Fortunately, they did not disappoint everyone; they caught four rabbits and a pheasant from several traps.
The monkey said, "These animals must have come here. No wonder we didn't find anything on the outskirts a few days ago."
At this moment, Uncle Bing said, "Let's clean them up here by the pond. We still need to explore further ahead today, and we don't know if there's any water source ahead."
No one had any objections, but Yun Xun looked at the traps in front of him and asked, "Uncle, what should we do with these traps? Should we restore them?"
"No need for now. We'll be at the top in about a day. Beyond that is another mountain. We've been out long enough this time. We'll check it out another time when we have the chance. We'll head back along this road the day after tomorrow. We can pick some chestnuts to take back with us then."
Zhao Dongwei asked curiously, "Uncle, do we consider the chestnuts we brought back this time to be our own?"
“The village said before that all the harvest we bring back this time will be ours, so you guys will have to work hard.”
Everyone was delighted to hear this. Chestnuts are a good thing, and this meant they could have some more snacks for the family. The days when they could eat snacks all the time seemed so distant now.
Meanwhile, the village also welcomed its first group of people seeking refuge.
As usual, several older children gathered at the village entrance to play. Just then, someone noticed that it looked like someone was moving on the other side of the river.
"Quickly, go tell Grandpa Village Chief that someone is coming."
Two of them were quite young, so the children quickly ran to the other end of the village entrance, where the adults were repairing the fence.
They ran and shouted, "Grandpa Village Chief, Grandpa Village Chief, someone's coming!"
"Someone's coming? Let's go see." After saying that, the group of people walked in the direction the child pointed.
Everyone waited at the village entrance for so long before they finally saw those people slowly approaching. They were all covered in dust and dirt, and no one knew who they were.
"Brother Wu, it's me." A weak woman's voice came from the crowd.
When the village chief heard someone calling his name, he quickly looked over but didn't recognize who it was.
The girl who had been supporting her spoke up: "Uncle Wu, my mother is Yun Qifang."
"It's Qifang! What happened to her?" Yun Qifang wasn't fat before, but she wasn't this skin and bones either.
Upon hearing her younger sister's name, Yun Zhiqi quickly pushed her way forward from the back of the crowd: "Is it Qifang and Xiaoqing?"
Upon hearing her uncle's voice, Liu Yuqing burst into tears: "It's Uncle! Mom! Look, we've finally arrived!"
Upon hearing her elder brother's voice, Yun Qifang could no longer hold on and collapsed onto her daughter.
Yun Zhiqi quickly walked over and helped her niece support her younger sister.
"How did it get like this? Come home with your uncle quickly." After saying that, she picked up her unconscious sister and ran home, calling to her son as she ran, "Yunxiang, go find your Uncle Nanyao quickly and tell him to come home and take a look at your aunt."
Liu Yuqing, disregarding her exhaustion, quickly followed.
The other younger members of the Yun family, without even looking at the others, hurried over to see if there was anything they could do to help.
Looking at the group of people who were still there and seemed unfamiliar to him, Village Chief Yun asked directly, "Who are you looking for?"
Unable to find his brother-in-law in the crowd, Chen Baoguo could only ask, "Could you please help me find Sun Zhimiao?"
"You're looking for Sun Zhimiao? He just went back. Wait a moment, I'll have someone go and call him for you."
Sun Zhixin and Sun Zhilei, who were in the crowd, also felt that the person opposite them looked somewhat familiar.
Sun Zhixin spoke first, asking with some uncertainty, "Are you my third sister-in-law's family?"
Chen Baoguo quickly replied, "It's us, brother-in-law."
Looking at the family of four in front of me, who looked like refugees, it was a world of difference from their former glamorous appearance.
"So you really are in-laws, how did things turn out like this? Come on, I'll take you to find Zhi Miao." Brother Sun said as he led them to his third brother's house.
Everyone knew this wasn't the time to ask questions, but looking at the destitute group before them, they had their own guesses about what had happened to the town.
Suddenly everyone felt that time was running out, and the village chief quickly took care of those who were still watching the excitement.
"Alright! Everyone get to work. Let's try to finish the wall in the next couple of days."
When Yun Zhiqi brought his younger sister home, Third Grandmother Liu E didn't recognize that the girl in her son's arms was her daughter until Liu Yuqing came in and called out "Grandma." Only then did Third Grandmother Liu E immediately think of her daughter and rush over to check on her.
"Afang, what happened? How did it become like this? It's like it's going to rip out your mother's heart." Seeing her daughter's current state, Grandma San couldn't stop her tears.
"Quick! Uncle Nanyao is here, let him see Auntie." Yunxiang dragged Yunnan Yao in at this moment.
"Mom, I fainted from hunger." Liu Yuqing explained to everyone after she caught her breath.
"How could you faint from hunger? Oh right, where's your father? Why are there only the two of you?" Yun Zhiqi only then realized that one person was missing.
"Dad, Dad is gone." After saying this, Liu Yuqing knelt on the ground and cried bitterly.
Upon hearing this, Third Grandma fainted, but fortunately, Yunnan Medicine quickly supported her.
At this moment, no one cared about Liu Yuqing crying on the ground. They quickly put Third Grandma on the bed and pinched her philtrum hard, but she still didn't wake up.
He quickly took out silver needles from his medicine box and pricked all ten of her fingers hard. "Quick, squeeze out the blood, don't be afraid of her pain, squeeze hard." As he spoke, he also took out a quick-acting heart pill from the medicine box and stuffed it directly into her mouth.
Fortunately, after a while, the person slowly woke up. At this time, Third Grandfather and several old brothers also arrived.
Seeing the two people lying on the kang (a heated brick bed) and the mess in the house, Third Grandfather Yunming almost collapsed as well. Second Grandfather pinched him hard.
"Third brother, what are you doing? The family still needs you. Find out what's going on first before you rush around."
Upon hearing his second brother's words, Yun Mingquan quickly composed himself. Seeing that his wife had also woken up, he felt much relieved.
At this point, Liu Yuqing calmed down under the comforting words of her aunt Zhang Tao.
Remembering what his cousin had said about his aunt being hungry, Yunxiang quickly took out some milk powder from the cupboard and made a cup of milk for his cousin first. "Sis, have a cup of milk first."
Liu Yuqing took the milk, not caring whether it was hot or not, and tried to drink it down her throat.
Although it was brewed with warm water, it was still quite hot. Yunxiang quickly advised, "Slow down, it's still a bit hot."
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