Chapter 25: Divergence
Everyone looked at the relatively small rain in recent days, and their hearts couldn't help but jump.
After breakfast that day, Mu Qingshan found Mu Chenghu, who was thinking about when his group would leave.
"Chenghu, the rain has been light these days, and the water in the river should also disappear. Isn't it time for us to hit the road? Mu Qingshan said with a smile.
Mu Chenghu was bored for a moment, thinking that he had already calculated it, everyone in this group would have to wait at least five or six days before they could leave, and the days when everyone was buried in the previous life had not passed, how could they be on the road? It's just that I didn't expect that the big guy couldn't wait to leave.
"Chenghu, what are you doing in a daze?" Mu Qingshan saw that Mu Chenghu didn't know what he was thinking, so he raised his hand and shook it in front of Mu Chenghu's eyes.
Mu Chenghu was trying to find a way to let the big guy stay, but when Mu Qingshan interrupted, he said, "Uncle Thirteen, what are you looking for me?" ”
Mu Qingshan didn't know what to say about Mu Chenghu when he heard it, so he had to say what he just said again.
"Uncle Thirteen, I don't agree to leave now, after all, although the rain has been light these days, none of us know if the rain will be heavy." Mu Chenghu really couldn't find a reason to pinch one indiscriminately.
"Don't worry, it's been raining for more than ten days, and it's unlikely that it will go down again." Mu Qingshan looked at the sky outside the tent, which sometimes stopped, and sometimes there was a light rain.
"The road is definitely still very slippery now, and it is still difficult for the elderly and children to walk safely." Mu Chenghu said with a frown.
"Chenghu, what's wrong with you, it's not difficult for us to come all the way, don't we all come step by step." Mu Qingshan was a little puzzled, why Mu Chenghu suddenly cringed.
Mu Chenghu thought to himself, I can't tell you that there will be mudslides in the past few days!
Half paid, Mu Chenghu avoided Mu Qingshan's scrutiny and said, "Thirteenth uncle, I don't know what's going on these days, I'm always restless, and I always feel that something bad is going to happen." ”
Mu Qingshan thought to himself, no wonder this kid was timid, and after thinking about it, Mu Qingshan opened his mouth and said, "Then we can't stay here anymore." You can't do anything here, and you have to consume a lot of food every day. All the gourds we managed to get were eaten by the animals. ”
Mu Chenghu opened his mouth, but found that nothing he said seemed to be able to convince Mu Qingshan, so he had to close his mouth again.
Seeing this, Mu Qingshan patted Mu Chenghu's shoulder and said, "You don't have to worry about this, it's a big deal, let everyone pay attention when you are on the road, and our old bones are still tough!" ”
After Mu Qingshan finished speaking, he walked out of the tent with his hands behind his back.
"Uncle Thirteen, do you want to leave now?" Mu Chenghu looked at Mu Qingshan's back and asked unwillingly.
"Almost! Enough of everyone has been in this place. Mu Qingshan turned around and said.
At lunchtime, Mu Qingshan went to Mu Chenghu again, and told him that the big guy meant that if Mu Chenghu had no opinion, he would leave early tomorrow morning.
Mu Chenghu said in his heart, you have all discussed, is my opinion important?
"Mother, this is a good time to eat autumn bamboo shoots, should we go to the bamboo forest over there to have a look." After Mu Yao ate, she found the idle catkins.
Liu Wu saw that the people around him were busy making cotton clothes and shoes for the winter, but he could only do it and couldn't help at all, so he nodded at Mu Yao.
Liu Wu and Mu Yao walked towards the bamboo forest with straw hats and small baskets on their backs.
Liu Wu looked at the bamboo shoots all over the ground and sighed, "Yaoyao, I can't imagine that there are so many bamboo shoots, and it is a pity that I can't eat so many bamboo shoots." ”
"If we can't finish eating, we can take it away!" Mu Yao said while quickly carrying the bamboo shoots.
"This thing is old, firewood, and perishable overnight, how can it be taken away?" Liu Fu asked puzzled.
