Outside the capital, Xiangliu Village is under the jurisdiction of Yongchang County.

Zhou Chen was wearing a coarse linen robe, a turban on his head, and holding a hoe in his hand.

Facing the yellow earth and back to the blue sky.

I regretted it for the 328th time. Why did he bring up the welcoming banquet yesterday?!

Knowing that Uncle Lu hated attending this kind of banquet, why did he bring it up?!

Uncle Lu's gratitude to him was really too much for him to bear!

I still remember what my mother said before I left the palace: "My mother was wondering why you came back so early yesterday. It turned out that Yuanshan came back. My mother was too self-righteous. Since Chen'er likes to be with Yuanshan, then follow your uncle Lu and study hard. Go. My mother won't keep you any longer."

Zhou Chen only felt more hopeless.

Mother, why didn't you keep your son for a while?

Who said that I like Uncle Lu?

Uncle Lu is the devil!

The more Zhou Chen thought about it, the more he wanted to cry.

He was wrong, he was really wrong. He just wanted to invite Uncle Lu to have dinner with him, but he didn't expect that there would be such a big retribution!

In the palace, he was an emperor respected by everyone, and his every word and action represented the dignity of the royal family.

But here, he is nothing.

Oh, he is a farmer without human rights. He plants the land and sows seeds, but the harvest has nothing to do with him.

And his uncle Lu was lying leisurely on the recliner at this moment, holding a teapot in his hand, crossing his legs and drinking tea.

Don't forget to poke his heart from time to time:

"Chen'er, if you can't hold on, let's go back. You are a nobleman who can't lift anything, wear fine clothes and eat delicious food. How can you compare with a countryman who can skillfully use a hoe and eat bran and vegetables? If you can't bear the hardship of being exposed to the wind and sun, no one will laugh at you."

Zhou Chen: ...

"Uncle, would you like to lower the curve of your mouth?"

If he believed a word Uncle Lu said, he would be stupid!

Lu Yuanshan couldn't bear it anymore and laughed:

"Oh, uncle has his own thoughts, and he can't suppress them. But, Chen'er, if you want to continue working, you have to hurry up. It's getting dark. If you can't even finish hoeing this half acre of land, you won't have anything to eat today."

Zhou Chen: (???)

Bending over and grunting.

Call ~

My hands hurt!

So hungry.

Woohoo, he wants to go home~

By dusk, it was almost dark.

The people working in other fields had already gone home, but Zhou Chen was still working hard at the hoeing in the fields.

"Chen'er, you go ahead and do it. I'm old now, so I'll go back to eat and sleep. Don't worry, don't be afraid. I'll let your uncle Tong and the others take turns to stay here with you."

Lu Yuanshan stood up, took his teapot, put his hands behind his back, and walked slowly towards the sunset.

I met other people from the village from time to time on the way and would go over to chat with them.

Zhou Chen: ...

Is it to supervise him? !

Uncle Tong and the others are all Uncle Zhou’s deputy generals, and they are sworn brothers with our father!

Now, apart from the Queen Mother, they only listen to Uncle Zhou!

Uncle Tong stood there with an upright figure, firm and serious, like a pillar supporting the sky, as if nothing in the world could affect his mission.

Zhou Chen felt like crying but had no tears.

I can only keep grunting.

After a lot of effort, and after the three deputy generals had taken their turns, Zhou Chen finally finished hoeing the land.

If he hadn't had the hoe in his hand, he would have collapsed from exhaustion long ago.

In the end, I had to rely on Uncle Feng to support my arm before I could go back.

This is a small farmyard.

Uncle Lu was sitting on his recliner, drinking tea and talking to the other two uncles.

Seeing him limping back, Uncle Lu did not hide his gloating expression at all:

"Hey! Our precious emperor is back? Oh, it's too late and there's no food at home. Your Majesty will have to starve for the night."

Zhou Chen almost cried: "Uncle Lu, I'm hungry~"

Lu Yuanshan laughed and said, "Chen'er, go ask the villagers how many people haven't eaten yet. If more than half of them have, Uncle Lu will prepare food for you! Uncle Lu will ask your Uncle Tong to make it himself!"

Deputy General Tong: ...

"Just teach the child if you want to. Why are you pulling me down?!"

"Isn't it because your cooking is delicious? Give the child an incentive." Lu Yuanshan was not polite at all.

Deputy General Tong rolled his eyes: "Why don't you do anything?!"

Lu Yuanshan just looked at him quietly.

Deputy General Tong quickly understood three words from his eyes -

you sure?

Deputy General Tong remained silent.

Thinking of Lu Yuanshan's craftsmanship...

I'm afraid this will have the opposite effect!

Zhou Chen was indeed inspired.

He knew that Uncle Tong's cooking skills were always good, and with his father's permission, he also learned a few tricks from the imperial chef.

I heard that if Uncle Tong hadn't become sworn brothers with the Emperor and been tricked by him into becoming a general, he would have wanted to be a chef in a restaurant.

His eyes lit up, and he immediately felt full of energy: "Okay! I'll go right away!"

He immediately threw away the hoe in his hand and ran out excitedly.

It’s so late now.

Normally, when he was reviewing memorials by this time, the palace servants would urge him to eat and take care of his health.

Besides, everyone in the fields has been back home for so long, they must have eaten!

He will be able to eat the meal cooked by Uncle Tong soon!

Happy!

Zhou Chen enthusiastically began his journey to find the answer.

In the yard, as soon as Zhou Chen left, Lu Yuanshan waved and said, "Go, go, go back to sleep."

As he said this, he yawned.

"Second brother, are you really not going to care about Chen'er?" Although Deputy General Tong was usually serious, he did not show any other expression.

But he really cares about Zhou Chen.

Lu Yuanshan stood with his hands behind his back, looking calm and composed:

"Don't worry, Fourth Brother. Chen'er has been protected too well by my sister-in-law over the years. Now that he is going to rule the country, we have to let him know what kind of life the people of this world live, right?"

"But... we don't have to starve, right?" Deputy General Tong still felt a little reluctant.

Lu Yuanshan shook his head without saying anything and went back to his room to sleep.

Deputy General Feng patted him on the side and said, "Four, why are you so naive?! Second brother let Chen'er starve, but he didn't tell you not to cook for him! Why don't you just cook a bowl of noodles for Chen'er!"

Deputy General Tong's eyes lit up: "I'll go right away!"

They smiled at each other and looked towards the door, waiting for a dejected Zhou Chen to come back.

Zhou Chen asked several families at first, but found that several people in this family had not eaten dinner.

He thought the family just had dinner late, so he didn't take it seriously and went to the next restaurant.

Although there were not so many people who had not eaten in the next house, there were still one or two.

Zhou Chen felt a little uneasy.

Next, he asked each family one by one, and the answer he got was that several people had not eaten.

He was full of doubts.

When he arrived at another door and asked, he found out that except for the two young people, no one else in the family had eaten dinner yet. Zhou Chen couldn't help but ask:

"You haven't started eating yet?"

The family shook their heads and smiled innocently: "No, we are not working, so we don't have dinner."

"If you don't work, you won't eat?"

"That's right. We don't have much food at home, and we're still busy with farming, so we have to feed the strong laborers first!"

It was only at this moment that Zhou Chen realized that the people here were very thin.

He felt heavy in his heart and had a bad feeling.

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