Chapter 285 Officers and Soldiers Are Fiercer than Tigers (2)

The fields were covered with a thin layer of frost, and through the thin layer of frost, you could see the frozen ground below, frozen and cracked. The branches are also bare, and when the wind blows, they sway and creak.

Qiushuang rubbed her hands together, and said to Fu Qingluo, "Girl, I'll go to the mountain to see if I can find some wild animals." If you find wild animals, you can also add extra meals.

Fu Qingluo said: "Don't go, it's too dangerous to go to the mountains in this winter." Qiushuang and Qiuyu followed her, and they also suffered a lot.

Qiu Shuang said: "Don't worry, girl, I'll just take a look outside, I won't go into the mountains." Now it's a mess outside, and they don't dare to go out to buy things even if they have money. Although they have martial arts, they are single and weak. Fortunately, they bought some food before, and they can eat it until February next year. But the girl is pregnant, she hasn't eaten well these days, and her complexion is very bad.

Fu Qingluo said: "Then let Qiuyu go with you, I don't worry about the two of you going out." She hasn't eaten meat for half a month. In fact, Fu Qingluo is alright, the three old hens bought at home can lay one or two eggs every day. Qiushuang and Qiuyu only ate coarse grains every day, and they were reluctant to eat eggs. It's just that I'm tired of eating eggs every day.

Qiu Shuang shook her head and said, "How can this be done? The girl is pregnant with a child, so how can she be alone. Don't worry about me, girl, I'll just walk around outside." Animals hibernate in winter, and it depends on luck to hunt prey.

Qiuyu is also unwilling to go to the mountains with Qiushuang: "Girl, sister Qiushuang is sensible, don't worry."

Qiu Shuang went up the mountain with a set of bows and arrows bought at a high price. Just like what she said to Fu Qingluo, she didn't go into the deep mountains, but wandered around the periphery.

After wandering around for a long time, I didn't get any results. I was about to go back, but I heard thin and broken sounds. Qiushuang's face brightened, and she walked over quietly, only to see a gray rabbit not far away.

Qiushuang and Fu Qingluo learned riding and archery with their master, and they did well. With only one arrow, the rabbit was shot. She didn't stay long, picked up the rabbit and prepared to go down the mountain. But walking halfway up the mountain, she saw a group of people approaching the village.

Seeing this, Qiushuang felt bad, immediately hid the rabbit in her hand, and then ran down the mountain. Seeing Fu Qingluo, Qiu Shuang said: "Miss, it's not good, a group of officers and soldiers are coming. Let's go to the mountain to hide!" After going down the mountain, Qiu Shuang saw that these people were wearing official clothes.

Qiu Yu disagreed, and said: "It's so cold, you let the girl hide in the mountains? What if you catch a cold?" What Qiu Yu meant was to let Fu Qingluo pretend to be sick.

Qiu Shuang said: "If these people are here to catch the girl, wouldn't it be a trap if you don't leave? Girl, you'd better go to the mountain to avoid it!" The ground should not be called!

Fu Qingluo nodded and said: "Let's go to the mountain to avoid it!" If these people really came to arrest her, it would be very bad. Fu Qingluo is not afraid of death, but she is still pregnant with her child. Furthermore, what if these people arrest her and threaten Duo Ming. Just in case, Fu Qingluo thinks it's better to marry her on the mountain and avoid it.

Fortunately, Fu Qingluo and her party lived at the foot of the mountain, so it was very convenient to go up the mountain. After Fu Qingluo put on her clothes, she ran up the mountain.

Qiushuang brought Fu Qingluo and Qiuyu to a dilapidated shed. In this shed, there used to be hunters. Later, the market was not good, and Orion couldn't survive, so he left. The shed was left unattended and abandoned.

Qiushuang settled Fu Qingluo, and then said to Qiu Yu: "Take care of the girl, I'll find some firewood to make a fire." In this cold day, if there is no fire, people will freeze to death.

After a while, Qiushuang came over with a pile of firewood. Before going up the mountain, I brought a fire bag, so it is not troublesome to make a fire.

After lighting the fire, Qiushuang said to Fu Qingluo: "Girl, wait, I'll fetch the rabbit I killed earlier." After such a long time, my stomach was already empty.

Unfortunately, what Qiushuang had hidden before disappeared. Looking at the footprints on the ground, how could Qiu Shuang not know that the rabbit she hit was found and taken away.

Qiuyu looked at Qiushuang who returned empty-handed, and asked, "Sister Qiushuang, what's wrong? Has the rabbit been stolen?" There were only twenty or so people in the village, but after ten or so left, only a dozen or so remained. Home, there is no way to go. These people are also short of food and clothing, so they will go to the mountains to find food in winter. Once the rabbit is found by them, they will definitely take it away.

Qiushuang said: "Girl, bear with me, I'll go and have a look again." It would be fine if it were spring or autumn. In the mountains, there would be no worries about food.

After turning around, Qiushuang only hit two sparrows. After cleaning the sparrow, Qiushuang put some salt on it and baked it. In the past, Qiushuang often hunted and ate barbecue with Fu Qingluo, and she learned to barbecue by herself after many times.

After roasting a sparrow, Qiushuang handed it to Fu Qingluo and said, "Girl, eat quickly!" She was hungry for a long time.

