The peasant girl who escaped the desert: she cried when she found the cruel prince

Chapter 46

Jing Ye also stepped forward and looked at his sister with tears in his eyes. He only regretted that he was too young to protect his sister, but he actually asked her to lead everyone to earn a living in such a difficult way.

Jing Li looked at Su with a smile: "It's okay, Auntie, there are so many uncles taking care of me, how can I get hurt!"

The wives here were also checking to see if the man's son was injured. Anshi wiped her hands and came out: "Captain, the food is ready, let's make arrangements to eat!"

Chef Fan held a spoon: "Let me stir-fry two dishes. Everyone is very tired these days. Let's have a good meal tonight!"

Jingli directed the people, animals and vehicles to be arranged, and then settled the elderly and children to rest.

Mrs. Su and the fat aunt hurriedly went to the kitchen to help. Chef Fan was very quick, and the aunts brought out several large pots of vegetables in a short time.

The rice is stewed with cornmeal mixed with brown rice, and the vegetables include stewed pork with cabbage, fried shredded radish, and fried sweet potato slices. There really isn’t much meat in the dish, but the kids are already shouting happily: “It’s Chinese New Year! You can eat meat now. !”

Bandits have a lot of cured meat, but these people who are used to living a hard life are reluctant to eat and drink. They can only share one or two pieces of meat for each person to satisfy their appetite.

Anshi stuffed a bowl of rice for Jingli when no one was paying attention, and her eyes signaled Jingli not to be seen. When Jingli opened the rice, she realized that it was all meat, and she couldn't laugh or cry for a moment.

In order to save rations, she always eats food in the space. This makes outsiders think that their captain is really not easy. She is obviously a teenage girl, but she does things that men can't do, and she still has to save food. Frugality supports such a group of people.

Bowls of rice were served. This was the first full meal they had this year. It was not porridge, but dry rice, vegetables and meat.

Mr. Jing was holding the bowl cheerfully. He had already eaten three bowls. Xiao Su kept adding more rice to him, saying that there was still more rice to make, so it was enough!
But as an old man who can't push a cart or carry a load, why should he eat so much? He grabbed Jing Ye who was passing by and said, "Come on, A-ye, I'll give you some food here. I can't eat so much, old man!"

Jing Ye hurriedly dodged: "Grandpa, there's really no need. Grandma Qin just gave me some food, and I'm full!"

Widow Qin on the other side rubbed her nose in embarrassment. It was not easy for her family. Even if she didn’t flee the famine, people would starve to death. She couldn’t be more grateful to Jingli, but there were so many people around Jingli that she couldn’t squeeze in, so she just endured it. He kept feeding Jing Ye.

Lan'er was also adding food to Mrs. Ge: "Grandma, please eat some more. You were so busy feeding us on the way, you didn't eat much yourself."

Mrs. Ge hummed: "I don't know how to eat it myself. If you have nothing to do, learn from Ah Li. You are one year older than her. Stop thinking about relying on men for everything. Look at it. At the critical moment, women A baby can also hold up the sky!”

Lan'er's face was full of shyness. What was Grandma talking about? There were many uncles and brothers around here.

There were many women surrounding An: "Why are you so powerful? You even shot someone to death. Aren't you afraid?"

An held up a big cattail leaf fan and said, "What are you afraid of! These turtles and grandsons have killed many people. They are all beasts that deserve to go to hell. We are doing harm to the people, so what should we be afraid of!"

How could she not be afraid? It was the first time she killed someone. She hugged her old Zhao and didn't dare to sleep for half the night. When she closed her eyes, she saw the bloody dead people. But Jingli was not afraid of even a little girl. She, as an aunt, was Can't fall down.

Fan Ershao's mother was talking to Mrs. Su: "How can you raise this girl in your family? How can she be so capable? What kind of family will be worthy of her in the future!"

Su Shi had a smile on her face, but she couldn't help but sigh in her heart. She had been divorced before, but now she was willing to commit murder and arson. She felt worried!Xiao Cui Niang was scolding Xiao Cui: "You haven't eaten in your whole life. You are eating like a starving ghost. Your brother hasn't eaten yet!"

Xiaocui stopped using her chopsticks, and her tears fell into her rice. Her brother was asleep now, and her mother was reluctant to wake him up. How could she let him eat? Could she wait until her brother woke up and ate before she could eat?But she is really hungry!

The fat aunt shouted from the side: "Xiao Cui, come help aunt move these basins to the kitchen!"

Little Cuiniang cursed in a low voice again: "I didn't hear your aunt's call, go quickly, don't be lazy!"

Xiao Cui secretly wiped away her tears, then picked up a stack of bowls with her small body and followed the fat aunt into the kitchen.

As soon as she put down the bowl, the fat aunt handed over a large, pointed bowl of rice, covered with vegetables and several large pieces of meat: "Eat it! Just sit under the stove and eat it, no one will see it."

Xiao Cui clutched the corner of her clothes and lowered her head, not daring to pick it up. The fat aunt sighed and put the bowl into Xiao Cui's hand, turned around and walked out.

Xiaocui sat in front of the stove, gulping down the rice in the bowl, and her tears fell into the bowl. It turned out that this was the taste of meat, and it was so delicious. No wonder her brother was so happy every time he ate meat.

After everyone had finished eating, Jingli clapped her hands to signal everyone to be quiet: "Uncles and aunts, this village has everything. We have been working really hard during this period, so we will repair here for a few days before setting off."

"We will not divide the food we found. It will be regarded as the common food for the people of this village. We can eat it together. This will save every family having to cook, which consumes firewood and manpower. We need all our people." Take advantage of it and don’t delay for these things.”

An old man in the village interjected: "Captain, this village has food, meat, houses and livestock, and there is a mountain spring behind it. Can we not leave? It would be great to just settle down here!"

As soon as the old man said this, several other old men also said: "Yes, captain, we will live here. It will be good to wait for the world to be peaceful before going down the mountain!"

As soon as these words started, everyone started chatting. One said that hunting could be done in the mountains, and the other said that it was possible to open up wasteland for farming. They all talked enthusiastically for a while.

Jing Li didn't say anything. Mr. Jing banged the pot on his pipe to calm everyone down: "Don't you want to leave? My old man doesn't want to leave yet. I haven't walked as much as I have in my entire life."

"It's impossible not to leave. This is a well-known bandit den. If we don't leave, we will be bandits. From now on, our children will be caught and beheaded if they go out!"

The old people who just spoke fell silent, but some people thought to themselves: If our children and grandchildren don't go out in the future, it will be over. The government has no time to take care of this now.

Jing Li seemed to have guessed what everyone was thinking: "Everyone thinks that since the government has no time to take care of us, we can live in peace and quiet. But if the government knows that our group of people are going to the mountains to collect soldiers and grain, can we go against them?"

To do so would be to rebel against the imperial court, which would be the same as today's White Lotus Army.

"Even if we fight against each other, no one among us, old and young, can do it better. You may think that we have killed dozens of bandits and we are all very capable. But if the swords and arrows were not poisoned and no traps were dug, would we have been so successful? "

(End of this chapter)