The next morning, everyone was awakened by the howling of wolves.
Everyone quickly crawled out of bed and saw Jin Bei standing on the hillside near the roadside. They understood what it meant. Someone must have caught up with them!
Zhao didn't dare to do anything rash. She asked Jin Bei to come down the hillside and she quietly went up.
I found that there were quite a few people here. It seemed like they were from some village fleeing famine together. Somehow they also came to the small road here. They were frightened by Jin Bei's voice just now and shrank back one after another.
Zhao didn't want them to discover us, so she patted Jin Bei and said, "I don't know if you understand me, but could you call two more wolves over and bark a few more times to keep them from getting close and discovering us?"
Jin Bei was very human-like. He understood what he heard and barked twice again. Soon, several wolves ran out from the mountain behind and surrounded the hillside on this side.
Seeing the people on the path pushing further and further away, Zhao finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Jin Bei, I'll leave it to you now. Thank you for your hard work!"
After she finished speaking, she quickly ran back. Seeing that everyone was waiting for news, she said directly, "A lot of people have come outside. They look like they are from the same village fleeing famine together. There are quite a few people.
I asked Jinbei to call a few companions to surround us. They definitely didn't dare to come over and were even retreating.
I just don't know if they will go back to the main road. Anyway, let's keep quiet today and don't get discovered.
The meal is simple, just yesterday's steamed pancakes and some mixed vegetables."
Hearing no one coming, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. It wasn't that they were cowardly, but more importantly, several grown men were injured. If a conflict really broke out, it would be quite troublesome, so it was better to keep a low profile.
However, Lin Changhe and others who knew the news were also a little impatient.
"Second brother, why don't we stop waiting and set off today! Once those people retreat a little further, or go around and out of sight, then we can set off quickly.
We have carriages, so we are faster than them. We can close the gap with them in just two days."
Lin Changshu actually wanted to hurry on, but he was worried about everyone's injuries.
"How about this, when Xiao Lingling wakes up, let her come and have a look. If it doesn't affect our journey, then we won't wait. We're catching the bus anyway, so we don't need to walk. If we pay a little attention, it shouldn't be a problem."
Zhao also felt that this place was not safe, so she did not refuse. "Okay, I'll go look after Xiao Lingdang. When she wakes up, I'll bring her to you."
Just as Zhao was about to return to the tent, she saw Chen Shuxu running towards her from a distance. He was running quite fast and gasping for breath.
"Shuxu, what's wrong with you?"
Chen Shuxu's face was pale, and he looked extremely serious. "Grandma Zhao, we have to leave quickly. I just heard you say there were people behind us, so I quietly went to take a look. I found that they were really from our village! They were quite fast.
"Grandma Zhao, they're not good people. Most of them are lazy and greedy. The whole village is extremely poor. They started making trouble just a few days after fleeing the famine because they had no food. They didn't want to eat wild grass or vegetables, complaining that they didn't have energy or were not full. They were picky."
Later, I didn't know where they got the meat from, but my grandmother thought it was wrong and wouldn't let us eat it. Then one night, I heard crying and quietly got up to find that they were actually killing children and eating them.
My grandmother was terrified at the time, so she waited until everyone was asleep before taking Qiaomei and me away.
We ran for two or three days straight just to get away from them, but we also ran out of food and became ill, so my grandmother...
In short, you absolutely must not run into them. Those people have long been numb and don't care about right or wrong. They are all a bunch of bastards!"
Chen Shuxu spoke calmly, as if he was not afraid at all, but his hands behind his back had already turned white from being clenched too tightly.
After hearing this, Zhao couldn't help but cover her mouth to prevent herself from screaming.
To be honest, she had guessed that this kind of thing would happen, but she didn't expect it to happen so soon.
This is why they have been trying to distance themselves quickly. She doesn't want her children's eyes to be polluted by such dirty things, and she doesn't want to see the word fear in their eyes.
So, without waiting for any questions, I made the decision immediately.
"Okay, Grandma Zhao got it. You take good care of my sister. We'll find a chance to leave soon. We have a carriage, so we'll definitely be far behind them and won't let them catch up!"
After saying that, she wanted to discuss it with Lin Changshu and the others, but she didn't expect that they had already made the decision and had already started packing up their things.
"Old woman, go pack the children's things. Don't worry. Wait for Little Bell to wake up. We'll take a quick look at her injuries and change the dressings, and then we'll set off! Be quiet and don't attract attention!"
Zhao nodded quickly and took her two daughters-in-law to clean up.
The children, who were sleeping soundly, were woken up and told not to make any noise or run around.
Perhaps because the noise was too loud, even Little Bell was woken up, and her eyes were still a little unfocused.
When Zhao saw her wake up, she immediately carried Lin Changshu and the others to her house. They checked her injuries one by one and applied new medicine on her. Only then did Xiao Lingling finally wake up completely.
"Grandma? Are we leaving now?"
Zhao quickly dressed her. "Yes, there are bad guys outside. We have to leave quickly. Just sit in the carriage for a while. Grandma will come to accompany you after she finishes packing, okay? Let Qiaomei keep you company first!"
Little Lingling was very well behaved. She nodded and was sent into the carriage by Zhao.
Qiaomei was with her, but when she knew that the people from the village were chasing them, she was extremely scared and huddled in the corner of the carriage, shaking uncontrollably.
In fact, her brother didn’t know that she also saw it that night. She saw with her own eyes that Tian Ya, who had played with her since childhood, was killed. Her eyes were open when she died.
Seeing her like this, Xiao Lingdang sat next to her, stretched out her chubby little hands, hugged Qiaomei in her arms, and comforted her in a soft baby voice.
"Don't be afraid, Sister Qiaomei. The bad guys haven't caught up with us, and we still have Jinbei! If the bad guys catch up with us, I'll let Jinbei bite them, okay? Don't be afraid!"
Perhaps the sound of the little bell was so healing, Qiaomei's mood gradually calmed down. Except for her face being a little pale, she didn't look so scared anymore.
Everyone outside moved very quickly, even the tents were all taken down. Afterwards, no one knew where the water source would be, so all the water containers were filled.
It only took about half an hour to load all the luggage into the car.
Suddenly, Xiao Lingling's ears trembled, as if she heard some sound. She patted Qiaomei on the back and got out of the carriage nimbly.
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