Seeing that the situation was not good, more than a dozen soldiers immediately drew their knives and chased after the wolf.
Just then, a tall soldier's blade was about to strike the wolf.
Lu Qiqi quickly picked up a pebble and threw it forward.
With a clang, the pebble struck the blade, and the tall soldier staggered back a few steps after the violent impact.
Before he could react and understand what was happening, he heard voices coming from two directions.
"Spare him."
"Don't hurt it!"
Wangcai dodged the soldiers' sharp blades and stopped in front of Lu Qiqi.
Upon seeing Lu Qiqi, Wangcai excitedly wagged its tail a few times.
Lu Qiqi checked Wangcai with her eyes to see if he was injured. Only after confirming that Wangcai had not been hurt by the soldiers did she breathe a sigh of relief.
The soldier's slash just now had terrified her.
"Seven Seven".
Lu Qiqi looked up at the sound and saw Li Changlong looking at her with a worried expression.
Seeing her family, Lu Qiqi was naturally overjoyed. She asked with delight, "Second Brother, what brings you here?"
That is to say, you are not just Li Changlong alone; behind Li Changlong is Zhou Yi, who is driving a horse-drawn carriage.
Li Changlong explained, "Your parents were worried about you traveling alone, so they asked Zhou Yi and me to go with you to Heshun Prefecture so that we can look after each other on the way."
Lu Qiqi was already very touched that Li Changlong and Zhou Yi were able to come.
Even she herself couldn't guarantee that she would be able to return to the old soldier's village unscathed from her trip to Heshun Prefecture.
Not to mention Li Changlong and Zhou Yi, who know nothing about medicine.
Lu Qiqi advised, "The road ahead is dangerous, Second Brother, you should go back. Our family has been forcibly conscripted by the government to treat patients, one person is enough. You don't need to risk your lives for me."
Li Changlong said, "We were prepared before we came out. We can withstand any danger, but I can't let you go to Heshun Prefecture alone!"
Lu Qiqi wanted to say something more, but Li Changlong interrupted her directly, making a final decision, "My mind is made up. Even if you don't let us go, we won't go back to the veterans' village alone. It's better to go together."
Having said that, Lu Qiqi had no reason to refuse, since Li Changlong wouldn't be going back anyway.
It's better to save your energy for the argument in Heshun Prefecture.
Seeing that Lu Qiqi knew the newcomer, the tall soldier whispered an order, and his men immediately sheathed their swords.
"Hey!" the tall soldier called out to Lu Qiqi, "Do you know these two?"
Lu Qiqi explained to the tall soldier the arrival of Li Changlong and Zhou Yi, and told him about her decision to leave the two of them and a wolf behind to go to Heshun Prefecture together.
The tall officer glanced at Li Changlong and said, "If you want to stay, you have to obey orders. If you dare to cause any trouble, even if they are not on the list, we have the right to deal with them!"
The tall soldier left Li Changlong and Zhou Yi behind, not without his own selfish motives. The two young men who volunteered to go to Heshun Prefecture could share a lot of the heavy work when they arrived, which they were more than happy to do!
"Of course," Lu Qiqi said. Since she wanted to keep the person, she couldn't be arrogant. She could only agree to whatever the other party said first.
As for what happens next, who cares!
We'll fight wherever there's a powerful dragon!
Lu Qiqi, having arrived by carriage on Monday, naturally wouldn't go back and squeeze into a carriage with the two old doctors.
On Monday, Li Changlong and Lu Qiqi sat outside the carriage while Lu Qiqi sat alone in the spacious carriage. It felt so good to be able to sit in the same carriage without feeling cramped!
Lu Qiqi rested against a large bundle, and noticed several wooden boxes next to her that looked like food boxes.
Before Lu Qiqi could even ask, she heard Li Changlong's voice.
"Qiqi, there are pastries in the food box, including brown sugar cakes made by my mother."
Upon hearing this, Lu Qiqi opened the food box and couldn't help but be delighted to see the layers of pastries.
The two food boxes have a total of six layers, containing osmanthus cake, pea flour cake, lotus flower pastry, almond biscuit, and hibiscus cake.
Lu Qiqi lifted the bottom layer and saw the brown sugar cake made by Li.
The brown sugar cake didn't look as good as the other pastries, but it was the first one that Lu Qiqi picked up and tried.
The Li family has always been good at making pastries; although they may not look particularly appealing, they taste excellent.
Lu Qiqi could even taste the aroma of red dates in the brown sugar cake, which meant that Li must have ground the red dates into powder to make the brown sugar cake.
After finishing a piece of brown sugar cake, Lu Qiqi couldn't bear to eat any more.
They don't know how long their journey will take to get back, so it's best to save these things and eat them slowly.
As evening approached, the tall soldier ordered a halt and ordered the troops to rest at their original positions.
There were no villages or shops nearby, so I had to sleep in the woods.
Lu Qiqi and Li Changlong were both refugees who fled to Luzhou Prefecture. Sleeping in the wild forest was commonplace for them, and they adapted to it without any problems.
Moreover, when they were fleeing famine, they were afraid of being robbed, so they had to send people to keep watch at night. It was common for them to not get a good night's sleep. Now the situation is much better.
It's cool at night, so you need to eat something warm to get through the night.
The tall soldier directed several of his men to go hunting in the woods, and then directed several others to set up a cooking pot.
These soldiers were all skilled fighters, and fortunately, they did not disappoint everyone, bringing back two pheasants in no time.
If twenty or thirty people share two pheasants, it's considered good if each person gets a sip of soup.
These doctors didn't even consider themselves part of the group; they didn't even expect the soldiers to share a bowl of hot soup with them.
It's time to distribute dinner again.
Lu Qiqi took the flatbread distributed by the soldiers, then handed them a cloth bag, saying, "There are dried shiitake mushrooms inside; they'll make the soup taste even better."
The officers and soldiers took the bag from Lu Qiqi with some surprise, and without saying a word, they took the dried mushrooms and walked back to the pot.
"The flatbread is hard, you can have this." Li Changlong handed the food box to Lu Qiqi.
Lu Qiqi put away the flatbread, took the food box from Li Changlong, and said, "Let's eat together. I can't eat it all by myself."
They said they would eat together, but on Monday, both Zhou Yi and Li Changlong took a piece of pastry as a token gesture and then started munching on flatbread.
The flatbread was not only hard, but also dry, and it scratched my throat.
Just as Lu Qiqi was about to get up and pretend to get water from the carriage, intending to get a pot of spiritual spring water for Li Changlong and the others to drink, she heard a soldier shout, "Everyone come over and line up, come and get some soup."
At first, everyone thought they had misheard. After looking at each other and confirming that they hadn't misheard, they all got up and lined up by the pot, waiting to have a bowl of hot soup in the night.
Lu Qiqi followed the sound, and just as she reached the pot and was about to go around to the back to queue for soup, she heard a loud and sharp male voice.
"Little girl, wait a minute!"
Little girl?
There's only one girl here, so it's correct to call her that.
As soon as Lu Qiqi turned her head, she saw a bowl of steaming pheasant and mushroom soup in front of her.
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