Wife is an enemy general

001.

Walking from the top of the mountain where they live to the deep mountains and wild forests behind them, if they don't stop on the road and take some easy roads, after nearly three days, they will be able to stay away from the area where they live now.

But this was when the road was easy to walk before, and it was when it hadn’t snowed yet. Now the mountains have been covered by heavy snow, and the road under the feet has become difficult to walk, so it takes more energy and time to walk inside. .

After sending Uncle Hong down the mountain, Li Mu went back to the mountain and led the people on the mountain, and walked towards the deep mountain along the route that had been planned long ago.

There is heavy snow on the road, and everyone dare not walk randomly, but try to choose some roads that look more stable.

Food and some clothes to keep out the cold were carried on the backs of the people. Li Mu and Zhong Xiuyuan carried two large bamboo baskets that were divided into several layers. Those little ducks that came back.

They carried the batch of ducklings bought later on their backs, and the batch left earlier were driven away in the snow.

It was so cold that not only people suffered, but ducks also suffered, and the soles of each and every one of them were frozen red.

But there is no way, if they don't leave, what awaits them may be hunting by a group of hungry soldiers, or the extreme cold and hunger in the ice and snow.

In such a snowy day, even people may not be able to survive in the mountains, let alone these ducks.

A group of people walked straight forward in the forest without looking back. After walking for fifteen or six days, they finally found a suitable place to live.

It was a low-lying mountain stream, surrounded by mountains on three sides, which sheltered most of the wind, snow and severe cold, forming a not very big but rather warm basin.

There is also snow in the basin, but because it is covered by mountains next to it, the snow is not very thick, and some withered and yellow branches and grass leaves can be seen vaguely, as well as brownish-yellow mud.

The reason why Li Mu chose this place was that on the one hand, he took a fancy to these places. The ducks should be easier to live in, and it was not so cold. On the other hand, it was also because there was a big cave nearby.

The condition of the cave is not good. It is said to be a cave, but it is actually just a big notch between the mountain walls, but it is dry inside. Compared with other places where the sky is full of snow, this place can be said to be a fairyland for them.

The rest of the people stood around the duck in the snow. After Li Mu and Zhong Xiuyuan put down their things, they walked around in a circle.

After a while, the two walked back through the thick snow.

Li Mu walked back while patting the snow on his shoulders, Zhong Xiuyuan saw this and ran two steps to keep up with Li Mu.

"How is it?" Bai Osmanthus asked from a long distance away.

They have been walking in this mountain for a long time, except for sleeping time, they have been moving almost all the time, and everyone has long been exhausted.

"Stay here for now!" Li Mu nodded.

Looking at the situation here, it should be safe for the time being. Even if those people fight, they probably won't be able to come to this place for a while.

And after so many days, they have come across such a place with slightly better conditions, and if they continue to walk inside, they may not be able to find any place where people can live.

After hearing Li Mu's words, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and a bit of joy appeared on their faces.

Bai Osmanthus threw all the things she was carrying into the snow, then sat down on the package, and said with a smile: "There is finally a place to stay."

Seeing Bai Osmanthus sitting down on the ground, Zhong Manlu also sat down beside him.

Because Li Mu and Zhong Xiuyuan were busy taking care of the ducks on the way, they couldn't take care of Yuner, and he carried Yuner on his back all the way.

Zhong Manlu himself is not very old, only 13 years old. Although Yuner is younger than him, he is still a few pounds tall. He is carrying luggage on his back, and holding Yuner, he is really tired.

Yun'er wanted to go down by herself, but in some places the snow was very deep, he was such a small person, if he accidentally got stuck in the snow, half of him disappeared.

During this time, Li Mu and Zhong Xiuyuan had already walked in front of the crowd. With the help of Zhong Xiuyuan, Li Mu wiped off all the snow on his body, looked around again, and said: "Everyone first Rest for a while, get something to eat, and we have to clean up this place before it gets dark."

Although this place looks more suitable for temporary residence than other places, it is only in comparison. If you really want to live in this way directly, it will not be able to live at all.

Along the way, Li Mu seemed to have become the leader of the fleeing team. As soon as Li Mu said that it was time to eat, everyone who had just been sitting motionless on the ground quickly got up, performing their duties and busy lighting the fire to cook.

