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Chapter 25 There is meat to eat every day

Survival or destruction is a question worth thinking about. For Li Xiu, it becomes persistence or change. In the Tang Dynasty, a society that is incompatible with him, whether to stick to his principles or change himself to become a real Tang Dynasty person is indeed a question worth thinking about for Li Xiu, so Li Xiu decided to think about it seriously.

One second, two seconds, three seconds, Li Xiu suddenly figured it out. In fact, this is not a problem at all. He doesn't want to be a philosopher, nor does he want to be a hero who sacrifices his own life for justice. He is just an ordinary little man. Maybe he has more than a thousand years of experience than the people of the Tang Dynasty, but this cannot make him become a god. Therefore, for the above problem, it is appropriate to maintain principles when it does not endanger the safety of his own and his family's lives. But when it endangers the safety of his own and his family's lives, let them all go to hell. Life is the most important thing, which is also the experience he summarized for people in two lives.

After thinking about the above, Li Xiu felt refreshed, but unfortunately he forgot that when he was about to starve to death, he would rather choose dignity when facing the roast chicken thrown by Ma Ye, so it doesn't matter how to make a decision in normal times. When things really come, people may make their own real choices.

However, thinking about this will not help Li Xiu solve his current predicament, because he was driven out of the Princess Villa by Ma Ye, and the other party kept asking Li Xiu to go back to be a man so that he could get out of his previous love injury. This made him laugh and cry. He could only understand Ma Ye's kindness, but unfortunately he was really unlucky to endure it.

Unable to borrow the bed, Li Xiu had to shake his head and smile back home with a bitter smile. It was almost two days before, and frost was already on outside. Li Xiu quickly returned home, but found that the lights were still on in the living room, and the voices of two girls were vaguely heard from inside. When he approached, he heard Liu'er speak weakly: "Sister Yuechan, let's have a meal, I'm almost starving to death!"

"No, the master has not answered yet. There is no such thing as the master in this world who doesn't eat? Let's be slaves and eat first?" Yue Chan's firm voice came out.

"But the master said before leaving, let's eat first without waiting for him. If the master doesn't come back one night, would we not eat all night?" Liu'er argued again at this time, sounding like she was really hungry.

"Wait a little longer, maybe the master will be back soon!" Yuechan insisted again. Liu'er seemed a little angry when she heard this and didn't say anything else.

"Haha, don't wait, I'm back!" Li Xiu also smiled with satisfaction when he heard this, and then stepped into the living room and said, "Liu'er is smart and sensible, Yuechan understands the rules. It seems that Li Yuan is really good at picking people."

"Master!" Seeing Li Xiu come in, Yue Chan and Liu'er, who were already lying on the table, stood up and saluted. There were a few side dishes and a pot of porridge on the table. What's even more rare is that the porridge in the pot was still steaming. It seems that Liu'er and Yue Chan should have heated it from time to time, so that Li Xiu can drink hot porridge as soon as possible after he comes back.

"Sit all. You are here on the first day. Even if you welcome this meal, sit down and eat together!" Li Xiu walked over and sat down at the table, then smiled and greeted Yue Chan and Liu'er, and said, "He has no idea of ​​hierarchy and inferiority. In his opinion, it is even a family when he enters the house, so it is very common to sit down and have a meal.

However, when Yuechan and Liu'er heard Li Xiu's words, they looked at each other, and neither moved. After a while, they heard Yuechan whisper: "Master, we are slaves, how dare you sit with you, so you should eat quickly, and we will eat after you finish eating!"

Li Xiu was stunned when he heard Yue Chan's words. After a while, he realized it. He couldn't help but shake his head and smile. He did not force Yue Chan and the others to pick up the bowl of porridge and drink it a few times, and tasted Liu'er's skills. He unexpectedly found that the taste was pretty good. He couldn't help but look up and praise Liu'er, but the little girl was actually shy.

After Li Xiu finished the meal alone, Liu'er and Yuechan were going to bring the leftovers to the kitchen to eat, because they were servants and were generally not allowed to eat in the main hall. However, this time Li Xiu stopped them and asked them to eat in the living room. Although Yuechan hesitated for a while, she did not insist anymore.

It seems very bitter for servants to eat the leftover food of their masters, but this is the living conditions of the ancient domestic slaves. In later generations, China had no servants, but a neighbor of China, that is, India, also allowed the existence of servants. These Indian servants also ate the leftover food of their masters, and when the master eats, the remaining food is directly thrown to them, just like a person feeding the bones to the dog after eating meat. Real life is so cruel.

After Liu'er and Yuechan finished their meal, they cleaned up quickly and it was time to go to bed. The smart but not scheming Liu'er suddenly asked, "Master, aren't you going to borrow a bed? Why...oh!"

Before Liu'er could finish her words, she was pounded by Yuechan with her elbow. She couldn't say anything anymore. It seemed that although Yuechan didn't say much, she was actually smarter than Liu'er. At least she could see that if Li Xiu had borrowed the bed, she probably should have sent it just now. She stopped Liu'er from asking questions because she was afraid that Li Xiu would be embarrassed.

