Chapter 54 Two people team up to eat watermelon

Chapter 54 Two people team up to eat watermelon

The Jiang family members sat together, chewing on biscuits with blank expressions. Even the beef jerky they had previously been reluctant to eat was now left untouched, for fear of making them even thirstier.

Xiaoxiao started sobbing again at some point, her cries weak but heartbreaking.

Da Mu held the child in his arms, looking at her chapped lips and flushed face. He felt a pang of heartache and held the child tightly in his arms. As if he had made up his mind, he carried the child and headed deeper into the village.

"What are you going to do?" Jiang Songzhi sensed something was wrong and quickly stepped forward to stop her.

With red eyes, Mu's voice was trembling with tears but unusually firm: "I'm going to breastfeed Xiaoxiao; she can't stay thirsty any longer."

Jiang Songzhi froze for a moment, then his expression changed drastically, and he hurriedly stopped her: "Calm down! You haven't had any breast milk for almost a month, how could you possibly have any now?"

"Even if there's no breast milk, I'll feed her blood!"

Mu's tears slid down her cheeks and dripped onto the child's clothes: "She's so young, I can't watch her die of thirst!"

One sentence plunged everyone into a deathly silence.

Looking at his wife's resolute appearance, Jiang Songzhi's eyes were filled with indescribable pain, and his lips trembled as if he were struggling fiercely.

He felt sorry for his wife and couldn't bear to part with his child, but where could he find water now? Rather than let his child drink his mother's blood, he decided it was better to let the child drink his father's.

He clenched his fist, his knuckles turning white, and was about to speak when Jiang Yutang suddenly stood up.

"I'll go look around in the village; maybe I can find some wild fruit or something else."

She tried to remain calm, but couldn't hide a hint of urgency: "You all wait here for me. Don't make any rash moves, especially don't separate."

Before her family could react, she had already turned and run into the abandoned village.

Jiang Huaiyu and Jiang Sumin exchanged a glance, and almost simultaneously got up and chased after Jiang Yutang.

"Little sister! Wait for us, we'll search with you!"

This deserted village is fraught with unknown dangers, and it is too unsafe for her, a woman, to travel alone.

Cheng Lanzhou saw all of this, but simply shook his head.

The abandoned village was full of yellow earth, and even the weeds grew sparsely and withered. How could wild fruits possibly survive in such an arid environment?

He could even guess that Jiang Yutang might have just made up an excuse to leave because she didn't want to see her family fall into despair.

Cheng Lanzhou looked at her mother and sister, who were also pale and had cracked lips, but they were still trying to hold on.

He silently took out the biscuits he had kept from his bundle, broke them in half, and handed them to Lin and Cheng Dai'er: "Eat some first to conserve your strength. We'll figure out a way to find water tomorrow."

Meanwhile, Jiang Yutang had already run far away. The reason she left alone was not to find wild fruit, but to find a secluded place to travel back to the modern world to fetch water.

Jiang Yutang quickly slipped into a half-collapsed thatched hut. After confirming that no one was around, she swiftly pulled out the time-travel book from her bosom.

The moment her fingertips touched the pages, a familiar white light enveloped her, and the next second, she was standing in the living room of her modern home.

Without even taking a breather, she grabbed her wallet and rushed downstairs.

She knew that if a large amount of mineral water suddenly appeared, it would definitely arouse suspicion from her family and Cheng Lanzhou, but the situation was urgent and she couldn't worry about that now.

As soon as she reached the entrance of the residential area, she saw a middle-aged man riding a tricycle. The back of the tricycle was full of round watermelons, and the green rinds were still covered with fresh soil.

"Got it!"

Jiang Yutang's eyes lit up. Watermelons have a very high water content, which can quench thirst and fill the stomach. Moreover, in ancient times, they were not considered anything completely "out of the ordinary," at most they were considered rare fruits.

She immediately waved to stop the tricycle, and before the middle-aged man could speak, she pointed to the cargo bed and said, "Boss, I'll take all these watermelons! No, give me seven first, freshly picked, the fresher the better!"

"Seven?" The middle-aged man was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and replied, "Young lady, you have a good eye! These watermelons were just picked from the field. Look at the stem; it was just cut off, which keeps them sweet and juicy!"

Jiang Yutang looked in the direction he pointed, and sure enough, each watermelon stem had a fresh cut and was still green.

She nodded excitedly, "Great! Just these seven, please help me carry them down!"

After paying, she rushed into the supermarket next door, bought a few bottles of mineral water and stuffed them into her bag, just in case.

After carrying the watermelon and bottled water home, she looked at the round watermelon on the table, clasped her hands together, and silently prayed, "I must bring them all over, please don't let anything go wrong!"

She took a deep breath, picked up the time-travel book again, and with a flash of white light, she was back in the thatched hut.

Meanwhile, Jiang Huaiyu and Jiang Sumin chased into the village, but Jiang Yutang was nowhere to be found.

"Strange, how could they disappear in the blink of an eye?"

This abandoned village is full of hidden dangers. What if the little sister gets into danger?

The two searched the area and called out several times without getting a response. Just as they were about to expand their search area, they suddenly heard Jiang Yutang's voice coming from the direction of the thatched hut.

"Third Brother! Fourth Brother! I'm here! Come and help!"

The two rushed towards the sound and, as soon as they entered the thatched hut, they saw her bending over, holding a watermelon, panting as she put it on the ground.

The bright green melon rind stood out starkly in the dim thatched hut, and the two men were immediately stunned, asking in unison, "Where did you get this?"

Jiang Yutang straightened up, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said with a smile, "When we were walking around the village just now, we found the watermelon hidden in the cellar of a dilapidated house. It must be in this cool and secluded place that the previous people didn't notice. Quick, let's move the watermelon to a secluded spot and call everyone over to quench their thirst!"

She made up a reason on purpose, her face flushed with excitement.

Although Jiang Sumin still had doubts, he didn't bother to ask any more questions when he saw the watermelon in front of him.

At this moment, nothing is more important than quenching one's thirst.

The two quickly stepped forward, each picking up a watermelon, and followed Jiang Yutang to the back of the village, finally placing it behind a dilapidated house.

"No one should notice us here." Jiang Yutang cautiously looked around.

Jiang Huaiyu looked at the round watermelon on the ground, her mouth almost reaching her ears with a grin, and excitedly rubbed her hands together, saying, "I'll go back and call them over right now!" After saying that, she turned around and was about to run outside.

"Wait!" Jiang Yutang quickly called out to him, lowering her voice to instruct, "Be sure to keep a low profile and don't attract attention! Only two people can come at a time, in batches, and make sure no one else notices."

In this desperate situation of water and food shortage, the sudden appearance of watermelons could lead to their theft or even death if other refugees saw them. They had to be extremely careful.

Jiang Huaiyu instantly understood, wiped the smile off her face, pretended to be nonchalant, and slowly walked back to the camp.

He squatted down beside Jiang Songzhi, barely moving his mouth, and spoke softly in ventriloquism that only the two of them could hear.

“We’ve found something to quench our thirst. Don’t disturb anyone. Let your sister-in-law and mother come with me first. Two people at a time.”