Chapter 67 68. Finally Arrived

Li Xiaohua kicked Liu Liu behind her and said, "Should we go over and help mom?"

"No need," Liu Liu said without raising her head, "Mom is not as stupid as the youngest child. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law can't take advantage of Mom."

"What if they get their hands on it?"

Liu Liu pointed at the Gu brothers around him with his chin and said, "Look at the looks in their eyes. What do you think?"

Li Xiaohua, "..."

"Third sister-in-law, if you are really bored, why don't you go and comfort the eldest sister-in-law. It's been a whole day and you're still sitting there in a daze." Liu Liu looked at Xie Ruyi with some concern. Although she also disliked her child, she would be worried if the child was really missing.

Li Xiaohua, "..." She didn't dare to go. Her sister-in-law's eyes were full of blisters that would burst if poked. She was crying and she didn't want to be looked down upon by her brother.

The Lan family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law talked for a long time but failed to gain any advantage from Li Cuicui. They could only look at Li Cuicui with hatred, and finally turned around and went back angrily.

"Why are you doing this?" Gu Dashi said after seeing the people leave, "What if the youngest one comes back? The Lan family will make trouble for him again."

Li Cuicui glanced at him and said, "People say that once the wound heals, the pain is forgotten. Don't you forget the wound on your body? It's only been a short time since you got it. Why are you speaking up for the youngest so soon?"

"I'm not speaking for him. After all, he is our son. We have to leave him a way out."

"If he comes back and still continues to fight with that Lan guy, I think we can just disown him as our son." Li Cuicui put all the cleaned grass roots into the bag, glanced at Gu Dashi, and simply walked towards Gu Yuanjin with the bag in hand.

"Who is this damn old woman guarding against?" Gu Dashi muttered in dissatisfaction, but did not dare to say anything more. After all, he still had to rely on Li Cuicui in the days to come.

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"Look ahead, that's the top of the mountain we climbed before. I didn't expect that we could actually walk out." Jin Qianqian shook off the ghost thorn grass on her body and said excitedly.

Although I am used to walking, this mountain road is different from the official road.

"Let's fill up our water first," Jin Qianqian put out a large bucket of water, which they had collected from the small lake, and also filled up all the empty plastic buckets and water bottles.

In this way, even if they encounter something that is beyond their budget, they can still hold on for a while.

The two of them worked together to fill up their bamboo tubes, then quickened their pace and ran towards the conspicuous mountain.

After carefully avoiding group after group of refugees who came out to look for water, the two finally met their companions from Baini'ao.

Gu Wenheng walked over and patted Gu Mingqiu on the shoulder, "Mingqiu, why did you walk so far today?"

"Brother Yuanyu? Why are you and sister-in-law here?" Gu Mingqiu looked at Gu Yuanyu, who was no different from before he fled, and rubbed his eyes in disbelief.

Apart from the fact that his clothes looked rather messy, his complexion and moist lips made him look like he had just returned from a trip to the mountains rather than fleeing.

"We went around in circles and finally managed to get out of the city. By the way, don't we usually rest near our camp? Why did you come here?"

Gu Mingqiu, "We can't get into the city now, and we can't find a new water source. We can only dig some grass roots nearby to quench our thirst. At least this way we can save our lives."

At this point, Gu Mingqiu looked at the couple and said, "Since you can all leave, why do you want to come back? You should know that it is a dead end outside the city now."

Gu Wenheng saw everyone's curious eyes and his face became heavy. "We were also pushed into the city at that time. My parents are still outside the city. How could I leave them here?

So, based on the direction, I climbed over several mountains and took many detours before I found it.”

Gu Mingqiu gave a thumbs up in admiration, "Brother Yuan Yu is really filial. Many people have been gone for so many days and haven't come back. I guess they have found a better way out."

Even the people around Gu Mingqiu looked at the young couple differently. Gu Yuanyu and the others were truly the purest and most filial people.

When they met acquaintances, Gu Wenheng and Jin Qianqian relaxed a little. Now they just had to follow them and avoid those other malicious looks.

"By the way, the seventh brother of the Gu family, you have been in the mountains for so long, have you found any water source?" Liu Heizi's eyes were always scanning back and forth the bamboo tubes on their waists.

Gu Wenheng took Jin Qianqian's hand and asked her to stand between him and Mingqiu. "We did find the water source, but it's a bit far away. It depends on what we say."

"Really? How far is it? As long as we can walk there, we won't feel it's far." Many people exclaimed. The farthest place could be farther than the several provinces they had crossed.

Now that they had heard the news about the water source, everyone no longer bothered to look for grass roots and wild vegetables, and instead surrounded Gu Wenheng and asked him question after question.

"How about we go back first? See what the headman and the others have to say?" Gu Mingqiu realized that no one was interested, and seeing Gu Wenheng struggling to cope inside, he simply suggested.

Jin Qianqian, "Yes, it's useless for us to say anything here. At least we need to discuss this with the entire Baini'ao."

They can take them there, but they have to be willing.

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"I guess those who haven't returned yet will probably not come back." He Caogen looked at the village heads of several villages and could only raise this heavy topic himself.

"These people are fucking bastards. They just abandon the elderly and children and run for their lives. What should the old and young do?" The head of Shitou Village felt a headache when he thought of the villagers who always came to him to ask questions these days.

"Who said it wasn't? I'm almost fed up these days." Tianhecun complained, "There are also some people who were injured before. Now they lack the labor to find grass roots and wild vegetables. Now they are half dead. Everyone can only save some from their mouths and barely keep breathing."

“…”

“.”

You and I complained for a long time, but in the end we could only look at the closed city gate helplessly and sigh deeply.

"Have you noticed that there are always people wandering around our area these days? But I didn't see any today. Do you know what those people are here for?" Village Chief Shi suddenly remembered his discoveries these days and wanted to ask others if they had the same experience.

"Village Chief Shi, you discovered this too late. We all know the answer." Seeing Village Chief Shi's inquiring expression, Village Chief Li smiled mysteriously, "Do you want to know?"

Village Chief Shi: “…?” If you don’t want to know, why would I bring it up here?

(End of this chapter)