Return of the Swallow

"Benefactor, can your old Fengjun be used to this kind of wild vegetable soup?" Ni Xiucai was a little worried.

"Now there is no food, and I can only eat this." Qin Yining's face is thinner than the palm of an adult man, but his apricot eyes appear bigger and brighter.

Ni Xiucai glanced at Miss Eight and Qin Huining who were sitting not far behind them and weeping silently, and couldn't help sighing.

Both are the daughters of the Qin family, but Miss Eight and Qin Huining can't bear hardships. A pair of three-inch golden lotus can't go out to dig wild vegetables, let alone hunt them. They are asked to do some pulping and cooking work, but they are at a loss. They are two eldest ladies who don't touch the sun.

During this period, the servants that the Qin family brought to the mountain were already taking care of each other.Most of the work fell on the men of the second master, third master, Qin Yu, and Qin Han, followed by Qin Yining and the three loyal maids around her who were most able to endure hardship.

At first, there was still grain in the mountain, and Zhong Da, the treasurer, had prepared a lot before the mountain.But no matter how much food is needed, people can't handle more and consume too much, and can't get supplies for a long time.

Nowadays, I don’t think it’s ten taels of silver per catty of rice. If you calculate one hundred taels of silver per catty to buy, I’m afraid you can’t buy it.

With the increasing number of victims, hunting and digging wild vegetables are not easy tasks.

They occupied the mountain and it was better. The people in the city dug up the roots of the grass and ate the bark. At first, people often died by eating poisonous weeds. Now, more and more people are dying. , I can’t tell how people died.

In famines, the elderly and children die first.

Who is not the one who drags the family?Who doesn't want his old father, old mother or his children to survive?

The grain was bought by Qin Yining's money, and she had absolute right to talk.

Some people have evil thoughts in private, but most of the people around them are grateful to Qin Yining. If they don't want to be accused by thousands of people, they can only suppress it.

But to their surprise, Qin Yining did not leave all the food to the Qin family, nor did he abandon the elderly and children. After the food storage became less, healthy adults began to feed mainly on wild vegetables and prey.

With so many people in the Qin family, everyone except the old lady learned how to work, and the rest of the food was given to the old lady and the pregnant mistress Han.

Twenty days ago, when Qin Yining was holding a bowl of gruel that could illuminate the shadow of a person and wanted to take a sip, he looked at the hungry skinny monkey Li Gou left next to him, and looked at the child’s wide, dark eyes. , Seeing that these children no longer had the vitality that they gave her to pick wild flowers, she couldn't swallow the porridge anymore.

Since that day, Qin Yining has never eaten another bite of grain.

Bingtang looked anxious, and talked to Jiu Girl, Lu Dehan, Ni Xiucai and others about Qin Yining's just injury.

"The Qin Mansion suffered a few days ago. There were a large number of people. The big guys knew it. Our girl was badly injured and managed to get her life back, but she really lost her foundation due to excessive blood loss. The mountain is here, I can give her medicine, but just take medicine, it won't be so hungry, the loss of qi and blood can not make up, I am afraid it will be useless in life."

Regardless of Bingtang's young age, but she has excellent medical skills and is a descendant of the Tang family. Which one of this mountain has headaches and brain fever does not pass through her hands?Everyone in Yishan respects Bingtang.

Hearing what Bingtang said, they were all anxious. If they hunted some wild animals or picked some sweet wild fruits, they would first distribute them to Qin Yining.

Ni Xiucai is 72 years old this year. Before today, he was able to get a piece of miscellaneous bread every day. He also divided half of it and gave it to Qin Yining. Qin Yining refused to use it, and Ni Xiucai gave the half of the cake to other children.

Starting today, the elderly and children are also out of food.The mountain's game is almost ready. In a dry day, it will not rain for a long time, and the wild vegetables will grow slowly. Next, they should really eat the bark.

Qin Yining saw that the soup was almost there, so he served Ni Xiucai a bowl first.

Another bowl for Miss Eight and Qin Huining.

Miss Eight smiled gratefully to Qin Yining.

Qin Huining lowered her head, expressionless, and laughed out of hunger.

Qin Yining didn't care too much, and asked Bingtang, Jiyun and Qiu Lu to help, and filled the wild vegetable soup and sent it to the building.

Unexpectedly, in the sky where tigers are rampant in autumn, the corridor doors that are not closed on weekdays were closed today, and they were still bolted inside.

Bingtang knocked on the door. Not long after, I saw that the door was opened by a crack. The person who opened the door was Mother Qin.

"Four girls." Mother Qin looked a little embarrassed.

Qin Yining smiled and said: "The vegetable soup is ready. The people who went out hunting have not returned yet, so let's eat some soup mat to cushion your stomach."

Mother Qin nodded with a smile, but didn't mean to let Qin Yining come in, and reached out to take the pottery bowl from her.

Qin Yining looked at her suspiciously, and then at the blood stains and white fluff remaining between her nails, his heart jumped.Pushing open the door, the smell of stew was filled with the breath.

"Mother Qin, the hunters haven't returned yet, why are you still hiding meat in the house?"

Mother Qin lowered her head and said nothing.

Bingtang, Jiyun, and Qiu Lu all came in, and Mother Qin closed the door anxiously.

