Mei Qingyu pursed her lips, and there was a sadness on her face that did not match her age: "There is no food."
Qiao Huaping couldn't help laughing: "I was worried about this. My Yubao, you have too little confidence in me. When have I ever let you go hungry on your way to escape?"
Mei Qingyu moved his lips slightly, as if he wanted to say something, but he hesitated and said nothing.
Qiao Huaping knew that Mei Qingyu was used to worrying about the family, and the lack of food would naturally make the children feel insecure.
However, she couldn't say it directly, because she still had many prey in her space.
Qiao Huaping thought for a moment, put her long bow on her back, told Mei Qingyao to take care of her younger brothers and sisters, and went into the deep forest.
Mei Qingyu was quite uneasy.
It was already so dark that she could hardly see clearly. If she entered the woods at this time, what would she do if she encountered a wild animal?
Or, like Aunt Song did before, what should I do if I miss the mark and fall off the cliff?
No matter how smart Mei Qingyu was on weekdays, he was still just a child. The more he thought about it, the more he couldn't bear it, and he frequently got up and looked into the woods.
The resting place tonight is a relatively gentle terrain outside.
Mei Qingyao hummed and took his brothers and sisters to lay out the linoleum, and saw that Mei Qingyu was distracted and wanted to go to the edge of the forest.
Mei Qingyao was so frightened that he pulled Mei Qingyu back: "Second brother, why are you going?"
Mei Qingyu hesitated for a moment: "Brother, I'm a little worried that she's still in the woods. It's so dark and she didn't even hold a torch. What should I do if she encounters a wild animal?"
When Mei Qingyu said this, Mei Qingyao couldn't help but become worried.
He thought for a moment and said to Mei Qingyu: "You go back and accompany your third brother and younger sister first. I'll wait for her at the edge of the forest. I'm strong, so if anything happens, I can help."
Mei Qingyu hesitated and nodded.
His strength has increased a lot recently, but he still can't beat his elder brother in a fight.
At that time, Qiao Huaping comforted him seriously, although your eldest brother is strong, your brain is better.
Thinking of this, Mei Qingyu pursed her lips, nodded and said, "Well, brother, you stay here and watch, I'll go back first."
Mei Qingyao was also worried about Qiao Huaping, but he didn't want to show it and waved his hand: "Go back quickly."
As soon as I said this, I heard a cheerful voice coming from the forest: "Hey, I seem to hear the voices of Yaoyao and Yuyu?"
It’s Qiao Huaping’s voice!
The two brothers were shocked. They tried to open their eyes wide and looked towards the deep forest.
After all, their physical fitness has been improved through spiritual water, and the two brothers' vision at night is much better than ordinary people.
Then they saw Qiao Huaping walking out of the forest with a long bow in one hand and something in the other.
She walked out of the darkness of the mountain forest with a smile on her face. Only the moonlight passed through the dense forest, and the stars fell on her body, spreading out, as if her whole body was covered with a thin veil.
Mei Qingyao and Mei Qingyu were stunned.
Probably because of the darkness of the night, the birthmark on her face was hidden, and only the general outline of her face could be seen.
Mei Qingyao quickly looked away as if he had seen a ghost.
He kept muttering to himself, probably because it was dark at night, how could he have the illusion that this little stepmother was also a great beauty?
Mei Qingyu didn't think much, just froze on the spot.
Qiao Huaping walked out of the dense forest with light steps, carrying the things in his hand, shaking them in front of the two children, and said proudly: "Look what I, a sharpshooter, hunted in the forest?"
It was a dead pheasant with a long tail.
Mei Qingyao's eyes widened.
Qiao Huaping's clear and proud but not annoying voice rang out: "I originally thought of going into the woods to try my luck before it got completely dark. Oh, I should be lucky. Did I enter the woods?
Not long after, I saw this silly pheasant. I just shot it casually - hehe, I'm so awesome."
Qiao Huaping's eyebrows danced with joy.
She originally planned to go into the forest, put on a show, and then pull out a prey that she had hunted long ago from the space, pretending that she had hunted it, so as to reassure her Yubao's heart.
She never thought that it must be her luck. After entering the forest, she ran into this silly pheasant within a few steps.
She made a quick decision and shot the wild pheasant to death with one arrow.
How could Qiao Huaping not be happy when facing this prey that was almost free of charge?
Not only her, Mei Qingyao and Mei Qingyu were also very happy - but this happiness was also mixed with some joy that Qiao Huaping came back safe and sound, and the two little guys did not break it down.
In the past, how could they have imagined that they would be happy because their little stepmother came back safe and sound?
Qiao Huaping held the wild pheasant by the neck, like a victorious general, and led Mei Qingyao and Mei Qingyu, two young followers with fine features, back to their resting place.
Mei Qinghuang was playing with Mei Qingying, and when he saw his little stepmother and his eldest and second brothers coming back, he was about to smile at them, but he saw that the little stepmother was carrying a dead wild pheasant in her hand, so he smiled.
The child turned into a surprise that made his mouth water: "Wow!"
Qiao Huaping couldn't help laughing: "Huang, take away your greedy little cat. This wild pheasant is not for us to eat. I plan to exchange it for some food."
Mei Qinghuang wiped his saliva. Although he was a little greedy for chicken, he nodded sensibly: "Okay, it's better to exchange for food."
Qiao Huaping took the wild pheasant by its neck and walked around outside: "I just caught a fresh wild pheasant. Does anyone want to replace it?"
After being on the run for many days, meat could not be stored, so most of the meat could only be made into jerky or bacon and marinated.
Many people have not seen fresh meat like this for many days.
Some relatively wealthy families in the village couldn't help but swallowed when they saw Qiao Huaping carrying the fat wild pheasant.
Although they had already had dinner at this time, it was still difficult to resist the temptation with such fresh meat in front of them.
Soon, someone asked Qiao Huaping: "Sister Qiao, can you sell this chicken for money?"
On the way to escape famine, although money was important, what Qiao Huaping wanted more at this moment was food.
She shook her head: "I just want to change some food. There is no food at home."
Many wealthy households in the village brought a lot of food with them on the road.
Their family has a large population, including elders and younger ones. In the past few days, they have been frequently invaded by the aroma of Qiao Huaping's delicious food, and they have long been greedy.
Qiao Huaping was honest and didn't ask for more grain. The wild pheasant was quite fat and probably weighed seven or eight kilograms. Qiao Huaping only exchanged twenty kilograms of grain, which was quite cost-effective.
Soon, a wealthy man happily bought twenty kilograms of grain and exchanged it with Qiao Huaping for the wild pheasant.