Chapter 3 Finding Food

"Brother, where do you live?" Yu Ruyi followed Xu Andao and asked questions all the way behind him.

"My family lives in Xujiaba, which is twenty miles southeast of here."

Yu Ruyi secretly rolled her eyes, she just came here, she didn't know the east, west, north and south, and the southeast!

"Brother, hasn't your village been plagued? Why don't you look like you've been affected by the disaster? Yu Ruyi was a little puzzled, such a drought makes no sense, this town is blessed with a unique place to escape the catastrophe.

"Silly girl, you don't know this, do you know what our town is called? Our name is Xiaping Town, the terrain is very low and backed by Longfei Mountain, the rivers near here have converged to us, and our county has built a water conservancy, and the Xiaping River outside our town is very well governed, and the land along the Xiaping River can be irrigated by canals, so it can still grow some crops, and some of the more drought-resistant crops were harvested last year, so although some disasters have been suffered in our area, it is much better than other towns, I have heard, My cousin went out some time ago, and went through several towns, and there were corpses and homeless people everywhere along the way, and the land was cracked and people could fall into it, so what crops would grow. This is what the book says about starvation all over the ground, corpses all over the field, and the people are struggling to make a living, thanks to the county magistrate...... ”

Yu Ruyi's words were asked to Xu Andao's heart, and he talked endlessly. Yu Ruyi had to sigh that in ancient times, the actions and inactions of local officials had too much impact on the people. If you have a chance, I'd like to visit such a prefectural order.

chattering all the way, Xu Andao and Yu Ruyi soon arrived at the city gate. This city gate should be the south gate, which is similar to the previous city gate, and there are many homeless people around, looking at the city with their eyes, but they are afraid of the weapons in the hands of the guards. I had to retract my head unwillingly.

Yu Ruyi wore a hat surrounded by wildflowers picked by Xu Andao from the side of the road, which looked a little brighter, and then followed Xu Andao into the city with his eyes and nose.

"Alright, little sister, let's split up here. I'm going to sell medicine, if you really have difficulties in the future, you can go to Xujiaba to find me, my name is Xu Andao. Xu Andao was a little unbearable, after all, such a young girl had been hungry for a long time when she saw it, and maybe she would be taken by the king of Hades that day. However, in this world now, every day there are I don't know how many people are displaced, and where is the life hanging by a thread, where can I save myself?

"Thank you, little brother." Yu Ruyi turned around and thanked him, a stranger could help himself with nothing to do.

Xu Andao patted Yu Ruyi's head, looked at Yu Ruyi's black and thin little body and felt a little unbearable, took out a few copper coins from his purse, pulled Yu Ruyi's hand and said: "You be careful, take these copper coins, you can't stand it if you're really hungry, so go buy some food." ”

Yu Ruyi's eyes are a little moist, he is the first bit of warmth given by strangers who came to this world, although it is not much, but in this era when it is difficult to protect itself, this kindness is commendable.

Xu Andao turned around and left, without lingering. Yu Ruyi glanced at Xu Andao's figure and turned around and walked in the opposite direction, she had to go shopping first, and then find a way to get something to eat.

Sure enough, this disaster did not have much impact on Xia Ping Town, and the business of various shops on both sides of the street was still booming, and the pedestrians on the street came and went, with the same expression, and there was no obvious anxiety, which was the foundation left by years of wealth.

Yu Ruyi hesitated in front of a steamed bun shop, and the copper plate on her body was hot.

The fragrance of the buns is even more attractive, the white and chubby buns, Yu Ruyi can almost imagine the endless aftertaste in the mouth, the sour water keeps coming out of the throat, and Yu Ruyi can almost hear the sound of swallowing saliva.

"Boss, how do you sell buns?"

"One penny for vegetarian food, two pennies for meat." The boss is white and chubby, and he also has a bit of a bun.

"Bring me a vegetarian one, what kind of stuffing is the vegetarian one?"

"Cabbage stuffing"

"Okay, get me one."

"Okay."

Yu Ruyi happily took one and bit it hard, and suddenly the fragrance of cabbage mixed with noodles spread in his mouth, almost biting his tongue off, Yu Ruyi couldn't help but sigh that all the food he ate in his previous life and this life was not as delicious as this bun!

Yu Ruyi suppressed her urge to swallow it in one bite, and bit it one by one, and her delicate appearance made the boss of the bun can't help but look at it twice.

