Quick Wear: Men Farming and Women Weaving

Mrs. Liu was most concerned that the men in the family could have enough to eat so that they would have the strength to escape famine and protect the children and women in the family.

She also put some coarse grains in the meal for Song Baoer, and the rest of her daughters-in-law and children ate wild vegetables.

The village chief arranged for everyone to fill all water containers with water tonight, and set off before dawn tomorrow morning while the weather was cool.

Hunter Zhou sprinkled some snake and insect repellent powder nearby and came back with two pheasants.

The two brothers helped their mother build a simple stove to prepare porridge.

Zhou Tietou, who was about fifteen or sixteen years old, looked full of youthfulness, with a relatively regular and sturdy appearance, and his height was also quite similar to his father's tall and straight.

No wonder Song Baoer would set her eyes on him in the plot of the book. Her family is relatively well-off, with no shortage of food and drink. There are three strong men in the family who are very skilled and can protect her.

The Zhou hunter family had heard of her reputation, but they ignored her.

Unfortunately, the whole family of Zhou Hunter was hated by the heroine. When passing by a deserted village, they were surrounded by disaster victims who had become bandits. They secretly pushed Xu's mother towards the robbers' machetes. Zhou Hunter collapsed and rushed to the robbers for revenge, but was besieged and hacked to death by everyone. The whole village was disrupted and fled in all directions. No one noticed Song Baoer's actions.

The villagers in the team were envious when they saw Hunter Zhou carrying two pheasants.

Xu hurriedly stepped forward to take the processed pheasants, leaving one to marinate with salt, and chopped the other one up and cooked it with the porridge, adding some wild vegetables to it.

All the villagers had their fill and drank water, and began to rest and sleep before it got completely dark.

After everyone fell asleep, Song Baoer quietly came to the jungle on the other side.

During the day, Mr. Wang and his family were also in the fleeing group, using secret signals and hand gestures to Song Baoer.

"Baoer, are you tired?" Mr. Wang saw her coming.

"Brother Hao, you've been walking all day and you've lost a lot of weight." Song Baoer looked at Wang Xiucai with distress, seeing that he was not as clean and tidy as before. She took out a handkerchief and wiped the dust off his forehead and cheeks.

"It's okay. You look very tired today." Mr. Wang gently and considerately took her hand and led her to sit on the stone next to them.

"My mother is not feeling well after walking all day, and we don't have enough food at home," Mr. Wang worriedly told Baoer about his troubles.

When Song Baoer heard about Brother Hao, she was worried that he would starve to death, so she took out the multi-grain cake that Liu Po ​​had given her from her bosom and gave it to Mr. Wang.

The two talked there for a long time, and then went back reluctantly.

Song Yiyue had followed her as soon as she heard the noise. She watched Mr. Wang coaxing Song Baoer into eating, and then went back with some boredom.

Song Baoer quietly lay back down next to Mrs. Liu.

"Baoer, where did you go just now?"

Suddenly, Mrs. Liu's voice was heard beside her, and Song Baoer was startled.

"I...I'll get up and go to the bathroom nearby," Song Baoer said casually in a panicked tone.

Mrs. Liu knew her daughter very well. She was spoiled and never did any work and seldom went out.

During this month, she went out frequently, and when she cleaned her bedroom and packed her clothes, she found that Baoer's things were much less. She secretly watched her granddaughter at home, and her daughters-in-law did not bring any more of Baoer's things.

When fleeing from famine on this day, it was discovered that Wang Daniu's daughter was wearing Baoer's headdress.

When I thought of Mr. Wang from the Wang family, I realized that Baoer had fallen in love with him.

Mrs. Liu did not think she had a chance with Mr. Wang. The Wang family looked down on peasant girls and had long decided to find him a wife from a scholarly family with a good background.

"It's dangerous outside at night. Call me when you need to get up." Mrs. Liu did not tell the truth in order to separate Baoer from Mr. Wang's chance to be together.

"Okay! I got it." Song Baoer vaguely understood that her mother knew about her and Mr. Wang.

She must become the wife of a scholar, or even a juren, and live a rich life with fine clothes and delicious food, and maids serving her.

She no longer had to marry those rough men in the village and had to do laundry, cooking and hard chores every day. She was tired of the poor life.

Before dawn, the village chief asked everyone to pack up and get ready to set off.

Song Yiyue had already filled all the empty bamboo tubes with spring water and gave three bamboo tubes to the parents of the third room.

The first and second wives saw the third wife's maid filling bamboo tubes with spring water, which was more convenient for carrying on the road to drink water. They asked their children to go over and ask for a few bamboo tubes.

Without being stingy, he took out six empty bamboo tubes from the space, gave two to each room, and also gave two to the grandparents.

The shadows of the village team lengthened under the scorching sun, and the children couldn't stand it anymore and asked for water.

When there was no water, I didn’t dare to drink it in big gulps and could only moisten my throat.

"Hold on a little longer, we'll soon reach the resting place," the village chief weakly shouted to the villagers.

When he was young, he had been to Tongzhou City and knew that there was an abandoned temple two miles away.

On the way, we met many disaster victims heading north.

"Mom, I really can't walk anymore, please let big brother carry me." Song Baoer stubbornly asked big brother to carry her.

The eldest brother Song was pushing the cart, the second brother was supporting it from behind, and the three brothers took turns to rest.

Listening to what the little sister said, Boss Song felt a little unhappy. He was already very tired from walking, and now he still had to push the wheels.

"Baoer, hold on a little while. You can rest once we reach our destination." Old Man Song saw that the eldest brother looked reluctant and didn't want to hurt the relationship between the siblings.

Song Baoer curled her lips and rolled her eyes at her three brothers with contempt.

Feeling the dryness and pain in his throat, he opened the bamboo tube and took a big sip.

His eyes were always on the Wang family's donkey cart, knowing that Brother Hao was inside. If he saw Bao'er walking so hard, he would definitely let her sit on it. So he could propose marriage at that time.

The village chief led the villagers to the deserted temple and saw that many disaster victims were already resting inside.

It was also a village where people fled from famine, and one of the elderly village chiefs came out to communicate with the village chief.

Come back and tell the villagers to rest in a shady place not far ahead.

The deserted temple has been occupied by someone, so we can only rest in the shade at the back.

The villagers arranged a place for rest, and the women began to search for all edible plants. The half-grown children were also very sensible and went to collect firewood.

Song Yiyue left the crowd and went to another secluded place.

I hid in the space and ate a lot of buns and steamed buns, and drank two bottles of milk to relieve my hunger.

After resting for a while, he went to the bedroom on the third floor and found a lot of brand-name shoes, sneakers and other shoes. He found some sneakers worn by ten-year-old children, took out the insoles and put them in his own worn-out shoes.

The soles of my feet have been sore and blistered from walking for the past two days. I sweat a lot under the sun and my clothes smell so sour.

I filled a basin of water in the bathroom and wiped my body. I didn't wash my hair for fear of being discovered by others. I changed into a set of tight-fitting underwear and felt much more comfortable.