"If they don't even want to do that, then it means they don't want to come back at all."
Wang Dali's words were so convincing that even Zhang Fengxi was persuaded. "Yes, and this way, they can send troops back sooner, so we won't starve to death."
Hearing this, Su Man frowned slightly.
"Under normal circumstances, this method is understandable. However, Jun'er is seriously ill. If he is not treated, he may die in the next few days."
She paused, "A sick child needs his mother the most. If our suspicion kills a life..."
Su Man stopped at the point, and when she said this, all the women with children felt a sense of empathy.
Yes, since they were willing to give up their comfortable lives and travel across mountains and rivers, they must value this child very much.
Even if we take a step back, which parent would be willing to watch their child die young?
Zhang Fengxi was persuaded, "Forget it, since it has come to this, why not let them go."
Aunt Cuihua also nodded, "Yes, and these days I don't think Mr. Luo and his men are ungrateful."
Seeing the villagers relent, Suman also breathed a sigh of relief. "After they leave, our wait isn't in vain. Most of the workers will be retained, and we can continue working. This time we won't make a big boat, just a raft."
"A raft?"
Wang Dali disagreed. "The raft is flimsy and can only drift with the water and easily overturn. How can we get to the south?"
"Reaching the south is impossible, but escaping is still possible. If we encounter another government raid, we can escape on a raft, which is better than sitting and waiting to die."
With this guarantee, everyone's faces relaxed a little, and they finally agreed to let Luo Xiangyun go first.
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In this way, after another five days, a small boat that could accommodate five people was built.
Luo Xiangyun brought his wife Luo Jun'er and three followers.
Before leaving, Mrs. Luo took Jun'er to say goodbye to Su Man.
Jun'er couldn't speak. He grabbed Su Man's fingers and blinked his eyes continuously.
The soft touch softened Su Man's heart, and she encouraged him with a smile.
"Jun'er, get better."
Just when Mrs. Luo was about to put Jun'er on the boat, Jun'er's expression became anxious and she kept patting Mrs. Luo's shoulders.
Mrs. Luo was a little surprised by this abnormality, so she stopped and watched what he was going to do.
Unexpectedly, Jun'er took out a gold lock from her arms and stuffed it directly into Su Man's hand.
Su Man was happy. She scratched Jun'er's face and said, "This is your longevity lock. Keep it well."
Unexpectedly, Jun'er, who had always been well-behaved, suddenly became stubborn and insisted on putting the lock into Su Man's arms. Mrs. Luo smiled and said, "My benefactor, please keep it. Jun'er can't bear to part with you."
Su Man took it and judging from the condition of the lock, she thought Jun'er had probably been wearing it since birth.
Su Man's heart softened and she kissed Jun'er's little face.
"I will guard the longevity lock for you. I guarantee you a safe and smooth life."
Jun'er seemed to understand what Su Man said. He pursed his lips and looked like he was about to cry, but he held himself back. He just stared at Su Man with his big grape-like eyes, as if he wanted to remember Su Man's face in the limited time.
Before setting sail, Su Man handed a bundle to Mrs. Luo.
"Here are the clothes you asked us to mend before. They have been mended."
Mrs. Luo was slightly stunned, obviously not remembering when she had asked Su Man to help her mend her clothes.
Su Man winked at her, and Mrs. Luo had no choice but to accept it.
She held Jun'er in her arms until Su Man, who was waving to them on the shore, became smaller and smaller, then she sat down and wiped her tears.
"God has been kind to us, allowing us to meet such a benefactor."
Suddenly, she saw an egg sticking out from the bundle.
When I opened it, I saw a bag full of eggs and some things that looked like dried meat.
Mrs. Luo and Luo Xiangyun were both stunned.
"This is..."
This definitely cannot be found in the mountains, and they have been in one place every day these days and have not found where these things are.
Luo Xiangyun looked at the pier that was no longer visible with a complicated expression.
"It seems that our benefactor is no ordinary person."
Mrs. Luo came back to her senses from her shock. She knelt down in the direction of Su Man and pulled Jun'er to kneel with her.
I just hope I’ll have the chance to meet my benefactor again in the future.
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After Luo Xiangyun and the others left, Su Man was about to go back to the mountain when her ankle suddenly tightened.
A disheveled man crawled over and grabbed her feet. Su Man, not noticing what was under her feet, subconsciously took a step back.
"Please, give me something to eat, please..."
I thought it was a refugee from somewhere, but when I looked closely, I found that it was Qin Mosheng.
Qin Mosheng did not follow them up the mountain that day. Su Man thought he had returned to his hometown or gone somewhere else, but she didn't expect he was still here.
At this moment, Qin Mosheng's hair was disheveled, his face was so dirty that it was unrecognizable, and even his praying posture looked weird because of his broken right hand.
Seeing his miserable condition, the villagers all looked at each other in bewilderment.
Even though he did something ridiculous, the village chief and his wife Aunt Yuemei took him to the river to wash him because all his relatives had died and he was from the same village.
Qin Mosheng was so thin that he was just skin and bones. He fainted while washing.
Seeing this situation, it becomes a question whether to take him up the mountain or not.
Su Man was unwilling to take them with him. Not to mention his character, a person like him might sell them out at any time.
But Zhang Fengxi and Aunt Cuihua couldn't bear to abandon him, mainly because they saw how heartbroken he was when Widow Song died that day, and felt that he had been punished enough.
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