Chapter 50 You Want to Die with Him
Zhou Yunshu didn't expect that Xixi was not afraid of the blood on her shoes at all. She wiped them diligently as if the blood on her shoes was not blood, but just simple mud stains.
"Not yet." Zhou Yunshu took the dirty handkerchief from Xixi's hand and asked, "Xixi, aren't you afraid?"
Xixi blinked her large, distinct black and white eyes and asked in confusion, "What are you afraid of?"
"Blood."
Xixi shook her head and said as a matter of course: "Everyone has blood."
After she finished speaking, she grabbed Zhou Yunshu's sleeve with her little hand and said, "Daddy used to take me with him when he was dealing with things. I..."
Xixi suddenly covered her little mouth. She almost forgot that her daddy was not her daddy.
"I'm sorry, Daddy. Xixi forgot that he is not Daddy." Xixi looked at Zhou Yunshu guiltily.
Zhou Yunshu looked at her daughter's face, which looked like she had done something wrong. She smiled and kissed her cheek, saying, "It's okay. Just remember it now."
Shopkeeper Liang, who had just walked over, was shocked. Did he accidentally overhear some secret?!
Therefore, Mr. Zhou is not the biological father of the little girl in front of him, but her stepfather!
Mr. Zhou married a divorced woman, a divorced woman with a child!
Shopkeeper Liang thought about the gossip about Zhou Yunshu that he had heard in the team during this period, and felt that he had seen the truth.
Mr. Zhou is such a good man. It would have been fine if he had married a woman with a child, but even after the woman ran away and left the child behind, he still treated her as his own.
It’s so grand!
As expected, his vision is good. He will definitely follow Mr. Zhou from now on!
"Mr. Zhou!"
Zhou Yunshu held Xixi in her arms and turned to look at Shopkeeper Liang who was looking at her enthusiastically. She felt a little strange. What did this imaginary expression on his face mean?
"Is there anything wrong, Shopkeeper Liang?"
Shopkeeper Liang sat down next to Zhou Yunshu and said, "I calculated that it would take us about three or four days to reach the village at the foot of the mountain, so I was thinking about whether we should greet the team in advance and tell them that we are going up the mountain."
"Let's talk about it tomorrow morning before we leave."
For the time being, only Zhou Yunshu and Du Laozhuang knew about going up the mountain.
"That's fine." Shopkeeper Liang said with a hint of worry on his face. "The main thing is that the weather is dry and there's little water. When we go up the mountain, we must not only be on the lookout for snakes, insects, and wild animals, but also be careful about fire prevention."
Zhou Yunshu's eyes flashed when she heard the word "fire". Wildfires are the most terrifying.
"Thank you, Shopkeeper Liang! You reminded me just in time! If a wildfire is accidentally started, we won't be able to escape from the mountains."
Seeing Zhou Yunshu's seriousness, Shopkeeper Liang breathed a sigh of relief. "You're right. Even if we encounter a riot outside, we still have hope of survival. But if a wildfire occurs, it won't be a matter of escape."
There is no escape at all!
No matter how fast people and animals run, they cannot run faster than a wildfire. If there is a strong wind, even if you have nine lives, it will be difficult to escape.
Fang Huiwen, who was standing next to him, frowned and asked, "Yunshu, do we really have to take the mountain road?"
Zhou Yunshu nodded without explaining immediately, "Huzi."
Hu Zi, who had just finished bragging about what Zhou Yunshu had promised them, ran over immediately upon hearing her voice, "Boss, what are your instructions?"
"Go and invite Uncle Du and the others over."
"Okay!"
After Du Laozhuang, Du Youtian, Mao Ziping and others arrived, Zhou Yunshu drew a few lines beside the fire with a stick. Then she pointed to two points on a curve and said to the people around the fire, "Look, just like I said before, the mountain road is the shortest route."
"Between two points, a line segment is the shortest." Xixi's milky voice sounded.
Zhou Yunshu smiled and kissed her precious daughter, praising her, "That's right."
She only said it once and Xixi remembered it.
After Zhou Yunshu finished praising, she continued, "Walking on mountain roads does have many disadvantages."
