Nongmen counterattack: I take my family to a well-off life

Chapter 57 Encountered Robbery
Zhou Yue took off her clothes and handed them to Qian Guilan. Qian Guilan put on the clothes and felt warm after a while.

"Yueyue, this one is really warm. I thought some feathers would be so warm, but it seems to be warmer than a cotton coat?" Qian Guilan was amazed.

"Of course it's warm! Think about it, don't those animals rely on their feathers to survive the cold winter?" Zhou Yue explained.

"It seems to be the same reason. In the future, the feathers and skins of our prey can't be wasted! Put them away and make clothes. By the way, this is called a down jacket, right? It's quite visual, clothes made of down!" Qian Guilan was very happy, She plans to make down jackets from animal feathers in the future.

"Yes, it can also be made into a quilt, called a duvet, which is also very warm." Zhou Yue reminded.

"Then let's save some money next time, and Mom will make you a duvet! Girls can't be cold, it's not good for their health!" Qian Guilan patted Zhou Yue's hand and said slowly.

"Okay!" Zhou Yue nodded. How could she refuse her mother's heartfelt wishes?Just catch more prey yourself.

After putting away her down jacket, Zhou Yue took Qian Guilan to deal with the prey. After cleaning all the prey, they spread them with white wine, salt and various spices and hung them on the branches.

Put fresh cypress branches in the fire, and the smoke gradually becomes thicker. Zhou Yue puts the prey on the smoke and roasts, and the water on the surface of the meat is slowly lost, and the color of the meat gradually darkens.

After smoking, Zhou Yue put all the meat in the basket and put it on the ox cart.

After following Zhou Qing's training, Zhou Jiacheng also broke out in a sweat, and led everyone on their way.

It took two and a half days to finally go around this mountain. Zhou Yue looked at the map, and went further to Gujing Town. This town belongs to Baihe County and is located in the northernmost part of Baihe County.

After leaving the mountain road, everyone's footsteps were faster, and the road here was much easier than the mountain road. Coupled with Zhou Qing's training for everyone, they can now adapt to the road very well.

When they reached Gujing Town, it was already dark, and Zhou Jiacheng drove an ox cart to the front. The houses on both sides of the town's streets were empty. It seemed that the people in this town had also fled.

"Rest here tonight, everyone get ready." Zhou Jiacheng stopped the ox cart, turned and said to the villagers.

People in the village began to set up pots and stoves to prepare dinner.

Zhou Yue got off the bullock cart and looked around on the street. The doors and windows of all shops were open, and there was no one on the street.

Walking to a shop, Zhou Yue looked up, it was a cloth shop, so she walked in.

Because it was dark, it was difficult to see clearly inside. Zhou Yue lit a candle and the room became brighter.After walking around, there was no cloth left here, and even the warehouse in the backyard was empty.

Zhou Yue walked out of Cloth Shop and entered another shop, a blacksmith shop. Everything in the shop was gone, not even the tools for blacksmithing. It was as clean as if the place had never been in business.

"Something's wrong..." Zhou Yue murmured.Immediately turned around and went out, and entered another shop, which was a grain shop.

Similarly, the food was gone. "This is not what the refugees grabbed! It's dangerous!" Zhou Yue said and immediately rushed back to the resting place.

When she arrived, she saw a group of people surrounding the village!
These people were wearing coarse clothes, blue cloth scarves around their heads, and holding big knives in their hands, surrounded Zhou Jiacheng and the others.

Zhou Yueyin observed in the dark. There were more than 200 people on the other side. It was inappropriate to run over at this time, so I had to find out the situation first.

"Who are you guys?" Zhou Jiacheng said, these people are extremely strong, they don't look like ordinary farmers.

"You don't care who we are! We won't make it difficult for you. We will hand over half of your grain and leave half of the ox cart and go!" A man about 30 years old said.

"Oh, by the way, the carriage is also here!" the man continued.

As soon as he finished speaking, Mrs. He blushed furiously, and said, "Presumptuous! Look at you, you are not refugees at all, and every man with arms and legs has turned into a bandit! It is a shame for a man!"

Master He's voice was loud and loud, which made the other party startled. The man blinked and said, "I want you to take care of it. Anyway, you have to keep the food!" However, this time he spoke in a softer voice, which seemed to be a lack of confidence.

"We can't give you food. We are ordinary people fleeing famine. We don't have enough food. If we give you food, we will starve to death on the road!" Zhou Jiacheng refused.

After hearing this, the person opposite hesitated. He didn't want to do such a thing, but there was no way. Everyone here had run away. They didn't find much food. If they didn't ask for it, the brothers would starve to death sooner or later!

Zhou Yue already knew what was going on here, this group of people were not vicious, it was probably the first time they robbed the road, otherwise they would have asked them for half of the food, and they would have robbed them all long ago.

Coming out of the darkness, Zhou Yue approached them, "You came from Changping Pass, right?"

Hearing the voice from behind, the person on the opposite side took a step back, not because he was frightened, but the words made him panic.

Seeing clearly that the person coming was a child, he relaxed again and quickly denied, "What nonsense are you talking about? We didn't come from Changping Prison!"

"Oh! So you are deserters!" Zhou Yue said calmly.

"Swish, swish, swish~" The knife in the opponent's hand was pointed at Zhou Yue.

"Little hairy child, don't talk nonsense!" The man's face was full of anger, and his whole face turned red.

"Am I not talking nonsense? You guys told me." Zhou Yue shrugged and said.

"Us? We didn't say anything!" The man looked confused, they really didn't say anything.

"I asked you if you came from Changping Pass, and you said no, but you all know that there was a drought in Pingcheng, and many refugees came from there. This is normal, but you just deny it." Zhou Yue finished speaking. pause.

The people on the opposite side looked at each other, that's right, it's normal for the refugees over there to come over.

"There is only one possibility. The only people who can't escape the famine at Changping Pass are the army and officials. With so many of you, you can't be officials, you can only be soldiers. Besides, they are deserters!" Zhou Yue glanced at them after finishing speaking. .

"Shut up! We are not deserters, we just don't want to work for this stupid emperor anymore!" The person opposite was so excited that the hand holding the knife was trembling.

"That's right! That dog emperor is not worth our brothers' lives! General Song was dismissed and assigned as a general, and our food and grass were embezzled. We almost starved to death in the barracks. Is such a person worth our lives? You say Is it worth it?" The other person continued, his voice became louder and his agitation became more and more intense, his eyes gradually turned red, as if he had fallen into madness.

(End of this chapter)