Traveling through the mountains and farming

The result of the big land sale in Quanshui Village was that the most unpopular and cheap mountain land were successfully sold.

There are still many paddy fields and dry lands left with no one to buy them.

Because almost no one in Quanshui Village has any savings.

Only a few families who followed Lin Wan to sell ice jelly had some spare money.

They each bought some land according to their savings.

Among them, Uncle Li's family bought the most, with three acres of paddy fields and four acres of dry land.

This was because his family had recently made some money from dyeing and selling cloth, but even so, it had almost used up all the family savings.

The other two or three families only bought one or two acres of land sporadically.

Li Changren is the luckiest one.

Several households that had a good relationship with Uncle Li bought his remaining paddy fields for the sake of Uncle Li and Lin Wan.

He packed up the money first and went home satisfied.

He returned home and told Zhang in detail about the sale of the fields and mountains.

Zhang heard this, put down the things she was packing, walked over and asked in surprise:

"Lin Wan made so much money from selling ice jelly? She even had enough money to buy a hundred acres of mountain land?"

"So what if we make money? We'll just use it to buy some useless mountain land. Don't worry about her. Let's pack up quickly. We probably won't see each other again in this life." Li Changren said nonchalantly.

Zhang scolded, "I'm just curious. If we can get the recipe for making ice jelly, we can also make a living when we get to Jiangbei County."

"And the recipe for dyeing cloth, I heard that it was also taught to my great-uncle by Lin Wan." Li Chongbai, who followed into the room, continued.

Zhang asked quickly, "Who told you that? I sold our linen to your great-uncle's family a few days ago, but they didn't mention it."

"Li Cui said so. She said she listened to Li Ke."

At that time, Li Cui complained to him that Li Ke was showing off and lied that her sister-in-law could dye cloth.

Later, he accidentally heard that Uncle Li's family was recently doing cloth dyeing business, and he guessed that it was Lin Wan who taught Uncle Li's family.

Li Cui happened to rush into the room from outside and was pulled by Zhang to ask if she had heard Li Ke say that Lin Wan could dye cloth before.

When Li Cui was asked this by her mother, she remembered the last time Li Ke showed off in a beautiful skirt, and immediately said angrily:

"She was wearing a yellow dress that day and proudly said that it was dyed by her sister-in-law. I didn't believe it. She must be bragging."

Zhang heard what Li Cui said and said angrily, "Why didn't you tell us earlier? We could have found a way to dye the cloth sooner."

Li Cui was confused at this time. Could it be that Li Ke was not lying and her sister-in-law really knew how to dye cloth?

Li Changren snorted, "Who cares? We're leaving tonight, and this has nothing to do with us. Let's pack up and get ready to leave."

Li Chongbai came over and whispered in a low voice: "I think we can give it a try. Let's do this..."

After hearing this, Li Changren and Zhang's eyes lit up and they both nodded and said they would give it a try.

~

Lin Wan was busy on the mountain with her two siblings and had no idea that Li Changren and his son were plotting against her prescription.

She was busy as usual and went home in the evening.

Then she packed up everything and went to bed early, completely unaware of the thrilling scene that was about to happen outside the wall of her house.

At about 11 p.m., Li Chongbai and his son came secretly and crept under the courtyard wall with evil intentions.

Li Changren volunteered to take the lead.

Since the wall of Lin Wan's house was much higher than ordinary walls, he jumped up with all his strength, ready to hold on to the wall tightly with both hands.

However, as soon as his hand touched the wall, the sharp broken ceramic pieces pierced into his palm like sharp blades.

He couldn't help but cry out in pain: "Ouch!"

Li Chongbai asked anxiously from below: "Dad, what's wrong?"

Li Changren gritted his teeth and said, "There's something on this wall. It pricks my hand."

Li Chongbai did not dare to act rashly, so he quickly blew up the fire stick and used the faint light to jump around to check if there was anything prickly on the courtyard wall.

Finally, it was discovered that the walls of Lin Wan's house were covered with densely packed sharp ceramic fragments.

Seeing this, Li Chongbai took a deep breath and cursed in a low voice: "This Lin Wan is really cruel!"

Then, with a troubled look on his face, he said, "Dad, I'm afraid this won't be a quick solution."

Li Changren endured the pain in his hand, his heart filled with regret.

But he thought about his own injury. If Li Chongbai injured his hand again, how would they move all the things on their two carts?

Moreover, time is running out, they must speed up their journey to Jiangbei County and cannot waste too much time here.

He sighed helplessly and said, "Forget it, let's not go in."

Although Li Chongbai was unwilling, he knew that there was no other way at the moment, "Okay, let's go quickly."

So the father and son left in a hurry, with full of regrets and the pain on Li Changren's hands, and disappeared into the night.

Lin Wan was still sleeping soundly in the house, unaware of the danger that had almost happened.

~

The next day, the dawn broke.

Uncle Li got up early and opened the gate. He saw Liu Datie sneaking out of Li Changren's house and immediately called out to him.

Liu Datie found that there was no movement in the Zhang family in the morning. He went into the house and saw that all the important luggage and belongings had been packed up. It was obvious that they had sneaked away last night.

He was shocked and hurried to check Li Changren's house, and sure enough, the house was empty.

Uncle Li walked over quickly, looked at Liu Datie suspiciously, and asked:

"Da Tie, what are you doing in someone else's house so early in the morning?"

Liu Datie's eyes dodged and hesitantly said, "No, nothing, I was just passing by and took a look."

Uncle Li would never believe his words, and continued to ask with a frown:

"Don't lie to me. I saw you sneaking out of Changren's house with my own eyes. You must be hiding something from me."

Liu Datie had no choice but to tell the truth:

"Hey, Uncle Li, I'm telling you the truth. Li Changren and Zhang's family ran away last night. I think they went to Jiangbei County. I just came here to take a look out of curiosity."

When Uncle Li heard this, he opened his mouth in surprise:

"What? You said they left last night? And went to Jiangbei?"

Then he asked, "No, how do you know they went to Jiangbei County?"

Liu Datie hurriedly explained: "If you don't believe me, go inside and take a look. I heard from Zhang Erniu that they planned to flee to Jiangbei County, but I didn't expect them to act so quickly."

Then he hurriedly said, "No, I have to go back and pack my things and leave early."

Without waiting for Uncle Li to react, he hurriedly ran towards home.

Uncle Li stood there in a daze, then went into Li Changren's house and took a look. It was indeed deserted and all the important items had been taken away. It was obvious that they had escaped in advance.

Uncle Li frowned, his heart full of doubts and worries.

He paced back and forth in the room, muttering, "What a mess! We have traveled all this way, with two kids in tow. Can we get there safely?"

After a while, Uncle Li sighed and slowly walked out of the house.

He stood in the yard, looking in the direction where Liu Datie left, with complicated thoughts in his mind.

Afterwards, the village gradually became lively. When people learned that Li Changren's family had escaped last night, they were immediately in an uproar and talked about this sudden change.

Those who had sold their grain and had long been planning to sneak away to Jiangbei County became even more determined to escape. They hurriedly packed their bags and planned to set off in the next day or two.

Those who had no prior knowledge of the incident and had just learned the news were a little overwhelmed, and then began to wonder whether to follow the trend and go to Jiangbei County.