Although everyone was very tired, they couldn't sleep. Looking at the wildfire in the distance, everyone had different thoughts in their minds.
Doctor Xiong: I wonder what's become of my clansmen now? Are they all burned to death? I'm a murderer, a sinner of the Liu clan!
Xueer: Mom was so tired along the way. I was so ignorant before and even blamed her. It is so difficult to survive in this world. Mom could have ignored me, but she insisted on taking me with her. I will definitely be filial to her in the future.
Lin Huahua: Grandma didn't eat either. Her snoring is louder than her brothers. Oh! Grandma had a really hard time on this journey. When we got to Nanzhou, she wasn't allowed to do any work.
Bai Ruoyi: I will pick up more stones later and use this time to practice slingshot. When we get to Nanzhou, we will go hunting in the mountains. I must make sure that my mother lives a good life and that my younger brothers have enough to eat.
Children: I really want to sleep, but my aunt/mother’s snoring is so scary, like a wild boar, snoring…
Butcher Zhang: "I will not surrender unless God kills me. Why can those rich families eat their fill, but I can't?" When we got to Nanzhou, all the kids went to school, even those who sold everything they had.
Yao Cuihua: Every time I encountered difficulties, I was able to survive, all thanks to Sister Tang. I will remember this kindness and will definitely repay her well.
Xu Da: Miss Tang is truly a heroine. I must follow her footsteps in the future and I will never suffer any loss.
Yu: Youyou, you must be exhausted, right? Alas! This woman lives like the sun, illuminating every one of us. She carries all the grievances and difficulties alone. How could there be such a fool in the world?
Carpenter Zhang: I wonder how everyone back home is doing right now? Has the government distributed any relief food? Have you found a new source of water? Are my eldest and third brothers all right?
Tang's mother leaned on a huge rock, looking at the raging wildfire in the distance, and sighed: We rely on the mountains to make a living, and these mountains are destroyed like this. I don't know how long it will take to recover?
Suddenly she remembered that she was still sick and her daughter was so tired. She couldn't let him carry her on his back tomorrow. She had to get better quickly. She picked up the water bag and took a few big gulps, choking until her face turned red.
“Cough cough cough…”
Old Man Tang hurriedly stroked her back and said, "No one's trying to snatch it from you, so why are you in such a hurry? There's still plenty in the bucket!"
Tang's mother waved her hand: "Go to sleep quickly. We two old men can't drag them down..."
Old man Tang sighed, lay down on the stone and fell asleep soon.
The early morning sun shone down and everyone was woken up by the sun.
Tang Youyou took out a cloth bag and handed it to Lin Huahua: "Take out half of it, boil it into soup, and fill everyone's water bag with it."
Lin Huahua opened it with a puzzled look: "Mom, when did you get the lungwort?"
Tang Youyou waved her hand: "Don't ask anymore, go quickly, drinking this thing in water is good for everyone!"
After a moment, Doctor Xiong was extremely puzzled: "Do you know that this lungwort is a herbal medicine?"
"A wandering Taoist priest once said that Shennong tasted hundreds of herbs and found that all of them could be used as medicine!"
Doctor Xiong's eyes suddenly widened, and he stroked his beard: "Yes, I guess that Taoist priest knows a bit about medicine!"
Tang Youyou remained silent and stared at the stone in front of her in a daze.
The map provided by the system only has this river marked, but I don't know where it leads to. For now, I can only take it one step at a time.
"What's wrong?" Doctor Xiong saw that she was frowning.
“I wonder where this river leads to?”
Doctor Xiong stroked his beard after hearing this and said, "The wildfire was so severe back then that we couldn't escape. We just wanted to get down the cliff and see if there was a way out. We never expected to run into you in this dry riverbed. We're on the right track. We don't know where this river leads, but it flows south..."
The two people here were discussing the direction and position, but the Liu family did the same.
They accidentally discovered an underground river.
"We shouldn't stay here for a long time. We don't know when this wildfire will be extinguished. The fish in the cave have been devoured by us. Do they have to eat stones?" An elder of the tribe sighed.
Chief Liu stroked his beard and said, "Don't worry. This place is at least safer. We can discuss this matter after our scouts return."
After a while, several men came running over with joy on their faces: "Chief, we are saved!"
"Oh? What do you mean?"
The man wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Chief, we found that there is another mountain range below this river, and the area above is all rocky. Perhaps it's damp, so this mountain fire won't be able to burn out for a while..."
Chief Liu's eyes filled with tears: "Okay, okay... Tell the tribesmen to bring water and let's set off!"
So a group of people headed towards the depths of the underground river.
However, he never expected that he would run into Tang Youyou and his group three days later.
"Shh!" Tang Youyou raised his hand and swung it back, his meaning was very clear: there was danger ahead, so stop moving forward.
Butcher Zhang quietly stepped forward with two spears in hand: "Girl? What's going on?"
She just pointed to her ears.
"Damn it! It's already twilight hour, why hasn't the sun set yet? It's too hot..."
"That's right! Thirsty and hungry..."
There was constant discussion.
Butcher Zhang widened his eyes, clenched the spear in his hand, and was ready to attack at any time.
Tang Youyou glared at him and whispered, "Don't alert the enemy. We don't know if they are friends or enemies. From the sound, we know there are quite a few of them. We can't risk..."
Before he could finish his words, his eyes widened because the spear in his hand had already been thrown out.
"Ouch! What flew over my head? You scared me!"
"There are bandits!"
There was a panic over there, everyone's faces were pale, and the women were anxious. They picked up their children and ran away. The children's crying scared the birds in the forest and made them fly everywhere. Everyone was in a panic and the scene was in chaos.
Chief Liu shook his cane and said, "Don't panic, don't panic! Children and women, run back, and men, grab sticks and stones!"
Tang Youyou naturally heard the crying of a child and pinched Zhang the Butcher: "I told you not to be impulsive. When will you change your temper?"
After saying this, without looking at his liver-colored face, he pointed at Bai Ruoyi and then at the tree.
The latter understood, put the child down, and quickly climbed up a tall tree.
After a moment, he shouted: "Mom, it seems to be Liu!"
Upon hearing this, Doctor Xiong also put the child down and ran deep into the forest, shouting as he walked: "Chief, Chief..."
Clan leader Liu was originally scowling, leaning against a tree and panting, but he was startled by the sudden cry.
"Xiong Er?"
Doctor Xiong burst into tears, like a lone soldier who had found his group, and threw himself into his arms and began to cry: "Chief, you are all alive... It's great, wuwuwu..."
Clan leader Liu raised his hands high, at a loss. When he saw Old Man Tang and the others, he pushed them away and said, "Brother Tang, is that you?"
Butcher Zhang bowed apologetically and said, "I'm sorry, Chief Liu, I thought you were bandits, so I threw the spearhead away, hehe..."
Chief Liu laughed dumbly and shouted: "Don't run away, we are one family, we are one family..."
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