Quick travel: the life of smuggling is so exciting

The water is running out.

There is no water source nearby.

Lin Xia was standing in front of a big river. The river in front of him was three hundred meters wide. The dry riverbed looked like scales, and struggling fish bones could be vaguely seen in the cracks.

The last time I replenished my water supply was in a populated village. I spent 200 coins to buy half a bucket of water, but after three days, it was almost gone.

She heard from others that after crossing the river, she would reach Quzhou. Quzhou is mountainous, and there is a forest on the other side of the river. She was hoping there would be water on the other side of the forest.

Before Lin Xia could cross the river, a large group of people came from behind, seemingly at least a thousand people.

Their entire team was well-organized, with young and middle-aged families distributed at the front and back ends, and the elderly, children, women and children in the middle. Several families owned ox carts and donkey carts, and the rest of the households basically had carts. Some carts had sheds, and some did not, but without exception, they all carried buckets or water tanks on their carts.

Lin Xia quickly glanced at the team and quickly moved to the side.

They seemed too united, someone she absolutely couldn't afford to offend.

But they have water, Lin Xia changed her mind.

Suddenly, an old man in the team fainted on the ground, causing a commotion among the crowd. A middle-aged man in the lead took the old man over and gave him some help, and the old man woke up again.

She watched the scene silently from a distance without moving.

Their leader was very prestigious and she wanted to follow them.

Wait for them to go ahead, and then fall far behind them.

Lin Xia was surprised to see the grandparents and grandchildren who had been weaving straw hats behind them.

I don’t know what kind of tragic story this is, three people became two, the young woman disappeared, and the grandmother and grandson became more and more silent.

The grandfather and grandson also recognized Lin Xia, but not only did they not say anything, they became even more alert.

Lin Xia tactfully didn't respond and kept a distance from them.

In this way, both parties tacitly maintain a certain distance and follow at the end of the team. If they get too close, they will be driven away by people in the team.

After following for a whole morning, Lin Xia felt more and more that the people in this village had good character, strong self-discipline, often helped each other, were united, and were not overly kind and would not blindly accept outsiders.

Most importantly, she discovered that they had a special vanguard team to explore the way.

Lin Xia had no experience in surviving in the wild. He relied on the sun to find the way and luck to find water.

Except for finding water in the mountains when I first came here, I haven't found any water sources in the wild since then.

Because of the drought, the ecosystem has been hit hard and many animals have disappeared. The most dangerous creature she has encountered is humans. She avoids places where there are many people. Then, as long as she has water, she can survive.

After following them into the forest for half a day, the team finally stopped to rest. At this time, Lin Xia saw that the vanguard team went out again.

The team was very long and Lin Xia and the others were too far away. It was not until she saw many people carrying buckets of water and rushing in one direction that she realized that they had found water.

Lin Xia and the grandparents happily followed. A woman wanted to stop them, but was stopped by the middle-aged man who was leading the group.

Lin Xia nodded gratefully to the other party, but the other party ignored her.

After following the crowd for an hour, we finally saw a mountain spring. The spring flowed into a small pool. Although the pool was not big, it was enough for a team of a thousand people to drink water.

After all the villagers had filled their own containers, she went forward to fill her water bags and bamboo tubes with water. Seeing that the crowd had almost left, she even extravagantly drew a can of water and found an empty patch of grass to wash herself and change her clothes.

When I came out, I only heard voices but didn't see anyone.

She quickly rinsed the dirty clothes she had worn before, not for cleanliness but just for psychological comfort.

Following the same path, Lin Xia caught up with the person in front and began to "follow" again.

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When there are many people, there will be a lot of gossip, and when there are a lot of gossip, your progress will be slow.

Lin Xia and the grandparents followed the team closely at first, but later they found that they were really slow. There were always some minor frictions between people that delayed their journey, and the large ox carts, donkey carts, and flatbed carts were not suitable for the mountain forests, so people often had to build bridges and cut roads.

Everything else was good except that she was slow. Someone came to find water every day, so she drank more generously. Moreover, there were wild vegetables in the forest, which made Lin Xia, who was not short of food for the time being, even richer.

After following them for five or six days, the other party became familiar with them and realized that the three of them were harmless, so they allowed them to follow behind them and stopped driving them away when they got closer.

Four days later, one night, Lin Xia suddenly felt a palpitation in her heart. There was a faint fishy smell of wild beasts in the air. Her sixth sense told her that there was danger in the forest!

Lin Xia stood up and quickly climbed up a big tree next to her. She was no longer the timid Wuxia A'mon of the past who practiced climbing trees every day when she had the chance. Now she was agile and could climb up the tree trunk in a few breaths.

Concentrating her attention and listening carefully, she looked into the distance. Today was the beginning of the month and the light was very dim. Lin Xia finally saw a vague shadow flash by in the distance.

She seemed to see a pair of green eyes!

Lin Xia tensed his muscles and immediately took out a piece of bark and threw it at the woman not far away, then shouted:

"The wolf is coming!"

The days of peace made people forget the dangers of the mountains and forests, and they were still confused when they were woken up by Lin Xia's voice.

"What, what, the wolf you just mentioned?"

"Where's the wolf?"

"No, I didn't see it."

A considerable number of people also stood up alertly and lit torches.

Just a moment,

A pair of green eyes lit up in the darkness.

Aunt Ge, the grandmother among the grandparents, was at a loss when Lin Xia woke her up. When she heard Lin Xia's words, she immediately panicked. When she saw the green eyes in the grass, her legs went weak and she almost dropped her grandson in her arms to the ground.

Lin Xia glanced at the disappointing granddaughter and remembered that Aunt Ge had taught her to identify wild vegetables these past few days. She immediately softened her heart and growled at her:

“Climb a tree!”

Aunt Ge can climb trees because she saw Lin Xia practicing it and also practiced this skill, but she was not as proficient as Lin Xia.

But at this time, Aunt Ge's legs and feet were weak. She held her grandson for a long time but couldn't get him up the tree trunk. She turned around and looked at Lin Xia pleadingly.

Lin Xia was so angry that she cursed inwardly.

"Give me the baby!"

Aunt Ge ran to Lin Xia and lifted the child up. Lin Xia grabbed the child's arm and pulled him up.

"Go to the tree next to you!"

Aunt Ge calmed down a bit at this time and climbed up by stepping on the tree trunk.

The child in Lin Xia's arms was frightened and started crying.

Lin Xia threatened in disgust: "Don't cry!"

The child also knew what was happening. He covered his mouth and sobbed silently, looking extremely pitiful.

The whole thing seemed to take a long time, but it actually only took two minutes.

Lin Xia was already safely on the tree.

The village ahead was in chaos.

The prey had been disturbed, and the wolves no longer lay dormant. After a long wolf howl, the pack took the lead in attacking.

The wolves pounced on the crowd, grabbing the prey's bodies with their sharp claws and biting the prey's necks with their strong teeth.

Most people could only use long sticks and torches to drive the wolves away, while the better ones took out hoes, sickles, and machetes and desperately hacked at the wolves' necks in an attempt to save their own lives and those of their families.

Some panicked and died on the spot; some managed to escape but suffered blood loss and shock; some fought back and were successfully killed; others screamed and fled, only to be trampled to the ground...

In this fierce battle, no side survived intact.