Qin Yining walked quickly inside and found that all the windows along the way were closed. He couldn't help but sneered: "It's a hot day, you don't feel too hot."

When he came to the door of the old lady, he pushed aside.

With a sound of "Bang Dang", the old lady and grandmother Han in the room were startled.

At this time, the two of them were holding a small rabbit leg and chewing on each other. There was a casserole in front of them, and the soup inside was bubbling.

There were still bloodstains scattered on the side of the pail in the corner, and the snow-white rabbit fur was stripped off and thrown on the ground. The plum-shaped colander that Pang Xiao used to tie Erbai's neck with his own hands is now soaked in blood.

Qin Yining's head buzzed, "You guys, have you eaten my Erbai?"

The old lady took a sip of the soup and smacked his lips and said: "Come on, I was supposed to call you here too. Look at your skinny, and drink some soup to replenish your body."

The second grandmother Han is still pregnant, but she no longer has morning sickness. When she can eat, she keeps drinking the soup without raising her head.

Mother Qin said embarrassingly: "The fourth lady, the old lady and the mistress all need tonic. The old lady only ate a bowl of vegetable soup this morning. She was really hungry and panicked. The hunter hadn't come back. ,Say……"

At Qin Yining's inverted willow eyebrows and round-eyed anger, Mother Qin couldn't say what she explained.

"When did I stop eating meat for you? When the whole family was eating vegetable soup, I also left you the best. My little rabbit is not as big as a woman's slap. It sheds its skin and removes its bones, can it? There are two or two meats? How hard-hearted you are, you will not let go of such a small rabbit! The hunter will come back soon, you can't wait for a moment!"

The old lady did not care about embarrassment, threw the spoon in the bowl, and sneered: "You are filial to your grandmother? Nowadays, you are the only one who can raise this food as a pet! Isn't it meat? Two? Liangrou will help your second sister-in-law and let her give birth to a son for your second cousin!"

While drinking the soup, the second grandmother Han said unclearly: "Sister Yi, my sister-in-law will pay you a hundred rabbits. Don't be angry. Come on, come and have the soup. The broth cooked in the big pot is even The meat is gone, come and taste it."

Qin Yining's tears flowed down.

She starved herself and never thought of killing Erbai, because it was given to her by Pang Xiao. He said that it was a token of token between them and a token of the peace talks between Da Zhou and Da Yan. He also personally gave it to her. Yupei's plum blossom Luozi was untied and tied to Er Bai's neck.

They were so close at that time, it seemed that she could still think of the peculiar aura of Pang Xiao body until now.

She understands all the truths, and she understands her own abilities under war.

But she watched the people starving to death on the street one by one, and watched the numb and hollow eyes of the Yizi eaters. When she was most hungry, she thought of the bowl of cold noodles that Pang Xiao personally cooked for her. She wished that Pang Xiao could suddenly appear and rescue them from the sea of ​​suffering.

She didn't want to eat Erbai no matter how hungry she was. She hid Erbai in the room, took care of it carefully, and fell asleep with her arms around it at night.

Because without it, there seems to be nothing to prove the mutual vow between them.

But now Erbai has been eaten...

Qin Yining felt that the strained nerves that had been supporting him burst suddenly, and tears couldn't help streaming down.

Seeing that Qin Yining was like this, the old lady was a little bit guilty, and said sternly, "Isn't it a beast? As for you? Don't think I don't know where your rabbit came from! After the Xi Huacheng peace talks, you brought that beast back. The evil embryo with the surname Pang came to our country again to show off his power. I tell you, the surname Pang made us like this. I only eat the rabbits he gave you. I haven't taught you yet! You have a close relationship with him, do you still think rebellion?"

Badly pin her hat?

Qin Yining waved his hand, not wanting to say another word with people like the old lady, picked up the plum blossom Luozi from the blood-stained rabbit fur, and turned and left the old lady's room.

"Girl." Bingtang and Qiu Lu hurriedly chased them out, helping Qin Yining from left to right.

Jiyun sneered: "What a long experience! There is even a shameless old pious woman like you in the world! Taishi Qin is such a beautiful figure, how can there be a mother like you! What a wicked bamboo Good bamboo shoots! Or where did you steal the child to raise it? Dirty! I am!"

"You, it's the opposite! Come here!"

"Come here? You are the biggest burden now. You have to be served all day long. Are you still in the house?"

Jiyun glared at the old lady contemptuously, then turned and chased him out, because she was afraid that Qin Yining might have something to do.

Jiyun found Qin Yining, Bingtang and Qiu Lu beside a stream outside Ningyuan.

Qin Yining squatted by the stream, rubbing the blood stains on the collaterals with his own hands, and was no longer crying.

But watching her squatting on the ground, the butterfly bone behind it seemed to be able to pierce the thin back of her clothes, Jiyun's nose was sour, almost crying.

Lord, when are you coming!If you don't come again, you will tortured the future princess to death, not only starving, but also torture in your heart!

Jiyun wanted to persuade, and opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.

At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps.

A slightly hoarse male voice, suppressing surprise, breathlessly said: "Yier, is it you?"

Qin Yining looked up and saw that Yu Chiyan, with her thin cheeks sunken and wearing a half-old gown, came down the mountain under the service of several guards and palace men.