The general's wife took her child on the road to exile

After rushing all the way to the Southern Wilderness, the prisoners were too tired to walk anymore. The chief officer Zhang Liu ordered the team to stop. He asked the officers to distribute steamed bread. Zhang Liu then waved his hand and asked the prisoners who wanted to relieve themselves to go to the nearby toilet one by one.

After the prisoners finished eating the steamed bread, the chief officer Zhang Liu waved his whip and said, "Get going now. If anyone slacks off, don't blame me for being rude. I'll whip you!"

Zhang Liu's words were more effective than anything else, and the exile team moved forward at a very fast speed.

The team of exiled prisoners encountered great difficulties when climbing the towering Mount Zhencheng. The old women with poor physical fitness staggered and could not climb up one by one. Helplessly, the chief officer Zhang Liu ordered the strong prisoners to pull the weak prisoners up the mountain. They were divided into groups of three, with two strong prisoners pulling the old women. Everyone climbed with great difficulty. After a lot of effort, everyone was exhausted and finally climbed down the steep Mount Zhencheng. They then walked up the smooth Guiya Ridge.

The trees on the mountain are withering, the water has stopped flowing, and the ground is covered with dry and yellow leaves that make a crisp sound when stepped on.

The chief of the police, Zhang Liu, shouted, "Hurry up, there is a water source ten miles ahead." When the prisoners heard that there was water, their eyes lit up! The exiled prisoners were very thirsty after walking for several days. The prisoners chewed on the steamed bread, which was rough and stuck in their throats. They chewed painfully and swallowed slowly. Some people couldn't bear the thirst and wanted to drink their own urine to quench their thirst, but thinking about the fishy smell of urine, they held back; some people couldn't help but glance at the people next to them, with evil and malicious eyes, as if they wanted to drink the other person's blood.

There was more than one person with that scary look. The prisoner Jiang Ba turned his head around and looked at each prisoner one by one.

Jiang Ba was short and had his eyes wide open. He kept glancing at the fair-skinned prisoners. He wished the officers were busy and couldn't see him for a while so that he could cover their mouths and noses, drag them behind a tree, and let them gnaw on two pieces of meat raw and drink a few sips of hot blood.

Jiang Ba seemed to be having hallucinations, as if the steamed bread in his mouth had turned into human flesh. He had an evil smile on his face, and his body was trembling slightly in a state of extreme excitement.

The prisoner Wu Qi had a pair of small rat eyes on his skinny face. His skin was sallow, his cheeks were sunken, his lips were dark, and his mouth corners were turned down.

Wu Qi's skinny body was covered with a wrinkled prison uniform. He looked around and noticed the prisoner with delicate skin. Wu Qi's eyes lit up. He kept thinking in his mind how he could get the meat.

Only the animal nature is left in them; their humanity has long since flown away. There is a dark light in the eyes of these people like that of wild beasts.

Now they just want to survive, they want to live at any cost.

After eating the steamed bread, the prisoners became even more thirsty. Some were so thirsty that they could not even stand. The chief officer waved his hand to signal everyone to run quickly.

Suddenly, a ragged male prisoner screamed, "Ah, look, there's water, hurry up! Look at that big lake." Another prisoner said as he ran, "You're just walking fine, why did you step on my foot?" Another prisoner smiled, "Hey, I was so happy that I didn't pay attention." He touched his head innocently. The prisoners rushed to the lake one after another. They lay down by the lake, some prisoners drank the lake water directly with their mouths, some prisoners didn't even bother to wash their dirty hands and drank the water directly with both hands, and some prisoners rolled into the water directly, and he laughed.

A prisoner caught a shrimp and stuffed it directly into his mouth without even having time to peel the shell. He chewed the shrimp meat hard.

An old woman was eating raw snail meat, chewing it with great effort.

The prisoners chewed and caught fish and shrimp and threw them to the shore. The prisoners on the shore quickly picked up the fish and cleaned them up. Everyone worked together. They caught more than 50 big fish and a lot of shrimp. The prisoners happily ran back to the fire and roasted the fish and shrimp. They were very happy.

The concubines from the third room of the Gu family also caught a few fish. They didn't care about their wet clothes. They were all very happy, with their mouths grinning from ear to ear. After the concubines finished picking up the fish, they returned to the shore to grill them.

The third master, Gu Yiwen, finally got to eat shrimp today. He bit the chewy shrimp in his mouth, his face filled with tears of excitement. Gu Yiwen looked around Zhang and the concubines. The concubines' original charm and grace were gone. Their cheeks were sunken and their eyes were dull.

The aunts were happily chewing the fish, and the two daughters were also eating with great interest.

Gu Yulan ate the fish meat contentedly, and she quietly finished half of the fish. Usually, like all the other prisoners, Gu Yulan could only eat cold, dry and hard steamed bread for every meal. Sometimes they could not even drink water.

