Traveling through the mountains and farming

When everyone walked into the house, they immediately felt much warmer than outside. Wu Cunzheng immediately invited them to sit around the fire.

Wu Dalang hurriedly asked why his second brother was not with them. Wu Cunzheng's wife, who was standing next to them, was crying inconsolably. She finally received news about her second son, who was safe.

Li Chongwen simply said a few words to comfort him, and then anxiously asked about the news of his younger brothers and sisters.

Wu Cunzheng told them that except for Li Changren's family, all other members of the Li family had gone into the mountains to avoid disaster, so that they could feel at ease.

Then he started from the time when Li Chongwen and his companions were conscripted and left the village, and talked about Li Changren's division of the family, and how Li Chongwen found a wife, how Lin Wan worked hard with her two children to build a house, and later when Uncle Li and his companions learned that they would be forced to conscript soldiers during the autumn tax season, and which people fled to Jiangbei County at that time, etc., until he returned to the village a few months ago to inquire about the news and met Li Changli and Luo Dashan.

After listening to this, Li Chongwen felt mixed emotions. Although he had learned some key information from Li Chongsong, children always have trouble expressing themselves clearly.

Hearing again the details of how his father had repeatedly abandoned his younger brothers and sisters, he felt angry and heartbroken.

Hearing that the wife his stepmother married for him took good care of the two children, and also made money and built houses with several other families in the Li family, his heart was filled with gratitude and curiosity.

He couldn't help but ask, "How does my wife manage to make money for everyone?"

Wu Cunzheng's wife smiled and interrupted, "Your wife is very smart and capable. She led several families to buy crystal ice powder, and your great-uncle's family dyed linen and sold it to the cloth shop in the county town. It was all her idea. You didn't see the thatched house she built for your family. It was so neat and beautiful, the best I have ever seen."

"I also heard that your Li family consults her on many important decisions. Chongwen, your wife is not an ordinary woman." Wu Dalang also said.

Li Chongwen was stunned when he heard this, and became more and more curious about this lady whom he had never met.

"So where are they now?" Li Changmao next to Li asked anxiously.

Wu Cunzheng shook his head helplessly. "When we hid in the deep mountains and forests, no one told each other where they were hiding. I only know that a few families of the Li family were together with the Luo family and the Wang family. You should look deeper into the mountains."

After Li Chongwen and his companions learned that their family was safe, they wanted to find them as quickly as possible, so they told Wu Cunzheng that he could go to Li Chongwen's thatched cottage in Quanshui Village to wait for his Erlang. They agreed before they set off that if they didn't find him, they would meet there in the evening.

They were also asked to tell him about his family's relationship with the Li family if they met Li Rou's husband Wang Yu.

Everyone thanked Wu Cunzheng's family and set out on the journey to find their families.

The mountain road became increasingly rugged and difficult to travel, but their steps became increasingly firm.

Later, we found several unfamiliar villagers hiding in the mountains. We saw that they all had sallow complexions and thin bodies, and it was obvious that they had not had enough food or clothing for a long time.

And because they wanted to avoid the war, the places they chose were caves in the mountains or temporary huts. Living in wooden houses was considered very good.

Li Chongwen and his men informed the villagers they met that the war was over. They all cried with joy after hearing the news. Some even asked whether the imperial court would have a policy of distributing land and exempting taxes, as it did to other vassal states that had been quelled by rebellion.

Li Chongwen had heard from General Gu before that after the rebellion of the King of Chu was quelled, these places would be dealt with in accordance with the practices of other places where rebellions were quelled, so he informed them truthfully.

Li Chongwen and others continued to move forward, becoming more and more anxious.

It was also unknown whether their family had taken any food with them when they fled the village. Wu Cunzheng was not sure about this and could not tell them.

There are also many women, children and young children in their families, so I can't help but worry whether they are well fed and warmly clothed in the mountains.

Finally, in the evening, they stepped into the secluded cave area.

After experiencing a wolf attack last night in the cave, people were arranged to patrol in shifts to avoid further danger.

So when Li Chongwen and his team stepped into their patrol area, they were discovered by Li Chongwu and Li Chongshan who were on patrol.

It was too far away to see clearly, especially when he saw several people holding military weapons. Li Chongwu thought they were soldiers who had entered the mountain to search, so they immediately returned to the cave to report the situation.

There was a tense atmosphere in the cave, and all the men immediately took up their weapons and stood ready for battle.

Seeing that there were only five people in the distance, more than ten strong men rushed over and surrounded them, ready to start fighting.

Li Chongwen saw the figures coming from the opposite side and found that the leader was his acquaintance Li Chongwu. After careful identification, he found that they were all his family members.

The people nearby were also very surprised.

"It's Dad and the others!"

"I saw my son Li Chongwu."

"Yes, we found them."

The people living in seclusion in the cave who were originally preparing for a big fight heard people on the opposite side calling them "Dad", "Granduncle", "Uncle Dashan" and so on.

When they got closer, they saw that they were Li Chongwen and others who were rumored to be missing on the battlefield.

Everyone was stunned at first, and then smiles of surprise appeared on their faces.

"Chongwen, it's really you!"

"We were so worried!"

Everyone was talking at once, their excitement evident in words.

"Hurry, hurry into the cave. That's great. You finally came back safely." someone said.

The crowd surrounded Li Chongwen and others and walked into the cave, and the cave suddenly became lively.

Only a few people from the Luo and Wang families looked anxious because they did not see their sons.

Li Chongwen anxiously asked about his family's situation: "Are Xiaole and Xiaoke okay?"

Uncle Luo immediately squeezed into the crowd and said, "Chongwen, are my Xiaoshan and the others back?"

"Grandpa Luo, Luo Xiaoshan and Wang San are back, don't worry. It's just that we went into the mountains separately to look for you, but we didn't expect you all to gather together." Li Chongwen comforted.

Li Chongran next to him continued, "Uncle Dashan, if they don't find you, they will go back to Li Chongwen's thatched cottage. We can send someone to tell them."

After hearing this, the Luo and Wang families immediately arranged for Luo Dashan and Wang Shun to set off now, both wanting to confirm the situation of their children.

Several other families also brought their relatives into the house, and Li Chongwen was about to ask about his younger brother and sister again.

Then I heard two crisp "Big Brother".

Lin Wan and the two siblings were squatting at the entrance of the cave, keeping an eye out for the suspected search by soldiers outside the cave.

Then I saw my family coming in with four or five people. From their questions, I learned that these five people were from Quanshui Village who had been conscripted to serve in the military more than a year ago and had returned.

One of them should be the original body’s cheap husband.

Oh my god, didn't they say that Zhan Zhan was missing? How could this be back?

When the two siblings saw their eldest brother, they rushed over.

Lin Wan turned around and walked home. She was not mentally prepared to meet this cheap husband.

Although she lived to the age of thirty in another modern world, she was a single woman from birth.

Now she has a strange man as her husband, what should she do?

She, who was always calm, suddenly ran away and quickly went to her house.