They had been sleeping when the flood occurred and did not manage to bring flame sticks with them.
Besides, even if they had flame sticks, they did not have firewood.
Fortunately, there were no elderly, women, or children among them. Otherwise, the cave would definitely be filled with cries. However, although there were no loud crying, there were endless strings of curses and complaints.
Some cursed An Jiuyue for being inhumane, while others hoped she would be struck by lightning!
"All of you…"
The Chief took a deep breath and was about to rebuke them when he was interrupted by the sound of footsteps outside.
"There's noise outside?"
The others also reacted to the sound and looked towards the entrance of the cave nervously.
They could not tell if the footsteps belonged to wild beasts or humans. They were afraid, but they did not even have a single weapon to defend themselves.
If a wild beast really attacked, they could only use their fists to fight back. How could they not be afraid?
"Chief, are you there?"
Suddenly, they heard a familiar voice.
"Master, why are you calling out to them? This bunch of heartless things… You shouldn't have brought them porridge. You should just let them starve to death." Wei Na kept muttering in its master's mind.
If I can come out, I will definitely punish these people for all the wicked things they said!
"Wouldn't it be a waste of my effort rescuing everyone if they starve to death?" An Jiuyue snapped at it.
Speaking of which, she had also just discovered that she could also earn points from rescuing people. She had saved so many people and could be rewarded 10 points for every person had saved. She had no problem reclaiming two or three pieces of jade land now.
"This is all to earn points! Earn points!"
"Then you should leave them until they're half-dead before rescuing them! It's like reusing and recycling! You can earn double the points!" Wei Na reasoned.
An Jiuyue was silent.
I shouldn't have started talking to this thing. Double the points? If you can be rewarded for something, you can definitely be punished for another!
What if I harm these people and the Points Mall deducts my points? I don't want to take such a risk!
"You'd better shut up. I want some peace."
"Oh, it's Jiuyue."
When the Chief heard her voice, he heaved a sigh of relief. It was fine as long as it was not a wild beast. They did not have any weapon to defend themselves now.
"Jiuyue, it's us. We're inside!" he shouted out.
Soon, An Jiuyue entered. She was carrying something on her back and held a flame stick in her hand to help her see in the dark.
"Chief, I brought some plain porridge. Here are some bamboo tubes that can be used to scoop the porridge. You can also use this firewood and dry your clothes first. If the firewood isn't enough, you can go outside, gather some and put them over the fire to dry."
She put the things down as she spoke.
"Jiuyue, thank—"
"If you have plain porridge, why did you not bring it over earlier? You b*tch, hurry up and serve us some!"
Aunt Kang interrupted the Chief with her rude words, even ordering An Jiuyue as if she was her slave.
The Chief's face darkened instantly. Under the illumination of the flame stick, he looked straight at his wife's vile face and slapped her.
He had long wanted to hit this foul-mouthed woman. He was nauseated by her behavior.
"Don't you have hands and feet? Can't you scoop it on your own? Weren't you complaining about Jiuyue a moment ago? Then why should you have the porridge she brought? Move aside!"
Aunt Kang was stunned after her husband slapped her.
She did not dare to say anything as her husband was furious.
An Jiuyue did not even spare Aunt Kang a glance as she spoke to the Chief, "Chief, you all should have some porridge first. The porridge is still warm. It will turn cold soon."
She ignored the others and began starting a bonfire for them. She watched on as many fought and scrambled to have the porridge. When they were done, she gathered the earthen jar and bamboo tubes back and was ready to leave.
Someone noticed that she was about to leave and hurriedly called out to her, "Jiuyue, your porridge is too diluted. Make it thicker tomorrow."
An Jiuyue stopped in her tracks and looked back at him.
"I'll cook a full meal for you if you want to have a meal and not be guaranteed a next. What do you think about that?" she retorted.
"Uh."
The man was dumbfounded by her words, and his face flushed.
"Jiuyue, what are you talking about? We didn't say anything about cooking a full meal. It's just that this porridge is really not enough to fill our stomachs."
"That's right, that's right! There is so little porridge, but so many of us are sharing it. How can we be full?" A few men defended the person who spoke earlier.
"Jiuyue, you saved us. There's no reason for you to starve us, right?"
An Jiuyue's expression turned cold. She stared coldly at those shameless people and sneered.
"I never intended for you all to eat your fill. I'm only trying to keep you from starving to death."
I've really treated these people too well, haven't I? How dare they take advantage of me? Did they really think I'm easy to bully?
"How about this? I'll stop sending plain porridge from tomorrow onwards, and you can go dig up wild vegetables and tree bark to eat. You can find food without me anyway. There may not be much on the mountain, but there will definitely be plenty of tree bark. You will definitely be able to eat your fill!"
"You—"
When those men heard her words, they almost flew into a rage.
A few other men came forward to stop them.
"Alright, alright. It's good enough that we get to eat something. What else do you want? Without Jiuyue, all of us would've still been starving on the roof. We might have even been swept away by the water!"
"Jiuyue's family has no fields or land, so they don't have much food in the first place. It's already a great favor that she's giving us some plain porridge!"
Although there were some bad people in the village, there were also some kind ones. An Jiuyue saw that some people were defending her and did not say anything else. Instead, she looked at the Chief.
"Chief, you should send people out to pick up more firewood. Although the firewood may be wet, if you let it sit in the cave for a few hours, it can still be used to start a fire. It's not safe in the mountains at night. It's better to have a few bonfires."
"Alright, I understand," the Chief replied.
"Jiuyue, you should be careful when you go back. You don't have to come tomorrow morning, just come at noon. There are so many people. There's definitely not enough food. One meal a day is enough for all."
He had deliberately said this out loud so that the people who despised the plain porridge An Jiuyue brought could hear it.
He really wanted to slap every single one of them. How can these cowards be so cocky? We already have food, but that didn't stop them from complaining and nitpicking!
"One meal a day? That won't do!"
Someone heard the Chief's words and immediately shouted.
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