She picked up the young prime minister while fleeing famine

Upon hearing this, Qi Changshan immediately ran to find Lian Chengmo.

Then Banxia saw her second brother, Qi Changshan, pointing at her and saying something to the other person. Without saying a word, Lian Chengmo walked over.

"Banxia, ​​what brings you here?" Lian Chengmo sat down next to Banxia and asked with slight concern.

He was worried that the girl's injury might be serious. Although Lian Chengmo was busy, he kept an eye on Banxia out of the corner of his eye. He had just seen Doctor Li come by and then leave in a hurry.

"It's about going up the mountain tomorrow. My sixth uncle's leg definitely needs to be carried by someone. It's not safe for him to sit on a wheelbarrow."

"If he falls off due to a bump, the consequences could be serious, and the same goes for that uncle in Yao Li Village," Banxia stated her concerns directly.

"I've already mentioned this to Yao Lizheng, and he agreed to send two able-bodied men to take turns carrying Sixth Uncle. We'll just pay him some grain as payment." Upon hearing that this was the matter, Lian Chengmo quickly explained his arrangements.

"You've already asked around for me, thank you so much, but I still have an idea."

"Look, can we make a basket like this? It would be safer for people to sit on it, and it would also reduce their burden a lot," Banxia said, pointing to the ground.

Lian Chengmo looked over upon hearing the sound and discovered that the little girl had drawn a picture on the ground.

It was a strangely shaped chair with straps on the back that looked like a carrying basket.

As clever as Lian Chengmo was, he immediately figured out how to use it, and his eyes lit up.

"Banxia, ​​how did you come up with this? It looks perfect for carrying someone on your back while traveling." Lian Chengmo said with a hint of excitement.

This chair, let's call it that for now, is designed so that people with leg injuries can sit on it. The chair legs can be raised so that the legs can be straightened, preventing the legs that have been fractured and splinted from bending.

This couldn't be better for their current situation; it was tailor-made for Qi Lei and his companion.

However, there is a drawback: the person carrying them must be extra careful. It is best to have someone on both sides to protect them while walking, so that if someone slips or something, they can help to hold them up. Also, someone must help when lifting and putting them down.

However, even without this backrest, one still needs to be careful in this situation. With this backrest, not only can the injured person be prevented from further injury, but it also makes it easier for the person being carried to focus on the road conditions under their feet, killing two birds with one stone.

"I just thought of it when I saw Doctor Li's basket."

“These places can be made of rope or sturdy vines instead of wood to reduce weight, but they must be made of solid wood, otherwise they might break if you sit on them,” Banxia answered Lian Chengmo’s question casually, then pointed to the diagram.

She couldn't possibly say that she was thinking of the porters who worked at tourist attractions in her past life, could she?

Anyone who has been to a mountain climbing spot knows that some people don't want to climb the mountain themselves, but also don't want to miss the scenery by taking the cable car, so they can rent someone to carry them up, or ride in a sedan chair to be carried up.

Because the former is cheaper, many people choose the former.

Those carrying chairs are made of bamboo and weigh only a dozen kilograms, but they are very sturdy. As long as the person carrying the chair walks steadily, there will be no problem at all.

However, the conditions are not right now. Banxia sees that there doesn't seem to be any bamboo nearby, and there's no way to fire bamboo chairs right now, so it's better to use wooden ones.

The mortise and tenon structure from our ancestors is so durable that you can always trust its reliability.

Sure enough, as soon as Banxia explained her idea, Lian Chengmo immediately understood what to do.

He told the little girl to rest and recover from her injuries, and then hurriedly went to find the carpenter in Yaoli Village.

He needs to make at least two chairs; it would be difficult for him to finish them all by himself.

Seeing that everyone had left again, Banxia felt bored once more. These past few days, everyone had been watching her and making her recover from her injuries.

Especially after that incident, no one allowed her to act alone anymore; someone had to accompany her.

So, it took a tremendous amount of effort for her to grow some "wild vegetables" for herself.

Fortunately, her abilities have improved now, and it only takes her a few seconds to make a wild vegetable grow. Just give her a little time.

Aside from not daring to do it in front of Lian Chengmo, Banxia even managed to induce labor several times right under Wu Shi's nose, taking advantage of blind spots in her vision, without Wu Shi noticing.

At this point, it must be said that Aunt Wu's sixth aunt was really useful. Several times, Banxia even forced wild vegetables to grow on Wu's usual route so that she could pick them for herself, so as to avoid people making wild guesses, hehe.

Thinking about all this, Banxia felt that she was incredibly smart.

Lian Chengmo spent the entire afternoon working on the two chairs, but thankfully they were finally finished before dark.

That very night, Yao Lizheng ordered the able-bodied men to sharpen their weapons until they gleamed, ready to deal with any wild beasts roaming the mountains.

With so many of them, they wouldn't be afraid even if they encountered a tiger; their real fears were encountering a pack of wild boars or wolves.

Then there are venomous insects like snakes.

However, thanks to the insect repellent prepared by Physician Li, who carried it with him while clearing the way and standing guard during the daytime journey, there was no major problem.

So early the next morning, the group from Yaoli Village set off for Daliang Mountain with great fanfare.

The mountains here are much higher than before. Even if they only cross from one side of the mountain instead of climbing to the top, it will still take them one or two days to cross one mountain.

By the afternoon, they had already left the area where Li Langzhong was collecting herbs. He immediately told his son, who was leading the way, to be on high alert and to make sure to alert the enemy before proceeding, even if it meant going slowly.

After the first group of ten people cleared the way and confirmed that there was no danger, the next ten people would use their machetes and other tools to clear a path for the wheelbarrow to pass through.

Although Yaoli Village abandoned almost half of its handcarts, keeping only some small, easy-to-move wheelbarrows, it was still necessary to clear the road.

Banxia was forcibly put into the same wheelbarrow by Lian Chengmo, who pushed it himself. Among the children, only Xiaoshuang'er rode with Banxia; the other children walked alongside Lian Chengmo.

The large yellow ox was laden with baskets and other items, mostly food and luggage for Banxia and her companions, as well as some belonging to the villagers.

Banxia was still in the middle of the group, able to move forward or backward at will. The Wu family followed behind them. Qi Lei was carried on the back of a young man from the village, while Wu held Qi Gu beside him, occasionally keeping an eye on her husband's condition.

On the other side of that young man was another young man who was always on guard, ready to help at any moment.

Qi Sanshui led Qi Yun behind his son and daughter-in-law, followed by some women from Yao Li Village carrying luggage and leading children in the middle and rear, with Yao Dahe and his men bringing up the rear.

Maintaining their formation, they walked until almost dark, and they had only crossed two-thirds of the first mountain.

The mountains and forests are very dangerous, so the place to set up camp must be carefully chosen. Fortunately, Lian Chengmo seemed to know a lot about this. Yao Licun, who had never been to the mountains in the south before, found a suitable place to set up camp under his guidance and successfully spent the first night.

The second and third days passed in the same way, until the night of the fourth day, when what I feared most finally happened.