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When Mrs. Qian heard what the girl said, she suddenly picked up a fire stick and hit Lian’er without thinking. Lian’er turned her back and raised her arms to protect her face.

“Shameless little whore, you dare to ask me for a bucket of coarse grain. I shouldn’t have bought you. You just eat and don’t work!”

“I’m so unlucky that I bought you, a jinx!”

Gu Fei frowned, and Mrs. Chen touched her: “Don’t make a sound, just wait, she will ask you to buy Lian’er in a while.”

As the two were talking, Mrs. Qian threw away the fire stick in her hand and said to the girl: “Wait a minute.”

She walked a few steps to Gu Fei and smiled at her: “Xiao Fei, didn’t you say you wanted to buy Lian’er a few days ago? Auntie won’t make a penny from you. You give me a bucket of cornmeal and Lian’er will be yours.”

Mrs. Chen curled her lips and said to Gu Fei: “What did I say? This woman is very calculating.”

Mrs. Chen rolled her eyes at Mrs. Qian. Then glared at Gu Fei, but secretly poked Gu Fei: “No, I can’t afford it, keep it for yourself.”

“I’m sick, I don’t want something that doesn’t cost money, and I’m spending a bucket of cornmeal to buy your girl.”

Mrs. Chen waved to the girl on the ground: “Come here and let me see.”

The girl was so smart that she glanced at the white flour cake in Gu Fei’s hand, and hurried over, saying to Mrs. Chen obediently: “Auntie, I’ll stay with your family. I can do any work and eat less.”

Mrs. Qian was furious and ran over a few steps: “I want this girl, sister-in-law, don’t fight with me!”

Mrs. Chen snorted: “Sister-in-law’s family is really rich. They have two girls at once. They are not afraid that your family will go bankrupt.”

Mrs. Qian looked at the girl, then at Lian’er, and was calculating quickly in her heart.

She definitely couldn’t afford to raise two girls, so she could only raise one.

Lian’er, this damned girl, has been getting more and more disobedient these days and even dared to snatch Bao’er’s food.

Especially when she thought of the bucket of cornmeal she bought for Lian’er, her heart ached.

If she had known earlier, she would not have rushed to buy it. How could she have known that there was something for free?

She rolled her eyes: “Sister-in-law, how about this, you give half a bucket of cornmeal, and you take Lian’er away. That should be fine, right? I still lost half a bucket!”

Mrs. Chen secretly winked at Gu Fei, and snorted again: “You’re dreaming! I don’t want it, it’s not like my family can’t finish eating food.”

Gu Fei then pretended to beg Mrs. Chen: “Mom, why don’t you give half a liter to exchange for Lian’er, Lian’er, and I get along well.”

She thought about it, if she didn’t give anything, Mrs. Qian wouldn’t let go, and she was afraid that Mrs. Qian would regret it in the future.

Just give half a liter as a token of her appreciation.

Mrs. Qian cried out: “Half a liter? I spent ten liters to buy her!”

Mrs. Chen glared and continued to act: “No, I don’t agree. I won’t give a grain of rice. I just want to buy a maid. Isn’t there a ready-made one that doesn’t cost money? This girl looks smart!”

“Also, there will be many maids who don’t cost money in the future.”

Mrs. Qian was anxious. This was true. She regretted not selling Lian’er ten liters of cornmeal to Gu Fei that day. Who knew that the maid didn’t want money now?
It’s a big loss, a big loss!

Mrs. Qian was heartbroken, but she thought that she could get back half a liter of millet anyway. She gritted her teeth and said: “Half a liter is half a liter, change it!”

Mrs. Qian pushed Lian’er to Gu Fei: “I’ve given you the person, you can give the millet anytime.”

With Gu Fei’s personality, she knew that she would not default on her debt.

After that, Mrs. Qian pulled up the girl on the ground: “Okay, you will work for my family in the future, and I will provide you with food.”

The girl turned back and looked at Mrs. Chen eagerly.

Gu Fei and Mrs. Chen looked at each other, Mrs. Chen raised an eyebrow: What do you think? I still have a way, look, we save a lot.

Gu Fei smiled. She was still far behind in terms of social skills, and she had to learn more from her mother in the future.

 

It was dawn, they continued our journey after breakfast.

Before departure, Uncle Ma gathered everyone together and said with a heavy face: “Now everyone knows the situation. The days will only get harder as time goes by.”

