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Chapter 354 Welcome the young master home
What!
Mao Laoliu and Mao Lang were both captured alive!

When Zhou Youchu heard the word Five Animals, he felt a sense of familiarity, but was then shocked.

Mao Laoliu is not an ordinary junior martial artist. He is on par with Wang Laohu. He also has Mao Lang, who is in the middle stage of Qi and blood, by his side. He has many disciples, but he was unable to take it out and was captured alive.

As we all know, it is more difficult to capture an enemy alive than to kill him, and it is more difficult to operate.

If it weren't for showing off their skills, most warriors would just kill their enemies directly to save themselves the trouble.

The victim of Jinhe Mountain has arrived. There are no coincidences in the world, and Wuqin must be his accomplices.

"What are the origins of these five animals?"

"I heard that they are five sworn brothers and sisters, each with a powerful boxing skill, named after birds."

"Brother and sister? And boys and girls?"

"Yes, there are four men and one woman. The female martial artist is named Xiao Gu, and she is even more ruthless than the men."

Shi Gaofei couldn't help but shake his head when he introduced this. "The rebels are brutal. The owner of the thatched house has been taken prisoner. There is no way he can survive."

By this time, the food in the pot was already cooked, and the women called the men to eat.

Everyone was hungry, and they devoured the hastily prepared food in no time.

After dinner, a severe challenge was presented to everyone.

The martial artists in the team need a lot of food to nourish themselves and convert it into qi and blood to maintain their daily activities and fight. Their food intake is ten to dozens of times that of ordinary people.

Normally in the city, if you have money you can buy and collect food, but now in the wild, the food you carry with you is not much, and it will be gone once you eat it.

Warriors are the key to protection. If they are not well fed, they will be useless when the enemy comes.

"What should I do?"

Master Shen couldn't help but lament, "The rebels have eaten up all the grass in the wild, where is there any food left?"

Even though everyone present had some gold and silver ornaments on them, there was no place to buy food in the wilderness. Even if there was, no one was willing to exchange life-saving food for gold and silver.

The atmosphere in the convoy was somewhat solemn. They had not cared about anything else while escaping for their lives. Now that they had reached a safe area, they were running out of food.

Hunger is the greatest enemy of mankind and is enough to destroy all morality, ethics and integrity.

Many people looked at the backbone of the team... Zhou You.

After all, Zhou You said at the beginning that there was no need to carry food or valuables, and he was sure he had a way.

"Don't worry, I've made preparations. I set up a place nearby and hid a lot of daily necessities."

Zhou You pointed in a certain direction ahead, "Let's set off now and arrive in half a day. Let's have a meal."

The group was skeptical, but Zhou You's prestige in the caravan was too high and everyone had to rely on him to escape, so they had no choice but to obey and believe him.

On the way, Father Zhou was worried and secretly found Zhou You, "Son, when you were little, I told you a story. If you put a plum under your tongue and drool, you won't feel hungry for a while. I'm glad you still remember it."

"But the stomach can only deceive for a while, not for long. What should I do if there is no food when I arrive at the place?"

Dad, do you think you are just quenching your thirst by wishing on the plum?
Zhou You smiled and shook his head, "Dad, even if I don't eat, I can't let you go hungry. Don't worry, there's plenty of food."

Half a day later, the people and horses were exhausted, hungry and thirsty, and they were speechless looking at the ruins in front of them.

In front of me was a destroyed village. All the people and wild dogs had fled. How could there be any food?

Could it be that Zhou You is lying?

"You guys go over there and move the stone that's pressing down on the entrance. It's been a long time since it's been easy to get in."

Upon hearing this, Zuo Shier and his men took action to clean up the ground, and sure enough, a cellar entrance was revealed.

There is indeed a cellar...

After the cellar was opened, the sight that came into view made several warriors retreat a few steps. There were piles of grain bags, hanging pickled pork legs, jars of pickles, vinegar, wine, vegetable oil, etc., quilts, winter clothes, coarse linen, and everything else.

If it were Gongliang City in peacetime, it would not be difficult to collect these things, and Mr. Shen's business could get them all in half a day.

But now the country is in chaos, the city has fallen, and the fields are full of hungry rebel soldiers.

Food has surpassed gold and silver to become the most expensive hard currency.

"These food and supplies are enough for more than 100 people to consume for two months, which is more than enough for us to use."

After Mr. Shen and Manager Xu counted the supplies, they breathed a sigh of relief, finally they didn't have to go hungry.

The city fell and wealthy families fell into poverty. They had seen such scenes happen to the immigrants in Sucheng and naturally did not want the same thing to happen to them.

I was originally worried about where to get food and drink, but when I saw the supplies in the ground, I finally felt relieved.

But when he thought about it carefully, he was amazed at Zhou You's magical powers.

Apart from the warriors, the family members, women and children in the caravan had no idea about the so-called martial arts realm, but they had an intuitive understanding of who could protect them and provide them with food.

The discovery of this batch of supplies successfully brought Zhou You’s prestige in the caravan to its peak.

"What are you standing there for? Cook some food, and let's get going!"

At Zhou You's call, smoke rose from the abandoned village.

There are too many supplies, and this is all that can be stored in a hungry skin. If they are released, the skin will be destroyed and cannot be put back.

Therefore, in order to eliminate waste, Zhou You advises everyone not to be frugal and to eat until they are full.

Rice pancakes, bacon and pickles require a lot of oil and ingredients to cook, and they must be cooked over high heat. I wish it was New Year's Day every day.

People tend to feel anxious when they are hungry, and only when they are full can they be calm and have active thinking.

After eating, the women in the caravan had time to cut cloth and make spare clothes and shoes for the travelers.

So, a very rare scene happened.

Everyone in this fleeing convoy had a rosy face after eating, without any sign of hunger or panic.

During this period, there were several meals where we picked wild vegetables to improve the food and add some fresh green leafy vegetables to the bowls.

After walking for a few more days, the ground began to shake, dust rose, and a large group of people and horses approached rapidly.

In the wilderness, the most feared thing is to encounter fellow humans, especially large groups of living people gathered together. This is a lesson learned from the blood on the way to escape.

Although the purpose of people banding together is to survive and protect themselves, the nature of the group changes once the number of people increases. They begin to bully other weaker companions and even engage in cruel acts such as looting and killing.

Mobs, rebels and rioters evolved step by step in this way.

Several warriors' hair stood on end and they were immediately ready to fight, but were stopped by Zhou You.

"One of our own!"

He is indeed one of our own!

The footsteps were a bit chaotic, but generally neat and rhythmic. When I got closer, I found that they were not rebels or mobs, but a group of young and strong people from the countryside.

The leader was Tie Niu, who had walked ahead, and beside him was his grandfather Zhou Laiwei.

"Master, I'm late. I'll take you home now."

Hundreds of young men from Zhoujia Village followed Zhou Laiwei and half-knelt before Zhou You, "Greetings, young master! We respectfully welcome you home."

For a moment, the convoy was silent and everyone was looking at Zhou You.

Including Zhou's father and mother, they were all confused. When did our You'er become the young master?
(End of this chapter)