A lot of pork bones and internal organs were stewed and eaten up by the villagers. It was a great luxury to be able to eat meat on the road of escape. After this meal, everyone was satisfied.

The remaining wild boar meat became a source of trouble for everyone.

After they listened to Niu Bo and his group talk about the thrilling scene of catching the wild boar and Jiang Huaixu's contribution, no one asked to take the remaining wild boar meat back home, and they all refused.

"We just carried the pork down and cleaned it. We didn't risk our lives. We're lucky enough to have some bone soup or something. The rest can be divided among those who caught wild boars. We won't take advantage of them." An honest man said.

"That's quite true, especially Miss Xu. I think all those wild boars' heads were smashed, and it was all thanks to her!"

"Yes, yes!"

The men were discussing heatedly, but the focus of the conversation, Jiang Huaixu, was leisurely drying his hair.

"Sister Xu, your village chief asked me to ask you, what are you going to do with all the wild boar meat left?" Qian Xiuzhu found Jiang Huaixu and asked.

Jiang Huaixu thought for a moment and said, "Even if it's divided among several families, our family will get the lion's share. There's so much meat that we can't finish it all. Mother, you can keep some for yourself and let the villagers exchange the rest. No matter what they bring, give some to them. It will also benefit the villagers."

You have to strike a balance in this kind of thing. If you don't ask for anything, it will easily breed evil in people's hearts, but if you ask for too much at this critical juncture, you will easily be resented.

Qian Xiuzhu knows how to do this better than her.

Qian Xiuzhu looked at Jiang Huaixu with satisfaction and sighed, "You are more clever than your sister."

"Sister has a good temper, Mom. Haven't you noticed that Sister has become much more sensible since she was frightened last time?"

Jiang Wei and Jiang Fu were frightened by Zheng Gouzi, especially Jiang Wei. Sometimes she would shout for help in her sleep, but after waking up, she was still as heartless as before. It would probably take some time for her to completely get out of the haze.

The mother and daughter talked for a while, and then Qian Xiuzhu went back to her work.

Everyone was busy until late at night and then fell into a deep sleep.

The next day, the women woke up early again and pickled all the pork they had exchanged yesterday.

Qian Xiuzhu picked up the various items she had exchanged from her fellow villagers, including many women's embroidery, clothes, cloth shoes, and many mountain products picked up on the road: chestnuts, walnuts, etc., and dried herbs were indispensable. Some people even bought them directly with copper coins, so the price was naturally much lower.

After finishing the work early in the morning and waiting for everyone to wake up, they tied Qiao Da and others together and tied them to the back of the carriage, and the team officially set off.

After walking around the mountain from morning to night, the team stopped at the entrance of the valley. Jiang Huaixu looked at the steep side of the valley not far away and knew that it would not be an easy task to climb up after entering.

It is impossible for adults or children to make rapid progress in archery practice, so in addition to teaching them some vital parts of the human body, Jiang Huaixu also repeatedly reinforced their concept of following instructions.

Although she is still unable to control her voice freely, the children will gradually respond accordingly when they hear her voice.

The adults in the village watched her grow up and knew that she had medical skills and some self-defense skills, but they did not believe that she could command so many villagers to fight against bandits. After all, it was a matter of life and death. Therefore, after communicating with the leader of the Lian family's guards, they decided to follow the leader's command.

Jiang Huaixu didn't expect that all the villagers would obey her orders. It was too unrealistic. She felt more relaxed with the guard leader in charge.

He Yunqi and Jiang Erlang taught the children to practice archery until dusk. The aroma of rice wafted into the children's noses, and they immediately lost interest in practicing.

Jiang Huaixu did not stop them and simply dispersed on the spot.

When the villagers were eating, even the family members were eating.

Mrs. Lian, who rarely showed up in public, placed a chicken drumstick in Lian Sheng's bowl and whispered, "Does my husband really want to confront the bandits in the valley?"

Lian Sheng, who had anticipated his wife's question, swallowed the food in his mouth before speaking, "I asked our daughters to go over there more often these days. Have they gone yet?"

Mrs. Lian looked away sheepishly, "You know my daughters well. They don't like dirt."

Lian Sheng snorted, "We've already fled, yet you're still acting like a spoiled brat. If we can get to Chongming Prefecture safely, it'll be good. If not, we'll just be eaten alive!"

The more he spoke, the angrier he became. Finally, he threw down his chopsticks and said, "A prince is right in front of us. If we don't build a good relationship with him now, when will we go? As their mother, you should have explained the ins and outs of this to them long ago. But none of them are smart enough to do it!"

Mrs. Lian's family was also a scholarly family, not much behind the Lian family. Seeing that she was only worried about the bandits in the valley, but was scolded by her husband, she simply said, "I saw that His Royal Highness the Prince was trying to conceal his identity. What if our daughter stayed around him all day and the villagers became suspicious? Who knows, it would become a marriage or an enemy."

Her husband favored the Prince of Yan's faction, but she wasn't. It was common knowledge that the Prince of Yan was disliked by the Emperor. In her opinion, the other four princes were more likely to ascend the throne than the Prince of Yan, which was why she didn't want her daughter to have any contact with Yun Qi.

After hearing this explanation, Lian Sheng's anger subsided a lot.

"Doesn't Yi'er like the girl from the Jiang family? If we can successfully cross the valley, let her spend more time with the girl from the Jiang family. Since His Highness chose to follow those villagers all the way, there must be a reason. We will benefit more from befriending them than from harm."

Although Mrs. Lian was reluctant in her heart, she knew that she could not bring bad luck to her husband at this time, so she had to agree.

At the village camp, Yun Qi, who had caused a small quarrel between the Lian family, asked Jiang Erlang, "How confident are you that you can get through this valley safely?"

This question happened to hit Jiang Erlang's deepest concerns.

He was silent for a long time before he said, "To be honest, I have no chance of winning against the bandits with the villagers."

The six bandits said that there were about one or two hundred bandits on their hill, but they didn't know much about the situation on other nearby hills. What they could be sure of was that there were many hills and many bandits, and it would be impossible to pass through the valley without getting skinned alive.

"Then why do you obey Jiang Huaixu's words?" Yun Qi couldn't understand.

After spending such a long time together, he had witnessed Jiang Huaixu's strength and could see that Jiang Erlang was a smart man with his own ideas. He was puzzled that such a smart man would accompany Jiang Huaixu in making trouble.

Jiang Erlang did not refute this statement, but simply asked Yun Qi, "Brother Yun, don't you think Ah Xu's reason is reasonable?"

Yun Qi thought about it and realized that not only was his argument well-founded, but Jiang Huaixu had even thought of a way out - himself.

"Indeed... I can't find any fault with it." He looked a little strange.

"That's it. Since choosing any path is a gamble, we might as well take a bigger gamble. Rather than saying that I obey Ah Xu's orders, it's better to say that Ah Xu and I have the same ideas and we are the same kind of people."