No matter what happens to anyone, life has to go on and there is a long road ahead. The most important thing for Xia Qiyue to do is to bring her two children, younger brothers and sisters safely to a stable place.
So she went to the blacksmith shop in the afternoon.
When she arrived, the blacksmith had already built a small iron furnace and was trying to make a fire.
"Are you here? Come and take a look. This stove has been built for you. This thing is really good. It is convenient and easy to burn. Give me the blueprints we agreed on, and you are not allowed to go back on it!"
Xia Qiyue smiled, walked over and nodded, "If you don't regret it, put out the fire. I'll take it away right away!"
Without wasting any time, she waited until the furnace went out and the iron cooled down before carrying the furnace out of the blacksmith shop.
I walked to a deserted place, put the stove into the space, and started looking for a firewood seller.
But after searching the whole town, I couldn't find it at all. I finally went to the grocery store to ask, but there wasn't much charcoal left in the grocery store.
She wrapped them all up and it was only enough to cook a few meals.
It was better than nothing. She could only go back with regret. It might be because of the drought. Everyone thought that no one would spend money to buy firewood, so they were too lazy to sell it.
After returning to the medicine hall, An Laozhuang had taken his son's body away, leaving only the patriarch and his family. However, the patriarch and his family were also preparing to leave. When Wang An saw Xia Qiyue's return, he hurried over and spoke.
"Where has your child gone? I've looked everywhere and you can't find it! Get ready to salute and leave quickly. Li Zheng came over and said, the magistrate of Liulin County has detained everyone just as your Youcai brother heard.
, Li Zheng and the others met Lin Xiucai’s family who had escaped outside the town, and then they learned the news. I’m afraid the officials are hunting down the escaped refugees!”
An Wang said so urgently that Xia Qiyue understood it, turned around and ran to the room.
From behind, there was Wang An's voice: "I have informed your younger brothers and sisters to pack their luggage. Come out quickly!"
Their family sent four sons to look for Xia Qiyue for a while but could not find him. They then told Xia Jiuyue and Xia Xinghe to pack their bags quickly and leave when Xia Qiyue comes back.
When Xia Qiyue ran over, she happened to see her sister looking anxiously. Before Xia Qiyue could say anything, Xia Qiyue ran into the room.
He put the two children into the backpack and urged his younger brothers and sisters to "take the gifts and leave quickly! Hurry up!"
Affected by their mother's urgency, the two little guys slipped into the carriers, hugged each other tightly and sat down, with nervous and frightened eyes.
Fortunately, this backpack is big enough. It is a backpack used for carrying grain during the autumn harvest. It can accommodate two little guys. Otherwise, the two little guys would be in trouble.
Xia Qiyue and the others came out in a hurry, met up with the clan leader and his family, and quickly ran out of the town.
When the people in Shanbei Zhuangzi outside the town heard the news about Lin Xiucai's family, they packed up their salutes and waited to run away.
Li Zheng could not make up his mind and was anxiously waiting for the patriarch and his family to come back.
As soon as he saw the patriarch's family, Xia Qiyue and others returning, Li Zheng greeted them angrily, "Uncle patriarch, what's wrong with this?"
The patriarch had already thought about it along the way, "Run to the path, come in from the forest, and walk over the mountain. It's too conspicuous for so many people to walk on the road!"
After the two people made a hasty decision, they ran towards the path with the villagers.
Some children who could not run had already been picked up by adults, while the elderly were supported.
Although he was bitten by a wolf, in the past three days, the wounds that should have scabbed have begun to scab, and he can run away even if he endures it. The only person who cannot run is Ge Mingyu.
Both of her legs were injured, and she failed to treat them properly and drink medicine. The wounds were so painful that she could not walk a few steps, let alone run.
An Zihao, who looked very serious, was bitten on the back of his arms and chest, but his legs were fine. At this time, he was holding two salutes and running no slower than others.
Only the third and fourth members of the An family were lagging behind. The third An was holding his son and carrying his daughter on his back, not caring about Ge Mingyu at all. Ge Mingyu howled and followed behind with two crutches, wailing every step he took.
But no one in Lao An's family cares about them at all. When it comes to life and death, brothers are nothing.
Xia Qiyue didn't dare to slow down and rest, and followed the clan leader's family. Her legs were shaking hard, her back was sweating, and she was breathing heavily. Fortunately, in addition to bedding and two pieces of rags, their luggage only contained a small iron pot and five bowls.
Outside, otherwise, let alone running, I wouldn't be able to move even if I was dragged around.
While walking, Xia Qiyue told the other four people not to forget to drink water to replenish their strength. He didn't know how long he would be running like this.
The five of us had one egg, one steamed bun and water each in the morning.
She didn't have time to eat at noon. She had been running for almost an hour. Although she slowed down to take a breath during this period, she almost couldn't stand it anymore.
Looking at the environment here, we have already entered a mountain. The clan leader told Li Zheng that we must climb over this mountain.
However, they said that climbing over the mountain is actually a shortcut. Although climbing the mountain is tiring and dangerous, it is short in terms of distance.
Fortunately, everyone has eaten wolf meat in the past two days, so their stomachs are full of oil and water, and they have some strength.
But before Xia Qiyue could finish celebrating, several elderly people behind him had already fallen down, waving their hands and opening their mouths, unable to speak at all.
The clan leader and Li Zheng met with some worry on their faces. They were afraid that if they stopped like this, the officials behind them would chase after them. However, if they didn't stop, they couldn't leave the old people who couldn't keep up in the mountains to feed the wolves.
After thinking about it, the two of them made a decision. For those elderly people who have a lot of boys in the family and can't walk on their backs, they must give them some rations or water, so that they can't carry them for nothing.
While Li was discussing with the clan leader, Xia Qiyue turned around and observed, and found that everyone in Lao An's family was there, except for the third son of the An family and Ge Mingyu's family of four.
At first, she could still hear Ge Mingyu's curses, but as she ran, she couldn't hear them anymore.
But she just looked back and observed, and she didn't have the time to care so much.
As soon as they heard that there were rations and water, those who had many sons in the family and could handle it themselves sent their sons out. Now, those who were old and couldn't keep up had a solution.
Everyone didn't have much time to rest and started running again. However, after entering the mountains, there were not so many flat roads to run on. Although there were not many green plants due to drought, the dried thorns also blocked the road.
I was climbing while pulling. Although the mountain was not particularly steep, it was still extremely difficult.
It was not until dark, when everyone was exhausted and exhausted, and Li Zheng and the clan leader themselves could no longer move their legs, that people stopped.
But I couldn't cross this mountain. Fortunately, there was a quite big cave halfway up the mountain on the back side.
If you squeeze in, the whole village can be squeezed in, but people will have to be close to each other.
Xia Qiyue quickly followed the patriarch's family and was bound to stay away from Lao An's family.
"Squeeze" really doesn't mean that just squeeze it and it will be fine.
Although the cave is large, it cannot accommodate the more than 300 people of Shanbei Village.
In the end, Xia Qiyue only occupied a seat next to the patriarch's family, which was just big enough for five people to sit. He had to put it in his backpack to make room for the ceremony.