Zhong Xiuyuan looked at Li Mu whose snow had been wiped clean, but did not relax his brows, and kept furrowing, "Why don't you go change your clothes?"

Just now when the two of them ran to see if the big cave could be used for people, Li Mu poked the rock wall above with a stick to check if it was safe, but one of them accidentally poked a big bubble of snow and almost buried him. inside.

Zhong Xiuyuan was so frightened that he hurried over to help pull him out for a long time before pulling him out.

Although the snow water on Li Mu's body has been wiped clean at this moment, his clothes are also wet.

When this kind of heavy snow covers the mountains, it is different from usual. A little bit of water will freeze in a short time, and the temperature will naturally be different from the usual low.

He was a little afraid that Li Mu would get sick at this time, because if Li Mu fell ill at this time, without medicine, even if he had learned a lot of medical knowledge, he still wouldn't be able to use it at all.

Li Mu looked at the water stains on his shoulders and back, and shook his head, "It's okay, we still have to clear the snow around the cave after eating, I guess we're still busy."

While the two were talking, the people on the other side who gathered around the fire had already boiled the water, took out their cups and poured them one by one.

In this kind of bone-chilling snowy day, being able to drink a glass of warm water can be said to be an extremely happy thing.

They lived like this all the way down the road. They were on their way when they could see them on weekdays. If there was a snowstorm or they couldn't see clearly, they would find a place to rest together temporarily.

Bai Osmanthus and Su's sister-in-law helped to cook, while the rest of the people either helped to build a shelf for the pot, or helped to pick up materials for the fire.

"Brother Li, if we just live in this cave, won't it be a bit small?" Su's sister-in-law looked at the big hollow in the distance while drinking the water in her glass.

The big concave hole is indeed not big, it is estimated to be only half the size of the main room of Li Mu's house.But in their current group, there are four in Li Mu's own family plus Yun'er, three in Su's family, and one in Bai Osmanthus, a total of eight people in total.

Such a big place, if you just stay for a few days, it's okay, if you want to stay for a long time, it's probably not enough.

"Sister-in-law of the Su family, let's stay here for now. Isn't the situation uncertain? If the previous battle is over, we might go back tomorrow." Bai Osmanthus hurriedly persuaded.

Hearing this, the smile on Su's sister-in-law's face stiffened a little, he smiled and didn't speak again.

Gong Yinyin was picked up by his mother before the start of the war, and seemed to be heading south.

Li Mu finished drinking the warm water in his cup and glanced at the hole again. After a moment of contemplation, he said, "Let's see the situation first. If the situation is not right and you really have to stay here for a long time, then build a shed at that time." Just come out."

It was probably because the mother and son had clearly noticed that Li Mu's attitude towards them had become more indifferent recently, so they no longer acted like they did before to follow his lead in everything.

Li Mu didn't feel anything about this, on the contrary, he felt a little relaxed.

In the snow, after everyone was silent for a while, Bai Guihua asked everyone to go and see what was cooking in the pot.

They brought a pot in total, but they cooked two meals, one for them and the other for the ducks.

In this icy and snowy land, there was nothing on the ground except snow, so the food that was fed to the ducks along the way was prepared by Li Mu in advance.

There were bad bran skins, and chopped sweet potatoes, and some sweet potato vines and things like that.

Originally, the ducks ate these things directly, but because the weather is too cold now, they have to boil the water and these foods for a while, and then feed the ducks to prevent them from freezing to death.

Although this was a bit troublesome, and there was a lot of heavy luggage to carry, everyone didn't speak, because if they were to say that it was good for them to walk all the way with the duck, it was probably the duck egg.

Although the environment along the way was very bad, and the ducks suffered a lot, they could still pick up a lot of duck eggs in a day, which meant that they basically didn't have much food to bring with them.

Most of the time on the way, they ate ready-made duck eggs, several big ones per person, and they ate better than when they were at their own home in the mountains.

The round boiled eggs, together with a bowl of hot water, after a few mouthfuls, it seems that the whole body is heated up, and the cold hands and feet seem to have strength.

