After the marriage was severed, I fled with my golden finger to protect my mother

So they chose the right moment, Cui holding a machete in her hand, Yuxiu carrying a backpack and a hoe, the two of them walked down the slope to the official road, and by chance they walked a little ahead of the group of people.

"Eh... those two people in front seem to have come down from the mountain..."

A woman who was also carrying a backpack looked up and saw Cui and Yuxiu coming down. She couldn't help but mutter something.

"Don't mind other people's business. Didn't you see the big knife in his hand? It seems to be stained with blood..."

The man next to the woman also looked up and quickly stopped his wife from talking too much.

The woman shrank her neck, rolled her eyes at the man, curled her lips and said:

"I just mentioned it out of curiosity. I didn't do anything bad. Even if they are unreasonable, they can't just come up and chop people indiscriminately, right?"

The man sighed. It was already this late in the day, but his woman still thought people were so simple-minded. She always thought that if he didn't cause trouble, others would not bother her.

Hearing the two people's whispers, everyone in the team noticed that there were two more people in front of them, and they couldn't help but become secretly alert, fearing that they were approaching them with some purpose, or that there were other people ambushing behind them.

Yuxiu and Cui listened to their words without saying anything. They walked slowly in front of them. As they walked a few miles away, everyone's vigilance relaxed.

When they were tired and stopped to rest and cook, Yuxiu and Cui sat down not far away, took out the broken biscuits they had prepared in advance, and began to eat them in small bites.

"Mom, I don't want to eat this, I want to eat meat..."

"Mom, I want to eat meat too..."

"Wow wow wow...I want to eat meat too..."

A gust of wind blew by, bringing with it the smell of meat from nowhere. The three little kids at the back should be from the same family. They were pulling at a woman's clothes, crying and shouting for meat, which made the woman so angry that she raised her hands and slapped her several times, not knowing which one to hit first.

"Eat meat, eat meat, you might as well just eat me..."

The woman couldn't bear to beat the children, so she had to ask her husband to light a fire and cook. Seeing the children crying, she couldn't help feeling sad.

Not to mention that these little guys want to eat meat, doesn't she, an adult, want to eat meat too?

The old lady on the wheelbarrow was also helped down. Several women surrounded her, apparently discussing something.

The little baby who was originally sitting in her arms was put on the ground. Although he also smelled the tempting smell of barbecue, he was just drooling with greed, but did not cry for food.

Soon, those people were busy in an orderly manner. Some were cooking, some were collecting firewood, and some were rummaging around in the grass, trying to see if they could find some edible wild vegetables...

"It looks like you two are also fellow villagers who are fleeing famine, right?"

The old lady held a wooden stick in her hand, walked to a few steps away from Yuxiu, and spoke with a smile.

Yuxiu looked up and saw that the little girl had been taken away by her mother to make a fire. At this time, the old lady was standing here alone. She couldn't help but feel very satisfied.

If someone really brought a little kid over here and made him clamor for food, it would be a bit embarrassing.

"Yes, ma'am, where are you originally from?"

Yuxiu just smiled and nodded. Cui quickly stood up and started a conversation. She pointed to a large rock nearby and said with a smile:

"Auntie, please sit down and rest for a while. We can chat while we're at it."

Both parties were interested in finding out what was going on. The old lady sat down and turned to look at the busy people behind her. She smiled and said:

"We came from Huangshi County. We have been on the road for more than ten days. We are exhausted."

The Cui family of Huangshi County had heard of it. It was not far from Qingniu Town where they lived, and could be reached by crossing a mountain.

"It's all the same. Fleeing from famine is always tiring. And I don't know when it will rain."

Cui nodded in agreement, looked at the people who were already cooking over there, and asked with a smile:

"Are they all Auntie's family members?"

"I have given birth to five sons in my life, but they are all honest farmers, not even one of them has a promising future. Fortunately, they are all very obedient and filial, and they treat me well."

The old lady did not hide anything and told the story of her family straightforwardly. She pointed at the couple with three children in the back and said:

"That's my eldest nephew and his family. They're not strangers either, so we just travel together so we can take care of each other."

"You two take your time to rest. I'll go back and see if my wives have cooked the meal."

The old lady was very good at reading people's expressions. She just chatted casually for a few words, stood up politely, and walked back holding her stick.

Yuxiu and the other person did not try to persuade them to stay. They quickly filled their stomachs, packed their things into their backpacks and continued on their way.

The mother and daughter were anxious to find Xu Qinghe, so they walked very fast along the way. In a short while, they had overtaken several waves of teams.

They asked as they walked, but everyone they met just waved their hands and shook their heads. No one had seen Xu Qinghe's whereabouts. The two had no choice but to continue asking forward.

It was soon to be dark, and many people were looking for a place to stay for the night. Although the people in the villages they passed by had all gone out to escape the famine, Yuxiu took a rough look and found that not only the dilapidated houses, but even the half-collapsed yards were full of people.

Yuxiu didn't want to compete with those people for a spot, so she continued walking forward along the village. The village was backed by a mountain. Although night had fallen, it was not difficult to see that the hillside was covered with withered yellow leaves.

"Girl, look over there..."

As they got closer and closer to the foot of the mountain, Cui discovered a small cave with dead branches and leaves all over the entrance. If you didn't look carefully, you wouldn't be able to find it.

Yuxiu looked in the direction where Cui's finger pointed and saw that the cave was still some distance from the ground. If she wanted to go in and take a look, she would have to find a stone to step on before she could go up.

Fearing that there might be some animals lurking inside, Yuxiu called out the small system to help check it out. After getting a positive answer, she took a hoe and dug twice on the stone wall to make an artificial step.

"Mom, come up quickly."

Yuxiu went in to take a look first. The cave was very dry. Not only were there signs of people living there, but there was also a lot of firewood and straw left.

They decided to rest here at night. Although it was a small cave, it was a perfect shelter for the two of them.