“Our team can’t go like this. Two mule carts should be lined up in a row to shorten the team for better balance. In crowded places, men from each family should get out of the car and lead the mules. The men should also take kitchen knives and machetes to protect the cart and women.”

“Also, I’ll remind everyone one thing. On this road, no matter how pitiful people you meet, you are not allowed to give a grain of food. It’s not that I don’t want to give a little food, but it’s for everyone’s safety. Do you understand?”

Everyone responded in a mixed voice: “I understand.”

“Well, let’s go. I guess we have to rest in the wild tonight. Everyone should bring enough water. We can reach Tongcheng in Xishan County tomorrow. If everyone doesn’t have enough food or needs anything, we can buy it when we get to Tongcheng.”

Everyone cheered up and drove the mule cart on the road.

There were more and more disaster victims on the road. Their team mule carts were particularly eye-catching. From time to time, people stopped the team to ask for food, and the carts could not move fast at all.

Gu Fei blocked Lanzhi inside and walked outside.

No matter who stopped her, she would glare at them fiercely. She also knew that at this point, kindness really could not be given.

When it was time to rest at noon, Uncle Ma shouted: “Each family should eat dry food next to the car. Don’t put down the things in your hands. Be alert, eat quickly, and leave quickly after eating. Don’t delay for a long time.”

After a long time, the disaster victims in this area knew that they had food, and they might all come over.

That would be hard to say.

Uncle Ma climbed onto the roof of a car and looked around.

He saw that both sides of the official road were full of scattered disaster victims.

Uncle Ma thought for a moment and jumped out of the car: “Don’t rest, keep going, eat while walking! We can’t stop now!”

Everyone was desperately stuffing dry food into their mouths. Huzi walked in front of Gu Fei. Suddenly, a man ran over, snatched half of the steamed bread from Huzi’s hand, and ran away.

Huzi looked at his empty hands and was about to cry. Gu Fei pulled him in and stuffed a piece of chocolate into his mouth: “Come on, eat with your mouth closed.”

Huzi tasted the taste in his mouth and looked up at Gu Fei with sparkling eyes.

Gu Fei held a dagger in one hand and chewed a steamed bun in the other hand, looking around vigilantly.

The convoy moved forward with difficulty.

Some time ago, they walked seventy or eighty miles a day, but they walked more than forty miles this day.

It was dark, and no one thought about looking for an inn, so they built a stove in the wild to cook.

Mrs. Chen cooked a pot of millet porridge, and Li Chunhua took out a bowl of pickled vegetables and put it in the middle.

Bao’er ran over to take a look, and seeing that there was not much oil and water, he ran away with a pout.

After Bao’er ran away, Mrs. Chen gave everyone another cake.

While eating, a ragged girl came over and suddenly knelt in front of everyone: “Uncles, Aunts, please buy me, I don’t want money, just give me food. I can help with the work.”

Mrs. Qian, who was standing next to her, heard a scream: “What did you say, no money? No food exchange?”

The girl quickly turned around and kowtowed to Mrs. Qian: “No money, no food, nothing, just give me food to survive. I can work, I can chop wood, I can go to the fields, I can cook, I can do anything, Madam, please buy me.”

 

Yes, a little girl has such skills, what about the others?

Especially the man standing in the front, who has a murderous aura.

These people looked at each other but didn’t say anything. Their eyes were all asking the same question: What to do? Should we retreat or not?

At this moment, everyone in the room was stunned.

Gu Zhang and Mrs. Chen stood behind the door and looked at each other, both of them were shocked.

Although Gu Zhang had heard Gu Fei say that she fought monsters every day in another world, it was still too shocking to see his daughter killing people with his own eyes.

Mrs. Qian and Xing’er were the bravest. They lay by the window and saw Gu Fei rushing out. The leading man spurted blood from his throat and fell.

Mrs. Qian trembled all over, thinking of her past provocations to Gu Fei, and suddenly felt a little cold on her neck.

Uncle Ma looked at Gu Fei calmly. He now understood what Gu Fei had not finished saying.

I have also – killed people.

She killed someone.

This skill was honed in actual combat, and she could kill with one strike.

Uncle Ma shouted: “Why don’t you retreat? Do you want more people to die?”

At this moment, someone suddenly turned around and ran.