After the meal, everyone didn't rest, just now their bodies warmed up, and they hurriedly got busy under Li Mu's arrangement.

If people want to live in the hollow, it must be tidied up. Some of the naturally falling gravel must be moved outside, and the uneven places must be filled in a little bit.

If these things were done at any other time, Li Mu would be able to finish these things in a short time by himself, but now it is such an environment where the mountains are covered with snow and the sky is cold.

In such an environment, people seem to have no strength, their fingers can't be straightened, and their bodies are not flexible. Naturally, when doing things, they are as slow as a tortoise.

A group of seven active people walked in and out around this small hollow for a long time before finally clearing the ground.

"Tamp down the ground a bit more, and then sweep the snow outside the cave entrance." Li Mu instructed Bai Guihua and the others to sweep the snow on the other side of the cave entrance, while he led Zhong Xiuyuan to go out. Find some branches that can cover part of the opening and prevent drafts from leaking at night.

The hole they found was not a hole, but a hole.If I insist on describing it, it feels like a piece is suddenly sunken in at the foot of the mountain.

The opening of the cave is very wide, wider than the inside of the opening. If the outside of the opening is not covered for the most part, there will definitely be wind leakage at night.

Li Mu led Zhong Xiuyuan, and each of them took a machete, found a relatively low bush forest, and chose some places that were easier to strike, then bent down to cut trees there.

The branches that only need a few knives on weekdays, now because both of them are a little stiff in their fingers, and they can't use much strength on their bodies, so it takes a long time to chop, and they are a little out of breath after only a few strokes.

Zhong Xiuyuan chopped his head for a while, and when he straightened up tired and looked towards Li Mu, he saw that Li Mu was staring at his hand in a daze, and the snow in front of him was a piece of red.

In the pale snow, large expanses of red spread out, like bright flowers blooming in the snow.

At that moment, Zhong Xiuyuan immediately threw the machete in his hand aside, and then hurriedly stepped forward to grab Li Mu's bleeding left hand.

There was a wound on the back of Li Mu's hand, a little deep, and a layer of skin was lifted obliquely, like a crescent moon.

The wound was still bleeding out at an extremely fast speed, and his hands were completely red in a short while, and the blood on the ground was dripping from the wound.

002.

"What are you doing!" Zhong Xiuyuan had never felt angry and afraid. Ever since what happened to Zuo Yi, he had been afraid of Li Mu doing something stupid. During this period of time, Li Mu had indeed become more silent than before, making him People are afraid.

After that roar, he immediately felt distressed again, quickly took off his clothes and looked for the hem of the clothes, tore off a large piece of cloth with a 'stab' sound, and hurriedly covered the wound on Li Mu's hand.

"Are you crazy?" Zhong Xiuyuan nervously covered the wound on Li Mu's hand while looking at this man with red eyes.

This person had obviously been injured just now, but he remained motionless, as if he was fascinated by the wound.

Li Mu was frightened by this man, looked at his wound, and actually showed a smile on his face, he said a little funny: "Don't be so nervous, I just scratched accidentally."

Zhong Xiuyuan looked at Li Mu suspiciously, he wanted to believe that it was just an accident, but the fear in his heart made him uneasy.

Seeing his appearance, Li Mu couldn't help but smiled and said, "It's too cold, my hands are frozen, and I can't move flexibly. When the knife hit the tree trunk, it flicked, and the edge of the knife scratched my hand."

Hearing Li Mu's words and seeing the smile on his face, Zhong Xiuyuan finally relaxed and believed it a little.

This tree is really not easy to cut, it looks not as thick as a wrist, but because they are too cold to move flexibly, he has cut it crooked several times.

"Don't mess with it, I'll do it." Zhong Xiuyuan grabbed the knife from Li Mu's other hand and threw it into the snow.

Knowing that Li Mu didn't do it on purpose, he felt even more distressed.

The wound in this snowy day is very painful, far more painful than in the hot summer, and the wound is so deep, this person is afraid that he will suffer for a long time...

Zhong Xiuyuan lowered his head and looked at the wound sullenly, then took out a small medicine bottle from his pocket, applied medicine to the wound, and tied it up with the cloth.

Li Mu didn't speak, just smiled and looked at the sullen person in front of him.

