Chapter 20 20. Traveling at Night
Jin Qianqian applauded Gu Lehua in her heart, it was such a great honor.
"Aunt Qi, don't bother with the child," Liu Liu could no longer sit still and hurried over to pull the child back.
"Why should I care about this?" Jin Qianqian said nonchalantly, "If I dare to say another word, this kid will eat me up. Look at her eyes. How much more hateful will I be?"
Following Jin Qianqian's hint, everyone noticed that Gu Lehua's eyes were staring at Jin Qianqian fiercely, as if the person standing opposite her was her mortal enemy.
Those who were originally just watching the show were all shocked and became wary of Gu Lehua.
Liu Liu quickly pulled the person back and said, "You stinky girl, you are talking about everything good and bad. Don't you know that a woman's reputation is very important? Do you still want to find a good husband in the future?"
Gu Lehua pouted, "I couldn't help it. I saw them secretly giving things to Le Shun several times. Why don't they give it to us?"
Liu Liu tapped her forehead and said, "Then you can't argue with her in front of so many people. After all, she is an elder and can suppress you with this status.
But they have been very weird recently. They can make people grow flesh by eating just some bran and grass heads. I think this couple must be hiding something good in private.
Don't worry, next time you see them giving things to that brat, let me and your father handle it."
Gu Lehua also felt a little embarrassed and nodded in agreement.
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Seeing Gu Wenheng coming back dejectedly, Jin Qianqian's heart skipped a beat. It seemed that finding water would not be easy again today.
"Still haven't found it?"
Gu Wenheng nodded. He had searched everywhere around here, but couldn't find even a bit of warm land.
Even if Jin Qianqian poured out the barreled water in the space at this time, it would not be enough for the dry land to absorb.
"What should we do now?" Jin Qianqian clenched her fists nervously, "How about..."
Gu Wenheng immediately stopped her from continuing with his eyes, "We thought too simply before. Even if we want to release the water, there is no place to store it."
"Then let's put out the bucket and the water together. At worst we can do it more covertly." Jin Qianqian has been suffering mentally these days. Every day there are always people falling to the ground for one reason or another, and they can only watch.
Gu Wenheng gritted his teeth and said, "Wait a little longer. If we still haven't found it by tomorrow night, we'll think of another way."
Plans cannot keep up with changes. Not long after we sat down to rest, someone came to inform us that we had to travel overnight.
Although the light is poor at night, the amount of sunlight is reduced, so everyone can save more water.
The light is good during the day and the chances of finding water are much greater.
Once they were on the road, they realized that the official road was lined with refugees lying down to rest, and these people stared at them as they passed by.
Not to mention that the children were so scared that they huddled among the adults, even Jin Qianqian was nervously holding onto Gu Wenheng.
Gu Wenheng's body was tense. Although he had worked out when he was in school, it didn't mean he could fight.
This time, the two men did not dare to fall behind the team again. They tried their best to follow the family members in front, and did not forget to hold the machetes to intimidate the other party.
"Don't be nervous. The more scared you are, the more ideas these people will have." Gu Wenheng felt a little nervous, but he didn't show it on his face.
"This guy's vision is too scary," Jin Qianqian lowered her head, not forgetting to laugh at herself, "Why didn't you practice Sanda or something like that? What about cycle theory and asset pricing? How can you support yourself with these?"
"Don't be so pessimistic," Gu Wenheng pointed at the clusters of fire nearby, "When we heard that we were going to travel at night, we thought it would be difficult to travel in the dark. But now, this is a pleasant surprise."
Jin Qianqian felt even worse. Before, the whole team was just concentrating on getting on with their journey, and they really didn't know that there were so many people ahead of them.
What about later? Will more people join in?
"Let's take a look first! It's impossible that this continent is drought-stricken everywhere. As long as we find a place that is less dry, we can stay there."
"It's not as simple as you say," Jin Qianqian was not easily comforted, "Most people hold this idea, but the locals have to be willing to accept it.
I am now worried that if the court here takes action, will it force everyone to return to their hometowns?"
If this is true, it would be everyone's nightmare.
Gu Wenheng raised his head and stared into the distance, "Take one step at a time, and you'll always find a way."
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Gu Daping, who was walking in front of them, suddenly stopped. It turned out that Gu Sanbu, the village head who was leading the team, felt the hostility from the people around him, so he ordered the team to reorganize on the spot.
The way they used to divide people by family was definitely not feasible, as if something really happened to the old and young, they would not be able to take care of them all.
After the arrangement, the elderly, children, and women walked in the middle carrying their belongings, and all the young and middle-aged people gathered around the periphery.
Jin Qianqian was carrying half a basket of bran and walking with Hong Daya and her son.
Gu Wenheng and Gu Yuantu protected him on the left and right.
Since there were more male laborers in the family, they were dispersed in front and behind the team, which finally deterred some people with bad intentions.
When Jin Qianqian saw little Le Shun winking at her while sitting in the backpack, she couldn't help but wink at him and make a few faces, which made the little guy laugh happily.
"Seventh brother's sister-in-law, thank you!" Hong Daya wiped the sweat from her forehead, turned her head and said to Jin Qianqian with a smile.
Jin Qianqian, "I just tried to make the child happy, what's there to thank me for?
But little Leshun is really likable, I envy him a little bit for being carefree."
Hong Daya understood what Jin Qianqian and the others meant, so she naturally wouldn’t expose the fact that they were secretly giving things to the child, “If it weren’t for this damn natural disaster, our Le Shun wouldn’t have to suffer all this.
I wonder if the situation will get better when we get to the next city?"
Jin Qianqian, "Fifth sister-in-law, everything will be fine."
"I hope so!" Hong Daya adjusted the straps on her shoulders and stopped talking. She felt her throat was smoking after just a few short sentences.
Without finding a water source, the atmosphere in the entire team was very depressing. Along the way, no one spoke a word except for the sounds of breathing and footsteps.
"There is a puddle ahead, but it has been guarded by someone. If you need water, you have to pay for it." When it was just dawn, the person who had explored the way ahead brought back a piece of news that made everyone happy and worried.
"What? Water costs money too?"
"Is this still a way to survive?"
"What should I do if I don't have money? Am I going to watch so many people die of thirst?"
No one can accept that what was just a puddle on the roadside has now become so precious.
(End of this chapter)
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