Chapter 2 Eating
The prosperous Tang Dynasty talked about Fengyue, but in the early Tang Dynasty, they said to eat. Not long after the Xuanwu Gate mutiny was born, and the world had just calmed down and there was not enough food at all. Although there was no such thing as giving birth to a son and eating, it was common to sell children and daughters.
Now Cai Cong is facing a crisis of eating, and the world is stable. However, at this time, except for wealthy families, the people's houses are basically empty, and it is difficult to find a mouse. The rat lives at the people's houses and is afraid that someone will be boiled in the middle of the night!
Cai Cong ate porridge, which was mixed with a lot of wheat bran. It was like swallowing a knife after taking a bite.
"No, I can't eat it anymore. I feel like I'm going to die if I eat it again." As he thought about it, he suddenly started screaming, which scared his mother.
"Be good to Cong'er, after my mother handed the embroidery to the store, I will take you to eat noodles, so you can bear it!" Cai Jie'er felt that her son had become very different. She used to be very active in eating, but now she can't finish a bowl. She is even more picky than the young masters of the aristocratic families.
"I'll go out to find something to eat." He relies on the mountains and rivers to eat water. There are mountains and rivers here, so he wants to find meat to eat.
"Son! Where are you going, don't scare your mother. Be good, it's not easy to be alive these days. We are not landlords, so some food is good."
Sister Cai was so scared that she hurriedly hugged him. How could her eight-year-old child be so independent?
"Mom, please let me go, I promise not to go far. Really, if I don't let go, I'll be angry." After being hugged, Cai Cong said unhappily, but he just endured it and didn't break free.
Cai Jie'er let him go awkwardly. For some reason, she felt that her son was very scary when he was serious and spoke more majestic than the elders of the clan.
"Would you please go with you?"
"You are at home, I'll go alone, don't worry, I'll be back soon." Cai Cong said in a warm voice, but he thought in his heart that this was probably the loving mother who was defeated! But he enjoyed this feeling very much.
Sister Cai was actually very unwilling to do it, but she was afraid that her son would be angry, so she thought that she would just follow him secretly, so she nodded. Unexpectedly, Cai Cong walked around the village and she lost it.
Ignoring how anxious Cai Jie'er was, Cai Cong was whistling on the mountain road. It was a bit of a dream to follow Cai Jie'er.
The wilderness more than a thousand years ago is definitely not comparable to that of today's wildlife. Although wild game is not obvious, it has a high density.
Animals like goats are unrealistic for Cai Cong now, but it is not difficult for him to catch birds and rabbits. He did this when he was very young in his previous life.
After getting off the trap, he found a stable place and started fishing. He threw out the hook and lay on the stone to bask in the sun. The autumn sun was warm and pleasant.
The most important thing is that he feels fulfilled. An eight-year-old child said that he feels fulfilled, which makes others feel a little incredible, but he just feels fulfilled.
When a person feels happy, time is always fast. In the afternoon, Cai Cong's mood is even brighter. He can't lift the five fat river fish, so he can't move, so he put some hay and dragged it home. This made him feel very moved. After all, the person is too young.
When he returned home with the fish with difficulty, Sister Cai was wearing a big mouth. How could he catch so many big fish with a needle? Sometimes others only have a few small fish for a day.
"Mom, you cook fish soup first, I'll go out." Cai Cong's face turned red and his hands were sore, but he was very happy that he could finally eat meat. If there were some fresh vegetables and fruits, it would be even better.
"Son~ Where are you going now? It's getting dark?" Sister Cai said with some concern at the sun. In fact, it's only about four o'clock in the afternoon, but the sun sets, and the sky in autumn becomes dark around six o'clock.
"It's nothing, I'll be back in a moment." Cai Cong said without looking back. He didn't dare to tell his mother that he would go up the mountain, otherwise he would definitely be hugged tightly.
When he left the door, he went straight to Cai Gang's house and knocked on the door. He had put on a lot of condoms. If half of them were hit, he would never get it back, so he needed to find a helper.
"Uncle Gang, you're polite. I have something to do. I want to ask you for help." As soon as the door opened, Cai Cong said politely with his fists. He didn't know how the ancients spoke. So he gave a polite gift and said politely.
"Good God, why is this kid like a scholar?" Cai Gang leaned against the door frame at a loss and muttered to himself. He had seen a young man in the city chanting poems and writing in the restaurant from afar, and his actions were exactly the same as his nephew, which scared him.
"Hehe, dog... Look at my mouth, Cai Cong! What's the matter with you looking for uncle?" I wonder if he was scared by Cai Cong's abnormal behavior that night. Cai Gang is always a little scared when he sees this nephew who is orderly and calm in his heart.
"I want to ask my uncle to accompany me up the mountain, but I don't go deeper, I just stay on Xiaohuan Mountain. My nephew is afraid that there are too many preys and lack of strength, so I can't move." Cai Cong didn't care about his almost slip of the tongue, so he had to give people time to change!
"Good, just say you'll just accompany you up the mountain. I almost couldn't understand what it said. Cai Cong, could you go to a private school to eavesdrop on your lecture?"
This era has great awe of scholars, even if they were learned secretly.
"I haven't you ever had any time, uncle has free time? Is it good to accompany me to the mountain?" Cai Cong said seriously. He almost blurted out just now, Damn, it turned out that it was all in vernacular. Fortunately, he was used to stop speaking.
