Chapter Twenty-Seven: Back to Earth
The silver and copper plates found on the living people were less than three taels together, which made Meng Ge very painful. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Even if the world is chaotic, it shouldn't be so poor. Besides, it's been two years since the drought, could it be that the country is still plagued by disasters in the past two years?
"Hey, let me ask you, what's going on outside now?" As soon as he remembered that these people should know how the world was going, Meng Ge squatted in front of the three young men who were so weak that they wanted to curse and asked.
The three of them were now sore and limp. Since they ate two black-flour steamed buns yesterday afternoon, they haven't drunk a drop of water. I was really tired and hungry, and it was difficult to even open my mouth, so naturally I wouldn't take care of Meng Ge, who robbed them.
Seeing this, Meng Ge felt a little weak, touched his nose and stood up and wanted to leave. But as she passed by the dead men, she couldn't help but crouch down and search for their belongings.
"Mother, there are still a lot of rich people these days. It's no wonder that you weak chickens are suppressed by them. Hmph, look, any of these people who deal with you have three or four taels of silver on them. It's silver, not copper. Meng Ge tossed up the money he had found, and after a moment of grumbling in front of the three young men, he left satisfied.
Originally, Meng Ge still wanted to appear in front of the young man, but the person just lay on the ground, neither getting up nor looking up.
Helpless, Meng Ge had no choice but to put the valuable objects and silver coins he had collected into the small cloth bag found from the young man, and left without looking back.
Of course, Meng Ge was not stupid enough to walk directly back to the dead tree, but took the other way into the mountain, and by the way, he cleaned up the blood stains on his body and the big knife.
By the time the few people who had lost their strength finally recovered and got up from the ground, it was already dark.
"Childe, should we go into the mountains to settle accounts with that kid?" asked the young man with a spear who was pulling the blood clot on his face.
Wang Ran squinted, looked at the direction where Meng Ge had left, and said, "It's night, this bloody breath will attract fierce beasts, let's quickly call the horses out and take the brothers back to the town." ”
At the mention of the brothers, the remaining three youths all showed sad expressions.
There were a total of seven people on their mission together this time, and now there are only four people left.
As one of the young men whistled, a horse that had been frightened into the forest neighed and ran towards it.
Seven people, seven horses, one no less. The only thing that is lacking is the people who can control them.
The young man and the others leaned on their horses for a while, took out dry food from the horses, ate a few bites indiscriminately, and poured half a stomach of water before they put together a lot of food and urged the horses to leave.
The three who had died were tied to the saddle by them and taken away together.
After Siye was silent and sure that the young man and they would never turn back, Meng Ge touched back to the edge of the tree hole and released Yu Yang and the others.
"If you bear with me, let's find a safe place to cook and eat. Meng Ge rolled the fur on his back and urged his two younger brothers to evacuate quickly.
The two small ones could hear the movement outside clearly, so they didn't ask much, and obediently took the things they were responsible for and left.
Xu was lucky, the crescent moon finally showed its head tonight, and it was not dark on the path, and he could barely find the shape of the road.
Meng Ge took his two younger brothers to continue to play north, which was also the direction in which the boy and the others left. She was so bold to follow them, just to bet that they would never look back.
And just as Meng Ge expected, those people did not look back. The three of them walked for about an hour and a half before they stopped at a small hill on a leeward hill to rest and eat.
That night, they heard the long-lost howl of the wolf, which resounded through the mountains. And the direction from which the wolf howl came was exactly where they had been.
Because yesterday's experience was too exciting, and they walked for most of the night, so today Meng Ge and they plan to stay here for half a day longer, have a good rest before setting off.
"Little spear, what's wrong?" Meng Ge asked, looking at Meng Mao, who was tugging at him.
Meng Mao pointed to the roe deer with its legs tied, and saw that it was already emitting more qi and entering less qi.
"I guess I'm hungry and thirsty. We haven't fed it anything or water for the past few days. Yu Yang came back with the rabbit he had packed.
Meng Ge thought that this should be the case, so he stepped forward to untie the roe deer's legs and poured a lot of water into the roe deer's mouth.
But the roe deer did not improve. Meng Ge thought about it, mixed some water with honey and salt, and poured it into the roe deer and drank it.
Soon after, the roe deer finally calmed his breathing and began to consciously kick his feet.
Meng Mao smiled happily, picked up the vine that bound the roe deer's legs, and wanted to continue to tie the roe deer.
"Little spear, don't tie it up yet, it won't be able to run away for a while, you go pull some blades of grass and come back and feed it." Meng Ge laughingly persuaded.
Meng Mao thought about it, so he nodded a little head melon, and went to the side to pull the grass excitedly.
At noon, after the three of them had eaten and slept well, they set off again. Meng Mao was still dutifully carrying the stupid roe deer that had finally recovered.
In the evening, the three of them walked onto an official road. It is said that it is an official road, because the road is flat and wide, and it is specially paved with sand and gravel.
Heading north along the official road, they saw a small village nestled in the middle of a cluster of small mounds. The houses in the village, built around the mounds, look extremely simple.
In the village, a small river like a jade belt meanders and flows nowhere. The land that has been cultivated along both sides of the river bank is very neat. In some fields, there are still straws left that have not had time to be recovered.
In the twilight, smoke can be seen rising everywhere, and the occasional voice of the villagers calling for a naughty boy can be heard. Everything seems so peaceful and warm.
Meng Ge looked up at the migratory birds flying south after the sunset, and couldn't help but sigh: "We finally live to see people." ”
Yu Yang followed with tears in his eyes: "It's not easy, we have suffered a lot for this day." It's finally not in vain. ”
Meng Mao looked a little dazed, holding Meng Ge's hand tightly, and always subconsciously leaning towards Meng Ge's side.
Looking at Meng Mao's pursed lips, Meng Ge sighed and comforted him: "Little spear, we can finally live a normal life, you should be happy." Think about my father, mother, if we find such a place to live, will we be able to move them here and worship them at any time?"
Yu Yang also sighed: "That's right, first find a place to live, and move your parents and grandfather over to worship." When we have the resources to return to our hometown, we will go back to our village and go back to worship our ancestors. ”
Seeing that his brothers and sisters said this, Meng Mao also nodded, but the nervousness and panic on his face did not decrease by a point.
Meng Ge was distressed when he saw it, but he didn't dare to force him too much. I'm afraid I'll push him into a hurry and have an accident.
"Let's find a place to live away from the people in the village. On weekdays, if you don't want to go out, don't go out, is that okay?" Meng Ge asked tentatively.
Meng Mao's eyes flashed, and he looked at Meng Ge fixedly for a long time before pursing his lips and nodding with difficulty.
At this time, Meng Ge was relieved. I am finally willing to live in a place where there are people, and there is still progress.