Traveling through troubled times to escape famine and cultivate crops as a grain merchant

"Hey, what happened? Where are you injured? If you are seriously injured, just carry him over and let him rest. Why are you standing there?" said a woman.

Zhou Guo and others were silent.

Seeing them like this, what else could the other side not understand?

The crowd carried the four people forward and lined them up on the ground.

The family members rushed over in disbelief, crying bitterly at the sight of their family members who had already stopped opening their eyes. Among them were children, wives, and parents...

The eyes of the whole team were red. These people were still young, especially two of them, who had not even married yet, but passed away. Their parents cried their hearts out, because the saddest thing in the world is to see the elderly send off the young.

But no matter how sad it is, the living have to continue living.

The crowd chose a Feng Shui treasured land and buried these warriors with great ceremony.

Li hugged Zhou Guo, feeling extremely scared. She didn't know who this child inherited her courage from. She was not afraid of anything and even dared to do something as cruel as murder. She wanted to stop her from doing such things in the future, but when she looked at her injured right arm, she felt that she might not be able to decide for herself.

I couldn't help but sigh deeply.

Zhou Guo looked up. Her mother looked at her arm in a sling with deep worry on her face. She comforted her, "Mom, it's okay. It's just a minor injury. It will heal in a few days. It didn't hurt any muscles. Look, I can still move."

As he spoke, he shook himself.

Li was frightened and hurriedly tried to stop him, saying, "Mother knows, mother knows, please don't move. The less you move, the faster you will get better."

Two of the laborers in the family were injured at once, so the job of pushing the cart fell on Huang and others, and no one was willing to take over.

Zhou Guo held his right arm in a sling and raised his left hand, saying, "It's okay. My hand is not injured. I can just push with this hand."

Li and Huang disagreed. "You should take a rest. You are injured so badly, and we still need you to push the cart. It's not like there is no one else at home."

The tone was stern, leaving no room for negotiation.

Zhou Guo had no choice but to give up.

It was getting dark, and everyone arranged the recess, planning to rest there for the night. This place could not be seen unless you looked carefully.

On the second day, when they were setting out, before the Huang family members could get started, their cart was pushed away with a rumbling sound.

A few people stayed where they were, while Huang and others hurriedly followed.

Zhou Guo looked around and saw that not only his own cart was being pushed away, but also people from other families who were short of labor were helping out.

Some were holding children, some were carrying baskets, some were carrying backpacks... they didn't care whether the things were their own or not, they just took the things and left, as if they were their own property.

From that moment on, she truly felt the cohesion of this team. After such an extremely fierce battle for them, this team of more than 200 people finally came together. They were a real family, a family that the village head had emphasized countless times.

“Wuwuwu, hum…”

She heard bursts of sobbing nearby. She turned her head and saw that Li Zheng beside her was so moved by this scene that he kept wiping his tears with his sleeves. When he saw her looking at him, he was about to say something, but a long stream of clear snot flowed from his nose.

Zhou Guo was feeling very touched and immediately turned his head away when he saw this.

The head of the village didn't take it seriously and wiped his runny nose. Seeing that there was no one around except Zhou Guo, he couldn't help but say, "When we first came out, I always wanted to let this group of people think about more than just themselves. I wanted them to know that we are a family. Only when we are united can we get through many hardships. Now, so many people have died, and everyone finally understands this truth, but I can't be happy at all? Everyone has lived in the village for generations, and now some are dead and some are scattered. It's all because I didn't do my job as the head of the village well!"

Zhou Guo turned his head silently again after hearing this. He didn't want to speak, but when he saw that he was crying louder and louder, he opened his mouth and said, "This is not your fault. Don't blame yourself."

The head of the village raised his tearful eyes.

"This is the way the times are, and no one can escape it..." Zhou Guo looked ahead and fell silent, only to see another group of disaster victims coming forward, carrying the elderly and children.

I don’t know what happened next. Where did the robbers go after they retreated?

She walked quickly forward, having to go and take a look.

The head of the village wiped his tears and hurried to catch up. All the capable people in the team were injured, so they couldn't fight anymore.

There are not many people on the other side, only about twenty or thirty.

Seeing them coming out from behind the mountain, he was startled and looked at them warily.

No one from this team stepped forward. Someone had just died and they had suffered such a huge loss, so they were worried about everyone they saw.

When Zhou Guo saw that they had large and small bags of luggage, her eyes widened. Just as she was about to ask, the other party saw that she had one arm hanging and stepped back in fear. Is she some kind of monster? She is just a child!

The village head hurried forward, bowed politely, then stood up and said, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. We are not bad people and we don't steal anything."

The other party obviously didn't want to talk, so an old man on the left said, "Since you're not here to steal anything, then just go your separate ways."

Village head: “…” He still wanted to ask something.

But he also knew that the other party was on guard and it was not good to scare him, so he had to give up.

Our side had many injured people and a lot of stuff, so we couldn't move fast. The other side had mostly old and young people, so they couldn't move fast either. The two groups naturally came together and rested in the same place, with you in front and me behind.

After walking for a while, Zhou Guo saw that no one on the other side spoke, so she tactfully stopped moving forward. In fact, she was not that curious, as long as those people did not cause them any more trouble, it would be fine.

But she wasn't curious, but the other party couldn't help it.

A boy about her age couldn't help but come over and look at her hanging arm. He asked curiously, "How did you get your arm like that?"

Zhou Guo said: "I got into a fight with someone."

The boy opened his eyes wide, "Who did you fight so fiercely with?"

Zhou Guo: "Bandits."

The boy said: "...Why are you bragging?" and walked away silently.

Zhou Guo...you are the one bragging.

I don’t know if it’s because of the injury, but she gets hungry very quickly now, and seems to eat more than before. She is only three-quarters full when she usually eats five-quarters full.

In order to nourish their bodies, Huang would always cook an extra bowl of rice every time and cook it together with the wild vegetables on the cart. This way everyone would be fuller and less food would be wasted. Now there was nothing else to eat on the cart, so she could only let the two of them eat more wild vegetables.

Zhou Guo used to eat three bowls of rice, but now he needs four and a half bowls to feel 60% full.

But Huang knew that the child had a tight stomach, so she let her eat five and a half bowls of rice at every meal. At every meal, she would give some of her own portion to her and some to her youngest son, and eat the remaining half bowl herself.

When Li saw this, she silently gave some of the food in her own bowl to her mother-in-law.

Therefore, Zhou Guo can now eat until she is 70% to 80% full at every meal. Eating more makes her body stronger, and her wounds heal faster. She is the one who heals the fastest among them, and her wounds have scabbed over in just a few days.