"Something's wrong! There's a tiger that's gone mad up ahead and is chasing and biting the refugees who are passing by!"

"Everyone, run back quickly! If the tiger sees us, we're all doomed!"

"A tiger is coming! Run, everyone!"

That day, just as Lin Xue and her two companions reached noon, they saw a large group of refugees turning back.

As they ran, they were shouting things like "The tiger is coming! The tiger will eat people!"

The three listened carefully and understood what had happened.

"Grandma, what should we do? Should we run back with her?"

Ge Xiaoyu watched as refugees ran past them, looking ahead with some worry.

"Let's find somewhere to hide. There are so many of us, and there's only one tiger. It might not even notice us!"

After Lin Xue finished speaking, she hugged Liu Enze tightly and pulled Ge Xiaoyu aside.

To avoid being bumped into by the running crowd, Lin Xue led Ge Xiaoyu around the hillside.

After they had been climbing for about 10 minutes, they heard a tiger roar behind them.

"Luckily we ran fast, otherwise we might have been caught by the tiger!"

Ge Xiaoyu patted her chest in lingering fear. Since the tiger was chasing the direction of the crowd, it must have been chasing the place with the most people.

They stepped aside, thus avoiding a direct confrontation with the tiger.

“Let’s go around this hillside. Once we’re down this mountain, we should be able to get to the main road.”

Compared to the dangers of the mountains and forests, the official roads are much safer, but obtaining food is much more difficult.

Because the mountain road was really difficult to walk, Liu Enze was carried by Lin Xue the whole way, and Ge Xiaoyu followed behind her with a basket on her back, which was also very difficult for her.

The three of them finally reached the top of the mountain, and when they looked back, they saw several groups of refugees heading towards the path they had taken.

It's possible that someone spotted them and, seeing the tiger chasing after the others, followed them up.

"With so many people, won't they attract the tiger?"

Looking at the crowd below, Ge Xiaoyu's heart couldn't help but jump.

"As long as we walk faster than these people, the tigers won't be able to catch us!"

Lin Xue, who had originally wanted to rest, lost all interest in resting when she saw the group of people behind her climbing the mountain recklessly.

He hugged Liu Enze again and continued walking forward.

"Yes, as long as we walk faster than them, the tiger won't chase us! Anyway, with the people behind us blocking our way, let's hurry up and get going!"

After listening to Lin Xue's words, Ge Xiaoyu wholeheartedly agreed.

He took a few deep breaths, hands on his hips, and continued walking forward, following Lin Xue's retreating figure.

"Grandma, why did you stop?"

But after walking only a few steps, Ge Xiaoyu saw Lin Xue suddenly stop in front of her.

"You keep an eye on Enze, I'll be right back!"

Seeing Lin Xue turn around and put Liu Enze down to sit on the side of the road, Ge Xiaoyu assumed that Lin Xue needed to urinate and didn't pay much attention.

But as Lin Xue darted forward, she saw what was happening in front of her.

It was a wild boar with tusks and bloodshot eyes, staring menacingly at them.

After seeing Lin Xue rush forward, he fixed his gaze on her again.

The boar lowered its body slightly, and its hind hooves moved unconsciously. It was trying to ambush Lin Xue with a dive!

"You filthy beast, I'm just short of meat to eat, and you've delivered yourself right to my doorstep!"

Lin Xue was completely unfazed by the wild boar's fierce gaze.

Just as she was about to collide with the wild boar, she shifted her foot to the side, grabbed the boar's tusks, and with a strong pull and jerk, sent the boar flying.

Using the momentum of the spin, Lin Xue slammed the wild boar to the ground, picked up a stone, and smashed it down on the boar's head with a series of "thumps".

Blood splattered everywhere, and the wild boar quickly died.

"You two come here right now, Xiaoyu, make room for me in the basket!"

"Put your bundle on your back, carry Enze with you, and come with me quickly!"

It's impossible to throw away prey that you've finally managed to catch, but carrying it around like that isn't very practical either, as it's too heavy and too conspicuous.

Lin Xue pulled out a gleaming dagger from her boar's chest, circled it around the boar's neck, and then slashed it from its chest down to its rump.

They removed all the wild boar's internal organs and discarded them, putting only the two pieces of wild boar meat into their basket.

This wild boar probably hasn't had water for a long time; its flesh is quite dry, and there's not much blood.

"You carry the bundle, I'll carry Enze!"

Seeing that Ge Xiaoyu was having difficulty walking, Lin Xue took Liu Enze from her arms.

"Hurry up, don't let the people behind catch up with us, and don't let that tiger cross the crowd to chase us!"

Logically, the tiger should not have continued its pursuit after killing several people, but just in case, Lin Xue quickly led Ge Xiaoyu down the mountain.

Below the mountain was the official road, where groups of refugees were walking together, and large groups of refugees from entire villages were also walking along the road in a grand procession.

These people were unaware that there were tigers on the mountain, and they walked slowly, indicating that the period of fleeing famine had exhausted most of their energy.

Lin Xue led the two down to the official road, but instead of following the road, they darted into the woods opposite the official road.

"We can't walk on the main road with so much meat on our backs. Even if the tiger doesn't catch up, those starving people will steal everything we have!"

Lin Xue's basket was stuffed with a lot of weeds, so the refugees on the official road didn't expect that they would have so much flesh on their bodies.

The three of them came down the mountain without attracting anyone's attention.

Even if there were a few unfriendly glances, when they saw that they looked like they had been chased by wolves, they disdainfully looked away.

Everyone has to go to the bathroom three times a day, and Lin Xue and Ge Xiaoyu just demonstrated that extraordinary level of physical endurance.

After leaving the main road and making sure that the stewing wouldn't be noticed, Lin Xue led Ge Xiaoyu to a secluded spot to gather wood and prepare the wild boar meat.

So much pork will rot and spoil quickly if it's not processed properly.

Of course, they didn't have much salt on them, so it was impossible to cure them with salt.

The only way is to turn the pork into jerky, which requires a lot of firewood and a long time.

The place Lin Xue found was very secluded, surrounded by low bushes and brambles.

No normal person would go here, after all, those thorns and vines on the ground can cause a lot of pain if they come into contact with human skin.

"Grandma, leave the smoked meat to me, you should rest for a while!"

With this method of traveling, Ge Xiaoyu was afraid that Lin Xue would not be able to withstand it and would die halfway.

After all, she was a 60-year-old woman, which would have been considered a long life in ancient times.