"Grandma is so powerful, how could she be afraid! He's a bad guy, but Grandma protected her most beloved baby, of course she wouldn't be afraid!"
After saying that, she stood up and looked at Zhang He.
"Let's hurry! We might attract a pack of wolves in the middle of nowhere!"
As the group reached the door, a childish and unfamiliar voice called out from behind them!
"Auntie, wait for me!"
Qin Qing turned her head and saw the little girl she had rescued the night before looking at her weakly.
"Auntie, please, please take me with you!"
She knew all too well that she couldn't possibly survive to get out of here alone. Not to mention the freezing cold, she wouldn't even be able to survive the jackals and tigers that the old woman had just mentioned!
Qin Qing had completely lost his willingness to help others at this moment, and said coldly!
"As you can see, my family has practically no food. We're struggling to survive, let alone take you along..."
The little girl quickly waved her hand, showing none of the stubbornness she had shown the night before.
"I know I can find food myself, I just beg you to take me with you, otherwise I'll definitely die here!"
Seeing this, Zhang He felt pity. After all, the world was so difficult, and the little girl was about the same age as her daughter, which easily made her feel sad.
"Mother, why don't we take her away from here? We can let her go when we get to the next place."
This was the first time this daughter-in-law had taken the initiative to ask for it. Qin Qing glanced at her in surprise, then instantly understood and simply nodded in agreement.
"All right!"
Upon hearing this, the little girl was overjoyed and quickly went over, a weak yet strong smile on her face.
"Hello, Auntie! My name is White Lotus..."
As soon as he finished speaking, Qin Qing almost choked on his own saliva and coughed wildly, but his eyes were fixed on the girl.
"White Lotus"? Not because the name is bizarre, nor because it's ironic, but because...
Before she transmigrated, she had read a novel for a while called "Planning for the World: The Female Prime Minister in Red Makeup," and the female protagonist was called Bai Lianhua, using the alias Bai Sheng!
If it were just a matter of having the same name, that would be one thing, but the problem is that there's a male supporting character named Mu Yang and several female supporting characters named Mu Xing. When she first transmigrated, she thought the names sounded familiar, but now it seems...
So she transmigrated into a book after all?
However, due to the passage of time, she had almost forgotten the contents of the book. She only remembered that Mu Yang's ending was that he was dismembered by five horses for treason, while Mu Xing became an assassin for various reasons and was eventually given as a gift to the enemy country, where he met a tragic end.
The female protagonist, a seemingly innocent woman, disguises herself as a man and controls the court. She is brave and decisive, and even the emperor both loves and hates her, while the entire court wants her dead!
Until the female protagonist devised a trap to make the enemy country surrender, after the war she punished the treacherous officials, disciplined the loyal and good, opened the granaries to distribute food and relieve disaster. Her only flaw was that she was too cold and ruthless, her methods were extremely cruel, and she was good at betraying her teammates.
In the end, she retired to marry the emperor, becoming the only woman in the harem. Ten years after giving birth to the crown prince, she and the emperor went into seclusion...
Thinking of this, she had a constipated expression on her face. She never dreamed that the little girl she picked up at random would be the culprit who indirectly caused the death of her own granddaughter and betrayed her eldest grandson, leading to his being torn apart by five horses!
Upon seeing this, a flash of disgust crossed Bai Lianhua's eyes. If it weren't for the need to survive, why would she bow down to this old woman from the mountains?
Qin Qing wasn't stupid. After all, he had just promised her, and it wouldn't be good to go back on his word now. He made up his mind to quietly leave her behind.
The female lead is ruthless; you can't afford to mess with her.
At that moment, she remembered something. Thinking about the space in her mind, she saw a familiar house, but the box full of self-heating hot pots shocked her!
She instantly became excited. If she guessed correctly, her space could be refreshed once a day, which meant that she would never run out of food!
Overwhelmed with joy, she couldn't help but grin. Xiao Muyang noticed this and his lips twitched. He remembered that when Grandma woke up after being knocked unconscious by Wang Dazhuang, she was just like this, as if... having a seizure!
The group walked forward against the wind and snow, the dilapidated temple behind them soon disappearing from sight...
What they didn't know was that on that morning, the mountain stream next to Shangkang Village was completely submerged by heavy snow, and while the remaining people were still asleep, they were buried alive.
Three days later, Qin Qing and the others finally arrived at another town, only to find the streets in ruins. Although there weren't many corpses, the desolate scene everywhere was still heartbreaking.
Qin Qing, with her sharp eyes, spotted the beggar squatting in the corner and quickly went over to ask him something. The others behind her were waiting some distance away.
"Excuse me, ma'am, what happened in Pingzhen? Why is it so desolate?"
The beggar woman opened her eyes, and her cloudy eyes instantly brightened!
"Food! I want food!"
Qin Qing was taken aback, then sighed bitterly.
"There's nothing left to eat. I survived by eating grass roots."
Seeing this, the old woman sat back down dejectedly, staring blankly into space. Qin Qing could only hand her the fern roots he had plucked the day before.
"Auntie, all I have left are these grass roots, look..."
Before she could finish speaking, the old woman reached out and touched it with lightning speed, stuffing it into her mouth without saying a word. Although the cooked fern root was not tasty and was hard, it was still much softer than the raw one.
After the old woman ate, seeing that her hands were empty, she sat back down in her original seat. Fortunately, she still managed to explain.
"You're from Dongzhen, aren't you? Our situation is similar to yours. Half of us are dead, and the rest have gone mad. The gates through the city have been sealed off. The imperial court has long since given up on our worthless lives. Today, those madmen came up with the idea of a sacrifice, and judging by the time, it's about to begin!"
After saying that, Qin Qing's expression changed. A sacrifice? What could be used as a sacrifice if there were no offerings, unless... a human?
"Auntie, do you know where they are offering sacrifices?"
She is not a saint, but it seems that they cannot leave this place until the pandemic is resolved.
The old woman sneered and glanced at her disdainfully!
"What, you want to watch the sacrifice too? Haha! You all really want my flower to die?"
Seeing her resentful look, Qin Qing pursed her lips.
“If sacrifices were effective, the drought would have ended long ago. What they’re doing is tantamount to murder, it won’t do any good at all. Auntie, you don’t want that person to die, do you? Tell me, I have a way to save him!”
This was the first time someone had said something like that, and the old woman didn't react for a moment. Then she sighed, looking to her right with bitterness and despair...
"It's too late, they've probably already started!"
Qin Qing followed her gaze and saw gray smoke rising from the sky there, which was the smoke from the burning of damp firewood!
Without saying a word, she said something to the people behind her and quickly left.
"Wait for me to come back!"
The group was taken aback, but chose to stay put. Bai Lianhua, however, was puzzled. Did she intend to abandon them and run away? Impossible, that wild woman didn't seem like that kind of person…
"Auntie, let's go take a look. We can help if anything happens!"
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