Chapter 16: Escape from the Troubled Times 14
Lin Xia suppressed his emotions and growled, "Take the food and run!"
The grandparents and grandchildren seemed to be frightened. They grabbed a bag of food in panic and followed Lin Xia's pace.
The villagers were frightened by the two waves of bandits and fled in all directions.
These bandits were also stunned, they had no reinforcements!
Damn it! Some people are robbing other gangs.
The bandits no longer focused on killing people and gathered in the front, which gave the besieged villagers a chance to breathe, and many lucky villagers survived.
"Kill!" The second wave of bandits came towards the first wave.
Half an hour later, the forest became quiet.
Due to Lin Xia's flexible steps, she missed the female voice behind her saying "Don't hurt the innocent".
If Lin Xia were still here at this time, she might be able to guess that this was the heroine Zhou Hean.
"Tuesday is in charge, and there are still many people who are going to do this?"
"Let them look around and bring them along together," said Zhou He'an.
"In addition! This training was unsuccessful. We haven't even figured out the number of the other side, and they are still ambushing other teams. No one has come back to report. Go back and practice more as punishment!" Zhou He'an's tone became serious.
*
On the other side, Lin Xia and Aunt Ge, the grandparents, were still running for their lives.
The mountain road was difficult to walk on. Lin Xia slipped and fell into a one-meter-deep pit.
hiss!
it hurts! A sharp pain came from her ankle and Lin Xia sprained her ankle.
Aunt Ge rushed forward a few steps, turned her head to look at Lin Xia, then looked at her ankle which was quickly becoming red and swollen, her eyes showing a conflicted look. She took a few more steps forward, suddenly turned around, put her grandson down, pulled Lin Xia up, and holding her grandson's hand, she walked step by step into the depths of the forest.
Lin Xia was relieved that the rescue of these two people was not in vain.
Fortunately, there were no pursuers at this time, and there were only three heavy breathing sounds in the forest.
"Let's take a rest at the rock in front. No one will come behind us." Lin Xia said, pointing to the big rock in front.
"Um."
"What should we do next?" Aunt Ge's tone was full of anxiety and confusion.
"I plan to find a place to recuperate first, and then go to Xiangzhou according to Village Chief Wu's original plan." Lin Xia first told about his arrangements.
"Auntie, what do you think? Are you planning to go directly to Xiangzhou? Or come with me?" Lin Xia was much more patient.
"I'll go with you." Aunt Ge replied immediately.
"Okay then, let's go a little further and find a place to heal our wounds."
In this way, the three of them walked deep into the mountains and forests and slept on trees at night. On the first night of climbing a tree, Lin Xia tried for half an hour before he successfully climbed the tree with the help of Aunt Ge. He was really grateful for his teammates.
They didn't dare to make a fire for fear that the bandits would find them through the smoke. Fortunately, there was dry food among the rescued food, otherwise they would only be able to eat raw rice and raw wild vegetables.
Three days later.
"Lin girl, come quickly, there is a cave here!"
There is a cliff in front of me. The cave is located at the lower left side of the cliff. The entrance is not big and there is rubble outside.
The three of them looked closer and found no signs of human activity or any signs of animal habitation.
The cave was long, narrow and dark. The three of them walked in and found that it seemed very deep, winding downwards.
After Lin Xia and Aunt Ge discussed it, they decided that it was not convenient for either of them to enter alone, so they decided to check in depth together to see if the house was suitable for living.
After making a torch and exploring inside for only five minutes, Lin Xia heard the sound of flowing water.
"Girl Lin, did you hear that? There seems to be water inside." Aunt Ge shouted excitedly.
"Yes, I heard the sound of water too." Lin Xia was also very excited. Aunt Ge didn't know how to find water just like her, so she relied entirely on luck. And the luck of the three of them was obviously not very good in the past few days. They had not encountered any water source so far, and they had to rely on two water bags to save water.
