Xiao Bao said, "I'm thirsty too, but I have to wait until tonight to get water from the candied hawthorn vendor."
Chen Nong suggested, "Xiao Bao, how about we change the water in a bottle later, keep one batch of pasture seeds until tomorrow morning for harvest, and use the last batch to plant more seeds?"
"It's been so many days, and I still haven't seen what the pasture you planted looks like after it matures."
Wu Di said, "It only took a little over an hour to grow that tall. When it matures, it will definitely grow as tall as an adult, just like a wild person, very tall."
Xiao Shi said, "It should be. It's so tall and the pole is so thick. It's full of water, enough for us to quench our thirst and eat."
Chen Nong: "Yes, there's a whole bunch, and we can get several sections."
Xiao Bao: "Okay then, I'll talk to my mom."
In the evening, Xiao Bao only changed one bottle of water.
Grandma Liu had the children share half of the water.
Many people in the group fainted from hunger as they walked. They were exhausted and thirsty from constantly traveling and finally collapsed.
Left with no other option, the village chief had everyone stop and rest for a while before continuing their journey.
Inside the carriage, Chen's wife rubbed her temples and said, "I just don't feel safe."
The dogs suddenly started barking wildly, staring menacingly at their surroundings, and everyone immediately became alert.
Suddenly, a barrage of rockets rained down on them from all directions, and flames shot everywhere!
"Ah—help!"
The village chief quickly banged the gong and shouted, "Run! Get up the mountain! Forget the donkey cart!"
After a few bursts of rockets were fired, another large group of bandits wielding knives charged towards them.
Everyone cried and ran away in all directions.
One of the mules in Chen Kai's mule cart was hit by a rocket and was running wildly.
The children inside the carriage were jolted and swayed, and Lao Wu, who was driving the carriage, almost tumbled off the train.
The fifth brother gripped the vehicle tightly with one hand and pulled out a knife he had laid out with the other, cutting the rope holding the vehicle in place before the carriage finally came to a stop.
The fifth brother lifted the carriage curtain, sweating profusely, and said anxiously, "Hurry up, everyone get out, let's run up the mountain!"
Chen Kai grabbed a tote bag, Xiao Tian quickly picked up the blanket and tucked it under his arm, and the others also grabbed a few things as well. They were in a hurry to escape and didn't have time to pack.
The fifth brother carried them off the carriage one by one.
At this moment, Old Man Chen and the others also ran over in a disheveled state.
The adults picked up the baby and ran desperately up the mountain.
Old Man Chen urged, "Hurry, run faster!"
The second son had a limp and couldn't walk fast, so the eldest son had already carried him on his back and run away.
The seventh brother's leg injury hasn't fully healed yet; he can't pull it up if he takes big steps, so he can't run fast. He's being carried by the fourth brother.
After the bandits rushed up, they started chopping down the donkeys and even the people they saw. It was clear that they were after the donkeys.
"Waaaaah—" The children were so frightened that they burst into tears.
Just as a group of bandits were about to attack their men, the eldest daughter-in-law threw a Molotov cocktail and shouted to the others, "Run! Run up the mountain!"
Chen Xiaohua hurriedly carried Xiaobao out of the car when suddenly an arrow was shot at her. Wu Dahai leaped forward and blocked the arrow.
"Husband!" Chen Xiaohua screamed immediately.
Old Man Wu ran over, picked up Xiao Bao, and said, "Hurry up, let's run!"
Old Mrs. Wu, supporting her son, was sweating profusely with anxiety. "Son, bear with it!"
At this moment, the second son's wife came over with a tortoise shell to help them.
"In-laws, hurry, over here!"
On the other side, hearing the shouts and cries of battle coming from behind, Zhou said urgently, "Hurry up, hurry up!"
Everyone ran with all their might, losing their shoes and getting hurt by tree branches, but they didn't care about anything and just kept running.
Only after they ran into the mountains, where the trees provided cover, did the number of people hit by arrows decrease.
The bandits stopped firing arrows when they saw the group enter the mountains, and then turned to process the meat.
Seeing that the bandits had stopped chasing, the village chief shouted, "Keep running! Let's cross the two mountains first, then stop and look for them!"
In such a rush, some people got separated from the group, but most people still kept up with the main group.
The bandits were still behind them, and they dared not light torches. Tonight, the sky was overcast and there was no moon, so the light was very poor. Many of them fell down after running a few steps.
Old Man Chen anxiously thought to himself, "Big Black, turn on the recycling function and help me recycle all the things I left behind!"
He still had so many mineral water bottles left at his house, and he didn't have time to bring them with him. He couldn't let those despicable bandits get away with it.
Big Black: "Sorry, host, Black Bull's level is too low to operate automatically. You need to operate it manually."
It seems we can only operate when it stops.
An hour later, they finally stopped and the group found a cave to rest.
The village chief instructed, "The uninjured guards should be on high alert and keep watch around the area. The patrols should search the surrounding area and see if they can find any of the people who have run away."
The doctor quickly treated the wounded, and the old woman helped apply medicine and bandages to the doctor's hands. The woman found some strips of cloth to give to the injured guards. If there were no strips of cloth, the men tore off pieces of cloth from their sleeves and gave them to them.
The men who are still able to move around should cut down some trees nearby to make carrying poles, which will then be used to carry the people who are unable to move.
If someone in your family gets lost, send someone out to look for them, but don't let them go too far.
Don't worry too much. There are so many of us, and we've left so many traces wherever we go. They'll find us by following those traces.
Many of Chen's relatives were wounded by arrows, and everyone quickly helped apply medicine and bandages.
The eldest son's wife was called to help collect the strips of cloth. Zhou took out a tote bag that was full of tote bags. He took out the plastic bag at the bottom and handed one to the eldest son's wife.
"Here, take this to put it in." The bag was handed to the second son's wife by chance; she only took out a wood-chopping knife herself and didn't have time to take anything else.
Chen Kai rummaged through the tote bag he had casually picked up. Inside were several bags, then a packing box, and underneath was a burlap sack for wiping away dust.
Chen Kai took it out and hesitated, saying, "There's one here, but it's a bit dirty."
The eldest son's wife took it and said, "It's good enough that it's here; no one will think it's dirty."
The Chen family had run out of cloth, so the eldest brothers had no choice but to cut off pieces of cloth from their sleeves and hand them over.
The eldest daughter-in-law said, "Husband, just cut off one piece, let's forget about the others. Who knows if other families will even hand over their cloth?"
The eldest daughter-in-law took the cloth given to her by her husband, stuffed it into a red plastic bag, and went to collect cloth from the ranks. As she collected the cloth, she also gave it to the wounded guards.
The eldest daughter-in-law would complain whenever she visited a house and saw that the other person had cut off at least three or four sleeves, which annoyed everyone.
"The guards here need strips of cloth for bandaging, hurry up and bring them over," an old woman shouted.
The eldest son's wife had no choice but to let this family go for now, and walked over with the bag in her hand.
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