Are those low, snow-covered houses?
Neat and tidy, simple and beautiful, was this built by the Orcs?
Lin Shanyue found it unbelievable. Weren't the beastmen a barbaric and backward race that only lived in caves and ate raw meat and drank raw blood?
After observing from the shadows for a while, I noticed that the area around the house was very quiet, with no beastmen coming or going, and the snow in front of the house had been cleared, making it look very clean.
There might be orcs inside, but not many.
With this in mind, Lin Shanyue made a bold decision.
The most dangerous place is the safest place. Once the orcs think she has escaped and stop searching for her, she can go out. This will greatly reduce the chances of her being caught.
Lin Shanyue approached quietly. The front and back doors of the house were tightly closed, so she chose to approach the stone house on the right without hesitation.
The stone house on the right has five doors. It's unclear whether they are connected, but if discovered, it would be easier to escape from here.
Thinking of this, Lin Shanyue carefully pressed her ear against the wall and listened for a moment. There seemed to be movement inside the room on the left, while the right side was completely quiet without a sound.
Gritting her teeth, she decisively pushed open the door and slipped into the room on the far right.
Lin Shanyue's breathing quickened. She could only pray that the room she had entered was just for storing supplies and that no beastmen lived there, so that the chances of her being discovered would be even smaller.
Once inside the gate, without a second thought, she slipped into the innermost room.
I subconsciously felt that hiding inside was the safest place.
When she sat down with her back against the closed door, her heart pounding like a drum, she realized that this was not a place to store supplies. There was a bed, a cabinet, and a table in the room.
Orcs live here!
Lin Shanyue's heart was pounding, but she breathed a sigh of relief when she found the place was empty.
The temperature inside was much warmer than outside, and Lin Shanyue felt her blood, which had been frozen, begin to flow again.
But she can't stay here. If the beastmen living here suddenly return, she's doomed.
Lingering in the warmth of the room, Lin Shanyue gritted her teeth and prepared to leave, but her gaze suddenly fell on the table.
There was a kettle and a bowl on the table. The bowl contained some kind of mushy paste that I didn't know what it was, and there was half a bowl left. Next to it was a small box containing dried fruit and dried meat.
The enticing aroma of food filled the air, causing her mouth to water uncontrollably.
Lin Shanyue hadn't eaten for several days, and hadn't even drunk water in the last two days. When she was extremely thirsty, she could only eat a few bites of snow. The food in front of her was undoubtedly a huge temptation for her.
She swallowed hard, then stepped forward and began to drink the large bowl in big gulps.
The porridge in the bowl was still hot and tasted salty. She didn't know what it was made of, but it was mixed with shredded meat. Perhaps it was because she was extremely hungry, but Lin Shanyue felt that she had never eaten anything so delicious in her life.
He drank it all in a few gulps, then poured the water from the kettle into a bowl, rinsed it, and drank that too.
She grabbed the dried meat and fruit from the table and kept stuffing them into her mouth. If the dried meat wasn't so hard that she would choke if she didn't chew it, she would have swallowed it whole.
She was severely dehydrated and starving. If she didn't fill her stomach, she wouldn't survive long even if she escaped. Thinking of this, she ate even more vigorously.
In no time, they had devoured all the food and water on the table.
Although there wasn't much food, Lin Shanyue was already quite satisfied as her stomach was no longer empty.
After looking around and finding no other food in the room, Lin Shanyue's gaze fell on the large cabinet by the wall. She gently opened it, revealing neatly folded white undergarments on top and a thick animal skin coat underneath.
She looked down at her clothes, which were full of holes and layered together, barely enough to cover her skin.
Without thinking, he grabbed a thick animal skin coat and put it on.
Her long coat reached almost to her ankles.
"The beastmen are really big. This one piece of clothing is enough for me to make several more..." Lin Shanyue muttered to herself, thinking to herself that the beastmen were really extravagant.
"I'll borrow your food and animal hides. If I survive, I will surely worship you and my mother together and give thanks to you every day."
Lin Shanyue clasped her hands together, gestured towards the wardrobe, and prepared to leave the room.
Just as I reached the door, I suddenly heard voices outside.
"Second brother, you're back just in time. Today, that kid A Yuan caught a cow. I kept all the offal and made tripe and intestines. Come and have a taste."
"Okay, I'll be there in a bit."
The sound seemed to be coming from the house next door. Lin Shanyue was startled and heard footsteps approaching from afar.
Oops!
Could it be that the orcs living here have returned?
Lin Shanyue panicked and turned to look around the room, intending to hide under the bed. However, she found that the space under the bed was solid. In a flash of inspiration, she turned around and crawled into the wardrobe.
Almost the instant the cabinet door closed, the bedroom door creaked open.
Su Shiwei entered the room, placed several parchment scrolls recording the nearby terrain on the table, took off her thick coat, folded it casually and placed it by the bed, and prepared to go out to let her mother taste the dishes.
Just as he was about to turn around, his gaze suddenly fell on the empty bowl on the table and the empty box.
If he remembered correctly, he hadn't finished his porridge when he left home in the morning. He didn't like snacks, and the dried fruit and meat were reserved for the kids and Xiao Fulai.
Su Shiwei narrowed her eyes slightly, her gaze sweeping over the cabinet without uttering a sound, as if she hadn't noticed the changes on the table. She didn't touch anything, turned around, and left the room.
"Squeak!"
Lin Shanyue held her breath and saw a tall, slender figure walk through the room through the crack in the cabinet door. She was puzzled when she saw that he did not stop at the table.
Didn't he realize he had eaten his food?
A moment later, the beastmen outside came out.
Lin Shanyue let out a long breath, it seemed she really hadn't noticed.
But the other person was right outside the door, so she couldn't go out. She could only curl up in the closet and wait for him to leave before she could go out herself.
"Mother, did anyone come into my room today?" Su Shiwei asked casually as she came to the kitchen, took the plate that Lin Xia was about to take out.
"Entered your room? No, Xiao Fu and Lao Er went out, and Tang Tang didn't bring Da Bao and the others over either. No one entered your room. What's wrong? Did you lose something?" Lin Xia stopped and thought for a moment, then asked in confusion.
"No, I was just asking." Su Shiwei's eyes flickered, and she didn't continue the topic.
Urged by Lin Xia, Su Shiwei tried a few new dishes and praised them repeatedly. After making Lin Xia happy, he took a large bowl while she went out to call Su Tang to come eat.
I packed a freshly stewed pig's trotter, picked out two large chicken legs, thought for a moment, then ate some of the dishes I had just tried and found tasty, and grabbed a cup of hot water.
Back inside, I put a full bowl of meat on the table.
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