Chapter 16: Protecting Food
Could it be that Gu Feixue is really possessed by a demon?
Hui Niang was flustered when she thought about this, but her hands subconsciously dug into the mud, trying to get rid of the powder on her hands.
"The more you try to hide something, the more obvious it becomes. I'm talking about you."
The sneering, childish voice suddenly exploded in her ears like thunder. Hui Niang looked up suddenly and met Gu Feixue's sharp eyes, which frightened her to death.
"I don't know what you're talking about, you monster, get out of here!"
Gu Feixue's small hands were like iron pliers, and she suddenly pulled Hui Niang's hand out of the mud.
Seeing the faint white color on her fingers covered with mud, Gu Feixue curled up the corner of her mouth in a sneer, which formed a sharp contrast with her delicate and petite childlike appearance.
Hui Niang screamed as if she had seen a ghost, "The monster is trying to eat me! Help me!"
"Dad, Mom, look, there's white powder on her fingers. It must be the dried sweet potato poison. She must have put it there."
Gu Feixue ignored Hui Niang's sharp screams and raised her hand high for the Gu family to see.
Wang Shi saw it all clearly and beat Hui Niang furiously, "How have our Gu family wronged you to allow you to harm us like this?"
Gu Lang and Old Madam Gu were both furious. "You vicious woman, you have absolutely no conscience!"
"No, I didn't poison you." Seeing the Gu family glaring at her, Hui Niang pushed Gu Feixue away and explained anxiously, "Master, Madam, please believe me, I just... saw you rubbing your stomachs often, and I thought you were feeling uncomfortable. I just happened to have some medicine here, and I put it on the dried sweet potatoes, just to help you cure it."
She spoke with such sincerity that many refugees felt sorry for her and wanted to speak up for her.
Gu Feixue, who nearly fell, stood up and said with a mocking smile, "Then lick your finger now and prove to us that your medicine is the cure."
Hui Niang was so frightened that she put her hands behind her back and shook her head repeatedly.
Seeing her guilty look, everyone knew what was going on.
When they thought that the food they had worked so hard to find was poisoned, they were all filled with indignation and anger.
"You black-hearted woman, why did you want to harm us?"
"We can't let this vicious woman stay here any longer. We must get rid of her. Otherwise, if we find food again in the future, won't she ruin it again?"
In the blink of an eye, Hui Niang was the target of public criticism, and her face turned pale and blue.
Immediately, her eyes were filled with poison as she stared at Gu Feixue, "It's all because of you, monster. You're the one who hurt me."
She wanted to catch Gu Feixue and kill her.
"If you dare to bully my sister, I will beat you to death." Gu Tingchuan picked up the dead wood next to him and hit Hui Niang in a rage.
Wang was also furious and wanted to hit her, "You vicious woman, don't hurt my granddaughter."
Hui Niang was outnumbered, and seeing the refugees coming to help, she hurriedly ran to the side.
But he didn't know what he stepped on, he fell down, and then rolled down like a stone.
After a while, she let out a howl like a pig being slaughtered, and then there was no movement.
"You guys wait here, I'll go take a look."
As a farmer, Wang Wu had a way to deal with the low slope covered with thorns.
He turned around immediately and crawled back panting a quarter of an hour later.
"I walked across and saw a steep slope. I didn't see anyone, but I saw blood all over the ground. I think she must have fallen from there. It's so high, even if she didn't die, she must have lost half her life."
When everyone heard this, their anger subsided and they felt a little sad.
But in a flash, the lingering fragrance of the dried sweet potatoes brought them back to their current survival issues, and they no longer cared about Hui Niang's life or death.
"Little girl, look at our dried sweet potatoes. If they are all poisoned, how are we going to survive?"
As soon as these words were spoken, many people became restless, and those with the lowest psychological endurance began to cry.
Gu Feixue didn't care whether Hui Niang was dead or alive. Seeing people complaining, she immediately helped them check the dried sweet potatoes. She found that only her family's dried sweet potatoes were smeared with poison, and she was so angry that her eyes turned red.
This woman Hui Niang has done so much harm to others. It would be too easy for her to die like this.
"Yours is fine. Dad, Mom, let's deal with these dried sweet potatoes and then go find some more sweet potatoes."
The Gu family, who had seemed somewhat desperate after hearing her words, immediately perked up.
Gu Feixue used her X-ray vision to find all the small sweet potatoes. After eating a few to fill her stomach, she hurriedly made dried sweet potatoes.
Later, she realized that even if she could eat these dried sweet potatoes with water here, she would not be able to survive for more than ten days.
With her head drooped, Gu Feixue's eyes turned red. It was all Hui Niang's fault. If she hadn't poisoned them, how could their family have so little food?
"If you live frugally, you can last for half a month." Old Madam Gu held her in her arms and patted her back.
Feeling her worry, Gu Feixue felt warm in his heart and hugged her back.
"I'm a grown man and I can't eat much. When your family is done eating, you can ask me for some."
Wang Wu saw the gloomy atmosphere in the Gu family and thought about how the Gu family had helped them resolve two near-death crises along the way, so he couldn't help but speak.
Upon hearing this, others also wanted to give some dried sweet potatoes.
The Gu family was shocked by them. Gu Feixue glanced at everyone and suddenly smiled.
In desperate situations, people's hearts are easily changed, but the good side of human nature is often fully displayed at this time.
"Let's rest in the heart of the mountains for a while, then find a way to dig some wooden barrels, fill them with water, and continue on our journey to Liang!"
Despite saying so, Gu Feixue believed that they could not stay in this place for long and had to rush to Liangcheng as soon as possible. So she gathered information while trying to find a way to survive.
Gu Lang agreed with her decision and immediately led everyone to make wooden barrels to fill with water.
Five days later, everyone regrouped, found the right direction, and marched down the mountain in a mighty procession.
In less than three days, they came out of the jungle and came to the flat official road, but both sides of the road were full of dry traces left by the refugees.
Gu Feixue saw that there was not even a single weed on the official road in front of her, and she couldn't help but purse her lips into a straight line.
They carried some dried sweet potatoes and a small wooden barrel with them, and if they lived frugally, they could still survive for half a month. But after half a month, if they had not reached Liangcheng, the threat of death would befall them again.
By then, she was afraid that there would be nothing better to do.
"Catch them, don't let them get away."
At this moment, some ragged and skinny refugees ran down the hillside on the left.
With red eyes, they surrounded Gu Feixue and the others, roaring like fire.
"They have a sweet smell, it must be food, everyone hurry up and grab it!"
These people attacked ferociously like mad beasts, and soon injured Wang Wu and his men who were caught off guard.
Gu Feixue, relying on her small size, rushed out and kicked the most ferocious men hard on the knees.
"Everyone help each other and protect the food so that they don't steal it."
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