Chapter Eighty-Five: Escape from the Fire

Xiao Ju's family began to run towards the depths of the mountain forest because they found the thick smoke on the mountain, and the villagers were panicked for a while, and because of the large number of people and chaos, when under the organization of Patriarch Chen, they finally retreated towards the mountain forest in order, and Xiao Ju's family had already left the mountain recess for a long distance.

Because today's wind direction is blowing towards Xiao Ju and them, the speed at which the fire spreads is very fast, Xiao Ju feels the heat wave that is getting closer and closer, and her heart is also anxious. As early as when the three of them left the crowd, they were all thrown into a small space by Xiao Ju.

Among the four people in the family, Xiao Ju Niang was exhausted because she didn't practice martial arts, and she was exhausted when she ran and ran, at this time she not only looked anxious, but also regretted that she didn't listen to Xiao Ju's words and practiced martial arts with her heart. Gritting her teeth, she shouted to Xiao Ju, who was wearing Zhuang Zhuang flexibly in the mountains and forests: "Ju'er, you run with Zhuang Zhuang first, run out quickly, don't worry about your mother!" ”

Xiao Ju could hear the 'popping' sound of the thatch burning in the mountains and forests in the distance, at this speed, it was really a question whether the four of them could run out. Xiao Ju ignored her mother's words, frowned and thought for a while, put the Zhuang Zhuang on her back towards Liu Zhu, and shouted: "Uncle, you come to carry Zhuang Zhuang, I will take care of my mother, hurry up and run towards the mountain, we can run as far as we can." ”

"No problem!" Liu Zhu threw Zhuang Zhuang on his back, and ran forward with his head buried in it. If you don't have those trees and bushes and weeds that get in the way, that's fine. Liu Zhu thought as he ran.

And Xiao Ju's side, because Xiao Ju is too short and thin, it is unrealistic to run behind her mother, and finally Xiao Ju tried to condense the gas in her body into a line, and through the hand held by Guò and her mother, this gas was transmitted to her mother's body. Xiao Ju Niang's body was suddenly loose for a while, the fatigue of her body was gone, and she had strength under her feet, so she was led by Xiao Ju and quickly ran towards the depths of the mountains and forests.

After running wildly for most of the day, Xiao Ju asked a few people in the family to stop. And she herself was condensed on the soles of her feet. Quickly climbed to the top of a tree that looked very tall and strong beside him, and looked at it with all his eyes, and found that a few of his family members had run to another mountain in a panic, and because of the wind turning, the mountain fire had already spread from the other side.

When Xiao Ju saw this, she breathed a sigh of relief. But because he was afraid that he would wait for the wind to turn to this side, he didn't dare to rest more, so he still took his mother's hand and continued to walk towards the mountains and forests as he did just now. And Zhuang Zhuang also knew that today's matter was very strict, and he had been climbing on Liu Zhu's back very honestly.

There were no stops along the way. When she stopped, Xiao Ju would climb the tallest tree nearby and look around, until it was dark, Xiao Ju let her mother and Liu Zhu stop and began to sit under the tree, resting against the tree.

On this day, in addition to the fear and fear of the wildfire, everyone was tired of running for their lives. At this time, I heard Xiaoju say. You can sit down and rest, as soon as this person sits down. Only then did I find that my whole body was aching. And the hunger pangs came up. You know, on this day, I nibbled on a dry corn tortilla in the morning, and that bit of cake had already been consumed in the day's run.

Xiaoju found a convenient excuse, left the place where her mother, Liu Zhu and Zhuang Zhuang were resting, flashed into the space to fry a lot of egg cakes, and also made a big pot of cabbage soup. When she appeared with the cake and the pot of cabbage soup, the aroma of the cake and soup had already made Zhuang Zhuang saliva come out.

"Xiaoju, did you say that the villagers of Chenjia Village escaped?" Liu Zhu bit the soft and fragrant egg cake in his hand, and his face was worried. He still has a very good impression of the Chen patriarch and the people of Chenjia Village, and from the bottom of his heart, he doesn't want anything to happen to the people of Chenjia Village.

"You should get out of here! After all, the wind changed later, as long as you escaped quickly, most of them should have escaped! Xiao Ju said with some uncertainty.

"This wildfire is really inexplicable! Now is not the dry season, nor is it the season to set fire and weed for spring ploughing, how to think about it! Liu Zhu had a tangled look on his face. This wildfire completely shattered what he knew about the causes of wildfires and how to prevent them from generation to generation.

"Uncle, you forgot, there are man-made disasters!" Xiao Ju had already guessed the cause of the mountain fire, and when she heard Liu Zhu's uncertain face, she couldn't help but glance at him.

"Man-made disaster? What kind of people have such a black heart? Actually set fire to the mountain? Xiao Ju Niang listened to Xiao Ju's words, and looked at Xiao Ju with some disapproval.

"Mother, you are so stupid! Of course it's the bad guys! Zhuang Zhuang said to his mother while eating the hot bread with satisfaction.

"You little rabbit, you dare to say that your mother is stupid?" Xiao Ju Niang made a gesture and reached out to hit Zhuang Zhuang, Zhuang Zhuang screamed, and Chi Yu hid behind Xiao Ju.

"Mother, uncle, have you forgotten? What did everyone enter the mountain for this time? It's to hide from the Japs! Xiao Ju said while drinking cabbage soup.

"Could it be that those Japanese soldiers didn't find the people in Chenjia Village, so they set fire to the mountain?" Liu Zhu was a little incredulous, and Xiao Ju Niang's eyes widened, with a look of horror.

