Drawing on the lessons of the previous day, Shen Yun decided to adjust the time of his journey a little: he only traveled for half a day every day, in the morning, he got up early to hurry, at noon, when the sun was shining, he would find a shady place to rest, and when the sun was weaker, he would go to find a suitable place to stay near the official road.

In this way, he will definitely not be able to catch up with Master Chen and them. Well, carrying the sweet girl on his back, he walked along the official road alone for a day, he calmed down a lot, and did not have a lot of hope for Master Chen whether they were still alive. Now, his plan is: to go to Gu Nan City. It's all about fate.

If Master Chen and the others are still alive, then, after he arrives in Gu Nan City, if he tries to find a way, there will definitely be a time to find them;

If Master Chen and the others are gone, when he hears the news of the past, he will send Tianniu back to Zhengjiazhuang to find Uncle Hong.

So, he was no longer in a hurry.

Well, in fact, with the sweet chick, he can't go much faster either.

To his good fortune, after the sweet girl woke up in the morning, compared to yesterday, it was a different one. She has always been very well-behaved and no longer crying to find her mother.

He picked a bouquet of trumpet flowers with dew on them. Along the way, she sat in the bamboo back basket, and she was tossing these flowers by herself. muttering in his mouth, talking to himself, and not knowing what he was talking about.

When it was close to noon, Shen Yun noticed that someone was following behind. Without waiting for these people to get closer, he vigilantly hid in a hill on the side of the official road with the sweet girl on his back.

Telling Tianniu not to make a sound, he hid behind a big tree, holding a knife in his hand, staring intently at the official road below.

After a while, someone from behind came.

There were six of them, men and women, young and old, carrying burdens, tired faces, and dusty. It seems that the family has fled. Judging from their dress, as well as their walking posture and speed, they should all be from very poor families.

"Hey, what about that boy, walking so fast?" asked the only middle-aged fat aunt among the six.

The middle-aged man next to her should be her man. Without stopping, he frowned and looked around, urging: "What are you talking about, go quickly!"

Walking in the front was a young man in his twenties, who turned around and asked, "Dad, there won't be any more immortal rune soldiers killing people in front, right?"

The girl next to the fat aunt didn't know what was on her face, she was dirty, like a cat: "I'm afraid it's bluffing." It caused us to travel all night, and we haven't stopped until now...... Dad, I can't walk anymore. ”

"What's it called? Didn't you hear people say, have all the people in that village been killed? After walking for so long, how many people have you seen on the road? Don't use your pig brains to think about where those people have gone!" The middle-aged man said viciously, "If you want to die, stop, don't go again." ”

So, the others didn't say anything, and continued to hurry.

Shen Yun heard it very clearly: these people spoke with an accent from Shixiu County.

It seems that the evil deeds of the Immortal Fu soldiers slaughtering the village have spread among the refugees. So much so that the refugees who caught up behind were so frightened that they didn't dare to stop and fled for their lives overnight.

It's very likely that my calligraphy and painting worked. Shen Yun's heart was happy.

Next, another group of refugees passed by. They all looked tired, shuffling their feet, and trying their best to hurry.

From their occasional conversations, Shen Yun was even more certain that the evil deeds of the Immortal Rune Soldiers had been known to the refugees. Fearing extermination, the refugees traveled overnight and did not dare to stop until now.

A little later, the first convoy finally appeared on the road. Then, more and more refugees passed by, and the official road gradually became lively.

By this time, it was past noon, and the sun was not so shining.

Shen Yun saw the right time, chose a gap where there was no one, went down the hill and blended into the refugee team to continue walking, and at the same time, according to the plan, secretly paid attention to a suitable place to stay overnight - because there were no adults around, he was worried that someone would bully him among the refugees, so he decided to follow the plan in the morning, looking for a place to stay overnight while walking, and not mix with these refugees at night.

Well, the reason why he continued to choose to camp alone was because of a more important factor: to prevent the immortal runes in front of him from killing refugees and pretending to be meritorious soldiers.

As a result, there are many people who have the same idea as him. Later in the day, many refugees are looking for a place to stay overnight near the official road. After choosing a place, they were given this place as their own territory. When the refugees came from behind, the young men among them came forward and drove them all away with thick branches.

Shen Yun didn't dare, nor did he think about fighting for territory with them. It's just that in this way, he had to stay away from the official road and find a suitable place to stay in the relatively remote mountains.

According to the method of selecting a wild overnight place taught by the eldest sister, as well as some of his own experience, this time, he went upstream from a mountain stream on the side of the road and found a favorite foothold upstream.

Sweet chicks are very adaptable. Last night, when choosing a dish, Shen Yuncai taught her to recognize the Fudi dish once, and she remembered it. Seeing that Shen Yun picked a handful, she happily slapped her face in the bamboo back basket and shouted: "Sweet cabbage, give it to Tiantian, cook soup and eat." ”

Shen Yunzheng couldn't wait for it. Giving the vegetables he picked to Tianniu, he had a free pair of hands, just enough to pick up more firewood.

That night, the two of them ate the last oil cake with wild vegetable soup.

The sweet girl didn't know how to worry, and after eating and drinking, she yawned and lay in Shen Yun's arms when she was sleepy, muttering "Juejue", and after a while, she slept soundly.

