Chapter 956 Fleeing the Famine? There's No Way to Escape (Part 3)
Fortunately, the porridge will be ready soon. Since there is water in the porridge, I shouldn't be too thirsty after drinking it.
Half an hour later, the entire Ning family was enjoying the porridge in their bowls. They were all starving, but they couldn't bear to finish the porridge in one gulp.
After all, it's gone once it's drunk.
Ning Yan took a sip of hot porridge and then gave her bowl to her sister-in-law. This woman was pitiful.
She had only been married into their family for two months when she went on a famine escape. However, after only half a month on the road, while trying to avoid being robbed by convicts, she tripped and fell, and lost her one-month-old baby.
The Ning family was heartbroken. After all, she was the fourth generation of their family, and she was gone just like that. For Wang's sake, the Ning family rested for a day, but only for a day. They set off again the next day.
This is also why the Ning family members and the villagers of Ningjia Village got separated. They wanted to stay, but the villagers wouldn't wait for them, because every extra day they waited meant more danger.
Just as she finished her porridge, her sister-in-law handed her the bowl. Wang quickly said, "Little sister, you eat it yourself. Your sister-in-law can't accept it."
Ning Yan glanced at the bowl in Wang Shi's hand, which was licked cleaner than if it had been washed, and suppressed her discomfort to persuade her, "Eat what I tell you to eat. Even if you don't think about yourself, you should think about your brother. You need to get your body back in order to have children for him."
Without saying another word, he poured all the porridge in his bowl into his sister-in-law's bowl.
She then filled the bucket with half a bowl of water to wash the dishes, and poured it into her younger brother's porridge bowl. There was no other way; if she dared to pour out the water, she would definitely be beaten up by the seventeen great Buddhas of the Ning family!
She couldn't leave it unwashed; she was afraid that someone in the family would take her bowl and lick it clean for her.
After finishing her meal, Ning Yan found a place to rest. About an hour later, she got up and asked, "Where are we going?"
The old lady was the one who asked the question. She had been asleep just now, but woke up as soon as Ning Yan moved. Ning Yan replied, "I need to pee."
"Do you want milk to accompany you?"
Ning Yan: "...No need, no need, I'll be right back. Grandma, you should go to sleep."
Because Ning Song left in a hurry in the afternoon, the cannibals were left behind, and Ning Yan had to walk back to find them.
As for why the original owner, a young girl, was able to make a deal with that group of people, it's possible that they thought the original owner couldn't possibly be talking to them alone; there must be many people following behind her. Another possibility is that they happened to have the silver that the original owner wanted. If they gave her the silver, the original owner would shut up, and it would be more worthwhile for them to exchange it for a dozen or so two-legged sheep. That's probably why the original owner was able to succeed.
Or perhaps, the original owner had some kind of protagonist's halo, anything is possible.
About fifteen minutes later, Ning Yan finally found the group of people in a valley.
Among these people, there were no children, and only two women, both of whom were rather burly. They were all lying on the ground resting, and the smell of meat still lingered in the air...
A fire was still burning in the pot not far from the group of people, and the aroma of meat was wafting from there.
At this point, there's no meat left to eat.
Except for two-legged sheep.
"Damn it, we haven't run into many people along the way. If we eat this little bit of meat tonight, we'll go hungry."
“Those two were a waste. Fifth Brother killed them directly. We only ate for three days, and those two corpses became too smelly to eat.”
"If you ask me, next time we catch two-legged sheep, we should just tie them up and eat them as we go, without delaying anything."
Ning Yan didn't want to listen anymore. She took out the black sword from her divine palace and walked towards these people.
The two people who had just been talking looked in Ning Yan's direction when they heard the noise. The next second, their heads were thrown into the air. "Ah~" screams and cries echoed in the valley. Some people tried to run away, but the black sword seemed to have a life of its own, killing anyone who tried to escape. In no time, the valley was filled with the smell of blood, which overpowered the rich aroma of meat that had been there before.
Thinking of the ten taels of silver, Ning Yan searched the people and found some good things: seventy-three taels of silver and 239 copper coins.
Before leaving, Ning Yan kicked over the pot, spilling all the broth inside and extinguishing the fire burning below.
Back at the Ning family's resting place, the old lady was still awake.
"Why did you take so long? I was going to come looking for you if you didn't come back soon!"
"Hasn't Grandma fallen asleep?"
"No, I just took a half-asleep nap, and I don't know why I suddenly woke up again."
"Then you should go to sleep, I'm going to sleep too."
"...Hmm." The old lady seemed to be asleep.
Ning Yan lay back down on the spot where she had laid out her bedsheets, using the original owner's clothes and belongings as a pillow, and closed her eyes to rest.
...
The next morning, just as dawn was breaking, Ning Yan woke up. Just then, the old lady also got up, and Ning Yan picked up the bundle she had found the night before and handed it to the old lady.
"What's this?"
"I went to pee last night and tripped over this thing, so I picked it up. There were silver coins inside."
"What?" She quickly untied the bundle and looked inside. It really was full of gleaming silver. The old lady was extremely surprised. What was going on with the eldest brother and sister? One of them received food and water from the gods, and the other found a bag of silver just by relieving herself?
At this moment, Ning Yan's younger brother, twelve-year-old Ning Shi, came over and said, "Grandma, there's so much silver! Can we buy grain to eat now?"
"Buy, buy! We'll go into Wucheng to buy grain when we get there tomorrow."
In the past, they couldn't afford the city entry fee, but now that they have money, they naturally want to buy grain and water.
Wucheng is a large city. Even if there is a drought, it is impossible for all the wealthy families in the city to flee the famine.
As long as there are still people living there, there will definitely be things for sale, and they certainly won't leave empty-handed.
The eldest son and his wife were about to cook porridge when they heard this and came over. They couldn't help but sigh at their daughter's good luck: "Mother, do you think the gods really are looking after our family?"
Li Daniu, who had already stood up, chimed in, "Hey, I think it's true, our family's luck is about to turn around."
Li Daniu was also from Ningjia Village. His parents died early and he had no brothers to rely on, but he was capable and honest. Old Master Ning had long had his eye on him and married his youngest daughter to him.
Not only did Old Man Ning refuse the betrothal gifts, he also built a house for Li Daniu next to his own home to prevent Li Daniu's younger brothers from causing him trouble.
The couple had been married for twelve years and had never argued once. Li Daniu was also very filial to the Ning family elders and good to his nephews and nieces. So, although he was their son-in-law, he was no different from their own son, and the Ning family never hid anything from him.
Ning Xiaogu had never seen more than seventy taels of silver before. Forgetting her work, she went over, picked up a silver ingot and weighed it. "It's so heavy! This must be ten taels. This is the first time I've ever seen such a heavy silver ingot."
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