When everyone saw them quarreling, they hurriedly advised: "Stop quarreling, aren't you tired? You've been tossing and turning for a whole day and a half. Everyone, calm down, look at the kids who have been woken up by the noise."

Old Mrs. Fang kept silent for a while, thinking:

"What did I say? Wasn't it all the truth? Besides, it's not that we are not grateful to Shen Lao San. It's true that Xiao San Yuan is useless now. To escape from famine, you need to be strong."

The main reason was that she felt that she was right. In the fight, Shen Lao San was the most seriously injured.

Going up the mountain, Shen Laosan was at the back. Her two sons were both very fierce in fighting, and they were also at the front leading the way up the mountain.

What else can scholars do except talking?

Mrs. Hua was also very upset. She got angry when she heard that and felt unbalanced.

Her three sons came back from far away. You can say that they came back because of their family.

But San'er brought so many things and horses with him, he even bought saltpeter for making ice.

The old lady also saw so many fragrant soaps in the car, wondering how much they must have cost. It was obvious that they were not prepared for their own family.

I can't use so much at home.

That's good. They were allowed to ride in a carriage with big ice cubes in it.

Look at those people who fled famine on their legs, don’t you feel that they all benefited from her son?

No one really said thank you to her, or even if they didn't thank her,

They are all from the same clan and have lived in the same village for most of their lives. They have also helped her family at other times.

Still complaining about her son being useless and weak? It really pissed her off.

Old Lady Hua had thought about this in her mind before. If the conscription officers didn't come, the villagers would know that there were no conscription officers and they wouldn't be able to blame her son.

Look, if others don't know, the old woman will definitely complain. It's really unnecessary to care about them.

Wang Fuxi's widowed mother advised Mrs. Hua:

"Calm down, everyone. Don't think like that. If we hadn't gone up the mountain in advance, we would have been caught by the soldiers. Qiuzi saved everyone's life!"

"What's the point? It doesn't bring any benefits, and people even despise it."

"I don't dislike him. I'm just making things worse. Besides, Qiuzi is a scholar, and he doesn't work hard. His hands are used to writing. He's working hard with other guys now. Who can dislike him?"

We have lived in the same village for so many years, so everyone knows each other. Isn’t it just that we old ladies are a little gossipy?

You are being stubborn. Even if Qiuzi didn't tell you at that time, you would have to tell everyone.

You have suffered all your life because of this mouth. Isn’t it enough that you quarrel with Old Tian all day long? Now there is Old Fang too.”

In fact, if Shen Youyou heard about this, she would definitely protect her grandmother like a small machine gun.

In her heart, this was a feeling of having lost something and then regaining it. She cherished the fact that her grandparents were still alive even more and could not bear to see them suffer any injustice.

But she was so tired that she fell asleep early. Even if there was an earthquake, she would probably not wake up if she was buried inside.

Because of the noise, many children woke up. Only Shen Youyou, holding Shen Yuanbao in one hand and Shen Luming in the other, slept soundly.

Now Shen Yuanbao no longer called me a dead girl, because the piece that grandma had prepared for me was the softest.

Shen Youyou, who was immersed in her dreams, had no idea what was happening in the cave.

Soon, the men had finished building the fence, leaving the men who were on night watch to look after the horses and the fire, while the others went to sleep.

Li Jingshu disinfected Shen Zhiqiu again by the light of the fire, applied medicine, and laid him on the prepared bedding.

Shen Zhiqiu sighed comfortably: "Hey, wife, after a tiring day, lying on this straw mat is more comfortable than the massage mattress at home, don't you think, wife?"

After calling for a long time but no one responded, he turned around and saw that his wife had fallen asleep.

Shen Zhiqiu smiled, kissed Li Jingshu on the cheek, hugged his wife's head, and fell into a deep sleep.

A silent night, the sky is just getting bright

The adults got up and started to pack up their things and prepare dry food.

Gao Dazhuang asked: "Uncle San, how should we go next? We don't know the terrain in this mountain."

Shen Zhiqiu pointed to the distance and said, "Here comes the one who knows."

Gao Dazhuang looked up and saw Wang Fuxi supporting Master Shen, followed by men from more than a dozen families.

Wang Fuxi: "We are almost ready, let's set off early. There is definitely no flat land in the mountains. Third brother, you can make the arrangements. What else do we need to prepare?"

A dozen men gathered in a circle, all with gloomy faces.

Shen Zhiqiu thought for a moment and said, "Let's follow the distribution method we used yesterday when we went up the mountain. Put the knives and other items in the position closest to me.

But today the elderly, women and children should walk in the middle. If a wild beast attacks us from the front and back, my wife, children and the elderly will be in danger.

You guys who are clearing the way should also pay attention to whether there are places where the soil is moist. We don’t have much water left. If we continue like this, we won’t even have enough to drink, let alone feed the animals.”

Everyone nodded in agreement, but Wang Fuxi said with some embarrassment:

"I have only walked through the nearest few mountains. I have never been to the rest. You need to think of a plan in advance as to how to proceed."

Shen Zhiqiu nodded awkwardly. Without a map or anything, what should he do? He had to ask his daughter.

Everyone was also confused. Even though they were very close to Yuzhou, they had definitely never been there. Wang Fuxi didn't know the way, and they were even more clueless.

Li Quan asked, "People can't survive in the city, so many people are fleeing to the mountains. We need to watch out for wild animals and refugees as well.

Also, I'm afraid there may be bandits in the mountains, so we have to be careful. Starting tomorrow, take an hour in the morning and evening to learn Kung Fu."

As soon as these words were spoken, Grandpa Shen, who was smoking a pipe, burned his lips with a shake of his hand and quickly put out the fire in the pipe.

I thought: Oh my God! Is there any way to survive?

Keep going forward, there are jackals, tigers, leopards, refugees and bandits, all of which are deadly.

If we go back, we will probably be caught by soldiers as soon as we get down the mountain, and then we will all have to go to the battlefield.

As for the original place, this cave is good and can be lived in, but it has no water! Moreover, there is no village in front and no shop behind, and it never rains. After eating all the food, there is no way to get new food.

Shen Zhiqiu suppressed the turmoil in his heart and said, "Okay, tell the children to get up, pack up and hurry on. If we move forward, we can still fight for a way to survive, but if we retreat, we will die."

In this way, eighteen families set out again with their families.

On the winding mountain road, some of them led horses, some pushed carts,

Shen Youyou's family was not so bad. As for mosquitoes and the like, the children all had mosquito nets, and even the adults spread out the remaining mosquito nets and covered their heads with one.

After a night's rest, Shen Luming felt much better. Now Shen Zhiqiu placed him on a small cart with a lot of bedding tied around him and placed him in the middle, making it like a nest.

Before setting off, Shen Zhiqiu asked everyone to add a little salt and sugar to their water buckets to replenish their energy and avoid dehydration due to the hot weather.

Shen Youyou's legs were sore and the soles of her feet were painful from walking.

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