"We passed two villages, and there was no one in them. It seems that everyone has fled."
What's annoying is that you left as soon as you left. Why did you harm the well in the village?
After passing two empty villages, we saw the miserable situation in Tianjia Village again. Although we had found the most urgently needed water, Qi Kang'an felt more and more confused about the future, and still felt a sense of despair that he couldn't explain.
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Or was it because of the well water incident? Why are there no good people left?
It was not easy for him to tell his father. He could see that his father was also depressed, but he was just trying to hold on.
Let alone tell his wife and son that they are equally unsure of how much they are counting on him. If he shows any signs of collapse, they will have to run ahead of him.
For some reason, when he looked at his daughter, he wanted to talk to her.
Maybe it’s because my daughter’s face has always been calm since she fled, or maybe it’s because of her unprecedented origins.
In short, he had an intuition in his heart that if he talked about these things with his daughter, her daughter would not be affected by his slight influence.
"Isn't this normal, Dad? Sanhe Town has been in chaos for a long time, and the news has been received long ago. The two villages we passed by are under the jurisdiction of Sanhe Town. Naturally, they will also receive the news early. Why don't they run away and wait to die?
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Is it stupid?
[Qi Baoer can also roughly guess the original intention of those people who destroyed the well water: If you force us to escape, then we will not leave water for you to drink.]
Qi Kang'an: "..."
See, this is what his daughter is capable of.
If he said this to his father, his father would sigh and say to him: Let's take it one step at a time.
If he said this to his wife and sons, they would just look at him in tears and ask: Brother An/Dad, what should we do?
Where is his daughter?
He was looking at him with his head raised, as if he was a fool so stupid that he was mentally retarded.
He found that this look appeared most frequently when his daughter was awake, and she seemed to look like this look at everyone.
He was worried several times that his daughter would be beaten because of public anger.
"Ahem＞＜, Bao'er, daddy wants to ask you something, why did you laugh at your sister-in-law Tian's house when you saw them having dinner last time?"
At first he thought Bao'er was laughing at their family's poor food, and he was worried that Bao'er was being spoiled by their family.
After two days of observation, he found that it was not because she could eat better than others, but because she despised others for not having a good life, and was not so coquettish. When Baoer saw the little girl holding the whole-grain steamed buns, he licked them as if they were treasures.
, her eyes were very straight and normal.
Now that Bao'er is showing this expression to himself, thinking of what Bao'er just said, he can be sure that he had misunderstood Bao'er before.
Sure enough, Wei Baoer uttered a few words leisurely, "Putting the cart before the horse."
"What do you mean?" It's not that I don't know the meaning of these four words, but I don't understand the connection between them.
Qi Baoer raised his head and glanced at Silly Dad again, looking up from the angle where Qi Kangan could only look down, as if he was rolling his eyes.
"I saw that the man who wanted to push the cart was a steamed bun that was no bigger than my fist, half for the boy and half for the two daughters-in-law. The granddaughters were not given anything to eat, so they plucked weeds from the roadside to eat.
I know that many families in the village are like this. Because there is not much food, it seems that if they save some food, they can eat for a longer time with the food they bring. Because the daughter-in-law and granddaughter-in-law are outsiders, and the girl will get married in the future, so this
When planting, give less or no money, and protect your own people first.
But they forgot one thing, what we are escaping is a difficulty with huge risks behind us. Whether we have to walk non-stop all day long or are strong laborers pushing carts, it takes a lot of energy.
Where does human strength come from?
On food.
Everyone in the world knows a simple truth: Only when you are full can you have strength.
If they don't eat enough, they will become less and less energetic. In order to keep up with the team, they can only work as hard as they can, which will wear down their bodies and even seriously shorten their lifespan.
Even if all the food we brought is eaten, what is there to be afraid of? What we are escaping from is war, not natural disasters. There are no floods or droughts. At least we haven’t encountered them yet, right?"
Qi Baoer pointed to the mountain opposite, "Dad, look at the green mountains. We are in a big gourd surrounded by dense forests. Even if there is a drought, all those dense forests cannot die at once.
As long as there are trees that are not dead, there will be water under the trees. As long as there are forests, there will be wild animals in the forests, and there will be grass and wild vegetables.
Okay, even if the woods here are too dangerous, is there not much green on the way here?
As for their different treatment of their daughter-in-law and granddaughter, I am too lazy to comment further."
The more I listen to the prayer for health, the brighter my eyes become.
He felt that what his Bao'er said was so reasonable. There was food everywhere in the forest. He didn't dare to go into the forest. There was a lot of food on the roadside. He, Lianba and the others came all the way to the back.
Isn’t it supported by the wild grass and vegetables on the roadside?
He was feeling desperate just now, but when he told his daughter, he realized that his worries were completely unfounded and he was just looking for trouble to cause trouble for himself.
However, Qi Baoer's last words made him feel so cold that he couldn't say a word for a long time.
It's hard for him to say anything about other people's family matters. Nine out of ten households in the village are like this. Male children are treasures, while female children are not even grass.
It was considered benevolent to take the baby girl with him when he could escape. He just saw that among the people in Tianjia Village, there were only a few baby girls.
Qi Bao'er also knows that this is a social phenomenon that is very difficult to change. In her previous life, the national economic level was already so high, and many people still preferred boys over girls. What's more, people here generally think that boys are boys.
It can carry on the family line, but the female baby is raised for other people's family.
Even reality is constantly consolidating this idea. The education of women is to regard the husband as heaven and follow the son even if the husband dies.
Qi Bao'er had no intention of changing the general environment. She was not a god, and she didn't want to put in the effort to fight against the whole world. It was just that she had seen too much in the past few days, which made her feel a little depressed.
“Dad, we’re almost at Sanhe Town ahead, right?”
Qi Kang'an felt dizzy when he heard Sanhe's advice, "It's almost there. If we rest all night, we can arrive at noon tomorrow. If we don't rest at night and just pack up and leave, we can arrive at midnight."
What's wrong, baby?
Why did you suddenly mention Sanhe Town?
You have forgotten the news that dad found out, there has been chaos in Sanhe Town for a long time."
Qi Baoer looked at him again as if he was mentally retarded.
"Dad, think about it from another perspective. Sanhe Town is larger than Peifeng Town, and there are more wealthy households in Sanhe Town than in Peifeng Town.
It is true that they got the news early, but dad, you have forgotten that the richer the people, the more afraid they are of death. After getting the news, they will only think about running away as quickly as possible. Life is more important than anything else.
Which rich family doesn't have food stored in their home?
If you want to escape quickly, you won't make the team too bulky and slow down the journey. Food is a heavy object. Will they take all the food away together?
Rich households are not stupid. Will they really bring a large amount of food and make themselves a target for refugees to grab food?
When the number of refugees is large, it will be useless no matter how many guards you have.
Dad, I think that when escaping for their lives, they should mainly bring silver notes and gold and silver. This is the hope for a comeback. Too much food may be fatal."