Dried pumpkin was roasted on the fire, and the three of them sat side by side, two quilts in front and back to block the wind, but it was not too cold. Yang Zixi glanced at the fire, got up and got out of the 'quilt' and stepped forward to turn over the bamboo skewers with dried pumpkins, and the golden dried pumpkins gradually overflowed the fragrance of food in the flames.

The first few days of dry food was sufficient, but I didn't feel anything, but the drinking water was a little nervous, the three of them each restrained themselves from drinking water, and every time they found a water source, they drank a full meal, and re-stocked and took it on the road, which was very smooth.

But after a few days, there was not enough to eat.

It was easy to find a village, but the village was empty, I don't know if Lu Dao was frightened by the news of the invasion of the Daxia people brought by the refugees from Liangzhou, and the villagers fled, hid in the mountains and hid in the mountains, and ran away. The whole village is empty, not even a grain of rice or sweet potato is left, it is simply a solid wall! As a result, Yang Zixi's plan to supply grain and grass came to naught, and dried pumpkins began to be tight. It's really to the point where she said she couldn't eat if she wanted to.

It is better to choose a dilapidated house for the night than to camp at night in the open air. The weather is getting colder and colder in winter, and the three of them would have frozen into popsicles if they hadn't been in the way of heating at night. A fire was raised on the stove in the house, and it was only when they gathered that there was some heating.

Handing the soft dried pumpkin to Zi Du and Wang Xiaoshi, Yang Zixi took a bite of his share while it was hot, and touched his earlobe with his free hand, it was too hot! The sweet taste of pumpkin fills my mouth at the moment, although it is a little greasy, but the hunger in my stomach is a lot gone.

"How many more days will our food last?" Wang Xiaoshi suddenly asked.

Yang Zixi glanced at Zidui and said, "Save some and you can eat it for about two days." ”

Twilight nibbled on the pumpkin strips, although not fast. The amount is a lot, but Yang Zixi knows that he has eaten a lot less than usual. During the day, when he was on the road, he could often hear the rumbling of hunger, and the little one gritted his teeth and never spoke.

Zi Du has a lot of strength. Eat a lot and consume a lot, the wheelchair is difficult to push on the uneven dirt road, and it is also burdened with water bladders, scoops and other things, although it looks like Zidui is helping Yang Zixi to push, in fact, most of the strength is from him, just Yang Zixi's nine-year-old small body, it is impossible to push the wheelchair at all, let alone a teenager Wang Xiaoshi sitting on it.

So she didn't cut back on the food she provided to the little one, even if it was for herself. They all try to keep him full and full, and Twilight is about aware of it, so she deliberately controls her diet, only half full at each meal, and always pushes the rest of the food in front of her.

"I ...... It's a burden, isn't it? Wang Xiaoshi hung his head and suddenly said loudly, "The Wang family doesn't want me anymore, why do you still take me away?" Along the way, they had to give me medicine and take care of me from the cold and starvation...... If it weren't for me. You won't walk so slowly, and you won't have to give food to a useless person. ”

Yang Zixi almost choked on a mouthful of pumpkin, Xiaoshi has never asked about the Wang family since he woke up, but it doesn't mean that he doesn't know in his heart. Originally, she thought he wouldn't mind, but she didn't expect that this would finally open her mouth.

"I cured your illness, and then left you in Liangzhou to wait for death?" She pretended not to care. "You think so beautifully! The debt owed to me will be repaid after all, and I have to bring you with me. ”

Wang Xiaoshi heard this. raised his head to look at Yang Zixi and opened his mouth. But I don't know what to say.

"I ...... Isn't there a silver ticket in your clothes that you sewed in? It took him a long time to find his voice.

Yang Zixi rolled his eyes in his heart, this guy is really honest......

"What you owe me is your life, and you want to pay it back with money? Stop dreaming. She deliberately smirked.

Wang Xiaoshi turned the corner at this time, and a smile appeared on his pale face: "Then what should I use?" ”

Yang Zixi turned his face: "Use yourself to pay it back!" Be my apprentice, the people of Renhetang are gone, and I need help. If you really want to repay my favor, just worship me as a teacher, of course, you are the young master of the Wang family, if you plan to go to Kyoto to find your father, I will ......"

"I do." Before she finished speaking, Wang Xiaoshi spoke, "I have already died a few times, and I am no longer the young master of the Wang family." I'm just a lonely ghost with nowhere to go, and I'll follow you. ”

"Good!" Yang Zixi was very happy, she raised her hand and patted Wang Xiaoshi's shoulder, "But in front of me, I am very strict with my apprentices, and once I enter the door, it will not be so easy to quit, you don't have to endure hardships at that time, and you want to regret it." ”

Wang Xiaoshi showed a sunny smile: "I am afraid of everything in my life, but I am not afraid of hardships and pains. ”

Turned into a preparatory disciple, Yang Zixi was very happy, she still carried the half-burned plaque in Renhetang, and when she found a suitable place, she still had to open the hospital, and to open a hospital she would have to have manpower, and it was naturally not as proper as Wang Xiaoshi to find it. Her medical skills are already special, and there are many people around her who are suspicious like Dr. Sun, or who are greedy and unreliable like the Wu family, and it will not work after all.

