Chapter 115 How to Live
Hey, the young master is back!!
This means that Master Lu is back too!
After a brief moment of confusion, the villagers of Aozigou became excited as if they had seen a savior. Led by the village chief Lai Fu, everyone came forward to surround Lu Chenhe and ask him about his life.
"Master Lu, when did you come back?"
"Did you have a safe journey?"
"Isn't that nonsense? How could Young Master be standing here if he wasn't safe? Look at how kind Young Master is to the villagers of Aozi Village. The first thing he did when he came back was to come see us."
Lu Chenhe: “…”
Where is Xiaodie?
He turned around and looked over the crowd, only to find that the little girl had already walked out the door, but he couldn't get away.
…
"What's going on in there?"
Not long after she walked out of the door, she met her parents. Hearing the noise, Ding Gui hurriedly asked his daughter.
"It's Young Master Lu. He and Master Lu are back safely!" Ding Xiaodie immediately asked, "Is the food hidden?"
"Oh, ah, hide, hide!"
Ding Gui had not yet recovered from the news that Lu Chenhe had returned. After perfunctorily agreeing with his daughter, he quickened his pace and walked into the yamen. He also wanted to see Young Master Lu and hear him talk about what he had experienced along the way.
Zhang Xiu followed closely behind.
The couple didn't notice Ding Xiaodie continuing to walk forward with the rabbit in her arms.
Where can she find food for the rabbit? She is confused!
No, no, after walking a few steps, Ding Xiaodie shook her head. Why did the scene of meeting Lu Chenhe just now keep flashing through her mind? Could it be that she had feelings for that young man?
That's disgusting, okay?
Sister-brother relationship is the pairing she can least accept.
But when Lu Chenhe put his hand on her head just now, she had to admit that her heart did feel a little pounding, but maybe that was because she hadn't seen this person for a long time?
Ding Xiaodie kept creating problems for herself and denying them all the time.
At this moment, a figure crossing the street in front of her frightened Ding Xiaodie. She was afraid of being too distracted. Once she was like that, she would lose her concentration and her brain would seem to be not working well.
Now that he was scared, he perked up and became more alert.
The next second, Ding Xiaodie recalled through that flash of memory that the man seemed to be Miao Daxing.
Miao Daxing just came back last night. What is he doing in Hengjie now?
Ding Xiaodie hurriedly followed him because she was worried that he might discover the food hidden by their Ding family.
"Dad, are you really going to take us away?"
"Let's go, tonight after dark, we should leave quietly. Look at what's left in the village now. There are 87 people, and all we eat is what we find under the ruins. If we don't leave now, we will starve to death sooner or later."
"But, staying with the villagers gives me support. If I go out, I'm afraid I'll run out of food and starve just as badly. And what if I run into desert soldiers?"
"You're stupid! Staying here is just waiting for death. Those desert soldiers will come back sooner or later. As for the hunger, don't worry, I have a way to make sure you're full."
Ding Xiaodie didn't expect that after she approached carefully, she actually heard Miao Daxing and his wife whispering.
The two people were discussing leaving the Aozi Village team.
In fact, it was normal for them to leave under the current circumstances. The only thing that puzzled Ding Xiaodie was why Miao Daxing said that the desert soldiers would come back. And then, how could he, who had been wandering outside for so many days, provide for his family?
Miao Daxing's wife also had the same idea and asked, "Where can you get food? This kind of thing is not something to joke about. The children are still young. If they leave us, they will die!"
"You know nothing, what is this?"
Miao Daxing took out a long, thin green leaf from his sleeve. The stem of the green leaf was pink, but he didn't know what it was.
Could it be that Miao Daxing wants to use this kind of leaves to feed his family?
He didn't know if it was poisonous, but seeing the smile on his wife's sad face, Ding Xiaodie knew that the leaves were probably edible.
Now Ding Xiaodie breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, Miao Daxing did not discover the three bags of grain in her house. At the same time, she recalled that she had seen this kind of leaves on the back mountain, but she did not know what it was, so she did not pay attention to it.
After turning around and leaving quietly, Ding Xiaodie finally found a few grass sprouts, which were obviously not enough for the fat rabbit to fill its teeth. After putting them on the ground and eating them, she was still too hungry to move.
"Alright, although you will eat less, you have to live well. Otherwise, once your life is gone, you will immediately become meat in the pot. Tomorrow morning, I will go up the mountain to find that kind of leaves for you. If humans can eat it, you can eat it too. Just be patient."
Ding Xiaodie could only mutter softly and pour some water from the gourd bottle into her palm to feed the rabbit.
The rabbit was shivering while drinking water. It didn't want to be stewed, it had to stay alive.
…
In the yamen.
Lu Chenhe, who was surrounded, was finally rescued by Village Chief Lai Fu, and went into the house to sit down and have a good conversation.
It turned out that the father and son took the guards to escort the desert soldiers to the provincial capital. Everything went smoothly when they went there. The provincial capital also accepted the desert soldiers and praised the Lu family and the villagers of Aozigou.
But it was just empty boasting, because the prefect couldn't give out any reward money. In these lean times, it was already difficult to survive, so he could only send them away in shame.
Unexpectedly, the way back was full of difficulties. Not only did they encounter desert soldiers, but they also encountered disaster victims who wanted to rob them.
In short, the journey was extremely dangerous, and most of the guards we brought out were lost.
Lu Chenhe's words completely dispelled the idea of leaving among some villagers, especially Ding Gui. He thought about how he almost took his wife and daughter to Wo County, and he was terrified when he thought about the journey.
Now Lai Fu no longer has the idea of letting the villagers go to Wo County in batches.
He took two puffs of his old cigarette and said heavily, "Looks like it's better to stay in Yangliu Town and live peacefully. Everyone should think about how to live their lives from now on. If you leave, you will die."
The villagers were all disappointed.
How can we survive without water and food?
The women had already started wiping away their tears. After all, they had lived half their lives, so it didn't matter whether they lived or died. It was just that the children were too pitiful. The sun had just risen from the mountains.
Ding Gui was very confident in his heart. He knew that these people would not die in a short time. Didn’t his family still have three bags of grain?
So what should we do next?
Then Lu Chenhe said something that made people's nerves tense: "When we got home last night, we heard Mother and Xingluo talking about what happened a few days ago. It turned out that a group of desert soldiers almost entered Yangliu Town. Father was very worried. Those desert soldiers are very cunning. He sent people out to investigate early this morning!"
(End of this chapter)
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