Whether the bodyguards understood the Zhao family's way of doing things was irrelevant.
The important thing is that this place is no longer habitable.
After all, the smell of blood is too strong. If it attracts any wild beasts, even if we have the ability to kill them, it won't be enough to cause a ruckus.
Even if you can take turns sleeping in the car during the day, it's still not as comfortable as lying in bed.
The Zhao family urgently needs to find a place to get a good night's sleep.
Fifteen minutes later, the group set off again.
Many of the "wolf corpses" on the roadside gradually woke up. They swayed as they stood up and nudged their companions.
Occasionally, it would let out a mournful cry. Soon, the forest echoed back.
The alpha wolf that left earlier did not lead the pack far.
Instead, they hid nearby and observed the Zhao family's movements.
I thought the Zhao family would skin and dismember their companions like the other two-legged creatures, but to my surprise, these two-legged creatures just left their companions aside.
The alpha wolf stared intently in the direction the Zhao family had left, its wise eyes fixed on them.
As for what he was thinking, we have no way of knowing.
This time, the Zhao family walked until dawn before finding a suitable place to stop.
Exhausted, I wasn't in the mood to cook. I just boiled a big pot of water and a big pot of eggs.
To ensure these eggs didn't break, they were handled with utmost care throughout the journey.
The basket was lined with cotton padding to cushion the impact from the vehicle's movement, and it was now filled with rice husks.
Even so, you'll still lose a few eggs every time you travel a certain distance.
Even if adults don't eat it, children still need to eat it.
Therefore, I buy some every time I pass through a town, even though I know it's not suitable for long-distance travel.
The eggs were quickly boiled, then taken out and placed in cold water to cool them down, making them easier to peel. The water used to chill the eggs was then used to feed the horses.
The water in the large pot was used to fill water bags and to brew oil tea noodles.
If that's not enough, add a few pieces of dried meat.
After breakfast, the group rushed to sleep, they were all so tired.
The group slept until noon before waking up.
If it weren't for the intense sun and the stuffy heat inside the tent, I probably could have slept until dark.
The staff who took turns working changed several times, but overall, they've all had a break.
After the meal, the group set off again.
The destination was the ancestral home of Zhao Qianci's family.
Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, more than a month has passed since the Zhao family left. In a few more days, they will be arriving at Zhao Qianci's ancestral home.
Upon entering western Hubei, the air became extremely hot and dry, as if one could catch fire at any moment.
In terms of diet, it also has a strong flavor, and the use of dogwood is highly refined.
A eating habit that seems to allow one to breathe fire with every bite.
Although the Zhao family adapted quickly, they still couldn't help but feel frustrated.
In order to ensure that the group could reach their destination in good health, they basically stopped eating local food and instead borrowed a kitchen to cook for themselves.
In order to reach their ancestral home as quickly as possible, the Zhao family and their group sped up their pace.
Ten days later, the Zhao family arrived at their ancestral home, but the ancestral home was no longer the same as before. The people were no longer the same either.
The former Zhao Family Village has long been renamed Wuhu Village.
In short, this is a village built by people from all over the world.
The people who defended the village to the death back then have disappeared without a trace.
The arrival of so many outsiders naturally alerted the village chief.
The village chief was a man in his forties named Song Changxi. He succeeded his father as village chief.
"Gentlemen, I am the village chief of Wuhu Village. What brings you to our village?"
Zhao Qianci stepped forward.
"Greetings, Village Chief. My surname is Zhao. I fled with my clan during the famine years ago."
The journey is long, and I have wanted to return to pay homage to my ancestors for many years, but I have not been able to do so.
We've made a special trip back home today to pay respects to our ancestors, but we don't know if our Zhao family's ancestral graves still exist.
When Song Changxi heard that they had returned to pay respects to their ancestors, he felt much relieved.
As long as they don't come to the village to cause trouble, it's fine.
He immediately led the Zhao family to his home and served them tea.
The Zhao family was quite tired and needed to find a place to stretch their legs quickly.
So he didn't refuse the village chief's offer.
After having tea and learning a little about the village, Zhao Qianci took his wife and three sons up the mountain.
If Zhao Qianci hadn't had a good memory, he would never have imagined that his family's ancestral graves were practically unrecognizable as having any mounds left.
In another ten or eight years, this place will probably be no different from other mountainous areas.
Who would notice that our ancestors are still sleeping beneath the earth?
With too many ancestors, Zhao Qianci couldn't possibly take care of them all.
The first thing to do is go to my mother's grave.
Fortunately, Zhao Qianci insisted on erecting a stone tablet for his mother.
Decades have passed, but the inscription on the stone tablet remains.
They pulled up the weeds from their mother's grave and then laid out the offerings they had brought.
He knelt down and kowtowed, then pulled Huang and her three sons to kowtow to the old lady.
"Mother, I am an unfilial son. I haven't come back to see you all these years. I've left you all alone here."
Your son came back this time to take you away.
If you don't mind, Mother, I will take you to Lingnan Prefecture and bury you on the hill behind our house.
Even a hundred years later, your mother will still have great-great-grandchildren to burn incense and make offerings to her.
Mother, I don't know if you'd be willing to leave my father. Anyway, if you have a stepmother, you'll naturally have a stepfather.
You have no idea, not long after you left, my father married my stepmother.
My stepmother treated me badly, but my father initially cared about me a little.
When my stepmother got pregnant, I, the eldest grandson, became someone neither my maternal grandmother nor my maternal uncle loved.
Even back when we were fleeing famine, if it weren't for the elders in our clan leading the way, my mother and I would probably be reunited in the underworld long ago.
My father took his wife and children and went to live with his father-in-law.
Mother, do you know that they sneaked away in the middle of the night?
When I woke up, there was no one in the house.
Mother, can you imagine how desperate I was back then? ..."
Zhao Qianci poured out all the things he had kept hidden in his heart for so many years to his mother.
All that could be heard was Huang Shi and her three brothers kneeling beside them, their eyes blurred with tears.
I never knew my biological father had such a hard childhood.
As a single father, Zhao Minggeng was even more glad that he had not remarried after hearing his father's tearful story.
If you marry someone with a malicious heart, wouldn't things fall apart?
"Dad, please don't cry. Let's burn some more paper money for Grandma."
Dad, talk to Grandma and ask her to wait a little longer. We'll go to town today and find a geomancer to calculate the grave-raising ceremony.
And Dad, you should talk to Grandma again. Since we're going to the capital to build a grave for Grandma, we need to cremate her remains, otherwise it's inconvenient to take them with us.
If your grandmother has any complaints, just have her appear in your dream.
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