Chapter 380: Escape from Famine in the Ancient World 1
Chapter 380: Escape from Famine in the Ancient World 1
The sun was scorching hot and the earth was being mercilessly burned. The sun hanging high in the sky was like a huge furnace, trying to melt the land.
The originally boundless land has lost all its vitality and has become barren and dry, just like the wrinkles and cracks on the face of an old man who has experienced many vicissitudes of life.
"Brother, should we roast it or boil it?"
"It's so sunny here, where can I get so much water? Forget it, let's just grill it and eat it!"
"But it's a little big when roasted. How about cutting the meat into pieces and eating them?"
"Okay, let's eat it this way!"
At this time, several burly men were discussing lunch while sorting firewood.
Not far from them lay an unconscious young woman.
The woman was about sixteen years old. She was thin and wore only a tattered linen shirt. Because it didn't fit her properly, her wrists and ankles were exposed.
At this time, the woman's eyes were closed. Under the scorching sun, her cheeks were red and her lips had already dried and cracked.
The woman's face was covered in dirt and her body was thin and dark, but she had a pretty face and superior facial features.
However, there was a large red birthmark on her delicate and beautiful right cheek, which made her originally pretty and beautiful face suddenly become extremely terrifying, like a yaksha.
At the same time, the unconscious woman frowned slightly and then slowly opened her eyes.
After looking at the scene in front of her and then at her current condition, Yuyan slowly sat up, then she stroked her forehead and sighed.
What a sin! I have to live a hard life again.
At this time, the men not far away finally noticed that Yu Yan had woken up, and they all looked at her with frowns.
"You're not dead yet?" He was clearly dead just now, how come he suddenly came back to life now?
Yuyan smiled at them and answered in a very good-tempered manner.
"No, brothers, can you give me a bowl of water?"
The man didn't say anything else. His brows were furrowed and he looked at the other two men beside him with a puzzled look.
The three of them looked at each other, then gathered together to discuss.
After a while, not only did Yuyan not get the water she asked for, one of the men even shook the butcher knife in his hand and slowly approached her fiercely and coldly.
Yuyan watched his actions but didn't pay much attention to them. She still asked persistently.
"Brother, can you give me some water?"
"No, you won't be thirsty soon. I'll give you relief, and you'll give us food and clothing." After saying that, he swung his knife at Yuyan.
Yuyan frowned, and after hearing what he said and looking at his posture, she jumped in shock.
Shit, I thought you guys were going to grill meat, but I didn't expect you were going to slice up a living person like me. Do you have such a strong taste?
Seeing that the man's knife was about to fall on her, Yuyan quickly reached out to stop him and persuade him.
"Brother, let's talk it over, don't use the knife! Besides, human flesh is not tasty, it's sour and smelly. You brothers are so heroic and extraordinary, we don't want to eat that dirty stuff."
"Hey, you're a good talker, little girl. But you've seen it, in this situation, this is the only way to survive. Close your eyes, and soon everything will be over."
As he spoke, he swung the knife in his hand towards Yu Yan again without hesitation.
I thought he would be killed with one blow, but I didn't expect that the man would be kicked away by Yuyan the next second.
Seeing this, the other two men became furious and approached Yuyan with their knives.
Yuyan snorted disdainfully, and despite her still dizzy body, she walked towards the two men.
She even picked up a piece of wood as a weapon when passing by the pile of firewood used for barbecue, and knocked down the two men in a few moves.
After a while, Yuyan sat on the ground, knocking the ground with the wooden stick in her hand, and gave instructions to the three men who were squatting on the ground, huddled together and howling like ghosts.
"Is there anything to eat or drink? Give it to me."
Yuyan, who hadn't eaten for several days, spoke very quietly. Plus, the men were howling like ghosts and wolves, so Yuyan's questions were completely drowned out.
She was already thirsty and now she had to keep repeating herself, which made Yuyan feel bad.
He smashed the wooden stick in his hand straight at the three men and roared in a hoarse voice.
"Shut up."
With one blow of the stick, one of the men had a bloody head.
Seeing this, the other two shuddered, then instantly shut their mouths and fell silent.
Yu Yan then repeated, "Bring all the food and drinks to me."
Then, a few shriveled tree roots were placed in front of Yuyan.
Yuyan: …………
Although I am not a picky eater, I can't eat everything.
Then Yuyan picked up the wooden stick that she had just thrown away and started beating the three men unilaterally again.
The three grown men were beaten by Yuyan until they screamed in pain. In order to survive, one of them had to take out a cake and a water bag from his arms and hand them to her.
Although food is precious now, it is obviously more important to survive under the hands of this living devil.
Yuyan got the cake, which temporarily stopped the one-sided beating.
The biscuits the man gave were actually ordinary whole-grain biscuits, hard and abrasive to the teeth, but there was no other food to fill her stomach at the moment.
Therefore, Yuyan did not dislike it and ate the biscuit slowly, taking a bite and sips of water.
Soon the pancake was finished, and Yuyan looked at the men again.
The men with fat faces and bodies as big as mountains almost cried out.
Although they were reluctant, they had to compromise again and again due to the situation.
Finally, Yuyan ate five cakes in a row and drank two water bags of water. Only then did she feel alive again.
The three butchers were huddled in the corner, watching Yuyan shivering and chewing tree roots with pale faces.
Yuyan glanced at them indifferently, then looked at the devastated land around her, and couldn't help feeling sad.
The original owner was just a country girl from a remote area thousands of kilometers away from the capital. Her father died early and her mother raised her alone.
When she was sixteen years old, her mother suddenly fell seriously ill and urgently needed money to save her life. So in order to save her mother, the original owner took the initiative to sell herself to the village chief's family to bring good luck to his seriously ill son.
But she never expected that her husband, who was seriously ill in bed, died as soon as she entered the door.
Her husband's family hated her to death, thinking that it was because of her bad luck that their son died.
Although he did not kill her to bury her with his son, he beat and scolded her every day and treated her like a maid and slave.
However, the original owner's mother, who was seriously ill in bed, eventually could not hold on and soon passed away.
From then on, she had nowhere to go and no one to rely on, and could only continue to endure the inhuman abuse and torture from her in-laws.
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