Started as a thatched house and ended up as a female figure

I wonder if Deng Xiong’s arrival turned on some switch.

After the team fleeing from Jiajiacun set off again, they began to encounter other refugees one after another.

Those refugees looked much worse off than the rest of them.

There were four to five hundred of them. Although they didn't have enough to eat every day, they seemed to be in good spirits, and everyone was carrying luggage.

What's more, there are several horse-drawn carriages, ox-carts, and mule carts in the team.

As for the refugees, most of them are old and weak, women and children, and there are almost no middle-aged men.

Some of the old, weak, women and children had something hanging on them, and some had nothing on them.

This situation did not change until Cheng Wan and the others went north out of Ganzhou and entered the territory of Ningzhou.

After entering Ningzhou, among the new refugees Cheng Wan and the others met, the proportion of strong men increased significantly.

Moreover, Ningzhou refugees also carry more luggage.

Of course, it depends on who you are comparing to.

Compared with Cheng Wan and the others, the wealth of most of the refugees in Ningzhou is still not as good as that of Cheng Wan and the others.

Cheng Wan and his group of several hundred people had indeed become the "big ones" on the escape route.

But because there were so many people like Cheng Wan and they looked like they were in the same group, the refugees did not dare to get close to make trouble.

And because the refugees could always find something to feed themselves along the way, the atmosphere among the refugees was generally quite calm.

No one wants to break this peace, especially the old, weak, women and children who don't have strong men at home.

Everyone knew that once the chaos started, it would never stop.

Cheng Wan was riding on the horse. Every time his eyes passed over the numb-looking refugees, he felt sour in his heart.

Cheng Wan believed that anyone with normal emotions would feel compassion when seeing this scene.

Cheng Wan let out the frustration in her heart and prayed sincerely: "I hope the war will end soon and everyone will no longer have to suffer from this war."

The sun was about to set, and the refugees in front stopped and began to rest on the spot.

Cheng Wan and the others also stopped.

Ever since the team met other refugees, the people fleeing from Jiajia Village did not dare to spread out too much when resting. They wished that hundreds of people could all be crowded together.

It feels safer this way.

Village Chief Jia also added many more people to the previous night watchman list.

I'm afraid that someone's children, money and food will be stolen at night if I don't pay attention.

Cheng Daniu and Cheng Erniu were on the night watchman list.

There are other refugees watching from a distance, but in fact they don’t want to bury the pot to make rice.

We can't distribute food to those people, but we still have basic sympathy and don't want to irritate them any more.

Moreover, I am really worried that if I irritate those people so much, they will come over to grab food regardless.

But you can’t make rice without burying the pot.

No matter how simple the meal is, the food must be cooked so that the children can eat it more easily.

Fortunately, in the past few days, everyone only cooks food every two days, and every time when everyone is cooking rice, Village Chief Jia will ask the men who are keeping vigil to stand at the outside of the team and form a circle to watch. .

So far, there hasn't been any trouble.

Mrs. Lin, Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Xiao Lin, and Aunt Cheng, the four of them were so busy that they were sweating profusely.

There are now sixteen people in the Cheng family, and it is no small undertaking to make two days' worth of food at one time.

Every household makes similar rations, which are nothing more than dry pancakes, fried flour, and fried rice.

If the fire breaks out one day, those who collect wild vegetables at home will make wild vegetable soup for a change of taste.

Li Sanzhu came over with a bundle of firewood and placed the firewood next to Mrs. Lin and the others.

Old Mrs. Lin was so smoked that she couldn't open her eyes. She took the time to glance at her son-in-law and said, "Sanzhu, you should go and have a rest. There are many people in the family, so you don't need to work."

Li Sanzhu shook his head and said with a smile: "Mom, I'm fine. I'm very happy to be able to do some work."

Yes, Cheng Wan's uncle, Li Sanzhu, finally got off the carriage after being forced to lie on the carriage by Cheng Wan for ten days.

Today is the second day he can walk freely.

Mrs. Lin saw that Li Sanzhu was really energetic, so she didn't care about him anymore.

In fact, Mrs. Lin was worried that Li Sanzhu would feel unhappy.

After all, according to the news brought by Deng Xiong, the people in Taohua Village are probably not in good shape.

Li Sanzhu's biological father and brother are still in Taohua Village.

Old Mrs. Lin was afraid that Li Sanzhu's injuries were not healed yet, and she was also hurt in her heart.

When Deng Xiong chased him before, although Li Sanzhu was in the carriage, he heard everything he should have heard.

He couldn't tell how he felt, but Li Sanzhu thought he hated them to death.

But when things came to an end, Li Sanzhu found that he still hoped that they could all live.

However, that's all.

To say that I am particularly worried about them, I am definitely not.

Li Sanzhu now really regards himself as a member of the Cheng family, and he even thinks of himself as Mrs. Lin's son.

time to eat.

The Cheng family gathered in a circle, each with a dry pancake and half a bowl of wild vegetable soup.

This is a food that has made many people jealous.

Cheng Wan swallowed the pancake in her mouth and said, "If we go forward for two more days, we will probably be separated from the village chief and the others. By then, our family will have to go on the road alone. You all know this by heart."

"No...ahem..."

Aunt Cheng quickly handed her bowl to Mrs. Lin's mouth, and put her other hand on Mrs. Lin's back, "Mom, take a sip of the soup quickly."

Old Mrs. Lin took Aunt Cheng's hand, swallowed two mouthfuls of soup, cleared her throat, and then said: "I'm not going alone. Your grandma Zhang said that her family wants to go with our family."

Mrs. Wang quickly added: "Sister-in-law Feng's family also said they would go with our family."

The Sister-in-law Feng mentioned by Mrs. Wang is Mrs. Song's eldest daughter-in-law.

That is a very cheerful woman.

Mrs. Song's family has been moving close to the Cheng family along the way.

Mrs. Wang and Sister-in-law Feng became familiar with each other as they went back and forth. Their temperaments were very compatible and their relationship was getting better and better.

This was the first time Cheng Wan heard that these two families were leaving with her family, and she was a little confused for a moment.

Why didn't she receive any letters before?

Mrs. Lin took a sneak peek at Cheng Wan's face. Seeing that Cheng Wan was a little confused but showed no expression of resistance or anger, she explained: "Your grandma Zhang told me privately that she didn't dare to come to you directly. I’m afraid you won’t be happy and think they are holding you back.”

It's not that Mrs. Lin is a coward, she still has to look at her granddaughter's face before she speaks.

Old Mrs. Lin seems to have a clear mind. Now the most capable person in the family is her eldest granddaughter, and her friends are all the rich ladies of the county magistrate's family.

That's a very valuable person.

It can be said that the whole family has benefited from the eldest granddaughter, otherwise their family would never have been as comfortable as they are now.

Mrs. Lin felt that since her eldest granddaughter was so powerful, she had to listen to her eldest daughter and let her make up her mind on some matters.

This is best for the whole family.

Just like now, if Cheng Wan really doesn't want Mrs. Zhang and the others to go with them, then Mrs. Lin will listen to Cheng Wan.

"Your Aunt Feng also means the same thing. Let me tell you. She said that her family is obedient and she will do whatever she is told."

Mrs. Wang was just thinking about finding an opportunity to talk to her daughter about this matter, but who knew that her daughter would take the initiative to mention that they wanted to separate.