An orphan girl from a farming family: Everyday farming in the mountains during natural disasters

“We have the same goal, which is to save lives!

Because of me, innocent people were implicated and suffered. I want to rescue them and let everyone return to their original lives!" Qian Yurou looked at Xiaomei, who was squatting in front and picking up broken wood boards, with tears flashing in her red eyes.

"Listen carefully to every word I say next..." She finished a long speech concisely, took out a stack of things from her sleeve and handed it to Li Weikan who was nearby.

She said: "You can take a look, there is a genuine official seal on it."

Li Weikang turned his back to block others' view. He held the two letters in his hands and unfolded the top one to read.

There was a red seal in the lower right corner of the long black letter.

He took a look and returned the money to Yurou. His face remained cold, but his heart was shaken by the long words she said, "We can't read."

Qian Yurou had thought of this possibility, so she did not take the letter. Instead, she said, "Take the letter and show it to someone who can read. At midnight tonight, someone will knock on your door and take you away from the village."

After saying that, she took Xiaomei straight to the fields to work.

Li Weikang and Chen Dawei were standing there, looking at each other.

Over there, Xia Qingyue and Han Zhibai hid in the dark and waited until night. They decided to follow Li Benfu at night to find out what was going on.

Not knowing when she could go back, Xia Qingyue was a little worried about Heihei at home. He would be worried about her if she didn't go back for a long time.

Similarly, she was also worried that Heihei might suffer from separation anxiety, after all, they were inseparable in the past.

Han Zhibai noticed her emotional fluctuations and whispered:

"Animals are much stronger and more sensible than what we see. They know everything. They know that their owners left them at home because they had something to do, and they went out because they had something to do. They will come back when their owners finish their business."

After hearing this, Xia Qingyue, who was in a depressed mood, looked a little better.

The two men waited in the dark, and at midnight, Li Benfu, Li Weisheng and five men left their camp in the dark. After tracking for more than an hour, they arrived near the outskirts of the mountain stronghold.

Xia Qingyue, who was hiding in the bushes, poked her head out and looked outside. "They really went to the village!"

Li Benfu and others in front found a hidden place to hide in a familiar manner.

Seeing this, Xia Qingyue understood what they were probably waiting for, so she waited with Han Zhibai.

At three quarters past midnight, a patrol team holding torches passed by on a narrow, inconspicuous path at the edge of the wooden houses outside the village. They walked further and further forward, and their figures finally disappeared around the corner.

At this moment, a man appeared with Li Weikan and Chen Dawei in disguise.

The man pointed to the tangled grass across the street and said, "The patrol team responsible for this area has gone out to inspect, and the remaining patrolmen have been held back by others. You must hurry and run. Don't look back, don't get caught, and don't implicate the young lady!"

He didn't stay any longer, just turned and ran away.

Li Weikang and Chen Dawei started to run forward, running several miles in one breath, while being alert to all parties. In their hearts, they still suspected whether all this was a conspiracy between Qian Yurou and Guan Jianshan.

They ran aimlessly without any route, fearing that someone from the village was following them.

After running about ten miles, the two suddenly heard a strange crackling sound coming from behind. They looked at each other, with a cold light flashing in their eyes, and they hid in the dark.

After a while, the sound of chaotic footsteps was heard.

"Where are the people? They were clearly running towards this side just now."

"I think I saw it running that way?"

"Am I the only one who wonders why they ran out of the village?" Li Weisheng said to everyone.

Li Weikang and Chen Dawei in the dark were shocked to see that the follower was actually one of their own. They were more anxious. They looked around vigilantly, fearing that someone from the village might be hiding nearby.

After looking around and seeing nothing unusual, the two men stood up and showed themselves, and Li Weikang shouted, "Run!"

The two turned around and ran in front. Although Li Benfu and others were confused, they still ran along.

Xia Qingyue and Han Zhibai, who were at the back, also ran. They ran for a long time, and as they had not eaten dinner, they felt a little exhausted.

She panted, "Brother Wei Kang and the others ran away because they suspected that there were bad guys following them."

Xiaobai didn't seem nervous or alert, which meant that apart from them, there was no one else around and they were safe.

Han Zhibai asked, "Should we show up so that Xiaobai can run ahead of them and intercept them?"

What happened to the Li family? Why did Li Weikang and Chen Dawei enter the village and then run out? All these doubts could only be answered by asking in person. She nodded.

"Xiaobai, go!" Han Zhibai uttered the last word, and Xiaobai ran out at lightning speed.

After wasting some time, Xiaobai took a shortcut to block Li Weikang and Chen Dawei.

"Xiaobai, why are you here!?"

They were surprised.

During the pause, Li Benfu and others caught up.

"Uncle, brother, why are you running? What happened?" Li Weisheng asked worriedly, panting.

When Li Benfu saw Xiaobai, his heart skipped a beat. He turned around and looked around, and saw Xia Qingyue and Han Zhibai running towards him in a hurry.

"Oh no! It's bad!" He stamped his feet in anxiety.

Li Weikang was about to speak when he saw someone running over. "Sister Qingyue, Han Zhibai, why are you here?"

Among the other five men who came with Li Benfu, except Fang's father who had met Xia Qingyue once in the village, the others did not know her and looked at the two people who appeared with curiosity.

"Qingyue, Zhibai, you..." Li Benfu still held out a glimmer of hope, thinking that maybe they had met by accident.

"Uncle, we followed you here from the garrison."

Xia Qingyue's words blocked Li Benfu's next words of explanation and concealment.

After a long silence, Han Zhibai broke the silence and said, "It's not advisable to stay here for long. Why don't we go back and talk in detail?"

The group hurried to their camp in the forest.

An hour later, the arrival of the crowd woke up the people sleeping in the camp.

Not until they returned here did Li Weikang and Chen Dawei believe that there was really no one from the village following them.

If this was a conspiracy, Qian Yurou and Guan Jianshan had the same purpose, which was to take the Qian family's money and food. She could have caught everyone by simply sending someone to follow them, but she didn't do that.

Another possibility is that Qian Yurou was deliberately playing the long game and didn't come to hook the big fish, which also doesn't make sense.

Li Weikang and Chen Dawei looked at each other silently, their eyes shining with excitement, and they both thought in their hearts: The bet was right!

They came back with the two letters, actually wanting to take a gamble.

If someone follows them after they leave the village, it means Guan Jianshan knows their purpose of rescuing people and will not let them go easily. This would be considered as alerting the enemy. They can take advantage of the situation and run around the woods, looking for an opportunity to escape, so as to avoid losing two more people and causing heartache for their families.

Chen Yuzhen and her daughter from the Fang family slept in a shed. They came out upon hearing the news, and their expressions changed when they saw the situation outside.

"Qingyue, why are you here?" Chen Yuzhen ran to Xia Qingyue, her anxiety evident in her words.

Fang Xiaoyu rushed forward and looked at Li Weikang and Chen Dawei with tears in her eyes, "Uncle, Brother Weikang, you are back. Did something happen? Did those people hurt you? How is Brother Youmao?"

The noise woke people up. They would not light a fire at night, but would cook and eat before dark to avoid the fire attracting ferocious beasts.

The moonlight was bright tonight. Everyone sat on the grass and had good vision so that they could see each other's faces, but they couldn't see anything farther away.

Sitting on Xia Qingyue's left was Chen Yuzhen, further away were the rest of the Li family, and on the right were Han Zhibai's father Fang's family of three.

Under the gaze of dozens of eyes, Li Weikang and Chen Dawei talked about the situation in the village, including how many people were on the other side, the patrol staff, and when to take shifts.