0p0 Chapter 162 Wandering
Chapter 162 Wandering
After looking at several people in succession, they found that they were all dead. Those who received this news all returned and reported the news to the villagers.
After the village chief learned the news, he followed the others and looked at the person lying on the ground.
Through the torches, one could see that many people had varying degrees of injuries, and there were at least dozens of dead bodies here.
Although they didn't know what happened to these people that caused them to die here, the village chief and his colleagues were now overwhelmed and wanted everyone to continue moving forward.
Suddenly his eyes fell on the corpses lying on the ground. Seeing the clothes they were still wearing, the village chief had a flash of inspiration and an idea popped into his mind, which stopped him from leaving.
He stood there looking at the bodies on the ground, making a difficult decision.
Then he hardened his heart and said to the villagers nearby: "Who among you is brave enough to go over and look around the bodies to see if there are any valuables, or if there are any intact thick clothes or shoes."
When these words were spoken, the people standing by looked at each other in bewilderment. Soon a few of them stood up and walked over to the bodies to search through them.
The village chief looked at everyone's faces and knew what they were thinking.
"We have to act urgently now. We are penniless now. We don't even know if we will suddenly lose our lives like them. How can we care about so many things? The most important thing is to save our lives first!"
What's more, after a while, the people who went to search the bodies came back. They found a pair of gold bracelets, a gold ring, three silver rings, two pairs of silver bracelets, and more than twenty dollars in total on the bodies.
We also found a few steamed buns. Although they were hard, they were still edible after soaking them in water. We also found three complete thick cotton jackets, five pairs of cotton shoes, and three cotton hats.
Although these supplies were stripped from dead bodies, they were a considerable fortune for the people of Yunjia Village who were looted by refugees.
The village chief decided to collect all the valuables and planned to sell them in exchange for food in the Shifeng Town mentioned above.
As for the clothes, shoes and hats that he found, he asked in front of many people if anyone needed them.
At this moment, among the people of Yunjia Village, only a few people came out without disgust, took the things and put them on themselves. They really felt that it was too cold and they could not bear it.
When they were about to freeze to death, these things were life-saving items, so why would they care about where they came from?
Others thought these things were unlucky and refused to take them, so the village chief had them packed up and put on a cart and pushed away. If no one wanted them, they could take them to the town and sell them in exchange for food.
The few steamed buns that were picked up were also put away. After the existing food was eaten up, these steamed buns could be said to be life-saving food.
If they reach Shifeng Town before the existing food is eaten up, then these steamed buns can be dealt with separately at that time.
Everyone obtained a lot of supplies from these corpses. The village chief asked the strong laborers in the village to pick up the tools in their hands and dig a shallow pit nearby, which was just big enough to bury all the corpses.
Then he led everyone on the road to Shifeng Town.
After a lot of effort, at around 11 o'clock at night, they passed through a village again. The village chief decided to find a vacant place here to rest for a while, eat something, and then continue on their way.
Those who were supposed to cook had to complete their own tasks, while the others found a corner, sat down on the snow, spread out their feet, and rubbed them with their hands.
My feet were frozen red, as if they were not my own.
This village was exactly the same as the village they passed the previous night. The people who were sleeping outside couldn't sleep because they had no houses to block the wind and snow. They all gathered around the fire and rubbed their hands and feet.
The village chief sent his son Yun Weiye and several others to inquire about the news from the nearby people to see how far they were from Shifeng Town.
In this dark night, the approach of a group of people made the people camping here more alert. When they saw Yun Weiye and a few others coming over, they took a defensive stance.
When Yun Weiye and his companions saw this, they immediately stopped moving forward, looked at the people in front of them, and told them their purpose.
When they heard the questions raised by Yun Weiye, they did not let down their guard, and the two parties started chatting at a distance.
When Yun Weiye returned, he brought back an important piece of news.
If you want to go to Shifeng Town, you have to pass the foot of several mountains in front. It is said that there are bandits living on the mountains. Now this village can be said to be the last village before crossing the mountain.
Now everyone living in the village is forced to stay because of the snow.
These pieces of information are extremely important to them. They rashly pass through the foot of the mountain at night and don’t know what dangers they will encounter.
So the village chief decided to take everyone to stop here, make preparations before moving on, and at the same time see if there were other people living in the village who wanted to travel with him.
After all, the news that there are bandits ahead is not groundless. If there are many people, they will have great strength. I believe that the bandits will think twice before robbing them.
The people in Yunjia Village quickly asked the villagers to look for something burnable nearby.
There are already so many refugees living here, and almost everything that can burn has been looted by them. How can these latecomers find anything to burn nearby?
Fortunately, there was a place with a lot of dead branches and rotten leaves where they passed by just now. When they passed by just now, many people in Yunjia Village noticed it. That place was not far from here.
So, several young men in the village held torches and rushed to that place, picked up a lot of dead branches and brought them back to start a fire.
Several fires were lit, and the villagers gathered around them to keep warm. Everyone talked and tried not to fall asleep.
It is very easy to catch a cold if you fall asleep outdoors where the wind is blowing everywhere. Then you will have to spend money to see a doctor, and you don't even know if the doctor has any medicine!
After waiting for a long time until daybreak, everyone in Yunjia Village dispersed and wandered around the village, looking for a house that was empty because of the journey where they could stay and rest.