"Third grandfather, sixth grandfather, thirteenth grandfather, let me take these iron lumps away! When the time comes, will our family still have to live on them? ”

At dawn on the third day, Mu Chenghu's family drove their ox cart to the entrance of the village, and heard Li Tiezhu begging Mu Qingshan to let him take his family's iron mine with him.

"Hammer, it's not that you won't be allowed to bring it, it's just that this thing is too heavy to carry! After all, it's an escape. Mu Qingyuan said bitterly.

At this time, the king butcher of the village noticed that Mu Chenghu had arrived, and said, "Village chief, you persuade the iron hammer and let him quickly throw away his iron lumps." ”

"Village chief, it's not that I don't throw it away, but how will our family live after throwing it away, my father and I can't farm, so we can only make a living by striking iron." Li Tiezhu blushed and whispered.

At this time, Uncle Li rushed to the entrance of the village with his family, and saw his son loading those iron lumps on the ox cart again, so he scolded angrily: "Li Tiezhu, you melon baby won't let you bring these iron lumps, you even quietly put them on, you want to kill us, don't you hurry up and throw them at me." ”

Li Tiezhu saw that his father was really angry, and the people in the village didn't let him take it, so he had to throw away those iron lumps.

"Let's see if there's anyone who hasn't arrived." Mu Chenghu looked at the matter and settled it, and after seeing that the time was already three minutes of the previous appointment, he asked everyone to count the number of people and prepare to go.

"Let's go! Everyone is here. Mu Qingshan asked each family to count the number of people and said.

"Let's go! Folks. Mu Chenghu said with some sadness.

The villagers of Mujia Village walked forward with their heads buried in unison, and no one looked back and did not dare to look back, because everyone knew that they might never return to the land where they grew up in this life, and they were afraid that they would never want to leave again. At this time, Mujia Village was also solemn, the fields were in a mess, there was no more children's laughter and the sound of chickens and dogs barking in the village, and there was no smoke rising between the houses, just like the villagers of Mujia Village who were silently moving forward.

In a blink of an eye, it was noon, at this time Mujia Village and his party came to the foot of a mountain, Mu Chenghu saw that this place was quite flat, there were more than a dozen trees for everyone to take a break in the shade, and the most important thing was that there was a small ditch not far away for water. Then he said to everyone, "Now the weather is too big to continue walking, everyone is hungry, and the cows and mules also need to replenish some water and grass, so let's stop here and make a fire to cook!" ”

"Mother, go and rest for a while! I'll cook this meal with my sister-in-law! Liu Wu looked at the small half bowl of coarse rice brought out by his mother-in-law.

"Oh, I don't know you yet, don't you just cook to make grain, oil and salt." Liu Wu's mother-in-law, Han Shi, looked at Liu Wu who came over with a wary face.

"Grandma, how can we eat half a bowl of rice for eight of us?" Mu Yao, who heard the conversation between Han and Liu Wu, and walked over with Zhang's, asked.

"Yaoyao, this is a longer road to escape the famine than after not being at home, we have to save a little, and when it settles down in the future, I will make you something to eat, and I will definitely let you eat enough." Han said to his granddaughter with a smile.

"Mother, the weather is relatively hot, and two of the ducks in the village may be bad tomorrow if they don't sprinkle salt, or take one to stew." Hearing the words of his brother-in-law and niece, he also felt that the small half bowl of coarse rice was a little less, and Zhang said.

"Hurry up and take it and stew it, otherwise we'll have to wait for our family for a while." After Han finished speaking, he turned around and took a duck and a cabbage to Zhang, and went to cook rice in front of the stove with rice.

Liu Fu and Mu Yao saw that although Han didn't add rice, they thought that the duck and cabbage they gave were enough for everyone to eat, so they didn't say anything.

At lunchtime, the Han family gave Mu Yao a duck leg first, and the others were also commonplace, after all, Mu Yao's status in the Han family's mind was incomparable.

After eating and resting for a while, Mu Chenghu shouted at everyone to hurry up.

In the afternoon, because the morning walk is longer, the afternoon sun is much bigger than the morning, and everyone rarely walks so much, so everyone feels a little difficult to walk. When Mu Chenghu found out about this situation, he quickly found the Mu Chengtian brothers and asked them if they knew if there was any suitable place to camp recently.

"Third brother, the nearest suitable place to camp is the Lion Ridge, which is more than ten kilometers away from here, with everyone's current footsteps, I am afraid it will be a little difficult to arrive before dark." Mu Chengtian told Mu Chenghu.

Mu Chenghu listened to Mu Chengtian's words, and hurriedly informed everyone to let the old man and children hurry up to the ox cart, so that everyone's pace was also a lot faster.

