Xue Nizi and the others have already prepared breakfast.

Li Lanzhen asked them to prepare breakfast for the three relatives' homes and have a meal together.

Zhang Deshui's family felt a little embarrassed because he had the largest family. Li Lanzhen told him, "Don't think too much. We are all in-laws and should help each other. When we were in trouble, you also helped us.

Now we should work together to figure out what to do next? How to get out and not be held back by the flood."

Despite what Li Lanzhen said, Zhang Deshui's family still brought the dried vegetables. Li Sanya soaked them in water, chopped them into small pieces, added them to the porridge pot, and cooked them together.

Then, Li Lanzhen told everyone her thoughts, "Now, the villagers still have wild vegetables and fruits brought up from the cave, as well as dried animal meat to survive. It has been raining all the time, and there is nothing to eat outside. The wild vegetables and fruits they stored are almost used up.

When they have no food at all, we will be their target, so I think we have to go out, whether it is walking into the mountains along this ridge or crossing the flood in the east and going to the other side.

In short, we have to go out, otherwise it will be a dead end. "

After hearing what she said, everyone looked at each other in bewilderment.

Xue Lao Hu put down the bowl, wiped his mouth, and told everyone, "In fact, I also guessed this, so I just walked a little further along this ridge with Baozi and Mingjiang.

It is not realistic to cross the river. We do not know how to make a boat. If we build a raft out of wood without strong ropes, it will fall apart once it enters the water. This is like walking into a trap and falling into the flood. "

Seeing everyone's anxious eyes, he continued, "There is another way, which is about two miles along this ridge. There is a relatively narrow mountain stream. The mountain stream is very high and the flood passes below.

It is very wide below, and when the cliffs on both sides slowly converge to the top, a pot mouth is formed. There should be a distance of about five meters in the middle. If you put a solid piece of wood on this five-meter distance, you should be able to pass through. If you make it wider, livestock can also pass through. "

Han Mingjiang continued, "Mom, that's right, that place is too high, children and women may be afraid to cross it."

Xue Lao Hu nodded, "One more thing, we only observed the cliff on this side. Although it has been washed by rain, it looks very solid. The situation on the other side is unclear."

Li Lanzhen thought for a moment and said, "Let's go through there. Tomorrow we'll go and see what's going on. Let's build a wooden bridge first."

Han Mingjiang looked at Li Lanzhen and said, "Mom, this mountain is overgrown with weeds and thorns, and it's very difficult to walk. Do you need us to clear a way first?"

Li Lanzhen shook her head. "There's no need to waste energy like this. Let's go over there first and see if we can cross the Hukou. We'll see what kind of wood and how much wood we need to build a solid bridge."

Zhang Deshui held the bowl in his hand, frowning as he said, "Looking at the weather, it won't stop anytime soon. This heavy rain may take seven or eight days to stop."

Li Lanzhen looked at everyone and said, "Everyone, hurry up and eat first. Xue Ni will discuss with the relatives later. Let's gather the food and make it into dry food. We can eat dry food on the road. Don't cook when you can. It will attract people."

Li Sanya said loudly, "Yes, yes, yes, auntie, that's it. I'm so fed up with it. Every day, they catch me and ask me why there's smoke coming out of our chimneys, what delicious food we eat, and whether Jin Fulai's boss has given you good things.

I told them that we were eating wild vegetable porridge, but they all said we were eating meat. I even told them it was wild vegetable porridge but they didn't believe me.

They also said that Jin Fulai’s young master gave you so much food, but you didn’t share any with everyone and gave it to people from other villages. You have no conscience! ”

After hearing this, Li Lanzhen put down her bowl and said, "Okay, let's give each of them some food today."

Li Lanzhen's mother, Mrs. Ye, frowned and said to her, "My daughter, people are greedy. You give them some food today and they will be grateful to you. But one day, when they have nothing left, they will ask you for more and say that you have too much and won't give them any. They will still scold you."

