Chapter 8 Old Green Tea
Gu Feixue frowned slightly. Of course she knew the rule.
When food is scarce, even a grain of rice must not be enjoyed by one person alone, otherwise it would be a betrayal to everyone.
But she also knew another rule, that is, whoever can lead everyone out of trouble is the boss.
Therefore, just when Gu Lang was about to appeal to his father's emotions and reason, she took the initiative to stop her father.
Stand up and walk out.
Seeing this scene, Wang thought she was going to admit that she was the one who put the food into the cave, so she hurried to pull Gu Feixue.
But Gu Feixue suddenly said, "Of course I know the rules, but our family was just about to wake you up to share food."
"We didn't even start calling you because Hui Niang's screams ruined everything."
"You should still remember how we stood up and walked towards you, right?"
As soon as Gu Feixue said this, Wang Wu and everyone else began to recall.
It turned out that this was indeed the case.
But Hui Niang, who was trampled, could not bear this. When she found the food, she wrapped it so tightly.
Since the food is to be distributed to everyone, why not put it in the open space but hide it instead?
So, she yelled, "You're lying! You clearly just want to eat all by yourself. At this time, if there isn't enough food, who would share their life-saving rations with others?"
"You are still young and you don't learn well. Gu Feixue, you are lying!"
Her shout immediately aroused the hatred of everyone in the Gu family. Gu Lang frowned and wished he could beat Hui Niang to death with a stick.
Seeing this, Gu Feixue didn't want to cause trouble, so she continued, "Indeed, we found a lot of food, so we wanted to share it with everyone."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone became excited and quickly surrounded the family.
They were afraid that if their family ran away, everyone would have no food.
Gu Feixue looked at her father, thinking that it was time for the most authoritative leader to step forward and establish his authority.
Gu Lang took a step forward and said to Wang Wu, "Wang Wu, we are all wanderers in this world. Whoever can save us will be the leader. Do you agree with this?"
Once these words were spoken, everyone understood without Wang Wu having to say anything more.
Everyone immediately promised: "As long as you give us food, your Gu family will be our boss!"
After receiving such a promise, Gu Lang looked at Gu Feixue.
Gu Feixue smiled: "Follow me!"
Then he led everyone to rush towards the cave excitedly.
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But what no one expected was that when Gu Feixue arrived at the cave first, she was so angry that she almost died on the spot!
I don’t know who emptied the cave!
She screamed madly in her heart, forcing herself to stay calm.
She looked around and noticed the neat, but not very obvious, tire tracks on the ground due to the dry weather.
It seems that someone has taken away the food first.
The food that was originally enough to feed everyone for a month was gone just like that.
Gu Feixue realized how terrible the consequences would be if she disappointed everyone!
It is difficult to offend public anger!
Gu Tingchuan, who arrived later, pointed at the cave that was already visible and said, "We're there! It's right there!"
As soon as these words were spoken, all the refugees rushed into the cave like crazy.
Hui Niang didn't come because she was trampled half to death.
Now they are the only family left.
Gu Lang was about to take his family to the cave when Gu Feixue quickly stopped him. "Dad, I have something to confess to you. There was only a little food in the cave. I just lied to them."
Hearing this, Gu Lang was shocked and couldn't believe it: "What did you say!"
"Xue'er, you..."
Gu Lang was so angry that he almost fell down!
Wang and Gu Tingchuan hurriedly supported him: "Dad (Alang)!"
Gu Feixue hurried forward to take his pulse, but he was so anxious that he couldn't bear the ups and downs.
She sighed and added, "Dad, I haven't finished speaking yet."
"Although we don't have enough food for the entire cave, there are still some leftovers in the cave, enough for each of them to have a full meal."
"Also, when I say food, I actually mean a forest of edible palm trees."
Hearing this, Gu Lang became even more angry: "What kind of palm tree can be eaten? Palm trees cannot be eaten!"
Gu Feixue repeated helplessly: "Palm tree, not a palm tree!"
But Gu Lang had no idea what a palm tree was. This kind of tree was only recorded in modern times, so he didn't know that palm trees were edible.
Gu Feixue was too lazy to explain. She pulled her brother's hand and said, "Brother, we just ate it. It was delicious, right?"
She blinked her big eyes, obviously wanting Gu Tingchuan to help her cover up her lie.
Gu Tingchuan was very conflicted because this was a matter of life and death.
But he didn't want his sister to be beaten because of this, and he didn't want his whole family to be beaten to death or driven away by the angry refugees.
So he confirmed again: "Xue'er?"
Gu Feixue gave an affirmative answer: "Brother! Let's take them out to eat!"
"When I was playing house with the servants in the mansion, they told me that it was edible. I tried it and it was really delicious, just like sugarcane."
The Gu family was in a complicated and heavy mood, but they had no time to hesitate at this moment, because the refugees in the cave had already fought outside the cave because of uneven distribution of food.
Wang Wu walked towards them in a rage, "Gu! You lied to us. Each person only had a handful of food at most. Do you think that's enough to last a month? You and your family are courting death!"
Wang Wu wanted to skin them alive!
Gu Feixue rushed out with a frown on her face. "In a year of famine like this, the food in the cave is all stored by small animals for the winter. There are more than a hundred of us, and if each of us has a handful, isn't that enough?"
"You look down on these small portions, but the animals are kept busy for more than a month. Why should you be dissatisfied?"
"Besides, my father never said that this is the food that can last for a month. Why are you leading a commotion?"
"Are we really going to joke about everyone's lives?"
Everyone was silent.
Especially when he heard that there was another place for food, Wang Wu suppressed all his anger and felt very embarrassed.
"Then... then take us to another place to get food." Wang Wu was so ashamed that he didn't dare to look directly into Gu Feixue's eyes.
Gu Feixue had a stern face and acted like a little adult on the surface, but she was actually very panicked.
She was afraid that these people wouldn't believe her. After all, people are extremely hungry, so what can they not eat? Who cares what you say?
"Bring your rations and follow me! The place we're going to is where we'll be stationed from now on. There's local food there, so you'll be full!"
Gu Feixue's words were like chicken blood, making everyone think of all the crops in the soil that they could think of.
"What can we have in winter?"
"have no idea."
"Sweet potato?"
"Chicken, duck, goose?"
"Stop discussing this and go! I can't stand it any longer!"
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