"Haha, to be honest, I went to borrow a bed but was kicked out by someone, and I was told that I had a problem with my brain. Wouldn't it be better to let you two warm up the bed at night?" Li Xiu suddenly joked. He really wanted to see what the two girls reacted when they heard these words?

As soon as Li Xiu said, the older Yue Chan blushed suddenly, lowered her head and did not dare to look at him. Instead, the younger Liu'er widened her innocent eyes and shouted: "Okay, okay, I heard some sisters say that as long as you warm your master's bed, you can eat meat every day. And now it's so cold now, it must be very warm for the three of them to sleep together!"

"Uh? It feels so evil to eat meat every day?" Li Xiu shook his head suddenly, trying to throw out the unhealthy scene in his mind. This girl, Liu'er, obviously didn't know anything, especially her pure big eyes, which really made people feel no evil thoughts, except for Lolik's control.

"Liu'er, don't talk nonsense. If you follow your uncle, it's wrong. Following your master will definitely live a good life of eating meat every day, but you don't need to warm the bed. You just came today, and I'm not prepared enough. It's just one night. It's okay to get through it. I'll ask someone to buy you beds and bedding tomorrow!" Li Xiu said seriously. This time he didn't joke anymore.

"Master, we are not sleepy, why not just sit down and talk together!" Yuechan rarely suggested at this time. It seems that even if she is a slave, not everyone wants to sacrifice herself to her master.

"This proposal is good. I am quite interested in you Nanliang. Can you talk about Nanliang? In addition, how did you come to Chang'an? It must be very hard on the way?" Li Xiu nodded in agreement when he heard this. He and Nanliang were also destined to do it, and there was really no other topic to talk about, so he could only ask this.

Although they are both palace maids from Nanliang, Liu'er may not be able to explain the matters in Nanliang because of her young age. Yuechan knew a little, but she only introduced the general situation in Nanliang, and then talked about the process of their being escorted to Chang'an Road.

Xiao Xian of Nanliang surrendered voluntarily. In fact, Li Jing and Li Xiaogong led their troops to attack Nanliang at that time. The Tang Dynasty court never thought of destroying Nanliang in one battle, because there were still hundreds of thousands of troops in Nanliang at that time, but Li Jing showed amazing military talent in this battle and caught Nanliang off guard with a time difference. Xiao Xian surrendered in desperation. A few days later, more than 100,000 reinforcements arrived. Unfortunately, it was too late at that time, and Xiao Xian persuaded them that these tens of thousands of reinforcements also surrendered to the Tang Dynasty.

It is precisely because of this reason and to appease the old subordinates of Nanliang that although Xiao Xian and the prisoners of Nanliang were sent to Chang'an, they were not abused along the way. However, because the mountains were high and the road was far away, they were very hard to walk on the road. For example, Yuechan and Liu'er both said that they were escorted by Tang Jun on the road, and they had to walk dozens of miles every day, with big blisters on their feet, and they were sleepy at night and had no tents. They just found a place to squeeze into them and then slept. For this reason, many people became sick, and even died on the road. Yuechan and the others were very lucky to be able to live to Chang'an.

From their narrative, Li Xiu also learned more about the situation in the Tang Dynasty. For example, it took only a few hours to go from the south to Chang'an in the future, but it took several months in this era. The road situation was complicated and various dangers could occur. For example, due to war, thieves were everywhere, and even the regular army of the Tang Dynasty might be attacked by thieves. Guanzhong is still peaceful, so it is hard to say about other places. Some places even have the final say. The local governments have to act according to the thieves' expressions.

This is just the end of a chaotic world. Li Xiu is now very glad that he has not traveled to the real chaotic world of the end of the Sui Dynasty. Otherwise, he would not even be able to guarantee his own safety. At least he can live a peaceful life now, and he will get better and better in the future.

After Ma Ye drove Li Xiu out of the Princess Villa, he was always curious in his heart whether he had asked the two maids to warm the bed for him after he went back? This question kept circling in his mind, making him unable to sleep in the middle of the night, and it was not until the second half of the night that he slept in a daze for a while.

In the early morning of the next day, before the sun rose, Ma Ye woke up again, and this time he could no longer sleep. This made him curse so much that he simply lifted the quilt and put on his clothes, and then ran straight to Li Xiu's house. He insisted on seeing if Li Xiu had put two maids on bed?

The wall of Li Xiu's house was only half a person tall, and Ma Ye was too lazy to shout the door, so he pressed the wall and jumped into the yard directly. The mistress had long been familiar with him. When he saw him coming in, he not only did not shout, but he stuck out his tongue and turned around him. Ma Ye didn't have time to pay attention to it and went straight to Li Xiu's bedroom. As a result, he found that the bedroom door was not locked, and there was a light inside, and some sound was vaguely heard, which made him even more strange. He pushed open the door and went in, but he saw a scene that almost made him cry. Li Xiu and the two maids were indeed on the bed, but it was not what he imagined.
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