Gu Zhilan was in a mess and wet. She held a half-cooked grilled fish in her hands. The fish skin was black. Gu Zhilan wolfed down five or six mouthfuls of the fish.

Suddenly, "Gu Zhilan screamed in panic: "Ah", "Ah", the unlucky Gu Zhilan had a fish bone stuck in her throat. She opened her mouth wide and kept pointing her fingers at her mouth to gesture to Aunt Zhao. Aunt Zhao, who understood, patted Gu Zhilan's back hard, but there was no response. Anxious Aunt Zhao quickly reached out and put two fingers into Gu Zhilan's throat. Gu Zhilan was irritated and retched. Aunt Zhao took a long time to pull out a thick fish bone. Gu Zhilan ate too quickly, and her throat was pierced by the fish bone. Gu Zhilan's eyes were full of tears. She held the black and mushy fish meat in her hand, and she was reluctant to put it down.

Aunt Zhao took a bite of the grilled shrimp. Before she could finish chewing the whole shrimp, Aunt Zhao was surprised to find that a layer of light red bumps appeared on her arm. Aunt Zhao scratched and said, "Oh my god, how is this possible? I have never had bumps when I eat shrimp in the mansion. Am I allergic? For a moment, Aunt Zhao scratched her arm and jumped uncomfortably. Aunt Zhao felt that her body was constantly numb and itchy, and the itching and pain were wandering around her body. Aunt Zhao didn't know that her immune system was disordered and her endocrine system was out of balance. This was because Aunt Zhao's daily anxious mood and regretful remorse repeatedly tortured Aunt Zhao. In addition, she had recently lacked food, water and cold on the road, which caused her immune system to decline seriously. Today, Aunt Zhao's eating shrimp caused seafood allergy, which was a big alarm bell for her body. There will be worse things in the future.

Aunt Zhao used to be a prostitute in a brothel. She was beautiful and charming at that time. Now she looks haggard, thin, and has dull eyes. She no longer has the plump figure she once had. Aunt Zhao's obsession is to quickly get out of this exile team. She is thinking about climbing up the social ladder. After the chief of the police, Zhang Liu, sends all the prisoners away, she will follow Zhang Liu back to the imperial capital of the Dayu Dynasty to enjoy a good life.

The officers had also drunk enough water at this time. They filled the many water bags they brought with them and stored a large amount of reserve water in the car. Some of the officers also tried to catch fish.

Seeing that the lake was so blue that it seemed to have no end, Ye Jiu was delighted. She guessed that there were many fish, shrimps, crabs, and maybe even water snakes in the lake. Ye Jiu hid her consciousness in the Jinluan space and turned out a large number of vines and bamboos. Ye Jiu used her wood ability to quickly weave a fishing net, and she also weaved dozens of large rattan baskets. Ye Jiu walked to the lakeside, far away from the prisoners. She held the net and kept fishing. Ye Jiu put most of the fish and shrimp she caught into the space, and she also exported the species that were not in the lake from the space and put them into the lake. After Ye Jiu was done, she cleaned up the food that needed to be grilled on the shore and took it back to Aunt Liu. Aunt Liu took the basket and quickly squatted beside the fire to grill the fish.

The fire on the ground flickered with red and yellow flames, emitting a bright warm yellow light. The jumping flames rose and fell, and were blown erratically by the wind. Soon the grilled fish on the rack was cooked, emitting an enticing aroma.

Aunt Liu took down several grilled fish from the rack and put them in a low basket. She handed one of the two-foot-long fat fish to her husband and smiled at him tenderly. The second master Gu Yinan reached out to take the grilled fish. He lowered his head and chewed the fish in big mouthfuls. Gu Yinan ate it with great satisfaction and comfort.

Gu Qingyu looked at his silly father's rough eating habits with a playful smile on his face.

Gu Yinan's face was covered with fish residue. He didn't bother to wipe it off and grabbed three more crabs. Gu Yinan ate two crabs in a row. He raised his hand and threw away the crab shell. Gu Yinan picked up the last crab and broke it open. He said to Aunt Liu: "Yue'er, this crab is so fat. Look how big this one is. Come, have a bite." As he spoke, he fed it to Aunt Liu's mouth. Aunt Liu blushed with shame at his actions. She asked Gu Yinan to eat it himself. Aunt Liu reached out to take a crab and prepared to break it open. Gu Yinan quickly snatched the crab from her hand. Gu Yinan diligently helped her break the crab shell. He carefully placed the crab meat and crab legs on the leaves. Gu Yinan held the leaves in his hands and handed them to Liu Ye. Liu Ye looked at the snow-white color of the crab meat and the bright green leaves. It was really beautiful. Aunt Liu quickly took the crab meat and ate it bit by bit.

