The next day, before dawn, the dew in the forest was a little heavy and gloomy.

Qiao Huaping woke up early in the morning.

Several cubs in the Mei family are still sleeping.

Yesterday's hunting, the four cubs followed, and even the youngest Mei Qingying shot a rabbit.

Not to mention the three big ones.

But the children were so excited that they fell asleep late last night.

At this moment, a few of them were sleeping soundly, snoring slightly, the corners of their mouths were upturned, and they looked like they were still in a sweet dream.

Qiao Huaping got up quietly, simply heated the hot cakes, and left them in the pot. Wait for a few children to wake up and be able to eat.

She had agreed with Gu Lao Niang before, and asked her to help take care of a few children.

At that time, Gu Lao Niang was very happy to respond, and she almost slapped her chest loudly.

Gu Lao Niang was very happy, and felt that Qiao Huaping did not treat her as an outsider and gave her a chance to repay her kindness - the Gu family, especially Gu Lao Niang, almost regarded Qiao Huaping as a great benefactor at the moment. The two daughters-in-law of the Gu family muttered in private, Gu Lao Niang treats Mrs. Qiao more closely than she treats her daughter.

Of course, the two daughters-in-law also muttered a word or two in private, and they were also grateful to Qiao Huaping.

Qiao Huaping taught their uncle archery skills, and their uncle brought back some prey every once in a while, and they could eat meat almost every day. The food on the way to escape the famine has improved, and the food is a little better than when they were at home.

Not to mention, Qiao Huaping's life is in the eyes of the Gu family, which is called a kind way. Not to mention anything else, Gu Yiyang helped cut the wild boar meat for the people in the village before, and when he came back at night, in addition to carrying a large piece of five-pound pork, there were also many pigs in the water, all of which were given by Qiao Huaping!

At the moment, don't say that Qiao Huaping wants to let Gu Lao Niang take care of a few children for the time being, just bring the children to the family for a few days, that's no problem!

Not to mention, thanks to the blessing of Mrs. Qiao this time, their family will soon have silver in the account again!

The two daughters-in-law of the Gu family felt in their hearts that Mrs. Qiao was simply the lucky star of their old Gu family.

……

More than a dozen carts vacated by the villagers were placed at the mouth of the forest, and the carts were piled with the prey that Qiao Huaping had taken people to hunt yesterday, as well as half of the pork left over from the wild boar last night.

Guo Lao Xiucai's eldest son, Guo Tailin, held a piece of paper full of dense small characters in his hand, looked at it several times, and then carefully folded the paper and put it in his arms.

This is the purchase order they registered last night, so it's important.

Qiao Huaping carried a longbow behind his back, a blanket in front of him, and a small cloth pocket hanging around his waist, dressed neatly.

Before the villagers arrived, Qiao Huaping chatted with Guo Tailin, who was the person in charge of the purchase: "...... When the time comes, you go and sell the wild things first, and I'll go and look elsewhere. ”

Guo Tailin can be Qiao Huaping's father in terms of age, but he is very convinced by Qiao Huaping, and he has no elders at all.

As soon as he heard Qiao Huaping say this, he replied, "Okay." Thinking of something, Guo Tailin asked with great concern, "Lady Qiao, do you need to send someone to go with you?" ”

Qiao Huaping shook his head: "I'll just walk around, and we'll make an appointment at a time and place when the time comes." ”

Qiao Huaping said so, and Guo Tailin didn't force it.

In Guo Tailin's eyes, what was standing in front of him was not the village woman Mei Qiao, but Joe his father's life-saving benefactor, the living bodhisattva in the village, and the painting screen.

Although Guo Tailin has repeatedly failed to read books, he is deeply influenced by the teachings of etiquette, righteousness and shame in the book, and he is a good old man who is a little rigid in dogma.

Such a good old man, as long as Qiao Huaping is not too excessive, basically he will not object.

After waiting for a quarter of an hour, the villagers came one after another.

This time, they were picked out to buy in the county, all of them were strong young students, all of them had big shoulders and round waists, and when they went to that station, there seemed to be a few big words written on their bodies - "super strength".

Village Chief Lu took a hard puff of dry tobacco - this is his treasure, and he is reluctant to take a few puffs on weekdays.

"Let's go!" Village Chief Lu went on the road with high morale.

……

The village of more than a dozen households living at the foot of the mountainside is called Crescent Village.

This village is very small, but most of the people in the village are old people.

Village Chief Lu asked, and said that he was young, and he couldn't find a way to live in this mountain, so he was working for others in the town.

Like the old man who asked for directions from Village Chief Lu before, he had five sons, three of whom died, and the remaining two, one went out to run a business, and the other worked as a runner in a restaurant in the town.

At present, they also know that the war is imminent, but for one reason or another, they are unwilling to leave their homeland and stay to see their fate.

Not everyone has the courage to flee the famine.

Village Chief Lu inevitably sighed a few words.

The road to the county seat of this crescent village is not easy to walk, fortunately, the people of Liujin Village are all the way to escape the famine, for the mountain road, it is obvious that it is already a good master, it does not take too much time, you can already see the city wall of the county.

The city walls of the county town are in tatters, and at first glance they are in disrepair, and the symbolism is greater than the practical significance.

In such a small county, there is no one guarding outside the city gate, and Village Chief Lu was originally prepared to be troubled, but he entered the county seat unimpeded all the way.

Village Chief Lu was stunned.

In this county, it looks like an ancient city that has been around for many years, the streets, houses, are a little dilapidated, but there are some places, obviously much more glamorous than the old city, obviously even if it is such a small county, the gap between the rich and the poor is also obvious.

The people in Liujin Village found an old man who sold firewood on the street, and there were the most restaurants on which street, so he was ready to try his luck in the past.

The old man who sold firewood was still a little surprised, and looked at the wild things on their dozen carts and smacked his tongue: "Good guy, which village are you from?" …… How long has this been the prey? Why are there so many? ”

Village Chief Lu snorted: "It's good luck......"

The old man who sold firewood sighed and pointed to the pavilion in the distance, which was obviously much higher than the four downs: "See that?" It's the best restaurant we've ever had. You have so many wild things, ordinary small restaurants can't eat them, not to mention that the border is also tight at the moment, everyone is holding the money in their pockets tightly, and there are not many people going to the restaurant, so you can try your luck in the largest restaurant. ”

Village Chief Lu thanked the old man who sold firewood, and when he came back, everyone thought it was better to go directly to the big restaurant to have a look.

Qiao Huaping pointed in another direction: "I'll go over there and have a look." ”

They agreed to meet at the gate of the county in two hours.

Qiao Huaping walked very chicly.

Village Chief Lu and the others also mustered up their strength, pushed the small cart, and went to the highest pavilion.