Chapter 3: The First Glimpse of an Ancient City

  A moment later, the old farmer brought a bowl of dark stuff in front of Chen Chu.

  "Master Chen, the meal is ready. We are poor and have little to offer in these mountainous regions, I'm afraid we can't provide much for Master Chen." The old farmer said apologetically.

  Chen Chu held a wooden bowl and stared blankly at the food in it, hesitating. Can this black thing be eaten?! Just then, his stomach growled again.

  Never mind! Fill your belly first and talk later!

  Chen Chu, who was extremely hungry, couldn't care about anything else. He used a small wooden spoon to scoop up the black stuff, hesitated for a moment, then scrunched up his face and swallowed it in one gulp.

  It doesn't taste like anything, but it feels extremely coarse. In later generations, even pigs might not eat this thing!

  However, at this time Chen Chu's stomach was growling with hunger and he ate extremely quickly. Turning his head to see the honest old farmer smiling at him, Chen Chu thought: Perhaps this black food is the best that this old man can offer! Who would have thought that the lives of ancient people were so difficult!

  Thinking of this, Chen Chu couldn't help but sigh.

  Seeing Chen Chu sigh, the old farmer was slightly startled and hastily asked: "Master Chen, why are you sighing? Is the food not to your taste?" As he spoke, the old farmer's heart felt a pang of sadness. At first, when he saw his guest wearing strange clothes but looking refined and dignified, he had guessed that the other man was probably a young nobleman who had come to the mountains for hunting and pleasure, and had lost his way and ended up at his farmhouse. Now, with Chen Chu's sudden sigh, it seemed that he was dissatisfied with the coarse food.

  In ancient times, the common people were simple and hospitable. Once a guest arrived, they would take out the best wine and food in their home to entertain them. If the guest was not satisfied with the host's hospitality, it would be a shame and regret for the host.

  Chen Chu didn't understand the reasoning, but seeing the other's gloomy expression, he said: "This is great, I've been starving for a whole day. Thanks to your hospitality, being able to have a full meal in this desolate place is already a huge stroke of luck!"

  When Chen Chu said this, the old farmer's face lit up with joy again.

  After dinner, the old farmer asked him to rest first. However, when Chen Chu looked at the worn-out wooden bed covered with straw in front of him, he couldn't help but feel desolate.

  I used to live in a modern society with highly developed material civilization, but unexpectedly I was thrown back into ancient times by heaven! How am I supposed to survive in such an environment?!

  Chen Chu was exhausted, but he now urgently wanted to understand the current situation, so he pulled the old farmer to sit on the threshold and started talking.

  When the young master of the Shi family wanted to talk to him, the old farmer suddenly felt honored and surprised, what reason would he have not to comply?

  The two chatted more and more familiarly, and before long, Chen Chu gained some useful information.

  It turned out that the dynasty he was in was actually the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and at this time it was during the reign of Emperor Ling of Han. Chen Chu, who often played games about the Three Kingdoms period, finally remembered that the sixth year of Guanghe was which year, should be AD 183, that is to say, next January will erupt the famous Yellow Turban Rebellion in history!

  Chen Chu couldn't help but feel a pang of sorrow in his heart, and he couldn't stop lamenting to himself: Heaven! How could you abandon me to such a chaotic world!

  Lying on the uneven wooden bed, Chen Chu tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep.

  What to do? In this era where human life is as worthless as grass, I'm afraid that once I step out, I'll lose my life! Hurry back! Forget it, it's almost impossible now! The only way left is to find a way to stand firm in this era. After all, I am a university student, possessing knowledge that people of this era do not have. Perhaps with this, I can secure a high-ranking official position by the side of some powerful lord and live a life of glory and wealth!

  At this thought, Chen Chu couldn't help but show an excited expression, and then his spirit relaxed and he fell asleep.

  In his dream, Chen Chu saw himself standing on a high earth platform, with tens of thousands of soldiers neatly lined up below, shouting something in unison. Behind him stood a row of generals, each with a robust physique and an aura of killing intent, all of whom were famous generals from the Three Kingdoms period. Chen Chu strode to the edge of the platform, raised his arms high, and was about to address the troops when a loud voice suddenly boomed from behind, "Which little brat is blocking my way!" Before Chen Chu could turn around to see who it was, he felt a massive force push him off the platform. It turned out that he had been kicked down by someone.

  The next morning, Chen Chu set out with two boxes of medicine.

  Before leaving, Chen Chu specially inquired about the surrounding terrain. The old farmer didn't know much; he had never left this mountain his whole life and only knew that walking west for three hours would lead to a place called Le Ping County Town. As for the name of this mountain, the old farmer said people in the town call it Taihang Mountain.

  To thank the old farmer for his hospitality, Chen Chu specially gave the old farmer a 100-yuan RMB note. When the old farmer held this brand new 100-yuan bill, both hands were trembling, he had never seen such exquisite paintings in his life! The old farmer decided in his heart to keep this 100-yuan bill well as a family heirloom.

  Chen Chu carried two boxes of medicine, following the old farmer's directions and heading west. When he found out that he was really in ancient times, he became even more reluctant to lose these two boxes of medicine, intuitively feeling that they might come in handy someday.

  As noon approached, Chen Chu finally walked out of the mountains and a city that he had only seen in movies and TV dramas appeared before his eyes.

  The city wall of this castle looks a bit low and dilapidated, and the scale of the entire city doesn't seem to be large either. The length of the city wall facing Chen Chu is probably less than 200 meters.

  It seems that Le Ping County Town is really just a small county town after all!

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