Shen Yun looked at her little face and was very distressed - it had only been two days, and the little girl's originally pink face had turned black and thin.

Originally, he thought that without oil cakes, we would be able to survive by relying on wild vegetable soup and walk to Gunan City. However, now, he realizes that he is wrong: he is a small and rough mountain baby, and wild vegetable soup can also feed him. But it's not sweet. Although the Chen family is a pariah, it is a family of wealthy merchants. The little girl was carefully fed with good food and drink, and she never suffered since she hit the ground. Therefore, with only two meals of wild vegetable soup a day, he was really worried that it would not be long before the little girl would be starved and sick.

And right now, even if an adult is sick, it is a big trouble. What's more, the little girl is still so small.

It seems that I have to find a way to make some mountain goods and make up for the little girl.

After placing the sweet girl, Shen Yun took out a lit thick branch from the fire as a torch, and decided to try his luck at the mountain spring under the stone cliff to see if he could catch a small fish or something, and make a fish soup to drink tomorrow morning.

Nights in the mountains are always full of danger. If it had been left in the past, Shen Yun would not have dared to look for wild meat in the dark. However, now...... He touched the knife in his arms, and suddenly he was full of confidence, and his courage soared with Dou'er.

When he arrived, he stood on the shore and shone the torch on the water, and the three or two small fish he saw vaguely disappeared immediately, and he did not know which stone he had gotten underneath. It was shocking that a group of toads "croaked" and scurried around.

Ah, the toads here are so fat!

Shen Yun couldn't help but swallow. The toad is the name of their village of Niutouao, and no one eats it. However, when I arrived in Yong'an County, the toad changed its name and was called "field chicken", which is a game that everyone loves to eat - the field chicken is chopped off the head, peeled off, and then cut some green onions and ginger, put it in it, and after steaming, it is a delicious dish that makes people swallow their tongues.

When I was in Zhengjiazhuang, when summer came, the dolls in the Zhuangzi would go to the fields in groups of three or five to catch chickens in the fields at night to improve the family's food.

He followed him a few times.

The field chicken has a pair of powerful hind legs, and when the two legs jump, they can often pop out far away. If you don't get the hang of it, you won't be able to catch it.

And he learns quickly, and in the first night he mastered the trick - the field chicken is actually very stupid. It doesn't have a neck, so it can't turn its head to see behind it. Moreover, at night, the field chicken also has a habit of leaning towards bright places. Provided, of course, that they are not alarmed.

If you make good use of these two points, you don't need any tools, and you can catch the field chicken with your bare hands.

People in Yongan County believe that the field chicken is very nourishing to the body, and its effect is no less than that of the chicken woman. Shen Yun decided to eat field chicken tomorrow morning.

It's just that the field chickens here have just been scared away by him, so he has to hide first.

So, he first chose a suitable place on the shore, planted the torch in the earth, and then hid it a few steps away.

It didn't take long for the "quack...... to come over.

Shen Yun was secretly happy, squatting motionless, and at the same time, paying close attention to the movements around him.

One, two, three...... The chickens around the torch gradually increased.

After being caught, the field chicken can easily die. And the dead field chicken is not edible. Therefore, Shen Yun didn't want to catch a lot. Catching five or six fat field chickens like this is enough for him and Tianniu to have a beautiful meal.

Besides, if Tianniu was left to sleep by the fire alone, he didn't dare to stay down there for too long.

Seeing that it was almost over, Shen Yun took off his coat, tied it into a large cloth bag, and tiptoed over.

Start from behind, aim at the butt of the outermost field chicken as fast as possible, and grab it violently!

Succeed!

When he was in Zhengjiazhuang, he grabbed the field chicken quickly and ruthlessly, and was respected by his friends as "God Gripper". This time, it was even more incisive, and the gods grasped it accurately.

After a while, the makeshift cloth bag became heavy, and six field chickens arrived.

Shen Yun was satisfied with taking them out one by one, falling to death on the big stone on the shore, cutting off the head with a knife, peeling the skin, cleaning it, and throwing it into the stoneware bowl he brought. Then fill the cowhide bladder.

The task was accomplished, and he hurried back to the stone cliff.

By the fire, the sweet girl was wrapped in a small quilt and slept soundly, without even turning over.

Shen Yun breathed a sigh of relief, put down the stoneware bowl, and began to tinker with field chicken—fresh field chicken could not be left overnight. However, it is okay to be cooked.

There is no oil or salt, the black light is blind, and he can't dig up wild onions and the like to season, so he can't eat steamed chicken. He can only use the methods taught by the dolls in the Zhuangzi to make roasted chicken.

The method is very simple, dig up some clean yellow mud, mix it with water, wrap it in the field chicken, and throw it into the fire. When the yellow mud outside is dry, the chicken inside is also cooked. Smash open the yellow mud and eat it directly.

After throwing the six pieces of chicken mud into the fire, Shen Yun began tonight's homework - practicing Vajra Boxing.

It had only been two fights when he suddenly saw a flock of birds fluttering out of the woods on the mountainside below.

Someone's coming!

Immediately, the alarm bell sounded in my heart. He hurriedly extinguished the fire, picked up the sleeping sweet girl and ran down the stone cliff, and hid behind a bush that he had been watching during the day.