Traveling to ancient times, with space

Chapter 30 One Piece of Cake

As they walked and talked, Su Yue learned that the wells in Aunt Wei's village had dried up and the fields had yielded no harvest, yet the government still wanted to increase taxes.

Su Yue followed them until they reached a forest, where Aunt Wei and her group stopped to rest.

The forest was also dry, and the leaves were drooping. After a while, they heard Aunt Wei's group of people who had gone out to find water returning and whispering that they had found a small pond.

Su Yue didn't go; instead, she found a larger tree about five or six meters away from them and sat down to rest.

I leaned against the basket on my back and closed my eyes to doze off. This road is really not for humans to walk on. I've only walked for half a day, and the soles of my feet are already sore.

If it weren't for Aunt Wei saying that we could reach the next town in two more days, and that she was going to find a way to separate from these people tomorrow, it would have been more comfortable to travel alone.

As soon as it got dark, Aunt Wei started cooking over a bonfire.

The weather was too hot, and the forest was full of dead trees and fallen leaves, with a lot of mosquitoes biting Su Yue so much that she wrapped her head with a cloth, leaving only one eye exposed.

When Aunt Wei's child came over with the pancakes, he saw that Su Yue was wrapped up like a rice dumpling. "Sister, here you go." The child handed the pancakes to Su Yue.

Su Yue accepted the cake and said, "Please thank your mother for me."

Although Aunt Wei is talkative, she's a really nice person.

Su Yue took a piece of dried meat from her basket and handed it over, saying, "Here you go."

"I can't take it. My mother said I can't just take it from other people." The child squatted in front of Su Yue, glanced at the dried meat, and quickly looked away.

“You gave me the pancakes, so this is an exchange.” Su Yue looked at the little radish head squatting in front of her; he was quite cute.

"If I trade you flatbread for dried meat, wouldn't you be losing out?"

"I think your family's cakes are delicious, so it's not a loss. Here, take them and eat them secretly." Su Yue didn't want to argue with the child, so she simply stuffed the jerky into the child's hand.

"Thank you, sister." The child looked at the jerky in his hand and grinned so wide his mouth almost reached his ears.

Children in this era often lacked oil and fat, let alone during years of famine, when they might not even be able to eat meat all year. Now, a pancake could be exchanged for a piece of meat, how could she not be happy?

As soon as the child left, Su Yue took a bite of a pancake. It wasn't very tasty, but she still finished it.

Not full, I ate two more meat buns and drank a bowl of chicken soup. Luckily, I had my head covered with a cloth, so no one could see what I was eating.

He laid two layers of tarpaulin under the tree, added a quilt to the tarpaulin at noon, put the basket behind him, and slept on his side, hugging a large iron spoon in his arms.

Half-asleep, she was still thinking about making some dumplings in her space when she had some free time.

They also need to slaughter a cow and braise the beef to eat as a snack. Walking must have been too tiring, so they need to replenish their energy.

Perhaps because someone was keeping watch at Aunt Wei's place, Su Yue slept quite soundly.

The next day, before dawn, Aunt Wei and her group went to pack their things and set off.

Su Yue was woken up by the noise and sat up from the ground, still a little confused. Where was she?

It was pitch black all around, and even the people who were packing their things and hurrying on their way didn't have a pot to cook.

After regaining her senses, Su Yue first put the oilcloth blanket on the ground into her spatial storage, then carried the basket on her back and walked a little further away to find a clump of grass to relieve herself.

When she got back, Aunt Wei was also looking for her and told her to follow behind.

Su Yue, who was walking at the back of the group, ate as she went.

Her head was completely covered except for her eyes, which shielded her from the sun during the day and kept mosquitoes away at night.

After walking for most of the day, the sun finally rose slowly. No, it was already unbearably hot as soon as the sun came out a little.

Su Yue was about to tell Aunt Wei that she wanted to rest for a while and that they should leave first.

Chaos broke out ahead, and everyone became alert, creating a tense atmosphere.

Su Yue, who was at the very back, didn't know what was happening. She just watched as the villagers from Aunt Wei's village began to protect the child behind them.

Su Yue quickly stepped forward to see what was happening, but as soon as she reached Aunt Wei and Aunt Lin, she was pulled back and prevented from going any further.

All I could see was a man riding a skinny horse in front of me, followed by thirty or forty men wielding knives and clubs.

The leading man on horseback shouted, "Hand over the grain and the women, and we'll let you go."

"Hand over the grain and the women..." the men behind shouted.

Only after the leader raised his hand to signal them to stop did he speak to the people in front of him, asking, "How was it?"

The villagers in front shielded their women and children behind them, some picked up hoes from the cart, some picked up kitchen knives, and whatever they could find, using their actions to show those people that they disagreed.

"Good, very good! You really are asking for trouble! Brothers, charge! Kill all these disobedient ones, but keep the women! Charge, brothers!" The leader steered his horse back a little, letting the others charge.

Before Su Yue could react, a fight had already broken out in front of her.

She was just thinking about how to get a means of transportation when this came to her—she wanted the horse that the leader was riding.

Just as the fight broke out, Su Yue took advantage of Aunt Wei's inattention, removed the cloth wrapped around the large iron spoon in her arms, and rushed to the front.

A large iron ladle struck a man who was about to ambush a villager on the head, sending him flying. Upon closer inspection, the man's entire face was caved in.

These past few days, I've been drinking water from the spiritual spring every day, and with the strength pills I've taken, my strength is increasing.

Su Yue rushed into the crowd with her basket on her back, as if she had entered a flock of sheep.

She really did take them down one spoonful at a time; very few people would make her take a second chance. If it weren't for the fact that some of these people were carrying machetes, Su Yue could have taken them all down.

The group of robbers thought that capturing these defenseless villagers would be a piece of cake, but unexpectedly, a formidable figure appeared out of nowhere.

"You guys go and deal with that shorty first," the bandit on the skinny horse ordered.

Just as Su Yue slapped one of the robbers away with a spoon, she saw four or five robbers wielding machetes coming at her.

Among the villagers was a man with a hoe. When he saw Su Yue surrounded, he ignored the arm that had been slashed by the robbers, knocked down the robbers in front of him with a single blow, and rushed over to help Su Yue.

Su Yue never expected that besides the kind-hearted Aunt Wei and Aunt Lin's family, there would be someone else in the village who would rush over to help her.

The robbers rushed over and slashed at Su Yue, but they were no match for Su Yue's agility, which had been enhanced by the spiritual spring water.

She bypassed them and ran straight towards the man riding the skinny horse. Several people followed, but unexpectedly, Su Yue turned around and swung the large iron ladle in her hand, sending it flying towards them.

Before the robber could react, Su Yue had already sent him flying, and he was gone.

After hitting her, she turned and rushed towards the mounted robbers, swinging a large iron ladle at the robber leader, who hurriedly dodged.

At this moment, the other robbers surrounded her again. Su Yue was not afraid at all. She quickly picked up the machete on the ground and slashed at the robbers who rushed over.

During the fight, Su Yue discovered that her strength was indeed formidable, but the cleaver was too light and not as effective as her large iron ladle.

She skillfully evaded the enemy's attacks while constantly launching counterattacks.

Gradually, the robbers began to feel fear, realizing that this seemingly short man was actually a formidable opponent.

The robber on horseback began to back down, intending to escape.

Seeing this, Su Yue chased after them and, at the last moment, stabbed the bandit leader directly with her machete.