Chapter 79 Encountering Refugees Again
When Pei's second uncle was confronted by him, he immediately became dispirited.
He fell silent, sat down with an angry look on his face, and began to drink the wild vegetable porridge in the bowl in big gulps.
The official Qin Laoer turned around and glared at him, then returned to his seat and started eating the food made by Qiao Qiqi.
Soon, after finishing their meal, everyone started packing up and preparing to set off.
Currently, they only have two horses left.
Before, they drove an ox-drawn cart into the city with two horses, but they were later lost when An Lei and Qin Lao Er rode them to the governor's mansion.
Pei Shaoan went to the city gate to meet them and also lost a horse.
Just this morning, they sent another horse to Governor Lin for transportation.
So, now there are only two horses left.
Oh, and there is also a half-grown donkey.
Qin Laoer glanced at Qiao Qiqi, then at An Lei.
An Lei glanced at Pei Shaoling and then harnessed a horse to the carriage.
Except for Pei Shaoming, everyone else from the Pei family's main house got into the carriage.
Pei Shaoming and An Twenty-four, dressed in official uniforms, sat in the front of the carriage.
The carriage was driven by the official Qin Laoer.
An Lei put the wheelbarrow filled with pots, pans and utensils on the donkey.
The front of the one-wheeled cart is facing backwards, and the two pushers are facing the donkey, which is exactly the same as an ox-drawn cart.
The only difference is that a ox-drawn cart has two wheels, while a wheelbarrow has only one wheel.
After finishing, he led the donkey toward the women and children from the second and third branches of the Zhao and Pei families and shouted, "Get on the ox carts and get ready to go!"
After everyone returned to their seats, he led the donkey and walked slowly forward with the prisoners wearing heavy bracelets.
In the carriage, Pei's mother had already started sewing clothes with needle and thread.
"Mom, did you make this dress for Shu'er?"
Pei Shuer, who seldom spoke, looked at the goose yellow cloth in Pei's mother's arms and asked.
"No, I made it for your sister-in-law. Can I make it for you after your sister-in-law's is done?"
Mother Pei put down the needle and thread in her hand, touched her head and spoke softly.
"Mom, I still have some clean clothes. Please make some for Shu'er first."
Qiao Qiqi looked at the fabric in her hand and said softly, "This light yellow fabric is so tender, it's just right for Shu'er."
"I think this fabric suits you, but since you don't like it, I'll make it for Shu'er first, and then I'll make it for you. Let me know what color fabric you like when the time comes."
Mother Pei glanced at the cloth in her hand and said.
"Okay. There's no rush for my clothes, so I can make some underwear for everyone first."
Qiao Qiqi said in a low voice.
"Yeah, okay. I understand."
Mother Pei nodded slightly.
As time passed, the carriage slowly moved forward.
Soon it was dawn again, and everyone found a sheltered place to stop and rest.
In this way, the group traveled for another seven or eight days, and the journey was smooth.
But the weather is very strange, it is getting hotter and hotter.
That day, as usual, everyone found an abandoned farmhouse to rest.
"The sun is so big. It doesn't look like the spring sun at all."
Standing beside the carriage, An Lei muttered softly.
"We've been walking for several days. Have you noticed that the water source is getting less and less?"
Qiao Qiqi also glanced at the sun in the sky and said, "Look, this place was clearly not affected by the earthquake, but there are very few people around."
"Yeah, that's weird."
An Lei also nodded slightly, "It seems like it hasn't rained here for a long time."
"Yes, you see the ground is starting to crack. This means the earthquake and rainstorm we experienced a while ago didn't happen here."
Qiao Qiqi pointed to the dry ground in front of the farmer and said.
At this time, An Twenty-Four came over and said, "What should I do? I just checked, and there is no water in the well!"
In other words, I can’t make wild vegetable porridge.
"That's okay. I still have some water here. I'll use it to make more steamed buns and dumplings."
Qiao Qiqi pointed to the water bag on her waist and said, "Tell them to drink water sparingly. Then look for rivers or something like that along the way."
"Yeah, okay."
Dark Twenty-Four nodded slightly.
In the absence of water, Qiao Qiqi had no choice but to take over the food from the prisoners.
Suddenly, she remembered that her supermarket also sold steamed buns, and they were super big buns that cost one yuan each.
Because she likes to make some delicious small dishes by herself, she didn't think of this.
When they arrived at the farmer's kitchen, Qiao Qiqi lit the fire and took out the steamed buns from the steamer to heat them up.
However, time in space is still, and some of the steamed buns are still slightly warm.
Looking at this super big steamed bun, Qiao Qiqi felt that she would be full after eating about half of it.
Soon, twenty or thirty super big steamed buns came out of the pot.
Qiao Qiqi asked the officer Qin Laoer to distribute it to the prisoners.
I steamed some rice and some of the dried fish I had crisped last time to go with the meal.
After finishing, Qiao Qiqi brought the food to the stone table outside the farmhouse and called everyone to start eating.
Just then!
Suddenly, a group of refugees in ragged clothes came to the door.
Looking at Qiao Qiqi and the others eating the fragrant white rice, those people had longing expressions on their faces.
"Girl, can you give me something to eat?"
They stood at the farmer's door, holding up the bowls in their hands and asking Qiao Qiqi.
Qiao Qiqi frowned slightly.
There were at least forty or fifty refugees in front of me.
Once she gives it to one of them, she will be entangled by a group of people.
So, she coldly refused, "Sorry, we only have enough food for ourselves, we can't give it to you!"
"How can you be so cold-blooded, girl? We haven't eaten for two days. The food on your table is so good, how is it possible that you don't have any leftovers?"
In the crowd, a woman pointed at Qiao Qiqi's nose and cursed.
Now, Qiao Qiqi was unhappy.
"What does it have to do with you whether I have extra food or not? Do we even know each other? Why should I feed you? You have your own hands and feet, and you can find wild vegetables everywhere in this mountain. Why are you bothering me?"
She looked at everyone coldly and said.
"You eat so well, so what if you skip a meal? We haven't eaten for a few days, can't you give us the food on the table?"
The woman started moral blackmail again.
"Sorry, we've been traveling all night and haven't eaten anything. We don't have any extra food for you. Please leave!"
Upon hearing what was happening, the official Qin Laoer hurried out to drive away the refugees.
Unexpectedly, the refugees were not afraid when they saw Qin Lao Er in official uniform. Some even shouted,
"Fellow villagers, we lost our homes because of these soldiers. Now that we've encountered them today, let's rob them!"
"Yes, rob them!"
There were echoes from the crowd.
Qiao Qiqi frowned slightly.
These people are really shameless!
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