Chapter 29 Eating the Wrong Food Can Be Poisoning
Su Nuan looked over and saw that it was Li Shitou who was beating the gong. He shouted at the top of his voice, "From now on, no more rations will be distributed. There are mountains and wild vegetables here. You will go find food on your own. Roll call will be taken before sunset. Anyone who escapes will still be punished."
"If there are no family members to be implicated, we will also issue a warrant for his arrest."
"Actually, if you hurry up and reach the North, you might still have a chance of survival. But running away now will only lead to death. Think carefully!"
This statement caused dissatisfaction among many people.
"Hey, didn't you say we could have two dark-skinned steamed buns a day? Why aren't you giving them to us?"
"That's right, you guys didn't embezzle it, did you?"
"You want to starve us to death? And then you can go on your way easily?"
"I know the number of people being escorted cannot be less than 80%, otherwise they will be convicted. There may be other reasons."
"What else could it be? They just sold the food."
"Yes, we won't go. Anyway, they won't watch us starve to death."
"Yes, yes, I won't go either..."
Li Shitou didn't explain, just smiled sarcastically and left without saying a word.
Su Nuan looked at Ling Yun and said, "Uncle, please take care of my eldest brother and grandmother. Mom and I will go to the mountain to see if there are any wild vegetables."
Ling Yun smiled foolishly and nodded, "Yeah, yeah, I want something delicious."
Su Nuan took out a bag of candy from her sleeve and said, "Here, take it and eat it with my little sister."
"Okay, okay... hehehe..." Ling Yun happily took the candy.
He doesn't like sweets, but at this moment he can only express joy, with a hint of frustration.
Su Nuan didn't notice his subtle expression and went into the cave to get two cloth bags.
The four corners of the bag are tied with two ropes, so that it becomes a backpack that can be carried on the body.
Su Nuan smiled and said, "Mom, let's go."
"Okay." Xue took another basket.
The two of them crossed from where they lived and reached the foot of the mountain, which took them nearly half an hour. They felt like they were going to die if they ran up the mountain like a horse.
Fortunately, there is a large gentle slope at the foot of the mountain. There are no trees on the slope, but there are many wild vegetables growing on it.
Su Nuan said, "Mom, let's collect them separately. I'll go to the woods to see if there are any mushrooms."
Xue asked quickly, "Do you recognize mushrooms? I don't. If you eat the wrong ones, you'll get poisoned."
Speaking of poisoning, Su Nuan suddenly became interested, but she said, "I recognize it, don't worry."
Poisonous mushrooms are natural poisons. If used properly, they can kill or half-kill people, depending on your intentions.
Su Nuan had a clear purpose and ran straight into the forest. There were many elm trees here. After passing through the elm forest, she came to a pine forest. The trees here were actually larch trees, so there must be pine mushrooms under the trees.
She broke off a branch and began to dig through the fallen leaves. Sure enough, she saw nests of pine mushrooms, many of which had fallen off and were inedible.
Su Nuan collected and put the mushrooms into the space. There were too many mushrooms here and she could not collect them all.
But Su Nuan would not tell anyone about her gentlemanly deeds. After all, she didn't have the time to go from house to house to show them whether she was poisonous or not, so as not to cause trouble for herself.
Another point is, what if someone gets sick from eating and blames you? So the best way is to make a fortune quietly.
At noon, Su Nuan didn't want to go back, so she took out a few cakes from the space and filled a bamboo tube with spring water.
"Mom, eat something. Once you're full, continue collecting. The clouds are thicker. Go back before it rains heavily."
Xue looked up at the sky. The rain was neither heavy nor light, but it would not delay the collection.
But if it is bigger, the vision will be blurred and it will be impossible to see the wild vegetables clearly.
"Okay, eat quickly."
Seeing that she didn't even doubt where the pancake came from, Su Nuan couldn't help but feel relieved. She liked teammates who didn't meddle in other people's business.
After they finished eating, they continued collecting.
Maybe someone saw them digging wild vegetables and followed them over, but no one spoke to them and they were all searching silently.
Su Nuan looked at the sky. It was already late and the rain was getting heavier.
She shouted, "Mom, go back."
Xue was so tired that she couldn't even straighten her back. She said, "Okay, let's go back."
Su Nuan hurried to support Xue, "Mom, I'll massage you when we get home. I promise you won't feel any pain when you wake up tomorrow."
"Okay." Xue did not refuse because she was really too tired.
"I've been pampered for so long. Back in the day, I could wield a sword and a gun, ride a horse into battle, and kill the enemy without any problem!"
Su Nuan pursed her lips and smiled, quietly listening to Xue talk about her great achievements in her youth.
It turned out that Xue had disguised herself as a man and went to the front line to fight the enemy, and then she met her father-in-law who was a soldier.
Later, the two got married and my father-in-law became a general. Unfortunately, he went to the border at the beginning of this year and never came back.
Xue paused and said, "I don't think he's dead. He might come back to find us someday."
Su Nuan nodded, "Yes, what mother said will definitely come true."
People, no matter how difficult the situation is, must find joy in suffering. Only when the mind is not broken can one live spiritually.
The two were talking as they walked, and just as they reached the entrance of Shandong, they heard a grunting sound coming from behind them.
Su Nuan turned around and was so frightened that her hair trembled, "Mom, get out of the way."
She simply hugged Xue's waist and ran away.
Xue was confused, and when she looked carefully, cold sweat broke out on her face.
A huge wild boar with a black body came running towards them. Its curved fangs were very sharp. If you didn't dodge, you would definitely be stabbed with two holes.
After the two men dodged, the wild boar was unable to stop and rushed forward, crashing into a large rock next to the cave with a bang.
The wild boar stretched out its four legs and fell to the ground, and its longest tusk was broken.
Su Nuan put Xue down and walked over carefully to kick her.
The wild boar didn't move, and blood began to flow from the corner of its mouth.
Su Nuan grabbed the broken wild boar tusk and stabbed it hard into the wild boar's heart. The wild boar twitched and then stopped moving.
Xue said in a trembling voice: "Dead...dead?"
Su Nuan said excitedly: "Mom, the wild boar is delivered to our door, we have meat to eat."
Although wild boar meat is hard, it is still meat. After eating dried meat all the way, I really want the taste of fresh meat.
Xue frowned and said, "I'm afraid we can't take them all."
In this situation, if you want to get something good, you must bribe the officers and soldiers. Besides, such a big wild boar would go bad before it was finished.
Su Nuan also knew this, so she said, "I know, I'll drag him over now."
Xue grabbed Su Nuan and said in a somewhat blaming tone, "Why are you so reckless? Wash your hands quickly. You are just a woman with a little more strength. How could you possibly drag such a big wild boar?"
Su Nuan was puzzled. Why did he look down on her? She was a little dissatisfied, but she said nothing.
Xue shouted, "Xiaoyun, come out and drag the wild boar."
After she finished speaking, she turned around and smiled, "Xiao Yun is stupid, but she's not powerless. If someone needs her, she'll use them. You can't take on everything yourself."
Su Nuan suddenly realized that her mother-in-law was worried about her and didn't let her do heavy work.
Just as she was about to speak, she saw several exiled prisoners gathered around her, their eyes glowing green as they stared at the wild boar.
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