Chapter 226: Chapter 226

After returning to the military camp, the Dazi on the other side of the city wall were also dug out from the bricks.

This time, there were a total of 200 Dazi prisoners, who were very discontented and felt that the Gulan Military Camp people had tricked them, causing their capture.

General Zhao had them whipped a bit, only then did they settle down.

Pei Shu’er now didn’t need to study the catapult anymore, there were some follow-up things to handle. But for now, the priority was building the city wall and then supervising the production of the catapult later.

For example, how to adjust the data, and her entire routine returned to working for four hours, resting for eight hours.

Moreover, today’s rest was truly a post-war arrangement by General Zhao.

Everyone had been so exhausted.

Post-war rest was necessary as well.

Originally, there was only half a day’s work left, but because of the Dazi’s surprise attack, repairs plus building the city wall required a full day’s work.

Pei Shu’er immediately arranged for people to start working. The repair work had already been arranged by Tang Peiyi while on duty and had been completed.

The remaining task was to build the enclosure.

Everyone worked overtime, and by six in the morning, the city wall was completed.

Everyone cheered, looking at this massive structure finally completed, they collapsed on the ground, utterly exhausted.

Yinxing and Liu Xu and others poured water for everyone.

Zhang Feng, having heard General Zhao’s orders last night, instructed everyone to have a good meal after the city wall was completed.

The ingredients had been prepared last night.

As soon as he received this news, he went to find Pei Shu’er.

Because he truly couldn’t imagine, with carrots, cabbage, potatoes, greens, pickled vegetables, and although there was meat, it wasn’t much and was all hunted.

How to make a good meal with such materials and make sure everyone has enough to eat?

He thought that someone like Pei Shu’er, who could make fermented tofu and regular tofu, probably has this skill.

Pei Shu’er said, "Let everyone eat till they’re full. After all, they’ve never had their fill before."

Zhang Feng thought this made sense too, rather than eating the good stuff, everyone cared more about eating until they’re full.

Thus, Pei Shu’er used potatoes to make cooked rice. There were plenty of potatoes and rice, but the potatoes weren’t very big, cut into small pieces, so the texture wasn’t bad when eating.

She then looked at the meat, there was really too little of it.

She coughed lightly, "Commander, let’s take everyone to fish in the river."

Commander Zhang mulled this over and agreed. This little meat was really not enough, better to supplement with fish from the Gulan River.

Although the fish was quite fishy, it was still meat after all, right?

Pei Shu’er asked Commander Zhang, "Commander Zhang, where are the fishnets for your camp? I’ll take everyone to go fishing."

Zhang Feng didn’t mind Pei Shu’er’s demeanor. This young girl’s straightforward nature was the same when speaking to him, even to General Zhao, it was .

And her subordinates, she didn’t issue commands arrogantly, it was the same attitude she had.

In fact, toward those people, she treated them a bit better than she did toward their superior officers.

Pei Shu’er looked at the fishnets and made a little modification.

The soldiers stared blankly, a bit confused.

Pei Shu’er wasn’t planning to explain.

The river was already rapid, some soldiers who were good swimmers went to the main stream of the Gulan River.

As someone like Pei Shu’er, who had zero swimming skills, she intuitively went to the tributary.

Not that she feared the water, just wanting to feel the gentleness of the tributary.

Pei Shu’er cast the fishnet, the fish varied in size, and quickly got caught.

Everyone was taken aback, previously fishing was hard, those small fish always escaped even if they made the net eyes smaller.

What did Pei Shu’er do that the fish entered and couldn’t get out?

Everyone looked at Pei Shu’er, curious to ask, but unfamiliar enough not to voice it.

Pei Shu’er didn’t explain.

She merely changed the knitting technique, making the fishnet into a closing one, thus the fish were less inclined to escape.

Once the fish were netted and filled a wooden bucket, Pei Shu’er had them sent to the kitchen.

Then continued fishing.

While fishing, Pei Shu’er occasionally released some fish from her space inventory, always netting large numbers of fish.

Additionally, the fish sizes were quite uniform.

Other people hadn’t caught any fish yet, let alone the big ones.

They truly envied her.

But thinking that the fish they get could be shared for everyone to eat, their mood brightened again.

Eating fish! Eating fish!

No matter the flavor, it’s still meat after all.

Later, Pei Shu’er sensed there was about enough fish, then had everyone continue fishing while she went to the kitchen to prep the fish. With so many people to feed, prepping ahead was totally necessary.

Fortunately, the pots here were large, but even one wasn’t enough, several were needed to cook.

She selected some smaller fish, planning to fry them for everyone to taste.

Zhang Feng watched the amount of oil used, feeling a pain in the heart.

But he said nothing, as after all, it was just one good meal, and afterward, life returned to being frugal.

As for the larger fish, Pei Shu’er used them to make fish with pickled vegetables, those were ready-made.

Then Pei Shu’er fried some potatoes, made vinegar cabbage, and radish cooked with meat, of course, this meant lots of radish and little meat.

She also made stir-fried greens.

The dishes were not complicated but once everyone smelled the aroma, their mouths watered like crazy.

It was truly, very aromatic.

Until Zhang Feng banged the gong, everyone then queued up for the meal.

After dishes were served, some people from the Fire Head Army began serving the dishes.

Seeing those people flipping the ladle, each flip seemed to lessen the food’s quantity.

Everyone couldn’t help swallowing their saliva but dared not voice a complaint, fearing of getting nothing served.

General Zhao also rarely stepped out from the barracks. He usually had meals brought to him inside.

Not that he waved prestige pompously, just that eating with everyone made them feel uncomfortable.

Upon seeing the abundant dish variety, he raised an eyebrow and looked at Zhang Feng.

"Well done, Zhang Feng, your cooking skills improved again."

Zhang Feng chuckled awkwardly: "I wouldn’t dare claim the credit, it was all made by Pei Shu’er."

General Zhao lightly raised his brows, realizing Pei Shu’er not only excelled at building walls but had such culinary skills too.

Just as he was about to say he would get a meal, Pei Shu’er welcomed him in with a wave.

Once he entered the back kitchen, he noticed all the small leaders connected to Zhang Feng were there.

Lin Zhi even sat beside Pei Shu’er.

The table was surrounded by plates and bowls filled with food, just the scent alone made his saliva start flowing.

Once everyone sat down, they began eating.

General Zhao first cautiously picked a chopstick of seemingly ordinary cabbage, then his movements halted.

The cabbage was tender with a hint of sweet crispness, and with added sourness, it was especially appetizing and refreshing.

The greens tasted somewhat bitter with a rich vegetable flavor and a touch of oiliness. The taste was truly good. Fresh chapters posted on novel·fire.net