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He Yingchun put her ear against the rock wall. She felt they were almost there and seemed to hear the whistling of the cold wind outside.
My finger touched something strange.
"There seems to be something here..." He Yingchun touched the hard block of snow in front of him and rubbed his fingers on it a few times. It felt a little strange, not like ice made of condensed snow.
She scraped away the floating snow on top and leaned forward to look. It was a wide-open eye with a black pupil embedded in it, as hard as a gem, dark and translucent.
"Ah!" She stepped back suddenly and gasped.
Those eyes stared at He Yingchun, as if freezing the final appearance of death, fragile and helpless.
After a long pause, she moved closer and cleared the snow away bit by bit. "How come it's so big?"
The corpse was so huge that she mustered up the courage to examine it carefully.
This isn't one body, it's two!!
They hugged each other tightly before they died. The other one was a little thinner and was buried in the other's arms, so at first she mistakenly thought they were the same person.
Both of them were holding something in their hands. She touched it with her hand and brushed off the snow.
They were two frozen pancakes.
Two small pieces of cake!
Pie!!!
He Yingchun tightly held the two small pieces of cake and looked up in disbelief. What is this?
Mom and Xiaozhi!!!
How could that be? Li Bin, Mom, Xiaozhi, and the others were all on the outside. They should have been able to escape!
He Yingchun repeatedly recalled their previous location and thought they should be able to escape.
"Wen Jingzhao? Wen Jingzhao?" Oh, where's Wen Jingzhao? They were clearly digging snow here together, where did he go?
He Yingchun turned around, but Wen Jingzhao was nowhere to be found in this small space. There was only her and two hugging corpses.
Mom looked at her and her eyes moved.
He Yingchun blinked, but her mother still looked the same, and that blink seemed like an illusion.
She tried hard to open her eyes. The scenery around her was sometimes strangely colorful and sometimes gray. She seemed to be immersed in soft clouds and lost her balance.
Fall, and fall again.
She heard some distorted sounds, like singing, or like a noisy human voice, coming together to create a strange and incomprehensible melody.
It eventually turned into a few words: "He Yingchun? He Yingchun?"
He Yingchun woke up when she heard Jingzhao's voice.
She touched her head dazedly at first, and it was indeed a little hot. She looked around again, and it was still the "passage" they had dug. There were no eyes, let alone any corpses.
"What's wrong?" Wen Jingzhao asked.
"It's okay, I just had a nightmare." He Yingchun wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.
Wen Jingzhao frowned and tilted his head, "Shh."
He leaned over the rock wall and listened attentively. "Listen."
He Yingchun followed his example and put her ear against the rock wall. After two seconds, she actually heard someone laughing inside.
Is this a mountain elf? She felt like she hadn't heard anyone laugh in ages.
On the road of exile, apart from the sounds of whips, beatings, scolding, people's worries and complaints, there was indeed no such hearty laughter.
She closed her eyes and listened carefully, and she could still hear faint voices.
"It's outside." Wen Jingzhao was sure.
The two of them were delighted and sped up their hands, "I feel like I'm almost there!!"
He Yingchun used her elbow to push out hard.
"boom"
The snow fell to the outside. He Yingchun originally held her head with both hands, but now she no longer cared about cleaning the snow off her body. She looked outside and was shocked.
It was already completely dark. In a cave not far from them, a group of people were sitting around a fire, talking and laughing. They were wearing thick clothes and animal furs, exuding a rough and bold atmosphere.
A short man stood up, waving his arms and describing something passionately, while people next to him burst into laughter.
He Yingchun couldn't help but pinch herself to see if she was dreaming.
"What's wrong?" Wen Jingzhao couldn't see but could hear, and he looked up in confusion.
He Yingchun grabbed his hand and the two of them climbed out of the snow pile. "The situation is a bit strange." He Yingchun saw that Zhao Wu was also among the group of people, and felt a little relieved.
She described to Wen Jingzhao the group of people she saw.
Wen Jingzhao nodded, then asked, "Do you see any vehicles nearby with two rows of short spears on them? And escort flags? In this kind of weather, someone dressed like this is probably an escort."
He Yingchun looked around but didn't see them. However, the two were discovered by the yamen runners guarding the cave entrance, and the four of them looked at each other in confusion.
She hooked Wen Jingzhao's hand and whispered, "We'll see what happens."
I thought that after they came out after all the trouble, someone would ask them what was going on inside and what happened just now. However, the bailiffs didn't have much time to pay attention to them. They took them to another cave and left.
"Young Master...He Yingchun! He Yingchun!" Li Bin shouted at them, asking the two to come over.
This cave is full of prisoners crowded together.
Mum and Xiaozhi behind Li Bin showed their faces, both of them were happy to have survived the disaster.
"What...is going on?" He Yingchun first breathed a sigh of relief and asked.
Li Bin waved his hand. "It's a long story. Wasn't there an avalanche just now? I rushed towards the cave entrance with them, but before we could get out, we were crushed under the snow."
