The fields were covered with a thin layer of frost, through which one could see that the rigid earth below was frozen and cracked. The branches were also bare, and when the wind blew, they swayed and creaked.

Qiushuang rubbed her hands and said to Fu Qingluo: "Girl, I'll go to the mountains to see if I can catch some wild things." "If you hit wild animals, you can also add food.

Fu Qingluo said: "Don't go, it's too dangerous to go to the mountains in this winter." "Qiushuang and Qiuyu followed her, and they also suffered enough.

Qiushuang said: "Don't worry, girl, I'll take a look at the periphery, and I won't go into the mountains." "Now it's a mess outside, and they don't dare to go out and buy things even if they have money. Although they have martial arts, they are weak, but fortunately, they have purchased some food before and can eat it until February next year. However, the girl is pregnant, and she has not eaten well these days, and her face is very bad.

Fu Qingluo said: "Then let Qiu Yu go with you, and I can rest assured that the two of you will go out." "She hasn't eaten meat for half a month. In fact, Fu Qingluo is okay, the three old hens bought at home can get one or two eggs every day. Autumn frost and autumn rain, every day only gnaw on coarse grains, eggs are reluctant to eat. It's just that I eat eggs every day, and I'm tired of eating crooked.

Qiushuang shook her head and said, "How can this be done? The girl is pregnant with a child, where can she be alone." Don't worry about me, girl, I'll just walk around. "In winter, the animals hibernate, and if you want to hit your prey, you have to rely on luck.

Qiu Yu was also reluctant to follow Qiu Shuang to the mountain: "Girl, Sister Qiu Shuang is measured, don't worry." ”

Qiushuang carried a set of bows and arrows bought at a high price and went up the mountain. As she said to Fu Qingluo, she didn't go into the mountains, but only walked around the periphery.

After wandering around for a long time, I didn't get any gains, and I was about to go back, but I heard a small and broken sound. Qiushuang's face was happy, and she quietly walked over and saw a gray rabbit not far away.

Qiushuang learned to ride and shoot with Master with Fu Qingluo, and she learned well. With just one arrow, the rabbit was shot. She didn't stay long, picked up the rabbit and prepared to go down the mountain. But halfway up the mountain, she saw a group of people approaching the village.

Seeing this, Qiushuang felt bad, immediately hid the rabbit in her hand, and then galloped down the mountain. Seeing Fu Qingluo, Qiushuang said: "Girl, it's not good, a group of officers and soldiers are coming." Let's go and hide in the mountains!" After coming down the mountain, Qiushuang saw that these people were wearing official clothes.

Qiu Yu didn't agree, and said: "On this cold day, you let the girl hide in the mountains, what if you get cold?" Qiu Yu meant to let Fu Qingluo pretend to be sick.

Qiushuang said: "In case these people are here to arrest the girl, wouldn't it be self-defeating to stay and not leave?" Girl, let's go to the mountains to avoid it!"

Fu Qingluo nodded and said, "Let's go to the mountains to avoid it!" "If these people really come to arrest her, it will be a big deal." Fu Qingluo is not afraid of death, but she is still pregnant with a child. Besides, what if these people arrested her and threatened Duo Ming. Just in case, Fu Qingluo felt that it was better to marry the mountain and avoid it.

Fortunately, Fu Qingluo and his party live at the foot of the mountain, and it is very convenient to go up the mountain. After Fu Qingluo put on her clothes, she ran to the mountain.

Qiu Shuang took Fu Qingluo and Qiu Yu to a dilapidated shed. In this shed, there used to be Orions. Later, the market was not good, and Orion couldn't live anymore and left. The shed was deserted when no one took care of it.

Qiu Shuang settled Fu Qingluo, and then said to Qiu Yu: "You take care of the girl, I'll go find some firewood to make a fire." "On this cold day, if you don't make a fire, you will freeze people to death.

After half a ring, Qiushuang came over with a pile of firewood. I brought a fire fold with me before going up the mountain, so it wasn't a hassle to make a fire.

Qiu Shuang lit the fire and said to Fu Qingluo: "Girl, you wait, I'll go and fetch the rabbit I hunted before." "After such a long time, my stomach has long been empty.

Unfortunately, what was hidden before the autumn frost is gone. Looking at the footprints on the ground, Qiushuang didn't know where she didn't know that the rabbit she had beaten was found and taken away.

Qiu Yu looked at Qiu Shuang, who returned empty-handed, and asked, "Sister Qiu Shuang, what's wrong? Did the rabbit be stolen by someone?" Originally, there were only more than 20 in the village, but more than 10 walked, and there were only more than 10 left, and there was no way out. These people are also short of food and clothing, so they will also go up the mountain to find food in winter. Once the rabbit is found by them, it will definitely be taken away.

Qiushuang said: "Girl, bear with me, I'll go and see again." "It would be nice if it was spring or autumn, but in the mountains, where would you be worried about eating?

After turning around, Qiushuang only hit two sparrows. The sparrows are washed and roasted on top with a little salt in the autumn frost. In the past, Qiushuang often followed Fu Qingluo to hunt and eat barbecue, and after many times, she also learned to barbecue by herself.

After roasting a sparrow, Qiushuang handed it to Fu Qingluo and said, "Girl, you can eat quickly!"

