Once Yihe County falls, it will be impossible for them to outrun the Western Rong soldiers by relying on their own two legs and dragging a group of old, weak, sick, and disabled people.
Lu Shiyan frowned for a moment and then said, "Let's hide in the canyon first."
"We'll all listen to you." At this moment, everyone regarded Lu Shiyan as their pillar of support and said in unison.
Led by Lu Shiyan and Jiang Tangtang, the people of Dawan Village hurried towards the canyon.
Li Shi concealed the bitterness in his eyes and looked at Xia Shi sincerely, saying, "Mei Ying, take the child and come with me to hide in the canyon with the Lu family!"
Xia Meiying thought about how Li Shi had just rushed over to protect her son and daughter, and how it was thanks to him that her son and daughter were safe and sound.
Her eyes suddenly reddened. "Brother Shi, I know you're a good person. But I'm already..."
Li Shi knew what she was going to say, but he didn't care. To him, the fact that she was alive and well was a great blessing.
He felt jealous of Xiong Hongbiao, but not hatred. Because he knew that it was because of him that his wife and two children were able to survive.
He hurriedly raised his hand and covered Xia's lips, saying urgently, "Meiying, don't say anymore. We'll live like before. If you're still worried..."
The Xiong family, father and sons, are grateful for our kindness. I can speak with Brother Lu and ask them to go and hide in the canyon together.”
Xia cried even harder, "Brother Shi, but I can't, please don't force me."
At that time, Li Shi ignored her advice and insisted on treating refugees on the road to escape famine. In the end, he was robbed by the famine victims and tricked by the thieves who ate two-legged sheep. They captured the mother and her children, and the thieves wanted to catch them and eat them.
She used all her strength to deal with those thieves, and even served those foul-smelling men like a woman in a brothel.
To keep her two children alive, she sometimes had to serve as many as ten men a day.
At that time, she hated Li Shi.
She hated him for not listening to her advice, hated his arrogance and blind kindness, which led to the deaths of her and her child.
She sold her body and used every trick in the book to coax those scumbags, finally managing to escape.
But how could a woman with two children outrun those men? They hadn't run far before they were caught up, and it was only thanks to the Xiong family father and sons that they were rescued.
She felt embarrassed to let the Xiong family father and son support her and her children for nothing, so she offered herself to them and went with Xiong Hongbiao.
At first, she felt only gratitude towards Xiong Hongbiao, but because Xiong Hongbiao was considerate, she later followed him willingly.
But she and Li Shi were childhood sweethearts. Apart from the arguments they had on their journey to escape famine, they had been married for nearly ten years and were a loving couple.
Although I resented him at first, upon closer reflection, what wrong had he done? As a doctor, wasn't his job to save lives and heal the wounded?
Wasn't this one of the qualities she admired and praised in him back then? How did it later become a flaw?
Xia couldn't understand it, but she knew in her heart that they could never go back to the way things were before.
Li Shi didn't ask Xia Meiying how she survived with her child after they separated.
But he knew in his heart that in the current state of the world, for a woman to survive with two children, she must have endured many hardships he could not have imagined.
He only hated himself; how could he have forced her to do something she didn't want to do?
"Okay, I won't pressure you. You can live however you want from now on. It doesn't matter whether the child acknowledges me or not."
I only ask that you give me a chance to atone for my sins, and come with us to take refuge in the canyon. From then on… whatever choice you make, I will not interfere.”
And so, Xia and the Xiong family father and son agreed to first go to the canyon together with the villagers of Dawan Village to take refuge.
Besides the Xia family and the Xiong family father and son, Liu Chengfeng and his entourage followed Lu Shiyan to the canyon to hide.
Seeing that everyone from Dawan Village had left, Fang Mulin panicked and slapped Lu Cuilan hard, saying, "Your nephew is back! Why don't you let go and go find your nephew to help find Mingming? He's fast and good at martial arts, he'll definitely be able to find Mingming."
Hearing that there was hope of finding her daughter-in-law, Lu Cuilan finally slowly released Fang Mulin's leg.
Looking at Lu Cuilan's bloodied calf, Fang Mulin felt an urge to beat her up.
But thinking of his son, whose fate was unknown, he forced himself to hold back. "Are you stupid? You believe everything that old man from the Lu family says? How did we treat him before? Doesn't he have any conscience? Does he really think he'll abandon us for a woman?"
Lu Cuilan seemed to see hope for survival again. She staggered to her feet and chased after Lu Shiyan.
She ran while crying and wailing, "Sanlang, please help me find Mingming! He's been kidnapped! I treated you like my own son when you were little, you have to help me!"
Upon hearing Lu Cuilan's voice, Lu Shiyan paused slightly.
Seeing this, Lu Cuilan was filled with hope and ran to him with all her might. "Sanlang, I knew you weren't heartless! Go quickly and save your cousin! He's been attacked by those thieves—"
Lu Shiyan impatiently interrupted her, saying, "You've misunderstood. I'm not here to help you find someone. I stopped just to tell you that you don't need to waste your breath anymore; I won't help you."
He paused for a moment, then continued, "Those who just slandered my wife as possessing evil magic and stealing people's fortunes, I will not help you in the future."
Jiang Tangtang wasn't too bothered by the slander she had just received. After all, living in an era overflowing with information and constantly browsing the internet for gossip, she had witnessed far too much of human nature and evil.
Regarding the actions of Wang Qiuju and other villagers, she simply felt that she had once again experienced the evil of human nature.
But at this moment, Lu Shiyan's protection made her feel incredibly satisfied.
She raised an eyebrow and deliberately said to the group, "There's a very dangerous cliff leading to the canyon from here. Without my husband's help, it's impossible to get down there, and he won't help them cross the cliff either!"
Wang Qiuju and others had just been spreading rumors that Jiang Tangtang possessed evil magic and that those who stole everyone's luck would be struck by lightning.
What should we do?
If Lu Jiasanlang doesn't help them cross the cliff, what will happen if they fall behind and are captured by the Western Rong soldiers?
Those who listened to Wang Qiuju's instigation angrily grabbed Wang Qiuju's hair.
Of all the people present, Lu Cuilan was the most furious. She blamed all her misfortunes on Wang Qiuju.
Wang Qiuju was beaten so badly by the group that she couldn't open her eyes. She cried out, "It has nothing to do with me! I only heard it from my sister-in-law. She said that the Jiang family used evil magic to steal everyone's luck. It has nothing to do with me!"
Upon hearing this, Tian Guizhi immediately shouted, "It has nothing to do with me! I was just telling you that I've heard of such an evil spell, but I didn't say that the Jiang family used it. Second sister-in-law, you can't blame everything on me just because you're jealous of me over the family division."
Wang Qiuju belatedly realized what was happening, "Oh, Tian Guizhi, how cruel you are! You deliberately plotted against me."
As she spoke, her eyes blazed with venomous resentment, shooting towards Zhu Dong'e like daggers. "And you, the two of you conspired against me. You'll die a horrible death."
Zhu Dong'e shrank her neck, looking as if she was very scared. "Second sister-in-law, please don't wrong me. I didn't do anything."
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