He patted his chest with lingering fear, "Later, it seemed that those escorts were passing by on their escort mission and helped dig out the people. Not only did they rescue those officials, but they also rescued us."
He Yingchun asked around and found out that only their cave was the hardest hit by the avalanche and was directly buried. If they were all prisoners, it would be fine, but there were also yamen runners, and they would have no way to explain when they returned.
After digging for a long time, they only rescued two prisoners on the outermost side. Just when they were at a loss, these bodyguards came over to hide from the snow. Thanks to their help, they quickly rescued the yamen runners with their tools.
More than a dozen prisoners were also released, and Li Bin and his three companions were lucky enough to be among the first to be released.
He Yingchun pinched her fingertips, which meant that when the two of them were digging there with great difficulty, the person was rescued when he lay down.
That's fine, He Yingchun looked at the five people who were all safe and sound and smiled.
"We're all fine now!"
Several people nodded, yes, it's okay,
Surviving a disaster is a blessing and a long life.
Chen Xinrong walked over with his arms folded. He first walked around the entrance of the cave, then walked into the pile of prisoners and looked around twice, which made people feel scared.
He turned around and around, and finally his eyes lit up as if he had found something.
"Yes! You, little one, come here." He nodded at He Yingchun.
Several people looked at He Yingchun worriedly. Wen Jingzhao didn't know who they were talking about, but he sensed that the atmosphere was wrong, so he grabbed He Yingchun's arm and squeezed it.
He Yingchun gave them a look that warned them not to act rashly, patted Wen Jingzhao lightly, and followed him out.
The reason why Chen Rongxin asked her out was simply this.
Isn't it just cooking?
He Yingchun looked at the pot in front of her and lowered the corners of her mouth.
This is what she is best at.
Their food had been lost during their escape. This pile belonged to the escorts. There wasn't much, but it was definitely enough for one meal.
He Yingchun looked at the dry food and felt that there was nothing she could do with it.
She frowned as she considered her recipe.
"Snap"
Chen Rongxin threw two gray objects over and said in a gruff voice, "You have to make these things well. If you do well, there will be a reward."
He Yingchun looked closely and found that they were actually two gray-haired wild rabbits with snow on their bodies, obviously they had just been hunted.
She praised it repeatedly.
High-end ingredients only require the simplest cooking, so let’s try some roasted rabbit.
Peel the skin, remove the internal organs, and wash it several times with cold water to remove the fishy smell.
There was almost no marinade, so she took out some coarse salt from the bag and rubbed it on the rabbit meat over and over again.
This step is very important. It not only needs to be even but also needs to be flavorful.
Because she didn't have a kitchen knife, she used the dagger given by Chen Rongxin and modified it into a knife in a very makeshift way.
During the marinating process, she cooked another pot of vegetable soup. This time the pot was smaller and much less than last time. She put some rabbit meat slices into the pot and stewed it over high heat. Soon the pot boiled.
It smells so good.
He Yingchun took a bite secretly with tears in her eyes.
Very good, put on the lid, and then directly redeem points in the system,
"Ding Dong, a pot of rabbit meat and vegetable soup, 10 points, current points are 7, please keep working hard!"
Then put it in the pot immediately, and sure enough, the meat has a high exchange rate.
She looked at her score of 7, happily picked up a branch, stuck the rabbit meat on it, and roasted it slowly over low heat.
The rabbit meat is hung over the fire, and the heat from the flames is evenly transferred to the skewers, roasting each side to a golden and crispy texture.
The fat was roasted and fell into the fire, making a sizzling sound.
The fragrance is everywhere.
He Yingchun stared at the rabbit meat eagerly. Chen Rongxin came over and also looked at it eagerly. She had no way of using the system.
She handed a skewer of meat to Chen Rongxin and said, "Brother Yacha, I'll go put some ingredients in. Please help me watch this first."
Without waiting for the other party to react, he took the other skewer of meat to the back of the pot and pretended to add salt.
"Ding Dong, one roasted rabbit, 10 points. Current points are 17. Please keep working hard!"
"Hurry up! This is about to get burnt, do I need to add more ingredients?" Chen Rongxin didn't understand and came over with the meat skewers.
The next second, He Yingchun came over with skewers of meat.
"No need for this. It takes a long time to marinate. I'll do it." She nodded and took the skewers.
"Wow! What smells so good?" A burly man walked in and went to the fire to smell it.
“Looks delicious!!”
Chen Rongxin laughed and said, "These are the two rabbits you hunted!"
The burly man nodded, "Not bad, not bad, this time we're in for a treat!"
He didn't leave, but lingered in front of the pot, "What is this pot? It smells pretty good."
He Yingchun replied, "Rabbit meat stew, ready to be served!"
The man nodded, "I eat this dish a lot, but I've never seen it paired with rabbit meat!"
Everyone followed the scent and seemed to be talking at once.
In fact, they were all staring at the rabbit meat eagerly, wondering when it would be ready.
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