Chu San had always supported Zhou Jiaojiao's self-defense training. He bent down to hide the blood with snow, picked up the wolf's body, and walked towards Zhou Jiaojiao: "My lady, not bad."
"Let's continue looking to see if there are any ferocious beasts."
In addition to finding these prey to train her skills, she also wanted to deal with wild beasts to prevent them from attacking people.
After walking around for a while, they found a wild boar and a spore. Both were very thin and ferocious prey. Zhou Jiaojiao took the initiative and solved the problem after some twists and turns.
However, they did not go further into the mountains. They didn't know if there were more ferocious prey in the deep forests, so there was no need to go deeper.
The two of them took Bao'er back to the cave and handed the prey to Chu's mother.
Mother Chu, along with Father Chu, Little Sister Chu, who had scars and wounds on her arms, Sister Chu, Sister Chu, and others, quickly processed the meat of the prey.
It wasn't a complicated process, just apply the seasoning and grill it. Mrs. Chu's cooking skills were very good, and the aroma came out in a short while. The patrol team also came back with some prey, and the aroma of meat was everywhere.
Zhou Jiaojiao first fed Baoer who had just woken up.
She didn't eat barbecue, but the confinement meal prepared by Chu's mother. Although she was about to leave the confinement period, she had to breastfeed Baoer, so the food she ate should be light and nourishing.
Chu San finished a large piece of meat in just two or three bites. Now he no longer had to hide the fact that he had a big appetite. He could eat whatever he wanted and he had more strength.
Finish your food.
Hu Liuzi and Fang Guanghong are back.
Hu Liuzi took the initiative to walk up to Zhou Jiaojiao and Chu San and said, "Third brother, Brother Fang and I went to check. There are no people in the village. Judging from the signs, it looks like they left with their families and their food and other things. Judging from the signs, it's hard to tell how long they've been gone."
"There's indeed a river next to the village. Although the water isn't deep, there's a thin layer of ice on the surface. I'm afraid we can't walk across it. We can only rely on a bamboo raft..."
The village chief had also arrived, having apparently seen the two men who had been inquiring about the news return. He listened from the side and heard Zhou Jiaojiao say to him, "Village chief, go and arrange for people to go to the village to cut bamboo and make a raft. We'll cross the river as soon as the raft is ready. But the sooner the better, as we've been stuck in the mountains for a long time."
"Okay, I'll arrange it right away." The village chief also knew that this was not the time to talk too much. Before he left, he quietly went to find Chen Lin and got the rope. Ignoring Chen Lin's pleading eyes, he turned around and went to the group of villagers to arrange things.
Soon the villagers took action.
To make things more convenient, everyone went down the mountain directly and found a house next to the bamboo forest to rest.
The villagers spent the nights in the cold wind, but in just two days, they had completed the bamboo raft.
This night is our last night in this unknown village.
Zhou Jiaojiao habitually went out for night patrols with Chu San.
Just as she walked a short distance, she suddenly saw a pair of oily green lights in the distance, "Who is it?"
She shouted subconsciously.
The crossbow is ready.
Chu San tightened the reins of the horse, squinted his eyes and said, "My lady, I will take you back first, and then I will go and take a look."
"No need, let's go and take a look together." Zhou Jiaojiao grabbed his arm and insisted.
Seeing that he couldn't convince them, Chu San had no choice but to agree. He held Zhou Jiaojiao and Baoer in his arms and rode towards the mountain. Before he got close, a torch lit up.
Under the big tree in front of them, there were several children of different ages. Among them, the one Zhou Jiaojiao saw was a boy with heterochromia. He stared at Zhou Jiaojiao and Chu San with burning eyes and said, "Can you save us?"
"We are refugees too." Zhou Jiaojiao could see clearly now. These children were all skinny and hungry, obviously suffering from long-term malnutrition. However, they looked a little fierce. They lived in a pit at the root of a big tree. The pit was covered with a lot of straw, some tattered cotton wool, some dried animal bones, and some dry firewood.
However, even with dry firewood, the pit was very moist and brought a biting chill. I'm afraid they might not be able to survive this winter.
But Zhou Jiaojiao saw too many poor people along the way. With her current ability, she could not save them at all. She could only protect herself first. Otherwise, if she showed kindness easily, it would only hurt others and herself.
"You have food and warm clothes." The boy with heterochromia eyes looked determined.
He stared straight at Zhou Jiaojiao, as if he knew she was the one making the decision: "I can exchange it for you with ginseng."
"Ginseng?" Zhou Jiaojiao raised her eyebrows.
"There are several ginseng roots in the mountains. I found them. I'm the only one who knows the location. I dug one out, and now there's still a ginseng root left. You can take a look and you'll know I'm not lying."
When Zhou Jiaojiao saw the ginseng beard he handed over, she took advantage of the situation and grabbed his wrist. The boy with heterochromic eyes subconsciously wanted to struggle, but she immediately grabbed a silver needle to protect herself. "Don't act rashly, or I don't know if I will attack you in self-defense."
The boy with heterochromia was alert for a moment, then relieved.
"Why aren't you afraid that we are bad guys and might kill you?" Chu San raised his eyebrows and said.
"Sanwazi and I are going to die anyway. As long as you don't eat people, I have nothing to be afraid of." The boy with heterochromia lied. He had a strong desire to survive, but the other children had almost no desire to survive. Their eyes looked very desperate and numb.
Zhou Jiaojiao checked him thoroughly before letting him go and said, "I don't just want the ginseng, I also need you to lead the way. Take us away from the Canglan River and avoid the Yuzhou garrison."
The heterochromic-eyed boy was a little surprised: "How do you know that the Yuzhou garrison is stationed along the Canglan River?"
"Yuzhou officials are aggressively recruiting soldiers, and many civilians have fled the city." Zhou Jiaojiao relayed the well-known news. She had assumed that the village's proximity to the Canglan River would guarantee access to information about the area surrounding it, but she hadn't expected the young man to actually know. "The garrison has already recruited a lot of soldiers," the heterochromatic-eyed boy's eyes glittered. "Actually, I'm curious how you managed to get over the mountains. Although the village is close to the Canglan River, the main road is guarded by the garrison. Unless you emerge from the mountains, you can't reach the village, nor can you cross the Canglan River, which is why there are no garrisons."
"If you take the main road, you will definitely be caught."
"A few days ago, I heard that the Yuzhou garrison had a conflict with the Shunzhou garrison on the other side of the Canglan River. Both sides fought. It seems that it was because of a group of nobles who escaped from Yuzhou. Those nobles were caught up by the Yuzhou garrison on the bank of the Canglan River. The blood was shed like a river. If the Shunzhou garrison hadn't arrived, those nobles would have died."
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