Chapter 83 Fuqi
The next day, after everyone got up, the village head distributed the tiger meat equally to each household.
The village head looked at everyone and suggested, "After we get to Lincheng and sell the remaining tiger skins and patellae for silver, we can divide them equally among each household, how about that?"
Upon hearing this, everyone expressed that they had no objection at all.
The head of the village said: "Well, no one got enough rest last night, especially those who were injured. Let's hurry up after noon today! Everyone can eat breakfast and get some sleep."
Xu Zhiyi took the medicine and water, looked at Shen Wuyou beside him, and signaled him to follow.
The two walked behind a tree beside the road, and Shen Wuyou took off his shirt in a few seconds. Xu Zhiyi looked at him because many of the scabbed wounds from last night had cracked again!
He was immediately furious and didn't even apply the medicine gently.
"Hiss...wife"
Xu Zhiyi looked at his pitiful eyes and unconsciously lowered his grip!
"Humph, Shen Wuyou, I clearly told you to follow your mother last night, but you insisted on showing off, right? Do you know that your injury hasn't healed yet? You deserve to die in pain."
Shen Wuyou: "Even if it hurts me to death, I won't allow myself to not be there to protect my wife when she is taking risks."
When Xu Zhiyi heard this, his heart skipped a beat and he stopped applying the medicine.
Shen Wuyou felt Xu Zhiyi stop bandaging and shouted, “Madam?”
After coming to his senses, Xu Zhiyi quickly bandaged him, and when he was about to get up, Shen Wuyou grabbed his hand.
Then, Shen Wuyou actually gave her a quick kiss on the face.
"My dear, I don't feel any pain anymore!"
After saying that, he stood up and ran away. Xu Zhiyi stared at the person who ran away in panic, touched the face that was kissed, and smiled helplessly.
Great! Shen Wuyou, you've become bolder, right?
The woman on the cart woke up at this time and was able to sit up. She saw that everyone was busy and realized that she was rescued by the people fleeing famine.
Then he glanced at Shen Changan who was sitting on the ground not far away, and his eyes flashed.
After Xu Zhiyi came back, he saw the woman sitting on the cart and staring at Shen Changan, and felt a little weird.
He walked up to her with the medicine and asked, "Girl, let me help you apply the medicine."
As he said this, he took out the oilcloth.
"Girl, here, I can just go to the woods and apply the medicine."
Upon hearing this, Xu Zhiyi followed her and supported her into the woods.
"Girl, sit here!" Xu Zhiyi pointed under a tree.
The woman sat down obediently and took off her clothes before saying, "Girl, just ask me to help you."
Xu Zhiyi: "Okay, Miss Fuqi, my name is Xu Zhiyi"
Hearing this, Fuqi nodded, and then casually asked: "Miss Zhiyi, are you fleeing from Rong'an County?"
Xu Zhiyi nodded, quickly applied the medicine to her, and then helped her back!
Then he handed her the clothes that Fuqi had changed out of that day, as well as the things that were in her clothes at that time.
After Fuqi took it, he found his purse, took out a jade pendant from it, handed it to Xu Zhiyi and said:
"Miss Zhiyi, thank you so much for saving me. I only have this jade pendant now. Let's just say we are destined to be together. You can take this jade pendant."
Xu Zhiyi waved his hand and said, "Miss Fuqi, this jade pendant is something you carry with you. It's not appropriate for me to hold it."
Fuqi ignored Xu Zhiyi's refusal and directly stuffed the jade pendant into her hand: "Take it. You should repay the life-saving grace with gratitude. This is just a jade pendant! What's inappropriate about it?"
Xu Zhiyi saw that she insisted on doing so, so he had no choice but to accept the jade pendant.
After breakfast, Su put the things on the cart, then looked at Fuqi who was sitting on the cart, her eyes full of amazement. She had never seen such a beautiful woman in her life.
Su was extremely curious. Why was such a beautiful girl injured alone in the woods in such a remote place?
Then he asked tentatively: "Miss Fuqi, where are you from?"
Upon hearing this, Fuqi responded, "Auntie, I am from Kyoto. I came from Kyoto to Rong'an County to visit my relatives. I didn't expect that I would encounter bandits when I was about to arrive in Rong'an County. Fortunately, I learned martial arts from my father who was good at martial arts since I was a child."
"Although I escaped from the bandits, I was stabbed in the back. Fortunately, I met Miss Zhiyi, otherwise I would have lost my life!"
When Su heard this, he was shocked. It was so thrilling!
"Miss Fuqi, Rong'an County is probably an empty city now! I'm afraid your relatives are all fleeing famine now!"
Fuqi: "Madam, didn't the imperial court send relief grain? Could it be that the county magistrate didn't care?"
When Su heard this, she felt extremely upset. The relief grain she had been waiting for for so long was robbed.
"Well, let's not talk about it. The county magistrate just posted a notice saying that the grain sent by the court was robbed."
Fuqi's eyes flickered when he heard this, and then he changed the subject and asked, "Auntie, where are you going to escape from the famine?"
"Our village head said we should go to Nanzhou City, but we don't know if they will take us in."
After hearing this, Fuqi comforted her, "Auntie, I've been to Nanzhou City before, and I heard many people there praise their father and mother official. I think he is a good official, and he will make good arrangements for the people who fled there."
Su felt much more comforted after hearing this.
Four days later, when we passed by the mountain road, we saw a small village at the foot of the mountain. Our water supply had run out in the past few days.
The village head looked at everyone and said, "Let's send some people down to see if they can get some water. There is a village at the foot of the mountain, so there should be a well there."
Upon hearing this, everyone sent one person from each family to follow the village chief.
On Xu Zhiyi’s side, it was Shen Wuyou who volunteered to take the water bag and the wooden barrel first.
The head of the village and seven other people spent half an hour going down to the foot of the mountain. When they arrived at the village, it felt very quiet and it didn't look like anyone lived there.
Just when everyone thought that the village was deserted, three lame old men suddenly came out holding sticks, staring at them viciously and driving them away.
The village head looked at the three old men and tried to explain: "Old men, we are all civilians passing by to escape famine. We have no ill intentions. It's just that our water has run out, and we happened to see a village at the foot of the mountain, so we wanted to ask if you could get us some water."
When the old man in the middle heard this, he knocked hard on the ground with his stick and said, "No, leave immediately."
Shen Wuyou: "Grandpa, we...hiss..."
Before he could finish his words, the old man in the middle hit him with a stick.
Seeing this, the village head had no choice but to escort the seven people back, then bowed to the three old men and said, "Sorry, we disturbed you! We will leave now."
After the head of the village finished speaking, he turned around and prepared to leave with his men, but they were stopped by more than a dozen people who suddenly appeared from nowhere.
"Haha, I've been stuck in this crappy place for so many days, and I didn't expect that food would be delivered to my door! Now there are only these useless old guys left in this village, and the meat is stinky, ugh!!"
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