"If it's not these people, who do you think there will be? It's not like you haven't heard of the viciousness of these Japanese soldiers! What is a burning mountain? The competition is to see who kills more people and kills more! What kind of good person can it be? Xiao Ju said quietly.

"Sister, how do you know that those Japanese love to kill people?" Zhuang Zhuang was a little curious and stretched out his little head from behind Xiao Ju.

"Listen to the people who fled the famine first and had to return to Huzhuang!" Xiaoju made an excuse at random, it can't be said that in modern times, I read some memoirs of some surviving Japanese invaders during World War II or news reports at that time, right?

Zhuang Zhuang listened, didn't speak for a long time, Xiao Ju turned her head to look at Zhuang Zhuang who was hiding behind her, but found that this little guy had a look of hatred on his face, and couldn't help but reach out to appease him.

"Sister, when I grow up, I want to fight Japanese soldiers! They're all bad guys! Zhuang Zhuang blocked Xiao Ju's hand, stood up and gritted his teeth with his small chest and said.

"Okay, Sister Ah will go too!" Xiao Ju casually agreed, but she didn't know that it didn't take long for this sentence to really come true.

Xiao Ju Niang listened to Xiao Ju and Zhuang Zhuang's words, and didn't take them seriously, after all, these two people are still so young, but when Liu Zhu heard this, he thought a little, and felt that he was a big man, and he didn't have Zhuang Zhuang with ideas and ambitions, and felt a little ashamed.

The fire burned for three days and three nights, and finally slowly extinguished it under a sudden heavy snowfall. And the four members of Xiaoju's family have been hiding in the mountains for the past few days, but they are not very sad, they have food and drink, and they have no other eyes to stare at, but they are very comfortable.

It's just that the heavy snow that extinguished the mountain fire made several people in Xiaoju's family feel like they were going out. Because you can't make a fire to keep warm by staying in the mountains, the weather is getting colder and colder, which makes it a little difficult. What's more, they also wanted to ask if the villagers of Chenjia Village had escaped in the end. As soon as the fire was extinguished, the four of them began to walk out from the depths of the mountain forest.

At noon that day, the four members of Xiao Ju's family continued to walk in the dense forest, because of the thick snow in the dense forest, it was really not easy to walk all the way. And the pheasants and hares that pop up from time to time in the mountains and forests make Xiaoju and Zhuang Zhuang excited, plus Liu Zhu, everyone hasn't eaten meat for a long time, so naturally they won't let go of these pheasants and hares that look extremely fat.

As a result, the journey is even slower. Xiao Juniang didn't urge everyone, what she thought in her heart was that she didn't have to go to Wuhan anyway, and there was nowhere else to go, so she could catch more game and put it away, and there would be meat to eat in winter.

Xiao Ju, Zhuang Zhuang and Liu Zhu were chasing their own wild things in the mountains and forests, and soon the three of them disappeared in the mountains and forests.

It didn't take long for Xiaoju to hunt a large number of pheasants and hares in the space, and at the same time he was carrying two pheasants in his hands, and he came back with a smile, ready to wait for the space to stew a pot of pheasant soup, so that everyone's stomach that had not eaten meat for a long time was stained with some oil and water.

Xiao Ju Niang was waiting anxiously, and when she saw Xiao Ju's small body appear in the forest, she hurriedly stood up and called: "Xiao Ju, my mother is here!" ”

Xiao Ju walked up to Xiao Ju Niang, and when she found that she was the only one, she frowned and asked, "Mother, Zhuang Zhuang and Uncle haven't come back yet?" ”

"Well, I don't know where these two guys went?" Xiao Ju Niang said with some worry.

"Forget jì and Zhuang Zhuang and uncle, don't run away. I heard Patriarch Chen say that the Japanese soldiers often come out to sweep, I wonder if the Japanese soldiers who set fire to the mountain some time ago have left? Xiao Ju was also worried.

When Xiao Ju Niang heard Xiao Ju say this, she became anxious and urged Xiao Ju to take a look and get the two people back. Xiao Ju was about to leave, when a small figure was running towards them. Xiao Ju took a closer look, and the little figure was Zhuangzhuang.

And as soon as Xiao Ju Niang saw Zhuangzhuang, she had already trotted up to meet her. Zhuang Zhuang came straight to Xiaoju, and at the same time shouted in his mouth: "Sister, go and save your uncle!" My brother-in-law was caught! ”

"Be clear! Who arrested my uncle? Xiao Ju listened to Zhuangzhuang's words and became anxious. I guessed in my heart, could it be that the Japanese soldiers did not withdraw and continued to search the mountains?

"Caught by a group of people in yellow clothes! Not only did I arrest my uncle, but I also arrested a lot of people! It's going this way! I happened to be following my uncle, and when I saw that the situation was wrong, I hurriedly ran back! Zhuang Zhuang said urgently.

"Well, Zhuangzhuang, you're doing the right thing! Know to report back! Now you and your mother have to find a place to hide first, so as not to run into those people, and then Sister Ah will be alone, and so many people can be saved! Xiao Ju said while thinking.

It seems that those Japanese soldiers did not retreat, but they didn't know the reason, just to catch Ding, did these Japanese soldiers get to kill them like this? It doesn't count if you set fire to the mountain, you have to continue to search the mountain if you burn the mountain, so that Xiaoju thinks about it and feels wrong!

Could it be that there is someone hiding in this mountain forest? Let those Japanese soldiers spend a lot of time to get rid of them? (To be continued.) )