sbdcsierra Chapter 343 Uncle is back!
Chapter 343 Uncle is back!
"This is... a Hu man's horse and a Hu man's body. How could he die here? Are we too late?"
Hearing this voice, everyone's tense nerves relaxed. After all, they were all family.
Zhou Guo was worried but couldn't let go. Aren't the bandits also his own people? They had committed many murders and robberies, even worse than the Hu people.
She stood behind the old man, with the tip of the knife on the ground, her head tilted, and she looked towards the village entrance with squinted eyes. As she listened to the approaching sounds, she gradually raised the knife in her hand.
The night was shrouded, and the first person he saw was far away and unclear. As the man rode his horse and galloped forward, his appearance gradually became clearer and clearer. Zhou Guo's brows gradually relaxed, and his eyes widened slightly. It was...
"Guoguo, Second Aunt, Sir, I'm back!"
Zhou Dacang!
"Uncle!" Zhou Guo called softly, his mind relaxed, he closed his eyes, and fell down unconscious.
Everyone was shocked.
When she woke up again, she was already on the warm kang in her own home.
She heard the soft whispers of her family members in her ears. When she came back to her senses, she jumped up from the kang and looked around. In the dim light, she saw that her family members were all there and she breathed a sigh of relief.
Li's face was full of concern. "How do you feel? Are you feeling unwell anywhere? Are you hungry? Do you want to eat?"
Zhou Guo shook his head, looked around the house again, and said, "Mom, didn't I see my uncle coming back? Was I dreaming?"
Zhou Xing smiled and said, "You're not dreaming. It was your uncle who came back. You killed more than a dozen people by yourself and were covered in blood. When your uncle came back and called you from a distance, you fainted. We were all shocked and thought you were injured. But you just ran out of energy and fainted because of your nervousness. Fortunately, you're not seriously injured."
Zhou Gu said, "We stayed at home for a long time, but no one came. Guoguo, you are really amazing. You killed more than a dozen barbarians by yourself. The villagers were stunned. They sent you back. You stood in the house for a long time before going back. They all said you are a little hero."
Zhou Su sat obediently at her feet without saying a word.
Zhou Guo looked down at himself and found that his clothes had changed. He looked up but didn't see the old man. "Where is my master? Where is my uncle? Why did my uncle come back? Does the army not want him anymore?"
Li said with a smile, "What do you mean the army doesn't want him? Have you ever seen an army that doesn't want people? Didn't the barbarians escape and disappear? The major general sent several teams to chase them along the way. Your uncle and his team were one of them. Your uncle is familiar with this area, and he happened to lead the way. They chased us to our village, but we were still a step too late. Now they are dealing with the horses and corpses, and your uncle is holding on to us and asking us questions while holding our crossbows."
Zhou Mai said: "My uncle said that there are still two groups of barbarians missing. They will stay in the village for a few days."
Zhou Guo nodded. The old man wanted to train her, so she just provided cover from the side and didn't do much. She fought alone against seventeen or eighteen very strong barbarians until the end, and her strength was exhausted. Fortunately, the result was good.
Zhou Xing brought a bowl of hot chicken soup, and Li brought a basket of hot steamed buns. "Eat it while it's hot. You must be starving, right?"
The stone in his heart fell to the ground. Zhou Guo felt very hungry. His hands and feet became weak. He picked up the steamed bun and the chicken soup, taking a bite of steamed bun and sip of chicken soup. He looked like he was eating politely, but his speed was not slow at all. He finished a few steamed buns in a short time.
Zhou Xing picked up a pickled cucumber from the jar, cut it into strips, put it in a bowl in front of her, and said with a smile: "You like pickled cucumbers, eat it."
Zhou Guo's eyes lit up, "Sister, aren't you reluctant to eat the vegetables soaked in the jar? Normally, I asked you to eat some with the porridge, as if asking you for money. Why are you willing to give them to me now?"
In winter, there are no fresh vegetables except the cabbage, radish and carrots in the cellar, and the carrots are almost eaten up. Sometimes I want to eat some pickled beans and cucumbers, but I have to beg for some.
Zhou Xing said, "You've been a great hero today. You've done so much. Everyone said you need to be well nourished. Look at the things in the corner. They were all sent here by the villagers. They said they were for your health."
Zhou Guo turned his head and looked towards the corner. Under the dim oil lamp, he could vaguely see some cabbages, radishes, eggs, and a grain bag, which actually contained two chickens!
She pointed at the two chickens and said, "Mom, forget about the other things, do you want these chickens too? Who gave them to you?"
Chickens are the source of oil, salt, needles and thread for a farmer's family throughout the year. They rely on them for laying eggs. How could you accept someone else's golden chicken that is laying money?
Li said helplessly, "This was sent by the head of the village. The old man came over with his hands behind his back, hunched over, and tried to force it in. He said that if we didn't accept it, we would be looking down on him. So we had no choice but to accept it. The other one was sent by your rich uncle's family. He said that you are the youngest and have contributed the most, so you deserve to be well nourished. He let them make chicken soup for you, saying it was a token of their appreciation."
Zhou Guo nodded while eating. Suddenly he remembered something, "What about the injured ones? Are they okay?"
Don't give someone another blow, that would be bad.
Li said, "Don't worry, it's all right. Only the ones who were shot by arrows were more seriously injured. Fortunately, your uncle and his friends had medicine with them, and they invited an old doctor from the town overnight, so they all survived."
Zhou Guo breathed a sigh of relief, "It's good enough that you're not dead."
She scooped a piece of meat from the soup. The meat was really delicious. There was no mushroom in it, but it would have been better if there was no mushroom. Since the beginning of winter, she has been eating this every few days. No matter how delicious it was, she got tired of it.
I picked them up in autumn and dried them if I couldn’t finish eating them. I now have eight or nine bags. Since autumn, I have only eaten one bag in total, and I don’t know when I will finish eating them.
Or I might as well sell a few bags of it someday. But every household in the countryside here has this stuff, and I don’t know if it’s easy to sell. I’m afraid I won’t be able to get a good price even if I sell it.
After dinner, it was still dark and she didn't know what time it was, but Zhou Sulu and the others had already fallen asleep beside her.
Zhou Xing couldn't hold on any longer and fell asleep. Using a bow and crossbow required strength, and coupled with the fear, it was a relief that he could hold on until this moment.
Li urged Zhou Gu and the others to go to bed, "It's late at night, you're tired after a night of sleep, you all go to bed, I'll wait for you, Master."
Zhou Mai said, "Mom, I'll keep watch over you. You go to sleep."
Li said without hesitation, "You are still growing, how can you not get enough sleep? I am fine, I did nothing all night, I will go to bed when the master and your uncle come back, you guys should go to bed quickly, it will be dawn if you don't sleep now."
After being frightened all night, several people finally relaxed. Their eyelids could not help drooping, and they yawned and cried. They fell on the kang, and even had no strength to cover themselves with the quilt. They fell asleep halfway through.
Zhou Guo yawned and couldn't hold it in any longer.