When the villagers saw the pond, they were so excited that they didn't know what to say. Two children from Yuqian Village even cried. Their fathers had been hacked to death by barbarians, and they had only filled two small jars of water before.
Seeing that the water was about to be cut off again, fortunately there were many family members, so they could live a little longer, and maybe they could make it to the south safely. Everyone quickly took out their water ladles to fill them with water.
After filling up the water, everyone happily walked down the mountain with buckets and jars.
Xu Yunjin also carried a bucket of water, which was for Mr. Luo's family. The Luo family had no labor force, so they didn't carry much water.
At the foot of the mountain, the large army was parked on the roadside because they had to wait for the water-filling team, and the rest of the refugees had already left.
"Second sister, you are back. Can you take me to find water and hunt pheasants next time? I want to go too, okay?"
As soon as Xu Yunjin came down the mountain, Xu Yunzhao's little bun hugged his arm and started to rock coquettishly with him.
"Little brother, there are big tigers in the mountains. You are still a child, so you can't go into the mountains."
Xu Yunjin pinched Xu Yunzhao's face, it was so soft.
"Humph, the second sister knows how to lie. Aren't you also a child? You're still a girl. I'm a boy. I'm definitely better than you."
"Okay, okay, your second sister and uncle have worked hard up the mountain to find water. Let them have a rest. We will be on our way again later, but we can't stay here for too long."
Lin rescued Xu Yunjin from Xu Yunzhao's hands. Each family carefully tied the buckets and sealed them with oilcloth before setting off, otherwise they would not be able to make it to the next resting place.
"Has everyone packed up? We're going to set off."
Xu Dahai held a gong in his hand and informed them that they were about to set off. After a while, the large group continued to move forward.
The large army did not rest all the way, and finally arrived at the junction of Anyi County and Dafang County before Youshi.
"Okay, let's rest here for the night today, and continue setting off early tomorrow morning. After climbing over this mountain, we can reach the boundary of Dafang County."
It took five days to walk from Nanyun County to Dafang County. It was because there was a basin between the Nanyun Mountains and Dafang County, and the terrain in the middle was relatively flat, so everyone walked so fast.
But they didn't know how many mountains they would have to climb next, and they might have to rest in the mountains every day.
The Xu family had already set up the stove, and Xu Yunjin quietly gave half of the chicken to Mr. Xu and gave it to Xu Danian's family.
Xu Yunjin bought another chopped chicken from the farm and mixed it into the chicken pot. The Xu family was covering Xu Yunjin the whole time.
More than ten wild eggs were given to Xu Yongnian's daughter-in-law, Chen, and she was asked to cook two pots of egg soup in a large pot and give a bowl to every household in the village with elderly people and children under three years old.
Soon the aroma of meat and eggs came from the camp stationed in Nanyun Village. Li's craftsmanship has always been the best in the Xu family.
Of course, except for Xu Yunjin who rarely cooks, she was not allowed to go near the kitchen because of her young age at first. Later, because of the drought, she was afraid that Xu Yunjin would waste food, so she has not cooked for a long time.
Xu Yongnian's daughter-in-law, Mrs. Chen, is the head chef that every household in the village invites for weddings and funerals, and her cooking skills are also very good.
After hearing that Xu Yunjin said that he wanted to deliver egg soup to the elderly and children, the villagers took out the dried vegetables prepared by each family and asked Chen to put them in the egg soup so that everyone could eat more.
"Auntie, why don't you put some bracken vermicelli in the chicken soup, so that everyone can get more."
Seeing the people delivering food, Xu Yunjin also remembered that he still had some fern root vermicelli at home, and quickly asked Li to get some vermicelli and soak it in hot water.
After the chicken soup was stewed, Xu Yunjin directly called the Luo family, Lin family, Li family and Chen family to the Xu family's cooking pot. As for the Wu family and Grandma Chunhua's family, Zhang and Li went to deliver it.
Two large bowls.
"Come on, come on, you're welcome. Let's eat something good today, chicken soup and rice."
Mr. Xu and Mrs. Zhang stood in front of two large pots and opened the two pots. There was rice in the other pot.
In order to prevent others from discovering that the Xu family had cooked so much rice, although the whole family was shocked, they still spoke quietly in tacit agreement.
"My dear, this is too extravagant, no, no, no, you gave us all a small bag of rice yesterday, and today you let us come to your house to eat chicken soup for free, and now you have made so much rice."
Grandpa Li's family couldn't understand what he was saying when he looked at the rice in the pot. They had already entrusted the Xu family with so many blessings, and the people in Li's village didn't trust him and didn't want to leave.
He had no choice but to shamelessly drag his family along with his in-laws, and was entertained nicely along the way. They had already taken advantage of him a lot.
"Don't talk about whether it will work or not at this time. My parents are pulling us back. When we get to the south, we will find a way to repay the Xu family's kindness. We will have enough to eat and drink before we can cross the mountain tomorrow. How about you?
You little brat can't go around talking nonsense about what you ate today."
Before Mr. Xu could speak, Lin Dali patted Grandpa Li on the shoulder and said, he was very greedy.
The men in my family are very strong and have to eat a lot every day.
Although their family is well off, they can't just eat and drink. Now they are blessed by their own daughter.
"That's right, you all listen to me. It's good to eat and drink. We have to work hard tomorrow. We are all family members. What's wrong with eating something? And there is so much food, we will spoil it if we can't finish it.
Already."
Mr. Xu quickly took a rice spoon and put a spoonful of rice into their bowls. Mrs. Zhang next to him scooped out a few pieces of chicken and a spoonful of chicken soup for each of them, and asked them to fill their own vermicelli.
"If you haven't eaten enough, come to Grandma Zhang to add vegetables and rice for you. We are full today."
Several children happily brought their own small bowls to Mrs. Xu and Mrs. Zhang to put food in. Looking at these cute children, Mrs. Zhang smiled and said to these children that these are hopes for the future and should be treated well.
them.
It was the first time they ate meat since they fled, and the whole family felt sour and happy at the same time.
Others who didn't eat meat felt so happy when they saw the children and the elderly drinking egg soup with satisfied faces, and eating dry pancakes as if they were eating delicacies from the mountains and seas.
After everyone had eaten and drank enough, they packed up their things and entered the tent. They had to set off as early as possible tomorrow. The longer they stayed in the mountains, the more dangerous they would be.
Xu Yunjin pushed the Luo family's car and wanted to scold her. The mountain road was too difficult to walk on. It was all steep and there were big rocks from time to time.
It seems that they can't get out of this mountain today. Xu Yunjin suddenly misses the cement roads everywhere in modern times.
"Ajin, do you want to take a rest? I see you are sweating a lot."
Luo Silan looked at Xu Yunjin who was gnashing her teeth and sweating profusely, blaming her useless body for not only being unable to help the family share the pressure, but also often making them worry.
Fortunately, Ah Jin and brother Yunqing came to help push the cart from time to time, otherwise her brother and grandfather would have collapsed from exhaustion long ago.
They had been walking for several hours since they started in the morning. The mountains and forests were extremely hot in summer and the mountain roads were not easy to walk. Many of them were tired.
The dozen or so young men who opened the road in front each held a hatchet in their hands, and they chopped down a large area of dead bushes to make the road easier to walk. This chapter has been completed!