The first one ran away, and the second one followed.

Gu Fei suddenly shouted: “Take the person on the ground away!”

It would be bad if they stayed here and scared the children and the flowers and plants.

The remaining men who didn’t leave didn’t show any fear on their faces, and they were still weighing the pros and cons.

They were all farmers, and they had killed ordinary people who were powerless during this period.

Killing people was also for survival. If they met a martial artist, they didn’t want to die because they saw that they had no chance of winning.

After thinking about it, they lifted the body of the strong man and walked out of the door. The man selling buns even looked back at Gu Fei.

Gu Qing quickly ran over to close the gate, turned around, and grabbed Gu Fei: “Sister, you are too impulsive. Why did you rush out alone without saying in advance?”

“You are a girl, these things should be left to your brothers.”

That being said, Gu Qing’s legs were shaking.

He had only killed chickens, never killed people.

He couldn’t imagine himself stabbing people with a knife, they were all flesh and blood.

Gu Fei just said “Mmm” softly.

The reason why she took the initiative was that she was afraid that these people would rush forward. She and Uncle Ma obviously couldn’t deal with so many people. If everyone went up, the swords would have no eyes, and someone would inevitably get hurt.

She couldn’t risk her father and brother getting hurt.

Killing a chicken to scare the monkeys, to scare them and make them retreat, is the best policy.

Uncle Ma looked at Gu Fei deeply and went into the house.

He now agreed with the young master’s point of view. This girl was a spy.

Gu Fei scooped a bucket of water, rinsed the dagger, and put it away.

Gu Qing and Gu Erlang went to the stove to pick up some ashes, sprinkled them on the bloodstains in the yard, and then stepped on them.

In the room, the women such as Aunt Liu and Mrs. Qian who had just been watching from the window could not help but avoid looking at Gu Fei when they saw her come in.

Eldest Aunt and Juhua also had complicated eyes.

Only Lian’er had a gleam in her eyes. If her mother had been as powerful as Xiao Fei, she would not have died.

Some other women, Lanzhi, Li Chunhua, Old Lady Gu, Aunt Huang, Zhang Laoda, and the village chief’s family, squeezed together with their children when they heard there was a thief. They didn’t dare to look at it at all, so they didn’t know that Gu Fei had killed someone.

The other men looked at Gu Fei with different expressions. Gu Sanlang, Tie Niu, and other young people looked at her with admiration in their eyes.

The village chief and several older people all had fear in their eyes.

Everyone was strangely silent, and no one discussed what had just happened in public.

Gu Fei acted as if nothing had happened, took off her outer clothes, got into the quilt, and fell asleep.

 

Everyone hurriedly drove the mule cart away from this place.

There was indeed a well at the end of the street. Gu Qing put the bucket down and drew up half a bucket of water.

Uncle Ma took a knife and took Gu Sanlang, Tieniu, the grandson of the eldest aunt, and Gu Jinsheng, the eldest son of the village chief, and walked around and found a house.

There were three main rooms in the house, which was enough for everyone to sleep in.

Uncle Ma took a few young men and took down the door panels in the middle of the three rooms, and the three main rooms were barely connected.

Then everyone drove the mule cart in.

Everyone hurried to cook.

There was a ready-made stove in the house, but it was only enough for one family. Aunt Liu stood there with a spatula, and no one went there anymore.

Everyone was more silent today than usual.

Only Huzi, Baoer, Shanyao, Lianqiao, and Donglai were still running around in the yard.

Bao’er bumped into Xinger while running, and Xinger screamed and pushed Baoer away: “Don’t touch me!”

Mrs. Qian looked over there, wanting to say something but stopping herself.

Gu Zhong didn’t say anything either.

Lanzhi sat there, still shivering.

The uncle came over and asked: “Uncle Ma, are you still keeping watch tonight?”

Uncle Ma said in a deep voice: “The mule can only stay overnight in the yard, so someone must be left to watch it.”

“That man may have accomplices.”

The uncle nodded. In such a chaotic world, people can’t survive without sticking together.

After dinner, Uncle Ma directed everyone to unload the things on the mule cart and put them in the house. After arranging the people to keep watch, everyone went to sleep.

In the middle of the night, Gu Fei was awakened by the sound of a gong and Gu Qing’s shout: “A thief has broken in, everyone gets up!”

