Jiang Zhiyue looked next to Jiang Zhilan and found that their family was sitting next to Chen Zhicai's house.
She raised her eyebrows with great interest.
After selling the grain, she went to town with her second and third uncles to buy bullock carts. When she came back, she informed the news and packed her things. She really didn't have time to find out what happened when Ma took Jiang Zhilan to the Wang family to seek justice.
She looked at Xiao Wang and asked. Xiao Wang shook his head and said he didn't know.
They didn't go to see the excitement, so naturally they didn't know what was going to happen.
Without thinking any more, Jiang Zhiyue looked down the mountain again. The refugees had already grabbed their things and left.
Late at night is when everyone is most relaxed, and the refugees are running rampant through the villages like machines that never stop.
Because of the rush to get out, every household didn't have time to deal with live livestock such as chickens and ducks.
Maybe they were tired from the crows, so the cries of chickens and ducks gradually became weaker.
Everyone staying on the mountain took a nap in this quiet environment.
Early the next morning, looking at everyone who had packed up, Jiang Hengrong gave an order and walked down the mountain again.
Coming down from the mountain, we had to pass through the village, and everyone stopped here for a while.
Someone walked into the village. Except for a few corpses on the ground, there was no one else in the village. They must have taken the opportunity to run away last night.
Jiang Hengrong called a few people to carry those people to the bottom of the mountain and bury them. After all, they were from the same village. If they couldn't see them, it would be fine. If they saw them, they would do nothing and feel guilty.
When a person dies, like a lamp extinguished, all the grudges and grudges in the past disappear.
The three Jiang brothers and Dalang Erlang all went to help, while Jiang Zhiyue asked her mother and second aunt to take the chickens and ducks tied to the ox cart to the river and kill them.
We don’t know how long we will go on this journey. If they get frightened on the way, they won’t be able to lay eggs and they have to be fed with food every day. It’s better to kill them and clean them while there is water.
Others saw it and followed suit.
Song Furong squatted next to Zhang with a chicken. She stretched her head and looked towards Jiang Zhiyue and asked, "Girl, can't we come back to live after this refugee has left?"
Everyone else also pricked up their ears to listen. Who would be willing to leave their hometown if they could stay here?
Jiang Zhiyue said: "No, Aunt Song, look at this river. When we hold a handful of water, there is half a handful of mud. It will be completely dry in a few days. Instead of waiting here for God to rain and give us a way to survive, we might as well do it ourselves."
I’m making a lot of money.”
"And if one group of refugees leaves and a second group comes, there's no telling."
Everyone looked at the river and thought it was reasonable. The wells in the village could no longer draw water a few days ago, and even the river was dry.
If you don't leave, you will die of thirst, if not starvation.
Jiang Xiucai is still kind-hearted and will let everyone know when he gets the news.
Because the Jiang family was willing to sell grain to everyone, everyone's favorable impression of them increased.
After resting for less than half an hour, everyone picked up their baggage again and prepared to leave.
If you leave this time, you may really never come back.
There are more than 500 people in Jiangjia Village, large and small, and there are only more than 300 people following the team now.
Everyone has taken out all the belongings at home. It is more convenient for those who have an ox cart or a cart. Some people don't even bring out the cart, so they can only walk with their things on their backs.
There were elderly people and many children in the team, so the process of the team was not fast. It only took a whole morning to cover more than ten kilometers.
The old man could bear it after walking for a long time, but the child didn't understand why he had to walk such a long distance away from home. There were constant sounds of children crying and women beating and scolding children.
Fortunately, Hengrong finally spoke: "Let's keep going forward. When we get to the forest in front, we'll stop and rest."
"Hey, okay, okay."
Knowing that they could finally stop and rest, everyone walked towards the forest ahead with all their strength.
However, the forest looked not far away, and it took a full quarter of an hour to get there.
Everyone found a place to pile their things at their feet to rest, and some people took out dry food to cushion their stomachs.
Jiang Zhiyue found a big tree on the edge of the crowd for the Jiang family to stay.
Jiang Yun carefully helped little Wang down from the bullock cart.
No one else in the Jiang family entered the carriage, saying they couldn't hold on on the first day. Even the ten-year-old Liu Lang was walking beside Jiang Dalang and the others.
Jiang Zhiyue's training for them during this period has also been quite effective, and their bodies have become much stronger.
Mrs. Jiang said: "Let's eat something quickly. We won't be able to eat if we are on the road later."
Ding Hehua (little Wang's sister-in-law) quickly followed Zhang and Zhao to take down the bags of dry food from the car and put out the steamed buns inside.
