On the way to escape famine, my parents divorced

Chapter 41 Premonition
"You, you, you rebellious and rebellious girl, you..."

"Auntie!"

Li Wangming quickly jumped off the carriage to help Grandmother Li, who was unsteady on her feet and almost fell, while Li Shiyue didn't even move her feet.

Li's mother came over from behind and slapped Li Shiyue on the back twice. She frowned and gave Li Shiyue a scolding look, then quickly went forward to support Li's grandmother.

"Mother, Shiyue is young, and we have been helped along the way by her. Shitou is tall but not smart, and Wangming has studied for many years, and his hands are for holding pens, so how can he do these rough jobs?"

While carefully helping Grandmother Li sit down, Mother Li kept saying that Li Shiyue was wrong.

But listening to what Li's mother said, it seems that she is not really blaming Li Shiyue.
Everything Li's mother said was meant to highlight the role Li Shiyue played in the family's escape from famine.

What Li's mother meant was that even for the sake of her life, Grandmother Li should not throw a tantrum and act like an old lady in front of Li Shiyue.

Grandmother Li was actually a little scared at this moment.

You know, Li Shiyue really dares to kill people!

Moreover, along the way, Li Shiyue really killed more than one person!
The reason why Grandmother Li dared to complain to Li Wangming was simply because she relied on the fact that Li Wangming was a filial son.

Secondly, filial piety is very important nowadays. If there is an unfilial son in a family in the surrounding area, everyone will condemn him.

Being filial to parents and elders is the pride of a person’s life nowadays.

If one is deemed unfilial by his parents and elders, then it is equivalent to being socially dead in this society. It is difficult for an "unfilial son" to survive in today's society.

Therefore, everyone has to be filial to their parents and elders.

However, if she really met an "unfilial son" like Li's father, why didn't Grandmother Li say that Li's father was a "treasonous person" as she did to Li Shiyue?
Well, isn’t this hard to understand?
It's nothing more than bullying the weak and fearing the strong, and favoring boys over girls.

If it were any other normal time, Li Shiyue would not be so aggressive, but what was the situation right now?
It is really time to escape for our lives more than in the past month!

The situation is serious. If the situation is critical, Li Shiyue really thinks that he should just carry a bag of food, take weapons and run away.

But even at this moment, Grandma Li was still wasting time here complaining and insisting on keeping the heavy cabinet and vegetable jars.

Grandmother Li is not simply relying on her status as an elder. She is not as selfish as Father Li. Everyone from Mother Li to Li Shiyue respects her. Is she deliberately making things difficult for others?
Therefore, how could Li Shiyue be willing to endure it any longer?

After what happened to Li Shiyue's family, the people from the surrounding Lijia Village all pretended to be busy, but in fact they were all listening with their ears pricked up.

Li Wangming was really about to cry at this moment. On one side was his mother who loved him, and on the other side was his niece who grew up with him and was like a brother or sister to him. He once again hated his own uselessness.

"Mother, don't be angry, we are going to run away, how can we carry those things?
Mother, human life is the most important thing. If a person is gone, no matter how many things you have, they will be useless."

Grandmother Li looked at her youngest son's red, tearful eyes, and her heart ached when he called her "Mother".

Li Shiyue was too lazy to look at Grandmother Li and the others. He just turned around and pulled Shitou to continue picking up the grain bags.

It was past midnight, and the people of Lijia Village had finally packed up. Because of Li Shiyue's words and what happened in Li Shiyue's family, most of the villagers reluctantly threw away a lot of heavy things that took up space, and followed Li Shiyue's example to focus on food and water and save their lives first.

In this way, Lijia Village left the city overnight with such a light vehicle and simple journey.

The run lasted for five days and six nights. Except for necessary stops to eat and drink water, the people of Lijia Village only rested for one or two hours a day.

Donkeys are tough, and they survived the ordeal. However, the further north they went, the more the Lijia Villagers found that the drought in the north was not as severe as theirs. They found three water sources along the way, unlike in the past when they could not find water and were so thirsty that their lips were dry.

However, a lot of food was indeed eaten, and nearly half of the space on the Li family's donkey cart was now empty.

Originally, they had left behind a lot of things when they fled from outside the city. Later, when they fled to a county town, Ma Zi and Mole Zi, who were sent by Li Shiyang to explore the way in advance, actually discovered the soldiers who were arresting people again!
This time it's not the Youzhou army. Judging from the flags, they should be the imperial guards from the capital of the Dalong Dynasty.

Therefore, under the emergency situation at that time, Li Shiyue suggested throwing away some things again. Now, on the cart pulled by the donkey, in addition to food and two buckets, there were some clothes and cooking utensils for each person, and all other miscellaneous items were thrown away.

When throwing things away for the second time, Grandma Li had a sullen face but she no longer shouted or yelled that people were not allowed to throw this or that away.

It was not known whether it was because of Li Shiyue’s “rebellious girl” appearance that made her afraid to speak, or because Li Wangming begged her not to blame Li Shiyue again.

However, for Li Shiyue, she would not care even if Grandmother Li complained more.

Li Shiyue looked at the pond next to the lush grass and felt very anxious and worried.

"The drought in the north is not severe, and the people should be able to survive it.

But along the way, there were many soldiers who were arresting people for military service, and the gates of the small county town were also heavily guarded. If we get to Dengzhou in the future, can we really reach Andong Protectorate safely?"

Before Li Shiyue could figure out what was going on, someone came and called her. It turned out that Li Shiyang was calling everyone over to talk and discuss whether they should go into the next small county to buy some things.

"After passing this county town, we should be able to reach Dengzhou in five days' walk.

Therefore, this is our last stop in the city before we go to Dengzhou.

The salt I bought in the provincial capital last time was enough for us to eat. This time I went to the county town mainly to get some information and see how things were going in the provincial capital.

Also, I noticed that many families have fallen ill, and the medicine packs we bought in the capital last time may not be enough. Also, I don’t know if those medicine packs are effective in treating the symptoms.

Therefore, I think it would be best to find a clinic and buy some more medicine this time."

Every word Li Shiyang said made sense, so no one objected.

Besides, the people of Lijia Village had become accustomed to following Li Shiyang's orders along the way, and judging from the results, they could really escape disaster by following what Li Shiyang said.

Then, naturally no one would object to what he said.

Therefore, Li Shiyang said that this time he would take the people who went to the provincial capital last time to the county town together, and everyone nodded in agreement.

Because she had to get up early to go to the county town tomorrow, Li Shiyue went to bed early. She has now developed the habit of falling asleep within three breaths as long as she closes her eyes. This allows her to quickly restore her energy and strength, and try to keep herself able to fight back at any time.

But she had just closed her eyes for a moment when she was woken up by the humming and shouting of someone.

Li Shiyue half sat up and looked up to see Father Li and Grandmother Li struggling with each other.

　I don’t know if any of my readers have guessed what this “omen” is?
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