Gu Fei hurriedly got up, grabbed her clothes put them on, and saw that Gu Qing and her uncle had retreated to the door of the house.

Gu Fei stood behind Gu Qing and looked outside. There was a fire in the middle of the yard, and seven or eight men stood behind the fire. If you ignore the machetes, kitchen knives, and axes in their hands, they look no different from ordinary farmers.

Gu Fei saw that the man who sold meat buns in the evening was also inside.

The leading man was not tall, but he was strong. He said without any fluctuation in his tone: “Hand over the food, and I won’t kill you.”

Gu Fei squinted her eyes and had a dagger in his hand.

At this time, Uncle Ma came out and stood in front of Gu Qing and the uncle, saying lightly: “We also need food to survive, so we can’t give it to you.”

“You have more people, and we have many people too. I advise you to leave quickly.”

The leading strong man waved the machete in his hand, “Then there is nothing to say, brothers, move–”

Before he finished speaking, a black shadow suddenly jumped out of the house. Before the strong man could react, he felt a chill on his neck, as if a gust of wind blew.

The strong man’s open mouth could no longer be closed, and a stream of blood shot out of his throat.

Gu Fei succeeded in one strike and quickly retreated.

The strong man covered his neck, shook a few times, and slowly fell.

The remaining men were stunned. The strong man was the most powerful one among them. Did he die just now?

Gu Fei stood in the middle of the yard holding a dagger in her hand, looking at the group of people coldly: “Get out now, otherwise, no one will survive.”

Some people stepped back, while others stood still.

The man selling meat buns suddenly said grimly: “What are you afraid of? It’s just a little girl.”

Someone whispered: “That little girl is scary——”

 

Mrs. Qian said unhappily, “You might as well eat me instead of a thirty-cent bun.”

On weekdays, buns only cost three or five cents each.

Bao’er didn’t care. He had to have what he wanted. He lay on the ground and rolled over again: “I want meat buns, I want meat buns–”

Gu Zhong was annoyed by his noise and gave 30 cents to Xing’er: “Go, go, buy a bun for your brother.”

Xing’er walked up to the man with the copper coin in her hand. The man smiled and opened the steamer. Inside were white and plump meat buns.

It was made of white flour!

Many people were tempted. In such a disaster year, 30 cents for a white bun was not expensive.

The man smiled as he handed the buns to Xing’er: “My family used to run a grain store. We have the last bit of flour left. I can’t bear to eat it, so I thought of making buns and selling them for some money.”

Xing’er took the buns and handed them to Bao’er.

Bao’er was not afraid of the heat and took a big bite. After chewing a few times, the corners of his mouth cracked: “It’s delicious, so delicious.”

Xing’er looked at him enviously and licked her lips. Bao’er ate all the delicious food, and she never had a share.

At this time, Zhang Laoda’s son Donglai also pulled his trouser legs and whispered: “Dad, I want to eat buns too.”

Zhang Laoda was a little hesitant. Thirty cents, in the past, could buy ten buns!

While hesitating, Bao’er suddenly spit out something from his mouth, took it in his hand, and tilted his head to look at it: “What is this?”

Gu Fei was standing next to Bao’er. She stared at the thing for a long time, suddenly took a step back, and grabbed her mother’s arm tightly.

Mrs. Qian took the thing in Baoer’s hand, looked at it for a long time, and suddenly trembled all over. She threw the thing away and turned around to knock the bun out of Baoer’s hand.

Baoer cried loudly, squatted down, and picked up the bun on the ground again. Mrs. Qian screamed, “Don’t eat it, this bun can’t be eaten!”

Everyone had a vague guess in their hearts, but no one dared to be sure or say it.

Mrs. Chen reached out and hugged Gu Fei in her arms, trembling all over.

Baoer pushed his mother hard. Mrs. Qian sat on the ground without defense. Baoer picked up the bun on the ground and stuffed it into his mouth.

Gu Zhong suddenly came over, his eyes flashing with a terrifying light, snatched the bun from Baoer’s hand, and stepped hard on the ground a few times.

Baoer cried loudly.

Mrs. Qian got up from the ground, opened Bao’er’s mouth, and put a finger into Bao’er’s throat: “Spit it out, you spit it out for me–”

Everyone retreated in shock.

Lanzhi also understood something, her face turned pale, and the whole person was shaky.

