"Come and see! You'll know once you see it!"
Aunt Li didn't waste any more words and pulled Chaoge towards the backpack. Her frightened look made Chaoge try hard to hold back his laughter.
"Look, it's all food!
There are even sesame cakes, white flour buns, and eggs. Oh my! Could it be that a god has appeared and brought us food in the middle of the night? "
The steamed buns and sesame cakes were put together in a cloth bag. Aunt Li carefully opened the bag, leaving only a tiny gap, and then closed it immediately!
The speed was so fast that if Chaoge had watched for one more second, all these things would have been snatched away by the refugees.
Holding back her smile, Chaoge lowered her voice in a mysterious manner, "Aunt Li, you're overthinking it. I found it last night when I went to the woods to relieve myself.
Maybe some refugees had died and this pile of food fell into the woods, so it was a good deal for me.
I thought it was something!"
"ah?
Can, can such a good thing happen?
I, why can't I believe it!
But it seems that this is the only possibility.
No wonder I saw you in a daze last night. Did you go to the bathroom?
But, girl, aren't you too patient? You got so much food and yet you can still sleep?
You should have woken me up last night. I am a light sleeper, so it’s okay for me to sleep a little less. I have to take care of them!
Alas, it is fortunate that Xiao Heizi is guarding those baskets, otherwise these things might have been stolen long ago."
The surprise on Aunt Li's face did not fade for a moment. She continued to happily organize most of the food in the backpack. The smile on her face made the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes even deeper.
How many people have starved to death due to drought and war? And this is a pile of food, a pile of food that people would kill and burn for at all costs to get.
Aunt Li couldn't understand why Chaoge had such luck?
People would do anything to get something, but Chaoge could actually pick it up when she went to the bathroom?
And the Black Panther?
That's a wild beast, as powerful as a tiger, right?
What kind of magic has possessed it that makes it willingly follow Chaoge and act as a guard dog?
Aunt Li was so shocked that she couldn't calm down for a long time. It was not until Chaoge spoke calmly again that she slowly came back to her senses.
“It’s because of Heizi that I can sleep peacefully.
I was worried that it would disturb your rest, so I didn't tell you the good news in time.
But my luck is really too good. Maybe it’s because I was so badly disfigured that God is just giving me some compensation.”
Chaoge said this jokingly, but Aunt Li believed it to some extent.
After the Leng siblings got up, Chaoge had to give them a long and earnest explanation.
But such a good thing, even if they don't believe it, they have to believe it.
At daybreak, Aunt Li boiled all thirty or so pheasant eggs. Even if she couldn't finish them, she wouldn't have to worry about them getting damaged while she was traveling.
In addition to eggs, she also baked a few pancakes.
This meal was not only filling but also very delicious.
The sesame seed buns were indeed filled with preserved vegetable and braised pork. Chaoge ate them with his mouth full of oil, feeling extremely satisfied. Not to mention the three little ones who had suffered a lot during this period and Aunt Li who was often so hungry that she saw stars.
Xiao Heizi ate some of the python meat last night and some more this morning. When they set off, Chaoge asked Black Panther to put all the remaining python meat into its stomach so that they would not have to carry it on the road.
The black panther was indeed obedient and ate all the remaining two or three pounds of meat.
"Sister, aren't we going to pick up the fruit?
Didn't you say that it was food and edible? Let's go pick up some before everyone leaves.
If we go down the mountain, we will have enough food to eat but these fruits will still keep us going."
After several days of fleeing from famine, the young Leng Xiaoran had realized the value of food and the importance of preparing for a rainy day.
Seeing everyone busy packing up and getting ready to leave, Leng Xiaoran hurriedly came to Chaoge's side and quietly reminded them about the chestnut.
Chaoge really didn't expect that this boy was still thinking about what she said last night. If she had known that he cared so much about it, she would have left at least one or two pounds of chestnuts in the basket.
"My little brother is really sensible and knows how to prepare food for us.
That thing is indeed edible, but it is too heavy. Look, my sister picked up so many sesame cakes, eggs and steamed buns last night. It’s better not to pick up the fruit for now.
Our goal is to get to the county town as quickly as possible and have enough food to eat, but it won’t delay our journey.”
In order to travel more distance today, many refugees set out before daybreak.
Zhou Dong and the villagers ate something casually and then stood up.
Zhou Dong, who had planned to go fetch water again this morning, decided not to go. Besides wasting time going back and forth to that place, it was also a python's nest.
Zhou Dong didn't want to take risks or waste time, and Chaoge was more than happy to do so.
After walking out of the bare area on the top of the mountain, we soon entered the deep mountains with rolling hills.
To go down the mountain, you have to walk through a series of peaks, which is also the most dangerous area.
Everyone ate well and slept well during these meals, and the journey was no longer so tiring.
On the flat road, when Leng Xiaoran got tired, Black Panther would carry him on his back to continue on his way. In addition, Aunt Li used to help in the kitchen and was used to doing rough work, so the food was mostly carried by Aunt Li, helping Chaoge and Leng Liecheng to share a lot of the burden, making it much easier for them to travel.
No matter how difficult it is to travel through the deep mountains, it is still easier than climbing the steep slope when going up the mountain. In half a day, the large group had almost walked half the distance in the deep mountains.
According to today's pace and if they don't encounter any wild animals, they will probably reach the trail down the mountain by dark.
This was Zhou Dong's budget, but he couldn't be sure exactly what it would be like because he had never walked this road before.
The surrounding dense forests in the deep mountains are towering, and the big trees block out the sun. The trees in the deep mountains seem to be unaffected by the drought and are still lush and green.
The black jadeite on Chaoge's neck had been quietly absorbing the essence of the surrounding plants along the way.
At the same time, she was releasing wood-related skills while traveling, searching for valuable medicinal herbs nearby.
Naturally, she didn't dare to expand the search range, so she could only search around the route they had taken before.
After half a day's work, she gained a lot.
Although she didn't find wild ginseng like before, she would never miss any chance to find Ganoderma lucidum and some edible mushrooms, wild vegetables and herbs.
At noon, everyone did not stop cooking.
Zhou Dong asked everyone to eat some dry food, and after resting for quarter of an hour, they continued on their way.
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