Ma Ye was really numb this time.
It’s so frustrating.
He was also numb, his hip was injured, and one of his legs was numb. There had just been a fire in the reed field, and his face was almost scorched, and the skin on his face was burned off, leaving him with a face. They were all numb and unconscious.
However, his life was really tough. A fire in the reed marsh burned away his hair, but not his life. Due to his hip injury, he walked with a limp. From the reed marsh, The escape speed was slower and lagged behind, but it also avoided the obstruction at the bridgehead of the Zhejiang Army and the chaotic stampede of the Japanese pirates.
With the help of five confidant Japanese pirates, he successfully swam across the river in the cold winter, and relied on his decades of battlefield experience to avoid being hunted by the Zhejiang Army’s rangers, and stumbled out of Jiashan County. Set foot on an unknown deserted village in southern Zhili.
These days there are natural and man-made disasters, including floods, droughts, and Japanese pirates slaughtering villages. It is not uncommon to find abandoned villages.
Finally escaping, Maye sat down on the ground. As soon as she sat down, she jumped up from the ground with a cry.
Forgetting that his butt was injured, he sat on the ground with his butt. The severe pain made Ma Yeju unforgettable in his heart, and he bounced up reflexively.
"Damn Zhu Ping'an, if I don't eat your meat, I can't get rid of the hatred in my heart!"
Ma Ye covered her buttocks, stiffening her scorched face, like a raging fire Like an evil spirit emerging from the sky, it roared.
"Leader, please keep your voice down, don't attract the Zhejiang Army's rangers." The confidant Japanese pirate warned cautiously.
They are really afraid that Maye will curse Zhu Pingan. Every time Maye curses Zhu Pingan, they Japanese pirates will be in bad luck.
From the more than 5,000 people who set off, there are now only six people left. They can no longer afford misfortune.
If we are unlucky again, I am afraid that none of the six of them will be left.
“This is Southern Zhili, and Zhu Pingan is the governor of Zhejiang. If he dares to cross the border, he will be punished!”
Maye was familiar with the Ming Dynasty's military system and said without any worries.
"Leader, rules are dead, people are alive. Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of the worst. What if there is a Zhejiang army who can't tell the difference between Zhejiang and South Zhili and come here? How can there be only It's better for the six of us to stay silent."
The confidant Japanese pirate advised.
Maye frowned, but out of the corner of her eye she noticed the expressions of the Japanese pirates who were her subordinates, and when she thought about her situation, and now she had to rely on these confidants, she held back her temper that was about to explode, and snorted. a sound , "Look what you are afraid of, he Zhu Pingan is not trivial. Forget it, I will settle accounts with Zhu Pingan someday!"
Seeing that Maye no longer cursed Zhu Pingan, several close Japanese pirates finally relaxed. tone.
"Leave two people on guard, and the rest will search the village to see if there is anything to eat to fill their stomachs."
Maye commanded.
Two Japanese pirates left a warning, and three Japanese pirates dispersed to the village to find food.
Unfortunately, this is a deserted village, an abandoned village with only abandoned houses with air leakage on all sides and a yard overgrown with grass. The three Japanese pirates went from east to west without finding a grain of food. A pile of fungus was found on the abandoned wooden door, and a bunch of unknown wild vegetables were picked from the abandoned yard.
Thanks to this being the south, even in the dead of winter, there is no grass growing like in the north, and there are still wild vegetables.
The village was deserted, but there was still an old well with a manhole cover. The Japanese pirates found a broken earthen jar, made a rope with vines, and hung the earthen jar to the well to draw water. After checking the water quality, it was very clear.
So I felt relieved.
I built a simple stove with three green bricks, used a rotten earthen pot as a pot, and cooked a pot of vegetable and fungus soup.
In order to prevent the smoke from leaking their whereabouts, Ma Ye and the others cooked in a relatively intact house and blocked the windows with thatch.
It was like flying in the clouds inside, and the Japanese pirates who were cooking were choking and coughing repeatedly. Naturally, Ma Ye would not suffer the smoke in the house, he had already avoided the yard.
Finally, a pot of vegetable, fungus and fungus soup is ready.
"You protected me and carried me on your back all the way. Thank you for your hard work. You drink first and I drink last."
Maye said to several of his confidants with enthusiasm. .
Damn it, this pot of wild fungus and wild vegetables, who knows if the wild vegetables can be eaten or not. If it goes bad, let them eat it first. I will eat it after I make sure it is okay.
Maye thought so.
"The leader is injured and needs to take care of himself. Let's use the leader first." Several confidants burst into tears of gratitude and asked Ma Ye to use it first.
"Stop pushing, you are my lifesavers. I need your help to return to Tuolin's lair. Eat quickly. Only after eating can you have the strength to carry me back to Tuolin's lair." Maye insisted. road.
"Thank you very much, chief, we will use it first." The five confidant Japanese pirates thanked Maye, and then used broken tiles as bowls. Each person filled a tile, and drank without caring about burning their mouths. Get up, they will be so hungry that their chests are pressed against their backs.
Mayo Kazuma was watching them. From the time they took the first sip to the time they finished drinking it all, it took about the time it took to cover the tea.
Seeing that they were okay after drinking, Ma Ye made sure that the fungus and wild vegetables they picked were edible, so he also poured a watt for himself, and drank it with the same hot sip, um, The taste is not bad.
"Hey, you also got some salt. This soup is salty, not bad." Maye wiped her mouth after drinking.
"Huh? There's no salt. We didn't bring any salt, and we didn't put any salt in the soup." Several Japanese pirates rubbed the backs of their heads with confused expressions.
"No salt? Why does the soup taste salty?" Ma Ye was stunned, then picked up the broken jar filled with water, stretched out his hand, took a handful, and tasted, "This water is salty. "
"I have heard that the well water in some places is salty, but today I saw that the well in this village is salty," said a Japanese pirate.
"Well, the salt water well is right." Ma Ye nodded, and without thinking any more, made another pot of wild vegetable and fungus soup for herself, and started making it.
Several other Japanese pirates followed closely behind, filling several large tiles in a row, creating a bright light with a bang.
Actually, what Maye and the others don’t know is that one of the most important and direct reasons why this village was abandoned is that there is a problem with the groundwater. No matter where the well is dug, the groundwater that comes up has the smell. There was a salty smell. I didn’t mind it at first, thinking it was a good thing. They could save salt in the future. Some people even wanted to make money by boiling salt. Later, the salty smell of the well water became more and more serious, and people in the village began to suffer from strange diseases. More and more, men, women, old and young are affected, and the symptoms are surprisingly similar.
The people in the village later discovered that it was caused by well water. There was something wrong with the water below the village. Water is the source of life. Both people and livestock cannot live without water. The water in the village is not drinkable, so they can only go to other villages to fetch water. However, always going to other villages to fetch water is not an option. The whole village made a unanimous decision. This village can no longer be lived in. If we move to another place and build a new village, the old village will be abandoned. (End of this chapter)