Chapter 96: Starving to death before reaching the destination
Su Nuan reached out to catch the knife and put it against the man's neck.
She smiled very charmingly, and her whole body was like a blooming mandala, beautiful but poisonous.
The man rolled his eyes and saw the steel knife on his neck. He was so frightened by the blood on it that his eyes rolled back and he fainted.
Su Nuan looked at the other people with a knife in disdain, and found that the snow on the ground had melted. They were actually scared to death.
"Tsk tsk, when you were bullying the elderly, the weak, women and children, did you ever think about today?"
"Aunt, please spare my life..."
"I was wrong……"
"Let us go, I'll be your slave..."
Su Nuan felt annoyed by the noise and took a few steps back.
At this time, Li Shitou ran over and was stunned when he saw the knife in Su Nuan's hand.
The person who fainted happened to wake up. When he saw the soldiers, he immediately rolled and crawled to hide behind Li Shitou.
He pointed at Su Nuan and shouted, "Sir, sir, the witch has killed someone."
"Not only did she command the wolves, she also killed my eldest nephew, and now she wants to kill me."
"He is a monster, my lord, kill her immediately!"
Su Nuan looked at the man. His eyes were full of malice, as if he would never be satisfied unless he killed her.
Those who were scared to death also crawled behind Li Shitou and said bad things with exaggeration.
Li Shitou figured out what had happened from what they were saying. He kicked the man away and cursed, "Get lost."
Su Nuan saw Li Shitou holding an empty scabbard, so she handed the knife over and asked, "Are you looking for this?"
Li Shitou took the knife and cut off Scarface's ear, then rubbed the blood off the knife on Scarface's clothes.
"Aunt, next time you use a knife, tell me beforehand. You scared me. If you lose the knife, you'll lose your head."
Su Nuan smiled and said, "I understand. I'll definitely let you know in advance next time."
Li Shitou glanced at those people and shouted, "Why don't you get out of here? Do you want to die?"
If he wasn't afraid of heavy casualties in the team, he would have wanted to kill these people.
Su Nuan asked, "How long can the food last?"
Li Shitou's face darkened. "I haven't had a good meal lately, and the food is almost gone. It will take more than ten days to reach a city from here."
"The snow fell early this year, and I don't know if the city over there will be open."
Su Nuan nodded, "There's no way to hunt here, so try to save some money. I don't want to kill my cattle."
Li Shitou laughed and said, "How is that possible? No one can touch my aunt's cow."
Seeing that the team ahead had gone a long way, Su Nuan said, "Let's go and continue on our journey."
Li Shitou simply sat in Su Nuan's carriage. He noticed breathing sounds in the carriage behind him, so he leaned out to take a look and then quickly retracted it.
There was a white tiger and four wolves lying inside, it was so scary.
Su Nuan saw Dong'er return to the carriage at the back, so she sat on the shaft and drove the carriage. "Don't worry, they won't hurt anyone."
Li Shitou swallowed and said, "If I didn't know you could speak wolf language, I would have thought you were a witch."
Su Nuan glanced sideways, "If I were a demon girl, I would eat you first."
Li Shitou smiled and said, "Okay, but I have thick skin, so I might not be able to bite it."
Su Nuan laughed, and the two of them continued on their journey, talking and laughing.
Ling Yun, who was following the carriage, had a gloomy face and glared at Li Shitou from time to time.
Finally, Li Shitou couldn't stand the chilly feeling on his back anymore, so he said goodbye and caught up with the team ahead.
Su Nuan looked at Ling Yun, "Xiao Yun, come up and sit down."
Only then did Ling Yun happily jump onto the shaft of the cart and sit down.
In fact, he really wanted to ask how these wolves were tamed, and why these horses and donkeys were not afraid of wolves?
It's a pity that he is a fool now and can't ask anything.
After this little episode, Cheng Feng reduced the rations of the exiled prisoners to one steamed bun a day, and let them eat snow when they were hungry or thirsty.
Su Nuan still eats delicious food every day, without missing any meals.
Li Shitou and Cheng Feng often came to eat for free, but before they even reached the next city, Su Nuan was running out of food.
When Cheng Feng came to eat again, Su Nuan said, "Brother Cheng, we are out of food."
Li Shitou quickly put down his bowl and said, "Then I won't eat."
Su Nuan smiled and said, "Eat, there's still a meal left. I just wanted to ask how long it would take to get to the next city."
Cheng Feng counted on his fingers and said after a moment, "There are still about three days left, but I can't guarantee that they will open the city gates."
Su Nuan asked curiously, "Where there is a city, there should be a village. Let's look for a village."
Cheng Feng nodded, "That's the only way. We'll stay for a few more days and spread out to look for it."
"I think you're lucky. You can go look for it too. I wonder if silver notes can still be used here."
They were eating in Ling Cang's carriage, and Ling Cang said, "Silver notes don't circulate in the village. They only accept copper coins."
Su Nuan took off a silver bracelet from her hand and asked, "If I cut this open, can I use it as silver?"
Cheng Feng glanced sideways, "There are so many good things, but you chose the ugly one. This is silver, of course it can be used."
Su Nuan smiled and said, "As long as it's usable, I don't mind if it gets damaged. The good ones will naturally be kept for future use."
Cheng Feng nodded without saying anything more.
The mystery between the two made Ling Cang feel uncomfortable. He frowned and asked, "What's good or bad?"
Su Nuan knew that Ling Cang had misunderstood, so she said, "Remember the last time we suppressed the bandits? I also got a lot of jewelry. I hid the nice ones. You can spend the ugly ones casually if you wear them like this."
Seeing that Su Nuan was willing to explain, Ling Cang's expression softened. "Keep your things. Maybe they can be... useful in the future."
He almost said it was a dowry, but luckily he kept his mouth shut.
Su Nuan didn't think much about it and smiled, "Let's take it one step at a time. We still have to solve the problem of food."
She looked at Cheng Feng, "Brother Cheng, after leaving that city, how long will it take us to reach the Northland?"
Cheng Feng swallowed the food in his mouth and said, "It will take more than a month to walk. After passing that city, we will belong to the North."
"So we need to prepare enough food for a month and a half, otherwise I'm afraid we'll starve to death before we even get there."
Su Nuan glanced sideways, "We got a lot of food from the village, but it's all gone so quickly?"
Cheng Feng smiled awkwardly, "Isn't this a poorly planned plan? Who knew there were more than twenty bags of grass seeds inside that can only be fed to horses and not eaten?"
Su Nuan was speechless. Well, they were all packed in grain bags, so it’s not surprising that no one noticed.
"You can eat grass seeds too. Boil them in water or grind them into powder and mix them with flour to make pancakes."
Cheng Feng was stunned for a moment, "Can grass seeds be eaten?"
Su Nuan glanced sideways, "If horses can eat it, why can't humans?"
Cheng Feng slapped his thigh and said, "Okay, I understand."
Su Nuan didn't say anything else, and they all finished their meal quickly.
Cheng Feng wiped his mouth and said, "Sister, I need your help with something. This concerns the lives of all of us."
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