Chapter 699: On the way to escape from famine 5
Zhang Zhong asked with a trembling voice. He still didn't believe that people could be so evil.
"If you smell them, you'll find a rancid smell that can't be covered up. That's the smell of people addicted to eating 'two-legged sheep'."
Ripple said calmly.
But no one moved this time, because the four brothers of the Zhang family had just been in close combat with these four people, and they naturally smelled the smell.
Now the whole yard was eerily quiet, with only the crackling sound of burning torches.
"Listen to Lianyi. Since they have already targeted our child, it will be more troublesome if we attract their accomplices."
"Puh!" Zhang Shi spat fiercely, then walked around the yard looking for stones to smash to death these beasts who coveted his son.
"Uncle, don't dirty your hands. Just dig a deep hole and bury them directly."
Lianyi knew that these simple farmers had never taken anyone's life, so it was normal for them to have weak hands and trembling legs.
"All of you go dig a pit. Lianyi, wake up your grandmother, your aunts, and your mother. After you get ready and deal with these five people, we will set out overnight. If the companions of these beasts catch up with us, it will be too late for us to leave."
Old Zhang said decisively.
"Yes, Dad!"
"Yes, Master!"
Old Zhang told his two grandsons:
"Don't tell your sister what you just heard and saw, remember?"
"Master, we remember this."
Both grandsons are fourteen years old, grown-up kids. Although he felt a little sick, he still held it in. They are the pillars of the family and he cannot be cowardly.
"Go help your sister Lianyi."
Old Zhang waited for his two grandsons and granddaughter to enter the house, and stood against the door frame for a long time before he recovered his strength. He turned around and went back into the house, and found that everyone was already packing up. He looked into the inner room and discovered that several daughters-in-law, led by their old wives, had already put away the bedding.
At this time, the inner room was also eerily quiet. When the noise happened just now, the women in the inner room all woke up, but they knew that they could not help if they went out, and would also hinder their men. So they clenched the rolling pins in their hands and squatted under the wall. They heard clearly what was said outside.
Especially after hearing what Lianyi said about "two-legged sheep", the hairs on the back of their necks stood up. The faces of the two daughters-in-law and Hui Niang who were named turned pale. If Lianyi hadn't been vigilant and on guard against these people, they wouldn't have dared to think about having their children.
The four Zhang brothers and Song Dachuan and their five companions held their breath and in less than two quarters of an hour they dug a three-meter-deep pit in the vegetable garden in the backyard of the village chief's house. They gagged the five struggling people and threw them into the pit, then quickly filled the pit with soil. Zhang Shi even stepped on it a few times to compact the soil, leaving them no chance of survival.
When they returned to the front yard, Old Zhang was also ready. They held torches and left this eerie village overnight.
Everyone was silent and just kept on moving. It took them an entire night to climb over a mountain. On the other side of the mountain, they finally saw a little green. The family continued on their way, trying to avoid places where the victims gathered.
"After crossing this mountain, we will reach the northern part of Liangzhou. This side has not been hit by the disaster, but because the disaster victims in the south are pouring in here, we must be more careful. In addition to being on guard against the disaster victims, we must also be careful of those who try to take advantage of the situation."
Lianyi has a map of Dagan in her mind, so she will never make a mistake in finding the way.
"Lianyi, who are those people who are trying to take advantage of the situation that you are talking about?"
Xin asked immediately.
Ever since the experience in the ghost village that night, everyone tacitly agreed that Lianyi, the most knowledgeable person, was the invisible leader. The daily arrangements were still made by Lao Zhang, and if there were things that they couldn't make a decision, Lao Zhang would pull Lianyi aside to discuss it.
Since they were asked, Lianyi took the opportunity to give them some general knowledge, so that they would not be sold and then help others count money. It was not their fault that they had little experience, as some of them had never left the village where they lived for generations.
“There are two types of people who fish in troubled waters: those who do it for the sake of people and those who do it for the sake of money.
Those people are human traffickers or madams of brothels. They take advantage of the opportunity when the victims are selling their children to survive and buy the good-looking children. But there are also those who are unwilling to sell their children, like our family. Those people may steal or rob, and even use a piece of candy to knock the child unconscious and take him away.
So when we get to such a place, we must not get lost. We must be vigilant and pay attention to the surrounding situation at all times. Don't chat with those who actively talk to us, as these people are very likely to try to trick us into saying something.
Those who are after money value material possessions, such as the jade and pearls that we accidentally obtained before. They can exchange these things for a little bit of food, and then sell them to other states, and earn ten or a hundred times the money back.
These things cannot be eaten or drunk, so it is better to exchange them for two taels of grain. Therefore, many victims will abandon these things. We can't show these things, so as not to be targeted.
At least give some food if you have a conscience. If you encounter such vicious people, you can't do anything if they rob you openly. So, I still say that everyone should be vigilant, after all, we are few in number."
Lianyi doesn't mind saying it in a more terrifying way so that these people will always be on their guard.
"You all should listen to Lianyi. She's not trying to scare you. Your grandma and I have fled famine and settled in Zhangjia Village. Do you remember Old Man Liu's house at the west end of the village?"
"I remember that she seems to be related to my aunt."
"Yes, it was his family. When they fled to Zhangjia Village, there were only four people left in the family. Five children were lost or died on the way and were never found again."
When Old Zhang has free time, he would chat with the men in the same village. He heard all this from Old Man Liu himself.
Several women hugged their children tightly, and then whispered to them that they should not eat anything handed to them by strangers, and should stay close to their parents. If they got separated, they should shout the names of their parents and eldest sister.
Lianyi was very upset after hearing this, but since her goal was achieved, she didn't care about it. After all, it was for the good of the children.
After entering the northern part of Liangzhou, they moved along the way, trying to leave Liangzhou as soon as possible. As long as they entered Huangzhou's territory, they could get rid of the victims. After all, not all victims wanted to go to Huangzhou. Most of them wanted to go to Huzhou, which was closer to Liangzhou and more prosperous.
After the Zhang family reached the middle section of northern Liangzhou, they were stopped outside the city of Haoyuan County. A large number of disaster victims had already gathered here, forming a black mass, all staring at the city gate of Haoyuan County with lifeless eyes.
"If we want to leave Liangzhou, we have to go through Haoyuan County. There's no way around it."
Lianyi stood on her cart filled with luggage and looked at the city wall in the distance and said.
(End of this chapter)
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