Chapter 4: Detours
After another day's journey, I also met other homeless people, but they didn't know each other, and they had many children, and they had to worry about being remembered by people with bad intentions, so the family only walked with their heads down, trying to distance themselves from them.
But no matter how you go, you can't see the shadow of the people of Lujia Village.
"Dad, could it be that we are going the wrong way?"
Thinking that they had been far away from those people, the family sat down to rest for a while, and talked about finding the people in the village.
"No, the village chief said before, we have to go all the way to the northeast, and we can go all the way to Anzhou if we go all the way to the northeast. If I'm not mistaken, not far ahead is Liujia Town, maybe the village chief is going to rest there, let's go faster, maybe we can catch up tonight. ”
The route of escaping from the famine was set by the village chief, and Old Man Lu still had a few chances of winning.
When everyone heard this, they didn't say much, took out the rice balls made by Yu and Qin in the morning and ate them, and then drank saliva and prepared to continue their journey.
Speaking of which, the rice was carried by the boss, I don't know if it was an illusion, but he found that after making rice balls in the morning, the rice on his body was not only lighter, but heavier.
A few bamboo tubes of water are distributed to the second child's back, he also has such an illusion, obviously just a few bamboo tubes of water, but it is very durable, from last night to now, you can still hear the sound of water swaying in the bamboo tube.
They thought to themselves, it must be that the mothers-in-law at home are too economical, and they don't dare to use too much water every time they cook and drink, so they save it for them.
When I think about it like this, my heart is apt and sour.
If He Jiuniang knew what they thought, she would probably have to roll her eyes, more than a dozen people in the family have to drink water every hour, although one person only drinks a sip, but it adds up to a lot, if she hadn't secretly poured water into the bamboo tube, the bamboo tube would have been empty.
Not to mention rice, she didn't dare to add too much, every time Yu scooped out most of the bowl, she added a small bowl, for fear that adding too much would arouse suspicion.
Although everyone was trying hard to get on the road, when it was dark, they still didn't get to Liujia Town as they wished, because they met several people from Lujia Village on the way, no, to be exact, the corpses of the clansmen.
The eldest and second came forward to check, and several of them were uncles of the same clan and people from their families, of course, there were other strangers.
The corpses were piled up in a small hill, and they were maliciously killed.
Old man Lu and his wife were a little unstable when they saw this meeting, they were relatives anyway, they were still living people a few days ago, but now they are ......
"I guess I met a rogue, these bandits who killed a thousand knives!"
The boss gritted his teeth, with tears in his eyes, the world is already difficult, and it is undoubtedly worse to meet a rogue.
If it was before, the Lu family would definitely have to help these clansmen deal with the aftermath, at least they would have to put people into the ground, but now everyone is difficult to protect themselves, although the Lu family is uncomfortable, they still leave ruthlessly.
The main thing is that He Jiuniang is afraid that they will have to meddle in their affairs, so she intimidates them: "Look at this not long after the accident, I'm afraid those people haven't gone far yet, if they are with us, I ...... I can't think ......."
She deliberately showed that she was very scared, and the old man Lu and his two sons suddenly lost the idea of burying people, looked at their group of women and girls, and said ruthlessly: "What the third daughter-in-law said is reasonable, we ...... Let's go! ”
Old man Lu still wants to go to Liujia Town, although he doesn't know what the situation is over there, but it's still a small town, and now that he has money, he wants to buy some rice and noodles.
The others didn't have any opinions, and He Jiuniang said again: "Dad, this is not far from Liujia Town, those gangsters will definitely go over after committing the murder, maybe it's even more chaotic over there, we still have some food now, let's take a detour." ”
He Jiuniang is not in favor of going to this kind of insecure town, there are only two middle-aged men in the family, if something happens, she will definitely have to do it, and it will be difficult to speak when it is exposed.
Everyone looked at He Jiuniang in unison, and felt that she had died once and seemed to be a lot more powerful, and everyone felt that what she said made sense from the bottom of their hearts.
Although I don't know why, but it's always for the good of the family, Old Man Lu and the Sun family are not those old stubborns who don't listen to persuasion, after thinking about it carefully, they still decided to listen to her.
Boss Lu said: "Daddy, why don't I go for a trip, I can inquire about the situation, and I can buy some if I need something." ”
My father and mother are old, he is the pillar of this family, although I am also a little panicked, but I still want to see the situation, if I can meet the clansmen, it is better, if not, it is convenient for him to get out alone.
"No way!"
Before He Jiuniang could speak, Sun refused first: "Since you have decided not to go, no one should go, in this troubled world, none of our family can be separated again!" ”
The bloody lesson is in front of you, that is the people of a clan, and now they are lying here so much, not to mention that Boss Lu is going alone?
"Yes, we can't be separated as a family!" Old man Lu nodded, "In this case, we will bypass Liujiazhen and go directly to Qianzhou, and then make plans when we get to Qianzhou." ”
I made an appointment with my youngest daughter's family to meet in Qianzhou, and then we went to Anzhou together.
Lu Guilan, the youngest daughter of the Lu family, married a butcher, the family conditions are okay, there is a mule cart at home, and she set off a few days earlier than them, if nothing happens, she should have arrived in Qianzhou long ago.
He Jiuniang exhaled, and the family took a detour to continue their journey.
It was already completely dark, and they had found a place to rest last night, but tonight they were still in the wilderness.
"Whew~"
There was a sudden wolf howl from the mountains in the distance, and adults couldn't help but pause, let alone children.
"Mother......
The dog was tied to his back with a cloth belt by He Jiuniang, and after a day's journey, even if he was carried on his back, it was uncomfortable, not to mention that the dog was not in good health.
I just saw those bloody pictures, and now I heard the wolf howl again, and the puppy hugged He Jiuniang's neck nervously.
"Don't be afraid," He Jiuniang patted him with her backhand, "It's far away from us, besides, even if we come, we won't be afraid of it, my mother stewed them to make up for you!" ”
"Mother is amazing!"
The puppy was not afraid, and immediately smiled.
The other group of people looked at He Jiuniang with wide eyes, when did the third daughter-in-law become so tiger?
But it's not a good thing to be really targeted by wolves, so you have to find a place to settle down as soon as possible.
A group of people walked forward, there was a fire in front of them, the breeze was blowing, the smell of meat could waft through, and someone could faintly be heard.
It's not a local, and it doesn't look like a good person.
He Jiuniang raised her hand to stop everyone from walking forward, and Old Man Lu's face was not very good: "This sounds like a South Thai accent." ”
Nantai?
The Lu family looked at Old Man Lu in shock.