At this moment, everyone has rested. Even if they were cold and hungry, they all curled up and fell asleep. When they heard the loud noise, everyone was awakened and looked in the direction of the loud noise.

Xu Qinyu also opened his eyes and looked over.

The place where the loud noise was made was at the foot of the mountain where they stayed just now. A lot of sand and soil mixed with rainwater fell down, and together with several boulders, other large and small stones and uprooted pine trees were rushing down the hillside. go.

Sure enough, there was still a mudslide.

Everyone's faces changed.

Many people patted their chests and said happily, "Frightened to death, fortunately we walked a little further and didn't stay there, otherwise we would definitely be buried here, or we would be rushed to other places or Being hit by these stones, it was Vice Lieutenant Chen who had the foresight and knew that the area was prone to danger."

"No, Lieutenant Chen has foresight."

Until now, they felt that even if they were a little tired, at least they were still alive.

To live is more important than anything else.

Wen Shi also turned pale with fright, Pei Jianing glanced and closed his eyes expressionlessly, Pei Weixuan glanced at Xu Qinyu, and continued to rest under the pine tree with his eyes closed without saying anything.

Xu Qinyu took a few glances and found that the debris flow could not reach them. They were very safe here. She calmed down and put the two children in her arms and fell asleep. She was too tired and sleepy. Now There is no danger, and you can sleep peacefully for a while.

Wen's family also had lingering fears at this moment, their complexions turned pale, and they no longer wanted to trouble Xu Qinyu. Even if they were dismissed from office, they still wanted to live a good life. They also thought that Wen Yunling could enter the palace to be a concubine for the new emperor in the future. Able to turn over, continue to return to the capital to be a powerful person, and be admired by thousands of people.

Deputy Captain Chen looked at the debris flow in the distance, and felt fortunate in his heart. He didn't say that he felt sorry for the families of these exiled criminals and repeat offenders, he just felt sorry for his own soldiers.

These soldiers have been following him to send exiled prisoners all these years, running all over the world, sleeping in the wind and sleeping in the open, all the hardships, family members are worried, and he wants to ensure that they are brought home safely every time.

So Deputy Captain Chen was very grateful to that little lady.

This little lady, who was silent and timid along the way, did not expect to do a great deed at this moment.

Ma Liu also widened his eyes in astonishment. That little lady was right, and a mudslide really happened.

"Boss..." Ma Liu couldn't help but called out to Deputy Wei Chen, wanting to nag him about how the little lady knew that there would be a mudslide.

Deputy Captain Chen said: "Don't talk too much, just take a good rest."

...

Another half an hour passed, the sky darkened, and the rain gradually stopped.

Deputy Lieutenant Chen glanced at the sky and asked the officers and soldiers to go around to find some firewood. It was too cold. Although they were all wearing scorpions, they were also drenched. They needed to warm and dry their clothes, otherwise it would be easy to Get ill.

Ma Liu couldn't help but leaned over and said, "Boss, it's too cold today, so I just need to make a fire or open a stove? Our pancakes are too dry to swallow. There's still a lot of bacon in the car, put them in the pot. Cook and cook, and each person divides the bacon and drinks some bacon soup to replenish their strength." The weather has been bad these days, and the stove has not been opened on the way, and they are almost choked to death by eating the pancakes.

Deputy Lieutenant Chen nodded in agreement.

They run around all year round. Because they are sending prisoners into exile, they cannot ride on the road, but they still prepare a horse and pull a scooter carrying goods. On the cart are their food and clothing. Although there are only three There are about ten soldiers, but they are also fully prepared. There are large iron pots, salt, and soju. Occasionally passing through towns or villages on the road, they will also buy some ingredients or eat.

The bacon on the car was bought by them when they passed by the town before. They bought the whole pig's bacon, and bought some dry wood along the way, but there was not much dry wood left, so it wouldn't last long. The same is true if the wet firewood rack is burnt a little longer on it.

Half of the officers and soldiers went out to find firewood. Deputy Lieutenant Chen lifted the tarpaulin on the trolley, took out buckets of shochu and iron pots, and the one who carried the water went to carry the water, and the one who put up the pot began to put up the pot.

There is a small stream not far from where they rest, and the water quality is good.

They don’t have any comrades. They usually set up a small stove to set up a large pot, add water to boil, and then throw the ingredients into it and cook it. There is no taste at all.

"Boss." Ma Liu couldn't help but nag to Vice Wei Chen, "It would be great if we had a guy, in the future, we must find someone who can cook with fire and follow us, and eat the food that we made all the way. The taste of birds is almost fading out of my mouth, I want to eat big meat buns, braised pork with a burning knife, and I am full of energy."

The food they cook is really unpalatable, but in this environment, it is not bad to have a mouthful of hot food. These exiled prisoners ate coarse grain pancakes all the way, not to mention the hard stones, and they still have a throat , at least they still ate white flour sesame seed cakes.

Deputy Chen didn't say a word, the guy who can cook is not willing to do such a hard job, it's better to go to a guy camp in a military camp than to run around with them.

Xu Qinyu was already awake at this moment, looking at the busy officers and soldiers not far away.

These officers and soldiers were not far away from her, and she heard their voices. Thinking of what Ma Liu said, her heart moved. She was thinking of how to borrow their pot, but now there is a way.

