Xu Chunshan struggled and struggled until midnight. Just when he was about to sleep, he heard movement not far away. He heard a few sharp screams and words like "the donkey is missing".
Thinking of what he had just seen, he figured out that the two men must have been too hungry to steal someone else's donkey.
Everyone here heard the noise, but no one bothered to meddle.
I can't even care about it, and I don't have the strength.
So, they all got up and checked to see if their things were still there, and then went back to sleep.
Old man Xu told Xu Chunhe, who was keeping watch at night, to be alert.
Xu Chunshan couldn't fall asleep again for a while. After a while, he managed to fall asleep. It felt like he hadn't slept for a while when there was movement around him again.
While the sky is bright and the sun has not yet risen, the refugees are all busy on their way.
Old man Xu was waving his hands and shouting a few words, indicating to the families that they should pack up and get on the road quickly.
Xu Chunshan saw this situation when he opened his eyes. Thinking about what he had been struggling with for a long time last night, he gritted his teeth and ran towards Old Man Xu.
"Hey! Third child, why are you pulling me?" Old Man Xu was talking to Old Man Zhou. When he saw the third child coming over, he pulled him away without saying a word. He tried to break free but failed.
When he reached an unoccupied tree, Xu Chunshan turned around and saw Old Man Zhou following him.
Forehead……
Old man Zhou glared at him, "What? What are you going to tell your father? I, the uncle, can't bear to hear it?" He couldn't help scolding this lazy third brother every time he saw him, but this time, My brother-in-law said that he has gotten better, but he has been watching from the sidelines for the past two days, and it seems that he is too?
Hard times are coming and lazy people will starve to death if they don't work hard. Who cares about them?
Just then I said that he was good, but this man lost his temper and was busy organizing the trip. Why did he pull him so hard that his father was like a dead dog and was about to fall?
It depends on what you want to say.
Old man Xu pulled up his shoes that were almost pulled off, looked at Xu Chunshan and said: "Yes, third child, what are you going to say? We are busy on our way, everyone else has already gone away!"
Xu Chunshan watched the refugees around him rushing on their way one after another, and no one noticed that they were still lingering. He took a breath and said, "Dad, let's go east today."
When Old Man Xu heard this, he looked at him like a fool and said: "Qingzhou is in the north, your sister-in-law is in Qingzhou, everyone is going north, why should we go east?"
Old man Zhou also scolded him, "You idiot, what did I think you were going to say? Get up and drive, we have to hurry!"
There is water a hundred miles eastward!
Xu Chunshan opened his mouth, but he couldn't say that. If he really said that, the two old men would think that he was confused and had hysteria.
But if they don’t go, they will die of thirst! Really!
He knew that his daughter and daughter-in-law were so thirsty that they couldn't stand it anymore, and so was he!
He saw water with his own eyes, so he could firmly say to go east.
But others don’t know!
Xu Chunshan was so anxious that he wanted to jump, but after thinking for a while, he gritted his teeth and said: "Dad! Uncle! I went to take a dump last night, and in the forest over there, I saw two people beating that family's donkey to death and dragging it to drink. Donkey's blood eats donkey's meat!
There are so many refugees here, it’s very chaotic! It’s only been two days, and people have started stealing livestock. When the livestock is gone, won’t they start stealing people? We can’t guard against it! We can’t follow these people. ! Even if we have to leave, we have to travel a little distance, but don’t get so close to these people, who knows who will steal them!"
Yesterday, the donkey was stolen. There was a big commotion and everyone heard it. Old man Xu didn't doubt it when he heard this. He was thinking at that time that some disaster brother-in-law must have stolen it.
But just because of this, you don’t want to go down this path?
Old Man Xu just wanted to roll his eyes, "How many people are there now? Tens of thousands at most. If we slow down, in a few days, there will be tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of refugees on this road. By then, we will be afraid!"
We just need to hurry up and get out of Yunzhou as soon as possible so that we can survive. We will go farther and farther east!"
Old Man Zhou's first focus was obviously different. After listening to some of the conversation, he looked at Xu Chunshan and muttered, "You can actually poop?" He didn't even poop out yesterday.
Xu Chunshan:......I don’t want to talk anymore.
But he was stunned. He wanted to talk and persuade again, but old man Xu had already turned around and left, gathering everyone to set off quickly.
They are the only family left here. If they don't leave, they will fall far behind.
Xu Chunshan thought about the possibility of his family of four leaving the team and heading east.
But as soon as the idea came up, he immediately shook his head and rejected it.
Just kidding, this is a year of calamity, there is still a war going on, it is very chaotic, these families are walking together, at least there are dozens of men in total, others have to hesitate if they want to bully them.
But if there are only four of them in their family, two girls and one boy, just a grown man like him, how can he be robbed and bullied by others?
Xu Chunshan could only sigh and follow him up.
Although I had a night's rest, I only ate one steamed bun a day, and no one could move faster.
Zhang Xiulan glanced at her husband and saw that everyone else was a little far away from them. Her voice was softer and could not be heard clearly, so she asked him in a low voice, "Why do you want to go east?"
Xu Yinyin and Xu Dajun are also curious.
Xu Chunshan looked around, and also lowered his voice and said excitedly: "You all fell asleep last night, so I didn't wake you up. Let me tell you, I also have a golden finger!"
Three pairs of eyes were curious, "What?"
Xu Chunshan grinned: "Junjun has ears for the wind, but I am clairvoyant! I saw it with my own eyes last night. In a mountain about a hundred miles east, there was a spring! There was water!"
"No wonder you said you wanted to go east." Zhang Xiulan said.
"It's a pity that I can't say it. Even if I tell them, they won't believe it. There's nothing I can do, even if I know there's water, I can't drink it."
Xu Yinyin didn't expect that her father also had golden fingers. Does that mean that all four of their family have golden fingers?
What about mom?
It seems you haven’t found it yet?
Thinking that she already knew where there was water but couldn't drink it, Xu Yinyin lost all motivation to move forward.
She is thirsty!
Xu Dajun was also surprised that his father also had a golden finger, or a clairvoyant one! Hey, they are indeed a father and son. What a perfect match for this golden finger?
Even if he can hear it, his dad can actually see it!
But it’s useless to see them, they won’t go east!
Xu Dajun looked at Old Man Xu who was walking with a cane in front of him, rolled his eyes, and quickened his pace to catch up.
"Master, I will help you walk!"
Seeing that it was his grandson, old man Xu smiled kindly and said, "No, I have a cane! You can walk! You can walk on your own."
Xu Dajun then supported Mrs. Xu on the other side, "Nai, I'll walk with you. Are you tired? My grandson will carry you?"
Mrs. Xu grinned, "You have such a small body, you don't need to carry breast milk, so don't make you tired!"
"Hey, grandson will help you walk!" Xu Dajun also laughed.