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Chapter 267 Sleeping in the Wild
Zhou Guo said impatiently: "Hand over my things quickly, or I will cripple both of your hands, so that you will not be able to steal anymore, and you won't even be able to wipe your butt."
The other person shuddered and glanced at Zhou Guo secretly, thinking that she was someone who could really do such a thing. He sobbed and took out a purse from his arms and handed it over with both hands. He was so unlucky. If he had known that these two people were so cruel, why would he provoke them? Now he was caught in a situation where black robs black, it was really black. He didn't take a penny from them today.
Zhou Guo shook the money bag, nodded with satisfaction, glanced at his arms, and said, "I'll let you go this time, but next time I see you stealing money from poor people, I will definitely break your hands and feet, remember that."
The other party nodded repeatedly, "I remember it, I remember it clearly."
Zhou Guo took the money and turned away. It was great that someone actually came to give him money on his own initiative. This package must be at least thirty or forty taels. It was so heavy!
Zhou Dacang sent those people away and was already waiting with the horse.
The two of them then went out of the city. It was better to leave quickly since this wasn't a big deal. After all, they had more than one enemy in the city, there were several others. If they ran into any of them, it would be troublesome.
We got out of the city smoothly, and no one chased us out. Looking back at the city where we had lived for a few days, we breathed a sigh of relief. Although it was only a few days, it felt like a lot of things had happened, as if we had lived here for half a month.
There are still many refugees gathered outside the city, and there seems to be no movement in the government office. It is unknown when these people can be resettled.
Zhou Dacang glanced at the city gate, then at the refugees around him, a trace of pity flashed in his eyes, he jumped on his horse and said to Zhou Guo: "Let's go, there is nothing we can do about this."
Zhou Guo sighed, turned over and sat on the horse, pulled the reins, gently squeezed the horse's belly with his legs, and the horse's hooves kicked and clattered as it ran. Soon the city was left behind.
In the city.
When Lao Tang and his group arrived with sticks and stones, the battle had already ended. Both sides had disappeared and people were coming and going on the street, as if nothing had happened and everything was just an illusion.
Although the two of them left the city, they did not run far. They decided to go to the eight counties below to take a look, just in case the person was in a county instead of the city.
I traveled to three neighboring counties in two days and gained nothing.
In order to hurry on their journey, the two had to sleep outdoors again tonight.
It was a bit chilly at night, so Zhou Dacang decided to build a shed. He chose a relatively flat and open area in the woods and started working.
Zhou Guo wandered around in the woods for half an hour, found a bag of wild mushrooms, and killed a fat pheasant.
In order to save water, she put the bled pheasant directly on the fire. After the feathers were burnt black and charred, she took it down and started plucking the feathers. Although the plucking was not very clean, when she was away from home, she couldn't be so particular. It was good enough to have meat to eat.
She chopped the plucked pheasant into pieces with a dagger, and blanched it in water to make the soup taste better.
Put the blanched pheasant pieces into the purchased ceramic pot, pick half of the wild mushrooms, wash them and throw them in, and start stewing on low heat.
He clapped his hands and went to help set up the shed.
The shed that Zhou Dacang built at night was quite sturdy, with four wooden sticks as thick as wrists standing firmly on the ground.
Zhou Guo shook it gently and said with a smile: "Uncle, we're only staying for one night. You built it too solidly. We're not going to live here forever. Just let us stay for the sake of our honor. We'll be leaving tomorrow anyway."
Zhou Da Cang began to put up the beams, saying as he did so, "That won't work. I see the sky is gloomy today, and it might rain. We are in the middle of nowhere, and we won't be able to find anyone for a while. If it rains, we won't even have a place to hide. We'd better build this shed sturdily so that we can have a shelter from the wind and rain."
"No way?" Zhou Guo looked up at the sky. Well, it was getting dark.
Zhou Dacang said: "I just said that. If it rains, we are prepared."
Zhou Guo nodded and joined in. Two people can work much faster than one.
More than half an hour later, a densely packed and solid thatched hut appeared in the open space.
The inside of the thatched hut was first covered with a layer of leaves, then a layer of moss, and finally a thick layer of hay. After several layers, it became a thick layer. When Zhou Guo sat on it, it was soft and much more comfortable than sleeping on the hard ground.
Zhou Dacang checked everywhere and was very satisfied. "That's it. Unless there is a heavy rainstorm, this straw hut can still hold up for a while."
Zhou Guo nodded with a smile. He was lying on the grass and was reluctant to get up. Then he smelled a fragrance and turned over and sat up. Compared to sleeping, it seemed that filling his stomach temporarily was more important.
When she opened the lid, a fragrant aroma wafted to her face. There was only half of the water left in the pot, and a layer of shiny golden oil floated on the surface. She took out the salt jar given by her master and sprinkled some in the water.
Zhou Dacang was sitting on the other side and took out two bowls, which were brought by the old man from home for them. He thought they would not be needed at the time, but he did not expect to use them so soon.
Looking at this pot of pheasant stewed with wild mushrooms, he smiled and said, "I didn't expect that I could have a delicious meal of pheasant stewed with wild mushrooms on the road. It's really not easy."
I eat this dish every now and then at home. It's nothing special to me. I'm even a little tired of it. But when it came out, I realized how difficult it is to have a hot meal with soup and meat.
Zhou Guo spread out the bag of cakes, which contained several thick stacks of cakes. They were not as big as those at home, so she had to eat about eighty or ninety of them at a time to feel full.
But when they were about to serve the soup, they found that they didn't have a spoon, so they could only use chopsticks to pick up the meat and mushrooms, but how did they serve the soup?
Zhou Dacang picked up two handfuls of grass from the ground, wrapped the two ears of the pottery pot, and held it up with both hands.
Zhou Guo quickly put two bowls on the table, "Quick, quick, quick, pour it quickly, my ears are very hot."
Half of the bowl was emptied, Zhou Dacang quickly put it down and shook his hands.
"How is it? Are you okay? Let me take a look." Zhou Guo worriedly pulled up his hands to take a look.
Zhou Dacang shrank back nonchalantly, "It's okay, it's wrapped in straw so how can it be hot? Eat it quickly, it's so hard to catch a hot meal, otherwise it will get cold."
After saying that, he took the cake in one hand and the bowl in the other, and started eating happily, taking a sip of soup and a mouthful of cake.
Zhou Guo felt a little uncomfortable after hearing this. After thinking for a long time, he couldn't figure it out, so he just held the bowl and started drinking the soup.
The chicken was not prepared correctly. Although the soup was not as delicious as at home, it was good enough to be made like this on the road. There were meat and mushrooms in the bowl. Normally, when traveling, one could only eat dry food with cold water.