Chapter 49: Escape into the Mountains
No matter who is what, life still has to be passed, the road ahead is long, and the main thing Xia Qiyue does is to bring the two children, younger brothers and sisters to a safe place safely.
So in the afternoon she went to the blacksmith's shop.
By the time she arrived, the master blacksmith had already made the small iron furnace and was trying to make it on fire.
"You're here? Come and see, this stove has been typed for you, this thing is really good, it is convenient and easy to burn, let's give me the good drawings, you are not allowed to regret it! ”
Xia Qiyue smiled, walked over and nodded, "Don't regret it, put out the fire, I'll take it away!" ”
Without delay, she waited until the furnace was extinguished and the iron was cool, and then she carried the furnace out of the blacksmith's shop.
After walking to a place where no one was around, putting the stove into the space, and then starting to look for a firewood seller.
But after walking all over the town, I couldn't find it, so I finally went to the grocery store to inquire, but there was not much charcoal in the grocery store.
It's all wrapped up by her, and it's only enough to cook a few meals.
Something is better than nothing, she can only regret going back, it may be the cause of the drought, everyone thinks that no one will spend money to buy firewood, so they don't bother to sell it.
After returning to the medicine hall, An Laozhuang had already taken away his son's body, leaving only the patriarch's family, but the patriarch's family was also preparing to leave.
"Where have you gone, boy? Look everywhere and you won't find it! Hurry up and get ready to salute and hurry up, Li Zheng came over and said, the county order of Liulin County is really as you heard it, and all the people were detained, Li Zheng They met Lin Xiucai's family who escaped outside the town and then learned the news, I am afraid that the officials are chasing the refugees who escaped! ”
An Wang's words were eager, Xia Qiyue also understood, turned around and ran to the room.
There was also An Wang's voice behind him, "I have already informed your younger brothers and sisters to pack their luggage, you guys come out quickly!" ”
Their family sent their four sons to look for Xia Qiyue but didn't find them for a while, and then told Xia Jiujiu and Xia Xinghe to hurry up and pack their luggage, and when Xia Qiyue came back, they could leave.
When Xia Qiyue ran over, she happened to see her sister who was anxiously looking, and without waiting for Xia Jiu to speak, Xia Qi ran into the room.
He put the two children in the basket and urged his younger siblings to "hurry up and take the salute and go!" Hurry up! ”
The two little ones were affected by the urgency of their mothers, and slipped into the back basket, hugged each other tightly and sat down, their nervous eyes frightened.
Fortunately, this back basket is big enough, it is the back basket that carries grain during the autumn harvest, and it can sit down with two little guys, otherwise the two little guys will suffer.
Here, in the summer and July, they ran out in a hurry, and after meeting with the patriarch's family, they hurriedly ran out of the town.
And the people in Shanbei Zhuangzi outside the town heard the news of Lin Xiucai's family, so they packed up their salutes and waited to run.
Li Zheng couldn't make up his mind alone, anxiously waiting for the patriarch's family to come back.
As soon as he saw that the patriarch's family and Xia Qiyue had come back, Li Zheng greeted him in a hurry, "Uncle Patriarch, how is this good?" ”
The patriarch had already thought about it along the way, "Run to the path, come in from the forest, walk over the mountains, so many people walk on the road too conspicuous!" ”
After the two men made a hasty decision, they ran to the path with the villagers.
Some children who can't run have long been picked up by adults, while the elderly are supported.
Although he was bitten by a wolf, in the past three days, the wound began to scab over, and he could run if he endured it, and the only one who couldn't run was Ge Mingyu.
She had injuries in both legs, and she couldn't deal with them properly, and she couldn't drink the medicine, and she couldn't walk a few steps, let alone run, because of the pain of the wounds.
And An Zihao, who looked serious, was on the back of his arm, bitten on his chest, and his leg was fine, and he was running no slower than others with two salutes at this time.
There are only three or four people in the An family, left behind, An Laosan is holding his son and carrying his daughter, and he can't take care of Ge Mingyu at all, Ge Mingyu howled and followed behind with two crutches, and walked a step and wailed.
But no one in the Lao An family cares about them at all, and when it comes to life and death, what is the brother.
Xia Qiyue didn't dare to slow down and rest, and followed up with the patriarch's family, their legs were upside down, sweating, and panting, but fortunately, in addition to the futon and two pieces of torn clothes, their luggage was only a small iron pot and five bowls outside, otherwise, let alone running, they couldn't move even if they dragged it.
While walking, Xia Qiyue told the other four not to forget to drink water to replenish their strength, I don't know when it will be like this.
Five people ate an egg and a steamed bun with water in the morning.
I didn't have time to eat at noon, and it had been running for almost an hour, although she said that she had slowed down and taken a breath during the period, but she couldn't stand it anymore.
Looking at the environment here, a mountain has already entered, and the patriarch told Li Zheng that he wants to climb over this mountain.
However, they said that in fact, it is a short way to climb the mountain, although the climb is tiring and dangerous, but according to the distance, it is close.
Fortunately, in the past two days, everyone has eaten wolf meat, and there is oil and water in their stomachs, and they have some strength.
But before Xia Qiyue was happy, a few older people in the back had already fallen, waving their hands, and couldn't speak at all with their mouths open.
The patriarch saw Li Zheng, his face was a little worried, they were afraid that if they stopped like this, the officials behind would chase after them, but if they didn't stop, they couldn't leave the old man who couldn't keep up with them in the mountains to feed the wolves.
After thinking about it, the two of them made a decision, those who have more men in the family will send one out, and the old man who can't walk on his back is really on his back, but he must give people a little ration or water, and he can't let people carry it in vain.
When Li was discussing with the patriarch, Xia Qiyue turned around and observed, and found that Lao An's family was all there, except for the third child of the An family and Ge Mingyu's family of four.
At first, she could still hear Ge Mingyu's abuse, but as she ran, she couldn't hear it.
But she just looked back and saw that she didn't care so much.
As soon as I heard that there were rations and water, those who had many sons in the family, and who could take them for their own salutes, sent their sons out.
Everyone didn't have much time to rest, so they started running again, but after entering the mountain, there were not so many flat roads to run, although there were not many green plants due to drought, but the dried thorns were also in the way.
Although the mountain is not particularly steep, it is still very difficult.
It wasn't until it was dark that everyone was tired and collapsed, and Li Zheng and the patriarch themselves couldn't move their legs, which made people stop.
But I couldn't cross the mountain, and halfway up the back of the mountain, fortunately, there was a big cave here.
A squeeze can squeeze the whole village in, but it will be next to each other.
Xia Qiyue quickly followed the patriarch's family, and was bound to stay away from Lao An's family.
It's not literal, just squeeze.
Although this cave is big, it can't fit more than 300 people in Shanbei Zhuangzi.
In the end, Xia Qiyue was next to the patriarch's family, and only occupied the position where the five people would be sitting, and the salute had to be put in the back basket to put it down.