The second wife, Xu, was like a transparent person. Gu Yinan and Liu Ye lived a sweet life together, but Xu felt very sad. Didn't Xu reflect on what she did wrong? This caused her husband's family to collectively dislike her. Xu didn't care that she couldn't have a baby. Other women who had no children would be divorced by their husband's family. Xu was in charge of the household affairs in the Gu family every day and lived a comfortable life. She didn't have any worries or big setbacks.

Xu looked at the interaction between her husband Gu Yinan and her aunt Liu Yaojing. Angry, Xu pinched her palm with her nails. She felt that her husband had gone too far. She thought that Gu Yinan's behavior was a complete case of favoring a concubine over his wife. If Gu Yinan knew Xu's selfish thoughts, he would also sneer at them. If a man completely gives up his love for his wife, and if he is kind by nature, then the woman needs to reflect on what's wrong with herself? Unfortunately, who is Xu? In her mother's house, Xu behaved capriciously, domineering and unreasonable; in her husband's house, Xu had to excel. Xu didn't want to be like her sister-in-law Zhang, who lived a cowardly life and was submissive to her husband.

Some of the prisoners in the exile team had already caught fish and shrimp in the lake. They returned to sit by the fire. Some prisoners were so hungry that they ate the shrimps raw. Some prisoners skewered the fish with branches and roasted them on the fire until they were half-cooked. Some prisoners took the roasted black fish meat and peeled it to eat. After eating the roasted fish and shrimp, everyone was so full that they lay down in the grass happily and went to see Zhou Gong.

Poor old, weak and sick people, they could not catch anything by the lake and could only sigh at the lake. In desperation, the old women lay by the lake to drink water, picked a handful of water plants and ate them with cold and hard steamed bread, and then they fell asleep after eating.

While the prisoners were grilling fish, Ye Jiu was grilling crabs at another fire. She poured the fish and shrimps from her back basket onto a large leaf in a wide low basket. A group of crabs were crawling around with their claws and teeth bared. The big shrimps that were trying to jump were shiny black and blue. A bunch of snails were motionless. Dozens of big fat fish were cleaned and put in another rattan basket. Ye Jiu crushed a few sweet and sour fruits with her hands and put them in a bamboo bowl. She added wild onion, ginger, pepper powder and salt to the bowl. Ye Jiu used a bamboo spoon to evenly spread the fruit pulp on the surface of the big fat fish. She put ten marinated big fat fish on the grill. She picked up a long stone slab and placed it on four square stones standing aside. Ye Jiu set up a flat baking plate. The thickness of the stone slab was just right for grilling shrimps. She put half of the charcoal fire from the original fire under the stone slab, smeared fish fat oil on the hot stone slab, and waited for the fat to melt. Ye Jiu placed the shrimp on the stone slab and waited for it to turn over. Ye Jiu was making crabs with branches. She made fifty crabs and put them in a low rattan basket. Ye Jiu loved roasting fruits the most. She roasted half a basket of fruits. Ye Jiu delivered the roasted food to the three tents. She came back to have dinner with her husband Gu Yiheng.

Ye Jiu carefully helped Gu Yiheng pick out the fish bones from the golden fish in the bowl, and cut up the snow-white crab meat. Then she peeled off the red shell of the shrimp. Ye Jiu was busy all the time.

Gu Yiheng looked at the beads of sweat rolling down his wife's forehead, and he was so moved that he was speechless.

Gu Yiheng was thinking, what virtue did he have to have such a virtuous wife? The wife was so stunningly beautiful, she was neither arrogant nor self-deprecating. In many major issues, Ye Jiu was very calm and composed, and she responded quickly to crises and acted beautifully.

Ye Jiu fed Gu Yiheng with crabs with one hand, and she grabbed a roasted fruit with the other hand and put it in her mouth to chew. Seeing her husband eating so sweetly, Ye Jiu's appetite was also opened. After Gu Yiheng finished eating, Ye Jiu began to eat it all up.

She held a grilled fish in her left hand and five shrimps between her right fingers. In front of Gu Yiheng's astonished eyes, Ye Jiu quickly ate three big golden fat fishes and a bunch of tempting grilled shrimps, five fist-sized grilled fruits, six bright red grilled crabs, and three big white steamed buns. Gu Yiheng wondered where his wife's waist was so slender and her stomach was flat, so where did she eat all the food? Gu Yiheng was a little confused.

In the next tent, the handsome Gu Qingfeng and his grandmother were eating fish. Next to them were Xiao Shuang'er and Xiao Zhen'er. They were quietly eating the delicious grilled fish and crabs.

Xiao Shuang'er likes to eat grilled crabs. She tilts her little head and bites the crab meat hard. Zhen'er, with a calm face, likes to eat grilled shrimps. The brother and sister rush to feed the meat in their hands to their favorite grandmother. Everyone has a very satisfied expression on their face.