Chapter 1061 Distress

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The village was covered in bloodstains, as if it had just been robbed.

If Xiaomei was still here, Su Yan could trace back the time here and see what happened.

Suddenly, she remembered the group of jackals she met when she just woke up. All of them were covered in blood, and it was not their own blood.

Could it be that the group of jackals were attacking the village?

Su Yan continued to walk forward, "Ah!" She suddenly cried out in pain, a piece of broken porcelain pierced the sole of her foot.

Bright red blood sizzled out...

Red!

Isn't she the God of Creation? She should have golden divine blood!

I suddenly remembered that when the egg was laid just now, the blood was also red.

Where did her divine power go? A chill ran through my body.

"Who is there?"

came a female voice.

Su Yan looked in the direction of the voice and saw a young girl wearing coarse linen clothes.

Her eyes were blind, and everything was gray and lifeless.

"Hello, my name is Su Yan, and I'm passing by here in trouble. May I ask where this is?"

When the other party heard that Su Yan was also a woman, he became less wary. "My name is Zhou Hongmei. On the day I was born, the old red plum tree at the entrance of the village was full of flowers, so my father named me Hongmei."

"A very nice name."

"Our village is also called Hongmei Village."

Su Yan chatted with Hongmei for a while and roughly knew what happened in Hongmei Village.

Just as she guessed, there were wild beasts attacking the village recently. Hongmei's parents and elder brother also suffered from this disaster.

The people in the village had all fled. Because Hongmei was blind, her uncle and aunt abandoned her as a burden.

Even a good person may not survive on the road of escape, let alone a blind person. Hongmei also understood what her uncle and aunt did, so she stayed in the village, waiting for the beasts to come and reunite her with her parents and elder brother.

Su Yan looked into her eyes and asked, "Are your eyes natural or acquired?"

"I had a serious illness when I was seven and became blind." Hongmei replied, "By the way, you should leave as well. It's very dangerous here."

"It's completely dark now. It's not safe to walk at night. And I'm hungry. Are you hungry?" Su Yan asked.

As soon as these words were spoken, Hongmei's stomach started to growl and her face turned red.

Su Yan smiled and said, "I saw some food in the kitchen, can I cook?"

"You can use whatever I have at home. I'll help you light the fire." Hongmei replied.

Su Yan nodded, "Okay."

Although I can't see it with my eyes, this is the yard where Hongmei grew up. She is very clear about the location of each item. Especially when it comes to making fire, she must have helped with this task frequently, and her movements are very skillful.

"I have a second brother, who joined the army seven years ago. If he were still alive, my parents and eldest brother would be fine." Hongmei stared straight at the fire in the stove.

The firelight illuminated her gray eyes, which also became bright.

Su Yan poured the mixed dough into the soup pot.

"The dead are gone, but the living are still here. You should also mourn and live well. Your parents and eldest brother must think the same. By the way, where is your second brother serving in the army?"

"I only heard from my eldest brother that the army my second brother is in is called the Zhenyuan Army, and his name is Zhou Xiaoshan."

"Okay, let's go find the Zhenyuan Army tomorrow."

"Is it okay?" A gleam of hope appeared on Hongmei's face.

"Of course I can. I have nowhere to go anyway, so I'll just live wherever I go." Su Yan said with a smile, but her eyes were looking at the egg baby tied behind her... She was just an ordinary orc now, so she had to survive first.

Seeing a chicken coop in the yard, Su Yan went over to take a look.

There are four chickens inside and there are eggs in the chicken coop.

Su Yan's eyes lit up, and she opened the chicken coop and took away the eggs.

There were six eggs in total. Considering that she had just given birth to a child and Hongmei hadn't eaten for two days, she beat all six eggs into the pot.

"There are four chickens in the chicken coop and some eggs. I took out all the eggs. Especially at times like this, you need to eat well so that you have the strength to run."

"Yeah, I thought they were killed by wild beasts."

"We are lucky, haha." Su Yan served Hongmei three eggs and dumpling soup, and also served herself a large bowl, "Let's eat!"

"Sister Su's cooking skills are really good!" Hongmei praised after taking a sip of the soup.

"There's still some in the pot." Su Yan looked back at the egg baby tied to her back. It seemed to be a little bigger than when it was just born.

Is it possible to develop and hatch on my own without the power of the Ancestral Dragon?

Considering the mouse patterns on the eggshell, it is most likely a baby mouse. Maybe it really is possible.

Early the next day.

Su Yan changed into the old clothes and shoes left by Hongmei's mother. They were also made of coarse linen, but they covered her body better than her maternity dress. The shoes were also big, so she could just wear them as slippers, which was better than going barefoot.

She tied up the chickens in the coop, put them in a basket and took them away. She smeared her face with soot from the stove, and finally took a stick and led Hongmei away from Hongmei Village.

We had to leave, because in the middle of the night, there were still wolves wandering around the village, howling terrifyingly.

Su Yan was fine, she turned over and continued to sleep.

Hongmei was very frightened and trembling with fear, and she didn't sleep well that night.

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After crossing mountains and rivers, Su Yan brought Hongmei to a small town.

Many people here also fled, but some elderly widows and widowers did not want to leave their hometown, so they stayed.

Su Yan exchanged the four hens that were still able to lay eggs on her back for some coins and some dry food that could be stored for the journey.

"No wonder Sister Su didn't kill those chickens." Hongmei heard that Su Yan sold four hens for eight hundred copper coins.

Su Yan replied, "It would be a pity to kill him, and the money we exchanged for it would be more useful. There is an inn ahead, the doors and windows are tattered, and no one is in charge. I guess the boss and the waiters have run away. Let's go there and stay. We will continue our journey tomorrow morning. I will also ask the old people here to see if anyone knows about the Zhenyuan Army."

"Thank you, Sister Su. If it weren't for you, I would have been eaten by those beasts by now."

"We help each other, you're welcome."

Su Yan placed Hongmei in a guest room. There were folded bedding and daily necessities on the bed. It was obvious that the people in the inn had indeed fled in a hurry and had not dealt with anything.

I left some food and drink for Hongmei, and told her to bolt the door and go to sleep after eating. Being in good health is the first requirement on the road to escape, otherwise it will be troublesome if you get sick.

Hongmei responded one by one.

Su Yan did not leave the inn immediately, but went to the inn kitchen and found a lot of fruits, vegetables, rice, salt, oil and grains.

I put some in a basket.

She also found a place to hide the rest to prevent others from looting supplies like her.

She was wandering around the town streets carrying food on her back and passed by a blacksmith shop.

I saw a lame old man working on iron with a bellows.

Then he went in.

"Hello, boss. I want to ask you something, and I also want to exchange these foods for something to protect myself." Su Yan took out two small bags of rice, flour, sweet potatoes, radishes, green onions, ginger, dried bacon, salt, seasonings, four large pears, and a small jar of sesame oil from the basket.

The lame boss looked at the food, then at Su Yan's smeared face, "It's hanging on the wall, just pick one, what do you want to ask?"