Chapter 3773: Plague (2)

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

Just then, two people showed up at the foot of the mountain.
Both of them wore tattered clothes and looked as filthy as beggars.
They found the dead rat.

The two of them were over the moon and immediately picked it up.

They divided the meat into two halves and stuffed it into their mouths.

The Gao family was so jealous.

The eldest son glared at Gao Mingkun. “Look! Someone has eaten rat meat! Why can’t we eat it?!”

“That’s right. We’ve been starved for days. What’s wrong with eating some rat meat? Gao Mingkun, are you trying to starve us to death? Fine, we won’t eat rat meat, but you have to make us something to eat!”

Gao Mingkun blushed and wanted to retort, but he couldn’t. He only mumbled, “You can’t eat it. You just can’t.”

“Who told you that?”

“I heard Miss Feng talking about it with Brother Mingjiang,” said Gao Mingkun.

“It’s that Feng girl again!” The third daughter-in-law flared up at the mention of that name. “She’s such a troublemaker! If it hadn’t been for her, Li would never have been so stubborn! Mingjiang would never have fallen out with us because of his wife’s pillow talk! It’s all Feng’s fault!”

Gao Mingkun glanced at her. “Sister-in-law, you still haven’t realized your mistake, and you’re still blaming other people. I don’t think anyone will help you when you starve to death.”

His sister-in-law stared at him. “What did you say?!

Since Gao Mingkun had made it so clear, he couldn’t say anything else. He only smirked and said, “You can savor what I said!”

After that, Gao Mingkun sat down on the side and didn’t say another word.

The Gao family didn’t find any dead rats anymore because even those were in high demand. They couldn’t just find them everywhere.

They had to dig up wild grass and vegetables, as well as white clay, to keep themselves alive.

“Come, let’s go find Mingjiang. We’ll only survive if we find him.”

They struggled to their feet and stumbled forward, shouting “Mingjiang” all the way.

Occasionally, carriages or ox carts would pass them and keep moving forward.

Old Mrs. Gao burst into tears of jealousy. They used to have carriages as well, and Mingjiang had found them.

As for the rest of her sons…

Her sons had been too busy taking care of their own families to care about her. Old Mrs. Gao missed Gao Mingjiang even more.

She even saw that her sons all ate some wild fruit on their own without leaving anything for her. That wasn’t what Mingjiang was like back then…

She would have starved to death if it hadn’t been for Gao Mingkun’s help every now and then.

In the most difficult situation, they finally realized how good it was to have Gao Mingjiang around.

“If we find Mingjiang, I won’t pick on him again.”

“Actually, Feng is a nice girl. She’s very lucky and knows how to pick up things.” “Not only that, but she also knows how to hunt. She has hunted rabbits before.”

“It’s been a while since I ate meat. My stomach…”

“We don’t even have any chaff, let alone meat!”

Seeing that they had finally changed their attitudes, Gao Mingkun went up to old Mrs. Gao said casually, “Mum, I think I saw Brother Mingjiang.”

What?! The old lady was shocked..