This person was so nervous and angry just now, did he think he did it on purpose?

Thinking of this, the smile in Li Mu's eyes faded a bit, but his eyes looking at Zhong Xiuyuan became more gentle.

Did he think he would commit suicide like Zuo Yi?

That's why you've been following him lately?

"Don't worry, I won't die." Li Mu whispered with a smile.

Zhong Xiuyuan's body stopped suddenly when he heard the words, and he stopped bandaging Li Mu's wound with his hands. He didn't raise his head, but just lowered his head, so that people couldn't see the expression on his face clearly.

But Li Mu smiled again: "I didn't die on the battlefield, it's impossible to die here instead." After a pause, he said a little uncomfortable and strangely: "I'm just a little uncomfortable."

Zhong Xiuyuan slowly raised his head, his mouth was slightly pursed, his eyes were already scarlet.For so long, it was the first time he heard the word 'uncomfortable' from Li Mu's mouth.

He knew that Li Mu was suffering, how could he not understand, but this man said nothing and did nothing, the appearance of bearing silently made people feel distressed and frightened.

Li Mu looked at the red-eyed person in front of him with slight surprise, and after a while he belatedly remembered that this was not the first time this person had red-eyed in front of him.

Li Mu raised his uninjured right hand, pinched Zhong Xiuyuan's cheek that had been thinner recently, "Silly."

Li Mu is actually not good at these things, he is not good at talking to people, he is not good at expressing his feelings, and he is not good at comforting others.

This is probably a habit developed during those years in the military camp. At that time, everyone put all their energy into how to survive, and there was no extra thought to pay attention to what others thought.

Li Mu also gradually put away these things at that time, and buried all his thoughts in his heart.

He can see everything and everything, but he is not good at expressing it.

Zhong Xiuyuan was called stupid by Li Mu, but his eyes were a little redder. If Li Mu was greatly affected by this incident, and he was sad, Zhong Xiuyuan would not be much more relaxed than him.

Those pains, one part of the pain on Li Mu's body, two part of the pain in his heart.

Li Mu pinched the other side of the man's face again, seeing the man who was motionless and letting him pinch, Li Mu couldn't help muttering, why did this man become stupid after staying with him for a long time?

Obviously, when he first started, he looked quite smart.

"Okay, stop acting like I made you cry, or they will find it strange when you go back later." Li Mu said softly.

At the moment when Li Mu was about to take back his hand, Zhong Xiuyuan raised his hand and squeezed Li Mu's hand, letting his hand cover his face, "Li Mu, I like you."

Zhong Xiuyuan looked at Li Mu quietly, he knew that Li Mu was much stronger than others imagined, but in fact, sometimes, he didn't have to bear it silently by himself.

Feeling the cold temperature in Li Mu's palm on his face, Zhong Xiuyuan had thousands of words to say in his heart, but in the end he became speechless.

Seeing his appearance, Li Mu, who was about to leave, took a step back and stood beside him, then kissed him, "Well, me too."

Zhong Xiuyuan gave a sharp pause, and he froze in place. After a while, he came back to his senses, and hugged Li Mu back vigorously, responding to his movements and requests.

With a bit of warm and cold breath, it blended between the two people's mouths, and what melted together was the tension and anxiety that had been in the past few days.Intersecting, and there are some things that are unclear.

Li Mu didn't intend to deepen the kiss, he tasted it lightly.Zhong Xiuyuan didn't care, he hugged Li Mu tightly and followed Li Mu's lips, trying to deepen the kiss.

After waiting for so long, he finally got these words from Li Mu's mouth. After waiting for these words, how could he stay calm?

At this moment, he couldn't restrain his desire for Li Mu and the man in front of him, and he couldn't suppress the desire in his body that was soaring because of him.

Just when Zhong Xiuyuan's hand was hugging Li Mu's clothes tighter and tighter, Li Mu quickly grabbed his hand and locked him tightly. At the same time, his deep and hoarse voice rang in Zhong Xiuyuan's ear, " do what?"

Zhong Xiuyuan raised his scarlet eyes and looked towards the direction behind Li Mu, where other people were.The distance between the two sides is not too far, and they might hear the movement a little louder here.

