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

Zhou Guo was eating beans with a crunchy sound while looking at the mountains and forests on both sides. If she had good hunting skills, she would have wanted to go into the mountains to hunt. It had been so long since she had eaten meat that she almost forgot the taste of meat.

The team rested during the day and walked at night, with less than three hours of rest each day. Zhou Guo gradually walked and found that she had become accustomed to such an intense journey. Although her feet still had blisters, they were much better than at the beginning. Sometimes she could even ride on the cart for a while like her younger brothers and sisters.

The refugees on the road saw their complete equipment, large and small bags. The eye-catching food bags were like a thorn, piercing deeply into their eyes and hearts.

You may want to rob them, but it seems like these people don’t have good tempers.

Even the kid with weird hair in the team was holding an axe in his hand. He would chop down any tree on the roadside that he didn't like. With one hit of the axe, a small tree would break and a big tree would suddenly have a big crack.

When the refugees saw this, their faces suddenly turned pale and they were terrified. This axe was really sharp!

The axe held by a little kid is so sharp. If the sickles and hoes carried by the adults in the team were to hit them, wouldn't they be split in half in an instant?

Now, the refugees didn't even dare to look at them, for fear that they would suffer an unexpected disaster.

Li looked at the people in the team who were shrinking their necks in fear, looked at her own daughter helplessly, and said, "Okay, you scared everyone so much that they don't even dare to raise their heads. Save your strength. The axe has a gap and it's not sharpened yet."

Zhou Guo snorted coldly and said, "Mom, look at how sneaky they are. When they saw the things on our cart, their eyes kept rolling around and never moved away. They must be thinking of something bad. I have to warn them."

Li said, "You have warned us enough. There are so many people watching us. You should take a break. The wound on your arm has not healed completely yet. It would be bad if you leave any root of disease behind."

Zhou Guo nodded and looked at a stone as big as a washbasin on the side of the road. With one swipe of the axe, the stone broke into two.

This really scared the refugees. This thing could even split stones easily. Where did this treasure come from?

When Zhou Guo saw the frightened looks in those people's eyes, he thought to himself that now no one would dare to attack them.

Thus, the gossip that there was an axe in the team that could cut stones like mud spread quietly among the refugees.

"I saw it with my own eyes. The child raised the axe and swung it lightly. A huge rock weighing several hundred kilograms was split in half. Could this axe be the one that Chenxiang used to save his mother in the legend?"

"It is said that a child has a magic axe that can cut iron like mud and split anything, even a mountain. If someone has such an axe, he can get whatever he wants."

The news was very detailed and became more and more outrageous.

Zhou Guo didn't notice at all that the wound on his arm had not healed yet. Most of the people in the team who were good at fighting had not recovered yet. If someone came to rob things now, they might not be able to defeat them.

When the refugees found such a treasure, they wanted to get it at all costs. They thought, as long as they had the axe in their hands, they would be afraid of no one. They could just swing it casually and no one would dare to approach. Then the food, water and other things on the cart would all be theirs.

But no one dared to step forward because Ming was rushing forward.

Everyone was thinking that the team would eventually stop, and the girl would eventually rest, so they could just sneak up on her in the dark and steal her away.

There are many people who think this way.

They all followed behind the team.

This walk led to their collapse. Why didn't these people take a break? Many of them had no food and no strength, so they naturally couldn't keep up. Some of those who followed with gritted teeth were exhausted and finally took a break. They saw others cooking. Although they didn't see where they got the food from and they added a lot of wild vegetables, the fragrance wafting from the pot was unmistakable.

There was a distinct aroma of wheat rice mixed among the wild vegetables.

The refugees looked on eagerly, their eyes turning green with greed. The younger children couldn't help themselves and cried because of the smell. They clamored to eat the food in front, but the adults at home didn't dare to ask for it. Besides, who would give it to them in those days?

With the aroma of food attracting everyone, their determination became stronger and they were determined to steal the axe.

Some people even quietly changed their ambitions, thinking that they might not be able to steal the axe, and even if they stole it they couldn't eat or drink it, and they would have to exchange it for food. It would be better to just steal food directly, as food smells so good!

Zhou Guo was eating rice. In order to take care of the two injured patients, Huang had cooked the rye rice so thick that it wouldn't fall over even if chopsticks were stuck in it. Now he couldn't drink it and could only eat it clumsily with his left hand.

As they were eating, they noticed that the refugees behind them would occasionally look at them in obscure and unclear ways. She noticed with her sharp eyes that some of them actually had a smile on their lips. How could she describe this smile? Complacent, vicious, or determined?

She immediately became alert and pushed her uncle Zhou Dacang beside her, motioning him to look over.

When Zhou Dacang looked up, his eyes met the person's, and the other person turned his head away in a hurry.

Zhou Dacang: “…”

Zhou Guo whispered, "Uncle, did you see that? Look at what they did. They must have some ulterior motives. Maybe they wanted to steal things when we weren't paying attention."

Zhou Dacang nodded, feeling strange that these people dared to come forward even though his niece had shown such a skill in public.

The two of them watched silently in secret.

After the meal, we took a rest and everyone went to sleep, leaving only a few people on duty.

The refugees looked up at the sky. The sun was still high in the sky. An hour later, the sun was still not rising on the other side. Two hours later, the sun was still not rising on the other side.

If they hadn't been tossing and turning, grinding their teeth and snoring, they would have suspected that Zhou Guo and his gang were all dead. How could they take such a long nap in the middle of the day? Weren't they rushing on their way in the morning? Weren't they walking desperately?

After a quarter of an hour, people in the team began to stand up one after another.

Light a fire and set the pot on the stove. Put some wild vegetables in the leftover porridge and add some water to cook it together. It’s dinner. Eat well in the morning so you don’t need to eat too well at night.

After finishing the meal, the pots and pans were packed up, the carts were set off into the night.

The refugees were stunned. They looked up at the sky. Dusk was beginning to fall. Night was coming. They had to continue their journey in the dark? ?

Where did these people come from? Who of them sleeps during the day and starts traveling at night?

But for the sake of the axe, everyone chased after him yawning and hungry.

Zhou Guo walked for a while and looked back. Sure enough, he saw those people catching up with him again. There were twenty or thirty refugees, not too many, but not too few either.

She rolled her eyes and whispered to Zhou Dacang for a while. Zhou Dacang went out quickly and moved around in the team for a long time before coming back.