These people don't know how to cook, and she probably doesn't know anything else. It's easy for her to cook a fire, and it just happens to let the Pei family also eat hot food.

She stuffed the two children in her arms to Pei Jianing, "Sister Ning, take good care of Brother Feng and Sister Xian, I will come back as soon as I go."

Pei Jianing was also drenched in the water just now, regardless of Wen Shi looking at her eagerly, she also ran under the boulder to shelter from the rain.

Pei Jianing was still asleep, dazedly took over his brother and little niece and went back to sleep.

Seeing her daughter-in-law getting up, Wen asked hastily, "Yu Niang, what are you doing?"

"Don't worry, mother, I'll borrow some hot water from the soldiers."

Xu Qinyu gave a random reason, Wen Shi was timid, she wanted to say that she would go to these military masters and recommend herself to cook, Wen Shi would be worried to death.

Wen Shi hesitated to speak. Although these officers and soldiers never beat and scolded them and prisoners, they were not easy to get along with. Every time she went to ask for hot water and food, she had to pay some money. She still had some jewelry left on her body. , but that is also the capital of their settlement in the southwest, and the daughter-in-law is almost recovered from the illness now, and she is reluctant to change the remaining jewelry for hot water.

Xu Qinyu went over to Deputy Chen, and said gently: "Deputy, are you looking for a guy? I happen to know how to cook, why don't you let me try today's meal?"

Deputy Chen glanced at Xu Qinyu and said nothing, Ma Liu stared at her with big eyes, "You know how to cook?"

This time, the family members of the guilty officials belonged to the lineage of the four princes of the capital and the lineage of Duke Anping. This little lady seemed to be a daughter of the Hou family. How could a girl from an aristocratic family cook fire for food.

Xu Qinyu smiled wryly, "Although she is the second girl of the Dechang Hou Mansion, her life in the mansion..."

Chen Fuwei and Ma Liu are both soldiers of the capital, of course they also know about the situation of this little lady, even they feel a little sympathetic to this little lady. In the end, she was the one who got engaged to the fourth prince in the last edict, and she was exiled to the border town with the fourth prince.

Presumably, he learned how to cook because he was not valued or favored in the Hou Mansion.

Although Xu Qinyu's words were sympathetic, they were not false. Seeing the sympathetic expressions of these officials, she went on to say, "So I do know how to cook food, and the taste is good. Please trust me, military master. If I do No, I can pay you for the ingredients? But if it’s done, the soldiers think it tastes good, can you also reward the civilian girl and family members with a bowl of hot food?”

"Okay, then you can try."

The food made by their group of men is really unpalatable, and the food made by this little lady is better than them no matter how unpalatable.

"May I ask what ingredients the military masters have?" Xu Qinyu felt relieved, as long as she agreed to let her cook, she would be able to convince these military masters.

Ma Liu said happily: "There is bacon, some white flour eggs and a few cans of oil, all of which I bought in the town earlier."

Although their errands are tough, many family members of the prisoners will take care of them and give them some money so that they can help take care of their families on the way, so they have more money on hand, and the errands are hard work, so they don’t want to wrong themselves when it comes to food. The food and ingredients are also very generous when I meet them, and I am willing to buy them.

Xu Qinyu nodded and already knew what to do.

"Master Jun, can I go to the mountain ahead to find some ingredients? There should be winter bamboo shoots in the mountains. The winter bamboo shoots are delicious. It would be great to stew them with bacon in this season."

Chen Fuwei agreed, and he was not worried that the little lady would run away. Although the family members of these criminal ministers were also exiled in the southwest, they were ordinary people when they were sent to the southwest, and they did not need to serve. This is already a mountain range in the southwest. Furthermore, in the barren mountains and wild mountains, if a little lady dared to run away, she might not want to live.

Xu Qinyu borrowed a basket and a kitchen knife from Deputy Chen.

This place is originally an undulating mountain range, and the mountain range where they rested is gentle, not that kind of high mountain.

After entering the mountain, Xu Qinyu was pleasantly surprised to find that the place is too remote. Few people have come to pick the wild vegetables, winter bamboo shoots and mushrooms in the mountains, and there are so many wild vegetables.

Especially the wild mushrooms, which are very lush, and you can see slices of wild mushrooms within a few steps. Most of them are edible, and occasionally there are some poisonous ones.

Some wild mushrooms are highly poisonous and should never be eaten.

Although some are slightly toxic, as long as they are cooked thoroughly, the toxicity inside can be eliminated and it becomes a very delicious dish.

Of course, if you eat it uncooked and don't send it to the doctor in time, you may lose your life.

Xu Qinyu didn't pick these slightly poisonous ones. She was afraid that the military men couldn't help but taste them when they were cooking, and she was also afraid that these wilderness fields could not be cleaned up. It's better to be cautious and pick those that are not toxic at all. The mushrooms are as delicious as others.

She picked half a basket of wild mushrooms, and there were winter bamboo shoots not far in front of her. She also dug half of the basket, and even found a lot of wild ginger and wild onions for her, and dug them back.

Two quarters of an hour later, Xu Qinyu returned to the team, poured out a basket of wild vegetables picked, and prepared to wash them.

Ma Liu saw Miss Xu coming back, and saw her pouring out a basket of things. After a closer look, there were still a lot of fungus. He was startled and asked, "Little lady, what are you doing picking these fungi?"