Chapter 12: Contribute
After drinking a few sips of water, Ding Gui finally came back to life: "Bao'er, you went to the space again, do you have anything else to eat?"
Ding Xiaodie took out some QQ candy from her bosom and handed him two: "Take your time to eat. It's better to have some than nothing."
Ding Gui threw it into his mouth with a helpless look on his face.
"Dad, listen to me. I found a small building on the back street. There's no body inside, and there's no body in the room next door either. Come back with me later, and I'll check it myself. Then, when anyone asks, I'll tell them you found it."
After all, Ding Xiaodie is just a little kid now, and it was already incredible when she spoke up for Lai Fu before. Now it seems incredible that she found these safe houses.
Then everyone will definitely be suspicious.
Because her actions were so different from the original owner's timid and cowardly behavior.
"Okay, I'll listen to you!"
Ding Gui certainly knew how courageous his daughter was. She hadn't worked as a criminal police officer in vain in her previous life.
So the father and daughter went along the street behind and searched several houses but didn't find the body. They were all habitable houses.
One of the bodies was in the back room.
Ding Xiaodie also went to check. She pressed her belly with her little hand and looked at her mouth...
"Oh, baby."
Ding Gui, who was standing at the door and didn't dare to go in, was so scared that he just closed his eyes: "Can you please not touch it? We are not investigating a case here."
"father."
Ding Xiaodie made a strange discovery: "This old lady didn't die of starvation, she took poison."
"Ah, taking poison?"
"Yes, her throat was burned, her lips were black, and her fingernails were black, which shows that she had taken a strong poison before she died."
"What's going on? People are starving to death these days, but there are still people who take poison?" Ding Gui scratched his head in confusion.
"It's also possible that they did this because they didn't want to burden their family members with escaping famine."
“…How pitiful!”
The father and daughter sighed for a while, then went to the kitchen stove to get a piece of charcoal, drew a cross on the door as a mark, and then went back to the city gate to call for help.
In the end, we arranged more than a dozen families in a row, which was a small contribution to the village.
Ding Gui then went to find Lai Fu and the others, taking all the credit on his own shoulders and speaking in a very vivid manner.
Lai Fu was very pleased: "Brother Ding Gui, you really impressed us!"
"Yes, Ding Gui, I didn't expect you to be so brave."
"Thank you, Brother Ding Gui."
Ding Gui was a little embarrassed: "Hey, what's the big deal? The most important thing is to let the elderly, the weak, women and children go inside and rest quickly. If they continue to be exposed to the sun, it will be terrible. So I didn't think too much about it at the time."
In this way, all the villagers had a place to live, but after all, there were dead bodies in the houses next to some of the houses, so Lai Fu told everyone that if they were afraid, they could live with two families or live alone.
But remember, you cannot enter a house with a cross drawn on the door with black charcoal.
After settling down, if you have food at home, eat it yourself. If you have any extra food, you can help others. After all, giving a rose to someone will leave a sweet fragrance in your hand!
"Village chief, how many days will we stay in Yangliu Town?" someone asked.
"There's a dead person in the house next door. I can't stand living there any longer!"
Lai Fu said, "We'll rest for two days at most, don't worry."
"So where do we go next?"
"Of course we're heading to the capital. Our emperor lives there, so there won't be any disasters. Besides, we're his subjects, so he'll definitely take care of us. Don't worry, everyone. The most important thing right now is to preserve our strength and not waste our energy."
Since the village chief said so, everyone chose to believe it and went back to their assigned houses to rest.
Only Ding Xiaodie and her family of three knew that the village chief was making false promises to the villagers again!
How far is the capital from here?
Even if it is more than a hundred miles away, it can be guaranteed that no villager in Aozi Village will be alive.
You are short of water and food, and you still want to go that far? You are dreaming.
While Ding Xiaodie went to find her father, Wang Dafeng went upstairs and occupied a room by herself. Now she is lying on the bed in the room and sleeping with her eyes closed!
After all, the old woman was old, and she was exhausted after sleeping in the open air for a period of time.
Only at this time does the house become much quieter.
Ding Gui said, "Let's lie down and have a good rest."
There was only one bed in their room. Ding Gui let the mother and daughter sleep on it, and he himself tore off some rags and lay on the floor. After all, it was made of wood, and it was much more comfortable than sleeping in the mud on the mountains.
In this way, the family of three slept soundly for more than two hours.
"Mom, what are you doing?"
Ding Gui, who was lying on the floor, suddenly woke up and sat up.
When he was half asleep, he found someone coming to his side. When he opened his eyes, he saw Wang Dafeng's wrinkled face and cloudy triangular eyes.
The man was so scared that Ding Gui sat up and breathed heavily.
Wang Dafeng looked at him, not hiding her thoughts: "Let me see if you have any food hidden on you. You three are not good people. What if you secretly eat or drink behind my back?"
"Oh, we haven't eaten anything except the rabbit meat we had this morning. Where can we find food?" Ding Gui rubbed his temples. He felt like he had lost his soul and his head was buzzing.
The mother and daughter who were awakened by his shouting looked at them with sleepy eyes, speechless. This old woman was such a thief.
Wang Dafeng was even more cunning. She showed a gourd bottle in her hand and asked, "What's in that?"
She shook it with a sneer, and there was a sound of water in the bottle.
Ding Xiaodie hurriedly touched the pillow, where was her gourd bottle?
Ugh! In the old woman's hands.
Oh my god, she is a female criminal police officer, but she was touched by an old lady and didn't even notice it. I am really impressed.
Ding Gui and Zhang Xiu were also surprised.
Because Wang Dafeng had her own gourd, they did not share the water with her this time. This was because the original owner had no right to control the water source along the way, and now that she suddenly had it, they were afraid that she would make a fuss again.
Wang Dafeng saw that the three of them were stunned, so she pressed them relentlessly, "Where did this come from? Tell me, are you hiding anything else from me? You just want to starve an old woman like me to death, right? Ding Gui, you unfilial son, tell me."
"Grandma, I found the gourd in the next room. There's indeed some water in it, but we didn't want to drink it." Ding Xiaodie didn't want her to make a fuss about this matter anymore: "Don't you have a gourd too? At worst, I can give you all my water."
After she finished speaking, she climbed down from the bed and reached out to take it, but Wang Dafeng looked wary: "There's no such good thing."
"Um."
Ding Xiaodie's face was very sincere.
He took Wang Dafeng's gourd and poured all his water into her. The bottle was less than half empty anyway, and she still had a whole bottle!
Her only worry was that Wang Dafeng would make a big deal out of it. It would be troublesome if others knew that they had water at home. Because any thought would tell her that the town had been without water for such a long time, even if there was a gourd hanging, the water inside would have evaporated long ago, so how could there still be water?
It's just a trick to fool the old lady.
(End of this chapter)
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