Li Lanzhen looked at Gu Yuli who was kneeling in front of her and the thatched hut that had turned to ashes. She really couldn't stay in this place anymore.

She turned around and said to everyone, "Young and old men of Hanjia Village, I have made up my mind. Yesterday, my relative Xue took his sons to see the river ditch washed out by the flood in the east. There is a narrow mouth on it, about five meters away in the middle. If you put some wood on it, you can get through it. After crossing the mountain, you will reach the official road to Youzhou.

We are going to pass through there and continue eastward. Those who are willing to follow me can continue, and those who are not willing can find another way out. "

Unexpectedly, everyone shouted in unison, "We are willing to follow you."

The village chief looked at Li Lanzhen, who was standing straight and talking to everyone like a leader, and he felt uncomfortable. But then he thought that he was old and could not work anymore, so he should hand over the power. Then he looked at his eldest son Han Shunde who was standing behind Li Lanzhen. Alas, all for his daughter, his sons had become alienated.

Li Lanzhen spoke again, "If you are willing to come with us, pack up your house now, take your elderly and children with you, and we will set off."

Han Mingjiang pulled Li Lanzhen and said, "Mom, if the people from Hanjia Village want to go with us, we must select someone to lead the way. Otherwise, it will be difficult for the elderly and children to move forward while carrying so many things.

Li Lanzhen turned to Han Shunde and said, "My dear, you can arrange this matter. Select a few young and strong people to take turns to lead the way."

Han Shunde nodded and agreed that he would arrange it.

Li Lanzhen and her family walked in the front. Zhang Yu Niang was arranged to ride on a large blue mule. A thick mattress was placed on the mule's back. She rode on it and held the reins tightly. Han Minghai followed closely.

Han Mingjiang's two sons were very young and were placed by Xue Bao in a basket on their family's big gray donkey, one on each side.

Li Lanzhen's family also had a big black donkey, which was given to Li Guangyang. Li Xishui's injuries had improved a lot and he could walk by himself with the help of a stick. Li Erhan had also recovered a long time ago.

So the whole family doesn’t have to ride the donkey, they can just pick up Miaomiao and put her on the black donkey.

The road was full of thorns and bushes, and it had rained heavily for several days, so the road was muddy and difficult to walk on. I had to slide every three steps and walk very slowly.

Despite this, the people of Hanjia Village would pick edible wild vegetables and branches on the roadside and put them in their backpacks, or they would chop them with sickles or use a woodcutter to chop them together with the branches and carry them on their backs as they walked.

Xue Bao was leading the donkey, and Han Yisong and Han Yibai, who were sitting in baskets on both sides of the donkey, saw Li Lanzhen following behind, carrying a large bag on her back and holding a basket in her hands.

The two little grandchildren shouted, "Grandma, give me the backpack, I'll carry it."

Li Lanzhen looked at her grandson lovingly and waved her hand, "It's okay, grandma can carry you. Just sit still and listen to your uncle."

Li Lianzhen walked and looked at the trees on both sides. They were very dense and thick.

She thought that it was difficult to walk on a single-plank bridge, and there should be at least three trees on it. It was also a problem to use ropes to tie the three trees tightly, so she decided to look for ropes in the mall in the space to see if there were any.

After walking around and not finding anyone with ropes for exchange, she posted a chicken feather letter saying that she urgently needed ropes that could be exchanged for food.

There was no way. She only had food in her hands, which she could exchange with merchants.

After hanging up the chicken feather letter, she continued to walk. Her feet slipped and it was difficult to walk. Han Minghai took a stick as thick as a child's arm and handed it to her, "Mom, take it and walk with it. It will be better. Mom, please be careful. The ground is slippery."

Li Lanzhen still likes these sons very much. They are all filial, not afraid of hardship or fatigue. Well, they are all good kids.

The deeper we went into the mountains, the lighter the rain became. Perhaps it was because the dense trees blocked some of the raindrops.