Each person gets a steamed bun, which is filled with sliced meat and vegetables that they have prepared in advance.
There are only four people in the Wang family, and the Jiang family doesn't specifically let them cook on the stove. Everyone works together and eats together, but Ding Hehua will add some of their family's food every time he cooks.
While biting the steamed bun, Jiang Zhiyue suddenly noticed an extremely aggressive gaze. She followed the feeling and looked into Chen Zhicai's thoughtful eyes.
I thought that after saying that to him by the river that time, with Chen Zhicai's strong self-esteem, even if he hated him to death, he would not have such an attitude.
Could it be that he is harboring something bad and trying to make something happen?
She couldn't believe that someone as vindictive as Chen Zhicai would look at her with such a gentle attitude.
Sitting aside, Jiang Zhilan called out to Chen Zhicai several times but received no response. Looking for his eyes, she happened to see Jiang Zhiyue's small face that looked like it could be broken.
She stiffly bit the dry biscuit in her hand, as if venting her anger.
Jiang Zhiyue looked away. No matter what evil they were holding back, she could fight him back.
After resting for an hour, Hengrong asked everyone to get up and go on their way again. Jiang Zhiyue and the others put the things they took down on the oxcart in a tacit understanding.
"I just rested for a while, so I started walking again. We can't wait for it to cool down before rushing on." Jiang Popi muttered while lying on the ground.
"Whoever doesn't want to leave can stay here." Jiang Hengrong glanced sideways at the rogue who said he didn't want to leave.
It was hot all day long. If they wanted to wait for it to cool down before rushing on, they would starve to death before they even left their county.
Seeing that everyone continued to move forward, Jiang Popi, who was lying on the ground, had no choice but to get up from the ground, put his things in his arms and follow the team.
The Jiang family was walking at the back of the team, and Jiang Popi caught up to the end of the team within a few steps.
Jiang Popi lives alone in a single household in the village. One person has enough to eat and the whole family is not hungry.
He has no elders in his family and has not married a wife. He has been fond of stealing since he was a child. Later, after he was caught peeping at a woman in the village bathing, no one would pay attention to him.
He was walking behind and saw Jiang Zhiyue at the end of the team, and took a look at her. Her skin was so white that it seemed to glow under the sun.
Jiang Popi took two quick steps and walked beside the Jiang family. Even if Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Zhao were not happy, there was no reason to drive him away because the road was in the sky.
He was quite honest and followed the Jiang family's team without causing any trouble.
It was dark late in June, and the team had been walking for more than two hours without taking a break.
Some children can no longer walk and cry incessantly, so adults have to put them in strollers or carry them on their backs.
Only when it was so dark that they could no longer see the road clearly, did everyone stop again.
There was no place to stay at night, so we had to randomly choose a place on the roadside to stop. Everyone sat down close to the roadside without blocking the road.
It was time to spend the night here, and everyone didn't make do as they did at noon. They all set up the pots and started boiling water for cooking.
Some people take advantage of this time to turn the grain into pancakes or other things that can be eaten directly.
They came out to escape the famine, and there was not much time for them to cook in the morning and noon.
There is no river nearby, and the water they use is brought with them when they leave. If they can't find a water source before running out, they just use this little water, so they cherish the water they use.
Many people kill the chickens and ducks in the morning, and they can't keep them for long in this hot weather, so they simply make soup and have a good meal. However, some people grill and tear the meat into strips and put them away, so that they can be eaten for several days.
They walked all day today and didn't meet anyone else. Jiang Zhiyue looked at everyone sitting or lying loosely on the roadside.
She turned sideways and whispered something to her father, and saw Jiang Rong standing up and walking in the direction of Hengrong.
Jiang Hengrong's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were cooking. In the pot was thick multi-grain porridge, and an old hen was stewing. There were also a few multi-noodle pancakes beside it.
The food in his family is quite good, but some people are only willing to put the wild vegetables they brought out in a pot and sprinkle some salt on it, and it is considered a meal.
Jiang Hengrong's mother-in-law saw Jiang Rong coming over first. She put the lid on the pot and said with a pout, "We are running away from the famine. What do you want to do here at this time?"
She thought that Jiang Rong must have seen them cooking meat when he came here and wanted to come and eat with her.
Jiang Hengrong glared at his mother-in-law and cursed: "Shut your mouth, you idiot."
His mother-in-law didn't dare to challenge Jiang Hengrong, so she could only give Jiang Rong a gouging look, and turned sideways to block the pot.
Hengrong looked at Jiang Rong and said in a kind tone: "What's the matter with Jiang Xiucai coming here now?"
