On the seventh day after departure, it started to rain early in the morning. The caravan was walking in the mountains and forests, and everyone held up umbrellas.
Most of the territory of Jiang State is in the south, and June is the season of abundant rain. Rainfall will occur from time to time along the way. This is not controlled by Wei Feng. In fact, he has never controlled it since he left Changping County.
On the evening of the second day after departure, we arrived at a small town, where we could provide some food and water to the passengers. Since we left that town early on the third day, we have been camping in the wilderness for the past few days.
The routes of the Shengshi caravan are different from those of small chambers of commerce. Among all the routes that can transport goods, they design the route according to the principle of taking the shortest time possible, and the speed of the journey is not slow. The people following the team need to jog from time to time to keep up. Don’t be left behind.
And the result of all this is that they can arrive at Tianyang City ten days earlier than other chambers of commerce.
Many travelers who were traveling for the first time did not inquire clearly in advance. After setting off, they found out that the itinerary of Shengshi Chamber of Commerce was the most intensive, and they complained endlessly because they were tired of traveling.
After being on the road for several days, many people lost their interest in conversation. Those who claimed that they had rich experience in going out did have to be more adaptable, but they also knew how to talk less to save their energy.
Wei Feng and Bu Ji spent most of their time together, and the few days they spent together did not make the three of them more familiar with each other. At most, Bu Ji was not so wary when he came closer.
The little girl Bu Ji brought was called Cao'er. This was what Bu Ji said for her. From the time she set out until now, no one heard her say a word. She always lowered her head and kept looking at the road while standing. Judging from the posture of her feet, Wei Feng was very worried about her cervical spine.
Many adults can't bear the high-intensity walking every day, but Bu Ji and Cao'er can't be seen looking too tired from the outside. Cao'er's thin and frail body is not much different from what it was when they set out. .
Although they had been together for six or seven days, Wei Feng still knew very little about these two people. Bu Ji spoke very concisely and only answered the questions asked by Wei Feng. No matter what Wei Feng said, he just listened.
Wei Feng didn't ask too secretive questions, just some basic information. Bu Ji mostly answered with a few words, and a few directly stated that he couldn't tell. Wei Feng was a little confused by his honesty.
The light rain was still falling. As long as there was no heavy rain, the Shengshi caravan would not stop. In order not to expose his specialness, Wei Feng also held an umbrella.
It was approaching noon. According to everyone's experience, after traveling all morning, it was almost time to rest. Wei Feng seemed to sense something and quietly left the team.
A few minutes after he left the team, Bu Ji felt the force coming from his left hand. He glanced back in confusion and found that Wei Feng was no longer in the team.
About two-quarters of an hour later, the sound of gongs came from the front of the team, and everyone knew that this meant stopping the journey to rest for a while.
The team took a break near a valley. The people accompanying them took this opportunity to refill their water bags in a nearby small pool. They took out the dry food they carried and ate it with water. There was also a burst of excitement in the area.
Bu Ji didn't know what the group of people were making, and he wasn't interested. He just kept a certain distance from the others, walked to the corner of the pool, and refilled his and Cao'er's water bladders.
After standing up, he looked around, but did not see Wei Feng's figure. This suddenly made him a little uncomfortable. Normally at this time, Wei Feng would fetch water with him, and then take out the food he brought with him and ask him Do you want some, and then he refuses.
He scanned around the motorcade again and found that Wei Feng was nowhere to be found, so he looked at Cao'er doubtfully. Cao'er seemed to be able to read the meaning in his eyes and raised his head towards where the crowd was gathering.
Buji followed her line of sight and saw a group of people surrounded by three layers inside and three layers outside. They were a bit noisy, so they didn't move over there.
The noise lasted for a while, and then a familiar voice from Buji came out from the crowd: "Come on, let me go, let me go. This time it's just a rabbit. I can't sell it to you. Wait until next time." We’ll tell you if we catch more.”
There was a burst of lamentation from the crowd, and they had to leave a lane to let Wei Feng, who was surrounded in the center, come out. Wei Feng was holding a roasted rabbit skewered by branches.
And where he was originally, there were still some sparks left in a trampled fire. After all, the warning "Set the mountain on fire, you will be imprisoned" was still deep in his memory.
Wei Feng ran toward Buji with the rabbit in hand, and the people behind him were still talking about it:
"Is this person also in the team?"
"Probably, I've seen him in the past few days."
"The caravan just stopped, and as soon as I filled the water, his rabbit was roasted? When did he arrive?"
"This... maybe he got here before the caravan."
"Then how did he know we were going to rest here?"
"This..." The man was speechless for a moment and couldn't figure out what was going on.
Ignoring the comments behind him, Wei Feng tore off the hind legs of a rabbit and handed it to Bu Ji. Bu Ji subconsciously wanted to refuse, but Wei Feng spoke first and said, "You are all growing up, so you must eat more." Meat will do, but even if you don’t eat it, what about the grass?”
Buji hesitated for a moment before the word of rejection came to his lips. He lowered his head and looked at Cao'er beside him. Cao'er was also looking at him. Although the scent of rabbit had drifted into her nose, making her have the urge to swallow her saliva. But she still held back and shook her head firmly.
Bu Ji was silent this time, and there was no feeling of strength in the little hand he was holding. He knew that this meant that Wei Feng had no ill intentions.
He knew that he should refuse. The two of them had survived to this day by relying on each other. Of course they knew how valuable food was, especially meat. Banpian Lake was not a county like Changping County. If you wanted to get any bite of food there, you had to either pay or fight.
But he also saw the desire in Cao'er's eyes. He looked at Wei Feng with difficulty, and Wei Feng was also looking at him with a smile, with kindness and encouragement in his eyes.
This made Bu Ji make up his mind. He carefully took the rabbit leg. The rabbit meat was a little hot, but he didn't dare to let go.
"Thank you." When he said these two words, Buji's voice was unprecedentedly dry, as if these two words were of great importance.
Wei Feng waved his hand casually, and he and Cang Gou found a corner and began to feast. The rabbit was very fat, and even if one hind leg was given away, it would be enough for them to eat.
Many people traveling with me also smelled the aroma of rabbit meat. They glanced here from time to time, then turned their heads and took a vicious bite of their own dry food.
In the woods on a rainy day, not to mention Wei Feng could catch a rabbit, let alone predict where the team would stop. He even knew exactly how much money the leader had in his wallet.
He looked back at Bu Ji and Cao'er, who were also hiding somewhere and eating rabbit meat. They divided the rabbit meat in half, but Bu Ji got the half with more bones, and Cao'er got the half with more meat. More than half.
A rabbit leg was not enough for a child of this age to fill his stomach, let alone two people. So he had to take out some more dry food and gnaw dryly on the oil star seeds on his fingers.
With just a casual glance, Wei Feng turned his head. He had no intentions towards the two of them, and expressed some goodwill just because the two reminded him of a piece of news he had seen in his previous life:
Two street children who are not related by blood depend on each other and treat each other as brothers. The older brother steals in exchange for food and drink for the younger brother to survive. He does not tell the younger brother about his theft. It was not until the older brother was caught that he discovered that he had never spent any time stealing except for basic survival. He left all the property he had brought to his younger brother, and restricted his younger brother not to steal and to study well and behave well.
He turned the emotion brought about by the news into goodwill and passed it on to Bu Ji and others.