Fu Qingluo ate one, but she didn't want to eat the rest. She said, "Although there are not many, it can still fill your belly. When it gets dark, let's go down the mountain to see if the officers and soldiers have left?" If you live on the mountain at night, you will freeze to death

As much meat as a sparrow has, it can be eaten in a few bites. Qiu Yu shook her head and said, "Ma'am, you can eat! You are eating alone and serving two people, and Sister Qiushuang and I can still survive." You can survive without eating for half a day.

The three of them waited until it was getting dark, because holding up the torches would attract people's attention, so they could only walk down the mountain in the dark. Qiushuang scouted the way ahead and let Fu Qingluo go after making sure there was no danger.

When he was about to reach the foot of the mountain, Qiushuang said to Fu Qingluo: "Girl, you and Qiuyu are waiting here, I'll go down and have a look first." It was also to guard against someone waiting in the house.

As soon as she reached the foot of the mountain, Qiushuang heard bursts of mournful cries, which made Qiushuang feel panicked. When they got outside the house where they lived, Qiu Shuang didn't dare to go in directly, but waited outside for a while. Noticing that there was no sound inside, he walked in slowly holding the knife.

After entering the house, she found no one in the house, so Qiu Shuang went out. I walked around the village again and found that basically every family was crying. Qiushuang found a woman who had a good relationship with them, Mrs. Li, and from the woman's mouth, Qiushuang knew that the group of officers and soldiers who came today were to search for food, not to arrest them.

Sister-in-law Li sat on the ground crying uncontrollably, and said: "This group of murderers not only robbed food, but also ruined Ayue's wife. Ayue's wife couldn't stand such humiliation, and she slammed her head against the wall to death. "Women who are spoiled can only die.

Having lived in the village for such a long time, and knowing most of the people in the village, Ayue's wife is a very kind little daughter-in-law. Now that she died like this, Qiushuang felt very uncomfortable.

Walking out of Mrs. Li's house with heavy steps, Qiushuang went to the mountain to pick up Fu Qingluo. Because the group of officers and soldiers had already left, they were not worried, so they lit torches when they went down the mountain.

After entering the house, looking at the ruined house, although the three of them had been mentally prepared, their expressions were still ugly. Fu Qingluo said, "Put on the disguise of an official and do banditry." How can such a government not force the common people to rebel.

Qiu Shuang said: "Qiu Yu, go and see if the food is still there?" At that time, they only left two bags of food in the kitchen just in case.

Qiuyu quickly went to the room where she was sleeping to look downstairs, and when she came back, she said, "Girl, sister Qiushuang, the food is still there, don't worry." Qiushuang and Qiuyu dug a hole under the kang in another room, and the food was hidden in in. In troubled times, if you don't even have the common sense of storing grain, you won't be able to survive.

Qiushuang nodded and said, "It's good that the food is here." In this severe winter, without food, it is tantamount to killing people.

Qiu Yu yelled, and ran out quickly, opened the chicken coop and saw that the three old hens had disappeared. Qiu Yu was about to cry, and said, "What can I do? I'm still waiting for the old hen to lay eggs for the girl to eat!" At that time, I bought these three old hens for a lot of money, just to let them lay eggs for the girl to improve. food.

Fu Qingluo said: "It's good that people are fine."

Qiushuang said: "I'll go up the mountain to have a look tomorrow." I hope that if I'm lucky, I can catch the prey that arrives, so that I can eat it for a while.

Fu Qingluo shook her head and said, "I always feel that it's wrong for officers and soldiers to come to the village to grab food this time. Qiushuang, go to the town tomorrow to see what's going on outside." She has been in the village all this time and has no idea what's going on outside. known.

Qiushuang's eyes lit up, and she said, "Girl, do you think the rebel army won the victory, and Ji Xuan is now struggling to die?"

Fu Qingluo shook her head and said: "The rebel army can't beat Ji Xuan, otherwise they wouldn't have retreated steadily that day. Maybe something else happened?" Fu Qingluo had a guess in her heart that it was probably Yunqing who called, but she This conjecture was quickly dismissed. Even if Yunqing wanted to rebel, he couldn't choose this winter. These officials would go to such a remote village to rob food, probably because Ji Xuan's supply of food and grass could not come.

Qiushuang thought for a while, and felt that what Fu Qingluo said was reasonable, and said, "Then I'll go out with Mrs. Li tomorrow to find out the news!" Although she could speak the words here, her accent was wrong. Qiushuang was worried about causing trouble, so every time she went to town, she would call Mrs. Li. Of course, she won't bother her in vain, and she will be paid a certain amount every time.

Fu Qingluo nodded and said, "Then you should be more careful." In the village today, all grown-up men have either been arrested or fled, leaving only some old and weak women and children.

Qiu Shuang said: "Don't worry, girl, I will be careful." In order to avoid being exposed, she did not speak, and directly pretended to be dumb.

The next day, Qiushuang went to see Mrs. Li before dawn. But if you go out for a trip, you can get two taels of silver. Although the price of grain has risen to sky-high now, two taels of silver can buy a hundred catties of grain. Sister-in-law Li would naturally not refuse such a good deed. R8