Seeing Yang's grateful look, Mrs. Gu felt relieved and grinned: "Sister-in-law, you're welcome. Although my medical skills are not as good as those of my father, minor illnesses and disasters are still no problem. You can come to me directly if you need anything.

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Gu Shi said and glanced at Dazhu. Yang Shi and Dazhu both nodded in thanks.

"Dang, dang, dang", after a period of commotion, the team of six families set off on the road again.

Niu Zhixin sent a message to each family: Everyone put on masks and headgear, the car lowered the curtains, and passed through Mashitun and Sanyang Town quickly in one go.

After He's incident, everyone tightened their nerves and did not dare to slack off.

Yang followed the oxcart where He was sitting, checking He's movements in the car from time to time; Ge and Erxiaozi sandwiched Dani, and Gao held Erni's hand tightly.

Si Sheng held the mule with one hand and Suxue with the other. From time to time, he warned Wang Zeran, who was walking next to Suxue: Don't look both ways and watch your steps.

The team quickly passed through Mashitun and headed for Sanyang Town.

Before we reached the entrance of Sanyang Town, corpses began to appear on the road, ranging from one or two here and there to piles. These people were obviously chopped down while running, and most of the wounds on their bodies were on the back.

Back, many bodies were mutilated.

Si Sheng knew that these were probably the people who ran out of the square. At that time, if he and Dazhu had run slower, they might have become one of the people lying here.

Si Sheng clenched his fists, so many lives were lost, it was so heartbreaking.

Da Sheng drove the mule cart and carefully avoided it, trying not to run into those poor people on the road.

There were no lights in Sanyang Town, and not a single person could be seen. The doors of the houses and shops on the street were open, and it was pitch dark inside. Bodies could also be vaguely seen on the ground at the entrance of the yard.

On one side of the street, several houses were burned to rubble. The fires had been extinguished. Even though they were wearing masks and hoods, they could still smell the choking smell wafting in the air.

Suxue covered her mouth and made obvious swallowing sounds from time to time, "Don't look." Wang Zeran took her other arm and helped her move forward.

Suxue clenched her lips with her teeth, and the corpses that appeared under her feet from time to time shocked her nerves. They were men, women, old, young, and even infants.

In this way, the team of six families almost jogged through Sanyang Town with low voices coming from time to time, and then walked for another hour before Niu Zhixin asked everyone to stop.

The man exploring the road found a cave on the back of a hill on the roadside. He did not go any further tonight. The six families rested in the cave and continued their journey tomorrow night.

The cave was spacious enough. Wang Orion and Qiangzi went in first to check and confirm that there were no poisonous insects or snakes inside. Then everyone entered the cave one by one, lit a fire inside, silently made the floor and packed their luggage.

The children were all asleep and were taken out of the car and placed on the ground.

Everyone was so shocked today. For the first time, they saw with their own eyes the villages that had been harmed by bandits and saw so many horrific corpses.

The animals were tied to the trees outside the cave, chewing fodder rustlingly, the wind rustled the leaves, and the grasshoppers chirped. All kinds of noises were mixed together, making people anxious.

Niu Zhixin was boiling water by the fire, "Let's make something to eat." No one responded.

Mrs. Gao couldn't bear it anymore and cried "Wow". The bandits were so cruel. Did her parents and brothers escape? She really couldn't imagine that she would be like He and never have a natal family again.

As a human being, what should she do?

Her cry resonated with everyone, and there was a burst of crying in the cave.

They cried for their relatives who were not notified, for the miserable scenes they saw, for the lives of people like ants, for the hardships of the journey, and for the home they didn’t know where they would be in the future.

The sleeping child was awakened by the sound of crying. When he opened his eyes and saw the adults crying, he was even more frightened and cried loudly.

Crying can't solve the problem, but crying can vent fear, sadness and anxiety.

Everyone was tired of crying, so they lay down on the floor with tears in their eyes and fell asleep. That night, people in the cave were awakened from time to time by the cries of people who had nightmares.

The next day, the six families all woke up very late and didn't get up one after another until almost noon.

No matter how sad it is, life still has to go on and the road still has to be walked.

After everyone got up, they started a new busy day, preparing food, preparing fodder for animals, packing cars and luggage, etc. These tasks are all indispensable.

The adults are busy with their work, and the children have no time to spare.

There was a stream not far from the cave, and Niu was casually catching fish by the stream again. Wang Zeran took a few children to join in the fun. Yong'an, Niu Niu, and Xiaoni were not allowed to go into the water, so they collected firewood and dug wild vegetables on the bank.

, catch grasshoppers.

Suxue was bored and walked back to the cave.

There were many temporary cooking stoves set up a little far away from the cave, and each family cooked food there.

Dani, Erni and a group of girls and wives were sitting in the shade at the entrance of the cave doing needlework. They were making vests for Mrs. Wang and Mr. Ye. Once they were finished, they were making tops for Wang Zeran and Yongan. The material had been cut.

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Seeing Suxue standing aside and watching, Dani smiled and said, "Juni, do you want to learn to sew?"

Suxue looked at her fingers and shook her head like a rattle, "My hands are clumsier than my feet. I'm afraid I'll break the needle and lose it."

People burst out laughing, and the depression that had accumulated in their hearts last night dissipated a lot.

There is a tall wild walnut tree next to the cave. At this time, it is the season when walnuts are ripe.

A group of children gathered under the tree. They all opened their mouths and looked up. Suxue also looked up. Cuixiang was standing on the tall walnut tree picking walnuts.

I saw her stepping on the branches with one hand, clinging to the trunk, and deftly picking the walnuts with the other hand and throwing them into the basket on her shoulder. The walnuts on the treetops in the distance were out of reach, and the green fragrance came out.

Beat it with a wooden stick.

The walnuts were ripe, and when they were knocked with a stick, they fell to the ground with a "thump, thump", which caused the little carrots under the tree to grab them frantically. When the walnuts were gone, they raised their necks to look at them again.

This one shouted: "Sister Cuixiang, fight again, fight again."

The one shouted: "There are some on the branches behind you."

Cuixiang climbed on the branch, looked down at the tree, and shouted to the bottom: "Xiaoxiang, why are you standing so far away, looking at the walnuts that can smash your head?"

This Xiaoxiang was timid all day, hiding behind everything she did. She hit so many walnuts here that other children filled their pockets. Xiaoxiang stood there with the peach kernels falling to her feet.

Don't bend over.

Xiaoxiang was watching Dani sewing clothes from a distance. When she heard Cuixiang's shout, she timidly took two steps forward. Cuixiang sighed helplessly, why couldn't she teach this sister.

The little carrots under the tree were shouting again: "Sister Cuixiang, beat, beat."

Cuixiang turned around and waved the wooden stick "pop, pop, pop", and the leaves and walnuts fell all over the ground.
Chapter completed!