She threw away the bamboo sticks in her hand, stood up and added firewood to the firewood pile, and began to plan the next trip with great interest: "It's not enough to save food, we have to find a way to open source, tomorrow we will change the itinerary, no longer follow the route of the refugees, and find a mountain forest to see if there is a chance to find wild food." ”

"I'll bring a wild boar back for a meal." The kid puffed out his cheeks, nibbled off the last piece of dried pumpkin, and said seriously.

Wang Xiaoshi: "......"

Yang Zixi: "......"

Although Zidu's words were sonorous and powerful, in fact, he still failed to bring back the wild boar the next day, let alone the wild boar, and he didn't even catch a rabbit. It was probably because some people thought of breaking away from the large army and going to the mountains to find a way to survive, and the mountain forest they went to had obviously been 'explored', and not a single animal, big or small, had been seen.

In the end, Yang Zixi only found some bracken, and the plants and trees died in winter, so there was not much to eat.

Throwing all the dried pumpkins into the pot and boiling porridge with wild vegetables, when Yang Zixi divided the food, Wang Xiaoshi's hand in the bowl trembled a little.

"Don't worry, even if you run out of food, I won't let you go hungry, naturally there is a way." Yang Zixi said with a smile, "We will open up and eat at the last meal, and we will eat all at once!" ”

There are still more than 20 treatment points in the space hospital, which can be exchanged for nutrient solution, although it is maintained by infusion of nutrient solution, and the body will have no strength, but in the end, there is no need to be threatened by food shortage.

In the next few days, Yang Zixi simply threw away pots and pans, since he couldn't find food, it was cumbersome to carry it. She didn't plan to make any more detours, so she went south as fast as she could, so she returned to her original path and walked in the direction of her predecessors. She injected nutrients into Wang Xiaoshi and Zidui, Wang Xiaoshi didn't say anything, Zidui's reaction made her very pleased, although the little guy's appetite is not small, but the nutrients are only enough for ordinary people.

The three of them continued to walk south lightly, but the speed was much faster, and on the fifth day, they caught up with the group of people in front.

There were less than twenty of them, men and women, young and old, living in a simple hut made of dead branches. They were ragged, scrawny, and miserable. As soon as Yang Zixi and the three appeared, they immediately aroused their ideas, after all, a ten-year-old and a five-year-old child, it is indeed rare to push a teenager, plus after so many days of driving, Yang Zixi and the others are more energetic than them, and they are also neatly dressed, and even have a quilt to keep out the cold.

So, during the lunch break, someone came over to talk.

One of the girls in the group was pouted by her companion for a few words, then walked over and said to Yang Zixi, "You guys...... Also escaped from Liangzhou? ”

Yang Zixi and his party of three, the big one is sick, and the small one is too small, although Yang Zixi is not yet ten years old, but in this era, an eleven-year-old girl can be allowed to be a family, obviously she is the leader of the three children, so the other party pushed a girl out to find her to talk.

Yang Zixi frowned, and only responded: "Yes." Then he was silent, not wanting to say more.

The girl looked a little marked, and her smile was very pleasing, but she sat down beside Yang Zixi and asked Wang Xiaoshi and Zidui Nunu, "Are you brothers and sisters?" It's not easy to get here, right? ”

Yang Zixi didn't answer her, she rushed to the road for a morning, only injected a bag of nutrient solution in the morning, she was very tired, and took advantage of the fact that the temperature was not too low at noon, so she could take a rest and go on the road in the afternoon.

The girl saw that she didn't say anything, but she was not discouraged, but said to herself: "I am also from Liangzhou, surnamed Lin, our family is from the west of the city, the family has too many people, and the food brought on the road has been eaten early, my cousin suddenly fell ill with cold three days ago, and I haven't eaten for a whole day." ”

Yang Zixi frowned, what does this girl mean by this?

The girl touched the tears on her face, paused for a moment, and saw that Yang Zixi was still silent, so she said again: "I don't know if your sister and brother still have food?" We are willing to exchange silver for some food. ”

There are still people in this stall who are embarrassed to exchange silver for food? Isn't it the same as buying life with money?

Yang Zixi opened his eyes and looked at her expressionlessly for a moment: "I ate wild vegetables last time, and now there is nothing left." ”

Hearing this, the girl's face was a little disappointed, but she didn't leave, and she didn't seem to believe it very much.

She said again: "Since you have nothing to eat, your sisters and brothers are three grades young, it is inconvenient to go on the road alone, why don't you go with us?" ”

"Nope." Before Yang Zixi could speak, Zidui poked his head over and said, "You can't take care of yourself, how can you have the heart to take care of our sister and brother?" (To be continued......)

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