Besides the largest green dot, several smaller green dots also appeared as Jiang Qinyu entered the area of Qinggang Mountain Village.
Although Qinggang Mountain is called a stronghold, it is actually just an ordinary village. There are no tall gates or walls, which is why Jiang Qinyu and her group were able to sneak in smoothly.
Jiang Qinyu had a better idea of what was going on, and deliberately led Meng Tianze and Chen Shao to the place where the grain was hidden.
Before long, the group arrived at the mountain stronghold's large kitchen.
Because of the time constraint, Jiang Qinyu quickly rummaged around in the kitchen before heading straight to the location indicated on the map.
"Uncle Meng, Chen Shao, come here quickly!" Jiang Qinyu called out in a low voice.
She found the kitchen cellar. Opening the cellar door, she looked down and saw bags full of grain. However, some of the bags looked familiar.
Chen Shao ran fast and reached the cellar entrance in the blink of an eye. After peeking inside, his eyes turned red. "Damn it! All of this was stolen from our village!"
He saw the markings his family had made on the bags of grain.
“My family’s here too!” Meng Tianze clenched his fists and said angrily.
These bandits are really impatient! They're eating the grain they just robbed. Do they really have no food left?
The answer is naturally no, but only Jiang Qinyu knows this at the moment.
"Don't say anything yet, Chen Shao, go and inform the village chief immediately. Send ten people to move the things here down the mountain first," Jiang Qinyu said calmly.
Chen Shao nodded in response and ran off quickly.
Jiang Qinyu then said to Meng Tianze, "Uncle Meng, you stay here and keep watch. I'll go check other places."
Her map indicated that Qinggang Village had five other places where grain was stored, with the largest amount hidden in the back mountain, which was the largest and brightest green dot on the map.
Jiang Qinyu understood now that the larger the green dot, the more grain there was, and the green dot at the location of the cellar where the grain of Dingshui Village was stored was only one-fifth the size of the green dot on the back mountain.
It seems that the two patrolling bandits they encountered were just low-level thugs from Qinggang Village, and had no idea how much grain their leader still had stored up.
“I’ll go!” Meng Tianze said immediately upon hearing this.
How could he let a woman take such a risk? Besides, judging from what those two patrolling bandits said, Qinggang Village probably has no other food reserves.
Jiang Qinyu probably knew what he was thinking, and insisted, "I'll go. I'm small and easy to hide. Uncle Meng, you can stay here and help the people going up the mountain."
Meng Tianze was tall and not really suited for this kind of nighttime covert activity.
"This..." Meng Tianze was still a little hesitant. After all, this was Old Man Lu's daughter-in-law. He had brought her out, and he had to bring her back safely.
Jiang Qinyu said earnestly, "Don't worry, I will definitely be careful."
Meng Tianze reluctantly agreed, "Alright then, keep a close eye on things, and if you can't find it, come back here right away."
...
Finally free to move around, Jiang Qinyu took in the sights of Qinggang Village by the moonlight.
This village is really not very good; all the houses were built without any planning, as if they were built haphazardly.
It was only past midnight, and there wasn't a single person to be seen in the village. Snoring could be heard coming from every house, showing how little sense of security these people had.
Only in chaotic times like today can such a place exist; in times of peace, it would have been besieged and suppressed by the government long ago.
After grumbling for a while, Jiang Qinyu stopped looking at the map and headed towards the location indicated on it with a clear purpose.
Perhaps because everyone in the village ate from a communal pot, the grain was not stored in their own homes, but in other public areas besides the kitchen cellar.
For example, one of them was in the stables where bandits kept their livestock.
Bandits don't pay much attention to raising horses, so naturally no one comes to clean them regularly, which makes you imagine how unpleasant the smell must be.
Jiang Qinyu held her breath and quickly pulled out a mask to put on, but even with the mask and face towel on, the smell still made her want to vomit.
Tragically, the stable's grain was hidden under the feeding trough.
Jiang Qinyu was on the verge of tears. She endured the nausea, pushed aside the stone trough, pulled back the wooden plank embedded in the ground, and peered inside using a small flashlight from a keychain placed next to the cashier.
Wow, judging by the looks of it, there must be at least a thousand kilograms of grain inside!
Jiang Qinyu didn't delay any longer and quickly went downstairs to collect all the grain bags, various dried meats, and tanned hides into the system, arranging them neatly on the open ground in the area near the cashier.
Just then, the system notification sounded in Jiang Qinyu's mind again.
[Ding! The system has detected that the host has obtained the required number of quest items. Would you like to submit?]
At the same time, two selection buttons appeared on the system interface in her mind: Yes and No.
Jiang Qinyu's eyes lit up, and she was about to use her mind to click on the word "yes" when she suddenly stopped.
No, if she submits the quest now, she won't be able to use the quest item map hint function anymore, right?
Since the task is to be completed within three days, why doesn't she take advantage of that time to find more food?
With that in mind, Jiang Qinyu ignored the system information and continued walking towards the other locations marked on the map where grain was hidden.
The grain stored in the other locations was probably not from the chief of the Qinggang Mountain bandits, as the quantities ranged from one or two hundred jin to five or six hundred jin.
After collecting all the grain from the village, Jiang Qinyu ran towards the back mountain without hesitation.
Before they even arrived at their destination, Jiang Qinyu heard people talking.
"Tsk, our boss is really something, hiding the grain in such a secret place, who could possibly find it? Is it really necessary for us to check on it every two hours?"
"Stop talking nonsense. Boss, we're just being cautious. After all, only the three of us brothers know about the food here. Do you want to starve to death in this famine?"
"Alright, alright, I'm the third oldest anyway, I'll listen to both of you, okay?"
The two walked around the mountainside for a while, but found nothing unusual, so they yawned and went back.
As soon as they left, Jiang Qinyu immediately stepped forward.
Looking up at the mountain wall, I couldn't help but blink.
It has to be said that the leader of Qinggang Mountain is quite capable.
The cliff face was so well disguised that it was impossible to tell anything amiss. If it weren't for the bright green dot on the system map that was almost blinding, she would never have known that a large amount of grain was hidden behind it.
Jiang Qinyu walked around the area twice, but still couldn't figure out how to get in.
She looked at the area again carefully, and suddenly her eyes lit up.
The cliff face was covered with a layer of withered ivy, but one of the ivy vines was rust-colored, clearly different from the other withered vines.
Based on the various novels and films I've seen in modern times, something unusual must be a sign of something sinister, so the mechanism should be here.
But Jiang Qinyu was in a dilemma. If she rashly activated the mechanism, would it make a noise that would attract people?
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
