Especially in the figure of Qi Kangfu running back and forth, the knife on his waist is particularly conspicuous. He got it from a man in the village who got the knife from the Yamen.
It is a public artifact. The scabbard is different from others at first glance. If you look closely, you can see the public seal engraved on it.
The refugees are afraid of such a team that looks united and has tough guys. This is not the kind of refugees that come in twos and threes, nor are they a large group that breaks up in a rush and can't afford to offend.
Besides, they weren't any better than them. They all ate grass. They occupied this place and could often hunt wild game to make them meaty.
Especially looking at the three horses at the end, they felt even more happy.
This is a man with horses and cattle. It seems that their life was better than them in the past, but look at it now...
Many people are like this. If I see that you are worse off than me, then I feel relieved.
As for the matter of robbing horses and robbing cattle for meat, the middle-aged man is so cruel to the men around him who make suggestions:
"Look at those ones with knives and long sticks. Did you notice that the little girl on the horse at the end is holding a sword?
If you don't have any real skills at this time, who would put such an important weapon in the hands of a child?
If you look at how they move, the men holding the guys are guarding both sides, and the cars, old people, women, and children are walking in the middle. Do you understand this is solidarity?
If you make any move, they will all pounce on you. For those few cows and horses, do you know what the consequences will be?
It would be light to have a few people die.
We can also get something here, is it worth it?"
For some reason, he was very afraid of the little girl on the horse at the back. He felt that if he really dared to order them to be robbed, the little girl would immediately take his head.
Qi Bao'er, who was passing by them, smiled and nodded to the middle-aged man, "Dear, you're not wrong, I've been staring at you. With so many people here, you are the worst."
Although he had a cute, pretty and cute little chubby face and smiled like a little fairy boy, the middle-aged man shuddered and quickly turned away from looking at Qi Bao'er.
"What's wrong?"
Old Man Qi looked around carefully and sensed that something was wrong with Qi Bao'er, as if there was an evil aura coming towards him.
"It's okay, Dad."
Qi Baoer sat upright again, gently stroking the scabbard held in his left hand with his right hand, and stared ahead.
Except for a child who was so frightened by the tense atmosphere that he couldn't help crying, and a young daughter-in-law who was so frightened that she fell down, they passed the hinterland area relatively smoothly.
As we approached the narrow cliff road, there were no refugees around on either side of the road, only those looking at them with curiosity and sympathy from a distance.
Old man Qi led Qi Kangfu and the others on horseback to go around to the front of the team, while Qi Kangan and the others guarded the back of the team.
The hinterland is not small. By the time Qi Kang'an and others entered the narrow cliff road, they had already gone from the most comfortable dawn of the day to the scorching sun, the most sultry day of the day.
The left and right are natural barriers, which are also their most powerful safety guarantee now. The front should be safe for the time being, and the only thing to worry about is the back.
Qi Kang'an selected about thirty men from more than one man's family and asked them to walk at the end of the team.
Everyone moved forward in a hurry, not daring to stop even when they entered a narrow passage.
I was so tired that I could only breathe hard. I couldn't walk, and there were still people dragging me around.
When you are hungry, you can just grab something and eat it while walking.
My feet are worn out, so bear with it.
Finally, when the sun was setting over the western mountains, the Lao Qi family in front of them stopped.
What does it feel like to be extremely tired?
One by one, they stopped and either leaned against the cart or fell directly to the ground. The children were pale-faced, dumbfounded, and unable to cry.
For many people present in Qijia Village since the beginning of their escape, this was the first time they encountered a moment that directly threatened their lives.
Each one of them looked at the cart, the girls in the team, and the babies in their arms with greedy eyes. Even though they were far away from those people, their hands and feet were still shaking uncontrollably.
Qi Kang'an returned to Lao Qi's house from the 'lying corpses' one after another as if walking through a minefield.
"Dad, there are a lot of people coming up behind us. They are following us quite far away, so it's hard for us to chase them away."
The road is shared by everyone, and those people are just following them, and they can't stop them and say not to let them go.
Mrs. Tian, who was already paralyzed on the ground, suddenly sat up and said, "Are those people chasing you?"
"It doesn't look like them to me. These look like honest people."
Mrs. Tian pursed her lips: What’s the use of being honest at this time?
Old man Qi opened his water bag and drank some water, "We have been walking all afternoon, and we are not afraid of them whatever they want to do in this narrow passage. Let's take a look at the situation."
"Why."
Qi Kang'an turned to Mrs. Tian and said, "Mom, give me some steamed buns."
"How many do you want?" Mrs. Tian got up and walked to the cart closest to her, stretching her hand in through the gap between the sacks outside.
"Give me ten. I'll go get some information."
There were hundreds of kilograms of white noodles there, and the old lady Tian was no longer distressed enough to part with them. She just muttered, "Why do you need so many?" and took out ten steamed buns to pray for health.
Lao Qi's family has a convenience at the front. They can place two or three straw mats on the empty road in front for everyone to sit and rest or have a clean place to lie down.
There are either cars connected to cars or people connected to each other. To rest, you can only sit directly on the ground regardless of whether it is dirty or not, and some people even lie down directly on the ground.
It’s not that we can’t leave some space between each house so that everyone can spread out straw mats to rest, but think about it, for ninety households, with more than a hundred carts, how long will the queue be?
If there is space in the middle of each house for rest, how long will it be stretched?
Everyone is worried because there is a crisis at the back. If you ask them to pull back, who would be happy?
The whole family of Lao Qi's family no longer distinguished who was who. They sat around two straw mats side by side, holding the steamed buns feebly, drinking water and chewing every bite.
There was nothing to wash up after the meal, so everyone just leaned or lay down to catch their breath.
Qi Bao'er sat next to Ye Sanni and leaned on Ye Sanni's legs. Ye Sanni leaned against Daliang and Erlang behind them. Daliang and Erlang were back to back with their necks crooked and they were already snoring loudly.
sleep.
Qi Bao'er took a look and found that almost every one of Lao Qi's family had fallen asleep. Eight children, three, four, five, six and Feng Yuxuanjun, were sleeping side by side on a straw mat, and they were all snoring. Others were leaning against each other.
Carry it on your back, or sit on the sack on the front rack of your car.
Her father, father, and several uncles were away, and they had little time to rest throughout the day. They were also on the road when everyone else was on the road, and they had to patrol in shifts when others were taking a break.
Qi Bao'er only stared for a while before she heard the voices of her father and her father talking.
Her father used ten steamed buns to find out the news and came back.