Mu Chenghu couldn't help but think secretly when he saw this clear form. Fortunately, the ancestors of the Mu family have a big family business, and there are many literate people in their fathers' generation, most of them can find something in the town to supplement the family, if it weren't for the harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes over the years, and the annual conscription of Mujia Village, which is definitely rich within a radius of dozens of miles, even if the Mujia village is gone, every family has cows or mules, otherwise these old people and children can only go with everyone now, so they may not be able to reach Lion Ridge today.

When the sun was setting, the group of Mujia Village finally arrived at Lion Ridge. Mu Chenghu said to the people in Mujia Village: "Everyone hurry up and camp on the spot, and strive to finish it before dark." The good news was that everyone had finally set up camp before dark, and a few bonfires had been built.

"Chenghu, everyone has been very busy these days, so we haven't set an escape route, and now our group of people is in a hurry to leave Mujia Village without direction, I'm afraid it won't work. I'll watch for a while, and after dinner, let's sit down and discuss where to go next. When it was about to dinner, Mu Qingshan came over and said to Mu Chenghu.

"Uncle Thirteen, I originally thought the same way. Otherwise, Uncle Thirteen, you will work hard and talk to the big guy about gathering under the big pine tree after dinner. Mu Chenghu pointed to the largest pine tree near the camp and said.

"Chenghu, what's the matter with this thirteenth uncle looking for you?" Liu Wu asked when he saw Mu Qingshan walking away.

"It's nothing, it's just a matter of gathering everyone to discuss the walking route." Mu Chenghu said.

At this time, Mu Yao, who walked by the camp and asked her father and mother to eat, heard this and hurriedly said, "Dad, we can't take the old road. The catkins next to him also nodded quickly.

"No, I'll find a way to convince them to go south, and I'll take care of it. Now hurry over to dinner, or your grandma will come over in a moment." Mu Chenghu said.

After dinner, Mu Chenghu took the family to the big pine tree, and found that everyone had already arrived, so he was embarrassed and said, "I'm sorry, it's late." I've called you here tonight to discuss where you're going next. ”

"Chenghu, I think let's go northwest! After all, we moved from the northwest before, and we are familiar with any emergencies on the route, and we can deal with them. And when you get there, the living habits are pretty much the same, and everyone can adapt to it. Mu Qingshan suggested.

After Mu Qingshan finished speaking, almost everyone in the village felt that it was feasible, except for Mu Chenghu's family of three.

"Uncle Thirteen, I'm afraid we can't go in the northwest direction." Mu Chenghu said.

"Chenghu, do you think there's anything wrong with going northwest?" Mu Qingshan asked with a serious face.

"Thirteenth uncle, now that the Chen State is attacking our country from the northeast, the Wu State will definitely attack our country from the northwest. Over the years, Wu Guo did not take advantage of Zheng Guo's army to fight Chen Guo's army, but attacked Zheng Guo from the northwest. If we go northwest and run into Wu Guojun, it will be miserable. Mu Chenghu analyzed to everyone with a serious face.

For a while, everyone felt that they couldn't go in the northwest direction, so they all looked at Mu Chenghu at a loss.

"Then Chenghu, you say it's better for us to go in which direction." Mu Qingyuan asked.

"Third uncle, if you want me to say that we will go all the way south. Although we are not familiar with the south, I have heard Master Wan say that the weather in the south is not as cold as in the north, and the wind and sand are not as big as here. The travelogues left by the ancestor also recorded that the weather in the southern region was better than that in the Central Plains, and the products were much richer. Mu Chenghu thought for a while and said.

"Third brother, sixth brother, or let's go south!" At this time, Mu Qingshan also remembered that Wu Guojun had always attacked Zheng Guo from the northwest when Zheng Guojun and Chen Guojun were at war over the years. In addition, Mu Chenghu's branch is a descendant, and it is normal to have an ancestor's collection of books, so Mu Qingshan also feels that it is more reasonable to go south at this time.

"Okay! Sixth, I also think the south is better. Mu Qingyuan thought about it and said.

Mu Chenghu asked the other villagers again, and the result was that the other villagers saw that the village chief and several elders in the clan thought that it was feasible to go south, so they felt that it was feasible to go south, and they had no other opinions.

"Well, since you don't have any other opinions, let's go all the way south. Okay, everyone is tired today, hurry back to the meeting, wash and sleep. Mu Chenghu saw that everyone had a unified opinion, so he quickly announced the adjournment of the meeting.

Mu Chenghu saw that everyone agreed to go south, and felt that the first step to change his fate had been completed, and he was so happy that he forgot about arranging people to keep vigil. So he could only resign himself to a few young men to keep vigil, and promised to find a way to let these people get on the ox cart the next day to make up for sleep.