Fu Qingluo ate one, and the rest of the one was reluctant to eat it, and said, "Although it's not much, it can also cushion the stomach." When it gets dark, let's go down the mountain to see if the officers and soldiers are gone?"

How much meat a sparrow has, it can be eaten in a few bites. Qiu Yu shook her head and said, "Madam, you can eat! You are now eating for two people alone, and Sister Qiushuang and I can still boil it." "I can survive without eating for half a day.

The three of them waited until it was almost dark, because raising the torch would attract people's attention, so they could only touch the darkness to go down the mountain. Qiushuang explored the way in front and made sure that there was no danger, so she let Fu Qingluo go.

Almost at the bottom of the mountain, Qiu Shuang said to Fu Qingluo: "Girl, you and Qiu Yu are waiting here, I'll go down and have a look first." "It's also just in case someone is waiting for the rabbit in the house.

As soon as she arrived at the foot of the mountain, Qiushuang heard a burst of sad cries, and Qiushuang panicked when she heard it. When they arrived outside the house where they lived, Qiushuang didn't dare to go in directly, but waited outside for a while. I found that there was no sound inside, so I slowly walked in with a knife.

When he entered the house and found that there was no one in the house, Autumn Frost went out. I walked around the village again and found that basically everyone was crying. Qiushuang found a woman's sister-in-law, who had a good relationship with them, and from the woman's mouth, Qiushuang knew that the group of officers and soldiers who came today were here to collect food, not to arrest them.

Sister-in-law Li sat on the ground and cried uncontrollably, and said: "This group of people who killed a thousand knives not only robbed food, but also ruined Ah Yue's daughter-in-law. Ah Yue's daughter-in-law couldn't stand such humiliation and crashed to death on the wall. "A woman who has been abused has only one way to die.

has lived in the village for so long, and knows most of the people in the village, and Ah Yue's daughter-in-law is a very kind little daughter-in-law. Now that she is dead like this, Qiushuang is also very uncomfortable.

Walking out of Sister-in-law's house with heavy steps, Qiushuang went to the mountain to pick up Fu Qingluo. Because the group of officers and soldiers had already left, they were not worried, so they lit torches when they went down the mountain.

After entering the house, looking at the upturned house, the three of them had already been mentally prepared, and their expressions were still ugly. Fu Qingluo said: "Wearing the skin of an official, doing the things of bandits." "How can such an official government not force the people to rebel.

Qiu Shuang said: "Qiu Yu, go and see if the food is still there?" At that time, just in case, they only left two bags of grain in the kitchen.

Qiu Yu quickly went to the house where she slept to look downstairs, and when she came back, she said, "Girl, Sister Qiu Shuang, the food is still there, don't worry." "Qiushuang and Qiuyu dug a hole under the kang in another room, and the grain was hidden inside. In troubled times, if you don't even have the common sense of storing grain, you won't be able to live.

Qiushuang nodded and said, "It's good that the food is here." "In this winter, if there is no food, it is equivalent to killing people.

Qiu Yu sighed, hurriedly ran out, opened the chicken coop and saw that the three old hens were gone. Qiu Yu was about to cry, and said, "What can I do? I am still waiting for the old hen to lay eggs for the girl to eat!" At that time, I spent a lot of money to buy these three old hens, just to let them lay eggs for the girl to improve the food.

Fu Qingluo said: "It's okay if people are fine." ”

Qiushuang said: "I'll go up the mountain tomorrow to have a look." "Hopefully, if you're lucky, you can hit the prey you can reach, so you can eat it for a while.

Fu Qingluo shook her head and said, "I always feel that it is not right for the officers and soldiers to come to the village to grab food this time. Autumn Frost, you go to town tomorrow to see what's going on outside. "I've been in the village all this time, and I don't know anything about the situation outside.

Qiu Shuang's eyes lit up and said, "Girl, did you say that the righteous army has won, and Ji Xuan is now struggling to the death?"

Fu Qingluo shook her head and said, "The righteous army can't defeat Ji Xuan, otherwise they wouldn't have been defeated that day." Could it be that something else has happened?" Fu Qingluo had a conjecture in her heart, it was likely that Yun Qing had called, but she quickly denied this conjecture. Even if Yunqing wants to rebel, it is impossible to choose this winter. These officials will go to such a remote village to grab food, maybe Ji Xuan's side can't supply grain and grass.

Qiushuang thought for a while, and also felt that Fu Qingluo was reasonable, and said, "Then I'll go out with Sister-in-law Pear tomorrow to inquire about the news!" Although she can speak this way, her accent is wrong. Qiushuang was worried about getting into trouble, and every time she went to town, she would call Sister-in-law Li. Of course, it won't bother her in vain, and she will be paid a certain amount every time.

Fu Qingluo nodded and said, "Then you should be careful." "Now in the village, the adult men have either been arrested or run away, leaving only some old and weak women and children.

Qiushuang said: "Don't worry, girl, I will be careful." For fear of being exposed, she didn't speak, and directly pretended to be dumb.

The next day, before dawn, Qiushuang went to find the pear sister-in-law. But if you go out once, you can get two taels of silver. Although it is said that the price of grain has risen sky-high, two taels of silver can buy a hundred catties of grain. Such a good thing, sister-in-law Li naturally will not refuse. R1148