Gu Erlang quickly supported her: “Don’t think about it, don’t look at it.”

Gu Fei buried her head in her mother’s arms, not knowing what she felt in her heart.

She had killed people, but it was just a matter of a moment.

But human flesh-

Who would dare to eat it unless they were mentally perverted to a certain extent?

Juhua from the eldest aunt’s house suddenly retched.

The retching sound was like a switch, and everyone started to retch.

For a while, the small street was full of retching sounds.

Uncle Ma suddenly said: “Where is that man?”

Everyone looked again, and the man pushing the wheelbarrow disappeared at some point.

Gu Zhang’s voice trembled: “Uncle Ma, what should we do? Should we stay here tonight?”

In a deep voice, Uncle Ma said: “Go to the end of the street, which is closer to the well, and find a bigger house. Let’s all stay together tonight, don’t separate.”

 

After half a quarter of an hour, Lian’er finally emerged from the darkness.

When Mrs. Qian saw her, she picked up the fire stick and tried to hit her again. The village chief next to her scolded: “Qian, that’s enough. Since you bought her, you should give her food. You didn’t give her food, but you beat her. You can’t blame her for stealing Bao’er’s!”

Mrs. Qian threw the fire stick heavily: “You are too nosy. Do you think this is still in the village? Now there is no village. Don’t show off in front of me!”

The village chief was so angry that he fell backward and pointed at Mrs. Qian: “You, you——”

Aunt Liu couldn’t stand it anymore. She stood up and stood in front of Mrs. Qian with her hands on her waist. “Even if you don’t treat my husband as the village chief, he is still the cousin of your family!”

“You dead bitch, you dare to talk back when your elders speak?”

Gu Fei’s eyes sparkled as she listened to her, and she clapped her hands hard to cheer for Aunt Liu.

Aunt Liu looked at her, smiled at her, turned to look at Mrs. Qian, and snorted again: “Our Gu family has been kind for generations, I don’t know why we married such a wicked woman like you!”

Gu Rong also clapped his hands vigorously beside her, and Hu Zi clapped his hands when he saw his father clapping.

Mrs. Qian was embarrassed. She knew that she was no match for Aunt Liu, who was invincible in the village, not only in quarreling but also in fighting.

She had to sit down angrily.

The old lady was angry watching from the side, Mrs. Qian was her niece. She felt like she lost her face when she heard what Aunt Liu said.

However, she weighed it and realized that she was no match for Aunt Liu, and she would only suffer if she quarreled.

Mrs. Qian didn’t beat Lian’er again. It was getting late, so everyone stopped.

After several days of travel, they entered Xishan County.

When they stopped for lunch, there was a village on the official road, but at noon, there was no smoke from cooking over the village.

Old Zhang came over and said to Gu Zhang, “Second brother Gu, let’s go to that village and see if we can get some water.”

Gu Zhang nodded, called Gu Qing and his uncle together, and walked towards the village.

After a while, a few of them were wandering around.

Gu Rong asked curiously: “Have you found water?”

Zhang Laoda’s face turned pale, and he shook his head: “Where is there water? There is no one in every household.”

“If there is someone, it’s dead!”

They just entered a house with the door open and wanted to ask, but when they walked to the door, they saw an old man lying by the door, who seemed to have been dead for a long time.

When they turned to the next door, they saw a dead, skinny woman holding a baby on the kang.

Several people did not dare to go further and quickly retreated.

At 5 p.m., the convoy stopped in a small town.

There were almost no people in the town. Some houses had locks on their doors, while some were just left open.

Gu Zhongxi said, “There is no need to stay in the inn tonight. There are plenty of houses here.”

Everyone looked around, and at this time a person came out from the alley next to them.

The man was pushing a wheelbarrow with a large steamer on it. He seemed a little surprised to see the large group of people. He suddenly pushed the wheelbarrow closer and said: “Would you like some meat buns? I have some freshly steamed meat buns here. They are only 30 cents each.”

Gu Zhang stood up and waved his hand quickly: “Brother, we can’t afford it. By the way, is there a well in this town?”

The man smiled and nodded: “There are several wells, but only the one at the end of this street has water. That well is deep.”

Gu Zhang hurriedly thanked him and planned to call a few people to fetch water from there.

At this time, Bao’er started to make a fuss again: “Mom, I want to eat meat buns!”