I opened a treasure chest on the road to escape

Chapter 3 Disagreement
  "Five liters of milk, five liters of mineral water, twenty kilograms of rice and three kilograms of dried meat."

Looking at the unlabeled water and milk, Chen Chuxue realized that the items in the treasure box might be from her previous life.

This made her a little excited. There were countless good things in her previous life. If this treasure box were to open any of the things from her previous life, they would have an absolute advantage in this world.

Especially those medicines. In ancient times, colds would kill people, but in previous lives, a cold medicine could solve the problem.

An antibiotic was an elixir in ancient times!

She suppressed her excitement and poured her sister a glass of milk to quench her thirst and cushion her belly.

These days, they drank very little water, and their lips were completely chapped and bleeding. If they had not opened water from the treasure chest, they would have died of thirst in a short time.

"Sister, you drink too!"

Xiaoyue had never drank milk before, so she took a sip, and her little eyes suddenly shone brightly. Then she held the cup in her small hands and handed it to Chen Chuxue, intending to share it with her sister.

"Just drink Xiaoyue, sister."

Naturally, Chen Chuxue liked her well-behaved and sensible sister very much. He touched her head and asked her to sit down and cook.

After thinking about it, she gave up cooking in the kitchen. After all, the smell of rice and dried meat was too strong, and it would be dangerous to attract the kind of bastards she had during the day.

Although Uncle Geng is still outside, he still wants to avoid trouble.

So, she hid in the cellar to cook. The more than twenty kilograms of rice were enough for the two sisters to eat for half a month.

With these supplies, they no longer have to flee.

On the contrary, you can go to the south of the Yangtze River easily and enjoy the mountains and rivers instead of struggling for food all the way.

"If you want to be with Uncle Geng's family, you have to find a way."

She couldn't eat alone, and she couldn't eat alone. If they were traveling together later, there would be no way to avoid the Geng family.

Therefore, the only way is to share.

Fortunately, she knew the temperament of the Geng family and would not be greedy for food, but people were unpredictable, so she still had to test it.

"The only problem is how to take out the food properly without exposing your cheating fingers?"

"Moreover, we can also take this opportunity to communicate with Uncle Geng about going to Jiangnan."

While thinking about it, she cooked lean meat porridge.

It's a pity that there are no vegetables and other side dishes.

But my body, which had not eaten rice for a long time, felt the aroma and my stomach growled.

She climbed out of the cellar with the food. Xiaoyue had finished drinking the milk and was lying on the bed in a daze.

Seeing Chen Chuxue come in, she climbed out of bed neatly, then took out the dishes and chopsticks from the cupboard, divided them into two parts and arranged them, then sat at the table and waited obediently.

Chen Chuxue wanted to feed her sister, but Xiaoyue said she could.

It had been a long time since they had eaten rice. They both stuffed it into their mouths desperately and almost ate the bowl.

After eating, they both lay on the stool and touched their round bellies, both of them showing expressions of satisfaction.

After finishing the meal, there was no water to wash it off. Before that, I used a clean cloth to dry the bowl.

Now that there was water, Chen Chuxue thought about it and decided not to waste it.

Then, she took Xiaoyue out with the remaining food.

This time she cooked a lot, and naturally part of it was for Uncle Geng and the others.

When the two of them went out, the sky was still dark, the whole village was shrouded in darkness, and only sporadic firelight could be seen scattered in the village.

Not far from the door, next to a fire, Uncle Geng was still sitting in the shed, but he was not making bows and arrows, but repairing carts.

"Uncle Geng, aren't you going back?" "It's okay, it's cool outside."

Uncle Geng worked seriously. Hearing Chen Chuxue's voice, he raised his head and showed a simple smile.

Chen Chuxue was silent. She knew very well that Uncle Geng was worried about what would happen during the day, so he planned to stay outside.

From day to night, I'm afraid I plan to keep watch all day and all night.

"Uncle Geng, let's go to your house together. I happen to have something to discuss with you."

"Row!"

Arriving at Uncle Geng's home, Chen Chuxue was warmly welcomed by Aunt Geng and her mother.

But when she lifted the cloth covering the bowl, the Geng family's expression suddenly changed.

"Uncle Geng, Aunt Geng, this is the inventory I dug out from home. It's a way of thanking you for taking care of me these days."

"no!"

Uncle Geng and Aunt Geng said in unison.

Uncle Geng saw Chen Chuxue holding the bowl before and thought she was going to return the bowl. Who knew...

This fine rice plus dried meat is definitely something more precious than gold in a disaster year.

"We can't take this thing away, Xiaoxue, you'd better take it back!"

Chen Chuxue shook her head, "There is no reason to take back what you have given away. Uncle Geng, Aunt Geng, you have been helping us with food from home these days. If we don't do something, what is the difference between that and white-eyed wolves... …”

"This is different." Uncle Geng interrupted, "I swore in front of your father that I would take care of you sisters for the rest of my life."

"Uncle Geng, if you don't have enough to eat, how can you protect us?" Chen Chuxue said with a smile, "Don't worry, we have already eaten."

After some hard talking, he persuaded them to accept it, and then entered the house. Chen Chuxue saw dinner that they had not had time to eat.

There was very little rice in the bowl. It was basically a mixture of water and tree roots. Most of the rice bran was in the bowl given to me.

This scene made Chen Chuxue feel a little guilty and moved.

After a moment, she calmed down her emotions, raised her head and said, "Uncle Geng, I've thought about my future plans. We will leave, but we want to go to Jiangnan."

"No."

Uncle Geng refused without hesitation, "It's too dangerous. Do you know how far it is from here to Jiangnan? It's impossible to get there in less than a few months' journey, and this was before the famine when riding a carriage..."

Nowadays, there is a famine, and there are displaced victims everywhere. If these victims are hungry and crazy, they will do anything.

Moreover, in addition to the victims, there are countless bandits.

More importantly, the government will not let it go easily.

"And the most important thing is that we don't have enough food and water to go to Jiangnan."

After hearing these words, Chen Chuxue fell silent. It was with these considerations in mind that she decided to ask Uncle Geng's family to accompany them to Jiangnan.

"Okay, let's talk to you if you have something to say. Why are you so excited? Don't scare us, Xiaoxue." Aunt Geng saw that the atmosphere was not right and quickly spoke to calm down.

She took Chen Chuxue's hand and said softly, "Xiaoxue, why did you think of going to Jiangnan? After all, it's not a day or two journey..."

Chen Chuxue sighed, explained her life experience, and then fell silent.

Uncle Geng's reaction was more intense than he imagined. Can he convince him?
  Water and food, you don’t have to worry about these at all, but how can you say these to yourself?

It is impossible to expose the matter of Goldfinger.

Then, there is only one last option left!
  (End of this chapter)