On her wedding night, she went into exile with her pharmacy arsenal

Chapter 1887: Trapped People

Just when Huo Changhe was puzzled and surprised by Yan Ruyu's theory of starlight, the myna came back.

The zipper of the tent door had not been fully closed yet, and a starling flew into the tent.

Just as Yan Ruyu was about to put it into the space, it suddenly said, "There's a fat sheep! There's a fat sheep!"

Huo Changhe chuckled: "Where did the sheep come from?"

After saying that, he and Yan Ruyu looked at each other, and they both immediately sat up and turned off the flashlight.

At the same time, Huo Changhe whistled softly.

In two tents not far away, Wu Liang and Sun Qing also heard it and immediately turned off the light sources.

The four people and the bird fell into silence.

They listened attentively and gripped the hilts of their knives in silence.

Soon, there was the sound of footsteps, the subtle sound of stepping on grass and fallen leaves.

Yan Ruyu waited patiently. The starling rubbed its little head against her arm, and she put the starling into her space.

Huo Changhe signaled her not to move, saying that he would handle the matter when someone arrived.

Yan Ruyu held his hand and wrote a few words on his palm.

Outside the tent, Yan Ruyu walked around the tent and sprinkled medicine powder.

Because they were in the wild and in the woods, this season was the time when insects were most active. To prevent insects, she would spread some insects around when she was resting in the wild.

This medicine was not made by her, but by Miaomiao, and it is very effective.

This time when she came to Rongzhou, the situation was unclear and she did not dare to be careless. In addition to Miaomiao's medicine powder, she also mixed it with sleeping pills and poison powder.

If anyone wants to approach me, it would be fine if they have no ill intentions. But if they do, I'm afraid it won't be that easy to do it.

As expected, problems started to arise before the people outside even reached the tent.

Sneezing, hissing, and whispering.

Finally, someone fell to the ground.

Yan Ruyu whispered, "Let's go."

Huo Changhe walked in front and let her follow behind, and the two of them walked out of the tent.

Wu Liang and Sun Qing on the other side also came out, rushed to their side and lit a tinder.

There were five people in total. Two of them had fallen to the ground. They were not dead, but their breath was weak and their bodies were powerless.

Although the powder that Yan Ruyu sprinkled was poisonous, it would not kill people. It would be bad if someone approached it unintentionally and poisoned them to death.

When the firelight shone, Yan Ruyu took a closer look and unexpectedly discovered that these people were not dressed like robbers or bandits, but were wearing tattered clothes.

The two people who fell to the ground had messy hair and were holding sickles in their hands.

Yan Ruyu whispered, "Save people first."

Throw the medicine bottle to Wu Liang and Sun Qing, and the two of them first feed the antidote to the person who fell to the ground.

The five people stared at them with alert faces: "What...what do you want to do?"

Wu Liang laughed angrily: "You guys asked for this. We didn't bother you here. Why are you asking us?"

The five people looked at each other and took two steps back: "We...we just came to take a look, we didn't plan to do anything."

Their voices trembled as they spoke and they supported each other, trying to maintain their momentum.

Yan Ruyu asked, "I didn't think of anything, why did you stay up late at night and come to the woods?"

Because she was a woman, the five men relaxed a little.

"We, we're here to find something to eat."

One of them said, "There is no harvest at home, no food, women and children are waiting for food, the children are crying with hunger, so we came out to find something to eat."

"There are a lot of things in the forest, including wild vegetables and possibly prey."

Several people nodded in agreement: "Zhang Ergou from the village ahead picked up a bag of wild mushrooms yesterday and brought them back to cook soup and wild vegetables. It was delicious."

It turned out to be the case.

Wu Liang asked: "Which village are you from?"

"We are in Wangzi Village, five miles ahead," one of them pointed at the man who had just fallen, "He is in Chenjia Village. The two villages are neighboring villages."

Sun Qing looked at the men and asked, "What do you do for a living?"

"We used to be farmers. We had a few acres of thin land at home, but later we had no land. The two of them were trackers, and the three of us were diggers of mud and sand."

"Since it's a misunderstanding, let's go," Huo Changhe said, "Let's find something to eat somewhere else."

The five people looked at each other, and one of them bravely said, "But this forest is the largest nearby."

"Let's go in and look for it. We have come a long way and it was not easy. If we change places tonight, we will be doomed to failure."

What you said makes sense.

Yan Ruyu said, "Husband, let them look for it. It won't bother us anyway."

"Okay, I'll listen to you, Madam."

Huo Changhe glanced at the five people and said, "Luckily you met my wife. My wife is kind-hearted. Otherwise..."

The five people hurriedly thanked her: "Thank you, ma'am. Thank you, ma'am."

After that, they supported each other and went to the woods to look for something.

They were holding tinders, and sparks of fire were floating slowly in the woods.

Wu Liang and Sun Qing whispered, "Master, I will watch over them. You can go and have a rest."

Before leaving, Huo Changhe instructed that he and Yan Ruyu be called Master and Madam.

"You don't have to keep an eye on it," Yan Ruyu said, "Go into the tent and have a rest."

The two looked at each other, feeling a little worried. Wu Liang was about to speak when Yan Ruyu waved her hand.

Huo Changhe said: "Do as Madam says."

"Yes."

The two agreed and returned to the tent. However, they did not enter their own tents, but entered the same one.

Although it is a single seat, it is spacious enough for two people to sit in it without any problem.

They held the knives, closed their eyes, and listened to the noise outside.

Yan Ruyu and Huo Changhe did not lie down either.

She released the starling from the space, and it flew out of the tent with a flash of its shadow.

In less than half an hour, those men came out from the depths of the forest.

This time they didn't dare to approach the tent, but stood a few meters away.

"We...will go back first and not disturb you anymore."

Huo Changhe came out of the tent: "Did you find something to eat?"

Several people came empty-handed and looked sad.

"No, no."

Yan Ruyu also came out of the tent, holding two small cloth bags.

"Here are some dry food. We don't have much, so I'll give you some. Don't think it's too little."

Several people were surprised. The leader stepped forward and saluted quickly: "Thank you, ma'am."

"You are such a good man."

Yan Ruyu handed him the bag and said, "Why is there no harvest from your land? I haven't heard of any disasters, and it's not a bad year, so it should be good."

The man held the dry food and sighed: "Madam, you don't know, all the land in our village has been taken away, and our people have also been chosen by the water god, and all of them have to go to the river to work."

"The men go to work on the river, and the women can't do that kind of work. When we had land, they could help with farm work, but now that we have no land, we can only wait."

"Women in other towns can do some laundry, embroidery and other things, but there is no such work in our village."

The five of them were talking one after another, all talking about their predicament.

It's like pouring out one's grievances and never ending.

Yan Ruyu keenly grasped one of the key words.

"What is the water god you are talking about?"

"I have never heard of any water god."