Chapter 99： unexpected reunion

Chapter 99 An unexpected reunion

Everyone quickly packed up their things and continued on their way.

The simple wooden sledge was no longer useful, so Uncle Zhao rode the village chief's donkey, and the other two old men rode big green mules together.

Perhaps the old men are used to it and know that refusing is useless.

This time they sat very comfortably on the backs of mules and donkeys, but their hands were busy, looking like they were carving small things for children.

Everyone walked out ten miles in one breath and saw the sun setting before setting up camp again...

In this way, everyone walked and stayed overnight. Whenever they stopped, they took all the time to dig wild vegetables on the roadside and hunt, barely supplementing some food rations.

In three days, we traveled more than a hundred miles.

This time, we arrived at a prefectural city, Lingquan Prefecture.

Looking from a distance, the prefectural city is much more impressive than the county city.

But equally, there are more carriages blocked in front of the door...

Everyone just glanced at it, and then their hearts skipped a beat and sank to the bottom.

Because there was a high wooden fence erected in front of the city gate, and more soldiers were guarding it.

The village chief did not want to believe it, so he offered his last hope and went to inquire with Li Laosi and others in person.

The worst case scenario still happened!

The money for traveling, 5 taels per person, is not waived just because the prefectural city is larger than the county town.

The world is as dark as crows, and buying money is still the shortcut to wealth that everyone wants to achieve.

Everyone asked several times, and after confirming that they heard correctly, they walked back with their heads down.

Li Laosi held the hatchet and gritted his teeth with hatred.

If it weren't for the fact that the old and young at home had to take care of them, he would have wanted to rush over with a knife and chop these **** to death!

At this moment, he suddenly heard someone shouting, "Qiu Sheng, Jiayi!"

He turned around to look, and before he could see clearly, Jiayi had already rushed out like a little tiger.

“Master, it’s my master!”

Liu Biaotou was lying on a car on the side of the road waving to them, and Li Laosi was also crazy with joy.

He was anxious to escape that day. Although he sent the news to Liu Biaotou, he never saw him again and couldn't help but miss him.

Unexpectedly, I met him here.

The three members of the Liu family drove the carriage and quickly followed the others back to the camp.

The villagers were furious when they heard that money was still required to pay for the entrance to the city gate.

Some people yelled, some cried bitterly, and the little baby didn't dare to say a word as the atmosphere in the camp was heavy.

Mrs. Liu was so thinner than before that she almost lost her appearance. It turned out that Captain Liu and Liu Yang were both injured.

She had to drive the car and take care of two people, so she couldn't bear it.

Meeting the Li family now felt like meeting relatives. She fell asleep without saying a few words.

Tao Hongying, Mrs. Li and others looked at her pitifully. They covered her with clothes and cooked porridge to fill the belly of the family.

Li Laosi saw that Liu Biao's head and arm were injured, and Liu Yang's back was bleeding, so he guessed that their family was in trouble.

But he didn’t ask any more questions and only asked Divine Doctor Zhang to help with treatment.

Such a simple trauma, Doctor Zhang was naturally not embarrassed, and it was taken care of in a short time.

Seeing that his wife and children were settled, Biaotou Liu became more energetic and spoke.

"Qiu Sheng, we can't go forward. Roadblocks have been set up in every city. The sky is in chaos. If we want to survive, we have to fight hard."

Li Laosi nodded and sighed.

“Brother Liu, do you have any good ideas?”

Liu Biao raised his head and pointed at the rolling hills and forests in front of him.

"The only way to get over the mountain is over the mountain. I was chased by an enemy in this area once when I was young. Entering the mountain here and walking south, you have to climb more than 40 mountains, but as long as you go out, Going down the mountain is to the Jinsha River. It saves 400 miles than taking the official road, and it can bypass all the cities. However, it will be very difficult and dangerous.”

Before Li Laosi could speak, the village chief and others who were listening next to him took a deep breath.

