Fleeing the wasteland and farming: don't panic, the family's metaphysics boss

Chapter 8 Killed again

Qingyu found a family with iron pots, and after explaining her intentions, the woman hesitated a little.

But the man handed the pot up generously. Qingyu knew what he was thinking. Now that everyone has something to eat, it doesn't matter whether these people follow or not. Anyway, the road is facing the sky and they are going to each side, waiting to get out of this mountainous area. On the official road, they still have to part ways.

She thanked her, took the pot and took two steps, then suddenly remembered, then turned around and said, "Would you like to come and see how we process the bark?" She wasn't sure if other people knew how to eat it.

That man wished he could get closer to this family. In troubled times, with the force value of this family, it is absolutely safe to follow them, so he immediately said "hey", followed Qing Yu, and helped her take the pot.

Qing Yu returned to her own territory, Zhu Feng and Wen Ya had already cut a handful of bark.

The man put the iron pot on the fire, didn't say a word, just stood by and watched, and didn't care about it, he threw the cut bark into the iron pot, and then found two branches to stir fry.Wen Ya continued to cut the bark.

After frying the bark for about two quarters of an hour, Zhufeng said to Shian Hearts, "Go find two smoother stones, one as big as possible, and the other as big as a fist."

Ten An Hearts took the order and left the camp to find stones.Although there were not many grasses on this mountain, there were still many stones. It didn't take them much effort to find two stones that almost matched.

At that time, Zhuifeng had already fried the bark, so he put a cloth on the ground, put a big stone on it, then took a piece of bark and put it on the big stone, and hit it with a small stone.The bark has been sun-dried and fried, and the water has dried up. After being hit so hard a few times, it becomes a powder with uneven thickness.

Qingyu understood, it turned out that the bark was eaten in this way.

Zhufeng's hands moved very quickly, as soon as he smashed a handful, a handful of bark was smashed into coarse powder. Ann kept the fire going.

Zhuifeng shook the cloth a few times, the fine powder settled down, and the coarse particles floated on the surface. He picked up the surface layer and threw it on the stone again. After several repetitions, the powder was almost fine.

He poured the flour into a bowl, added some water, and after some mixing, it turned into a "dough" ball. Although it was black, it looked like it could at least be eaten.

At this time, there were quite a few onlookers, and after seeing him operate like this, they all went back to follow suit.

After grinding the bark powder for more than two hours, the five Zhufeng people were exhausted, but now the finished product was enough for them to eat for two days, so they took a short rest.Qingyu returned the iron pot.

At that time, it was completely dark, and most of the families were already lying down, whispering to each other, and some strong men were still peeling the bark.

Qingyu looked at the sky, there were no stars tonight, and although it would not rain tomorrow, she would not bask in the sun either, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief, walking in the sun would really be exhausting.She relaxed physically and mentally.

"Bandits, the bandits are here." Suddenly someone shouted from the quiet forest, and the voice broke through the air.

Qing Yu turned over and sat up, looking around, the others were also panicking, and they were frantically packing their things.Qingyu didn't care about other things, and immediately picked up something and put it in Xuannv Hall.

After being yelled at by someone, the bandits who were still lurking rushed up at once. They held machetes and looked fierce, yelling for everyone to put their things down.

Qingyu has packed everything here.Looking up, the refugees had scattered and fled in all directions, and the bandits were chasing them everywhere.

The scene was very chaotic, everyone was running forward instinctively, as for where the front was, no one cared at all, they could only keep running.

Wen Ya picked up Qingyu and ran towards the deep mountains. There were a lot of bandits, and they didn't have any weapons at hand. At this time, they could run as long as they could, and there was no need to entangle with the villains.

Qing Yu was pinched under Wen Ya's armpit, feeling that her chest was going to be broken, she held back her breath and shouted: "Senior Sister, let me down, I can run, but it's not easy for you to run like this."

Wen Ya thought about it, and felt it made sense, so she put down Qingyu and pulled it instead.Zhuifeng also pulled the hearts, and after the ten-annual break, the family of five moved quickly because they didn't have any weight to carry.

I don't know how long she ran, but the noise behind her seemed to be still there. Qingyu saw a downward slope, which was directly connected to another mountain, and she quickly proposed to go downhill.

The five of them slid down the slope without any hesitation, but there were many lumps on the slope, and the sky was dark. They slid all the way down and cut Qingyu's arm several times. Dare to stop, and quickly climbed up another mountain with the crowd.

After climbing halfway up the mountain, she finally felt that there was no movement behind her. Wen Ya, who took the lead, stopped, propped her knees, and kept panting.

The others also stopped, and sat down on the ground by the wind, holding their chests in shock and fear: "If you continue to run like this, you will have to explain your body first."

Hong Tao went straight to the ground, motionless as if dead, she had no strength to speak.

Shi'an looked in the direction he was coming and going, and listened carefully to make sure that no one was following, so he was a little relieved and sat down to breathe hard.

Qingyu felt a sharp pain in his throat, and because of running too fast, his brain was also dizzy.She took out the water bag from the Xuannv Palace, handed one to Wenya Zhufeng, and drank one for herself and Shi'an of Hearts. They took a few sips of water before their breath gradually calmed down.

Chasing the wind, he began to look at the hillside under his feet. After a while, he suggested, "Why don't we go over the mountain tomorrow? The road is so bare that people will be exposed to the sun, and we may encounter bandits. Maybe we can meet pheasants and hares.”

Several people were silent for a while, and finally Wen Ya nodded in agreement: "Anyway, if you are not in a hurry, it is feasible to take the mountain road."

Now that father and mother have decided, the three children naturally have no objection, they all nodded in agreement.

Qingyu took out the straw mats and bedding from the straw shed, and the few people built the shed and spread the quilts, and then lay down. Today is really exhausting.

Wen Ya and Zhu Feng were deciding who would stay in the middle of the night, when suddenly they heard the sound of branches in the forest, Qing Yu, who was lying down, sat up one by one, all five of them were holding their breaths, staring at the source of the sound vigilantly .

Qing Yu took out the kitchen knife and handed it to Wen Ya, Wen Ya scowled at the dark place with a hard face, "Who's there, come out."

As soon as the words fell, a few people came out of the dark place rustlingly, and Qingyu looked at the faint moonlight, and found that it was the family who lent her the iron pot, and it was also a family of five, with two daughters, one big and one small. , and a boy who looked four or five years old.

The leading man smiled flatteringly and politely, waved his hands and said, "Don't worry, female hero, it's us who just lent you an iron pot. My name is Zhao Qian."

Pointing to the woman again, he said, "This is my daughter-in-law, Tong Shi. We are from Zhaojia Village. When we escaped earlier, our family ran with you, but you ran too fast and threw us away. It was so easy to find you.”

Zhao Qian took out five big summer copper coins from his bosom, embarrassed and distressed, "I only have these five copper coins on me, I hope the heroine can protect us for a while, and when we get out of this mountain, we will go on our own and don't bother you any more .”

Wen Ya handed the kitchen knife to Qing Yu, her tone softened, "You don't need money, you can go with us, but you have to deal with food and drink yourself." Her family of five is in difficulty, and it is impossible to support five more.

Zhao Qian was overjoyed immediately, and said yes again and again. While putting the copper coins into his pocket, he carried his youngest son and moved to another place. Then the husband and wife made a bed on the floor and soon lay down.

Wen Ya was in charge of keeping watch in the middle of the night. She asked Qingyu to take out the sticks and wood collected along the way, and then found a slightly brighter place, and began to cut and chop.

(End of this chapter)