"If you ask me, this is just the beginning. You all see that group of people on the road, at least forty or fifty of them, with no food or water, and no place to stay. It's not easy for them to get here. It won't be long before they have nowhere else to go. They might come to your village to beg. There are people guarding the gate of our town, so they can't get in. They can only go out and look for a place to stay in the nearby villages..."
The driver rambled on, then changed his tone and said kindly, "...I'm driving fast because when you're out and about, people's hearts are always on the line, so you have to be careful. I don't know how long those refugees have been hungry. The car is passing by them slowly. What if they get angry and try to stop the car? There are only five of us, how can we stop forty or fifty hungry people? So we better be careful."
At noon, the ox cart stopped in a deserted place. Several people got off the cart to rest and recuperate, and then got back on the cart after eating and drinking enough, and continued on their journey.
After that, I didn't encounter any more refugees on the road. I guess they didn't get here that quickly. Plus, this place is remote, with no houses for hundreds of miles around. Those refugees might not have noticed that there was a village in front of this forest and mountain...
In the late afternoon, before sunset, the galloping ox cart finally entered Shoushan Village. Seeing the familiar village entrance, Hua Shi relaxed completely.
To be honest, she is not someone who likes to leave her comfort zone. Once she gets used to a place, it is difficult for her to leave.
That humble farmyard had already given her a sense of belonging without her realizing it...
The ox cart swayed into the village. It was already dark and the road was a little unclear. The village road was quiet and empty.
I saw the familiar Hua family courtyard from afar. Even through the low courtyard wall, I could see clearly that there was no oil lamp lit inside and there was no light at all. Did Hua Yu and the other three go back to the house to sleep?
The four of them jumped off the ox cart. Hua Shi asked Hua Zhu to stand by with the cat bed in her arms so that she didn't have to help move things on the cart.
Although there looked like a lot of things, there weren't actually that many when they looked at them one by one. The three of them quickly moved everything down in a short while.
After paying the remaining half of the fare and taking the silver, the driver happily waved his whip and drove away in the ox cart.
The fare for this trip cost only one or two taels of silver. Because it was an exceptional trip and we hired the entire car, we didn't rest much during the journey and kept on rushing, so the fare was naturally high.
In the dark yard, Hua Xiao stood by the well, bent over, holding a mouthful of blood and saliva, and put his mouth to the water outlet, signaling Hua Li to crank the water pump.
“Wow—”
The gushing water flowed into Hua Xiao's mouth. Suddenly, her whole face was wet, and the clothes in front of her chest were also wet. She was so busy shouting for the well water in her mouth that she didn't pay attention and wiped her face randomly.
"Mmm!" He signaled Hua Li to stop.
Hua Li nervously leaned over, looking worriedly at Hua Xiao's red and swollen face, and asked in a low voice, "Hua Xiao, are you still bleeding?"
Hua Xiao had water in her mouth and couldn't respond to him.
Hua Li frowned and stopped talking. He pinched his fingers, then put his hands behind his back and walked around Hua Xiao, his steps were messy and he looked very uneasy.
“Bang, bang—”
There was a light knock on the gate, and the two people in the yard were startled. Their faces turned pale in an instant.
No, no...it will come again...
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