Little Zhang looked at Shen Yun, who was screaming and crying after being beaten, and pulled him aside with amusement.
There are so many people here and they all have different opinions. Even if there is a relationship, what can we say?
"A child kicked me yesterday, and Anan said there were two of them." Xiao Zhang talked about what happened last night, trying to distract everyone's attention.
As expected, their attention was diverted and they asked in surprise, "Two! Really?"
Old Mrs. Shen and others also gathered around and stared at little Zhang's belly in surprise.
But after a moment, she became worried again: "Giving birth to a child is like walking through the gates of hell for a woman. The second son's wife suffered a lot when she was pregnant with the third and fourth sons. What's more, we are still running around outside all day..."
Everyone understood what Mrs. Shen had not said yet, and Shen Yun looked at little Zhang with a nervous expression.
It was Xiao Zhang herself who smiled and comforted them: "Don't worry, although we have to travel outside for a while, you have taken good care of me, nothing will happen."
Song also quickly added: "What can you tell, my sister-in-law may not be pregnant with two babies. No matter what, it's always right for us to take good care of her."
"Yes, the old lady is right. We should take good care of them. We are not afraid even if there are two. Fortunately, An'an asked me to buy pregnancy-preserving medicine in advance." said Old Mrs. Shen.
Then he arranged for Xiao Zhang to say, "In the future, when the sun is not so hot, you can also come out and walk around, otherwise you will not have the strength when you give birth."
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People who went around looking for Lin Popiah came back one after another, and they all said that they didn't find him.
Lin Popiah had no relatives or family members in the village, and he had a bad relationship with everyone in the village, so few of those who left were serious about looking for him.
It was just a show. I walked a few hundred meters and then came back.
"That scoundrel Lin didn't want to leave yesterday. Now that he's gone, maybe he ran back." Someone said.
"Yes, let's go quickly, otherwise it will be hot again when the sun comes out."
The village head listened to everyone's opinions and shouted, "Let's go!"
Shen Yu'an walked behind and remembered that her mother complained about too many mosquitoes when she woke up in the morning. Then she looked at them and saw several small blisters on their bodies from mosquito bites.
She used her time to find some mosquito repellent ointment from the space.
She gave one jar of ointment to her mother and one to her grandmother.
She said mysteriously, "This is the ointment my grandfather gave me. It's used to repel mosquitoes. Apply it on your body and give it to other people as well."
Old Mrs. Shen took the smooth little jar and opened it, revealing an emerald green paste.
"Oh, it smells so good. It must have cost a lot of money." Old Mrs. Shen lowered her head and smelled it, and immediately didn't want to use it.
She said, "We all have thick skin and flesh, so why would we need this? In the summer, it's inevitable that we will get bitten by bugs."
"Put it away quickly. When we find a place to live, we might be able to sell it for quite a bit of silver."
After saying that, he was about to stuff it into the bag she was carrying.
Shen Yu'an quickly stopped him and said, "Grandpa might give us something sometime. If he gives it to us, it's for us to use now."
"If we don't use it, he will get angry and think that we don't accept his kindness. What should we do if he doesn't give it to us in the future?"
Old Mrs. Shen was startled and asked in surprise, "Is it that serious?"
Shen Yuan continued to deceive: "That's not the case, otherwise why didn't you give it to me before? Don't say such things again in the future."
She remembered that Old Mrs. Shen believed in gods and Buddhas the most, so she would never dare to say such things again.
If they are reluctant to use the things I take out every time, it would be so troublesome to explain them over and over again, so I have to put an end to them at once and directly break through Mrs. Shen's line.
Old Mrs. Shen held the small jar that Shen Yu'an gave her in her hand, feeling distressed and conflicted, and finally made up her mind and said, "Use it, everyone use it."
Then he quietly applied the ointment on his body and passed it to others.
The Shen family knew exactly where this thing came from. It was given to her by the old lady because she liked their eucalyptus, so they were happy to use it.
Song handed the jar to Ding Hehua, pulled her arm and said, "Apply this ointment on your body, and you won't be afraid of insect bites."
Ding Hehua opened it and pushed it back: "There's no need for this good thing, take it back quickly."
Song pushed it to Ding Hehua for a while before she carefully took it and applied it on her body.
After walking for most of the day, when they were about to reach the county border, the people from Shenjia Village finally met another group of people.
It was a team of less than a hundred people, all of them looked dusty and dirty.
The leader was an old man over fifty years old, looking even more weathered than Shen Lizheng, but with a kind face.
When they saw the people from Shenjia Village appearing in their sight, as well as the large and small bags they carried, their eyes lit up.
The luggage looked bulging, so there must be a lot of food.
Several middle-aged men standing behind the old man approached him and said, "Uncle, they seem to have a lot of food. When they come, we will... ask for some."
The middle-aged man spoke with great difficulty, and obviously felt that this idea was not feasible.
Finally, he clenched his fist and said with determination: "Or we can grab some of it, at least we can get by for now."
"The grandson of the old aunt has not eaten for two days. If he doesn't have anything to eat anymore, I'm afraid he won't last long."
The others looked at the old man expectantly, as if as long as he opened his mouth, they would wait until the people from Shenjia Village came over and then muster up their strength to take action.
The old man shook his head when he saw that the population of Shenjia Village was three times that of theirs.
"Stand back and let them pass."
Those people looked unwilling, but no one objected to the old man's decision, so they had to move back.
However, when the people from Shenjia Village approached, an old woman holding her grandson rushed to the front of the team.
"Please give me some food. My grandson hasn't eaten for two days. I beg you kind people to give me some food."
The old woman knelt down and cried in front of the headman's family who were walking in front.
Chen Lizheng's wife glared and said angrily: "We don't have any food to eat, how can we give you extra food? Get out of the way."
After saying that, he walked forward and pushed the old woman who was kneeling on the ground aside.
The people in the team supported the old woman who was about to fall.
Several daughters-in-law of Chen Lizheng's family guarded the grain bags on the ox cart tightly and stared at the old woman with vigilant eyes.
The people behind her were all looking here and there, but no one was looking at the old woman crying on the ground.
Even if there were a few who felt sorry for it, they were suppressed by other family members.
In this situation, I can’t even get enough food to eat, so how can I be kind enough to help others?
The refugees behind the old woman stared at the team from Shenjia Village with eager eyes. They could only speed up their pace to distance themselves from this group of refugees.
When he reached the end of the team, Shen Yu'an saw the old woman still kneeling on the ground crying and the pale and skinny refugees behind her.
[Author's side note]: There will be another chapter later~
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