allonlinenovel Chapter 230: Go into the mountains and try your luck
Chapter 230: Go into the mountains and try your luck
The village chief had them all tied up and taken to the scholar's yard. The refugees were originally asleep, but they all woke up when they heard the noise.
Throwing the people to the ground, the village chief shouted angrily: "When I took you in, I told you that if anyone steals, don't blame us for being rude! Today, these people have been caught red-handed. I will give you a chance now. If you have done anything stealing, stand up and confess voluntarily. I will forgive you. If we find out, get out of the village immediately."
"Village chief, we didn't! They occupied the house and the smell of meat wafted out every day. We were angry but dared not say anything. You don't know, they are well-known bullies in our area. They oppressed the people and raped women. We wanted to kill them a long time ago, but they had knives and knew martial arts. We couldn't beat them and had to endure it. If you don't believe me, go into the house and take a look."
The village chief asked someone to go in and check, and sure enough, they found the things that the villagers had recently lost, and also found a lot of chicken feathers in the corner.
"Shut up! If you say another word, I'll be the first to kill you!" The captured third brother glared at the refugee who was talking.
"They are still so rampant even after being caught! In that case! Strip them naked and tie them up at the entrance of the village! Let them freeze to death!" Anyway, they are not good people. The village chief's move made everyone present very happy. At the same time, they did not dare to act rashly and stayed in the village honestly.
"I'm warning you! If something like this happens again, this will be the outcome!"
The village chief took the tied-up people to the entrance of the village, stripped them naked and tied them to trees. It was snowing heavily and they were injured, shivering in the cold wind, but this was what they deserved. They had killed so many innocent people, and not cutting them into pieces was already a mercy.
Today they only stole from the Lu family. If it was any other family, someone might have died.
The village chief was also a man who had experienced a lot of hardships. He had no mercy on such a vicious person. After tying the man up, he asked everyone to be more vigilant and went back to sleep.
A few days later, except for the Lu family, almost all the families in the village had run out of food. However, the sky did not clear up at all, and the wind was still biting cold. The New Year was only a few days away...
The four men were tied up and froze to death within a few days.
That day, there was a knock on the gate of the house, and Lu Daqing came over and said, "Huai Jin, let's go up the mountain and try our luck! I've been eating bland food these days, and I feel light-headed and uncomfortable all over."
Seeing that the rice jar at home was almost empty, Lu Huaijin nodded and agreed.
In fact, their family was not short of rice, but Yao Qingnian did not want to attract attention, so he put all the food into the space. His daily life was much lighter than usual. He had gained weight in the past few days, so he took this opportunity to lose weight.
Yinuo and the others didn't have to worry. Yao Qingnian secretly took out milk from the space every day to supplement everyone's nutrition, so eating light food was no big deal for them.
Jiang Jingyi couldn't stand it anymore. When she heard they were going hunting and eating meat, she wanted to go with them. The maids were worried that if something happened to the young lady, she would have a hard time explaining it, so they didn't allow her to go. Yao Qingnian was a little bored at home, so she went with them into the mountains for a walk.
Just like that, a group of five or six people went into the mountains. In addition to Lu Huaijin and his group, there were also Ye Youcai and Huang Jiaming.
They didn't call Huang Jiaming, but when he heard about it, he took the initiative to ask to go with them. Like the others, he had been to the battlefield and had a solid foundation. If he didn't go, he and Wang Qinyu would starve to death.
After the separation, they had nothing and had not prepared much food, but then this incident happened. Now they couldn't buy food even if they had money. The two of them had been drinking brown rice soup for several days. He was a grown man and could still endure it, but looking at his thin wife, he couldn't bear it, so he looked for a solution everywhere. When he heard that they were going into the mountains, he asked them to take him with them.
Lu Huaijin did not refuse. Having one more person to lend a hand was a good thing, so they set out early the next morning and headed for the mountains.
"Come out!" Lu Huaijin shouted when they reached the foot of the mountain.
"Brother Huaijin, I want to go too." It was Jiang Jingyi.
"No, go back."
"No! I want to go! She can follow me." Jiang Jingyi pointed at Yao Qingnian.
"Let her come along!"
People have followed here. If we are not allowed to go, it will be even more dangerous to follow secretly. Lu Huaijin said nothing more and continued to head for the mountains. Yao Qingnian had walked this road before. It was the direction where she killed the wild boar.
The mountain forest is bare in winter. The leaves of the trees have long since fallen, leaving only dry branches and trunks. The ground is covered with a thin layer of snow. Occasionally, a few sparrows jump on the branches, looking for food.
Yao Qingnian found a lot of wild vegetables along the way, all of which she put into her backpack.
"Why are you digging these weeds?" Jiang Jingyi followed behind her and couldn't help asking when she stopped and walked along the way.
"This is not a weed, it's a wild vegetable."
I thought there wouldn't be anything good on the mountain in winter, but unexpectedly there were quite a few wild vegetables. Yao Qingnian dug a lot of shepherd's purse and planned to take it back to make dumplings.
The deeper they went into the mountains, the harder it was to walk. The road up the mountain was icy, so they had to be careful with every step. If they weren't careful, they could easily fall and slip. The mountain road that normally only took an hour to walk took half an hour longer today.
"Okay, let's do it right here! Let's split up and act nearby. Don't go too far. If anything happens, just shout loudly."
"Brother Huaijin, I want to follow you!"
"You go with Daqing, I want to be with my wife."
"You take Xiaolian with you, I'll go with Brother Daqing." Yao Qingnian walked in another direction without waiting for him to refuse.
Jiang Jingyi happily came to Lu Huaijin's side. Yao Qingnian was quite sensible.
"Yao Qingnian, aren't you worried about them?" Lu Daqing asked from behind.
"There's nothing to worry about." We are all adults and know what we are doing.
"They are alone in this deep forest, a man and a woman. Aren't you afraid that something might happen..."
"If Lu Huaijin is such a man, why not just divorce him and find another one?" Yao Qingnian didn't care. It's hard to find a three-legged toad, but it's also easy to find a man! If Lu Huaijin is really that kind of person, he is not worthy of her.
"..." Lu Daqing was suddenly speechless. He had to admit that Yao Qingnian was really generous.
The two walked for a while and harvested a pheasant and a hare. Yao Qingnian came to the place where she had killed a wild boar last time. There were still traces of the wild boar hitting the tree trunk. Yao Qingnian thought, if she could hunt another wild boar, it would be great. Sharing it with the villagers would also satisfy their cravings...