Chapter 367: The Cannon Fodder Girl Whose Family Was Killed by the Ungrateful Saint on the Way to Es
Chapter 367: The Cannon Fodder Girl Whose Family Was Killed by the Ungrateful Saint on the Way to Es
While everyone was asleep, Su Li walked to the luggage on the ox cart frame.
In the bright moonlight, she looked at the clay pot filled with water.
Sure enough, there was only a thin layer of clean water in the clay jar.
It's only about one finger deep.
Su Li sighed and replaced all the water inside with the spiritual spring water in the companion space.
After all, everyone will have a long journey in the next few days, and this spiritual spring can help them recover their strength quickly.
After finishing all this, Su Li returned to the stone where he had just sat and began to meditate and practice.
The next day, it was still dark.
Su Li's sharp ears heard the slight noises made by Pei's father.
She pretended to take a nap leaning on Pei Xiaoyun's back.
Soon, Pei's father made an annoyed sound, "Oh, we agreed to set off at midnight, how come we fell asleep! And there were no wild animals around last night."
Then he woke everyone up and started to prepare for the journey.
It was not until the 9th hour that Grandma Pei asked Father Pei to find a secluded place to stop and rest.
"Let's find a place to rest during the day and continue our journey at night! There are so many people here during the day, and we will be too conspicuous driving a ox cart." Old Master Pei said while smoking a pipe.
"it is good."
"Hey, why does the water we brought become more?" After distributing the steamed corn bread, Grandma Pei picked up the bowl and prepared to pour a bowl of water for everyone to drink.
But he found that the clay pot that originally had little water was now full of water.
"Isn't it good to have water? Maybe you remembered it wrongly?" Old Master Pei didn't care and said casually.
No one else thought much about it.
"Yes, I'm old and my memory isn't that good." Grandma Pei carefully poured out a bowl of water and handed it to Grandpa Pei.
The old man took it and took a sip, "Mm, so sweet."
He suddenly felt much more relaxed.
However, after looking at his descendants, he stopped drinking and handed the bowl in his hand to others.
When it was Su Li's turn, she smiled and took out the small wine jar from her package, "You guys share, I have some here."
Even though she was fleeing famine, she was still not used to sharing a bowl of water with others.
Then, when no one was paying attention, she took out a chicken leg, used a trick to turn it into a steamed bun, and slowly ate it.
There was no way, she really couldn't get used to eating the black and hard steamed buns.
No matter how difficult the task is, you can't treat yourself badly, right?
After the meal, everyone rested for three hours.
In the evening, Grandma Pei took out a roasted rabbit for everyone to share.
Afterwards, everyone started on their journey under the bright moonlight.
In this way, after walking for five days, they finally arrived at the town where Pei's father had asked for medicine for Grandpa Pei and Grandma Pei.
However, when Su Li and everyone else were walking in the market town, he frowned slightly.
The town is desolate, almost deserted.
The doors of all the shops in the town were leaning to one side or the other, as if they had been smashed open by brute force.
The tables, chairs and benches inside were lying on the ground in a mess.
"Hey, it seems this market town has been visited by bandits!"
Old Master Pei sighed, "If the people in this town hadn't escaped, I'm afraid they would have been in great danger!"
Su Li, who was walking at the end, used his spiritual power to sense the entire town and found that there was a courtyard at the end of the town that was still relatively intact.
The best thing is that there is a well in the yard that has not yet dried up!
"Let's go! Let's go to the end of the village and find a place to rest!" Su Li suggested.
"it is good!"
Soon, under Su Li's intentional or unintentional leadership, everyone went to the courtyard with the closed door.
Because the yard is located in a remote area, it looks like it has never been visited by bandits.
Pei Ze picked up a stone from the ground, knocked off the lock on the gate, and entered the courtyard.
Perhaps because no one has lived here for a long time, there is a thin layer of dust on the ground in the courtyard.
"Look, there is still water in this well!" Pei Qin was the first to look at the well in the corner of the yard.
Su Li took advantage of everyone's inattention and entered the cellar of the courtyard.
With a thought, she quickly put in more than a dozen sacks of grain she had collected from her previous life.
Then he used his spiritual power to put some dust on the sack, making it look like it had been there for a long time.
After finishing all this, she shouted outside happily, "Come and see, there seems to be food here!"
The whole family ran towards the cellar.
When they opened two of the pockets, they saw they were full of rice and noodles.
Everyone cried with joy.
With these foods, they won’t have to go hungry while fleeing famine!
"That's great! With these rice and noodles, we don't have to eat steamed bread every day on the rest of the journey!" Pei Ze said happily.
“Steamed bread?” Grandma Pei smiled bitterly, “I forgot to tell you, our family consumes a lot, and the steamed bread is only enough for us to eat for one or two days!”
"Really? We are lucky! We found so much rice and noodles here." Father Pei rejoiced.
"It's all thanks to our Xiaowan'er. If she hadn't suggested that we come here, we would have missed it!" Pei's mother said with a smile.
"That's great. So much food, enough for us to travel south for many days, right?" Pei Xiaoyun was also very happy.
Su Li couldn't help but laugh when he heard that they were planning to continue their journey.
She deliberately prepared so much food because she wanted to let them settle down here first.
"We have food and drinks here, so why don't we hurry on our way?"
Su Li interrupted their discussion, "We have to take so much food with us on the road. It will definitely be very conspicuous. If we encounter bandits or something like that, it will be troublesome..."
She analyzed it carefully for everyone to hear, "I think since there is food and water here, we can settle down here temporarily."
"But this place has been visited by bandits. It doesn't seem very safe..." Pei Qin frowned.
"No, I think what Xiao Wan'er said makes sense."
Old Master Pei stopped Pei Qin. “As the saying goes, the most dangerous place is also the safest place. This town is so desolate. It’s obvious that it has been visited by bandits. So, they will definitely not come back in the short term.”
He took a puff of his pipe and said, "We haven't encountered many refugees along the way, which means most people have left here and headed south. So it's safe for us to stay here for a while."
"Yes, that makes sense." Grandma Pei nodded immediately, "Then let's wait until the water in this well dries up and continue to head south!"
The others nodded thoughtfully.
After the old man spoke, everyone decided to stay here temporarily and set off again when the water in the well was gone.
Next, everyone started cleaning the house inside and outside, and Pei's mother also prepared to go into the kitchen to cook.
However, Grandma Pei stopped her immediately and said, "Don't worry, wait until it gets dark before we cook. Otherwise, the cooking smoke will be discovered by other refugees passing by."
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