Chapter 43: Uprooted

"It's on fire!" In the distance, Zhuangzi watched the originally not beautiful but peaceful and quiet Zhuangzi gradually turned into a sea of fire, and in the gradually darkening sky, it was so eye-catching, Dalang stood on the dirt slope with some distraction.

"Brother Ergou......" Ah Dumb leaned on Chen Mo's side blankly, they were resting at the moment, but looking at this scene, it was still uncomfortable: "What will happen to the aunts and uncles?" ”

"They...... I don't think it's going to kill indiscriminately, right Chen Mo said hesitantly, but when he said this, somehow, he didn't believe it, he could vaguely hear the wailing sound in the wind, and Uncle Zhang and Aunt Zhang didn't come out, what would happen to them? The young Chen Mo couldn't imagine it, but the most important thing was ...... The home is gone.

"Then why are we running away? Why did they burn our Zhuangzi? Dumb asked, and at the end of the day, the tears in his eyes were flowing uncontrollably.

"......" Chen Mo didn't know how to pick it up, in one day, he killed someone, watched his friends who grew up together die in front of his eyes, and in the end he didn't even have a home, this shouldn't be something that a child under ten years old should go through, but in the world, there is nothing that should not be done.

In the crowd, there was a low cry, and Chen Mo instinctively looked at his mother, which was his only reliance in the world: "Mother, where are we going next?" ”

Chen's mother didn't know how to answer Chen Mo's question, she was a woman, what idea could she have at this time? Maybe there is, but that place, she doesn't want to go, she can only take one step at a time, in the face of her son's inquiry, she can only shake her head silently, in the night breeze, the thin body is a little thin, and a little helpless.

Where are you going? How do I make a living?

Originally, Chen Mo already felt that he was mature enough to take on the burden of a family like those elders, but when this moment came and the home was suddenly gone, Chen Mo was suddenly a little at a loss, how should he live in the future? Now they can be regarded as homeless, right?

How do the homeless people live, he had never considered this question before, but now, looking at his mother who was pale in the cold wind, Chen Mo suddenly felt that he should seriously think about this problem.

"Let's go, it's not safe here." After a moment of rest, Uncle Yang stood up, looked at everyone, moved his mouth, wanted to comfort or encourage, but the words came to his lips and became some stereotypical words, he couldn't think of any words of encouragement, for a small people like them, the home is gone, the sky will fall, no matter how much encouragement is nonsense, the road has to continue to walk, go to a safe place.

Chen Mo picked up his bags and picked up the sunspot again, the bow and arrow were on his back, and the wooden stick was thrown away by him, and he found that this thing seemed to be useless.

Where are you going to stay tonight? This is a problem, they don't seem to have a place to live, it's best to rush to the surrounding townships to spend the night, but the nearby countryside can't go, it's too dangerous, it's farther away, it's not farther than going to Xiaqiu County, after the night completely falls, you can't see anything, Chen's mother held Chen Mo's hand tightly, for fear that he would get lost, and the others were the same.

Although he was in a hurry this night, he walked very slowly, and he only walked more than ten miles in one night, and when it was dawn in the morning, the crowd of people who had been frozen and starved all night stopped to rest.

"Uncle Yang, why do you have to travel at night and rest during the day?" Chen Mo took advantage of everyone's time to boil water, and came to Yang Mao, who was on guard, and asked.

"I don't know what the situation is now." Yang Mao turned his head and glanced at Chen Mo, the other children were already asleep, but Chen Mo was looking for firewood with everyone, touched his head a little dotingly, and said in a low voice: "After all, I waited for the Taiping Sect to know about the rebellion, those people probably won't let us go, if they are in a hurry during the day, it is easy for them to be noticed, but if they are in a hurry at night, although it is slow, it is impossible for them to come out at night to find someone." ”

Chen Mo suddenly said: "Uncle Yang is really powerful. ”

"That's not a good thing." Yang Mao touched Chen Mo's head and sighed: "Also, this weather is cold at night, and we can't find anything to shelter, if we fall asleep in the wilderness, I don't know how many will freeze to death this night?" It's warmer during the day, so you can get through it even if you don't have a place to stay. ”

"And where are we going now?" Chen Mo nodded, feeling reasonable, and then asked.

"Go to Xiao County, the son of Li Zheng served as the county magistrate in Xiao County, went over there, explained the matter, and believed that he would definitely take me in." Uncle Yang looked at the gods in the distance.

"Is Xiao County far away?" Chen Mo whispered.

"Now go east and then go north, and then go west when you get to the next phase, if you go right, it's about four hundred, and you have to walk for at least a month." Yang Mao said with a smile.

Four hundred miles?

Chen Mo was speechless, he couldn't imagine how far that was, and the farthest distance he had traveled in his life was only from Zhuangzi to Xiaqiu, which was already amazing.

"Are we going to move here forever?" Chen Mo was puzzled.

"It's like this before going to the prime minister, when I get to the next minister, I'll inquire about it, if there is no Taiping sect, we can report to the prime minister, if the prime minister is willing to take me in, it's the best, if you don't want to, you can only go to Xiao County." Yang Mao shook his head and said.

"How far is it from here?" Chen Mo licked his somewhat dry tongue.

"Baili." Yang Mao thought for a while.

"Oh~" Chen Mo had some hope that he would be able to stop when he arrived, Xiao County was too far away for him.

"How's your injury?" Yang Mao touched Chen Mo's head and asked with a smile.

"It's not in the way, the injury is not deep, my mother has helped me with medicine yesterday, and I will be well soon." Chen Mo grinned, the knife was not deep, and it didn't hurt the bones, let alone the internal organs, but such an injury should be healed soon.

"Eat more, go and get a good night's sleep first, and then you have to stay up for a long time like this, you are young, I am afraid that you will not be able to bear it." Yang Mao said with a smile.

"I'm not afraid of hardship." Chen Mo shook his head and said.

"I know, but I'm afraid your body can't eat, go to sleep." Yang Mao said with a smile.

"Hmm." Chen Mo nodded in agreement and turned to find his mother.

Chen's mother had already boiled hot water and was ready to wipe Chen Mo's wound, it was very painful, but Chen Mo endured it all the time.

"Mo'er go to sleep quickly, I have to hurry tonight." After helping Chen Mo wipe his wounds, Chen's mother took out a piece of clothing from the package and wrapped it around Chen Mo, and looked at her son with some distress.

"Well, my mother is also sleeping, there are sunspots, if anyone comes, they will find out." Chen Mo nodded, found a leeward place to lie down, and said to his mother with the sunspot in his arms.

"Hmm." Chen's mother nodded, leaning on the trunk of the tree to block the wind for her son, and when she saw Chen Mo sleeping, she also slowly closed her eyes, they were too tired this night, and they really needed a good rest.