Zhou Xiaoniu stepped forward and asked in a bad mood.
Although his tone was a bit bad, Chaoge knew that he was really worried about her.
“Yes, just now after the giant python was dealt with, I looked for you and found that you were missing.
Xiao Niu and I looked everywhere quickly, luckily you are okay!
Where's the python? Didn't you just say there was a python over there? Why did you come here by yourself!? "
Zhou Dong held the torch, and Zhou Qiu used the faint light to quickly scan Chaoge from top to bottom.
Although he saw that she was safe and sound, Zhou Qiu still couldn't stop asking questions with concern.
Seeing this, Chaoge felt a little sorry.
After all, it was because of her that the two of them risked their lives to come look for her. If nothing happened, it would be fine. But if something did happen, she would be indebted to him.
Chaoge had an innocent look on his face, and he quickly smiled apologetically at the two of them, "Sorry, Uncle Qiu, Brother Xiaodong, I saw the green all over the mountain, and I subconsciously got a little too excited.
I was so engrossed in looking for wild vegetables that I didn't notice I had walked over here alone.
By the way, I just found some yams, and I almost forgot the time when I started digging them up.
I'm so sorry to have made you worry.
I did see some pythons just now, but they might have been scared away by your voices, otherwise I wouldn’t have dared to come over here.”
Chaoge was still very surprised to see the two of them appear.
Logically speaking, she and they met by chance. Even if she rescued them today, in this situation of fleeing famine, how many people would risk their own lives to save others?
Sure enough, not everyone in the world is conscienceless.
"What polite words, I hope you're okay.
The village chief and villagers are still waiting, let’s go back quickly.
Why don't you have a wooden bucket? You only have a few bamboo tubes to hold water. How many days can you drink it?
Tomorrow morning, I will give you a wooden barrel, so you can fill it with more water and last a few more days."
As he was speaking, Zhou Qiu took Chaoge's backpack and wanted to help her carry it. He happened to see several bamboo tubes in her basket.
Upon hearing this, Chaoge quickly declined: "A few bamboo tubes of water will be enough, forget about the wooden barrel.
My siblings and I didn't have the strength to carry such a heavy load of water on our journey.
We just need to save some money on the road."
"That's fine too. If there's no water later, I'll give you some."
"Uncle..."
Chaoge was really moved by Zhou Qiu’s gratitude and loyalty!
At first I thought Zhou Dong was a good person, but in the end I realized that I was too shortsighted.
It is true that time reveals a person’s true character!
"Silly girl, you risked your life to save me and Da Niu and Xiao Niu. I should do you this favor even if I gave you my life.
Don’t say that we have only known each other for a few days, and we have never spoken a word to each other in these days, and we are not very familiar with each other, but you must say, little pigeon, you are much more honest than those people in our village.
Oh, never mind!
I won't say much about those people, but I'll just remind you that don't expect them to really help you and your siblings on this journey. If there is hope, you must seize the opportunity and don't be soft-hearted towards any of them."
Zhou Qiu's unexpected openness made Chaoge have a little more yearning for life in this strange world.
Although she understood what Zhou Qiu said and had already prepared herself mentally, she was still a little touched by the concern of this stranger Zhou Qiu.
“Okay, thank you Uncle Qiu for your reminder, I will keep your words in mind today.
In fact, I didn’t expect them to help save my sister and me when we were in danger, but Uncle Qiu was concerned about me, so I remembered that.”
Seeing that Chaoge was a man of insight, Zhou Qiu said no more.
"That's good to know. Come on, I'll carry you on my back!
By the way, didn’t you just say there was a python in the grass?
Even if it ran away, it's not far from here. It looks like this is a python's den. We have to leave quickly."
In fact, Zhou Qiu had no idea that those pythons had been thrown into the space by Chaoge and given to the little leopard as food.
Back at the place where the giant python was killed, everyone was holding torches and looking around impatiently.
They didn't breathe a sigh of relief until they saw Zhou Xiaoniu under the torch!
"Hey, what are you running around for?
We were all looking for wild vegetables nearby, but you disappeared when I turned around.
This mountain is so dangerous, and you have to make everyone look for you and wait for you!
Really, you are so ignorant!
Next time if you hold us back like this, don’t come with us.”
A woman saw Chaoge next to Zhou Qiu and cursed at him angrily.
Hearing the woman's merciless ridicule, Chaoge remained calm and did not even show a trace of guilt.
“It is indeed my fault for keeping you all waiting for so long, but if I hadn’t taken out the sleeping pills to knock down the python today, you wouldn’t have had snake meat to eat, and you wouldn’t have found water.
Therefore, words like "hold back" are not suitable to be used here.
Auntie, you should thank me for having water to drink and meat tonight."
Chaoge is not a soft persimmon, and she is no longer willing to tolerate the attitude of these people.
Being too tolerant only allowed them to become more and more demanding. Was she giving them face?
Although she did waste some time, was it necessary to be threatened by this old lady?
It was as if fleeing the famine with the people in their village would cause them huge trouble.
What is the truth? The truth is that when these people encountered danger, they all ran away for their lives, or even stood by and watched.
But after I helped them, they immediately turned against me and ignored me.
As expected, what Zhou Qiu said was right. These people's faces were really unbearable to look at.
The woman didn't expect that Chaoge, who was usually taciturn, would dare to talk back to her like this?
Even though what Chaoge said made sense, the woman still felt that Chaoge should have the attitude of asking for help.
The people in their village took them in and traveled together, so why did she have such an attitude?
"You damn girl, you are such a sharp-tongued person..."
"What are you arguing about? We didn't wait that long, what is there to complain about?
What the little pigeon said was indeed right. If she hadn't taken out the drug today, we would not only have no meat to eat, but also no water to drink.
Wait, what's wrong with her? You're the only one who talks too much!
Didn't you say it was getting dark? Why don't you hurry back? What are you all standing there for?!"
The woman was furious and wanted to put on a superior attitude and continue to criticize Chaoge, but she was interrupted by Zhou Dong's scolding halfway through her words!
At this moment, Zhou Dong had regained his momentum as the village chief, and someone in the crowd tried to smooth things over. The woman then shut up in dismay, and followed the person in front of her, cursing.
"Don't pay attention to her, little pigeon. Women are petty-minded.
You helped us today, and I and the villagers will remember it. Don't worry, we will not stand idly by if you run into trouble in the future."
After scolding the woman, seeing Chaoge's cold and distant look, Zhou Dong walked over to Chaoge and tried to comfort her.
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