Chapter 144: Disgusting Big Rat
The little girl's eyes suddenly lit up, and she stood up and ran out like a gust of wind. She saw a middle-aged woman running back with a hoe on her shoulder and heavy steps.
The woman looked at the two men warily, protecting the little girl behind her.
"What are you doing? Did I call for help?"
The little girl pulled the middle-aged woman's hand and said, "Mom, my brothers and sisters are good people."
The little girl stretched out her arms and said, "Mom, I don't have any bugs on me. My brothers and sisters helped me."
The middle-aged man's eyes moved away from his daughter's arm, joy overflowed from his eyes, and his face suddenly turned red.
"I'm sorry, I..."
Chu Qiao greeted him with a smile: "It's okay, now that you're back, we should leave too."
Chu Qiao looked at the sky which had turned completely dark and didn't dare to stay any longer. If he was any later he wouldn't be able to find a suitable place to rest.
The woman took out half of the leaves from the basket and stuffed them into Chu Qiao's pocket.
Chu Qiao picked up a leaf. It was a sweet potato leaf. Sweet potatoes are eaten from the roots. Although the leaves can be eaten, no one eats them specifically, unless...
The woman seemed to realize that she was being abrupt and took it back from Chu Qiao: "I'm sorry, I... only have this, I picked it from someone else's field."
Chu Qiao had just observed the environment here. There were only a few households in the entire village. Almost every household had only children left behind. The adults were nowhere to be seen and only came back one after another at night.
Food was even more scarce, and every child was skinny.
In Beidou Country, Chu Qiao went to many places and saw many villages. Although he did not earn much money, he was self-sufficient and lived a comfortable life.
But when he saw this, Chu Qiao felt such naked poverty for the first time.
Lu Zhan seemed to see through his thoughts and wanted to say a few words of comfort, but he still didn't say anything. Instead, he walked towards the middle-aged woman.
"I've just taught little Moka how to remove ticks. We can't stay here long. Please pass this method on to the rest of the village."
Moka nodded: "It's not safe outside, you... won't stay?"
Chu Qiao and Lu Zhan both shook their heads.
They can't stay, not because the system doesn't allow it, but because food is already scarce here and they don't want to burden the locals.
Chu Qiao and Lu Zhan continued on their way, both silent and with heavy hearts.
"I……"
Chu Qiao opened her mouth but still didn't say anything. She felt for the first time that her ability was so weak. She used to think that just having money was enough, and later she thought that she had to bring her friends to be rich too. Now she felt that everything was so superficial.
Lu Zhan suddenly patted her shoulder and said, "Don't overthink it. Some things are beyond your and my control."
It was late at night, and nothing was more terrifying than the grassland at night.
Chu Qiao's depression was gradually disturbed by the occasional calls of animals from the grassland.
Although Lu Zhan had served in peacekeeping missions in Africa, he had never been out of the army at that time. Even when he was doing field training, he would stay at the homes of fellow villagers.
Chu Qiao clearly felt that Lu Zhan was talking less and less, and the corners of her mouth curled up.
Dr. Lu was nervous.
Chu Qiao looked around, searching for something.
Suddenly she saw a big rock in the jungle beside her, with several trees side by side.
"Let's go there." She took Lu Zhan to the side of the stone.
Chu Qiao said to the drone, "We'll rest here for the night. We chose this place because it's nestled between rocks and trees, which is good for hiding. It also provides shelter if prey attacks."
After saying that, Chu Qiao yawned and said sleepily, "That's it for today."
After what happened to the little girl during the day, the atmosphere in the live broadcast room was very depressing. Everyone said good night to Chu Qiao and slowly left. It was completely different from the usual liveliness. The crowdfunding amount was only 120,000.
For safety, Chu Qiao and Lu Zhan each leaned against one side of the rock, so that they could cover all four directions.
That night, both of them slept lightly, and would open their eyes to check what was happening at the slightest sign of trouble.
What made Chu Qiao open his eyes completely was the sound coming from the bushes.
“Squeak—”
Chu Qiao's ears pricked up, his mind instantly cleared up, and he looked around vigilantly.
The sound came from far away and became clearer and clearer.
Chu Qiao slowly said what he was saying, fearing to alarm the owner of the voice.
She followed the rustling sound and walked behind the stone. Lu Zhan noticed someone approaching, his brows furrowed, and his eyes suddenly opened.
Chu Qiao put his hand to his lips.
"Shh-"
Lu Zhan followed her gaze and saw a huge rat one meter away from his hand, walking towards him.
Chu Qiao was holding a stick in his hand, which he had just broken from a tree before going to bed.
The rat seemed to sense it and sped up. Chu Qiao picked up the stick and swung it down suddenly, hitting the big rat on the head.
My originally agile body became heavy while reading, and I struggled to crawl forward.
Chu Qiao showed no mercy and hit the mouse again. This time the mouse was completely killed.
It was still dark outside, and Chu Qiao was delighted to have such reliable food so early in the morning. He tied the tail of the dead mouse to his backpack to prevent it from being stolen by other prey.
Lu Zhan didn't seem to be in a bad mood. He pointed at the gray, stiff rat corpse and said, "Can you throw it away? It's contagious."
Chu Qiao ignored her and closed his eyes. "This is tomorrow's feast. It's so hard to get the meat delivered to your door, so why throw it away?" The first lesson Golden Brain taught him was the first element of wilderness survival: don't let go of any edible snakes, insects, birds, or animals.
Seeing that she was indifferent, Lu Zhan shook his head. He stood up and walked into the jungle, hoping to find a better alternative.
Chu Qiao's eyes lit up: "Doctor Lu, don't wander around, it's easy to get lost."
Lu Zhan: "I'll mark it."
Accompanied by the chirping of birds in the early morning, Lu Zhan returned with a dejected look on his face.
Chu Qiao looked at him and knew that he had nothing.
Lu Zhan felt uncomfortable when he saw the disgusting rat again.
Chu Qiao said, "Doctor Lu, we are trying to survive in the wilderness. If we want to survive, we must eat everything we can. This is our food."
Lu Zhan said seriously, "I understand, but there are many serious plagues in Africa right now."
Chu Qiao: "If you are timid, you will starve to death on this grassland sooner or later."
As he spoke, he picked up the rat's tail and placed it on the stone it had leaned against last night. He drew the knife in his hand and chopped it down. In an instant, the rat was ripped open.
Chu Qiao pulled out the rat's internal organs and buried them in a hole in the ground.
She slowly separated the mouse's skin bit by bit along the subcutaneous fat, and the most disgusting gray mouse skin was cut off in one piece.
Chu Qiao picked up the meat and shook it. "Doctor Lu, come over and take a look. It's pink. Is it any different from chicken?"
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