all caused by the burnt. I scraped the outer layer of charcoal, and the inside There are also red sparks, if you put the copper pot on it, it will be fine."

Sure enough, after a while, Anyi went to take the copper pot back, and when he opened the lid, there was a smell of burnt white rice, which made the stomachs of the four of them thump.Jia Hu got a soup spoon and dug half a spoonful out to chew. Although it was a bit hard, it was cooked.Immediately, he didn't say anything more, took the bowls and chopsticks, put their heads in their mouths and ate, An Yi let them eat all the scorched rice at the bottom of the pot by himself.

Simple white rice, without any side dishes, but Jia Hutu Youhao felt that there was nothing more delicious than this!

Finally, the food issue can be ignored for the time being, but before Jia Hu and the others are happy with their full stomachs, the next day just after dawn, there was a sudden noise outside, and the sound of hurried footsteps startled the four people who were hiding. personal.

someone is coming!