Surviving In The Ancient Times With Limitless Supplies
Chapter 164: Not Until He Saw Her Dead Body With His Own Eyes

Chapter 164: Not Until He Saw Her Dead Body With His Own Eyes

Before the captain could speak, Xiao Gui had already handed the small wooden box to the captain. The captain took the small wooden box from him, opened it, and counted the banknotes inside.

After confirming that the amount was correct, he handed the small wooden box to the leader and said, "Please count it again."

The leader took the small wooden box from him and counted the banknotes again. After a while, he nodded and smiled at them. "The amount of money is right. Thank you for your patronage."

The captain turned around, looked at the others, and said, "Let’s go back to the barracks."

The small convoy then left the village with two thousand buckets of clean water. After the soldiers left, a middle-aged man walked up to the leader and asked, "Du Nan, are you sure we can just sell them the clean water?"

Du Nan nodded and said, "Did you forget that we are merchants? For us, there are no friends or enemies, only interests and profits."

The third elder thought for a while and said, "You are right. Who wins the war is not our problem. Then do you want to continue to process the water?"

This time, Du Nan couldn’t help frowning when he heard the third elder’s question. Seeing him frowning, the third elder asked, "What’s wrong?"

Du Nan shook his head and said, "It’s nothing. We should continue processing the clean water. It’s just..."

The third elder waited for a while, waiting for him to continue, but Du Nan did not continue what he wanted to say. He glanced at the entrance of the village and changed the topic instead.

"We need to strengthen our defenses as soon as possible." He said seriously.

The third elder nodded and said, "All right. I will let the second elder handle this matter."

While the two were discussing the defense of their village with the second elder, Xiao Shao and the others were resting on the roadside. After traveling for a day without rest, everyone was tired and hungry. Sitting on a boulder a distance away from the bonfire, Xiao Shao looked up at the starry night sky.

"How was your search process? Did you find her body?" He asked in a low voice.

Ying Yi walked out from behind a dead tree, knelt in front of Xiao Shao, lowered his head and said, "This subordinate is useless. We have been searching for six days, but we still haven’t found her body."

Xiao Shao didn’t speak for a long time, and Ying Yi didn’t dare to make a sound. After a long silence, Xiao Shao said, "What about what I asked you to do yesterday?"

As soon as his question came out, Ying Yi said, "Everything has been arranged according to the Master’s order."

Xiao Shao thought for a while and said, "Let the other hidden guards know that we will do it at two o’clock tonight. Have them ready an hour before our departure."

Hearing his words, Ying Yi said, "Yes, Master."

After a few minutes of silence, Xiao Shao said, "Continue to look for her body. You can leave now."

"This subordinate follows orders." Ying Yi said and disappeared from there.

After a while, Xiao Jing came to him with a bowl of millet porridge and a hard bun. Seeing the frown on her elder brother’s handsome face, she approached him and said, "Elder brother, you should eat too."

Hearing his younger sister’s voice, Xiao Shao came out from his contemplation, raised his head and asked, "Have you eaten?"

Xiao Jing handed him the bowl and the hard bun, then said, "I have eaten. Elder Brother, are you still searching for her body?"

Xiao Shao didn’t intend to hide this matter from his family, so he nodded. Xiao Jing sat down on a smaller boulder beside him, and said, "You have been searching for six days."

Xiao Shao’s hand that was holding the spoon paused for a second, before he continued to eat without expression.

After a moment of silence, Xiao Jing asked, "Elder Brother, with how deep the ravine was, it would be difficult to find her body. In the worst case scenario, her body would have been..."

Hearing what she said, Xiao Shao suddenly lost his appetite. Without her reminder, he knew that his chances of finding her body were almost zero. He also knew that after six days passed, her body was either eaten by wild animals or already rotting.

But even though he knew she couldn’t survive after falling into the deep ravine, he always felt that no matter what happened, she would survive. Every time he thought of her last smile, he refused to accept that she was dead. Not until he saw her dead body with his own eyes.

He held the spoon tightly, looked at his younger sister and said, "No matter what, I want to give her a proper burial. She has saved our lives countless times. This is the least I can do to repay her kindness to our family. If she is still alive--"

Knowing that what he wished was impossible, he did not finish what he wanted to say. Standing up from the boulder, Xiao Shao looked at his younger sister and said, "It’s getting late. You should rest early."

After speaking, he walked towards the others who were sitting around the bonfire. Xiao Jing looked at his straight back and sighed.

"This is really bad. Miss Xu’s death has really become his heart demon." She murmured as she followed her elder brother.

Seeing them coming back, Wen Wan looked at the half-eaten millet porridge in her son’s hands and asked, "Why haven’t you finished eating?"

Xiao Shao smiled and said to his mother: "I’m not that hungry."

After finishing speaking, he handed the bowl to Xiao Han and said, "Help me finish it."

Xiao Han took the bowl from his elder brother, and said, "Elder Brother, you need to eat more. Your internal injury has just recovered, and your body still needs nourishment."

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