Li Lanzhen asked Han Mingjiang how he dealt with the hole?

Han Mingjiang said, "Mom, my father-in-law asked us to bring some rocks to block the hole."

The old village chief said it was sealed tightly, for fear that some ulterior motives would go down and rob other people's coffins at night.

Li Lanzhen didn't think of this.

Now that I think about it, people’s hearts are separated by their stomachs, and we were on the road to escape, so there was no firewood to burn.

Some people also thought that since food could be found in the cave, would there be other things? People with such thoughts might secretly go down into the cave.

Now that the old village chief and his men have dealt with it, they are no longer worried. They are just worried that someone will destroy the coffin, which would be unfair to the person who turned into bones.

The people of Hanjia Village stayed in the underground river for one day and two nights, extracting some salt and pure water.

There is very little purified water, so the drinking water available to each household is still controlled.

These two days people have been washing and rinsing in the river.

But the skin was eroded by the saline and alkaline water and it was uncomfortable.

Later, people no longer dared to bathe in the underground river.

On the day they left, Xue Lao Hu was still leading the way. Although they were walking underground, the guards still observed the terrain from time to time.

Han Shunde said to everyone, "Everyone hurry up. We are out of the sun and wind here, and we don't have to worry about other refugees coming to rob us of our things, let alone soldiers coming to capture us as soldiers. So we hurry up and get out of the underground river as soon as possible. When we reach the mountains with trees and grass in Youzhou, we will have a chance to survive."

Li Lanzhen couldn't help but admire Han Shunde's ability to paint a rosy picture. His words gave people hope.

She also wanted to arrive in Youzhou as early as possible, be assigned to a village to settle down as early as possible, and live a good life.

Her thoughts were probably the thoughts of everyone in the refugee group, including the children.

Xue Lao Hu was walking in front, and he would take out the map from time to time to look at it, fearing that the river had gone in the wrong direction.

Last time, Li Lanzhen gave the map to Han Mingjiang and asked them to take a look at it. When Han Mingjiang took it back, she asked him to give it to Xue Lao Hu for safekeeping.

When there is a problem, let Xue Lao Hu and Han Shunde study it and just look at the map.

One night after two days of walking along the underground river, everyone had dinner and rested.

During this period, due to the problem of saving drinking water, no one made porridge to drink. They just boiled water and bottled it, ate dry food, and drank a little to moisten their throats. Unless there were very young children and elderly people at home, they would make a bowl of porridge and let them share it.

Li Lanzhen's family was in trouble because her eldest daughter-in-law was pregnant, her parents were in poor health, and her grandchildren were all young.

So every night, I still have to make a pot of porridge.

Make a pot of porridge early in the morning.

Each person drinks half a bowl, and the rest is put in a jar and given to children and the elderly at noon.

Some people in the village were jealous and said that they had more water.

Xue Nizi put her hands on her hips and yelled at them, "We have a lot of water at home because we took a lot of vats with us when we left. We are a big family with a lot of people working hard, so there is no one who is cheating or slacking off."

Everyone was choked and could only lower their heads and keep silent.

They didn't dare to offend this family. First, they all knew the benefits Li Lianzhen had brought them along the way. Second, whenever Li Lanzhen and her family had dinner, they would bring their two relatives and her parents with them, so they were united in spirit.

If a war breaks out, Xue Bao alone will be enough for them to deal with.

After entering the underground river, Li Lanzhen stayed with Goudan and his grandson for dinner and rest.

Grandma Goudan tried to refuse in many ways and failed to convince Li Lanzhen, but finally she happily agreed. When boiling water, cooking, or working during the march, she always did more work with her quick hands and feet.

Not to mention Goudan. Ever since Goudan brought her into Ankang City, Li Lanzhen has liked this child very much.

It’s not that Li Lanzhen is too virtuous, but she feels that in this world, she should help kind people as much as possible if she has the ability.

