Tian Shu, sitting on the other side of the carriage shaft, and Quan Jinghuai, on horseback, were both paying close attention to Hong Xiaoduo at this moment.
Just now, she sent the second-in-command of the pirates to meet the King of Hell with a single whip.
Although she was quiet, she seemed to be thinking about something. She didn't seem to be in a bad mood because she had killed someone again. She probably had already gotten used to it!
For the next two days, the journey was smooth and the weather was fine. The group rested and camped along the way as needed.
However, Hong Xiaoduo noticed that the seven younger ones seemed to be practicing their skills with Fei Yan even more diligently than usual.
Their teacher, in addition to teaching those eight students, has now started to practice extra himself.
Of the group of ten people, she seemed to be the only one who was lazy and unambitious. When she stopped, she would just drink tea and wait for food.
However, she felt neither uncomfortable nor embarrassed. She was already quite skilled enough without needing to train, so why bother working up a sweat? Lying on the bamboo recliner, sipping tea and enjoying the gentle breeze carrying the scent of wildflowers, she was utterly relaxed and content.
If I can get rid of that Black Impermanence, I might feel even better.
On the evening of the third day, they camped in the wild again. After the carriage stopped, Hong Xiaoduo looked around at the surrounding environment. The area within a few miles was very flat, and further away were gentle slopes with no trees or bushes.
"There's a spring here!" Tianxuan exclaimed happily after finding the water source.
"Then let's rest here tonight." After saying that, Hong Xiaoduo nodded to Tian Shu beside her and went to wander around.
Everyone here was busy, big and small, setting up tents, gathering firewood to start a fire, boiling water to cook.
Not far away on a slope, behind a cluster of wildflowers, a pair of gloomy eyes stared intently at the actions of the three adults and seven children by the roadside.
After taking a stroll, Hong Xiaoduo, as usual, slumped into a bamboo recliner and closed her eyes to rest until Yao Guang called her for dinner.
On the long table, the dishes were stir-fried eggs with wild scallions and stewed chicken with wild vegetables, and the staple food was wild vegetable dumplings. Tianxuan and the others have greatly improved their cooking skills, and it is no longer the kind of simple stew they used to make.
Now, people also pay attention to matching.
Of course, the conditions now are completely different from the earliest times. Whenever we pass through villages and towns along the way, we buy some food that we can carry with us before we leave.
For example, chicken eggs, duck eggs, goose eggs, cured meat, live poultry, and so on.
Now, not only is there enough oil for stir-frying, but Tianxuan even bought fatty pork and rendered a jar of lard. While the lard cracklings are still hot, she sprinkles some salt on them and serves them as a dish for everyone.
From the beginning of spring, wild vegetables along the way become their everyday meals, fresh and delicious.
"When we get to Natanmu Town in a few days, remember to remind me to go to the blacksmith's shop and order a grill. Then we can have barbecues," Hong Xiaoduo said, remembering the moment.
I had thought about it before, but when I was in Fengzhou City, it rained every day, and with Yuheng having nightmares, I had no intention of going out to order a barbecue grill.
Now that the weather is nice, camping in the wild makes barbecuing a natural thought.
The barbecue seasoning is available in the storage area; you don't need to exchange it for energy, just take it directly from the cabinet.
Perhaps the old man also realized that she was a foodie, because later he not only made her snail rice noodles, but also prepared various flavors of instant noodles, as well as some modern seasonings, such as garlic sauce, ketchup, sesame salt, salad dressing, barbecue dipping sauce, osmanthus honey, and even wasabi.
What's surprising is that Hong Xiaoduo can make room for all kinds of seasonings and dipping sauces, but not for snail rice noodles and instant noodles.
Later, Hong Xiaoduo also connected with him online, but she didn't question why.
Every time she enters the space, she finds that the cabinets are even more abundant, which makes it hard for Hong Xiaoduo to be fierce towards others.
Sometimes she wondered, is this what people mean when they say, "He who eats another's food is bound to him, and he who takes another's money is bound to him"? But she was clearly the victim!
After the younger ones followed her, they ate roasted meat over the fire countless times, and she also mentioned more than once that another kind of barbecue tasted even better.
So when she said that, he immediately nodded excitedly and agreed.
The three adults and seven children enjoyed the meal as much as ever. After they finished eating, Feiyan, as usual, led the younger children to clean up.
Remembering that he hadn't fed Xiao Hei and Xiao Hui yet, Tian Shu had only taken a few steps toward them when he suddenly clutched his stomach and squatted down.
Tianquan wanted to go over and see what was going on, but before he even got close, Tianquan also squatted down, clutching his stomach.
"Tian Shu, Tian Quan, what's wrong with you?" Hong Xiaoduo stood up and asked anxiously.
Quan Jinghuai panicked, but when he stood up, he saw that the two disciples had fallen to the ground, curled up and rolling around, crying out in pain.
Immediately afterwards, the others at the long table also collapsed to the ground, suffering from abdominal pain.
Hong Xiaoduo clutched her abdomen, swaying as she braced herself against the long table in front of her, trying her best not to fall. But she couldn't hold on any longer and collapsed onto the table, one hand clutching her abdomen, the other clenched into a fist on the table due to the excruciating pain.
On a slope not far away, a person stood up, shook off the mud, and walked excitedly toward Hong Xiaoduo and the others with a sinister grin on his face.
Soon, we arrived.
Quan Jinghuai struggled to get up, but failed each time, and watched helplessly as the person who came over reached the disciples.
The seven children lying on the ground were still conscious, their foreheads covered in sweat, staring in terror at the man in front of them, whose left cheek was covered with burn scars.
"Piglets? Lambs?" The man leaned down slightly, carefully examined Tian Shu and Tian Quan, and then called out with a sinister grin.
His voice made the seven children tremble even more than his appearance.
"You all look so respectable now that you're away from me? It's a pity, I still prefer to see you as you were before. You look so awkward now." The man said, shaking his head.
"You really think you've escaped my grasp? You've had your dream long enough, it's time to wake up. Do you really think they're some kind of benevolent saviors? You bunch of little beasts, you're too naive and easily fooled," the man sneered again.
The man carefully examined the other children again, then walked up to Yuheng and said, "Are you a bastard? This girl's face is too fair; she'll attract trouble." As he said this, the man raised his foot to stomp on Yuheng's face.
Yuheng, clutching her abdomen, was pale and tried to dodge but had no strength at all.
"You vicious bastard, you're still alive? And you even poisoned us?" At the critical moment, Hong Xiaoduo struggled to sit up and asked through gritted teeth.
Upon hearing this voice, the man withdrew his foot, which was about to step on Yuheng, and turned to look at Hong Xiaoduo: "It was you who killed and injured me that day?" As he spoke, he slowly walked towards Hong Xiaoduo...
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