She picked up the young prime minister while fleeing famine

Although Banxia and Lianchengmo had been causing trouble by the river, the people of Yaoli Village usually only went to the river to fetch water when it was time to cook, and no one knew that she was making a fuss to catch fish.

It's no wonder they didn't think about catching fish in the river. Yao Li Village is located in the northern border region and is near a large river. But precisely because it's a large river, no one dares to target the fish in it.

If someone accidentally falls in, their body will never be recovered. So don't even mention being a swimmer; they'll only dare to fish or something on the shore.

In addition, due to the isolation of ancient times, they had never heard of fishing with nets.

Moreover, although there was a drought last year, the river in Yaoli Village did not dry up. However, the land there was already barren, and the harvest was not good to begin with, but it was even worse last year.

Yao Lizheng led the entire village to flee famine not because of natural disasters, but because of war. The Great Xia Kingdom was fragmented, and the northern border was beset by internal and external troubles. The first to suffer were the military households.

Regardless of age or gender, everyone was to be dragged to the battlefield. Upon hearing the news, Yao Lizheng led the entire village to flee overnight, taking secluded roads along the way.

It was only after leaving Beizhou Prefecture that I realized how severe the drought was in Hedong Prefecture, and that all the people of Hedong Prefecture were fleeing to the south to escape the famine.

Yao Lizheng, who had hoped to find another barbarian king to rely on and get rid of his military household village identity, had no choice but to lead the entire village to continue fleeing the famine to the south.

Vietnam Prefecture is much larger than Beizhou Prefecture. It took them three months to finally reach the border.

Along the way, the towns and counties of Vietnam were naturally closed off, as the government was too busy taking care of its own people to care about the refugees.

Unless, of course, they are strong and able-bodied enough to be conscripted, like the conscription that Banxia and her village encountered before, which was ordered by the King of Fufan of Vietnam.

This frightened Yao Lizheng so much that he dared not walk on the official road for many days, taking many detours until he was almost out of Vietnam Prefecture before daring to come onto the official road.

I didn't expect the border area to be even more chaotic, with bandits frequently robbing people on the road.

That said, the people of Yaoli Village were overjoyed when Banxia brought back two big fish.

"Banxia, ​​where did you catch this fish? There are such big fish in this river!" An aunt asked in surprise, pointing to the river in the distance.

They rarely saw such large fish in the northern Xinjiang region. The river didn't look very big, but they never expected that the fish in it would be so big.

"Yes, auntie, didn't I weave a net this afternoon? This is what the fishing net caught."

"There seem to be a lot of fish in this river. Everyone can go up the mountain to get some vines and weave them into fishing nets to catch some," Banxia said with a smile, waving the fish in her hand.

They are now in the same boat as Yao Li Village, especially since Banxia wants to bring the entire village to the seaside, so they naturally want to share the benefits with them.

This way, she would have some say, and people would be willing to listen to her suggestions to go south in the future.

As soon as Banxia said this, a lot of middle-aged women gathered around, asking her all sorts of questions about how to weave fishing nets and how to catch fish with them.

Some even asked which type of vine they wanted, thick or thin?

In short, Banxia was surrounded by a crowd, but Qi Changshan noticed something was wrong. He jumped onto the wheelbarrow, saw his older sister, and rushed over to check on her.

Little Changshan thought his older sister was being bullied by those older women. Well, what could they do? They had suffered so much on their way to escape the famine.

He forcefully pushed at the aunties on the outside, calling out, "Big sister, big sister."

"Aunties, don't worry. It's getting late, and everyone should start cooking. How about this: after breakfast tomorrow morning, I'll take you up the mountain to find some vines and then teach you how to weave fishing nets, okay?" Banxia heard her younger brother's shout and, feeling anxious, quickly raised her hand and said loudly.

Qi Changshan, who couldn't squeeze in from outside, was also taken aback when he heard his sister's voice. What fishing net?

It didn't sound like he was bullying his older sister. And the auntie he'd so fiercely pushed away wasn't angry at all; she even smiled, patted his head, and praised him for being so clever. What's going on?

Qi Changshan was completely baffled, but Banxia quickly broke free from the encirclement and gently took his hand, leading him back.

As they walked away, they saw a few children running over as soon as they saw Qi Changshan, leaving only Lian Chengyu behind. Xiao Shuang'er ran over with Qi Juanbai.

Then they saw what Banxia was holding, and their eyes lit up instantly.

"Big sister, you really caught fish!" Qi Juanbai's eyes lit up when he saw the two big fish that Banxia was holding.

"Fish, Meat, Sister Banxia, ​​you're amazing!" Xiao Shuang'er ran over, her eyes crinkling with laughter as she praised her.

Banxia was holding Qi Changshan's hand, so the two younger ones had nowhere to hold on. They had to settle for something else: one grabbed the other side of Banxia's clothes, and the other simply held his second brother's hand, as if he were holding his eldest sister's hand.

Banxia looked at her third brother and Xiaoshuang'er with amusement, feeling that Xiaoshuang'er's praise sounded more and more familiar the more she heard it.

Oh dear, didn't Lian Chengmo just praise her like that too?

These two siblings are truly blood relatives; they use exactly the same words to praise each other.

However, this did not stop Banxia from enjoying Xiaoshuang'er's praise. Who could not like such a soft and sweet little girl?

Back at the camp, Banxia immediately lit a fire. She took out the bamboo shoots she had soaked in a jar earlier, smelled them, and found they had only a slight sour smell, but that was enough to stew fish.

She rubbed the small white strips with salt, marinated them, and put them in a large bowl. Then, she deftly turned the wok over and began to make her sour bamboo shoot stewed fish.

First, pan-fry the fish until golden brown on both sides. Then, stir-fry the wild scallions. Finally, add water, pickled bamboo shoots, and a suitable amount of salt. Once the soup turns milky white, it's ready to eat.

It's a pity they were on their way to escape famine, and the only seasoning they had was salt. Otherwise, adding some chili peppers or something would have made it even tastier.

But now there's no other choice, so we have to make do!

While waiting for the fish soup, Banxia took some bamboo sections collected by Liancheng Mo and whittled some bamboo skewers. These things weren't as delicate as bamboo arrows, so Banxia just casually whittled a small handful.

Then she strung the salted white strips onto bamboo skewers one by one, making more than a dozen skewers before Banxia set up a small fire next to the fish soup.

Then, using firewood and thicker bamboo skewers, they built a makeshift barbecue grill and started grilling small white strips.

Given the current conditions, frying small dried fish is out of the question; the only option is to grill the fish. Hopefully, it won't turn out too bad.

The small fire had limited capacity, so only six or seven pieces could be roasted at a time. Banxia roasted six pieces first, so that one piece would be perfect for each family member.

Just as Banxia finished grilling the first batch of small fish, Lian Chengmo finally returned after processing the remaining six fish.

His return with six fish naturally caused a sensation. Everyone thought that Banxia had already brought back quite a few with two fish, but they didn't expect them to catch even more.