"While it's still light now, everyone should pack up quickly and head to the back mountain to look for him. However, those who are too old and have difficulty walking, or those who have someone to take care of at home, should not come with us. The rest of you should follow me, and the rest of you should be the backup."
When the village chief heard that everyone who had returned answered that they had not found Lian'er, he also guessed that what Granny Liang said might be right, and that Liang'er had really walked out of the gate of Guquan Village. Now the sun was showing signs of setting. If they waited until the sun went down and then ran to the back mountain to look for someone, it would be too late.
Visibility is limited when the sun goes down. In addition, the vegetation on the back mountain is very rich because few people set foot there. The weeds are even as tall as a person. If it is at night, finding people in such an environment is really harder than climbing to the sky.
The people in their village have always been very united, especially after that kind of thing happened to every household, the remaining people became even more united.
There are only a few of them left, and most of them are elderly people, or women and children who are in poor health.
Now the surroundings are busy with work, and all the food around them has been almost consumed. Now every household only has some sweet potatoes hidden in the cellar, or they go to the mountains to find some wild vegetables. Just a mixture of these two things can fill their stomachs and save their lives.
However, wild vegetables are limited in quantity. It would not be a big deal if one or two people were eating them, but there are more than two of them. Under limited resources, human nature will slowly be forced to show up. When no one can find anything to eat, there is a possibility of cannibalism, not to mention people fighting each other for food.
"We watched Lian'er grow up. She is like one of our own family. Now there are only Lian'er and her mother left in her family. If Lian'er really encounters something, her mother is already ill. If she gets the news, her spiritual support will immediately collapse. Her health has always been poor, and she is holding on mainly for her daughter. She doesn't want her to be separated from her father and brothers and lose her mother. The premise of her holding on until now is that she hopes Lian'er can grow up healthy. But if she secretly runs to that place in the back mountain without telling any of them this time."
As the saying goes, mother and daughter are connected by heart. If something really happened to Lian'er or an accident occurred, even if they tried their best to hide it from her mother, if he hadn't seen Lian'er for a long time, they would not be able to conceal it and would definitely be suspected by Jiang's mother.
The most important thing at the moment is to hope that they can arrive in time. As long as it is not dark, they still have a chance to find Lian'er.
Let Granny Liang go back temporarily and deceive Lian'er's mother in a kind way. The most important thing is to distract his attention. In this way, even if he has doubts in his heart, he will not have so much time to think about this matter and the secret can be kept secret for a little longer.
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