"For example, if we don't know the conditions in the mountains and the roads are difficult to navigate, we might get lost. Just like what Shopkeeper Liang said, we need to be wary of snakes, insects, and wild animals in the mountains, as well as wildfires."
Fang Huiwen, Li Jialan and others nodded in unison. Yes, it is very dangerous to walk on mountain roads!
"But if we don't take the mountain road, the journey will take half a month longer than going up the mountain."
Shopkeeper Liang added, "It'll take at least two weeks. Furthermore, going further south is the hardest hit area of Luzhou due to the drought, which means we won't get any supplies there. We also have to be on guard against becoming supplies in the eyes of other refugees."
Zhou Yunshu looked at Li Jialan and the others around her and continued, "The human bones found in the empty village and the people captured in the ruined temple just now all prove that cannibalism is common in Luzhou. You could even say they treat everyone they see as their food reserves."
They are fleeing, and Zhou Yunshu will not block their ears or cover their eyes. Even for the young ones like Yuan Li and Yuan Yi, Zhou Yunshu will let them have appropriate exposure to these human tragedies. She can't really let them become naive lambs.
"Our food and water can probably sustain the entire team for half a month. If we go down the mountain, we will run out of food and water before we reach Baishi County; but if we go up the mountain, there will be water."
Shopkeeper Liang nodded, "There is water on Anshan, but it may be occupied by wild beasts, but there is water."
"As long as there are animals, there's food. As long as there's water, we can survive." Zhou Yunshu looked at Fang Huiwen and the others who had been persuaded by her and said, "I think, rather than facing the sinister human heart, I would rather fight wild beasts."
The smell of burning came from a dilapidated temple not far away. Du Laozhuang and others looked at the word "forest fire" on the ground with heavy faces.
"What about the wildfire?" Li Jialan asked.
She knew the seriousness of forest fires. When they were fighting in the north, her father and others had set fire to the mountains in order to force out the enemy troops hiding in the mountains.
It can be controlled when the fire is set, but once a fire starts in the mountains and forests, it is beyond human control.
Although the wildfire was put out in the end, it was put out by itself. If her father and the general had not evacuated the people in advance, it might not have been just the enemy troops who were burned to death, but also countless civilians.
Zhou Yunshu had already thought about this problem seriously. She said, "I will put out all the fires when we go up the mountain. The patrol team will intensify patrols to prevent any accidents from happening. If they do happen, we will put out the fire even if we run out of water."
To put it bluntly, the team was told over and over again about the dangers of wildfires. Fire sources were confiscated, penalties were increased, and everyone had to keep their spirits high until they left Anshan.
Older people like Du Laozhuang were also discussing how to better avoid wildfires. Zhou Yunshu listened and wrote down useful points.
Wei Zhong came over at this time and said, "Mr. Zhou, everything has been handled."
Zhou Yunshu looked up and said, "It's hard work."
"I brought the crazy woman and the woman with the child here."
Wei Zhong didn't know how Zhou Yunshu was going to deal with them, so he brought them here first. Anyway, they would not be a match for them.
Zhou Yunshu patted Xixi in her arms and asked her to go to her grandmother.
Zhou Yunshu stood up and said, "I'll go see them."
"Who are you looking at?" Li Jialan asked.
"Those who survived."
As soon as Zhou Yunshu finished speaking, there were screams and exclamations from the edge of the team. Zhou Yunshu took a look and found that the people in the team were probably frightened by the two women in the ruined temple.
When Zhou Yunshu walked over with Wei Zhong and Hu Zi, the crazy woman was still holding the child wrapped in Zhou Yunshu's cloak and singing nursery rhymes, while another woman was holding her nephew and looking at the people around her in fear.
The people around them looked at the two of them with horror and disgust. Even when the woman was about to bury her face in the child's chest, she still couldn't block out those looks.
Zhou Yunshu did not look at the woman who still had some sanity. Her eyes were always on the crazy woman.
"Your child is dead."
The crazy woman paused in her nursery rhyme.
"Do you want to die with him, or send him away?"
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