Chapter 36 37. Alive
Gu Wenheng entrusted all his luggage to Li Cuicui, and used the excuse of taking Jin Qianqian far away to look for wild vegetables.
Li Cuicui pursed her lips as she watched the young couple walk away, wondering if they had run out of food.
"Mom, check if there is any water in Seventh Brother's bamboo tube?" Gu Yuanlei couldn't wait to take action, but was slapped away by Li Cuicui.
"Whether it's there or not? It has nothing to do with you. What's the matter? You cheated your parents, and now you want to cheat your seventh brother?"
Li Cuicui now feels upset when she sees her son. The next few times when he found a water source, he ignored her objections and secretly gave the things to the Lan family.
If their sons hadn't left some water for them, the old couple might not have survived until now.
"Mom, don't say such harsh words. I'm just thirsty. I'm going to borrow some from Brother Seven first."
"Borrow? You have to pay it back, right? Don't forget, your father and I have been supported by your brothers during this period. How dare you ask for that now?"
If it weren't for the pressure from the old man, Li Cuicui really wanted to kick this unfilial son out. Didn't he like the girl from the Lan family? Then he could just go over and marry into the Lan family. Anyway, she didn't lack sons.
Gu Yuanyu, "Look, I've given so much water. Now I only need to give half a bamboo tube to let Yingying marry me. I've already paid so much, I can't just give up all my efforts, right?"
Thinking of the water that was being stolen one after another, Li Cuicui kicked forward directly, but Gu Yuanlei dodged it.
"You still dare to hide?" Li Cuicui picked up a stone and threw it at him without any mercy. The stone hit his foot directly, and Gu Yuanlei was so painful that he held his foot and cried out in pain.
"It's right to be in pain. I feel several times more pain than you do. Look at what bullshit you have done. Look at your brothers and sisters-in-law. You keep offending them. You will suffer in the future."
Thinking of the expressions of her daughter-in-law and grandson, Li Cuicui wanted to pick up the stick and hit this fool who was trapped in the maze hard to wake him up.
"It's not like I won't pay them back. I'll pay them back ten or a hundred times as much. It's just a little water, right? When it rains, I'll have as much as they want."
"Get lost," Li Cuicui yelled angrily, "Everyone go out to find water, how dare you wait here for something for nothing? Get lost now."
"...Can we see if there's any water left over there, Brother Seven?"
Li Cuicui picked up the carrying pole directly and asked, "Would you like to try it?"
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The wives of the Gu family saw the dispute here, but they all sat there indifferently. They didn't want to mess with Gu Laoyao in the present.
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Gu Wenheng pointed to the high mountain not far away and said, "There are not many people over there. We need to move forward."
As soon as they arrived at the edge of the mountain, Gu Wenheng and Jin Qianqian both felt their hearts tighten at the same time. With so many people stationed here, it was not a place to stay for long.
By the time they reached the foot of the mountain, their legs were shaking.
It is said that a horse will die if it is too far away. Even a nearby mountain took them most of the day to look at.
"There aren't many people here," Gu Wenheng looked at the top of the mountain and felt a little scared. Although he felt sorry for Jin Qianqian, he didn't dare to leave her here alone.
He reached out and held her hand, "If you can't walk anymore, tell me and we'll stop and rest."
Jin Qianqian couldn't help teasing him, "Senior, I thought you would carry me on your back?"
Gu Wenheng looked down at his current bamboo-like body and said self-deprecatingly, "If you are not afraid of falling, my husband can fulfill your wish."
During this journey, he saw Jin Qianqian's feet blistered so many times, but he didn't dare to say it.
Besides being afraid of dropping the person, I'm also afraid that both of us will get hurt and that I'll be abandoned.
Even though their entire team has managed to hold on until now, some of them have grown old and weak and disappeared from the team.
This also makes them feel the difference between reality and words.
Jin Qianqian looked at the entire mountain, which was covered in gray. The trees on the mountain had already died. "You said that it is autumn now, and the trees are already withered. If we don't pay attention, will it cause a forest fire?"
Gu Wenheng pulled her up a small dirt slope and said, "I've read this law. If anyone sets a mountain on fire, whether it's intentional or unintentional, the court will sentence him to death, and three generations will be implicated."
"Really?" Jin Qianqian was a little surprised. "No wonder we tried to clear the grass as much as possible even when we were resting by the forest. I thought it was to prevent insects and ants."
Jin Qianqian was almost exhausted from traveling every day. She just watched what others did and followed their lead, and had never thought about this.
Gu Wenheng, "So we should not underestimate anyone, and don't think that we can conquer the world with just a wave of our hands like those awesome male and female protagonists in novels. That's unrealistic after all."
Jin Qianqian understood, "I'm not that unrealistic. We are just ordinary citizens, and now we are helpless refugees. We just want to survive, but we dare not think about those who are gone..."
"...Did you hear any sound?" Jin Qianqian suddenly looked serious.
Gu Wenheng immediately pulled out the machete on his waist and looked around vigilantly, "Which direction?"
Jin Qianqian pointed to the right uncertainly, "It feels like it's coming from over there? Could it be that someone is looking for wild vegetables here?"
Gu Wenheng followed the direction of her finger, carefully walked forward a few steps, and listened quietly.
"Could it be some animal?" Jin Qianqian heard it more clearly this time, as if there was a sound of something scratching the trees.
Gu Wenheng was not sure either. "Stand here and don't move. I'll go take a look."
Jin Qianqian held his hand tightly and shouted to the other side, "Who's there?"
This time, the rustling sound was more obvious, but no one responded.
"Why don't we go over and take a look?" Jin Qianqian's eyes were filled with anticipation. "Maybe it's some small animal?"
As long as they can find animals, they have an excuse to take out some meat. Even if it is just a secret snack, they are afraid that the meat will have a strong smell, so they can only eat something light and watery.
Gu Wenheng, "Then I can go there alone, you stand here."
After saying that, he immediately broke away from Jin Qianqian, walked over and pushed aside the bushes, but soon he took a few steps back in fright.
Jin Qianqian nervously covered her mouth and quickly took out the anti-wolf spray from the space.
Seeing that there was no response from the other side, Gu Wenheng mustered up the courage to go over and check, "It's a person, and he seems to be injured."
If he hadn't seen his fingers still moving, Gu Wenheng would have thought that the person lying there was a corpse.
"What should we do now?" Jin Qianqian moved over carefully, stood on tiptoe, and followed the gap in the grass, and finally saw a gray human figure.
Gu Wenheng picked up a stick from the side and poked the other person carefully until he heard the other person's groan, then he breathed a sigh of relief.
(End of this chapter)
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