Space Food Storage: Daily Travel

Rest along the way.

By the end of August, we had already been on the road for a month and a half. We stopped at a county town to restock some supplies. We were still in the north-central region.

Liu Yuhan spent some time every night harvesting the rice in the space with a rice harvester and piled it under the porch to let it dry naturally. After drying, it was bagged and set aside for seeding.

After a week or so of hard work, I harvested the crops from five mu of land, leveled the ground, and planted two mu of high-yield corn. The corn stalks were already very tall.

The remaining three acres are reserved for growing rice. First, we will raise rice seedlings, and they can be planted in about 20 days.

She's been exhausted lately, sleeping less and less, and has dark circles under her eyes. She can't help dozing off during her lunch break.

Seeing how hard she worked, her family members didn't let her carry anything, and Xiao Si didn't let her carry anything either. They let her rest whenever they stopped.

There were sparse groups of people on the road, and they were not the only group fleeing famine.

Some were pulling horse-drawn carriages and ox-drawn carts, but most were walking, and most people had chapped faces.

There was still no rain that day and it was unusually hot.

There are mountain roads next to the official road, but they are not very high, just hills, and most of the mountains are bare rocks.

Tonight, Liu Yuhan fell into a nightmare.

Countless cries and shouts were heard as people fled in panic, the ground bulged and sank. Stones rolled down the mountain, staining the ground with blood, just like the nightmare at the city gate that day...

Liu Yuhan was startled awake, her heart pounding...

She got up, drank a glass of ice water, washed her face, and left the space without sleeping.

It was quiet and everyone was sleeping soundly.

Liu Yuhan walked out quietly. Except for a few people on duty, everyone was resting.

Liu Yuhan walked over to the fire and sat down. Liu Yang, who was on duty in the second half of the night, saw his sister wake up and sit by the fire in a daze, so he walked over and asked.

"Xiaohan, why don't you sleep a little longer? It's still early."

"Brother, I can't sleep. How long will it take until dawn?"

"Well, it will take another hour. Why don't you go in and rest for a while?"

"Brother, I can't sleep. Please sit with me for a while."

"Okay." Liu Yang sat next to Liu Yuhan.

Liu Yuhan then asked softly, "Brother, has there been an earthquake here?"

"An earthquake. Well, I heard from my grandfather that it was our great-great-grandfather. There was an earthquake at that time, and that's when we moved to Liujia Village."

"Well, big brother, please take care of yourself these days, be more careful, and look after your family. I..."

"I had a bad dream tonight. There was an earthquake, just like the real thing. I'll tell my grandparents when they wake up. Don't tell anyone else yet."

"Ah, this...Xiaohan, did you really dream about it?"

Liu Yuhan nodded at him.

The brother and sister didn't say anything else and sat in silence until dawn.

When Old Mrs. Jiang woke up and didn't see Liu Yuhan for the first time, she was shocked. She always held her granddaughter's hand when she slept.

I quickly crawled out to look for them, and saw the brother and sister sitting beside the extinguished fire in a daze, both of them looked unhappy.

"What's wrong with you two? Why did Ni'er get up so early?" Old Mrs. Jiang came over and asked.

The brother and sister greeted Old Mrs. Jiang.

"Grandma, let's talk after everyone wakes up and has breakfast." Liu Yuhan said, and then she went into the tent and entered the space through the tent. She had already prepared breakfast last night, which was egg and millet porridge, and fried cakes bought from the supermarket before.

Everyone woke up one after another and took turns eating breakfast in the tents.

Liu Yuhan told her grandparents, parents, uncle and aunt about her dream about the earthquake last night. Liu Yang was also there. The whole family needed to know first, no matter whether it was true or not, at least to be mentally prepared.

Liu Yuhan's words shocked everyone! Her parents also asked her in detail about the scene in her dream, and whether there were any important signs nearby.

Liu Yuhan said it was a mountain road, it was very dark, and there were many, many stones.

Isn’t that the road we are walking on now? There are many rocks on the mountain!

The old man and his wife still looked frightened and confused, but the two elders and Liu Shinan and his wife began to think about what to do.

They knew about Liu Yuhan and the existence of Tianye. Could it be that Tianye had informed them in advance (granddaughter, daughter).

"We have to leave this road quickly!" Liu Daling said, and went out to find the two village chiefs.

Yes, they had to leave quickly. They had nowhere to retreat, so they could only move forward, walk faster, and see if they could leave this rocky mountain.

"Shut up as soon as you walk out of here. Pack up your things and get going quickly, and tell the kids not to act willfully." Liu Shihu and his wife and Liu Yang nodded.

No one knew what Liu Daling said to the two village chiefs and the elders. The village chief told the team leaders to be on alert, pack up their things and leave quickly.

Everyone had already eaten and packed up.

Seeing the village chief so serious, I quickly obeyed and hurried on, walking non-stop, walking non-stop...

This time the village chief was determined and walked for an hour and a half without stopping.

Some children began to cry. The village chief looked at everyone, sighed, and told them to rest for a quarter of an hour, eat and drink quickly, and then leave quickly after eating and drinking.

They walked like this until dark, rested for half an hour, and didn't call for camp. He asked the young men to light torches and continue the night journey. Children who could not walk were thrown on wheelbarrows and pushed along, and the elderly who could not walk were squeezed into ox carts. Village chief Liu no longer cared about his old friend.

