The fat wife is rebellious: she was spoiled by the group on the way to escape famine

Song Wenqin glanced at her, then silently added wood to the fire and asked, "Don't you already have an idea?"

Jiang Jinhe smiled slyly: "Hey, you found out."

She propped her hands on her knees, her chin in her hand, and said, "I'm thinking of this: first, take people to the mountains to find food, and keep the lotus pond as a backup. Now that we have people, we can explore other food sources."

"What do you think?"

Song Wenqin looked up at Jiang Jinhe. Her face, squeezed together by a smile, looked particularly naive, and her round eyes, narrowed into slits, revealed a hint of childishness.

"Well, yes."

Jiang Jinhe was not satisfied with this perfunctory answer and couldn't help but pout: "Husband, don't you have any other ideas?"

Song Wenqin was startled. He had not expected her to ask further questions. "I think your plan is good, but you must pay attention to your own safety. There are many refugees here, and it is inevitable that some will take risks due to hunger."

Jiang Jinhe understood his hidden meaning, frowned slightly, and felt a little uncomfortable.

"Yes, safety is indeed a big issue, but I promise to stay by your side, so you will protect me well, right?"

Seeing Song Wenqin nod, Jiang Jinhe smiled contentedly: "Okay, it's getting late, go to bed early, we have to leave the city early tomorrow morning."

In the relative safety of the city, the two sat around the campfire and fell asleep.

The next morning, Jiang Jinhe, carrying the jade pendant given by the county magistrate, gathered several runners and laborers in the county government office, intending to lead these people directly to the mountains outside the city to look for food.

The faces of those who were chosen showed reluctance.

Those laborers were relatively okay; they had to work every day anyway, so it made no difference who they worked for.

As for the officers, the situation was quite different. They could have spent the whole day comfortably in the yamen without having to work hard.

Now they were sent to the mountains to find food. They were already hungry, and their stomachs started to growl not long after they climbed the mountain.

After searching for a whole morning, the officers found nothing but desolation on the mountain, and they began to complain.

"Madam, we've been searching for a long time, but we haven't found a single edible vegetable!"

"Yeah, this area has been turned upside down by the refugees. How could there be anything left to eat?"

Even the workers were dissatisfied.

No one can bear the task of blindly searching for almost non-existent food in the mountains and forests with an empty stomach under the scorching sun.

Jiang Jinhe seemed to turn a deaf ear to these complaints, and just turned his head and said lightly:

"There must be food hidden here, everyone look carefully!"

As she spoke, she walked forward on her own, not realizing that she was getting further and further away from the group.

The officers and laborers began to do their work perfunctorily.

The two brave officers simply hid under the shade of the peeling tree to cool off.

"Hey, man, this job is really not for humans. Where did this woman come from?"

The middle-aged man who was called "old man" looked at Jiang Jinhe who had walked away with disdain.

"Who knows? This woman used some trick to convince the county magistrate to come to this mountain to find food. She even used chicken feathers as a token of approval to show off!"

"This mountain has been searched thoroughly, how can we find anything to eat? Let's just sit here and wait for the work to be over."

The two of them whispered.

Soon, seeing that Jiang Jinhe did not punish those who were lazy, the others also started to slack off.

In fact, it’s not that Jiang Jinhe doesn’t care about these laziness, but she seems to have discovered something.

Standing on a high place, Jiang Jinhe vaguely saw some familiar plants in the distance.

She was shocked. Could it be taro leaves?

When Jiang Jinhe thought of "taro", his heart beat faster.

She didn't notice at all that the people accompanying her had become completely lazy, and all she could see were the few taro leaves.

He took a big step and rushed down the slope, keeping his eyes fixed on the target.

Jiang Jinhe was filled with excitement at this moment. He put everything else aside and only wanted to confirm it as soon as possible.

She didn't realize how long she had been running. When she arrived at her destination, she picked up a branch and started digging.

This place is located in the valley, the soil is moist and easy to dig, and soon, a small taro was dug out by Jiang Jinhe.

"Wow, it's really taro! Husband, come and see!"

Jiang Jinhe happily turned around and called out while holding the taro, but found that there was no one behind her.

And the surrounding environment is extremely unfamiliar.

Jiang Jinhe suddenly became alert.

"Song Wenqin!"

Jiang Jinhe shouted loudly, but all she got in response was an echo, no one answered.

There were echoes everywhere, and as the sky gradually darkened, Jiang Jinhe always felt that there were inexplicable sounds around him, and fear arose spontaneously.

A sudden chill ran up from the soles of Jiang Jinhe's feet to the top of his head, and all the hairs on his body stood up. He stopped digging the taro in his hand, hurriedly put a few taro into his pocket, made a simple mark on the spot, and then turned around and ran back.

The excitement of coming here made her ignore the signs along the way. Now looking around, she had no idea how to return.

There was no other way, she could only pick a direction that seemed familiar and dive in, calling out to Song Wenqin as she ran, but the only response she got was the empty sound of the wind.

Before dusk, she discovered a shallow cave not far away. She hurriedly dragged a few dead branches to cover the entrance of the cave and curled up inside for shelter.

The cave was so shallow that you could almost see through it, but it became her only shelter at the moment.

There was no fire, and there was nothing around to start a fire. Jiang Jinhe hugged herself tightly, but her thin clothes seemed unable to withstand the coldness around her, and her body trembled more and more.

At this time, just as Jiang Jinhe was panicking and rushing down the mountain, Song Wenqin was searching on the other side.

Although the two were not far apart, the winding terrain prevented them from seeing each other. By the time Song Wenqin realized Jiang Jinhe was missing, she was nowhere to be found.

"Where's my wife?" he asked, grabbing the nearest worker. The worker looked bewildered. Song Wenqin gritted his teeth and asked again, "Where's my wife?"

The worker suddenly realized something, but then shook his head. "No, I don't know. I didn't see it."

Song Wenqin let go in disappointment and turned to another person to repeat the same question.

But after asking around, he still got nothing, and he became extremely anxious.

The officers and workers who were traveling with them looked at each other in bewilderment. They had clearly come here to look for food, so how could they have lost the person?

Song Wenqin had no time to care about their surprise. He ordered everyone to search separately and immediately returned to the Ayuan Village camp to ask the villagers for help.

"Village Chief, please help me. I'll go ahead and look for it. Please ask everyone to follow."

Song Wenqin said this anxiously, then turned and ran away.

The people around the village chief were discussing:

"This Jiang family member is really more of a hindrance than a help. He said he was saving people, but ended up losing himself."

"Yes, we had to go up and down the mountain to look for her on an empty stomach. We didn't have the energy to do that!"

The village chief looked embarrassed, shook his head and sighed, "Stop talking, everyone. Song San is an important figure in our village, we have to help him. Come on, follow me up the mountain."