Chapter 114 Cutting Meat and Eating
An Lei glared at Mrs. Zhao coldly, and began to clean up the battlefield with An Dian and the others.
After they had packed up everything, they led the carriage forward.
Soon, we found a tall and clean house.
The house is not far from the well and should be where the owner of the farm lives.
There was a big rusty lock on the gate of the courtyard. After An Lei knocked it off, he turned around to check the surrounding situation.
Qiao Qiqi, who helped Pei's mother get out of the car, looked around. There was a courtyard wall, which other houses did not have.
Afterwards, she took the lead and led Pei's mother and Zhou's wife into the courtyard of the house.
The courtyard was very clean and didn't look like no one had lived there for a long time.
Qiao Qiqi helped Pei's mother to stand, "Mom, you guys wait here, I'll go in and take a look."
At this moment, An Lei and his men went to inspect the entire farm, worried that there were still some fish that had slipped through the net.
Pei Shaoling was still in the carriage and had not gotten off. He was probably talking to Mr. Ruan.
Qiao Qiqi held a dagger in her hand and walked quietly towards the main hall in the courtyard.
Suddenly, she heard some movement in a room in the corner of the courtyard!
Qiao Qiqi's eyes narrowed and she began to move towards that direction.
Soon, she reached the door of the room where the noise came from.
The door was not closed tightly, but left a gap.
Qiao Qiqi kicked the door open!
I found a mother and her son squatting in the corner of the room, hugging each other tightly.
There was a small casserole in front of them, and it seemed that something was cooking.
The woman's face had an abnormal blush, and one of her arms was wrapped in a cloth, oozing with bright red blood.
Qiao Qiqi smelled the smell in the pot and then looked at her arm.
It soon became clear!
This woman cut the flesh from her own arm and cooked it to feed her child!
"You, who are you? Please don't take my child away!"
The woman's face was filled with the determination of a strong mother. "If you want to eat, eat me! My child is still young!"
"Apart from you, is there anyone else living in this house?"
Qiao Qiqi asked the woman in front of her calmly.
In ancient times, during famine, people would exchange their children for food.
The woman before me would rather cut off her own flesh to feed her child in order to keep him alive!
This made Qiao Qiqi feel a little admiration for this woman!
However, no matter how much she admires him, she would not give away her own supplies as charity.
After all, there are too many people like this!
She is just an ordinary person and has no obligation to help these people!
The woman shook her head. "This yard has always been locked. It's just me and my son living here."
"Then why don't you go out? How do you get your water?"
Qiao Qiqi asked softly while looking at the small casserole in front of her.
"There is also a well in this yard, but as for food, it is no longer available."
The woman shook her head weakly. "Those people outside ate all the women and children in the village. Only my mother and I escaped. But I didn't dare go out."
"Then you can go out later. Those people outside have been dealt with."
After Qiao Qiqi finished speaking, she walked out of the room and helped the woman close the door.
No wonder she just looked out the carriage window and saw only men.
It turned out that those women and children were eaten as food by the refugees!
Those people really deserved to die!
When I returned to Pei's mother, I saw Pei Shaoling and the others just walking over.
Qiao Qiqi shook her head gently at them, "It's okay, let's go in!"
When everyone came to the main hall, they found that all the furniture was gone and the whole house was just an empty shell.
Perhaps the owner of the farm had taken away all the furniture before leaving.
An Lei and the others followed in shortly after. "We've checked the entire farm, and there's no one else!"
Mrs. Zhou, who was carrying things on the wheelbarrow with Gu Changsheng, asked loudly, "Madam, the mother and son in the next room..."
"Don't worry about them, clean up and prepare to cook!"
Qiao Qiqi shook her head slightly, "Look, there's said to be a well in this yard."
Soon, An Lei and his companions found the well in the backyard. They came over to get the water bags. "The well is almost dry, so the water might be a little murky!"
An Xuan, who came over to get the water bag, said in a low voice.
"It's good enough to have water to drink. We can't be picky! I just checked the well outside, and there's not much water left. God, are we going to die of thirst?"
Qin Laoer, the official who drove the group of prisoners in, said in a low voice, then took his water bag and prepared to go with them to fetch water.
Qiao Qiqi knew that drinking turbid water could easily make one sick, so she took out a clean water bag and handed it to Mrs. Zhou.
"Use this water to cook first. The water from the well in the backyard needs to settle before drinking, otherwise Shu'er and the others will have diarrhea."
She decided to wait for an opportunity to change the water in the water bag!
The official Qin Lao Er packed several water bags and handed one of them to the second and third branches of the Pei family and the Zhao family who were constantly complaining of thirst.
They rushed to grab it, and soon each of them drank two sips, and the water bag was empty.
"Ma'am, what are we having for dinner today?"
Mrs. Zhou looked at the bag of sweet potatoes and asked Qiao Qiqi, "Are we roasting sweet potatoes today?"
Qiao Qiqi clicked her tongue. She forgot to add some food to the rice and flour bag before leaving yesterday!
"I have some pickled beef and crispy fish here, you can steam them!"
Qiao Qiqi pretended to take out a piece of pickled beef and a small bag of fried fish from the package and handed them to Mrs. Zhou.
Damn it!
I forgot to make up for it yesterday, so the rice and flour bag is empty.
How can I get those things out from here on out?
Is everyone going to starve?
Qiao Qiqi frowned slightly and asked Qin Laoer, who was cooking porridge over there, "How far is it to the next town?"
Qin Lao Er was setting up the stove when he saw Qiao Qiqi asking him, and he looked up and said, "According to our current itinerary, it will take about six or seven days to reach Qingshi Town!"
There are still six or seven days left!
Qiao Qiqi glanced at the empty rice bag next to Mrs. Zhou.
She looked up at the group and said, "I'm going to take a look around the house!"
After saying that, she stood up and walked towards the backyard.
She wanted to find the place where the grain was stored in this house, and then release some of the grain she got from the officers and soldiers, so that she wouldn't have to hide it every time!
But, strangely, the house was clean everywhere, and Qiao Qiqi couldn't tell which was the room where the grain was stored!
She wandered aimlessly through the rooms.
Suddenly!
Qiao Qiqi walked to several of the rooms and stopped there.
All the other rooms had been cleared of furniture, except for this one, where a landscape painting was still hanging on the wall!
Isn't this a very strange thing?
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