For example, when he first asked his two relatives-in-law to flee the famine with his family, he thought that he did not have the ability to take more than a dozen children and grandchildren with him.

The other thing was to see their character, but unexpectedly, both families were nice people.

Without their help along the way, it would have been much more difficult.

Not to mention his own parents, especially his brother's wife, who is completely obedient to him and protects him in every way.

Even Han Shunde's family is easy to get along with.

Li Lanzhen thought of her own loneliness in her previous life when she heard about the difficulties faced by Grandma Goudan. A woman will still encounter many different kinds of troubles.

It is not easy for Grandma Goudan, a woman, to live in such a world with a little grandson. Moreover, both the grandparents and grandson are kind, upright, not greedy, and hardworking. Li Lanzhen is very happy to help them.

In the evening, the old village chief gathered everyone together again, took out a map and listened to what Xue Lao Hu and Han Shunde had to say.

Han Shunde said, "We have been walking for two days and two nights. According to the map, the direction of this underground river is correct, so we will follow the underground river."

Xue Lao Hu frowned and said, "This underground river is not marked after two miles or so, but according to our observations on the ground, the mountain is still about five miles away from here. I wonder if the river turns at that place or what? I am worried that if the river flows underground, it will be very troublesome for us to find the exit when we go up."

When everyone heard this, they realized that this was indeed a big deal.

The old village chief said, "As we walked along the way, there were always cracks in the cave above our heads, and sunlight was shining in.

How about this, tomorrow we walk and watch, if we can go up, we'll go up first, if we get stuck down there and can't get out, that would be troublesome."

If you think about it, it might be convenient to go up with the help of a natural crack, but once you are blocked underground, digging a hole to get out will be a huge project.

Han Zhaoxiong said, "Just now when I went to relieve myself, I found that there was a crack on the top of the cave on the other side of the river. It was more than ten meters long and one meter wide. The stars in the sky were clearly visible. I was afraid that there was someone up there, so I listened at the entrance of the cave. There was no sound from above, but it should no longer be a stone forest."

Han Shunde thought for a moment and said, "To be on the safe side, Xue the Hunter and I will go up and observe."

Because the place where they were meeting was not far from Li Lanzhen’s thatched hut.

Li Lanzhen heard all the issues they were considering.

As early as yesterday afternoon, she discovered that the geology of the underground river had changed, and the stone walls on both sides were no longer made of solid stone as they were at the beginning.

Instead, it turned into hard soil, so she guessed that this section of the underground river should pass through sandy soil or loess.

The water in the underground river is not as clear as before and has become a bit turbid, but it still tastes salty when you drink it.

During the lunch break, she leaned against the wall and discovered that every once in a while, the soil from the collapsed cave would pile up on both sides of the river bank.

She didn't think much about it at the time, but the more she thinks about it now, the more scared she becomes.

If this is yellow soil or sandy soil, is there a possibility of collapse? If there is a collapse, it will be a buried river.

Thinking of this, Li Lanzhen explained that all the family members, big and small,

"Nizi, Tonghua, Sanya, the three of you should cook breakfast early tomorrow. Make the porridge a little thicker and heat up the vegetable pancakes so that everyone can have enough to eat.

The eldest and second son, tell your father-in-law's family not to unload the donkey carts. Feed the donkeys some beans and water. Put all the backpacks and baskets together next to the carts.

Keep an eye on the children and make sure each one is taken care of by someone. Don't leave any child behind.

Linglong Miaomiao, you two must stay with grandma."

Because Li Lanzhen's instructions were very serious, everyone felt a little uneasy after hearing them.

Xue Nizi asked, "Mom, is something going to happen tonight? Are we going to run away?"

Li Lanzhen did not explain.

Wu quickly pulled her two grandsons, Han Yisong and Han Yibai, tightly to her side, and whispered to them to follow their grandma closely.

It turned out that Li Lanzhen's sixth sense was correct.

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