But he was hungry, he was thirsty, his body was empty, he felt uncomfortable, he wanted Li Mu, he was going crazy thinking about it!

The feeling of emptiness and emptiness in his body made him want to go crazy like this, his body and soul were on fire because of this person's words, scorching hot.

"Li Mu, Li Mu..." Zhong Xiuyuan called Li Mu's name again and again, kissed Li Mu's mouth, and looked into Li Mu's eyes, full of love, longing, and emotion.

"Li Mu..." Zhong Xiuyuan put his arms around Li Mu's neck, and he pressed his body against it, making Li Mu feel his hunger and desire, "I want you, I like you..."

Li Mu is not a real piece of wood, and the person in his arms who is moving and rubbing against him is not someone he doesn't like. Hearing Zhong Xiuyuan's blatant and bold words of seduction, Li Mu only feels that the whole person All burn up.

The icy cold air permeating the surroundings instantly digested and turned into scorching breath, and he, who was surrounded by this heat, seemed to be about to melt.

"Don't light the fire, or do you not mind being here?" Li Mu kissed back, his hands traced the tight back lines of the person in his arms through the clothes, and all the lines in his mind were the body lines of his hands...

He is also crazy, he actually has the urge to swallow people into his stomach and make him a part of him, so that he will belong to him forever!

Zhong Xiuyuan panted heavily, he looked up at the person in front of him affectionately and passionately, the person he loved deeply and engraved in his soul, "Never leave me alone." If you want to die, you have to die together.

He doesn't want to be like his master, even if it's just for a moment, he wants to be with this person, forever and ever!

"Okay." Li Mu's voice became deeper and hoarse. He who never showed his emotions was now his truest appearance.

There is warmth between the edges and corners of his normally cold face, gentle and domineering, but there is a bit of nostalgia in the domineering.

The two looked at each other and kissed each other affectionately, wishing to melt people into their own bodies and then merge into one and never separate.

After the kiss was over, Li Mu hugged the person in his arms and gasped quietly for a moment.

When he regained his composure, Li Mu did not let go and leave immediately as before, but looked at the person in front of him and said softly: "Old Hei is actually a bit like Zuo Yi, although he looks very calm on weekdays, but sometimes Like that Zuoyi, he likes to make trouble..."

Zhong Xiuyuan didn't speak, but just listened quietly.

For a long time, Zhong Xiuyuan wanted to know Li Mu better, he wanted to know what Li Mu had experienced before, and also wanted to know what he was thinking, but Li Mu never gave him that chance.

Although he didn't refuse him to stay by his side, didn't refuse him to approach him, but the door has been closed tightly.

Zhong Xiuyuan has been wandering outside the door, but has never had the courage to knock or push, because the door is closed in the darkness that Li Mu himself is not willing to touch.

Now, Li Mu told him that he could go through that door.

Li Mu looked at his hand that was still bleeding, found a place to sit down, and then waved to Zhong Xiuyuan, asking him to sit next to each other and rest for a while.

Suddenly wanting to talk about what happened before, Li Mu didn't know where to start.

"Old Hei is very good at his feet, and the first thing he taught me was that gait. I always thought that it was because that gait was good for escaping on the battlefield, so I learned it very seriously." Li Mu smiled bitterly, "The result is that I took that gait. After learning the steps to a certain extent, when the team called for dinner, he threw me into the crowd and asked me to grab it for him."

In the war-torn era, eating in the barracks was not like usual everyone lined up neatly.

Many times during the march, the army did not have enough food to eat, and everyone rushed to the front to grab it. Those who were able were well fed, and those who were not were left hungry.

Originally, the task of snatching food was assigned to Lao Hei, because he was the fastest runner and the best in their team, and he would definitely grab it every time he made a move.

As a result, after teaching Li Mu, he stopped doing it, waved his sleeves, and let Li Mu go.

Li Mu was still young at that time, and to put it bluntly, compared to Yang Tie and the others, these veterans were less knowledgeable.

So at the beginning, he honestly thought that this was an opportunity for him to exercise from Lao Hei, so when he heard the call for dinner, he rushed forward with red eyes and a sense of mission. .

