readsfreenovel Chapter 467 Ancient Natural Disasters 7
Chapter 467 Ancient Natural Disasters 7
Situ Qing and Situ An were even more drooling as they looked at the pot.
Xiaoqing stared intently at the boiling porridge, tugging at her father's sleeve: "Dad, isn't the porridge ready yet? My tummy is already growling!"
Situ Cheng patted her little belly and said with a smile, "It'll be ready soon. I'll serve you a bowl later."
Du Yulan looked at the porridge in the pot, but suddenly felt a craving for roasted whole lamb.
She ate whatever she wanted, and directly called out to Yunshang in the space: "Yunshang, prepare a whole roasted lamb, I'll go in and have a snack when I have time."
"No problem, Master. I'll call you when you're ready."
Du Yulan nodded silently, swallowing hard as she thought of the sizzling, oily roasted whole lamb.
She turned her head and saw Situ Xiu. She didn't feel guilty about eating alone, since they could go into the city the day after tomorrow and everyone could buy some meat to improve their meals.
She can just pay more money; she's a rich woman anyway.
Looking at his handsome profile, Du Yulan felt that she could keep him as her sugar daddy forever, haha.
However, I doubt he'd be content to live off a woman. After all, he's a young master from a prominent family, and even in his current predicament, he'd still have his pride.
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At night, after everyone has eaten, they rest immediately to conserve energy.
Du Yulan took advantage of the time she got up in the middle of the night to enter her spatial dimension, where Yunshang and Xiaoqi were already waiting for her at the table.
"Host, come quick! The whole roasted lamb smells so good!" Xiao Qi waved to her as soon as she saw her, her mouth watering.
"You're here." Du Yulan sat down and invited them to eat.
Wearing gloves, we ate mutton. When we got tired of it, there was a serving of plum juice to cleanse our palates.
After the two of them finished a whole roasted lamb, Du Yulan went to wash up, take a shower to get rid of the smell, and then leave the space.
Back outside, she went into the temple and lay down on the bedding. Situ Xiu opened his eyes and was relieved to see that she had returned safely.
He had offered to go with her but was refused, and he had been worried about her going out alone, fearing something might happen to her.
Just as the two were getting ready to sleep, a strange sound came from inside—or rather, an intimate and indescribable sound between a man and a woman.
Du Yulan silently rolled her eyes; it seemed that such things were hard to avoid on the road to exile.
She noticed Situ Xiuzheng looking at her, opened her eyes and looked over. Their eyes met, and for a moment they stared at each other in bewilderment.
Situ Xiu couldn't stand her gaze, so to ease the awkwardness, he reached out and covered her ears: "Go to sleep!"
"Ah."
Amidst those ambiguous sounds, the two closed their eyes and went to sleep. Du Yulan, the suspect, blocked out the sounds, but Situ Xiu couldn't fall asleep.
In the middle of the night, the snow outside was falling exceptionally heavily, and a corner of the dilapidated temple collapsed under the weight of the snow.
The person sleeping directly below was unlucky enough to be woken up by the falling snow.
The temperature inside the dilapidated temple began to drop sharply. After the fire went out, many people were woken up by the cold, but Du Yulan didn't feel anything; she wasn't cold.
However, she felt a little helpless as she felt the arms tightly wrapped around her waist and the body pressed against her back.
This guy wasn't woken up by the noise over there and was sleeping soundly.
Situ Xiu slept soundly because he had just fallen asleep after finally getting rid of those annoying noises.
The blizzard raged all night and didn't stop until dawn. Du Yulan, half asleep and half awake, heard Situ Xiu say in her ear, "Don't rush to get up."
So she continued to sleep. She had been waking up early these past two days, so it was easy for her to sleep a little longer.
When Situ Xiu woke up in the morning, he found himself sleeping with someone in his arms again. He no longer looked awkward, but his lips unconsciously curled up in a smile.
He got up to start a fire. He heard from his elder brother that it was snowing heavily this morning and there was no rush to travel. So, while breakfast was cooking in the pot, he went to let Du Yulan sleep a little longer.
By noon, the snow outside had finally stopped, and everyone continued on their way.
Du Yulan was completely wrapped up as she walked along the road and asked, "We were delayed this morning, will we still be able to reach the next city tomorrow?"
Situ Xiu thought for a moment: "I originally estimated that we would arrive around noon tomorrow, but now we should arrive around 3 PM."
Shen Shi? From 3 PM to 5 PM, Du Yulan nodded: "Understood."
After walking for two hours, Situ Xiu carried her on his back for another hour, and it gradually got dark.
As they passed a grove of trees, Hou Ming, the leader, turned his horse around and said to everyone, "We'll camp here tonight."
Someone spoke up: "Sir, it's so cold outside, people will freeze to death if they stay out overnight!"
Even in the forest, it was covered in snow, and the trees were covered in ice.
No sooner had the man finished speaking than he was struck by the whip by the officer closest to him: "Shut up! Don't you know our boss? Why don't you find an inn?"
After saying that, Li Gang whipped the man again, and the man immediately begged for mercy.
They wanted to stay at an inn, but now they're spending the night in the wilderness, freezing just like these prisoners.
Li Gang's actions also deterred those who wanted to speak up.
We couldn't find a place to spend the night, nor did we pass by any inns, so we had no choice but to spend the night in the wild.
Situ Xiu and Situ Cheng have found a suitable place to spend the night, a place that is slightly sheltered from the wind.
Du Yulan glanced around, found the leading officer Hou Ming, and asked to buy some charcoal from him, because if they waited any longer, the charcoal might be gone by the time everyone realized what was happening.
Hou Ming was somewhat surprised to see her walk over calmly. After a moment's thought, he said, "We need to cook dinner tonight, and we don't have enough charcoal left."
The eyes of the officers beside her fell on her, sizing her up as if they hadn't expected her to be so bold.
Generally, when prisoners come out to buy food or supplies, it's usually the men from their families who do it; it's rare for women to come.
Unless they are women who come to them to survive.
Du Yulan's expression remained unchanged. She believed they didn't know they could enter the city tomorrow, and that they were only saying this to earn more money.
She took out a money bag and threw it over: "Is this enough?"
Hou Ming took the money bag and weighed it in his hand. The weight made him relent: "We don't have much left. We can only give you a small basket at most."
"Thank you." Du Yulan didn't say anything more.
She took the charcoal she bought back home, and when other people saw it on the way, they also rushed over to buy some.
Ye Baiwei was the first to react; after seeing Du Yulan's actions, she immediately went over as well.
Ye Baiwei thought that although she had things that could be burned in her space, she couldn't just take them out at will, and she hadn't received any charcoal at the time due to the rush.
Moreover, the later the person arrives, the more money they have to spend on charcoal flowers, and the less charcoal they can buy.
When Situ Xiu saw her return, he took the basket from her hands: "Why didn't you call me when you went to buy charcoal? Did they bully you?"
Most of these officials were not good people, and he worried that she would be mistreated.
Du Yulan shook her head: "I paid for it, they won't make things difficult for me."