"Uncle Henrong, everyone has been tired for the whole day. It's time to take a rest after eating. But we are in the wilderness after all. Do you think you should send someone from each family to take turns keeping watch at night?
"Jiang Rong said.
Hengrong smiled and said: "You are still thoughtful, I will arrange for people to take turns to keep vigil."
Jiang Hengrong acted quickly. After thinking about it, he stood up and told him about the vigil.
Although the people who were assigned were a little reluctant, they didn't say much when they heard that they only had to stay up until midnight, and they would change shifts with the next round of people when the time came.
During the night vigil, one person from each family, no matter how many people there are in a household, is always one person, and five people are arranged at a time.
Everyone was tired from traveling all day, and after a brief rest on their stomachs, some people lay on the ground and snored.
On the Jiang family's side.
Several people wrapped the freshly baked dry food pancakes and roasted chicken and duck meat in oilcloth and put them into the carriage where little Wang was.
The others cooperated tacitly and took the oilcloth and quilt off the oxcart and spread them on the ground.
Little Wang looked at the people making beds outside, stopped Jiang Zhiyue and said, "Why don't Zhiyue come up and sleep with me? There's quite a lot of space in this carriage."
"Yes, you go to the carriage to accompany your third aunt. We can watch from outside." Old Mrs. Jiang pushed Jiang Zhiyue into the carriage and continued to clean up outside.
Little Wang looked at Jiang Zhiyue who came in, and said with a smile: "I am only four months old, so I don't need to take care of her so closely. I mean, it won't be a problem even if I go out and sleep on the ground with you."
Jiang Zhiyue knew that she was feeling sorry for herself while several elders were outside looking up to the sun and the moon, but she was lying down in the carriage and quickly comforted her.
"Third Aunt, don't think like that. We don't know how far we are going to go. Being bumpy outside all day is no better than at home. There is no doctor around, so we should be careful."
After comforting her, Jiang Zhiyue looked at little Wang's slightly swollen belly, gently put her hand on it, and said with a smile: "Isn't that right, little sister, do you want your mother to stay in the carriage?
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As soon as she finished speaking, little Wang's stomach moved slightly. Jiang Zhiyue felt the sensation coming from her hands and looked at little Wang with her eyes wide open in surprise.
"Did she...did he kick me just now?" Jiang Zhiyue asked excitedly.
Little Wang was equally excited. This was the first time the little life in her belly moved after being pregnant for so long.
She lowered her head and looked at her belly, her eyes full of motherly love.
"It likes you. Your third uncle called it many times but it didn't make any move. If he knew it, he would be extremely jealous of you."
Jiang Zhiyue felt the warm touch under her hands, and slowly passed a gentle spiritual power through her palms to Little Wang's belly.
She closed her eyes and felt carefully, feeling two small balls of light playing with the trace of spiritual power in little Wang's belly.
She took her hand back, then held Xiao Wang's hand and said, "You should also feel them."
Little Wang put her hand up in a daze. When Jiang Zhiyue put her hand up just now, she felt very warm in her stomach, and the usual swelling and pain disappeared.
However, she still noticed what Jiang Pheasant said and asked, "Why do you say it was them?"
"Well... maybe this is called... a woman's sixth sense." Jiang Zhiyue shook her head and pretended.
Little Wang laughed and scolded: "You damn girl."
The two of them were making a mess in the carriage, and the Jiang family outside were frightened.
Mrs. Zhang looked worriedly at the carriage. These three younger siblings were still pregnant. This girl shouldn't hurt anyone lightly or seriously.
When he was in a hurry, he went to the carriage and asked through the curtain: "Girl, what are you doing in there? Don't hurt your third aunt."
"Sister-in-law, it's okay. I'm talking to Girl Yue." Little Wang opened the curtain and stuck her head out and said.
"Okay, then if she doesn't sleep well, let her sleep out." Mrs. Zhang made arrangements and then went back.
The crowd gradually became quiet, and everyone except a few people who were keeping vigil fell asleep.
When Jiang Zhilan came back from the night, she found that the people watching the night had changed. When she came back, she saw Jiang Popi staring at her with a squinting look.
Jiang Zhilan glared at him in shame before returning to her place and lying down.
After a while, she heard a movement behind her. She quietly looked sideways and found that Jiang Popi, who was keeping watch at night, was sneaking towards Jiang Xiucai's oxcart.
She thought that just before going to bed, she seemed to have seen Jiang Zhiyue and Xiao Wang sleeping there.
She turned around quietly again, with a vicious smile on her lips.