At the beginning, he couldn't catch anything, causing the people in the team to starve many times.Later, when he made some progress and was able to get some boiled potatoes, when the people in his team squatted on the ground and gnawed potatoes, Li Mu realized that Old Hei Na didn't want to train him at all.

Let him go purely because Lao Hei didn't want to compete with a group of people for food, and his clothes were wrinkled, so that he lost his sense of immortality.

In his words, it's a loss.

Besides, the place was crowded with people at the time of dinner, and there was nowhere to put their feet, let alone practice any steps.

Old Hei was able to squeeze in, purely because he was strong and steady on his feet because he practiced family skills since he was a child. Others may not be able to squeeze him in.

Li Mu still still remembers the expression on the face of the old black squatting on the ground eating potatoes when he talked about this. Li Mu no longer remembers whether he kicked his ass, anyway, the expression he I still remember it until now.

003.

After that, Li Mu quit.

He had only smoked at that time, and he looked thin and thin. He went to squeeze with a group of tall and strong men, and it would be good if he didn't get knocked out directly by someone.

Li Mu quit, and this job naturally fell into Lao Hei's hands again, so for a long time after that, every time Lao Hei squeezed out of the crowd in disgrace, he would look at Li Mu for a long time.

Occasionally when the mood came, he would mutter a few words, why respect the teacher, who is old and can't use his arms and legs.Li Mu was eating his share of food, and didn't even bother to talk to him.

But Lao Hei is not always like this. Most of the time, he is still a very calm person. When the team encounters danger or encounters something, he can always come up with ideas and take care of everyone.

Especially when Li Mu followed him to learn things, he was very serious.

Li Mu talked about Lao Hei intermittently, without any purpose, and said something whenever he thought of it.

Said that Lao Hei had used rice paste to paste the fan secretly several times, said that the fan was given to him by someone else, and he treasured it.

Said that every time he talked about his previous things in the mountains, he was always very happy.Even though they laughed at Lao Hei several times for being so dark because of the sun in the mountains when he was a child, he was not angry, but always looked at the fan happily and smirked.

I don't know how long I sat in the snow before Li Mu finally calmed down.

He looked into the distance quietly, although he was still quiet, but his eyes were a little brighter.

Zhong Xiuyuan sat beside him, leaning on him with his head resting on his shoulder.

Hearing Li Mu's voice, feeling Li Mu's shoulders tremble slightly when he spoke, Zhong Xiuyuan knew that he didn't need to say anything at this time, he just needed to listen quietly, and he did.

Li Mu spoke intermittently, Zhong Xiuyuan listened quietly, neither of them mentioned anything else, just let the time flow quietly like this.

They didn't see anyone approaching them until Zhongman Road, and then the two of them reluctantly stood up, ending their sneaking moment.

Because Li Mu's hand was injured, the task of cutting branches fell to other people. After all the people dispatched to block most of the hole before dark, they simply rested overnight and became more and more busy the next day.

They had been busy fleeing before, and at night they slept in the snow with their clothes on. Now that they were planning to live here temporarily, they had to tidy up their living place to make it comfortable.

Therefore, in addition to cleaning out the big pit, the next day everyone also made a simple stove in a shelter from the rain outside the pit.

A bonfire was also lit in the cave to dissipate the moisture in the cave. Finally, everyone swept the snow near the cave entrance far away.

In addition to these, everyone also helped to find a place to lock up the ducks. There is nothing ducks can eat in the snow, but the snow on the ground where the ducks are kept must be shoveled to avoid freezing the ducks.

In addition to the duck thing, there is another very important thing, and that is the issue of safety.

There are wolves, tigers and other ferocious beasts in this mountain. Although they didn't meet them on the way here, everyone knew in their hearts that it was not safe here.

Now that they want to live temporarily in this mountain, it is naturally impossible to open the door like this. What if they encounter danger at night?

In addition, there are so many ducks in Li Mu, if the previous incident happened again, they would have nothing to do.

So after taking care of everything, everyone worked together to build a simple fenced yard near where they lived, and surrounded the hole where they lived and the ducks.

Outside the fenced courtyard, Li Mu also directed the people to dig a trap. This time, because they lived for a long time, the trap was dug bigger, and many wooden stakes and bamboo were inserted inside.

