"Okay, okay, I'm scared of you. What do you want me to do?"
Li Zhuzi spat out the weeds in his mouth and said reluctantly.
Seeing that Li Zhuzi was willing to help, Li Huaer spoke.
"Dad, we don't have a pot or anything. Go find some wild vegetables, wash them and stuff them directly into the pheasant's stomach. We'll roast them and eat them."
If you add some wild vegetables into the pheasant's stomach, you can at least eat a few more bites.
Although there were no seasonings or anything, the roasted pheasant was still a bit oily, so I guess the wild vegetables wouldn't be too unpalatable in the pheasant's stomach.
After hearing this, Li Zhuzi reluctantly went to look for wild vegetables.
Li Huaer was tidying up the pheasants by the puddle. After she finished, Li Zhuzi just came back, but he didn't bring back many wild vegetables.
"Hua'er, it's not that your father is lazy. It took me a long time to find this little bit of wild vegetables. The wild vegetables around here have almost been dug up by the village chief and his men."
Li Zhuzi said it without thinking.
This road has been walked by people, and there is a small puddle there. It goes without saying that the village chief and his men would never give up this water source.
Li Huaer frowned involuntarily when she saw the wild vegetables in her father's hand.
"Dad, these wild vegetables are too few. Forget it, it's just a few. Let's fill our stomachs first, otherwise we, father and daughter, will probably starve to death."
Li Huaer took the wild vegetables from Li Zhuzi's hand, washed them quickly, and stuffed them directly into the pheasant's stomach. Then she put the pheasant on the rack and slowly roasted it.
After eating the pheasant, the father and daughter still felt a little unsatisfied.
"Hua'er, there's water here, how about we stay here for a while? Maybe we can catch some more prey?"
Li Huaer rolled her eyes at Li Zhuzi.
"I'll wait for you. You're not afraid of those bandits chasing you, but I am."
At this moment, Li Huaer just wanted to catch up with Lin Jiuyue and the others as soon as possible.
He thought to himself that as long as he caught up with Lin Jiuyue and the others, his life would be safe.
After all, even if the bandits caught up with them, Lin Jiuyue and the others would not just stand by and watch them die.
When talking about bandits, Li Zhuzi felt a little scared.
"Yes, yes, there are bandits behind us. We have to leave quickly."
After Li Zhuzi finished speaking, he stopped lying down and sat up. He walked along the path that Lin Jiuyue and others had taken. He was so flustered that he even forgot about Li Huaer.
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On Lin Jiuyue's side, the team replenished their water, and every household filled their water containers. Their hearts were instantly filled with hope. Even the journey felt a lot easier.
In order to avoid danger, Lin Jiuyue had to release his consciousness from time to time along the way to check whether the surrounding environment was safe.
Just when the team had walked forward for another two days, Lin Jiuyue used his consciousness to investigate the surrounding situation again, but found that this was the only road ahead that could pass through the mountain.
Unfortunately, the bandits that had been avoided before would also take this route if they wanted to cross the mountain.
In other words, there is a high possibility that he and his companions will reunite with the bandits they had avoided before.
"What's wrong?"
Gu Chengyan saw Lin Jiuyue frowning from time to time and asked a few questions in confusion.
Lin Jiuyue didn't know how to explain it to Gu Chengyan. So she simply gave up.
Although there is a possibility of meeting, it is unlikely to be such a coincidence. What if the two teams just happen to miss each other?
"Nothing, let's go."
With a hopeful mentality, Lin Jiuyue and others continued to move forward.
At this moment, Li Huaer and Li Zhuzi also caught up.
When he saw Lin Jiuyue and others, Li Zhuzi was so excited that he almost cried.
"Woo woo, village chief, is it really you? I finally caught up with you."
When the village chief saw Li Zhuzi and his daughter suddenly appear in front of him, he couldn't help but frown.
"Li Zhuzi? Li Huaer, why are you here?"
Li Zhuzi wiped away the non-existent tears from the corners of his eyes.
"Alas, Village Chief, this is a long story. You don't know how much hardship my father and I have endured along the way. If I had known, I wouldn't have gone with them..."
After chasing non-stop for several days, Li Zhuzi finally caught up with Lin Jiuyue and others. He was so excited that he told the village chief everything that happened along the way.
Of course, Li Zhuzi didn't tell Li Huaer about her mother, and Li Huaer didn't reveal it either.
The father and daughter had agreed on the way that neither of them would tell this matter to outsiders, at least not while fleeing from famine.
This is to avoid causing resentment from the village chief and others, and causing them to be kicked out of the team.
After listening to Li Zhuzi's tearful description, the village chief sighed heavily.
"Alas, I didn't expect that there were actually bandits circling that road. Fortunately, we took a long detour, otherwise, who knows what the situation would be like now."
Some villagers were also listening to Li Zhuzi's speech. After listening, they all looked at Lin Jiuyue with admiration.
"Ah, we were able to get here safely, thanks to September girl. If it weren't for her, how could we have thought of taking a longer route? If we hadn't taken the longer route, we would probably have been caught by the bandits by now."
"Isn't it? This route is a little roundabout, but it's safe."
"It's strange to say, this girl Jiuyue and the boy from the Ji family are like lucky stars, as if they can foresee danger. Isn't it? They successfully helped us escape a disaster again."
"Who says they aren't? In the past, everyone in the village said that Jiu Yue girl and the Ji family boy were 'nemesis'. In my opinion, that's all nonsense. That's it. How can they be nemesis? If they really are nemesis, I'm willing to be that nemesis!"
"Come on, it would be great if you had that fate."
Lin Jiuyue and Gu Chengyan sat on the ground, listening to the villagers' gossip. They looked at each other and ignored each other.
There must have been people in this team who said they were my nemesis. Now that they have gained some benefits from me, they start to speak well of me.
Sure enough, the most solid relationship between people is the interest relationship.
"Ji Liangchuan. Long time no see."
Li Huaer saw Gu Chengyan and Lin Jiuyue sitting on the ground, looking leisurely.
Looking again, there was a mule cart next to the two men. The mule cart was covered with oilcloth, and the frame was loaded with an unknown amount of food.
Li Huaer, who had originally given up on Gu Chengyan, now started to have feelings for him again.
Gu Chengyan looked up at Li Huaer, but did not move.
"What's going on?"
Li Huaer pretended to be shy and pinched the handkerchief in her hand.
"It's okay, it's just that I haven't seen you for a long time. I thought we would never see each other again in this life."
Lin Jiuyue looked at Li Huaer with a smile. Although she knew that Li Huaer had feelings for Gu Chengyan, she deliberately did not avoid him. Instead, she just watched from the side.
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