The little Fubao in the deserted village made all the dignitaries in the court go crazy with envy

The wood was damp and emitted thick, choking smoke when it burned.

The prey is roasted to release fat, making a slight sizzling sound, and the aroma fills the air along with the smoke.

The people sitting around the fire were exceptionally silent, each of them looking dazed and lost in memories.

The hardships of being a soldier, the panic and bitterness of being on the run, all flooded into my heart and overflowed from my eyes.

Bai Xiang sat on a clean stone surface with his little hands on his cheeks. When he was not talking, his big black eyes blinked, and he looked particularly well-behaved.

She looked at this group of strangers quietly. Although she couldn't understand what they were thinking, she could feel the sadness behind their silence.

Seven men of different ages and an old woman with snow-white hair, all of them were in tattered clothes and unkempt appearance, their faces could not be seen clearly, but the shoulder blades protruding from their thin clothes were so sharp that they seemed to be able to cut people.

As for the disabilities they mentioned, Bai Xiang looked carefully and could only see three: a gloomy one-eyed man, one with a strange protrusion of the left shoulder bone, and one with only one thumb on his right hand.

The rest of the people didn't notice anything, and Bai Xiang guessed that their disabilities might be in invisible places.

"The meat is almost ready, you guys take your time to eat." Jia Banxian put the palm-leaf fan behind his waist, stood up, patted his butt, and called his beloved disciple, "Bai Xiang, let's go, Master will take you to continue looking for poisonous weeds."

Bai Xiang immediately walked up to his master and raised his two little hands, "Master, hold me."

"Why hold you? Just carry you and you can swing by yourself like a swing. It's so much fun." Jia Banxian grabbed the child's collar from behind and lifted him up gently. The child was immediately suspended in the air.

The few people who were still sitting were a little slow to react, looking at the strange combination in front of them with confused expressions.

"Master, why don't you report us?" Cao Wu was surprised.

Jia Banxian was also surprised and asked, "Why should I report you? What does this have to do with me? I am not your accomplice, nor do I work for the government. I am just a fortune teller, and I don't mind my own business."

Bai Xiang swayed in the air, chuckling with crooked eyes, "You didn't meet Grandpa Xu, he loves to meddle in other people's business. There was a goose in the village that bullied the little duck and pecked it. Grandpa Xu pinched the goose's neck and scolded it for a long time. He scolded it until the goose knelt on the ground and kowtowed before letting it go. Cluck, cluck, cluck!"

Seven people, "..."

The corner of Cao Wu's mouth twitched.

This is not called meddling in other people's affairs, this is called meddlesomeness. You really have a lot of free time.

The fat boy and the small boy continued to walk up the mountain and soon disappeared from their sight.

Cao Wu turned around and quickly tore the roasted food apart and distributed them to his brothers. He also left a piece of meaty and easy-to-chew portion, cooled it until it was no longer hot, and then put it in the hands of the silver-haired woman.

"Fifth brother, after we finish eating, shall we go down the mountain?" Luo Kuaizui couldn't hide his thoughts and couldn't hold back his words, "Will they really not report us?"

"Well, let's leave it at that. Whether to report it or not, this is the only way. This is our final destination. If the government really comes to arrest me, I did it, and I will take full responsibility. I won't implicate you."

"If we are brothers, don't say such things. If we were afraid of being implicated, we wouldn't have fled with you in the first place. Fifth brother, don't talk bad about our brothers."

"……Um!"

The man gave a final low response, the ending tone choked with sobs and dissipated in the mountain breeze.

The silver-haired woman who was nibbling at a piece of meat looked up, looked at the few people blankly, and quickly lowered her head, her other hand still tightly holding her rattle.

……

In the evening, as the sun sets, the small village at the foot of Shennv Mountain is shrouded in warm purple light.

Smoke rose from the farmyard and the women's loud calls for dinner were endless.

"Jiawang! Go home and eat!"

"Erya! Xiaoni'er! Come home for dinner!"

"Wang Xiaoniu! Where have you been again, you naughty monkey? It's time for dinner and you're still not home!!"

The Lin family’s dinner is ready.

Mrs. Lin quickly set up the table in the courtyard. She glanced at the second daughter-in-law walking towards the gate and said casually, "No need to call for dinner. Bai Xiang and his two brothers slipped out the door earlier. They must be at the Yan family's dinner table now."

Zhang Cui'e turned around and walked back, feeling exhausted. "Today it's the Yan family, tomorrow it's the Jin family, the day after tomorrow the old village chief's family is calling for more food, the day after tomorrow the Wang family is calling for more food... The three siblings haven't had many meals at home this whole spring, and all the fat they've gained was gained from eating at other people's homes."

Li Sulan came out of the kitchen carrying a stool and said with a smile, "It's been so long, why haven't you gotten used to it yet? These three of us are more popular in the village than their father. If we really restrict them from going out, they will be unhappy. Let them be, as long as they know where to go."

"Hey, hey, hey, why are you lifting the stool? Put it down and let me do it! Sister-in-law! Your belly is so big, please slow down!" Zhang Cui'e ran over, carefully took the stool and put it away. Her eyes fell on the woman's belly as big as a basket. She was frightened and wished she could hold the belly steadily with both hands.

Li Sulan didn't know whether to laugh or cry when she saw this. She was pregnant, and her mother and sister-in-law were more nervous than she was.

"You are too nervous. Now you and mom have taken care of all the housework. I don't have to do anything except carry two stools."

Mrs. Lin glared at her and said, "Why are you so nervous? It was not easy for you to have this baby. Take good care of the baby now. When the baby is born, there will be a lot of work for you to do."

"Okay." Li Sulan smiled and looked down at her belly.

The bulging belly blocked the view downwards, and I couldn't see my feet when I looked down.

This feeling is very wonderful for a woman who is pregnant for the first time.

The men working in the fields returned home one after another, and the families sat around the table to eat.

Accompanied by gentle breeze and colorful clouds, and accompanied by warm words and laughter, the small courtyard is an unchanging warm and cozy daily life.

As expected, the three children of the Lin family were feasting at the dining table in the side hall of the Yan family.

In order to make the children more comfortable, after the food was served, the adults stepped away and left this small room to the children.

"I counted, eight people. The master frightened them so much that their faces turned pale and they looked miserable." Bai Xiang gnawed on the salty and fragrant pork elbow, and while eating, he told everyone about the strange things he encountered today. "Brother Changqing, do they have no place to live and no food to eat when they are on the run? Their clothes are very torn and dirty, and they are very thin. I know that killing people will be punished, but what about killing bad people? Will they be punished too? Will they be thrown into prison and beheaded?"

As she grew older and saw and heard more, Bai Xiang had already vaguely realized that this place was different from the glass house she had stayed in before.

There are no zombies here, but there is a government office. If you commit a crime, you have to go to the government office to seek justice.

Hearing about killing and beheading, Lin Huaisong and Lin Huaibai, who were enjoying their meal, choked and coughed at the same time. They widened their eyes and looked their sister up and down several times before they felt relieved to make sure that she was not missing a single hair.

"Bai Xiang, you are so brave, how come you are not afraid at all? Those people have killed people before!"

"If I encountered that, I would probably pee my pants out of fear!"

Bai Xiang covered his face with a big pig elbow, his eyes rolling around as he pretended to be stupid.

What is she afraid of...

She even dares to kill zombies, so how could she be afraid of humans?