Traveling to ancient times, with space

Chapter 44 Eating Meat

Soon, the aroma of meat wafted through the air, making the old man and the young man drool with envy. Su Yue, ignoring the heat, picked up a piece of greasy meat and put it in her mouth, sizzling and spitting it out.

She hadn't had any hot meat for days. There was some braised pork in her space, but she couldn't just take it out and eat it in front of Old Man Luo. That would be blatantly telling others that there was something strange about her.

When Old Luo saw Su Yue like this, he laughed out loud, realizing that she was acting like a child, even though she usually acted more like an old man than he did.

He served Su Yue half a bowl of stir-fried cured meat and handed it to her, then poured the rest of the meat from the pot into his own bowl.

The two sat on the ground, quickly eating the meat in their bowls. They felt that this was the kind of food humans should eat.

Old Luo took a bite of meat and a sip of wine, feeling so good he was practically flying. "Young lady," he said, "don't you think my cooking skills have improved? Take this meat, for example! It's so delicious."

Su Yue rolled her eyes at Old Man Luo, not caring whether he could see in the dark, and said, "You old geezer, do you even believe what you're saying? I asked you to heat up a pancake on the fire this morning, and you burned it. Don't think I didn't know."

Old Luo thought he hadn't been discovered, so he carefully removed the burnt bits and ate them himself. He thought he had done a very discreet job, and just smiled sheepishly.

"Old man, why haven't we run into a single village today? Could we be heading back?" Su Yue stood up and jumped around after finishing her meal.

"Isn't it better to rest after eating? You'll get hungry again later. It was dark this morning and I didn't see the road clearly. I don't know when I turned the wrong way. I reckon it'll take another half a day to get out of here!" Old Luo was still drinking the last bit of wine in the pot, wondering whether he should save it for tomorrow. That little brat's wine was getting harder and harder to fool.

After jumping around for a while, Su Yue started practicing the Phantom Movement Technique again, this time persisting for several more rounds than before.

Old Luo sighed as he carried the nearly empty water bucket. The water was going to run out too quickly. He would have to find some more water tomorrow, or the mule would die of thirst just like the people.

If it's going to die of thirst, it's better to kill it before it dies so we can eat some meat; it wouldn't be a waste.

The silly mule sleeping soundly to the side was unaware that someone had already set their sights on killing it for meat.

It's all my fault for dragging this little girl down. If it weren't for me, she could have held on for a few more days. I, a dignified divine doctor from the Divine Doctor Valley, have actually fallen to the point of being cared for by a little girl. I'm so ashamed of myself.

I need to get more nice things for Mao Yatou in the future. Oh, right, I think I have a big house in the capital. It was a thank-you gift from a prince after I cured his illness. I don't know which prince it was, I've forgotten.

I don't even need to wait until the house is still there. If it is, I'll just give it to that little brat! Consider it a free meal for her these past few days. I've got good taste; this little brat is pretty good except for being a bit lazy, a bit gluttonous, and a bit stingy.

Su Yue kept watch for the first half of the night as usual, while Old Man Luo kept watch for the second half. During both halves of the night, Su Yue used a sliver of her mental energy to observe her surroundings, and she began practicing the Phantom Movement Technique again.

During the day, my clothes were soaked with sweat and then dried in the sun, and with a hood covering my head, I felt like my whole body smelled terrible.

So he had to bring it with him even at night except when he was eating. When it was Old Luo's turn to keep watch in the middle of the night, he was spotted by a few daring refugees.

The seven or eight refugees not far away missed Su Yue distributing food and water during the day, and they were so hungry that they wandered to the sides of the road. When they returned to the path in the dark, they smelled that the refugees were actually eating meat.

The aroma of the meat was so enticing that they almost rushed over to snatch it. Seeing that there were mules and carts, they knew it was a sure thing.

He held on with his last shred of sanity, intending to steal things after they fell asleep.

One of the men, a skinny, bony man, was about to rush over and grab it without thinking of anything else, but luckily he was pulled back because they saw that someone actually knew kung fu.

They waited until late at night, until they saw that the kung fu master was asleep, before they dared to sneak over and steal the things.

The seven or eight refugees knew to surround the cart, and before they could get close, Old Man Luo had already spotted them.

Old Luo flicked a small pebble, which hit one of the refugees directly on the head.

The displaced man, in pain, clutched his unhit head and howled.

The remaining refugees, seeing this, dared not move and carefully lay down on the ground.

The sight startled Su Yue, who was sleeping soundly on the cart. She jumped up, even shifting the two eye holes in her hood. She straightened the hood and began watching over Old Man Luo, who was on night watch.

She was relieved to find him alright and asked in a low voice, "Old man, what happened? Who came from? How many are left?"

"I don't know what happened, a few refugees have crept over. I hit one with a stone just now, and there are a few others hiding there. Be careful." Old Luo stood up and looked around.

Several refugees have already been discovered, so what else can we do but charge!

Su Yue saw several skinny people, as thin as monkeys, run out of the darkness. Even that wasn't enough for her to swing her big iron spoon at!

"Oh, just these few? You old codger could handle them all by yourself." Su Yue lay back down on the cart, ignoring it.

Old Luo was alone with several other refugees who were so thin. Judging from the way they ran, I was afraid they would collapse to the ground and die.

In no time at all, Old Man Luo dealt with those people, breaking their arms and legs and throwing them to the other side of the road.

Seeing that everything was resolved, Su Yue went to rest. Although she wasn't very tired that day, she still needed to get plenty of sleep, otherwise she wouldn't grow tall, since she was still a baby.

We didn't start packing and setting off until dawn.

After resting overnight and drinking the spiritual spring water from the space, the mule regained its vigor. Old Man Luo thought the mule might be dying, otherwise why would it have shown such a last burst of energy?

Su Yue was woken up by the urge to urinate, and when she woke up, she found that the cart had already started on the road.

Old Luo thought she hadn't slept well because she had been woken up yesterday, so he didn't wake her up in the morning and just packed his things and got on his way.

"Hey, you can really sleep. The sun is almost halfway up the sky. If you keep sleeping like this, I'll think you're crazy and I'll give you a couple of acupuncture needles." He turned around and said to Su Yue, who was stretching.

"Stop the car! I need to go!" Su Yue ignored everything else and jumped off the mule cart before it had even come to a complete stop, running towards the bushes by the roadside.

Only after satisfying her physiological needs did Su Yue return, feeling content.

I'm a little hungry, and I really want some porridge.

"I want to drink porridge."

"What? You still want porridge? If we can't find the village chief today, we won't even have water to drink. Just bear with it! We'll cook some porridge for you when we find enough water." Old Luo really wanted to pry open Su Yue's head to see what else was inside this brat besides food.

It's really worrying. All this little brat thinks about is food and how to lie down a little longer.