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Liu Caixia quietly asked Liu Xiaolu to collect the pork in the basket. Liu's father and Lin Weizhong kept watch separately. Lin Weizhong kept watch in the first half of the night, while Liu's father got up to keep watch in the second half.

Liu Caixia wanted to switch with Liu's father, "Dad, Caiyun and I will take turns to keep watch at night! And Brother Lin, you also need to get more rest!"

When Liu's father heard her say this, he also said to Lin Weizhong, "Caixia is right. You are injured, so you should rest more. Our family can just keep watch!"

Lin Weizhong thought for a moment and said, "You guys take a rest first, I'll keep watch for half the night!"

Seeing that he was so persistent, Father Liu didn't say anything else and just closed his eyes and rested.

Liu Caixia said, "Okay, call me around 11 o'clock!"

Lin Weizhong: “Okay.”

The others who had nothing to do went to bed early. Their two families did not join the village in distributing the roe deer meat. They had agreed when the pigs were slaughtered that if the villagers did not share their pork, they would not share the roe deer meat hunted by the village either.

With seven fewer people to share the meat, the villagers could get a few more pounds of meat on average. The villagers didn't mind not getting any wild boar meat. After all, the wild boars didn't contribute anything, and they still ate so much wild boar meat for free, which was already very considerate.

Looking at the people in Hujia Village who were still busy, they prepared to rest early. They were exhausted after so many days and had no chance to have a good rest. Today, they took a shower and felt relaxed and fell asleep in a short while.

After a good night's sleep, Liu's father got up in the middle of the night to replace Lin Weizhong. Liu's father did not wake up his two daughters, but kept watch alone.

After he got up, he watched the barbecue. Although their wild boar meat didn't have to be roasted all into jerky, some of it still had to be roasted so that they could take it out and eat it on the way back.

Liu Caixia and Liu Caiyun went to bed early and slept well, waking up at about four in the morning.

Modern people go to bed late and get up late, but after coming here, we basically go to bed at around 8 or 9 at night, and get up at around 5 or 6 in the morning to pack up and get on with our journey.

They slept well this time, so they woke up earlier. Seeing that Father Liu was still preparing barbecue and skins, they let him go back to sleep as the other people in the village had not gotten up yet.

Liu Caixia and Liu Caiyun went to check the hanging skins. The fire was still burning. The people on night watch would add firewood to keep the fire going, which could both keep warm and protect against wild animals that were afraid of fire.

Liu Caixia took a look at the degree of baking of the leather. It seemed that the two of them had turned it over quite a lot during the night. The leather felt soft and was very dry, so there should be no problem storing it.

The barbecue had also been packed in a cloth bag and put away.

Another hour passed and the villagers got up one after another. Seeing that Liu's father and mother had not gotten up yet, Liu Caixia took the initiative to go over to talk to Village Chief Hu.

"Village Chief, are we going down the mountain today?"

Village chief Hu was getting fodder for his only remaining cow. The cow had a very hard time coming here, as it was easy to go up the mountain but difficult to go down. Although it had eaten more fodder, it had become thinner instead.

The cow looked so pitiful. Several times along the way we thought it couldn't hold on and had to eat beef, but it miraculously survived.

I don't think we will walk too fast later. After reaching the top of the mountain, I looked at the situation in the distance and estimated that it would take about 17 or 18 days to get down the mountain. This is just an estimate, and the time cannot be accurate.

This trip into the mountains took more than two months, which was much longer than they had expected.

The situation in the mountains changes rapidly, so we can only take one step at a time.

"Let's just pack up and go today. Let's go to the col first and find a way down the mountain from the lowest point. The mountain here is too big and it's easy to get lost!"

It took more than an hour to walk from the small pond back to the rocky hill where they had camped before.

Today's journey shouldn't be too far. The terrain over there on the rocky hill is relatively flat, so it will be more convenient to find a way down the mountain from there.

"Okay, let's check out the road and plan a route today. The situation in the mountains is quite complicated, and the way down is probably more difficult than going up! We have to take our time, otherwise it will be troublesome if we accidentally fall and get hurt!"

"Yes, we took the lowest col when we went up the mountain, but even if we take the lowest col when we go down the mountain, it will definitely be much steeper, and the mountain is higher and bigger. There is no shortcut, so we can only grope our way forward slowly. Anyway, it is definitely right to go east, and there is food in the mountains, it just takes a little more time!"

Seeing that Village Chief Hu had a plan and made good arrangements, Liu Caixia said nothing more and went back to call everyone else.

Liu Xiaolu and Lin Keyu also got up dazedly, carrying their small bags and ready to set off.

Liu Caixia and Liu Caiyun each carried a backpack, while Liu's father and mother and Lin Weizhong only had one bag. Wang Weizhong only had one bag before, and as he was injured, it was not convenient for him to carry too many things.

Father Liu now has a straw basket with some chestnuts and wild vegetables in it.

Liu Caiyun wanted to help Liu's father carry the basket, but Liu's father refused, "You still have to take care of Xiaomei. This basket is very light, I can carry it!"

Liu Caiyun would carry the backpack and walk with Xiaomei. If there was a place that was really difficult to walk, Liu Caiyun would even hold Xiaomei in her arms.

After a day's hard work, every household in the village had more dried meat, which resulted in more luggage. Many people used local materials in the mountains to weave a number of backpacks and baskets, which were filled with mountain products and Chinese herbal medicines collected from the mountains. Even the older children helped to carry some things home to the best of their ability.

After all! These are the confidence to survive.

After everyone had packed up, the villagers lined up in the old formation and began to walk towards the lowest point of the valley in an orderly manner.

The forest in the early morning appears particularly peaceful under the sunlight, and the chirping of birds and insects give people an inexplicable sense of security.

Maybe all they have left now is fatigue and numbness.

When they came near the rocky hill, they could vaguely hear many voices, and there were quite a few people talking.

Village chief Hu immediately signaled everyone to be quiet, made a gesture, and the team stopped where they were.

"Why are there so many people talking over there? Hu Youcai, take two people and go over there quietly to check out the situation. The others stay here and wait for news!"

The village chief's wife, Aunt Hu, saw that her children were starving, so she suggested to the village chief

"It will probably take them a while to get the news. Let's find a place over there to rest for a while and get something to eat. The children are hungry!"

The Liu family had already quietly replenished some food. According to later generations, it was already ten o'clock in the morning, and fourteen hours had passed since yesterday's dinner.

They couldn't stand not eating for such a long time. When they were hungry, they secretly ate a steamed bun and didn't dare to eat more.

Their complexions were originally better than others, and they had finally gotten some relief from hunger in the past two months. If they over-replenished themselves, the difference between them and others would be too big and obvious.

People in the village eat two meals, one at 10 a.m. and one at 5 p.m., and they have to manage their own food rations in between.

Generally, when I’m hungry, I’ll eat a few bites of dry food or chew a piece of dried meat.

Village chief Hu agreed and found a slightly flatter place. Some people were cooking, some were collecting firewood, and everyone started busying themselves.

By the time the person who went to inquire about the news came back, the wild vegetable and chestnut porridge cooked quickly and was ready in a short while, just in time to start distributing the rice.

"Village chief, many people have come to the mountain!"