On the way back, Diao Chan's life was not very good. Although she was traveling and singing, she could only make ends meet, but the horse died.
Along the way, countless people died of starvation. Naturally, there was a plague, and the horses were infected with horse plague. They died of herpes all over their bodies, foaming at the mouth, and died of exhaustion.
Fortunately, horse plague does not infect humans, otherwise everyone on the carriage would have been in dire straits.
However, the emergence of horse plague caused the horse to die. Once the horse died, the carriage was useless. As a result, the carriage was sold, but in this era of famine, how much was the carriage worth? Just half a bag of rice noodles.
At this time, the four masters and servants were already among the refugees, accompanied by some deserters. However, these deserters came from Beihai, and most of them were Kong Rong's men. After Kong Rong was killed and Beihai was occupied, these soldiers were just It has no roots anymore and is no different from duckweed now.
"Hong Hua, I'll come." Diao Chan said, and she carried the dough bag on Hong Hua's back on her back.
Honghua hurriedly said: "Miss, let me do it... You have a rich body, but there is absolutely no way you can do it."
"It's okay." Diao Chan said. She wiped her face with her hands. At this time, she was also unkempt. On the one hand, it was to cover up her appearance. On the other hand, it was forced by the situation, because there was no place for her to wash up in the refugee team. Woolen cloth
Honghua was so moved that she sobbed. She didn't expect that she could meet such a good master.
Luye said: "Master Cheng Yu, why don't you carry it yourself? You are a man."
"I'm already here, and I've had lung disease since I was a child, so I can't do physical work. In fact, I want to help, but there's no way..." Cheng Yu said, his words were leaking, as if he was a ventilated wall. It's no wonder, Cheng Yu has been frail and sickly since he was a child.
Diao Chan said: "It's okay, red flowers and green leaves, you follow me, we will find a place to rest later."
"Okay." The two girls agreed obediently.
It seemed that the team along the way was already tired, so when they came to the top of a mountain, everyone stopped to rest. Some people took out dry food and carefully guarded the eyes of people around them. After all, in this situation On the road, food is life, food is everything.
Without food, everything is fake. Diao Chan saw with her own eyes that a mother would not hesitate to use her body to shout to others in order to give her child a piece of cake. This is such a cheap exchange, but it is also the most expensive exchange. .
Two people also fought over a bowl of porridge. As a result, the pottery bowl fell to the ground, and everyone discovered that there were only a few grains of millet in it, and it was just a bowl of rice soup.
A nobleman with jewelry and gold starved to death, but no one took away the gold, because at this time, gold became a burden. Before he died, he used all his gold to exchange for a big cake. , but in the face of life and death, who would give him food
Moreover, gold weapons are heavy, and wearing them is also a burden. People don’t know whether they can go to a place where there is a way to survive. If they wear gold weapons, it is tantamount to putting on a set of shackles, making themselves The pace is heavier and harder.
Under a tree, Red Flower and Green Leaf worked together to dig a hole. After Cheng Yu brought some firewood, Green Leaf took out the small iron pot behind him. At this time, Diao Chan was kneading in the small iron pot. She only used a fist-sized piece of dough: "Where are the red flowers and wild vegetables?"
"Here we are, all washed." Honghua said with a smile, she was also very hungry.
I don't know how long these rice noodles can last, so Diao Chan eats very sparingly, just enough to feed four people.
Mixing wild vegetables with batter can make you less hungry.
Suddenly, a group of people started fighting in the distance, and Diao Chan said, "What's going on over there?"
"A big man caught a hare, but another man insisted that the hare was his and wanted to fight for it. As you know, in our team, people starve to death every day. It is best to be able to eat meat. That’s it, I want to eat meat too.” Honghua licked her lips and said.
Cheng Yu smiled mysteriously and said, "Look!"
With that said, Cheng Yu took out a big mouse from his arms. It was a big field mouse!
As soon as the field mouse appeared, the red flowers and green leaves were frightened. Even Diao Chan was frightened. But Diao Chan understood that everyone at this time needed to eat something oily and watery. She gritted her teeth and immediately removed the mouse. He came over and hit the mouse on the head with a stone, and the skin came off quickly.
Originally Diao Chan wanted to throw away the mouse skin, but Honghua said: "Miss, wait a minute, this one is big and complete, it can be used to make a glove!"
Diao Chan smiled and said, "Aren't you afraid?"
"Of course I'm not afraid. Miss, your hands are frostbitten. Such beautiful hands are so ruined." With that, Hong Hua turned into mouse skin, pulled out a needle from the bun of her hair, and then used her long Using hair as thread, I pulled out a few strands and started sewing.
After Diao Chan smashed the rat meat into minced meat, kneaded it with the dough, and then made several delicious meat patties. Of course, it was cooked over charcoal fire. The reason why it was not grilled was very particular.
Because once the meatloaf is baked, the aroma will be so fragrant that it will attract the attention of many people.
However, when cooked over charcoal fire, although the surface will be burnt, at least the aroma will not leak out.
You must know that any food here will bring disaster to yourself. After all, refugees without food are like a pack of hungry wolves. As long as there is delicious food, they can even give up the so-called courtesy and shame and pounce directly on the food. This It's all about staying alive.
Diao Chan and his party were marching hard among the refugees, all just to find Li Huguo, but Li Huguo was not doing well, because Li Huguo failed in a battle. This was the strategy of military counselor Xu Shu, and now Sun Ce already knew that his father was Where was Li Yuguo, so Li Yuguo released a fight with Sun Ce, and Sun Ce returned with a great victory.
This was also part of the strategy. After Sun Ce won, he immediately came to Yuan Shu's tent. When Yuan Shu saw Sun Ce coming back, he laughed happily: "Okay! As expected of the little overlord, Sun Ce, let me ask you, why do you clearly Victory, but did not take advantage of the victory to pursue it? If you directly destroyed Nanjun, wouldn't you be able to directly attack Li Bolong's lair? "
Sun Ce sighed and said: "It's not that the general didn't take advantage of the victory and pursue it, but because there were too many enemy troops on the river bank of Nanjun. Although I won one, if I want to take Nanjun, I must have another 100,000 people. By then, I will drop anchor directly and let 100,000 men rush down the waterway and capture Nanjun directly from the water. Only in this way can we win. But I only have 50,000 men and only a hundred ships, so I came here to ask for ships, troops and horses from my lord."