Chapter 54: Don't Believe in Evil
The villagers talked at once and repeated what Song Shuyan had just said.
This actually saves Song Shuyan a lot of trouble.
The captain frowned, looking at the steaming, fragrant broth in the pot, half believing and half doubting.
So much meat.
Wouldn’t it be a waste if we don’t eat it?
But what if it is really poisonous?
Now it was the captain's turn to have a headache. He rubbed his forehead, gritted his teeth, and looked at Song Shuyan with a frown, "Song Zhiqing, are you sure this meat is poisonous?"
Song Shuyan also looked heavy-hearted and nodded.
"I'm sure!"
"As for whether you want to test the poison yourself, it's up to you. But if you trust me, don't eat it. If you have problems, don't blame others."
An elderly villager said, "The educated youth from the city are just making a fuss. We've lived to this age and have eaten everything. We've never seen anyone die from eating meat!"
When everyone heard this, they all asked the elderly in their families, "Grandpa, Grandma, have you ever eaten meat fished out of a flood before?"
“Why haven’t you eaten it?”
“It’s delicious!”
"It's no different from the New Year pig we kill during Chinese New Year!"
The captain was shaken. Looking at the broth with white steam rising from the big pot, he really couldn't bear to throw away the meat!
Song Shuyan suddenly felt powerless.
The team leader was also an old fox. After thinking about it, he called for a representative from each family to attend a meeting and repeated what Song Shuyan had said.
“It is better to believe it exists than to believe it does not exist.”
"Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be prepared for the worst."
"Anyway, it's up to you to decide whether or not to eat this meat."
The villagers were very dissatisfied. "Captain, when you say that, are you believing Song Zhiqing's lies?"
"What does a young girl know?"
"I want to see if these educated youth will come to share the meat!"
After the broth was cooked, Aunt Wu knocked on a gong with her fingers, "It's time to eat! Line up and share the meat and broth!"
Helan smelled the aroma of meat coming from outside and swallowed his saliva.
She hesitated for a long time, holding her bowl and gritting her teeth. She was hungry and wanted to eat broth!
But……
She glanced at the three people in the room who looked calm and composed.
She tugged at Chunmei's clothes and lowered her voice to try to persuade her to rebel, "Chunmei, do you really believe what Song Shuyan said?"
She acted stealthily and turned her head to glance at Song Shuyan.
Chunmei also swallowed her saliva, her stomach growling. She also glanced at Song Shuyan, who was lying on the bed with the quilt in his arms, his eyes closed, his long eyelashes trembling, his face calm and gentle.
She also lowered her voice and said, "Shuyan wouldn't joke about such things. Wait until they're done eating and the pot is empty, then we'll cook some porridge."
Helan looked like she was about to cry. She didn’t want to eat porridge, she wanted to eat meat!
There were also some male educated youth who didn't believe in the superstition and lined up with bowls to get the meat soup.
Some villagers mocked them, "Hey, aren't you afraid that the meat is poisonous?"
"Hahaha!"
The male educated youth in line smiled apologetically, "We didn't say the meat was poisonous."
"That's what Song Zhiqing said."
"We didn't believe what she said either!"
When the villagers heard that they had the same stance as themselves, they stopped mocking them and instead joined them in complaining about Song Shuyan.
"Song Zhiqing, you're always so troublesome!"
"What nonsense!"
“Scaremongering!”
"Alas, those who believed her words are in trouble. They won't be able to eat meat!"
"Hahaha!"
"It's better if they don't eat it, so we can share more!"
The villagers at the front of the line had already started eating. They took a sip of the broth and shook their heads, "It smells so good!"
Among the male educated youth, only Meng Qingwei, Xue Huaizhou, and Liu Guozhu did not line up to share the meat.
Zhang Mingzhu ran back and forth between the stoves, but she didn't see Xue Huaizhou in line. She heard people in the line say that some people believed Song Shuyan's nonsense and didn't dare to eat such delicious meat.
She stamped her feet in anger.
Why did Xue Huaizhou believe what Song Shuyan said so much?
She lined up with her bowl and brought the broth that was allocated to her to Xue Huaizhou.
Xue Huaizhou frowned when he saw her, "What are you doing here?"
"Go back quickly!"
Zhang Mingzhu's eyes turned red and she pouted, "You chased me away? I specially brought you food, and you chased me away?"
Xue Huaizhou looked at the room full of grown men, all of whom were listening to the opera with their ears pricked up.
He pursed his lips, his handsome thick eyebrows furrowed. He took the broth from Zhang Mingzhu and advised her in a deep voice, "Don't eat the broth."
Zhang Mingzhu glared at him and thought, all the broth she was given has been brought to him, what is she going to eat?
Xue Huaizhou looked back at the brothers in the room, and seeing that no one was looking at him, he quickly grabbed Zhang Mingzhu's wrist and walked a few steps outside. When he saw someone coming, he quickly let go of her.
"Go back, don't come here!"
Zhang Mingzhu felt very wronged.
What's so fierce about it!
She gritted her teeth and shouted, "You are my fiancé, why can't I come to you!"
The nearby villagers all looked sideways and burst into laughter.
Zhang Mingzhu turned around and glared at them, shouting, "What are you laughing at!"
"Don't laugh, don't laugh!"
"Ha ha……"
"Mingzhu, you're so fierce, be careful not to scare Xue Zhiqing!"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Mingzhu pouted and looked at Xue Huaizhou, tears almost coming down.
Xue Huaizhou rubbed his brow and sighed, "You go back."
Zhang Mingzhu stomped her feet and ran away in anger!
A stinky man would tell her to go back!
When she was running out, she almost bumped into someone, but that person actually dodged her and didn't even offer to help her.
Zhang Mingzhu broke out in a cold sweat. Seeing that she was about to come into close contact with the muddy and dirty ground, she quickly grabbed the hem of the man's army green shirt next to her.
Just as she was about to stand firm, she heard the man's voice, colder than the winter river water, "Let go!"
She looked up and saw the man with a cold look in his eyes, staring sharply at her little hand that was pulling at his clothes.
She quickly let go of her hand. This man was handsome, but too fierce. Xue Huaizhou was better. Xue Huaizhou was handsome but gentle like jade.
"Pearl?"
"Comrade Zhou!"
The captain came out of the house and asked, "What are you doing here?"
Before the two could speak, the captain nervously pulled Zhang Mingzhu over and said, "Mingzhu, you didn't drink the broth, did you?"
Zhang Mingzhu's stomach rumbled. She blinked in grievance and stammered, not daring to let her father know. Xue Huaizhou didn't want to make the broth, so she gave her share to Xue Huaizhou.
Zhou Jingshen led a few soldiers and sat down in the main hall. He picked up the kettle on the table and poured a bowl of tea.
Some villagers greeted them.
"Comrade! Stop drinking tea and have a bowl of broth!"
Several aunts came over, each holding a bowl of broth and placed it in front of them.
The eyes of several soldiers lit up. They had been busy all day saving lives and disaster relief, and had not even had a chance to eat. They were extremely hungry and their saliva started to water as they looked at the meat soup.
They looked at Zhou Jingshen with expectant eyes, "Captain..."
During disaster relief, it’s not against discipline to eat a bowl of meat from the villagers, right?
Several of them are new recruits.
Zhou Jingshen had a cold look on his face and was about to speak when the captain ran over quickly, with a few drops of water on his forehead, not sure if they were sweat or rain.
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