There are more than 40 mountains. Even if you climb one mountain in a day, it will take more than 40 days.

Moreover, such deep mountains and old forests are too dangerous, with wild beasts and venomous snakes everywhere.

Once you get in, it’s definitely not that simple to figure it out.

But if you don’t go over the mountains and take the official road, there are at least five or six county towns and three prefectural cities. One person needs at least 50 taels to buy the road, and the whole village only needs 5,000 taels. It is simply a fantasy...

“Brother Liu, please rest first and let’s discuss it.”

Li Laosi left **** Liu behind, and then he and the village chief gathered everyone in the village.

This is a matter of life and death, and everyone has the right to participate in the decision.

In the final analysis, there is no choice at this time.

Staying behind means joining the refugees behind, waiting to die together, or making trouble together and fighting with the soldiers.

Or simply wait until the imperial commander from Kyoto arrives and follow him in the chaos.

But even if you catch the chance once, will you be able to catch up every time when you pass by Bajiu City on your way south?

Moreover, when there are more people, robbing, stealing, kidnapping and selling children, there are only unimaginable evil deeds, and there is nothing impossible that cannot be done.

Because they were prepared early and set off on the road earlier than others, and had all the food and supplies, they must be the primary target of everyone's envy.

Maybe being in the crowd is not as safe as being in the mountains and forests, facing wild beasts and poisonous snakes...

Everyone discussed from afternoon to dusk, and finally decided on a plan to cross the mountains and reach the Jinsha River.

Perhaps the previous two mountains were not too difficult and dangerous. Although the climb was tiring, there was no danger.

This gave the villagers a lot of confidence, and now that they had made a decision, everyone looked more relaxed.

Boil water for cooking, pack things, and make as many preparations as possible.

For a time, the small camp was very busy.

Mrs. Liu had a good night's sleep, drank porridge, and gained strength. She hurriedly packed the carriage and packed everything she could use.

Li Laosan made a sledge and tied things to it, so Liu Biaotou could drag it up the mountain.

Tao Hongying and Zhao Yuru were flustered and wanted to pack their luggage again, but they were stopped by Mrs. Li.

Others don’t know, but she knows better.

There are many things, such as most of the grain, which have been collected by my granddaughter.

The journey was hectic, and there were many people in the family. Everyone felt that their burden was light, and they thought that the heavy things were all in the hands of others, and no one took care of them carefully.

Actually, what they carried with great effort was not much.

Looking at my granddaughter, she was being played with by Uncle Zhao at the moment. She was holding a wooden pony in her hand, and her little white teeth were exposed when she smiled.

Jia Xi Jia An is the same. Each of them got a big slingshot and surrounded the two old men, smiling happily.

The future is uncertain, but for the sake of the children, we will fight no matter what.

This is also the voice of all villagers.

If it were them, that would be fine if they died, but not the children.

They still have to grow up, get married, and have so many good days...

This night, everyone had such determination and slept extremely soundly.

When I got up early, I still made fire to cook, fed the mules and donkeys, fetched and stored water, and pasted cakes to make dry food.

The three members of the Liu family wanted to travel together, so they also brought food, but it was japonica rice.

Tao Hongying made the decision and left japonica rice for the children to eat. Each family pooled together sorghum noodles and brought out a dozen pancakes for them.

It’s pretty much busy. As long as we have eaten, we can set off.

At this time, Jiaan Jiaxi was running around and shouting.

“Where have Grandpa Zhao and the others gone? How come they haven’t been seen?”

Everyone was surprised. They looked at each other and found that there was none around them.

The village chief asked, "Is it convenient to go nearby?"

Li Laosi immediately called two villagers to look for someone in the nearby woods.

As a result, as soon as we entered the forest, the villagers suddenly screamed in fear.

“Uncle Zhao!”

The morning birds spread their wings in surprise and quickly rushed into the sky.

The leaves in late autumn have fallen down, hovering stubbornly...

(End of this chapter)