Chapter 114: The Situation in Shu
“Hiss…hiss…”
Chen Xinli was searching on the path in Xiaoaoling when she heard Ah Hua's unusual movements.
"Hey, why is there an old man here?" Chen Xinli muttered softly.
The ghost doctor, who was sleeping soundly in a grass nest, opened his sleepy eyes and glanced sideways in the direction of the voice.
It doesn’t matter if you don’t watch it!
Upon closer inspection, he discovered that the formation in the forest was actually slowly rotating with this little girl as its center.
This little girl is not simple.
The Ghost Doctor felt emotional in his heart, but his expression remained unchanged.
He jumped up and stood up, but he swayed for a long time before he stood still.
Chen Xinli saw a dirty, smelly old man reaching out his hand to her, "Little girl, I, an old man... I have come all the way from the north and am almost starving to death. Can you give me a bite of food?"
Chen Xinli took two steps back cautiously and asked, "What happened in the North?"
"The north... the north is in chaos..." the old man gasped, "The Rong army is coming..."
"What?" Chen Xinli asked in surprise.
"Oh my, how could I possibly lie to a little girl like you? They were a bunch of ruthless barbarians who killed people without blinking an eye. I was almost captured by them..."
The old man waved his hands and made up a story about the miserable situation he had experienced along the way.
Chen Xinli was shocked, "Have they reached Shu yet?"
"I haven't heard of this yet, but I'm afraid it won't be long... Oh, little girl, I've been hungry for several days. Can I go to your village and have a full meal?"
The old man looked at Chen Xinli with a flattering expression.
Seeing the little girl hesitate, he added, "Don't worry, I know some medical skills and can help the people in your village with headaches, fevers, bruises and sprains."
"Okay, then come on!"
The old man in front of me was wearing tattered clothes and his stomach was rumbling. I guess it was not easy for him to escape all the way.
Chen Xinli's sympathy overflowed, but she didn't know that she had been deceived by the old man.
How could the famous ghost doctor starve? He had already noticed the strangeness of this village.
I wanted to enter the village last night but couldn't, so I thought of pretending to be pitiful and going into the village to find out what was going on.
After the two returned home, Chen Xinli asked her second aunt to give the old man two steamed buns and then hurried to the back of the house.
At the foot of the back mountain.
As Old Man Wu was building the pond, he kept muttering, "This pond is really big! It will be much more convenient for our family to use water from now on."
Seeing her granddaughter running towards her, she quickly reminded her, "Ali, you're running so fast, be careful. The ground here is wet, don't get your shoes wet."
"Grandpa, I know."
Chen Xinli ran back.
Soon he came to Shen Fugui who was cleaning the ditch on the other side, and looked at his second uncle Shen Fuyou and said, "Father, second uncle, the Rong people may be coming."
"No matter who comes, I'm not afraid."
Shen Fuyou was working hard and didn't hear anything he said.
Shen Fugui stopped his rake and asked, as if he was unsure, "What did you say, Ali? A Rong person?"
Shen Fuyou and Old Man Wu both stopped what they were doing.
These days, although it is possible to carry water to drink at home, there are so many people in the Shen family, and it is really inconvenient to do laundry and cook without water at hand.
When Meng Yun was digging herbs, he found water in the back mountain and casually mentioned that there might be a spring.
Shen Fugui dug it out with a try-it attitude, and unexpectedly, water actually seeped out.
There are already two piles of firewood at home, which is barely enough for burning in the near future.
Shen Fugui put aside the matter of finding wood and started to deal with the big issue of water use.
Shen Jinshan found a lot of flat stones in the river.
So he and his younger brothers carried it to the door of the house.
Shen Fugui and Shen Fuyou were digging ditches, while Old Man Wu was busy marking out the area and clearing away sand and rotten leaves.
Shen Xinli's word "Rong people" immediately scared Shen Fugui.
"Yes, Dad, it's the Rong people. I picked up an old man at the entrance of the village. The old man said that many people came from the north and the Rong people are going to attack."
Chen Xinli said anxiously.
"Hey, don't be afraid, Ali. The Rong people can't come to our place."
Shen Fuyou comforted.
"Uncle, I'm not afraid of the Rong people, I'm worried about the food. Let's go buy some food."
"Yeah, that's right. If the world falls into chaos, how can we survive without food?" Shen Fuyou finally came to his senses.
Several people were talking animatedly, and then they all ran home in a panic.
"Hey, what are you guys busy with? One by one, coming in and out. No matter what you do, you have to eat first!"
In a small kitchen temporarily built by the Shen family, Wu and Zhang saw several men in the family hurriedly packing up things on a cart, and they were very puzzled.
"I'm worried. Let's have a good lunch and then inform the villagers. Those who are willing to go can go together to buy some daily necessities and stock up. If you don't want to, forget it."
Shen Fugui explained the situation to his family, and everyone was confused.
"The world is big, but eating is the most important. Let's not scare ourselves. Let's eat first, and then we will go to the county to purchase supplies in the afternoon," Shen Fugui, as the head of the family, gave everyone a reassurance.
At noon, on the dining table made up of two small tables in the Shen family, there were rabbit meat stewed with dried mushrooms, braised pork, scrambled eggs with wild onions, stir-fried shepherd's purse, and radish and pork bone soup. The staple food was rice.
For some reason, Meng Yun went up the mountain alone to dig herbs today and hasn't come back yet.
After Zhang left some food for him alone, the whole family crowded around the small table and ate meat and drank soup with big mouthfuls.
After listening to Chen Xinli's story about the old man's miserable experience, Zhang and Wu also served him a separate meal.
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