noffsinger Chapter 920 The Stolen Rat
Chapter 920 The Stolen Rat
During this time, some refugees attacked him, but he cut them down with a single blow.
I fought my way to the very center of the battlefield and finally saw that familiar figure.
He rushed over and saw Lu Qingqing, whose face was covered in blood.
He pushed Yan Xu aside and stood a step in front of her.
Seeing the fleeing refugees rushing towards them, he acted swiftly and ruthlessly.
Not long after Qin Lang arrived, Bai Song also arrived with his men.
With superior numbers and weaponry, the remaining refugees did not resist for long before either dying or fleeing.
But after this fierce battle, the people who had just fought no longer had the energy to dismantle the bricks.
Seeing this, Bai Song instructed everyone to gather the bodies and return to the village.
It wasn't until I got back and did some research that I realized...
Dozens of people were injured in this battle.
A total of seven people died in the battle, including five villagers and two soldiers.
The casualties caused Bai Song and Uncle Lao Wu to both turn somber.
We have also gained a deeper understanding of the seriousness of the situation.
That evening, Bai Song and Uncle Lao Wu chatted for a while before going their separate ways.
The next day, just as dawn was breaking, the group set off again to dismantle the bricks.
However, this time, the most elite soldiers of Baisong were leading the way.
He used the methods of battlefield reconnaissance.
Only after ensuring there were no ambushes ahead were the following teams allowed to advance.
When the group arrived at the location from yesterday, they found that apart from the bloodstains, there was no body left.
Needless to say, everyone knows where those bodies went.
This sense of urgency made everyone work even harder when dismantling the bricks.
Actually, Uncle Wu had reminded them before they set off.
Minimize the time spent on the front street, and don't worry too much about the bricks that fall, no matter what state they are in.
If we can get it down, we can take it back to the village and deal with it there.
The process of removing bricks became much faster.
The team hauling bricks back also changed from hauling them back every two truckloads at the beginning to hauling them back every half day.
Each time bricks are hauled back, the person on duty will bring dozens of people to escort them.
The entire process has been revised to be more reasonable, and the people building the wall at the village entrance have significantly less free time.
The efficiency of demolishing bricks and building walls has improved.
It took about two more days for the wall to be built on the east side of the village.
Meanwhile, the wall surrounding the western part of the village had already been built up to waist height.
As a result, a large number of personnel who were originally stationed in the east and north of the village were also involved in the construction.
During this period, the refugees attempted to launch two more raids.
But without exception, they were all driven back by the crowd.
Through repeated sneak attacks and probing, the first group of refugees to arrive in Fushan Town and survived realized that this village was a tough nut to crack.
Therefore, those who are still keeping an eye on the village are usually newly arrived migrants.
However, the number is still much smaller than before.
The villagers and soldiers breathed a sigh of relief and then devoted more manpower to dismantling the wall from the outside.
Just when everyone in the village felt hopeful, something even more exciting happened.
When everyone went outside, they found that wild vegetables were already sprouting in the field.
It was discovered by a villager who went to urinate in the field. He dug up the small wild vegetable and brought it back to show everyone.
At that moment, almost everyone's eyes lit up.
Not to mention the majority of villagers who were short of food, even the soldiers who were not short of food did not get to eat vegetables much during this winter.
We eat it only occasionally, usually with Chinese cabbage or dried vegetables.
I've never seen such fresh green vegetables before.
Normally you don't think much of it, but if you don't eat it for a long time, you'll crave leafy greens.
If the wall weren't still under construction, many people would probably have already sneaked off to the nearby fields to dig for wild vegetables.
With this discovery, everyone worked even harder.
I'm just hoping the wall will be built soon so I can go dig up some wild vegetables.
The next day, the wall on the west side of the village was finally built.
The four-meter-high wall gave the villagers and soldiers a great sense of security.
On the day the project was completed, Uncle Lao Wu and Bai Song gave everyone a day off.
The observation tower inside shouldn't be built yet.
There's a long ladder made by an old carpenter; we'll make do with that for now.
They planned to let the villagers and soldiers, who had been busy these past few days, take a break and get some rest.
But most of the villagers didn't rest; some were already wandering around inside the wall in the morning.
After searching around, I found some wild vegetables under the woodpile or in a slightly warmer place.
Once a discovery is made, the search becomes even more enthusiastic.
The entire morning was spent searching every corner of the village.
They only gave up when there was nowhere left to hide the wild vegetables.
Many villagers ate leafy green vegetables for lunch that day.
Even Lu Qingqing and Qin Lang followed suit and went out to look for them.
As expected, the two 'reaped' a lot.
Compared to other people's homes, only a few wild vegetables were found in the basket.
Lu Qingqing and Qin Lang harvested more than thirty wild shepherd's purse plants.
Of these, only four or five were found outside.
After taking it back, Old Man Zhuang washed the shepherd's purse thoroughly with clean water.
Add chopped pork to make shepherd's purse and pork dumplings.
Wild shepherd's purse in early spring has a stronger and more fragrant flavor.
The four of them craved dumplings.
That afternoon, some villagers gathered at the village entrance, saying they wanted to go out to find wild vegetables.
When Uncle Wu and Bai Song found out, they didn't stop them.
However, following the same setup as before when they went out to demolish bricks, they were now accompanied by a separate guard team.
Lu Qingqing, Qin Lang, and Sun Yue all set out and joined the army of people digging for wild vegetables.
After the three of them came out, they stepped onto the somewhat damp and sticky ground.
Looking at the occasional green shoots emerging from the ground ahead, I took a few deep breaths.
The air was filled with the moist scent of earth, which was inexplicably relaxing.
Yan Xu led his men and they stood in the corners of the designated area.
The group that emerged searched for edible wild vegetables within the area designated by Yan Xu and his companions.
The spring breeze was still a bit chilly, so Lu Qingqing pulled her scarf tighter around her neck.
Just as I was digging out the wild vegetables I had just found and was about to clean off the dirt, I heard excited shouts coming from not far away.
"Hey, there's a mouse, a chubby mouse!"
As soon as he shouted, many villagers grabbed their hoes and ran towards the spot.
Unfortunately, on the sticky, damp ground, people can't outrun rats.
Before I could catch up, it got away.
But after the first one, they soon encountered the second and the third.
Lu Qingqing was still a little puzzled. It was understandable that the rats hadn't frozen to death in such cold weather.
How can they still get so fat?
No one could answer her question in a short time.
The group of people who came out to dig for wild vegetables stayed in this spot for about fifteen minutes before moving on to another place.
During this time, they also encountered refugees digging for wild vegetables not far away.
The refugees, wary of the soldiers with knives, did not approach.
However, the distance between them still allowed them to clearly see what the other was doing.
Many migrants, upon finding wild vegetables, fear that they will be stolen.
He would scrape off the dirt, wipe it on his tattered clothes, stuff it into his mouth, and chew it quickly.
The migrants, who had brought their families with them, would quickly stuff the shepherd's purse into their inner pockets after digging it up.
Lu Qingqing and the others saw these situations clearly.
The two kept a distance from each other, digging for wild vegetables without disturbing each other.
While the villagers were focused on digging for wild vegetables, a fight broke out among the refugees.