His uncle's words kept echoing in his mind. If that was really the case, it would be fatal.

Go quickly, go quickly...

Just walk, walk, walk...

Everyone was exhausted. As dawn approached, they found a flat place and rested for two hours.

No one had time to eat, they just spread out the straw mats and went to sleep.

After walking for a whole day and night, everyone was exhausted and had a lot of complaints. But when they saw the sullen face of Village Chief Liu, which was even more haggard than theirs, all their energy disappeared.

Something must have happened behind, so they were in a hurry to get on with their journey. Everyone stopped thinking about it and quickly took a rest.

Liu Yuhan was exhausted and fell asleep leaning against her mother. She went into the space and drank a bottle of glucose, then poured the glucose into several water bags, preparing to take them out for her family to drink.

I simply heated up some steamed buns in the space and quickly left. My family ate the buns and drank some glucose and then went to sleep.

When the appointed time came, the village chief told people to hurry up. Around noon, the sky, which should have been brightly sunny, suddenly darkened and became darker and darker. Some birds were flying around in the sky. Liu Yuhan saw ants and some mice running around.

She felt increasingly uneasy, so she said hello to Old Lady Jiang's mother and the others, and asked them to grab Xiao Si and Xiao Wu, run to the village chief, and whispered a few words to him.

The village chief's face changed drastically and he told everyone to run quickly, as they were now trapped in a valley.

Liu Yuhan called his brother Liu Yang, and the two ran to the back of the team, shouting as they ran, "Everyone, run quickly, get out of the valley, there's going to be an earthquake!"

"The earthquake is about to happen, get out of here!"

"The earthquake is about to happen, get out of here!"

.........

The old couple Liu Shinan and others were anxious and scared. Their eldest grandson and granddaughter had run to the back, but with so many children, they couldn't let them go and look for them.

They each held a baby in their hands and ran forward hurriedly.

The brother and sister ran to the back of the team and saw other fleeing teams, and quickly shouted to them.

"The earthquake is about to happen, run!"

"The earthquake is about to happen, run!"

.........

The fleeing group was already surprised to see them hurrying along, but when they heard the brother and sister shouting and saw the unusual weather, they believed it even more.

They also started running, shouting as they ran.

I don't know how it all became a unified sentence.

"The earthquake is about to happen, run!"

.........

The sound spread farther and farther, and more and more people came, everyone wanted to leave this section of the valley quickly.

The brother and sister ran forward again. Liu Yuhan hadn't run like this for a long time. If Liu Yang hadn't been holding her hand and protecting her, she might have been hit by so many people.

My life is almost over, but I can’t bear to leave my things behind. Oh my god!

After half an hour, they finally ran out and passed the col. But they still didn't dare to stop and walked towards a more open place ahead.

Village chief Liu always remembered what his niece had just said in his ear: to go to a place that was as flat as possible, away from rocks, mountains, and big trees.

They found a better and flatter place, which was a small, uninhabited village. The village chief led his men and asked the team leaders to be on guard and surround the things, women and children in the village in a circle.

More refugees came from behind, all panting and terrified.

The sky grew darker, the air grew hotter, and it felt like God was about to swallow me up.

After entrusting Xiao Si and Xiao Wu to the two elders, Liu Shinan and Liu hurried back. Liu Yuhan and Liu Yang had not returned yet, and the family was very worried!

Liu Yuhan and Liu Yang are now in the middle and back of this large group. There are too many people and they can't squeeze in. Everyone can only try hard to move forward. They have passed the pass of the col and are heading towards a more open area.

"Boom boom boom... boom boom boom..."

The mountains collapsed and the earth shook, but it only took a moment.

A sharp scream was heard from not far behind them.

Liu Yuhan almost couldn't stand. She held her brother's hand tightly and looked behind her. The huge rock suddenly collapsed.

Stones rolled down from the top of the mountain like mushrooms after rain, and in an instant no one knew where they fell.

Everyone ignored their belongings and staggered forward. The brother and sister ran forward together due to the inertia of the crowd.

"Xiaohan, be careful!"

A piece of gravel flew over and almost hit Liu Yuhan's head. Liu Yang subconsciously blocked her head with his hand and pulled her in front of him.

"what!"

"Brother! What's wrong with you!?"

"It's okay, let's go."

The brother and sister followed the crowd, supported by each other, and walked forward. When they reached a flat wheat field near the village, everyone stopped, clutching their chests and gasping for breath. They were almost dead.

Aftershocks continue...

"Brother, you are injured. Where does it hurt?"

When Liu Yuhan saw Liu Yang's face covered in blood, tears couldn't help but flow out of her eyes, and she asked him in a trembling voice.

"I'm fine, are you okay?"

"I'm fine bro."

Liu Shinan and his wife also saw them at this time and hurried over.

"Uncle, I feel a little dizzy, can you help me for a while..."

After saying this, Liu Yang fainted, and Liu Shinan quickly helped him up.

"Dad, Mom, my brother was injured while protecting me. Please find a place for me to take care of him."

Liu Yuhan was a little scared. What would happen if Liu Yang got a head injury?

If it was a simple external injury, she could still handle it. But if it was an internal injury, without medical equipment, it would be difficult to determine if the patient had a cerebral hemorrhage without knowing the patient's internal brain condition. This was a very dangerous situation.

Liu Yuhan followed Liu Shinan with mixed feelings.