Escape: I rely on the food exchange system to survive to the extreme

Chapter 9 Nutrient Solution Trap
What the Chen family said about not being able to call the shots is actually very interesting.

At least in Mei Qian's opinion, these high-ranking families had probably made some kind of agreement before they came together, for example, one family would make the final decision on certain matters.

And this aspect of making the decision obviously dissatisfied the Chen family.

Otherwise, she wouldn't be able to speak in front of her father without a hint of resentment.

Mei Qian thought about it carefully, and it seemed that the location where the attack and archery orders were issued last night did not really come from the Chen family's team.

But after all, these have nothing to do with their old Mei family, at least for now.

After this fierce battle, it was dawn, and the large army packed up and set off again.

The feeling of following the Chen family this time was obviously different, at least the people accompanying me were different.

Mei Qian originally thought that they were following the Chen family, and that they were probably members of the Chen family or servants. However, she did not expect that many of them were protected by the Chen family, just like their Mei family.

"My family has been a blacksmith for generations. If you ask Blacksmith Yang from the east of Jingyang City, you will know~"

"My grandma is the wet nurse of the Chen family. Ever since my grandfather's generation, our family has helped the Chen family manage the fifty-acre farm outside Jingyang City. The year before last, the head of the family, Ren De, specially returned my family and became a good citizen. Originally, I I also planned to give my son a good marriage next year, but now..."

When she first came here, Mei Qian thought that her father, Mei Erhu, was honest, clumsy, and tongue-tied. However, during the escape, she was unexpectedly rewarded by watching her father's seemingly clumsy and fawning social interactions.

Even Mei Qian and Mrs. Mei could not help but marvel at the information they found out from her father's chats with others.

Along the way, the Chen family accompanied them, in addition to members of their own clan, there were also people from poor families, craftsmen, and old servants. Even the Mei family, after chatting with several nearby families, revealed that their family was a farming and hunting family. Yes, others were not surprised at all.

It seems as if the Chen family is the reincarnation of Bai Lian, a good person who takes care of everyone.

If Mei Qian and the others hadn't been rejected at first that night, maybe Mei Qian would have felt the same way.

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"Ah, I'm so exhausted!"

This trip lasted for three days, with a break to drink water and sleep.

Mei Qian only thought that if she could go back in time, she would buy herself a wheelchair and never want to take another step for the rest of her life!
At present, a group of people in the family sit in a neat row with their backs to the hay pile, each holding a milk fruit in his arms and gnawing on it.

After three days, Mei Qian finally got to eat the milk fruit she had longed for!

"Ugh! Wrinkle grinder haha!"

After biting open the tough black peel, the juice inside instantly poured into Mei Qian's mouth.

There was a concentrated smell of milk from a certain boy, and the amazing taste made Mei Qian praise her repeatedly at the risk of spurting out milk.

In the past, when she drank some milk, she thought it was too sweet. Now, Mei Qian, who has not eaten any sweets for many days, wished it would be a few degrees sweeter!
No wonder this fruit can enter the exchange platform!

It’s delicious, filling and nutritious. Who wouldn’t be confused by this?
"It's delicious. The skin is also delicious..."

After sucking all the juice inside and swallowing it into his belly in one breath, Han didn't even let go of the skin.

Mei Qian turned her head and looked at her aunt's wildly vibrating chewing muscles, as if she couldn't chew the cowhide anymore. Mei Qian couldn't help but cover her cheeks.

"It's really edible."

The second person to try was my father.

Upon seeing this, Mei Qian quickly asked Xiaomei if this thing was really edible.

After coming to the conclusion that it was edible but not delicious, even Mei Qian opened her mouth to try it.

Frugality is a virtue, and you have to eat whatever you can into your stomach without losing your conscience.

Mei Qian thought optimistically, chewing the peel while chatting with everyone, and unexpectedly found that it was quite a fun way to pass the time.

"It feels really different now that I'm following the Chen family. There are fewer people around."

Mei Qian lamented the advantages of entering the "finals".

Although they were still very tired from running away, it felt much better here than when they were running with a group of refugees a few days ago.

In addition to eating less while traveling, Mei Qian and her aunt went to fetch water together in the evening. This time they no longer had to go far to fetch water. Their resting place was upstream of the water source.

"Of course, you didn't even see it when you were fetching water. The people downstream were still like dumplings, but there were so many of them! Many of them ran away last night, but later they found out they were fine and followed them." Han told the story of how she followed Mei Qian to fetch water, but when the conversation changed, she sighed again, "But I see there are still a lot less people than before."

