Farming in space: the struggle of peasant girls

Chapter 216 216 Qu People in the Desert

"How about it?"

"If you go back to the Lord's house, there will be a total of six replacements, one pregnant woman, two women, and three children. Would you like to meet them?"

What's so good about this, is there any other benefit besides worrying?
"I'm gone, just give them something to eat, and settle in the grain truck. Anyway, I can enter the city tomorrow, and it only takes a day."

"Okay."

The butler came out of the wooden fishing tent. At this time, everyone else was already eating, so he went to the cook to take a look.

Cooking is always just right when you are on the road, and when there are few leftovers, it is naturally the same this time.

"Is there any food left? Get some for the few victims who just got here."

"The broth is gone, but there are still steamed steamed buns and biscuits that have just been reheated."

"All right, bring me six corn buns, and cook an egg soup."

The cook swiftly picked up six steamed buns and put them aside, and then started to cook egg soup. Egg soup is much faster than meat soup. In addition, the pot is still hot after cooking, and it will be ready in less than half an hour. good.

"Housekeeper, what happened to those disaster victims? I see someone with a big belly?"

"It's nothing. The master saw them as pitiful, so he took them with him. It's a good fortune."

"Oh, such a big belly, it's really scary to look at. When my mother-in-law gave birth to my son, she was fat into a ball, and her belly wasn't that big. I saw that the victim was thin and had such a big belly. It's scary, I'm afraid it's going to be a difficult delivery..."

"Don't talk nonsense, it's unlucky."

"Yes, I'm talking nonsense, I'm talking nonsense, our trip must go well."

The cook smacked his mouth twice, put the egg soup into a large basin, put it on the tray, put the six cornbreads and six sets of bowls and chopsticks on it, and said proactively, "Let me help carry it over."

The butler nodded and walked ahead.

Several victims were arranged to be squeezed into a tent with three guards. Normally, there are five people per tent. In fact, five more people can be squeezed together. Although the number of victims is six, but there are several children, it is not enough to squeeze together. question.

When the housekeeper and the cook went, the guards and the victims were sitting at the opposite ends of the tent. The guards were eating without looking sideways, and the victims were watching eagerly.

Seeing the two coming in, the guards greeted them.

The housekeeper responded twice, and then looked at the state of the six victims. The pregnant woman was asleep, the two women stood aside worriedly, and the three children huddled together beside the pregnant woman.

He nodded secretly, it seems that these people are safe.

"Give each of them a bowl of soup and share a nest."

The two women's eyes widened instantly when they heard this, and when the cook brought out the rice and put it in front of them, instead of grabbing the cornbread and stuffing it into their mouths like the three children, they knelt down and thanked them for their kindness If the words were true, the children saw them and followed the example of the two of them and lay down on the ground.

The housekeeper nodded, "It's good if you have this kind of heart. The master exchanged food for you and gave you food back. I want to thank the master for his kindness. Alright, eat quickly."

A few people finished eating the Wotou in a few mouthfuls, and drank some of the egg soup while it was still hot, and then looked helplessly at the soup pot with the bottom left, so the cook divided half a spoonful of the remaining soup for each person, Got a few words of thanks.

Seeing a woman tearing up the steamed buns and soaking them in egg soup for the sleepy pregnant woman, the housekeeper asked, "What are your names? Who is this pregnant woman?"

The two women looked at each other, as if they were discussing something, and the housekeeper who had been in Jinzhou for more than [-] years saw something strange at a glance.

Previously, it was just suspicion, but now it is confirmed that the identity of this pregnant woman is unusual.

Originally, it is not strange to be pregnant in this environment, but it is somewhat strange to be pregnant at this month.

What's more, it's the attitudes of these two women. At the beginning, it was stated that they would be exchanged for mutual support. Looking at it just now, the two women were hungry enough, but they still remembered to feed the pregnant woman. Didn't take her share.

Even sisters, mothers and daughters are rare at this stage, let alone master servants, they have to be loyal servants.

It’s fine if you didn’t know it before, but now that you know it, you have to figure it out.

"My maidservant's humble name is Qiu Yu (Qiu Xue). This is my maidservant's elder sister, Jinyu, who is also our patriarch's wife. We are members of the Qu clan living in the desert."

The housekeeper frowned slightly. He grew up in Jinzhou and had been active in the southern capital of Jinzhou before. This was the first time he came out. He only knew a little about Yuanshan Town in Huangsha City, not much about the tribes in the desert.

At this moment, a guard who was originally sitting on the other side came over after eating and said,
"When I was escorting, I had contact with the Qu people. They exchanged jade from the desert for food and cloth with merchants in Jinzhou. The merchant also complained that the Qu people were unwilling to go out of the desert, and the agreement was to trade every two years. Once, it was a delay.

Since you said that you are from the Qu tribe, why did the wife of the patriarch walk out of the desert while pregnant? "

The woman named Qiu Yu wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and explained,

"Although the drought in the past few years had little effect on the desert, it cut off our food source. Most of the merchants we had agreed to can't find people. Naturally, we also started to lack food. After a long time, the patriarch had to bring people out to replace them. food."

The butler nodded, "And then? Isn't it the patriarch? Why did she come out together after being pregnant for so long?"

"Ma'am... my poor sister, the witch in the clan said that she has a weird big belly, and she may not be able to give birth to this baby if she stays in the Qu clan. Only by going outside to find a chance can the mother and child be safe. She came out together.

Who knows, there will be thieves running around on the way, we lost contact with the patriarch and the others, originally there were quite a few people, but then we were the only ones left..."

The housekeeper didn't expect that there was such a background behind the random selection of victims, so he asked them to rest in a complicated mood.

When he got out of the tent, he stopped the guard who said he had seen the Qu tribe just now, and asked, "Is the Qu tribe a big tribe? You just said that they would trade jade pendants and grain. How many catties of grain are they at once?"

"The time I bet on the dart, it was [-] catties of grain for a large cart of jade. I think the value of those jades must be more than the [-] catties of grain. The rewards are also much more generous.”

The housekeeper had a clue in his mind, and said, "You and I go to see the master's house."

The two of them told Mu Yu the whole story together. Mu Yu was also very surprised, but he didn't pay much attention.

A pregnant woman and a rich businessman's pregnant woman didn't make much difference to her.

"Be more careful."

……

As a result, in the middle of the night, the woman's shrill screams resounded throughout the camp, waking everyone up.

Sleeping Zhengxiang was woken up and Mu Yu couldn't care less about getting angry, and immediately ordered someone to go to Wuzhen to explain the reason, telling them not to be nervous, and to take care of it a little longer, and at the same time let Zhu Nanny, who was serving beside him, go and see with him Condition.

Grandma Zhu is an experienced old lady who doesn't know much about medical skills, but she has given birth to herself and delivered babies to others. It should be helpful for her to go at a time like this.

As he got closer, the voice became more and more shrill, making the person who called it tremble.

"Mother Zhu, go in and see what's going on."

(End of this chapter)