Others are fleeing famine, but I am a salted fish

They thought that since these people had hideouts on nearby hills, who knows how many accomplices there were in their hideouts who would kill without blinking an eye.

If those accomplices knew that they had killed all the evil bandits they had sent out, would the accomplices who stayed in the lair come out to seek revenge on them? ...

Fearing that the bandits' accomplices would come for revenge, a group of people hurriedly packed their bags and left this ominous place filled with blood in a hurry, leaving only the bodies of the bandits lying all over the ground. They left them to be exposed in the wilderness, becoming nutrients for the earth, or being devoured by the hungry beasts in the mountains. It was none of their business.

As for how they left, no one knew about it until several days later, when someone found this place.

By that time, the bodies of the bandits had been gnawed to pieces by wild beasts that came out of the mountains to look for food, leaving only some incomplete nails, hair, and bits of cloth. As for whether the bandits were killed by wild beasts, or killed by the refugees they robbed, or something else, there was no way to find out.

As for setting out on the road again, the Lin family could basically not count on other people to help. After all, every household had casualties, and they could only find ways to be self-reliant.

There was no extra manpower to help carry Old Man Lin, and Old Man Lin had nothing to say. Lin Xiaoyue, the only one who could carry him, was weak in the hands and feet due to the remaining poison. If he didn't want to drag down his family, he could only grit his teeth and get off the ground and try to walk on his own.

Lin Xiaoyue couldn't help, but she asked Lin Zhaodi to find a strong and thick branch with a triangular end for her father. She trimmed the triangular area with a knife and wrapped the triangular area thickly with clothes that she was not wearing temporarily. She then let Lin's father use it under his arm as a crutch. This way it could support the body and reduce the weight on the legs.

It's a pity, as Father Lin's leg would have recovered in just ten days. Now that he has to go out early, his leg, which has not yet fully recovered, will definitely leave hidden dangers.

However, there is really no other way at the moment.

Old Man Lin was also aware of the current situation. Therefore, even though his legs were hurting, he still supported himself with crutches and, with the help of Lin Zhaodi, he slowly and awkwardly followed behind everyone.

This journey will take at least two or three hours.

Not to mention that Old Man Lin is now a person with difficulty walking. Even at his age, he has not received a little training like Miao in the early stages to extend his walking time. It is still difficult for him to walk continuously on the rugged mountain path. He is so tired that he is panting heavily.

Of course, compared to saving one's life, the pain in one's foot is not worth mentioning.

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In this way, the group walked and stopped until it was getting dark, and finally found a gentle slope to stop and rest.

There are still nothing but mountains nearby, without any trace of human habitation. Although it is desolate, it is safe.

The people who stopped were still digging stoves and making fires, digging wild vegetables, and looking for food under the instructions of Doctor Qiao. They didn't need to think, just follow the instructions.

However, it was getting dark and there was a shortage of staff, so the dinner was hastily prepared and we just had a simple meal to get by.

Because everyone had more important things to discuss, which was the arrangements for the night watch.

Speaking of the night watch, many people secretly gnashed their teeth in hatred. If the people who were on night watch yesterday had not been careless and fell asleep, how could everyone be caught off guard and almost wiped out by the bandits.

It was clear that the night watch was something that everyone had agreed on long in advance. If anyone was dissatisfied with the rotation arrangement, they could have said so in advance and we could have discussed it separately.

But when it was your turn, you were lazy and took a nap when no one was paying attention. If nothing happened, it would be fine, but there was no guarantee that a thrilling, horrific and bloody incident like last night would have happened, so this has to be brought up for discussion.

After all, we can't let everyone wash their necks and be slaughtered just because one or two people with ulterior motives are lazy.

Instead of this, what's the point of forming a team? What's the point of working together? It's better to break up as soon as possible and take care of your own safety. This way it will be safer.

Although the two people who were in charge of keeping watch in the second half of the night were not explicitly named, namely, the village head's wife Chen and the farmer Qiao Dewang's daughter Xiaoqiao, everyone knew who was in charge of keeping watch last night.

In front of the jumping bonfire, everyone's eyes flashed with uncontrollable anger, which turned into sharp arrows and pierced through the two men.

In this oppressive atmosphere, the headwoman and Xiaoqiao couldn't stop shaking. The invisible pressure coming from all directions made them look away, unable to withstand this suffocating gaze.

As beads of sweat appeared on their foreheads, the tension and anxiety in their hearts could no longer be held and they collapsed. They finally spoke up and admitted their mistakes.

I don’t know what the headwoman of the village was thinking. If she said that she was particularly sleepy in the second half of the night because of her old age, everyone would understand.

But you didn't say anything and tacitly agreed to the night watch arrangement. Later, you saw that the one who was watching with you was a little yellow-haired girl who had just joined and had not yet completely integrated into the team. She acted with the same manner as you did when you were the wife of the village official. She asked Xiaoqiao to guard the place alone, while she ran back and lay down to sleep. This made you very angry.

Xiaoqiao had to carry her father up the mountain during the day. It was a huge physical effort that even a man could not bear. She was just a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl, and she had no one to help her. She gritted her teeth and carried it all by herself. She was very tired.

She thought that she would just be squinting for a short while and after a while she would have the energy to keep watch.

But she couldn't control her sleepiness.

He was thinking about it for a while, but he fell asleep as soon as he tilted his head. The forest was silent, and he was completely unconscious as soon as he tilted his head. He didn't even notice more than 20 bandits approaching.

The two people's "negligence of duty" is extremely irresponsible to the safety of everyone's lives, and is also the indirect culprit that led to last night's tragedy.

This is so typical that it has to serve as a warning to everyone.

Therefore, Dr. Qiao made it clear at the beginning that if they could not work together, it would be better to break up, so as not to put their lives in the hands of such irresponsible people, which would be simply wasting their lives.

The problem has been laid out in the open, and it does make people feel very uncomfortable. No matter if a loved one died here last night or a family member was injured at the hands of the bandits, it is unacceptable.

But what can we do now?

Really breaking up? In the mountains, if you don't stick together and walk alone, your future is bleak, just like a baby ox jumping off a cliff, you will definitely be doomed.

But if we stick together, we feel that others are unreliable and not trustworthy, and our own safety cannot be guaranteed. What should we do then?

So, everyone was shocked and pointed at Xiaoqiao and the head of the village and asked their families to move out, while the others continued to stick together.