By the time everyone settled down in the mountains, it was already more than ten days later.

Almost two months have passed since they left the mountain.

After settling down, everyone couldn't help but start to care about the battlefield.

They are now in this deep mountain and wild forest, and they don't know the news from the outside, but they can't just stay inside like this, so they have to figure out the situation outside.

After settling everyone down, Li Mu simply packed up some luggage, and was about to turn back and check the situation.

This battle may be fought for ten days or half a month, or it may be fought for several years, any possibility is possible, but they cannot stay in this mountain for a lifetime.

Li Mu is planning to bring Zhong Xiuyuan with him this time, because he will bring back some food that ducks can eat, otherwise there will be several months of heavy snow, and they will not be able to survive at all.

After making up their minds and arranging some details, the two walked in the direction they came from.

When they came, they walked this way for more than ten days, but it didn't take that long to go back, because they brought a lot of things with them when they came, but they came back empty-handed.

Both of them also hurriedly left, hoping to go back sooner to find out the situation, so it took fifteen or six days to go, and only seven or eight days to return.

The two of them in the forest didn't know the situation outside. After entering that area, the two of them didn't rush down the mountain directly, but chose a place with a relatively higher terrain where they could see farther and went up the mountain first.

Standing on the top of the mountain in the peach blossom forest, looking towards the direction of the town, the sight is clearly visible.

The town is not as clean as it used to be. Now it seems that many places have been burned by fire, and many houses have collapsed.

It was late afternoon when they arrived, and the sun was just setting.

In the boundless white snow, the ugliness of that small town cannot be covered.

There should be no one in the town. Li Mu and the others looked there for a long time, but they didn't see any troops stationed there, only the wreckage of the battlefield.

The mountains didn't seem to be affected too much. Although the village where they lived was quiet and desolate, with obvious traces of troops crossing the border, there were no signs of destruction.

The two stayed on the mountain for a while, seeing that the sun was about to completely set, Zhong Xiuyuan said: "Let's go!"

It was almost dark, and they had to find a place to live at night after they had taken their things.They dare not go back to the village. It is not known if there are sentry soldiers ambushing in the forest. If they go to the village, they are very likely to be discovered.

It's okay if it's a friendly army, but under the current situation, the possibility of encountering an enemy army cannot be ruled out.

Li Mu also knew that time could not be delayed any longer, so he hurried down the mountain with Zhong Xiuyuan.

The two carefully sneaked into the place where they had planted sweet potatoes before, took the back baskets they had brought back, rummaged for most of the day at the sweet potato field where the leaf was frozen and was almost eaten by the horse, and got two back baskets of sweet potatoes.

He put the sweet potatoes in the ground before, but he didn't dig them out, and he didn't have time to dig them out.

After getting something, the two immediately headed into the deep mountain without any hesitation.

It's just that it's getting dark now, and they can't go too far. Not long after, the two people in the snow put down their things out of breath and took a rest.

Zhong Xiuyuan took two sweet potatoes, walked to Li Mu's side, and sat down.

After scrubbing the dirt off the sweet potatoes with blood, he handed one of them to Li Mu.

Now that the moon was already three poles high, they naturally didn't dare to light a fire at night. Fortunately, the sweet potatoes could be eaten raw, but it was a bit freezing in this snowy day.

"Just put the things here, let's find a place to rest for the night first?" Zhong Xiuyuan looked around while eating sweet potatoes that were almost frozen into ice cubes.

This place is actually not too far away from their area, Zhong Xiuyuan has been here many times.

Li Mu obviously already had this plan in mind. He gnawed off the skin of the sweet potato in his hand, took two bites and swallowed it, then pointed the remaining sweet potato in one direction, "Do you want to go there?"

Zhong Xiuyuan looked in the direction he was pointing, feeling a little puzzled.

Sitting in the snow with his back against the back building, Li Mu smiled meaningfully and said, "There is a hot spring over there. I wonder if it has been discovered. If not, it should be quite warm at night."

After being reminded by Li Mu, Zhong Xiuyuan immediately remembered it.

In the early days, Li Mu had been taking care of the hot spring. He originally planned to wait until winter to go to the hot spring, but he didn't think this winter