Zhan Qingyue looked at the little boy who was skinny, pale and had a protruding belly. He looked like he was only six or seven years old, a typical case of malnutrition.
"Let me go, let me go."
The child hunched his neck and struggled violently in Han Yiyun's arms, with fear written on his face.
Seeing him like this, Zhan Qingyue couldn't bear it. Taking advantage of Han Yiyun's restraint on the child, she took out the wild vegetable pancake and shook it.
"Want to eat?"
The child nodded and licked his dry, cracked lips.
Zhan Qingyue pursed her lips and smiled, and signaled to Han Yiyun: "Brother Han, let him go. He's just a hungry child. He can't cause any trouble."
If he dares to harm himself, Zhan Qingyue can guarantee that his knife will definitely be faster than his hands.
Although Han Yiyun had doubts, he still followed the instructions.
After the child was put down, Zhan Qingyue handed over the wild vegetable pancake as agreed.
"Eat slowly and don't choke. There's not enough."
Seeing the child devouring the food, he couldn't help but remind him, and he kindly poured him a bowl of hot water mixed with spiritual spring water.
The child took the water bowl and drank it all in one gulp. After eating less than half of the wild vegetable pancake, his speed also slowed down, and finally he put the remaining half of the pancake into a rag-like pocket.
"Sister, you are a good person."
Zhan Qingyue listened to the sound of increasing favorability in the space and couldn't help but sneer: "I'm not a good person. Tell me, who asked you to come get the wild vegetable pancakes? Are you planning to take the remaining pancakes back to that person?" people?"
The child lowered his head, hesitated for a moment and said, "I took it back to feed my grandparents. We haven't had such delicious food in a long time."
Zhan Qingyue glanced at the remaining wild vegetable pancakes in the pot. Compared with the ones made a few days ago, there was a lot less oil, and the wild vegetables were a bit old, so they were not really delicious.
She sighed softly, forced out a kind smile, and touched the child's head.
"Little brother, can you take me to see your grandparents? Let's bring these pancakes to them."
With that said, Zhan Qingyue gave all the remaining pancakes to the children.
The child's dark eyes gradually burst into light, he thanked her repeatedly, and immediately led Zhan Qingyue and Han Yiyun into the forest.
Under the leadership of the child, the three of them finally arrived at a cave.
The cave is in a dilapidated state, with some large rocks piled at the entrance, leaving only an entrance and exit that one person can pass through.
After entering the cave, through the dim fire, Zhan Qingyue could see clearly the people in the cave. They were haggard and sallow, and the most serious ones were so skinny that they were skinny and boneless, with no flesh left on their bodies.
The whole group of people were all old, weak, women and children, and not a single young person could be seen.
Such a tragic scene in the world made Zhan Qingyue burst into tears.
She suddenly remembered the sins she had committed when she met the bandits.
"Everyone, we are fleeing from famine and are going to stay in Zhoucheng. If you are willing, I can take you with me to eat and stuff. Be diligent and you will never die of hunger."
The people in the cave finally had a little starlight in their numb and dull eyes.
"Are you telling the truth?"
An old man walked out slowly, and the child hurriedly stepped forward to meet him, supported the old man, and handed him the wild vegetable pancakes like a treasure.
"Grandpa, what this sister said is true. She is a good person. I stole several meals from their family, but she didn't hold me accountable. She even gave me these wild vegetable pancakes. Let's go with her."
Hearing that his grandson was helping Zhan Qingyue speak, the old man was filled with emotion for a moment.
I thought from afar that these people were all abandoned and burdensome, and they only earned money by living one more day.
Unexpectedly, someone would take the initiative to take in these burdensome people.
The old man gradually came back to his senses and greeted everyone behind him: "Folks, hurry up and come to thank your benefactor."
As everyone expressed their thanks, the favorability value in Zhan Qingyue's space increased gradually, and a lot of grain was obtained.
Zhan Qingyue asked the old man to arrange the relevant matters, and then led everyone down the mountain to join his team.
When the Zhang Dabao family saw Zhan Qingyue and Han Yiyun come back, they told me everything they had encountered with the gangsters.
Zhang Dabao scratched his head in embarrassment: "Miss Yue, I'm really sorry. It was only when Sanniang and my father kicked us out to look for water that my wife and I realized that they were stealing food from our team."
"There is drifting ice on the road, everyone should be careful moving forward."
How could Zhan Qingyue fail to see that his real purpose was that he was afraid that Zhang Lizheng would steal everyone's food and implicate the two of them.
Nowadays, Zhang Lizheng and his gang deserve their punishment, while Zhang Dabao and his wife are already alone.
"Brother Dabao, what's the matter? You have returned to the team with your sister-in-law, where else do you two want to go?"
Zhan Qingyue raised his eyebrows and joked: "Okay, okay, since there are stray soldiers in front of us, we have to be on guard at all times."
She settled Zhang Dabao and his wife and immediately urged the team to hurry up.
When Old Man Zhan learned that there were soldiers fleeing behind him, his heart was in his throat. He didn't even dare to take a breath along the way.
"No, we can't go on like this." Old Man Zhan muttered, dragging his two sons and lowering his voice: "You two brats, I didn't hear there were soldiers behind, let's seize the time and sneak away."
"The soldiers are all armed with real swords and guns. We are unarmed and we are no match for those people. If we are chased by others, we, the people, will all have to wait for death."
Zhan Lao Er and Zhan Lao San looked at each other, their thoughts coming alive.
Now that we have food and drink in the team, why bother leaving.
"Dad, Zhang Lizheng is unlucky to lead so many people. We, with three melons and two dates, are not enough to fill the gap for others, so we might as well not do it."
"Yes, Dad, if the sky falls, she will hold it up, so we can just follow her Ansheng, why bother sneaking away."
The two brothers tried to persuade me with every word, and they almost wanted to write the three words "unwilling" directly on their faces.
"You two silly boys, why don't you understand? Your father and I, but for your own good, if the soldiers catch up, we will not get the good fruit."
Old man Zhan kept chattering.
However, the attitudes of Zhan Lao Er and Zhan Lao San have not changed, which worries old man Zhan to death.
The continuous journey made everyone very tired. At night, everyone lay down in their shacks early.
For everyone's safety, Zhan Qingyue specially arranged personnel to stand guard.
In the middle of the night, Zhan Qingyue was suddenly awakened by the roar of horses. Following the sound, she saw a row of bright torches.
"The soldiers are coming, be careful!"
She shouted hysterically, picked up the hatchet on the cart and rushed forward.
Song Cuihua always listened to her and went back to make wild vegetable pancakes.
I saw Zhan Qingyue placing wild vegetable pancakes by the fire pit, sending her family members away, and lying in wait with Han Yiyun.
Not long after, a thin child appeared in everyone's sight.
With a gesture from Zhan Qingyue, Han Yiyun immediately attacked her from both sides and caught the child.