Similarly, there were more wild vegetables and weeds in the mountains, and wild chickens and rabbits would pop out from time to time.

Every time this happened, the people of Hanjia Village would rush out to chase after them.

Li Lanzhen didn't care about them. Since they had arrived at the mountain stream today, they would have to stay overnight. It would probably take more than two hours just to cut wood. Since they had no suitable tools, they could only use an axe.

There are two axes in the space. If all else fails, take them out. The one who will take the blame will definitely be the young master Jin Fulai.

Li Lanzhen was walking when she was suddenly hit on the head by something, which was very painful. She looked down and saw a thorny brown-red chestnut hair ball falling to the ground. She looked up and saw wow, there were probably dozens of chestnut trees here. Because they were tall, they received more sunlight and were now ripe. Many of the chestnuts had cracked open, revealing the brown chestnut shells inside.

This is a good thing, we must collect them all. Li Lanzhen actually wanted to do this by herself, but she thought it was okay, so she could have something to eat. The people in Hanjia Village still had nothing to eat.

So she stood by and called out, "Xue Bao, Xue Bao, wait a moment. There is a piece of fruit here that can be eaten as food. Let's stay here for a while."

Of course the people behind her heard her words, "You can eat it as food," and they heard them even more clearly, and they ran forward.

Li Lan was looking at them, each of them was dark and thin, covered in mud, and she felt sad and upset.

Pointing to the chestnut tree, he said, "You see, this thing covered with thorns is called a chestnut. After you open it, the chestnut fruit inside is edible. It tastes better than the tree root."

The second son, Han Mingjiang, pulled Li Lanzhen, "Mom, how do you know this is edible? You told everyone that you want to eat bad people, and everyone started to make trouble for you again."

Han Mingjiang didn't want his mother to meddle in his affairs and end up in trouble.

Li Lanzhen said, "This is what I saw at the young master's place at Jinfulai. It was already roasted chestnuts. He gave me a hairy ball of Changsheng and asked me to take a look. He said that if I found something like this in the wild, I could eat it."

Everyone suddenly realized what was going on and said in their hearts that Li Lanzhen was really lucky to have met Jin Fulai's young master and to have learned so many things.

As soon as Li Lanzhen finished speaking, people couldn't wait to shout, "Auntie, can we go pick the fruits now?"

"Okay, okay, go ahead. Separately, go up the tree and knock on the trees, and the women and children will pick up the shells below. Use stones to smash the shells open, peel them open and take out the contents."

As she spoke, she held up the ball of hair, smashed it with a stone, and then peeled out the brown chestnut inside. She said to everyone, "Look, this is called a chestnut. Open the shell and the kernel inside is sweet and crunchy and delicious."

When they heard that there was food, everyone got excited. They put the food on the grass so that it would not get wet by the muddy water, and started to walk towards the chestnut trees with baskets and axe.

Li Lanzhen also went there, thinking that it would be great if she could store the chestnut tree into the space and plant it somewhere. However, no matter how much she thought about it, the system guy said that there was not a single inch of land in her space that could be cultivated.

It's just a big warehouse for her to store things. Stop having such wishful thinking. Well, okay, people should be content. She has a space and a mall to exchange things. She is really lucky.

Li Lanzhen climbed up a big tree in no time. Standing on the branch, she was a little surprised, wondering when she had acquired such a skill. Then she thought again, this should be the kung fu of her original body. It should be a necessary skill for a country woman to climb mountains, rivers, trees and dig wild vegetables.

Sitting on the tree branch, she wondered if she could put in all the chestnuts she had touched. So, she stretched out her hand and swept it across a patch of chestnuts, silently saying "collect" in her heart.

Sure enough, all the chestnuts on the branches disappeared. Li Lanzhen laughed three times and was happy. She quickly stood up and collected all the chestnuts around her and only put a few in her quilt basket.

In less than half an hour, dozens of chestnut trees were cleared out.

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