Han Mingxiang looked up and saw hundreds of flood victims floating in the flood using various tools.
Some were tied together with two door panels, on top of which were placed some belongings that had probably been salvaged from the water. There were also children sitting on top of them. They all looked nervous and numb, and saw no hope.
At this moment, these people gathered together, making a lot of noise, and what blocked them were probably five boats and two rafts tied together with wood.
There were about a dozen people waving shiny knives or holding wooden sticks, shouting ferociously, "If you want to pass through here, you must bring silver and food, otherwise you will turn back and go back to where you came from."
Han Mingxiang was also a little nervous. He must not let them find the bag Li Lanzhen gave him, because it contained things that he and Han Shulan needed to save their lives when they fled from the famine.
At this time, Han Shulan whispered in Han Mingxiang's ear, "Brother Mingxiang, let's tie the bag to our calves so that it won't be exposed below the waist. They shouldn't be able to find it."
Han Mingxiang's eyes lit up. This was indeed a good idea.
Han Mingxiang dived into the water and tied the bag and all the stuff to his calves three or four times.
Han Shulan asked Han Mingxiang to tie something around her legs, but Han Mingxiang refused.
"No, Shulan, you just need to follow me closely. It would be best if we can get through smoothly."
Han Mingxiang packed his tattered clothes into a bundle, which contained the tattered clothes they had taken off when they were resting on the roof of the house, and changed into the clothes that Li Lanzhen had prepared for them.
Han Mingxiang was very grateful to Li Lanzhen for preparing clothes for them. They were all blue coarse cloth clothes. Now they were soaked in the flood, and the mud and water stuck to their hair and clothes. They looked no different from mud monkeys.
Han Mingxiang grabbed a handful of sand and smeared it on Han Shulan's face, hair, and clothes.
"Brother Mingxiang, look over there, there are a few large wooden cabinets washed over by the flood. I wonder if there is anything inside."
Han Shulan pointed behind them, where there was a pile of furniture, tree branches, trees and other miscellaneous items that had been washed away by the flood.
Han Mingxiang also became excited, "Don't move here, hold on to the wood tightly, and wait for me."
"Okay, don't worry, I won't move and wait for you to come back." Han Shulan said happily to Han Mingxiang.
Han Mingxiang dodged several big trees and grabbed a wooden cabinet with a lock on the door. With the help of the power of the flood, he slowly drifted the wooden cabinet in front of Han Shulan.
They placed the cabinet with the door facing upwards and let it lean against the wood. Han Mingxiang used the small knife to pry open the lock of the cabinet door. Han Shulan quickly took out a small bag of what should be wild vegetables or something else.
Han Mingxiang also found a thin quilt, some clothes, and some hemp ropes inside.
Han Shulan was very happy to receive a blue bundle, a pair of embroidered shoes, a pair of scissors, and needle and thread. This way, if their clothes were torn again, they could be mended without exposing their flesh, which would be embarrassing.
Although everything was wet in the North Sea, they were still happy even though they had nothing.
Han Mingxiang saw that the outer frame of the wooden cabinet was still solid, so he thought of tying the cabinet and the wood together so that Han Shulan could sit on it and would not be soaked in the flood all the time.
Her face has been pale these days. A girl can't stay in water all the time.
So he tied the legs and wood of the cabinet together with hemp rope. The other side was more troublesome, so Han Shulan used scissors to poke a hole in one side of the cabinet.
"The hemp rope can be passed through here to tie it up."
Han Mingxiang tied it up in no time, which was not bad. "Shulan, sit on it."
Two people were happily packing up their "boat" that could drift on the water. Unexpectedly, there was a commotion ahead.
"Go ahead, hurry up and rush over."
At one moment, adults were shouting and children were crying, and people on both sides started fighting. It turned out that the people on this side saw the bandits rushing over with a large number of furniture, branches and trees, blocking their way for food, and they quickly rowed their boats to avoid them.
The people behind took the opportunity to rush over, and Han Mingxiang also found a gap. Han Shulan did not climb onto the cabinet. She and he quickly pushed the wood, hid herself behind the cabinet, and moved towards the gap.
Han Mingxiang would grab a few branches from time to time and place them on the cabinet to hide the two people more securely.
After a while, a few big trees, tables, chairs and other things floated over behind them. When Han Mingxiang turned around, he saw a familiar head under the table.
The black-headed man also saw him looking at him and shook his head, signaling him not to speak.
They did this one after another, constantly pulling up branches and the like that passed by them and placing them on their own wood, so that from the outside it looked like a piece of wooden furniture.
Just as they were about to pass the pirates' boats, Han Mingxiang heard the screams of children and women.
"Ah, no, boss, you can't die, don't take my child away."
"Mother, mother~~"
Looking through the gaps between the branches, I saw that the bandits had captured several girls, young wives, and a few children, and tied them up and put them on the boat.
He gritted his teeth and wanted to rush over to help them, but the black head behind him whispered, "What do you want to do? Are you looking for death? Don't take me with you. I don't care what will happen to your wife. What will happen to your wife if you play hero yourself?"
Han Mingxiang looked at Han Shulan who was looking at him with her big eyes, closed his eyes and continued paddling. When they were far away from here, he saw the victims who were blocked slowly paddling over.
Of course, there were girls and children crying loudly on the rafts on the pirates' boats.
Han Mingxiang looked at the black head hiding under a big tree not far from him and said, "Thank you for saving us on the beach."
The black-headed man chuckled, "You're welcome. That old witch and I have a grudge, and it's not all for saving you. I'm seeking revenge."
Han Mingxiang escaped safely from the flood. It took Li Lanzhen and others in the mountains two hours for all the people in Hanjia Village to reach the place that was recessed into the mountain.
No one complained that this place was not as good as a cave, and everyone cleared out a place to accommodate the old and young in their families.
Li Lanzhen looked at the mountains around her and could clearly see that the further down she went, the less vegetation there was on the mountains and the drier they became.
The people in Hanjia Village also discovered this. After settling their families, they went up the mountain in groups of three or four, carrying baskets on their backs, to collect food to fill their stomachs.
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