Xue Lao Hu also nodded, and Han Shunde said, "It is indeed true. In a village, they all looked like good and righteous brothers, but after they came out, they would fight for a piece of wild vegetable or a handful of wild fruit.

If they knew you still had food, it would be really troublesome. We are not afraid of thieves stealing but we are afraid of thieves thinking about it."

At this moment, outside the straw hut, a figure quickly turned around and ran away.

Li Lanzhen thought about it and it made sense, but at that time, she had taken out so much food from Young Master Jin Fulai. If she didn't give any to the people of Hanjia Village, she would feel guilty and was hesitant.

The village chief pulled aside the straw curtain and stood at the door, staring at Li Lanzhen eagerly.

He angrily shouted at Li Lanzhen: "Lanzhen, no matter what, we are from the same village. You want to sneak away and abandon us. This is too unkind."

Li Lanzhen glanced at Han Yanyan and Gu Yuli who were following behind him, curled her lips in ridicule, and said to the village chief with a smile, "Village chief, how can you say such a thing? We are looking for a way out now. We can only leave if we find a way out. We are such a big family, old and young, can you still not see us when we leave? Moreover, our straw hut is in the front and yours is in the back. We have to pass by your houses if we want to leave."

She glanced at Han Yanyan and her daughter, "I don't know which shameless person eavesdropped and gossiped. Be careful that God will pull out his tongue. He does nothing all day and just creates chaos here."

Han Yanyan clasped her hands and looked at her timidly, "I heard that you want to distribute food to all of us. Is that true? Is it white rice? Or white flour?"

Li Lanzhen looked at her and said, "What do you want? White rice and white flour, how many times have you eaten white rice and white flour in your life? If you have eaten it, and your life is so good, why would you be driven back to your parents' home after the divorce?

Don't act like a white lotus in front of me, I'm not someone you can easily mess with. I'm the best old lady in Hanjia Village, just try to provoke me. Your father won't care, he'll still slap you in the face! Be careful, don't make trouble in front of me.

I'm leaving, so what if I don't take you with me? It's only natural, and I'm just being kind.

So please speak nicely to me. I don’t owe anyone of you, and I am not controlled by anyone of you.

I got mad, so I took my parents and three relatives away and left you here."

The village chief knew that Li Lanzhen was criticizing him again. His old face turned red and he thought to himself, "Oh, it's all my granddaughter Yuli's fault for not listening carefully and just talking nonsense."

With an awkward smile, she said, "Okay, okay, you guys continue eating."

At this time, Gu Yuli rushed to Han Shunde and looked at his bowl eagerly, "Uncle, I'm hungry. Can I eat the porridge in your bowl? I haven't seen food for a long time. Every day I eat either vegetables or tree bark."

Before Han Deshun could speak, Li Lanzhen shouted, "Get out! You still want to eat my food? You pushed my young wife into the flood, and I haven't come to settle the score with you yet. Get as far away as you can."

Han Yanyan's eyes rolled, and she thought to herself, if Gu Yuli could stay for dinner, then she could also have a meal, and besides, the porridge looked like a good thing.

So, she started to act pitiful again, "Sister-in-law, you can't say that, she was asking her uncle for food..."

“Shut up, I gave her uncle the food today, it’s all my food today, it’s gone after I eat it.

Get out now, we have to eat."

After they left, the people present quickly finished the rice in their bowls and licked the bowls clean with their tongues, fearing that someone else would come in and eat, and they would rush to eat their own porridge.

However, Han Yanyan and Gu Yuli had already walked around the village when they went out, and they kept trying to persuade people by saying how delicious the food was at Li Lanzhen's house, and how they even shared the food with several of her in-laws. Li Lanzhen must have a lot of food, so why didn't she share it with us when we asked her for it?

Therefore, the people of Hanjia Village, who had little food in their stomachs, were bewitched by them and prepared to settle the score with Li Lanzhen.

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