But they walked for five or six hours, and even though Chaoge and his companions had stream water to replenish their energy, their feet were still too much to bear.
In the deep mountains and dense forests, darkness always comes earlier, but no matter how hard they hurried, they could not reach the bottom of the mountain before dark.
So Zhou Dong miscalculated again. Fortunately, Chaoge did not have any expectations of him, nor was he disappointed.
For everyone's safety, Zhou Dong found a relatively open place for everyone to stop and rest.
Anyway, no matter how we walk today, we won’t be able to get down the mountain. Instead of doing that, we might as well have a good rest first and continue going down the mountain after dawn tomorrow.
With the previous experience of the wolf pack appearing, Zhou Dong finally acted a bit like a village chief this time and became a little smarter.
He arranged almost all the elderly, the weak, women and children to be surrounded and protected in the middle of an open space before he started to make a fire and cook.
Some men in the village took turns standing guard with torches, taking on the responsibility of protecting and guarding the area.
There are about a dozen people in each group, and they take turns every hour. This way, when encountering danger, everyone can prepare for escape in advance.
In order to prevent the appearance of more wild beasts, the men who were not on guard did not dare to rest. After finding firewood, they used axes to cut a number of steps on the surrounding tree trunks where the women rested.
These stairs are also designed to make it easier for the elderly, the weak, women and children who have difficulty climbing trees to climb trees in case wild beasts appear.
While Aunt Li prepared food, Chaoge took the three little ones to collect firewood nearby, while Black Panther left and wandered around the area.
Unexpectedly, the black panther, which had left for a while, soon came back with two hares.
Black Panther's ability made Aunt Li very happy, and at the same time, she also envied the refugees around her.
After Chaoge picked up the firewood and had some free time, he continued to use his wood skills to search for medicinal herbs nearby.
In this deep mountain and dense forest, although there were many refugees passing by, she still found quite a few herbs.
There are ordinary ones and precious ones.
Under the pretext of taking the Leng siblings to catch centipedes, Chaoge collected them all.
The story of the Leng siblings and Chaoge catching centipedes was eventually discovered by the villagers of Zhoudong.
"Furong, what are you looking for?"
Zhou Hehua followed quietly, accompanied by two girls from their village.
The Leng siblings, who were searching enthusiastically, were almost frightened by her sudden voice!
"Ah? No, I didn't find anything!
My little brother likes to play with bugs, so he caught some for him to play with."
Along the way, in order not to occupy the bamboo tube containing water, Leng Liecheng borrowed Chaoge's dagger to make a wooden tube specifically for centipedes.
The half-meter-long wooden tube was almost filled with the centipedes they had caught in the past two days, and Leng Liecheng was planning to make another one tonight.
Looking at the half-meter-long wooden tube in Leng Liecheng's hand, Zhou Hehua snorted coldly: "Furong, I didn't expect you to be so petty!
I saw it all. You have been catching those big bugs for several days.
Even if your little brother likes to play with this bug, it’s impossible for him to catch so many, right?
You still don't tell the truth and hide it. It's a pity that we took such good care of you and your siblings along the way."
“It was indeed my younger brother who liked to play with it before, but my eldest sister said that this bug might be sold to a pharmacy in the city.
But I don’t know what the price will be.
If you are not afraid that this insect is poisonous, you can catch it.
But during this famine year, it’s hard to say whether the pharmacy will accept this stuff. I didn’t tell you because I was afraid that you wouldn’t be able to sell it and you would waste your energy.”
Leng Furong simply didn't hide it. They had caught quite a few anyway. If they continued to catch, her eldest brother would have to spend a long time digging out wood to pack it up tonight. When he went down the mountain, he would have to carry an extra piece of wood on his back. She didn't want to catch any more.
Seeing Leng Furong admit that the insect could be exchanged for money, Zhou Hehua and the two girls on the side widened their eyes!
"Why didn't you tell me earlier? You are so selfish!
There are most of these insects in the mountains. We can go down the mountain tomorrow. Why are you telling me now?
You, you...”
"Lotus, why are you like this?
You didn't ask, so is it wrong for me not to take the initiative?
Don't be angry, these bugs like to hide under the leaves, you can catch a lot of them in one night, it's not too late to tell you now."
Leng Furong didn't expect Zhou Hehua's face to change so quickly. When she thought about having to rely on people from their village to go down the mountain, Leng Furong didn't dare to say anything absolute.
When Zhou Hehua heard this, she stomped her feet in anger, turned her face away at Leng Furong, and left with her good sister.
Sure enough, after a while, all the villagers in Zhoudong Village who had nothing to do started picking up leaves on the ground to look for centipedes.
"Little pigeons, you guys are such a fool. Why didn't you tell me earlier that this bug could be sold for money? Look at how impatient our Lotus was. She even told others about it.
Now that so many people are trying to catch them together, how many can we catch?"
Chaoge didn't expect that after Zhou Hehua left, Zhang Shufen came.
She must be crazy to publicize such a thing so loudly, right?
Chaoge was also speechless, but he also thought that it was better to have less trouble than more.
Although she didn't expect Zhou Dong and his villagers to protect her now, the falling out would inevitably affect her mood, so she didn't refute Zhang Shufen.
"In this famine year, even if this insect can be used as medicine and exchanged for money, there may not be a drugstore that will buy it.
Along the way, many cities became deserted. Even if we caught one, we might not be able to sell it. My siblings and I only had a glimmer of hope because we had nothing to do.
I didn't mention it because I didn't want to waste everyone's time. If you don't mind, there are many medicinal herbs to pick nearby."
Chaoge had already searched with her mind, and there was indeed a large area of common medicinal herbs in front. Even if she used wood-based skills to collect them, it would definitely cause quite a stir.
In this case, it would be better to use those things to get rid of Zhang Shufen.
After hearing what Chaoge said, Zhang Shufen no longer felt unhappy.
The unhappiness on his face disappeared, and he immediately smiled ingratiatingly, and asked urgently: "Really? Where?"
I don't know the medicinal herbs, so please don't lie to me!"
"Since Auntie doesn't believe me, why do you keep questioning me?"
Chaoge was no longer tolerant of this. She discovered that using mental power and thoughts to control the wood-related skills in Black Jade for a long time was very exhausting and could easily fatigue the brain.
Zhang Shufen wanted to make money by picking herbs, but she doubted herself. She didn't want to work for nothing, so she just retorted back.
After hearing what Chaoge said, Zhang Shufen's flattering smile became even bigger: "No, no, I just can't believe it.
Can you take me to pick them? You see, if we are fleeing from famine and settle down in a new place, we will have to spend money. If we can pick some herbs and exchange them for money, it will be considered as helping our family, right?
Don't worry, whether there is a pharmacy that accepts it or not is my own business, I will never blame you."
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