Dragging their tired bodies, the youths went out and picked up the buckets to go on their way to retrieve water from the spring.
Two lazy bodies trailed at the back of the group and watched the others drag their wretched bodies hobbling unsteadily to fetch water.
"Hungry?" Qiao Chu asked after everyone else had left and the two of them were alone outside the quarters.
Jun Wu Xie shook her head. Her appetite had always been small and did not hold great interest in the desire for food, only ensuring that she ingested adequate nutrition and carbohydrates daily and not anything more than that. The elixirs she brought with her provided her with that sufficiently and she did not feel any hunger.
"Here, keep this with you. You don't have to eat them today, just keep them for another time. This torment should still continue on for quite awhile longer." Qiao Chu took out a packet of dried meat from his bag and stuffed it into Jun Wu Xie's hands.
