"You two! I want to ask, have you seen any other villagers?"
The village chief looked around and asked anxiously.
"I see! Village chief! Let's have breakfast first, and then we can talk about other villagers after we're full!"
Grandma Qiao realized that she could no longer hide the matter, so she wanted to let the village chief eat something first, otherwise she was afraid that his weak body would not be able to withstand such a tragic blow.
"Village Chief! Come eat something! Grandma Qiao's dumplings are delicious!"
Although Xiao Feiniu is eighteen years old, he is still a big kid. When he heard Grandma Qiao say that she had met other people in the village, he felt that everyone else should be fine, so he became happy.
However, the village chief didn't see it that way. He thought something must have happened to the other villagers. Otherwise, why did Sister Qiao only say half of the story when she said she saw it, and then asked him to eat breakfast first?
While the village chief was frowning and thinking hard, Grandma Qiao had already brought him a plate of steaming dumplings.
"Village chief! Come and eat something first! These dumplings taste pretty good." Grandma Qiao greeted warmly.
After being interrupted by Grandma Qiao, the village chief had no choice but to take the plate. But the dumplings on the plate smelled really good! The village chief couldn't help swallowing his saliva!
"Let's have breakfast first! These dumplings won't taste good if they get cold!"
Grandma Qiao and Su Keke picked up their own plates from the coffee table and ate one steamed dumpling after another, their mouths filled with the delicious flavor.
The village chief and Xiao Feiniu looked at each other without saying anything. They then began to eat the dumplings in a tacit understanding.
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As for the Sakura people, the yak that Zuo Zhi brought back yesterday provided two full meals for the thirty or so people.
Early this morning, Zuo Zhi began to arrange for other brothers to go down the mountain to search for supplies.
There is no way. With so many people, supplies are consumed quickly. Now, Nakano Ao and other Sakura people seem to have returned to the situation when they first came to China, living a miserable life with no food to eat!
Everyone agreed yesterday that they would take turns to go out and look for supplies. Zuo Zhi asked a young man named Wu Xun to be the team leader for today's search for supplies.
This young man had good kung fu and was usually smart, so Zuo Zhi felt relieved to let him take his five brothers down the mountain.
Besides, in this ravine, except for sudden disastrous weather, other people pose no danger to them at all!
This is a place where the mountains are high and the emperor is far away. When Nakano Qing chose to build a base here, it was a well-thought-out decision.
"Team Leader Zuo, don't worry! I will definitely lead the brothers!"
Wu Xun said a few words to Zuo Zhi at the entrance of the cave and then led his five brothers down the mountain. They still did not have any rainproof equipment and were determined to go out regardless of wind or rain.
In the cave on the other side, several people were preparing to go down the mountain.
The village chief and a dozen villagers went down the mountain yesterday morning. A whole day and night has passed since then, but no one has returned. The family members in the cave can no longer wait.
Originally, everyone had discussed letting the village barefoot doctor Ma Qingshan and Xiao Feiniu's father Chen Tusheng take the three young men down the mountain to look for someone.
Unexpectedly, the village chief's wife secretly followed him down the mountain.
"Sister Wang, why did you follow me down here?" When Ma Qingshan found the village chief's wife, she was soaking wet and looking at him in a miserable state.
"I...I'm a little worried about my old Wang. Doctor Ma, please let me go with you to look for him!"
The village chief's wife wiped the rain off her face and spoke cautiously.
"Hey! You've followed me all the way here, and you definitely won't go back even if I ask you to!"
Doctor Ma shook his head helplessly and took off the hat on his head and gave it to the village chief's wife.
"Doctor Ma! I'm soaked anyway, so don't worry about me! Just take me with you if you want!"
The village chief's wife returned the hat to Ma Qingshan and refused to wear it no matter what.
"Aunt Ma, you should wear ours! We are young and not afraid of getting wet in the rain!"
The young men from the three villages took off their own hats and wanted to give them to the village chief's wife.
"You are all good kids. I really don't need you to put it back on quickly, or your hair will get wet."
The village chief's wife said she didn't want their hats, and Ma Qingshan and his friends couldn't do anything about it.
Chen Tusheng's family didn't have a bamboo hat, so he found a plastic bag and put it over his head, which barely kept his head from getting wet.
After searching his pocket for a long time, he actually found a red plastic bag.
"If you don't mind, this plastic bag is for you!"
Xiao Feiniu's father, Chen Tusheng, is usually not talkative and looks a little shy.
When he gave the red plastic bag to the village chief's wife, he was actually a little embarrassed.
If he hadn't come out to look for his son this time, he probably wouldn't have gone down the mountain.
"Flying Niu Dad! My hair has been in the rain all the way, and now it's all wet. You keep this plastic bag. If we find something useful later, we can use this plastic bag to put it back."
The village chief’s wife didn’t want anyone’s things. She just wanted to find the village chief as soon as possible. If they delayed for one more minute, the village chief would be in more danger.
Everyone else also knew that the most important thing now was to find someone, so they stopped being polite to the village chief's wife.
The first place they went after coming down the mountain was the grassland.
Because when the village chief and his companions went down the mountain yesterday, they said that they would go to the grassland first to see if the supplies they had not had time to take away were still there?
"Village Chief! Little Flying Cow..."
"Luo Shun... Brother Tian..."
"Old Wang..."
When they arrived at the grassland, they found a lot of chaotic footprints, but there was no one there, and there were no other buildings on the grassland, so it was basically all in sight.
"They must have been here!" Dr. Ma said firmly, staring at the footprints on the mud.
"Then there's no one here! Where do you think they went later?"
Feiniu's father Chen Tusheng looked very anxious. He only had this one son, and if anything happened to him he would die.
"Let's look somewhere else! The closest village to our grassland is Niujia Village. Why don't we go there and have a look?"
The village head's wife frowned, her face was frighteningly pale. She spoke in a calm voice, not crying like other women in the village.
But the village chief’s wife is even more pitiful.
"That's all we can do! Everyone, be careful with your steps and don't fall into the mud. Let's go! Let's get to the road!"
Doctor Ma led these people out of the muddy grassland slowly, taking one step forward and one step back. The rain had completely soaked their clothes.
They continued to shout the names of the village chief and other villagers. The only sound in the world was the sound of the rain and their shouting.
What a pity! No one responded to them!
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