Li Qiao was also very tired. She didn't bother to scold Zili for sitting on the muddy ground. She hurriedly found a foothold to put the luggage on her back.
Although Shu Miao was not very tired yet, he still needed to rest.
I found a rock that was a little above the ground and sat down, with the backpack on my back just touching the ground.
Before I could catch my breath, I heard Zili's wild thoughts again.
"If we had an ox cart, we could take all our belongings with us..."
But no one was in the mood to refute him at the moment, because these words were a true reflection of what was in everyone's mind.
Whenever I think of the things in my home that were forced to be abandoned, I feel so heartbroken.
Shu Miao's mood was much better than the mother and son. After feeling depressed for a while, he subconsciously looked towards the brigade headquarters.
From a distance, you can see a steady stream of people carrying things and walking towards the nearest mountain.
She narrowed her eyes slightly and observed carefully, and suddenly realized that the water level in the brigade headquarters area was much higher than theirs.
But even so, these people still desperately went back and forth between the foot of the mountain and their homes surrounded by the river, just to rescue more belongings.
She couldn't help but think of the few days when she had just come here. Didn't she also bravely venture into the Daqing Mountains because of constant hunger?
If she doesn't have space, she will definitely be one of them...
Just as she was lamenting the difficulty of life, Li Qiao also discovered this scene.
She was silent for a moment, as if she had made up her mind, and suddenly picked up her luggage and walked up the mountain.
Shu Miao noticed her movement and immediately turned his gaze back to look at her, but after hesitating for a moment, he immediately followed her footsteps.
"Eh? Eh! Why did you two just leave without calling me?" Zili, who was a little slow to react, muttered in dissatisfaction, but still gritted his teeth and stood up to follow.
Because this hill is relatively close to the area where the members carry out activities, all the trees on the hill have been stripped bare except for the very top branches.
The weeds on the ground are even worse off. Every time they grow, they are cut off, dried, and then burned as ash to fertilize the fields.
Without dead branches, leaves and weeds, the road, which was already difficult to walk on after the rain, seemed even more muddy.
This is also why several families nearby chose the farther mountains as their refuge. Also, this place is indeed a bit close to the river, and they simply feel unsafe.
However, Shu Miao felt that the brigade's fields were surrounded by mountains on both sides, and the entire field was like a long and narrow "river channel".
Even if the upstream dam completely collapses, the water inlet is so small that the possibility of the water flooding the mountain is still very low.
Li Qiao happened to think the same, so he decided to take the risk and stay. If things really didn't work out, he would still have time to retreat to Daqing Mountain.
After all, she didn't bring much of her belongings and food with her. Staying closer would not only allow her to keep an eye on the situation to prevent anyone from taking advantage of the situation, but also allow her to know the water level at the first time.
After all, there were still three thousand nails in the broken ship. Even if she took the most valuable quilt and iron pot in the house, the remaining items were worth a lot of money.
If they are all gone, buying back the rest will be an astronomical figure!
Originally, she could still comfort herself that as long as she was fine, everything would be fine, and she could buy things later.
But when she saw that other families whose water levels were higher than hers were still taking risks and not missing any chance to save their belongings, she could no longer deceive herself!
It was rainy and windy along the way, and the road was muddy and difficult to travel on.
Li Qiao was so focused on climbing the mountain that he didn't dare to stop even though he slipped several times without anyone helping him.
In the end, Shu Miao couldn't bear it anymore, so he asked him to hold the pig rope and pulled him from time to time.
Fortunately, this mountain is not high and we can reach the top in just over ten minutes. But climbing to the top of the mountain during a thunderstorm is like seeking death, isn’t that?
So Li Qiao, who had walked to the middle of the mountain first, found a place slightly sheltered from the wind near the top of the mountain and immediately put down the luggage on his back.
Without even taking a breath, he immediately walked down the mountain.
When passing by two children who were struggling to climb up, I reminded them,
"There's a sickle in the luggage. Take it for self-defense. Don't go anywhere else. Just stay here. Do you understand?"
Of course Zili would agree, he just nodded and said, "Don't worry, Mom, I will..."
Li Qiao was currently planning what things to take home first, and had no patience to wait for him to speak.
Without waiting for him to continue, she gave a perfunctory "hmm", turned around and slid down the mountain.
Shu Miao turned around to look at her back and silently swallowed the worry in his mouth.
When the two of them walked to the place where their luggage was placed, they were so tired that they wanted to lie down on the spot.
But Shu Miao was really worried that something might happen to the old lady while she was alone, so he gritted his teeth and forced himself to give up the idea of resting.
Spread out the cattail mat in the backpack and cover the luggage. If there are nearby trees at both ends, string them together with straw and tie them up.
Since there were no suitable trees to tie the stakes to, I took a machete and cut down a few small trees and buried the stakes on the spot.
Fortunately, there were farm tools such as pickaxes in the luggage that the aunt was carrying, which she used as hammers to drive the stakes.
Soon, a simple shelter was completed.
Zili took off the backpack, took a short break, and then went to look for stones.
At the same time as the shelter was completed, the stones that had been moved were pieced together to form a simple stone platform.
The two of them worked together to lift the luggage onto the stone platform, and the backpack and the bag tied around their waists were placed directly on the luggage.
This not only frees up a lot of space, but also effectively reduces the burden on both of them.
After all this trouble, Shu Miao felt that most of his sleeves were wet without him noticing. Although it was a bit cold, it was still within the tolerable range.
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