Li Kui was strong and walked with a carrying dozens of kilograms of things on his shoulder pole. For him, he was just a piece of cake. He walked to Rizhao near the former Wangjiawu Fort near Laizhou in one breath, without even sweat on his forehead.

He stood on a small slope and looked at the Wang family's fortress, but found that there were many small buildings outside the fort wall - most of them straw houses.

But the focus is not on the material of the house, but why do such buildings that obviously do not have any defense capabilities be built outside the dock wall?

Are these people not afraid?

Not to mention the Tartars, bandits, Japanese pirates, or something, even small refugees or other nearby fort owners may come and grab them.

Since the court moved south, there has been no such buildings outside of the defense system in Jiangbei for more than ten years.

"uncle!"

At this time, a lively child voice woke up Li Kui who was wondering.

He looked back and found that his nephew was carrying a large basket containing a large bundle of pig grass. He stood behind Li Kui with 7 or 8 friends, staring at him in surprise with his big eyes:

"Uncle, you're back!"

The little guy seemed very surprised to see Li Kui. He trotted to Li Kui, grabbed the corner of Li Kui's clothes, and showed off to his friends:

"This is my uncle~~~, my uncle is the warrior of the new army~~~, my uncle is the commander's personal captain~~~"

The child's voice was very long, but Li Kui felt a little uncomfortable.

Uncle? Are children nowadays calling them so formally?

However, the little nephew's show-off did get awesomeness from his friends, which actually made Li Kui feel that he seemed to be a really amazing hero.

So, you can't embarrass my nephew, right?

Li Kui put down the shoulder pole and took out a small oil-paper bag from his arms. After opening it, he carefully pinched out a pinch of brown sugar and put it into his nephew's mouth:

"Taste, this is a good thing!"

The little guy licked it, then slammed it carefully, and after a moment, a brilliant light released on his face: "It's so sweet!"

"Really?"

Li Kui happily picked up his nephew, let the child ride on his neck, then picked up his salute and walked towards the house:

"Uncle bought thin noodles today and went home to let your mother eat pancakes and braised pork!"

"Oh~~~, let's eat cake!"

The two of them left happily, with a large stream of drooling behind them, and the envious little one...

A quarter of an hour later...

"No! What pancakes to eat!"

Li Kui's sister-in-law, who was as thick as him, pinched her waist and pointed at Li Da who was tilting his head. Li Kui and his little nephew cursed:

"I just had a few days of full meals and didn't know the sky was so thick, right? Eat pancakes? I still want to eat braised pork! Why don't you go to God?"

Li Kui's elder brother Li Da was a tenant of the Wang family. When the two brothers lived together, they were so poor that they were so poor that the Wang family saw that Li Da was honest and hardworking and willing to work, so they gave Li Da a maid who was a rough man in the family to Li Da, which allowed the Li family to keep a back.

Because of this, Li Kui's mother has always been grateful to the Wang family and is obedient to this daughter-in-law. Especially after she gave birth to a son, the internal affairs of the Li family had actually fallen into the hands of Li Da's wife.

Not to mention Li Da and his son, even Li Kui, who has actually become independent, has to be scolded honestly when he returns home - there is no way, who can let me support him?

Not to mention anything else, Li Kui is doing nothing wrong in terms of filial piety.

"Save the thin noodles for the New Year before eating!"

After scolding the man at home, Li Kui's sister-in-law began to cook. Of course, rejecting the pancakes and braised pork does not mean that it cannot be improved today.

"I'll stew dry rice for you, Li Da, you take your brothers to boil oil with fat!"

Fat meat is a rare good thing in this era, but the poor generally do not make it directly like the rich families to eat, but instead use it to make oil. The remaining fat residue can be cooked, killing two birds with one stone.

The house is small and the straw shed is not suitable for doing too much fire-related work. The brothers Li Da and Li Kui set up a large pot outside the house, cut the fat meat into small pieces, and put a small amount of water in the pot to boil.

"Brother, when will the family have their own fault?"

Li Kui asked curiously.

In the past, several households shared the same pot, and they had to rent some grain for Master Wang every year.

"It was rewarded by Master Wang."

Li Da answered a little embarrassedly:

"You are going to join the army and you are taking the initiative to register. The Master Wang family is very happy and gave us a reward."

The King's family in Rizhao and the Xu family in Juzhou were in-laws, and they were the first foreign dock owners to defect to, so they were also the first foreign dock owners to enter the core level of Qingzhou.

Now the head of the Wang family has been taken over by Xu Shiyang's uncle Wang Ping, and the competition for the head of the Wang family has long ended. As the core family of Qingzhou, the Wang family is proud to be close to the Xu family and obey all the orders of the Qingzhou Jieshuai Mansion.

When the new army recruited troops in Rizhao for the first time, everyone still had great doubts about this. In order to carry out the recruitment smoothly, the Wang family showed their loyalty to the Xu family, and hinted that it would give some benefits to the families who actively joined the army.

This pot was one of the benefits given by the original one.

Not to mention anything else, with this pot, Li Da’s family can make a fire and cook by themselves without wasting time cooperating with others to cook, and can spend more time on the work at hand, without having to spend grain to rent a pot.

Even if the neighbors need it, they will come to rent Li Da’s pot, so that they can even spend a few liters of grain every year.

Don’t underestimate a few liters of grain. Many times, these few liters of grain can save lives!

The smell of oil came from the big pot. Li Kui's nephew squatted aside to help add firewood to the fire. Li Da lifted up the lid of the pot, stirred it with a bamboo colander for a few times, took out a small piece of oil residue, and stuffed it into his son's mouth in a doting way.

The child who was smoked into a flowery face immediately smiled: "Dad, it smells so good!"

Seeing my son's smile, the father smiled with satisfaction.

"Brother, when I came, I saw some houses outside the wall. What's going on?" Li Kui continued, "Are you not afraid of bandits?"

"Who dares to steal our Wang family now?" Li Da replied slowly: "What is the relationship between Mr. Wang and the Xu family? The bandits were cleared early in the morning. There are enemies in Laizhou. If we don't rob them, we should burn incense and chant Buddha's name."

“And refugees…”

"Disobedients? Those who live outside the walls are all refugees who come to join the country. They have land to farm and houses to live in. There is no need to worry about it. There is no need to eat or eat, but there is no meal. The ground here is calm, and all the refugees come to surrender."
Chapter completed!