After dark, it was supposed to be time for bed, but the villagers in Shanbei Zhuangzi began to rustle and salute, push carts, and hold children in their arms.
Xia Qiyue had also put the bedding into the backpack a long time ago, let the two children sit in it, and put important things into the space. No one would notice it when it was dark, so she tried to lighten the weight of her younger brothers and sisters.
As soon as she was ready, Liu Jiajia came over, carrying a salute in her hand, but it looked like it was her own.
"Sister, follow us. You walk with me in the middle. It's safer this way!"
Liu Jiajia greeted her, but she was warned by the clan leader, so she didn't speak louder.
Xia Qiyue responded. After the afternoon, her attitude towards Liu Jiajia also changed. Although her personality was a little worse, she really protected her. Xia Qiyue just had one more sister and did her best to help.
That's it for her.
Li Zheng did not shout loudly at all, but took the lead to set off. When he saw others behind him, he hurriedly followed. However, one after another did not fall behind, and soon they were far away.
The best thing about traveling at night is the weather. The temperature is low at night, which is perfect for traveling.
Xia Qiyue carried two children on her back, and could check from time to time whether her younger siblings were following.
"Miss Xia, how about I help you carry the salute?"
A small voice sounded from behind, but it was An Youde's voice.
Xia Jiuyue didn't realize at first that Miss Xia was talking about her, but An Youde said it again, and she turned around. In the darkness, she could vaguely see that An Youde was indeed looking at her, and then she shook her head and felt that the other person was looking at her.
He couldn't see it, so he spoke in a low voice, "No need, I can carry it myself!"
When An Youde heard this, he didn't insist anymore and just said, "When you are tired, just tell me and I will help you carry it!"
Xia Jiuyue thanked her in a low voice, felt a little embarrassed, and quickened her pace to follow her sister.
After walking for almost an hour, there were several forks in the road ahead, but no one caught up behind them. It was probably because no one noticed that the people from Shanbei Zhuangzi had escaped.
Li Zheng took the lead and stopped to let everyone take a breath.
However, we were traveling at night and drank water in the afternoon, so there was no big movement among the entire team.
Li Zheng came over to discuss with the clan leader which way to go, because they were going to Fucheng next, but no one knew the road to Fucheng, which was a bit troublesome.
"Let's just take the middle one. We're going in the right direction on the way out of Liulin County, so just keep walking along this road, don't make any turns, and wait until daybreak!" the clan leader finally made the decision.
At this time, no one was catching up and everyone who was breathing heavily could not hold back their words.
The two little guys on Xia Qiyue's back were holding each other's hands tightly, and their hands were filled with sweat.
Along the way, the sounds of various animals were heard from time to time. In addition, no one spoke, there were only rough gasps, and the two little guys were frightened.
At this time, Xia Qiyue said softly, "Xuan'er, Ke'er, are you thirsty? Or do you want to come down and pee?"
The two little ones obviously felt relieved after hearing their mother's voice, and then replied to Xia Qiyue that they were neither thirsty nor peeing.
Ke'er was so frightened that she didn't dare to let go of her brother's hand, let alone go down.
Xia Qiyue asked her younger brothers and sisters again, and both of them said they had no need.
She was tired after walking for such a long time. When she saw someone sitting down to rest while Li was talking to the clan leader, she also squatted down, took a breath and drank some water.
But it didn't take long for the clan leader to make a decision to move forward along the current path.
Little did they know, they had already taken a detour and headed in the direction away from Anyang Fucheng.
Li Zheng was still leading the way, followed sparsely behind, but the people of Lao An's family followed the patriarch and his family closely.
Xia Qiyue frowned, she couldn't understand why they were doing this?
But it's a bit unsafe for them to follow like this.
Since I had to travel at night, I couldn't enter the space to harvest wheat in the summer and July. I only had three plantings before I could upgrade, but I still couldn't upgrade.
Suddenly she felt her stomach growling, and then she remembered that none of the five of them had eaten. First, because they had no whole grains. One and a half of the wild vegetable steamed buns were left in the space for a long time, and they were just thrown on the ground.
, I took away all the bags and used them. I definitely can’t eat them.
One is that they are not hungry yet and are used to starving. If they eat one meal a day, the body's instinctive hunger response will not work.
Xia Qiyue took a look and saw that there were still 52 gold coins and 48 pounds of wheat. She spent ten gold coins to buy five steamed buns. She secretly stuffed a steamed bun into each of her younger siblings' hands and whispered something secretly.
eat.
Then he broke another steamed bun and gave half to each of the two little ones.
This frightened the two little ones, and they immediately lowered their heads with the steamed buns in hand. Even though they knew it was dark and couldn't see anything, they didn't dare to raise their heads.
Xia Qiyue knew that the smell of steamed buns could not be hidden from others, but it was even more difficult to hide it when hungry. If something unexpected happened in this dark winter, how could one escape while hungry?
Looking at the two steamed buns in her hand, she secretly broke them in half, then gently patted the arm of Liu Jiajia, who was walking next to her. Liu Jiajia felt her pat and turned around to ask her what was wrong.
Xia Qiyue whispered that she should eat it secretly, saying that it was bought in the city, which moved Liu Jiajia to tears.
Xia Qiyue quickly asked her to wipe her tears and eat quickly, because they felt relatively safe walking surrounded by five men from the patriarch's family, and Xia Qiyue clearly felt that An Youde, who was walking at the back, felt
I sniffed it with my nose and smelled the aroma of steamed buns, but there was no movement.
Xia Qiyue asked Liu Jiajia to give the other half of the steamed bun to An Wang who was walking next to Liu Jiajia.
Mrs. An Wang was smarter than Liu Jiajia. When she got the steamed buns, she knew that Xia Qiyue wouldn't ask for them if she gave them back, so she put them in her mouth directly. However, after only one bite, she couldn't bear to eat any more, and she secretly stuffed them into her youngest son An's mouth.
promising.
But Xia Qiyue didn't care about it, as long as they didn't let others find out that it was her who gave it to them.
Liu Jiajia was already unable to walk with her big belly, but after eating half a steamed bun, she regained her strength. Although her feet hurt and her body felt weak, and her stomach hurt from falling, she still insisted on walking.
With.
I don’t know how long we walked, but some old people and children couldn’t walk at all. In addition, there were also a lot of pregnant women in the village. After all, there were many children in the family, and the little wives in the family were either breastfeeding or pregnant.
Among those unable to walk was Liu Jiajia. She was breathing heavily, holding her stomach with her hands, and was about to start wailing.
Also, excessive exercise in pregnant women can also lead to miscarriage. Mrs. An and Wang did not dare to be careless, so she quickly made her sit down, fed her water and fanned her.
After Li Zheng learned about the situation here, he asked everyone to stop and take a break to catch their breath, but in that case, they had to continue on their way.