"If you have time, you have time. But where did you get your prey? Could it be that the fox fairy gave you?" Cai Gang said and walked out and closed the door. Since the witch said that Cai Cong could talk to the fox fairy, he has been given a mysterious color in Cai Village.
"This is nonsense, it's nothing." The idioms in the Book of Documents were too difficult for Cai Gang, so Cai Cong hurriedly translated it.
One big and one small, no matter whether it is life or knowledge, the two are destined to be unable to talk together, and they just rush to the road.
Next, Cai Gang began to be surprised. Every time Cai Cong took him to a place, he would see several ropes tied to the ground with pheasants, rabbits, and big birds, and small places were densely packed.
"I'm going to be a god, this must be given to you by the Fox Fairy." Cai Gang opened his mouth wide and looked at Cai Cong with a hint of awe.
In the eyes of today's people, the children's play methods of later generations are unknowable methods. In this era, they rely on bows and arrows, and traps are also used to catch terrifying creatures such as wild boars and big bears. Who can use chain condoms or small thorns to catch animals? At most, some people use stupid methods like Luofeng.
It has to be said that the power of food is immeasurable. Cai Gang carried a hundred kilograms of things and walked from the mountain to the village in one breath, without even having to rest in the middle.
Cai Cong hugged the two little rabbits and never recovered from his senses. The harvest was too great, allowing him to see the terrible ecology of this era.
"Sister Cai is coming out quickly! Come and see! Your Cai Cong has received the gift from the Fox Fairy." Cai Gang's voice rang half of the village from afar. Now the villagers couldn't sit still, and they came out with bowls one by one, stretched their heads to look strange.
"Look, Cai Cong just asked me to accompany him to collect things up the mountain, but I wonder what I was collecting! When I got to the mountain, I saw that it was full of these fat rabbits, pheasants, etc. He took me to collect things from one place, and this must have been told by the fox fairy in advance."
Cai Gang smiled red, as if he was the one who received the gift, and his proud head was raised high.
"Wow! It's really given by the fox fairy."
"Mom! Do you think there are so many meats, rabbits, chickens, and dogs' houses want to eat meat?"
"Not! Now his family has made great fortune. Look at how much food should I exchange for so much meat!"
Everyone looked at the prey on the ground enviously, and the children were even more drooling.
Cai Cong's family had no walls, but just a fence. When Cai Jie'er pushed open the door, she saw a lot of prey, which was so shocked that she couldn't even close her mouth.
"This, why don't we go back! My mother heard from the old man that the fox fairy would take back as much as she gave you. Our family is barely walled, it won't hurt your lifespan, right?" Cai Jie'er persuaded her earnestly. She felt scared when she had no knowledge and had any understanding.
"Mom, don't worry, these are not gifts from fox fairies, but I caught them myself. When I get older, I will kill a big insect and make a tiger-skin coat for you." Cai Cong said intimately, and seeing that Cai Jie'er's clothes were thin and a little shivering in the night wind, he couldn't help but boast about it.
"I dare not! The big insect is so fierce, my son is not his opponent. What should I do if these things are just?"
Sister Cai was frightened, but the villagers around were in awe. No matter whether it was a gift from the fox fairy or not, at this age, the villagers felt that he was extraordinary. This was a child prodigy.
"Take a chicken and cook it. My son will get the rest in Chang'an City for money. I will buy a lot of rice back then. I will also have to trouble uncle Gang tomorrow, and I will give you 20% of the rice."
"This is not enough, so I will help pick up the things. How can I collect your rice?" Cai Gang waved his hand embarrassedly. In the era of simple and simple people's hearts, he did such a thing and never dared to collect rice from his cousin's house.
In the crowd, Cai Gang's wife, although she looked envious, raised her head proudly when she heard Cai Gang say this.
"Just listen to the boy. Please don't refuse, because there will be many places to bother you in the future. Mom, these little rabbits are kept in separate cages, and the others are locked up, so don't let them die. I'm tired, so I'll go and rest first, and then call me for dinner."
No matter how outstanding Cai Cong performed, he could not change his performance, now he is just an eight-year-old child. His day of physical work has long been exhausted. Only when he yawns, he is like a child.
The next morning, Cai Cong was awakened by the fragrance. The meal last night was too simple. The fish was cooked with salt and ginger, and the chicken was burnt and tasted light and tasteless. The same is true today, but the taste of meat is attractive in the years when food is scarce.
Cai Cong wanted money, but he wanted clean money, so he decided to give his cry in the Tang Dynasty, an era of food scarcity.
When he killed the chicken and rabbit, and his body was covered in blood, Cai Jie'er almost cried. She wanted to stop him, but was a little scared. At this moment, Cai Cong was covered in blood and had a cold look, and he didn't look like a normal child at all.
"Mom, I'll sell these rabbits and pheasants. One can only be sold for twenty cents. After I make it into delicious food, one can be sold for hundreds of cents." Cai Cong said patiently, and the beggar chickens were wrapped in his hands, waiting to be roasted on fire.
Everything was done at noon, and then I rode Cai Gang's ox cart and headed towards Chang'an.
This trip caused a commotion in Chang'an, and many people couldn't sleep well at night.
Chapter completed!