Fatty seemed to sense her fatigue and used one hand to support her back.
"Third Aunt, if you're tired, go sit in the carriage for a while. I'll take good care of you."
While talking, he kept his eyes straight ahead and followed closely behind Gu Qingshan.
Visibility isn't great at night, but thankfully the moon is bright tonight. Fatty has been malnourished for a long time and is deficient in Vitamin A, so her night vision is naturally much worse.
The girl tried her best to keep up while maintaining the stability of the car.
Even chubby girls are stronger than me!
Qin San Niang's spirits lifted! She inwardly berated herself, wondering if it was time for her period to start. Why was she acting so womanly!
"It's alright, Auntie isn't tired. I'll drive with you and help you see the road!"
At this point, she didn't dare to suggest that Fatty rest, since she really couldn't do this job herself!
Gu Qingshan walked ahead cautiously, like a startled leopard. His long hunting experience and military campaigns told him that this deep forest was not safe. Therefore, although everyone was exhausted, they could not rest here.
Big Grey was somewhat agitated. Did this forest frighten it too?
The group then quietly entered the deep forest in the dark of night.
She didn't know how much time had passed, but Qin San Niang felt her legs were about to go numb before she heard Gu Qingshan call out to stop.
Looking up, I saw a cave in front of me, which was perfect for sheltering from the wind and rain.
"Madam Qin, let's go to the cave ahead to take shelter. I just checked, and the cave is relatively safe."
Qin San Niang was very satisfied with Gu Qingshan's caution, and hurriedly nodded in agreement, then turned around and called Liu Shi and the others down.
"Mother, sister-in-law, take the children and get off the bus to rest for a while."
Liu and Wu Chunhua quickly agreed.
They had been traveling at a breakneck pace all the way, and were almost shaken to pieces. They also had to keep an eye on the children to prevent them from bumping into things. It would be a lie to say they weren't tired!
Even though there were several children, they were exhausted, but they were all sensible and endured it!
The eldest child helped his grandmother slowly walk out; her leg was not fully healed yet.
The other children stood quietly to one side, waiting for the adults to take them over. They were completely different from the lively children they had been playing with mice in the morning. They looked like wilted eggplants!
Qin San Niang doesn't have time to coax the child now! Children living in war and hardship should experience trials and tribulations to grow into towering trees; some things they have to learn through their own experience.
The entrance to this cave is quite large, but the inside is even larger, with two or three additional caves, making it feel like a three-bedroom, two-living-room house.
They chose a good location that was easy to enter and exit, and there was a small pool of flowing water behind it. A stream of water gurgled down from the depths of the cave, which was good news for everyone who was worried about drought and water shortage!
Gu Qingshan casually gathered a handful of firewood, and Xiao Er quickly went over to help him forge a flint and steel. This kid is getting more and more observant, and his flint and steel forging skills are getting better and better!
After the fire was blazing, everyone felt calmer and their sense of security returned.
Indeed, fire was humanity's first step into the civilized world!
Wu fetched water from the pond behind the house, filled the pot, and put it on the fire to heat it.
"Chunhua, cook some rice porridge." Seeing that the children were all listless, having run around in fear for most of the night and not having eaten enough the day before, Liu Shi no longer felt sorry for the rice.
Qin San Niang strolled to the pond behind the house, intending to release a few fish into it to pretend it was a chance encounter, and also to make some fish soup to nourish everyone.
The pool wasn't large, but under the flickering firelight, the water was so clear you could see the bottom; the water quality was quite good.
"Oh dear, a fish!"
Hearing his mother's call and hearing the sound of fish, the eldest child hurriedly ran over and found two rather large carp swimming in the water, along with some smaller wild fish about the size of a palm.
The presence of such large fish in this small pond surprised even Gu Qingshan.
Without thinking twice, he took out his arrow and speared the fish, quickly catching two large ones.
As for the two boys, Da Wa and Xiao Er, they were eager to try their luck with the tiny fish in the water.
Qin San Niang quickly stopped her. Although the pool wasn't deep, it wasn't without danger, especially since the light wasn't good. "We've already eaten the big fish. Let's save the smaller ones for tomorrow. Otherwise, they won't be fresh, and the soup won't taste good."
I thought my mother would tell me to take care of the fish, but it turns out the dead fish weren't fresh. But what my mother said makes sense; the soup wasn't very good.
"Ah Zhi, it's time to drink fish soup! My mother's fish soup is milky white and incredibly delicious," Ah Nan said, tilting her head back with a proud expression.
Ah Zhi smiled and nodded. She hadn't had fish soup in a long time. Although Gu Qingshan knew how to catch fish, he only knew how to grill them, which was far less delicious than fish soup.
Unaware that his daughter was disliking him, Gu Qingshan noticed that his daughter's small face had become a little fuller than before, and he began to feel happy.
As for being hunted down by refugees? He didn't care. At worst, he'd kill one if one came, or two if two came. In the past, he would have worried that he wouldn't be able to act freely while protecting so many people. But after witnessing Qin San Niang's abilities and knowing that she was no ordinary person, he felt much more at ease.
The martial arts expert, Qin San Niang, felt an itch in her nose and sneezed twice. She thought to herself that it was really cold outside and quickly wrapped her hempen clothes around herself.
Although she was wearing two layers of clothing, it was fine during the day, but really not very effective at night. Fortunately, Wu Chunhua had already started making a padded jacket. She was using silk floss that she had taken from the supermarket, saying that she had bought it from Luzhou City. As for what it was, Qin Sanniang made up that it was cotton.
Those who had never seen cotton before naturally had no reason to doubt it, marveling that it was even softer and lighter than kapok, and didn't need to be torn beforehand; they thought it would be very warm to make a padded jacket.
With Wu's quick hands and feet, and with Liu's help, the padded jackets for the babies were all finished, and they are now wearing them!
The jacket was made of brand-new linen, but according to Qin San Niang, she originally intended to make it with cotton; as for silk, that would have to wait. However, Liu Shi and the others felt that cotton was too conspicuous and unsafe!
The children looked at each other and laughed happily. This was one of the few times they could wear new clothes, and they were even on the run! Although the clothes didn't feel as thick as the reed-flower clothes, they were light and warm.
“Father, look, my new padded jacket.” Azhi’s bright eyes shone with light.
It would be a lie to say that Gu Qingshan wasn't moved that his own child could have a new cotton-padded jacket. However, he wasn't good with words and couldn't express his feelings. He could only pat his daughter's hair happily and praise how well the jacket was made, saying that it fit his daughter, Azhi, perfectly.
"Dad, Aunt Chunhua and Granny Liu said they're going to make me a winter coat! It'll be filled with kapok, it'll be really warm. I won't be cold even when playing in the snow!" Azhi said happily, she'd never worn clothes made of cotton before!
But what's your main focus, kid? Playing in the snow, right?
Qin San Niang would definitely think that the originally virtuous and precocious A Zhi has been led astray by her own children, but isn't this how children should be?
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