"Yes, you just need to scald them with boiling water, let them cool, marinate them with a little salt, put them in the jar and eat them after a while." Mu Yao remembered that she had eaten sour bamboo shoots and fried bacon at the villager's house near the base before, and her saliva flowed out.
"Yaoyao, do you still do research in your base?" Liu Wu asked with some curiosity.
"No, I learned it from my fellow villagers near our base." Mu Yao thought that she was doing well, so she told the truth.
As soon as Liu Wu heard this, he said with a worried face: "Then will you do it?" ”
"I will, and it tastes good." Mu Yao thought that although he had failed twice, he had succeeded later, so he said confidently.
"That's good. I'm not afraid you'll mess up. Catkins nodded.
A cold wind blew, and Mu Yao shivered.
Mu Yao saw that the back basket was almost full, so she said to Liu Wu, "Mother, let's go back quickly." That's enough, I'm afraid I'll catch a cold if I stay a little cold on this day. ”
Liu Wu also felt that the goosebumps on his body were frozen, so he said, "These are enough for everyone to eat a good meal, let's go back!" ”
As soon as the two returned to the camp, they were called aside by Mu Chenghu.
"Asu, where did you two go? I've been looking for you for a while. Mu Chenghu said with some anxiety.
"Dad, we went over there and moved a lot of bamboo shoots back." Mu Yao said with some excitement.
Mu Chenghu found that the clothes of the two were wet, so he urged, "Hurry up and go back and change, I have something important to discuss with you." ”
After listening to Mu Chenghu's words, although the mother and daughter were very curious about what was going on, they were afraid that they would catch a cold after wearing wet clothes for a long time, so they still quickly changed their clothes, but they kept thinking about what happened to make Mu Chenghu so flustered.
"Dad, what happened during our absence?" Mu Yao asked impatiently.
Mu Chenghu had to quickly tell everyone about their decision to leave early tomorrow morning.
At this time, not only Mu Chenghu was anxious, but even the mother and daughter were as anxious as ants on a hot pot for a while.
"Chenghu, I don't remember how many days the mudslide is left?" Liu Wu asked with some uncertainty.
"Who's to say it isn't? But they had to go, and they had a good reason to stop it. Unless something unexpected makes us have to stop. Mu Chenghu was so anxious that he was about to get angry, but there was no way.
"If you want me to say, we don't even have a different route in this life, and we may not be able to touch this mudslide." Liu Fu comforted herself.
"That's right, but I don't dare to risk the whole village, let alone the lives of our family of three." Mu Chenghu was a little afraid that his group of people still couldn't hide from the fate of his previous life.
Mu Chenghu's words made the three of them fall into deep thought.
Half paid, Mu Yao remembered what she was going to do when she came back just now, so she said, "Dad, there are still a lot of bamboo shoots in the bamboo forest we went to just now, and I will tell them after dark, so that tomorrow will not be able to leave for the time being." ”
"Not to mention that they don't necessarily move bamboo shoots, even if they do. This will be done tomorrow at most, and the day after tomorrow will not be the day after tomorrow. Mu Chenghu said.
"It's a day to be able to stay, and the day after tomorrow." Liu Wu said a little broken jar.
Mu Chenghu nodded, but he thought in his heart that he would find a place to get wet all over his body quietly at night, but maybe he would have a fever tomorrow, and as long as Ah Su, Han and the others were against leaving, there would be a way to persuade them to stay temporarily.
Mu Yao thought that if she deliberately fell and broke her foot when she went out tomorrow, her father would have a reason to let them stay, thinking of this, Mu Yao already felt that her foot was starting to hurt.
And Liu Wu's idea is different from the self-harm method of Mu Chenghu's father and daughter, what she thinks is to take advantage of the big guy's sleep soundly at night, and quietly release a few animals while the night watchman is not paying attention.
After dinner, Mu Chenghu told the big guy about the bamboo shoots, and the big guy was very happy to hear it, and everyone was ready to get this thing done as soon as it was dawn, and strive to start from here at noon.
After listening to everyone's decision, Mu Chenghu's family of three was thinking about how to implement their plan in their hearts.
It suddenly rained during the night, which was different from the complaints of other people. Mu Chenghu's family of three breathed a sigh of relief.