The group successfully left the city, and Lin Zao slowly drove the mule cart towards Ganzhou, while several children excitedly played and frolicked inside the cart.
Lin Zao laid out several thick layers of cotton quilts in the cart, and Tang's mother lay on them, feeling the vibrations of the mule cart moving along the road.
Tiger Head and Ya Ya were riding in a carriage for the first time. They kept sticking their heads out to talk to Lin Zao and asking Xiao Bao what it was like to ride in a horse-drawn carriage before. They were very busy and happy.
In less than fifteen minutes, the children lost their enthusiasm and sat listlessly on the small coffee table in the car, drinking water and eating snacks.
By this time, there were no pedestrians to be seen on the road. Lin Zao drove cautiously, and when he encountered overlapping mountains in the distance, he would take out his binoculars to observe.
She was the only one in the group who could handle things; she knew about any trouble in advance so she could prepare accordingly.
Suddenly! Lin Zao discovered that about 500 meters ahead, someone was hanging themselves!
"Mom! Someone up ahead is suicidal! I need to speed up, be careful!"
"Then we need to hurry over there, don't worry!"
Tang's mother asked her children to hold onto the cart, and she also became anxious.
Lin Zao quickly drove the mule cart to the roadside. As soon as she stopped, she jumped off, took out a dagger, and swung it to cut the rope the man was hanging from.
Lin Zao rushed over and helped the person up. She saw that it was an older woman who was about the same age as Tang's mother.
Seeing that the person had stopped breathing, Lin Zao quickly began artificial respiration.
Fortunately, the woman woke up after only a few coughs, just as she had stopped breathing.
Seeing that he was not dead, he actually struggled and tried to crash into the tree.
Lin Zao quickly stopped him.
"Let me go! Let me die! What's the point of me living!"
The old woman, unable to die, sat on the ground and sobbed.
"Auntie! No matter how hard life is, there is hope as long as you live. You can't choose to end your life like this!"
"It's all gone, absolutely all gone!"
As she spoke, the old woman became agitated again and tried to ram her head against the tree once more.
Seeing that she was emotionally agitated and wouldn't listen to anything, Lin Zao had no choice but to knock her unconscious.
They helped the unconscious old woman onto the mule cart and asked Tang's mother to watch over her. The children also watched them quietly without making a sound.
Lin Zao planned to find a place to rest for a while and take care of the old lady's matter.
They drove the mule cart a little further and found a suitable spot.
After parking the car, we drove the mule to the side to graze.
Lin Zao laid out a mat on the ground, then went to the car and carried Tang's mother and the others down to sit on it.
They then moved the coffee table and food out of the car and placed them among the group.
"Why would this young lady be so foolish? Life is only once; does death mean you can escape it?"
Tang's mother sighed with some emotion as she spoke to Lin Zao.
She didn't see the old woman lying on the mat with her eyes closed, a tear streaming down her face.
When Lin Zao lifted the old woman down, she found that she was already awake, but she was unwilling to open her eyes and face him.
"Mother!" Lin Zao gestured to Tang's mother.
When Tang's mother saw it, she exclaimed "Oh dear!"
"Little sister, you're finally awake! How could you be so foolish? Look at me, I was abandoned by my husband and my leg is crippled, but I'm still living a happy life."
Perhaps because she saw that Tang's mother was about the same age as her, or perhaps because she felt some resonance with Tang's mother's situation, she finally spoke up and told her about her own experience.
It turns out that she was the wife of Dr. Ren, whom Dr. Zhang had mentioned. Her husband had died tragically, and her daughter had a fiery temper. Having been sold into slavery, her chances of survival were slim.
My son hasn't returned since he was drafted into the army; we don't know where he went. So many people die on the battlefield; if there's no news, it basically means he's gone.
"What's the point of me living?" Aunt Ren cried out in despair.
Tang's mother and Lin Zao fell silent after hearing this.
“Sister, my son was also drafted more than four years ago, and he hasn’t sent any news back either! But I don’t believe he’s gone. We’re going to the place where he went to fight to find him!”
With tears welling in her eyes, Tang's mother said, "Even if he really is... we can't let him become a lonely, wandering ghost! We will bring him home!"
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