"Maybe a lot of people died that night?"

After Mei Qian finished speaking, she heard Mrs. Mei say: "Not only were those killed by the Xirong soldiers, but there were also some who could no longer escape. They were so scared that they would rather run to some mountain and stay there until the world is peaceful before coming out."

"How many years will we have to wait?"

Mei Qian frowned, she couldn't imagine what it would be like to stay in the deep mountains and forests for a few years.

The wolves, tigers and leopards in the deep mountains are not vegetarians.

"We will come out when Xirong completely captures Xing'an Prefecture."

When Mrs. Mei said this, the whole family suddenly became quiet.

Does this mean that you want to be a slave to the subjugation of your country?
Although no one asked this question, the expressions on everyone’s faces could not be faked, and they probably all thought so in their hearts.

Mei Qian knew that what she traveled through was just fictional history, but among the histories she studied when she was in school, few foreigners really treated the local people as human beings after entering the Central Plains.

"If there is peace, why would these wealthy families want to run away?"

Mei Qian said something faintly. Mrs. Mei nodded first, looked at the other people in the family, and said, "Looking at you like this, girl Qian understands that you didn't speak just now. Could it be that you also had the idea of ​​hiding?"

"How can that be possible? Mother, those Xirong wild hunters kill everyone they see. How dare you pin your hopes on these barbarians? That won't work."

Mei Erhu shook his head repeatedly. The old Mei family was determined to go all the way south. No one said it would work!
Seeing that the topic was becoming more and more serious, after Mei Erhu finished speaking, the family fell into a brief silence again.

It was at this time that the smoke rising from several surrounding camps alerted the Mei family.
"By the way, what should we do with our horse's legs? They are so big, and they have been running in such a hurry these past two days. If we keep them down like this, the weather is getting hotter, and they should be ruined!"

Mei Shitou was still thinking about the horse leg that was cut off that night.

Although I am not hungry, when it comes to meat, few people in the family are not greedy.

Mei Qian followed Mei Shitou's worried gaze and looked at Ma's legs, then glanced at the expressions of other people in the family.

It can be seen that everyone wants to eat meat, even though the milk fruit has made everyone full.

So Mei Qian suggested:
"How about cutting off the horse leg meat and making it into jerky? By the way, how about some fresh roasted horse meat? Cut it into a thin layer. I still have some wild garlic here, add a little salt, and it should be roasted over a high fire. It’s so unpalatable.”

"This……"

Mrs. Mei instinctively wanted to think it was a waste. She was not hungry in the first place, and she was barbecuing meat so late at night.

As a result, she opened her mouth and almost spit out the saliva she had not swallowed just now.

"Then let's do it like this. Just make the jerky and leave a little bit to taste."

With Mrs. Mei's approval, Lao Mei's family immediately started moving as if it was the New Year.

Because there were many tight muscles on the horse's legs, Mei Qian took a rest and found a stone slab to "barbecue", and directly worked with Jiang and Han to make a stick that was three minutes thinner than chopsticks and used it to grill her eldest brother. String them on top with the "leftovers" picked out by my father.

With the help of red-hot charcoal, Mei Qian grabbed a large handful of horse meat skewers and started grilling them.

Although the technique is not familiar and the heat is a bit too high, this is meat!

The protein roasted at high temperature can still emit a charming burnt aroma even if the fire is too high.

Moreover, Mei Qian also sprinkled some spices to enhance the aroma. Although it is not much and cannot change the taste of the skewers, it is really fragrant when it is grilled!

At this time, Lao Mei's family didn't remember the dried meat hanging by the fire. Now they all stared at the meat skewers in Mei Qian's hand with green eyes.

Even System Xiaomei couldn't wait to urge Mei Qian to upload the horse meat skewers.

Originally, Mei Qian had the intention of uploading it this time. She even thought of the advertising slogan for horse meat skewers early in the morning when she was grilling:
#Original charcoal grilled meat skewers, the best companion for late-night drinking~#
For some reason, Mei Qian had a hunch in her heart - she was going to see nutrient solution again this time!

　I really couldn't hold back when I wrote about the meat skewers. I like to revise late at night, and then my mouth water.

　　My mind is full of the kind of mutton you find at barbecue stalls, sprinkled with cumin, and the charcoal fire is splashed by the oil dripping from the top ~ the flames are jumping up, burning the small ball of meat It was wrapped up instantly, and when the charcoal fire dissipated - eh~~ tsk tsk tsk! It doesn't work anymore. Besides, I can't hold my mouth shut anymore.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)