A bun went down, and Yu Ruyi's strength recovered slightly. Until the sun was about to set, Yu Ruyi didn't think of a way to find food.

I wanted to blend into the restaurant, I guess someone has used this method, several restaurants in the town have a biao-shaped man guarding the door, and before he has time to act, he was stared at by the biao-shaped man, Yu Ruyi was a little frustrated.

Yu Ruyi followed the people who came out of the restaurant to the north of the town, the house in the north was more exquisite and atmospheric than the previous building, and while there was no one around, Yu Ruyi climbed the courtyard wall of a house in two or three times. Looking around, the courtyard was quiet, no one entered or exited, Yu Ruyi put her mind at ease, jumped off the courtyard wall, and hid in the house.

The hard work paid off, and after a while, Yu Ruyi found the kitchen. When the last girl came out, Yu Ruyi flashed in, it was dinner time, and the girls finished serving the last soup and waited for the masters to eat. Yu Ruyi found half a cooked chicken, some eggs, half a plate of peanuts, and some cold steamed buns in the cupboard. Yu Ruyi found a piece of cloth by the way, put all the food in it, tied it up, collapsed it on her arm, flashed out of the stove room, and went straight to the gate.

Approaching the door, Yu Ruyi stopped her feet and turned back to enter.

After doing a good job, Yu Ruyi went straight to the city gate, seeing that the sun was about to set, Yu Ruyi was a little anxious, if she was locked up in the city, it would be over, I don't know what the mother and son would be starving.

Yu Ruyi galloped all the way and finally got out of the north gate before the city gate closed. Yu Ruyi wiped the cold sweat on her forehead, she didn't dare to delay, she was not familiar with her life, and she had to find the mother and son before it got dark.

Fortunately, it only took two quarters of an hour from the north gate to the east gate, and it only took Yu Ruyi a quarter and a half of an hour to find the mother and son.

Liu watched Yu Ruyi come back and excitedly hugged Yu Ruyi and didn't let go, Dabao Xiaobao also tightly surrounded Yu Ruyi, Yu Ruyi struggled away from Liu's arms, hugged her eyes and stared at her Xiaobao, for most of the day, she was nervous all the time, and finally let go of her mind when she saw that the mother and son were safe and sound.

"Mother, I found some food, let's find a hidden place first." Yu Ruyi glanced at the homeless people huddled together at the base of the city wall.

"Well, well, my mother knows."

When Dabao and Xiaobao heard that Yu Ruyi had found something to eat, they all danced happily, and their eyes exuded eagerness.

Liu took Dabao by the hand, Yu Ruyi held Xiaobao, and the family of four sat down in a remote corner away from the crowd, at this time it was already dark, but when Yu Ruyi opened the baggage, the mother and son all saw the plate chicken in the baggage, and couldn't help but swallow their saliva, they hadn't eaten enough for almost a year, and they all relied on some wild vegetable gruel to hang their lives.

At this time, seeing the chicken, they were so excited that they couldn't speak, Yu Ruyi took out the steamed buns first, and one person padded them first, they had been hungry for too long, and she was afraid that they would have problems if they swallowed it.

"Eat slowly, chew the steamed buns slowly, drink some water, and I'll divide the chicken." When he was in the stove room, Yu Ruyi used a knife to cut the meat into four pieces, but he didn't dare to chop it hard. At this time, along the previous knife marks, Yu Ruyi quickly separated half of the chicken into four petals, and the mother and son each had one piece.

Dabao Xiaobao took the chicken and sniffed excitedly, but he was reluctant to stutter.

"I was thinking about eating chicken before I went to bed last night, and I ate it today, it's so good" Dabao licked the chicken while wiping his tears, and Yu Ruyi touched his head, poor child.

"Silly brother, my sister will work hard to let you eat chicken in the future, eat it with confidence!"

"Sister, sister, I also want to eat meat, and Xiaobao also wants to eat meat." Xiaobao also rubbed over and coquettish.

"Okay, Xiaobao also eats meat, and our whole family eats meat."

Liu looked at the situation in front of him, couldn't help shedding tears, and turned his back to wipe his tears.

After eating, everyone snuggled up to each other and fell asleep. This night, because they were all a little full, they didn't feel particularly cold, and the family of four slept peacefully.