Since this body is the stepmother of these four children, she has passed through this body and cannot leave the four children alone, so she should take these four little ones and flee together.
Mei Qingyu gritted her teeth. Although she didn't know what evil intentions this vicious bad woman had in mind, she was right. If she didn't eat enough, she would not be able to keep up with the team when she fled tomorrow, and would be left behind.
Can be a dead word!
"Just eat!" Mei Qingyu gritted his teeth, as if he was sinking his boat.
The little sister has already eaten it. Even if this vicious woman really has some conspiracy, the four brothers and sisters will die together!
Mei Qinghuang, the third child who has always been greedy, heard the second brother's words and quickly pulled out the remaining three skewers of roasted snake meat from the ashes.
He swallowed his saliva, first diligently gave a bunch to his elder brother Mei Qingyao, then gave a bunch to his second brother Mei Qingyu, and finally kept a small bunch and ate it happily.
Fragrant, so fragrant!
Mei Qinghuang almost burst into tears.
Since his father died, he has never had a bite of meat!
The snake meat roasted by this vicious woman was actually more delicious than all the barbecues he remembered!
Qiao Huaping had already finished her skewer of roasted snake meat. She glanced at the lousy children who were eating so enthusiastically that their mouths were dripping with oil, and she hummed in her heart.
She endured the pain all over her body and went to the low-lying area near the water in Caotanzi to search for a while. After a while, she found ten small snake eggs.
Snake eggs are small and delicate, about the same size as quail eggs. Although they are not big enough to fit between teeth, they are high-quality nutritional protein and can be used at critical moments.
Qiao Huaping took the ten snake eggs into a pocket with the hem of her dress, glanced at the four children, and saw that they had almost eaten, so she walked back slowly, minding her own business.
As she expected, the four children hesitated for a while and then followed.
Probably because she had eaten barbecue, she felt much stronger. Qiao Huaping had always been someone who could endure pain. She worked hard and walked back to her "home" with her four children without stopping.
—Two dilapidated thatched houses at the foot of the mountain.
Qiao Huaping put the ten snake eggs away, and looking at the thatched house with bare walls, he felt like cursing her.
In fact, they lived in a spacious and bright tile-roofed house at first, but after the child's father died, the original owner said that he had no money to raise the children, so he sold the spacious and bright tile-roofed house and moved his four children to this shabby house.
In that thatched house.
As for the money - Qiao Huaping sneered twice, the original owner is just a fool!
Most of the money spent on selling the house was deceived by the parents' sweet talk!
Right now, the whole family’s belongings——
Qiao Huaping took out a handful of coins from his arms with an expressionless expression.
I counted, and there were only twenty-three.
Just relying on twenty-three copper coins to take four children through this escape route is nothing more than a dream.
I can only find ways to make money on the road.
Qiao Huaping endured the pain all over her body and went to the kitchen to have a look, and she probably had an idea.
The first thing to organize is definitely the pots and pans.
I don't know how many days it will take to go south, so I must take these cooking guys with me.
In addition, there was half a jar of extremely rough coarse salt grains placed next to the stove, and a few strings of dried red peppers hung on the window beams. These were all good things, so Qiao Huaping naturally packed them away.
In addition, there is a small half bag of brown rice piled in the corner of the kitchen - yes, that's right, this is the last ration for their family.
Qiao Huaping thought calmly, if it really depends on this thing, why go to the south? Going to the west is almost the same.
She wandered around the house twice more, and she actually pulled out some more things.
A rusty sickle, a long hemp rope hanging from a wooden beam, a messy pile of linoleum in the corner, and a wooden longbow with a broken bowstring.
The four children stood in the yard, warily watching Qiao Huaping coming in and out of the house.
"Second brother, what is that vicious woman up to?"
"I don't know, let's take a look first."
"Brother Yao, Brother Yu, if that vicious woman still wants to sell my little sister, we will fight her tooth and nail!"
Qiao Huaping was busy at the moment and had no time to pay attention to those little brats.
Among the things she had dug out earlier, the one that interested her the most was actually the long bow with a broken bowstring.
This should be the belongings of these brats and their fathers.
Qiao Huaping planned to dismantle the bow string, find someone to buy some beef tendon, and make a new bow.
For food on the road, I have to rely on this bow.
But Qiao Huaping never thought that when he took the bow string apart, his hand would get a small cut for some reason.
She only shook it and continued to work on untying the bowstring.
Qiao Huaping didn't notice that a drop of blood slowly flowed into the jade ornament on her left wrist.
The jade ornaments looked like low-quality jade. The red thread was threaded through a simple braided bracelet. It was not worth a few pennies. The original owner had worn it on his hand since he was a child.
And Qiao Huaping, at the moment when the blood and jade merged, he felt like the world was spinning. When he opened his eyes again, what he saw was no longer a dilapidated thatched house, but a strange place shrouded in mist.
This strange place seems very vast, but most places are covered in mist, making it difficult to see its true appearance.
Only the center of the fog is clearly visible.
In the center of the fog, there is a stalactite hanging in the air.
The tip of the stalactite is dotted with a drop of water, which is about to fall.
Under the stalactite, there is a stone bowl hanging, apparently to catch the drops of water flowing down from the stalactite.
She understood immediately.
Is this the legendary "space"?
Logically speaking, the stuff coming out of this stalactite should also be good stuff?
At this moment, the drop of water on the tip of the stalactite finally dripped and fell into the stone bowl.
Following Qiao Huaping's thoughts, the drop of water in the stone bowl flew straight up from the stone bowl according to Qiao Huaping's thoughts, flew towards Qiao Huaping's consciousness, and instantly merged into her soul.
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It was as if the entire soul was trembling with this drop of water, feeling extremely refreshed.
The pain that I had been holding back all this time disappeared in an instant.
It’s really great stuff!
Qiao Huaping had another thought in her mind.
She actually escaped from that mysterious space in an instant and returned to reality!
Qiao Huaping didn't have time to think too much, and subconsciously looked at the four cubs who were watching her eagerly and warily.
There was nothing strange about the four cubs. Even when Qiao Huaping looked over, Mei Qingyao, who had a somewhat hot temper, subconsciously protected her younger siblings, glared at her with disgust, and said warily: "What bad idea are you planning again!"
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Qiao Huaping calmly looked away and understood.
Although she had spent a lot of time in that mysterious space, in reality, in the eyes of other people, nothing had changed at all.
Qiao Huaping turned his back and pretended to continue repairing the broken bow, but quietly picked up a stone on the ground.
She had a thought in her mind.
The stone in my hand really disappeared!
And in that mysterious space deep in the consciousness, on the ground near the stalactite, that stone suddenly appeared!
Qiao Huaping's mind moved again, and the stone in the space appeared in her hand again!
Now Qiao Huaping was sure that this space could indeed be used for storage and retrieval!
Qiao Huaping showed a bright smile.
However, before the smile fully bloomed, she could smell something sour and smelly at the tip of her nose...