Sure enough, I slept until dawn and nothing happened, but when I woke up in the morning, there was a lot of noise.
The reason was that Mrs. An asked An Zihao to call a doctor at dawn, but she only treated her two sons and did not care about Liu Mei's life or death.
Liu Mei was beaten severely by Ge Mingyu and Yang Qiuju. Her nose was bruised and her face was swollen. She could not straighten her waist and was crying.
"The money was earned by selling my daughter, and I was beaten by those two bitches. Why don't you treat me? Doctor, please give me a prescription first!"
Liu Mei cried and shouted at the same time.
His man, An Zicheng, also had a stern look on his face. He stood there without saying a word, but was already ready to speak out.
As for her two sons, one was fifteen and the other was eight. They saw that their grandmother refused to treat their mother, and they also knew that their mother was treated by two aunts.
In a rage, he picked up a wooden stick and beat the two aunts to vent his anger, causing them to hide and scream for help.
An Qingming was already fifteen years old and already tall, as tall as An Zihao. The older boy chased the two aunts with a wooden stick and started to make a fuss again.
When the commotion at Lao An's house subsided, Big Beard also brought someone over to get the iron pot.
Li Zheng came forward to return the iron pot, and when he was about to leave, Xia Qiyue asked someone to give out two corn pancakes to each person.
Now she only had about 300 left on her side, but they only contained two cotton bags and fifty kilograms of heavy dirt, so there was nothing she could do.
But before she could worry, the villagers stepped forward and carried all her luggage, without even pushing her two children.
"Sister Qiyue, just walk more lightly. We'll carry all this luggage for you! You'll feel strong after eating enough!"
The naive peasants can't speak, but they know the principle of repaying kindness.
Seeing the empty hands of her younger brothers and sisters, Xia Qiyue was quite moved. Although she had done a good deed by giving the villagers a full meal, she also had some selfish motives.
And because of this good thing she did, she got the family separation documents easily, and she even gave her a beating to vent her anger.
As for Lao An's family, who was lagging behind, except for the old couple, everyone was sick, and the eldest son's two sons were also beaten lightly or severely.
Although An Zikang and An Zihang's wounds looked serious from the outside, they were actually just skin injuries and did not affect their walking at all, so they still followed the team with difficulty.
An Qingling was carried by An Zihao, and only Ge Mingyu was holding her two-year-old son bitterly. Originally, his leg injury had not healed, but now the man was injured, and the family's luggage and their two-year-old son were all gone.
Becoming hers has been the most difficult journey.
After walking for about half a day, we arrived at Maoshan Town at noon when the sun was at its strongest.
At first glance, the entrance to Maoshan Town looks like the mouth of a bottle, surrounded by two winding mountains. Unless you climb the mountain, you can only pass through Maoshan Town.
Xia Qiyue discovered that there were many people sitting at the entrance of the town. They all seemed to have fled, and they all had sallow faces and thin skin. However, they all built simple cabins with wood. It looked like they had not lived there for a day or two.
Li Zheng quickly put down his luggage and went over to inquire with those people.
After coming back, he showed a happy expression on his face and told everyone that the daughter of the guard of Maoshan Town gave porridge once a day in the morning.
So they settled at the entrance of this town, surviving on one meal of porridge every day and not wanting to go any further.
Then he discussed it with the clan leader and decided to stay here for a while like those people to avoid any accidents on the way to the capital. If it rains, it is better to go back to Liulin County from here than from the capital.
Closer.
Autumn tigers are very scary, no worse than summer. Everyone squinted their eyes because of the heat. After listening to the clan leader's decision, they all rushed to get a seat, and then followed the example of those who had fled before, and went up the mountain to get some wood.
Build a shed, set it up simply, and live in it temporarily.
But finally there were some smiles on everyone's faces, and the smiles were no less than those with full stomachs last night.
At least after running around for so long, they always have a place to rest, and they have a meal of porridge every day to keep them alive, which is the best thing for them.
The people who came before were lined up one by one against the foot of the mountain on the left, while Li Zheng and the people from Shanbei Zhuangzi found a place a little away from those people, resting on the right side, facing those people.
After the people in Shanbei Zhuangzi received the order to select a location, they began to prepare to build a shed, because they felt that they would definitely stay here for a few more days. It was too hot during the day and too cold at night, so it was necessary to build a shed.
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The young men from almost every household followed Li Zheng up the mountain to chop wood. Xia Xinghe also went, but he was too young to carry much wood back at one time.
Fortunately, An Youde and the others took the initiative to get wood for them and build a shed for them.
If it's against the city wall at the back, just support it on the left, right and front, and put slightly thinner wood on top.
Most of the men in the farmer's family knew some carpentry work, and when Carpenter Gao saw them helping them, he took the initiative to come over and help, and the work was completed before dark.
"Sister, I see that Shanxi Zhuangzi is in good shape!" Xia Qiyue was observing the freshly baked house in her house, and her sister Xia Qiyue whispered in her ear.
Xia Qiyue followed her sister's line of sight and looked over. Sure enough, she recognized some people in Shanxi Zhuangzi, and among them was the figure of Lin Lizheng.
"Ignore it! You have separated from the old house a long time ago, so don't worry about it even if you bump into it!"
Xia Jiuyue didn't think so. She knew her grandma and her aunts well. If they found out that the siblings had not died of hunger and thirst, they would definitely become suspicious and ask around.
If they find out about the eldest sister's fate, she will be no worse than Lao An's family.
"Sister, I'm worried..." Xia Jiuyue hesitated. She knew that her eldest sister understood, and she didn't want to say too much to save the two little ones from worrying.
"Second sister, don't worry. We have separated our families a long time ago. What are you afraid of them doing?"
Xia Xinghe answered angrily. He felt that the second sister was too timid and worried about this and that.
The eldest sister is still very good. He liked the way she slashed people so much last night, so he followed her up and hit her a lot.
"What do you know? Didn't it take so much effort for the eldest sister and Lao An to get the documents to separate the family? What if grandma and the others are also across the street and they might join us and not separate the family, that would be troublesome!"
Xia Jiuyue was still a little worried and thought a lot, and what she said made sense.
"Then what should we do?" Xia Xinghe was frightened by his second sister, and looked towards the opposite side with some fear, trying to see if the people from the old house were there.
"Instead of worrying about things that haven't happened, you two should make your bedding quickly so that you don't have to sleep on the cold ground at night. Even though it's just a bed made of wood, it's still better than the cold ground! Hurry up!"
Xia Qiyue ordered his two younger brothers and sisters to work and told them to stop discussing. What he said was very scary.
Dear children, let me ask you a question, has it been too long for us to escape from famine? Do you want Xia Qiyue and the others to escape from famine to the capital or return the same way?