Then we went deeper and deeper, and it became darker and darker all around, and the gaps on both sides became narrower and narrower. Of course, the sound of water became more and more obvious, as if it was right next to our ears.
"Grandma, it's so dark. Will there be big bugs in there?" Tiedan clutched the corner of his clothes in fear.
Aunt Ge: "If there is a big insect, grandma will chase it away."
Tiedan: "But it's cool inside, more comfortable than outside."
Lin Xia had no time to listen to this heartwarming conversation. It was very dark deep in the cave, and there were rocks all around. His feet had not gotten any better from the long journey over the past few days. In order to avoid further injury, he had to concentrate his whole body and mind.
After passing through the narrow gap, the perceived temperature dropped at an extremely fast rate, the two sides became open, and pointed stalactites appeared overhead.
"Girl Lin, there is water, there is a river!" Aunt Ge ran forward excitedly, scooped up the river water and prepared to put it into her mouth.
"Wait, wait..." Lin Xia stopped him immediately.
"Auntie, we don't know if there are any germs in this water. Be careful not to get diarrhea if you drink it."
Aunt Ge didn't understand what germs meant, but she understood diarrhea and guessed that it meant raw water.
"Lin girl, don't worry, the water looks very clear. Besides, I have been drinking raw water for so many years and have never had diarrhea." As she said this, she took a few gulps.
Seeing that she couldn't stop it, Lin Xia stopped trying.
"Grandma, I want to drink too." Tiedan was also thirsty.
"You are young, wait until grandma boils some water before you drink it."
"Oh." Tiedan responded aggrievedly but obediently.
Lin Xia took the torch and looked around carefully. The shallow stream was crystal clear and the pebbles were clearly visible.
Suddenly, a dark shadow swam across the water.
"There are fish in the water!" Tiedan jumped up excitedly.
"Where, where?" Aunt Ge said as she went into the water.
Lin Xia first swam upstream for a while and filled her water bag with water. She didn't want to drink the water for washing her feet.
Then he walked into the river and happily caught fish with Aunt Ge.
Lin Xia didn't know what kind of fish this dark brown, slippery fish was. It looked a bit like a catfish, but it was not.
"Auntie, do you know this kind of fish? Can you eat it?"
"I don't know what it's called, but I've seen rich people eat it."
Lin Xia felt relieved when she heard Aunt Ge say this.
The two of them worked together to catch all the fish they could see, six in total, the small ones were only as long as a palm, and the big ones were about twenty centimeters long.
"This is running water. There should still be fish tomorrow. With water and food, we will stay here for a while." Lin Xia said.
Aunt Ge sighed: "Good, it's still cool here."
Lin Xia watched Aunt Ge drink water for a long time without any reaction, it seemed that the water quality here was quite good, but she still chose to drink hot water.
Looking at the clean stream water, Lin Xia felt itchy all over and she needed to take a shower and change clothes. She hadn't washed for a long time, her clothes were wet and dry, and she looked smelly. She even hated herself.
Aunt Ge saw Lin Xia taking a bath in the dim distance and chuckled.
Lin girl is still young and shy. At their age, they all take a shower together, all naked, and can still tell jokes.
After washing, your whole body will feel relaxed.
Ah, this is so comfortable.
Glancing to the side, mushrooms!
"Auntie, come over here and take a look, there are mushrooms here!"
Aunt Ge came with high hopes but left disappointed.
"Lin girl, don't pick them. These mushrooms are inedible and poisonous. Just a little bit will make your whole body numb."
"Will that kill me?"
"It doesn't seem like that. Someone in our village ate one bite of it before and couldn't move for a whole day. He didn't die, but his body was not very flexible and it took several days to recover."
Lin Xia was stunned. If it had no harm to the human body, then it was just an anesthetic. It just seemed to have a slight effect on the nerves, but it would only last for a few days and the body would heal itself.
The old lady was not interested in poisonous mushrooms. After explaining it to Tiedan, she continued to help him take a bath. She did not notice that Lin Xia picked the mushrooms and put them into her backpack.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
