Chapter 15: Escape from the Troubled Times 13
The night is sticky and the full moon hangs high in the sky.
Under the silvery moonlight, people pushed their carts forward with difficulty.
"Village chief, there's no one following us. Let's take a break." Someone shouted weakly.
"Yes, village chief, let's take a rest, we are far enough away." Everyone agreed.
The village chief felt sad when he saw everyone's tired faces.
"Okay, let's stop and rest. There's a mountain ahead that's blocking the road. Tomorrow we won't go around the foot of the mountain, but go straight into the mountain and through it."
"Village chief, are we still going into the mountains?" asked the villager whose family members were killed by wolves in fear.
"Yes, village chief, we are not afraid of the distance, why don't we go around it."
"Everyone, listen to me." Village Chief Wu comforted everyone.
"We can't just not...eat if we get choked." Village chief Wu thought for a long time but couldn't remember how to say that word.
"Don't be afraid of choking." Wu Geli reminded quietly.
"Right! We can't throw the baby out with the bathwater. My in-laws took this route a few years ago. It would take at least six or seven days to go around it. There's a county town nearby, and you might even get caught. But if you go straight through it, it only takes two days to get into Beryllium State."
After hearing this, everyone agreed, stopped and sat down on the ground. Lin Xia also stopped to catch his breath, rested for a while and took out the water bag to drink water.
The snoring gradually died down in the daylight.
"Get up, get up, hurry up and eat, we will go into the mountains in a quarter of an hour."
"I like going into the mountains, but I also hate going into the mountains." Aunt Wang next to Lin Xia complained.
"There's food and drink in the mountains, but there are big insects and it's hard to climb. It's Miss Lin who had the foresight to buy a wheelbarrow."
Lin Xia smiled and said, "It's mainly because I don't have money. I saw other people pushing wheelbarrows on the road. They are more flexible, compact and cheap. But a wheelbarrow can hold a lot. I don't have that much luggage. Auntie is from a wealthy family, so a wheelbarrow is more suitable for her."
The old lady smiled happily after hearing this. Isn't it true? Her five sons' belongings filled three large carts. Unlike Xiaolin, his cart was only full with a bucket of water and two pieces of rags.
It was said that it would only take two days to cross the mountains and forests, but the mountain roads were difficult to navigate and progress was slow, so we only completed half of the journey in two days.
This afternoon,
The vanguard team returned from exploring the path.
"Village Chief, there is a road not far ahead that is just wide enough for a car to pass through."
Village Chief Wu was surprised and then calmed down.
"Is it an official road?"
"No." One of them answered affirmatively.
"That's good, let's follow the road then."
Little did I know that stepping onto this unknown path was just the beginning of a nightmare.
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The top of the mountain not far away.
"Boss, the other party is a big fat sheep." said one person.
"How's your fighting strength?" asked another tall figure.
"Boss, I've been observing them for a day. It's just an ordinary village, but there are more people. There are about 300 young and middle-aged men."
Then he added: "There is not enough food in the village, but every household has food."
"Zhang San and Li Si, you continue to follow them. When they are about to reach Chakou Bay, send someone to notify me. Lao Er go back first to organize 300 people to prepare for a sneak attack." The leader pointed at three of them and gave the orders.
After receiving the order, the second brother quickly disappeared into the forest.
Chakou Bay.
The people in Wujia Village were walking along unconsciously, without any sense of the approaching danger.
Suddenly, a team of three hundred people with swords rushed out from all directions, and the birds flew away.
They didn't say anything and just did it.
"There are bandits!" a villager screamed.
Wujia Village had never seen so many bandits, all of them holding big knives. They were panicked and looked around and wanted to run away.
Village Chief Wu saw that the situation was not going well, so he stood up and shouted, "Everyone, grab your knives. They don't have as many people as us. Protect our wives and daughters, and protect our food. Without them, we can't survive. Either they die or we die."
Fortunately, the refugees had conducted drills beforehand, so everyone calmed down quickly, pulled out sickles and hoes from under the carts, and men and women all joined in the fight.
A fierce fight broke out between the two sides in an instant. The machetes and hoes collided with each other. The two sides fought fiercely. Two people were fighting against one bandit. They roared, threatened, bit and scratched each other, and blood splattered. The scene was extremely tragic!
The bandits didn't expect to run into such a tough guy, who turned out to be just a farmer.
Lin Xia hid under the car the moment the bandits came out, tightly gripping the sickle, her fingertips turning white and her body trembling slightly.
Let her launch a sneak attack, okay! Ask her to fight the bandits head-on, refuse!
Unfortunately, things did not go as planned. A bandit had just killed someone when he turned around and saw Lin Xia hiding nearby. He rushed over with a machete and prepared to chop him.
"Brother, brother, I'm a woman, don't kill me, just rob me!" Lin Xia dodged in fear.
The big brother on the opposite side didn't expect Lin Xia to be so tactful. He put down the knife, raised one hand and reached out to rescue her.
But he didn't notice the sickle in Lin Xia's hand behind his back.
Whoosh!
The sickle scratched his neck and the man fell to the ground, holding his neck.
Lin Xia picked up the big knife in the other person's hand with shining eyes.
This thing is good for killing people, but it's a bit heavy.
Lin Xia quietly moved out and hid beside her wheelbarrow, roughly scanning the battlefield. The other side used force to suppress, and the village used human wave tactics, and both sides had their wins and losses.
However, the village is ultimately inferior. The sickles and hoes cannot compete with the swords, and the other side is a bandit who kills people without blinking. It is foreseeable that if this continues for a long time, they will inevitably lose.
Lin Xia was at the back of the team. There were not as many bandits here as in the front, so she was ready to escape. It was not that she did not want to save people, but her ability was limited, and it was more important to protect herself.
While thinking, he stabbed a bandit who was fighting with a villager nearby, and the rescued villager immediately thanked him with gratitude.
After killing the man, Lin Xia immediately retreated to the side of the car and quickly dragged his old partner's broken backpack over.
She is angry.
You have to abandon your car and your belongings before you can enjoy them for a few days.
Why can't you give yourself some space!
If you keep thinking about it, there will be a response.
The golden finger will arrive sooner or later.
A small translucent square suddenly appeared in Lin Xia's mind.
It looks small, and actually... it is very small.
This is a cube with a length, width and height of about 20 cm.
Lin Xia was ecstatic at first and then cried.
What can be stored in such a small space? Private money?
Then, with a disapproving mouth but a righteous heart, he stuffed the remaining five pounds of brown rice, the salt jar, and the oil jar into the space.
The remaining gaps were filled with miscellaneous needles, threads, seasonings and the like.
The next step is to throw out the heavy things like earthenware jars and broken bowls in the backpack.
Before she could finish cleaning up, a group of bandits appeared in the distance.
The people in Wujia Village were horrified and terrified. They no longer had the energy to resist and fled outside.
Lin Xia immediately put on the backpack which was already almost light on his back, put the iron pot on his head, held a knife in one hand, and rushed out.
It is impossible to give up supplies, absolutely impossible! Unless it comes to the last critical moment.
Lin Xia passed by the bandits who were chasing Aunt Ge, and subconsciously stabbed them in the hand.
The other party dropped his sword to the ground in pain, his eyes turned bloodshot, and he ran towards Lin Xia with his bare hands in anger.
Is Lin Xia afraid of him?
Without weapons, it's just like a wounded angry bird.
He swung the big knife over, and blood splattered all over his body.
Suddenly, a man with murderous eyes turned his head and looked at Aunt Ge and Tiedan. Their bodies were shaking rapidly, and their eyes were full of fear and anxiety.
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