When Tonghua arrived, she saw that the soldier was just unconscious, so she gave him a few hoes and sent him to meet the King of Hell.
"Yang'er, remember this: if you don't beat this kind of bad person to death, he'll beat you to death. You absolutely can't be soft-hearted."
Li Lanzhen remembered it too. Indeed, this was ancient times, and they were fleeing famine. If these soldiers caught them, they would take away their men, sons, and grandsons, and they might even beat the women and children to death.
Perhaps because she hadn't been pushed to that point, Li Lanzhen thought that she should be able to handle it when the crisis came.
Next, the women and children hardened their hearts. As long as they thought that these soldiers were there to take away their loved ones and destroy their homes, they decided to strike first.
In less than half an hour, they had dealt with more than a dozen soldiers.
Xue Laohu and his son took on a major responsibility; they were responsible for resolving most of the issues.
Xue Laohu, his face covered in blood, came over and wiped the blood from his face: "My dear in-law, we have to leave here quickly. I just grabbed a soldier and asked him where he was from and what he was doing here."
He said they were soldiers of the Jin King, and that they were here forcibly conscripted. He hadn't expected that all the villages had been cleared out, but they managed to capture a little over 100 soldiers in Yejiawan. He had no choice; he had orders from above, and each soldier had to capture ten people, otherwise they would face certain death if they went back.”
After catching his breath and looking out over the mountains, he said, "He also said that if we keep going south along the road, we will encounter the King of Jin capturing soldiers."
"Mother, what should we do? The village chief has led the villagers south. Uncle Da Kui came back from the prefectural city and said that the family that owns the general store is going south. It's safe there, and they can settle down and farm."
Li Lanzhen frowned, deep in thought. Jin Fulai's young master Zhou had hinted that she wanted to flee the famine to the east. Originally, she had planned to catch up with the village chief and tell them they were going east together. Now, what should she do?
Heading south, they would inevitably encounter the King of Jin conscripting soldiers. If they didn't go, they would miss the village chief and the others. The journey to escape famine was long, and with only a few of them, it would be difficult to ensure their safety.
Just as they were in a dilemma, Xue Bao returned with a large force.
"Father, there are about a dozen soldiers coming up the mountain from the foot of the hill, searching the area. What should we do?"
Li Lanzhen saw that the things on the two or three carts were almost falling apart from the bumping and shaking. The children who had been running alongside the adults were pale-faced, scared and exhausted. They must have used all their strength. Poor thing.
Li Lanzhen looked at the mountains and raised her hand to cover her eyes. "I think we should continue walking along the valley and find a place to hide for a couple of days before we talk about it."
Xue Laohu nodded, "That's fine. We'll come out every day to check on the road conditions before making a decision."
“Alright, my dear in-law, you go first, I’ll cover the back.” Li Lanzhen saw a patch of plants at the foot of the mountain that she didn’t recognize. The leaves were withered, but the main stem was still green. She thought of putting it into her space and listing it in the shop to exchange for supplies.
Xue Laohu led Xue Bao, driving the donkey cart ahead, with the others following in order.
Xue Nizi and Han Yuemei wanted to stay and help Li Lanzhen finish up, but she refused, waving them off to hurry up and catching up herself.
As Li Lanzhen walked, she used a small tree to sweep away the tire tracks and footprints, while casually pulling up a few plants to put into the human space.
If you can't pull it out of the soil right away, then don't pull it out. The main thing is to get away from here as quickly as possible.
Based on his years of hunting experience, Xue Laohu found a place that was surrounded by rocks on three sides and recessed into the mountain.
Everyone was exhausted, mainly because they had no food in their stomachs, had to avoid soldiers, and had to find a flatter path to walk on.
Seeing that it was lunchtime, Li Lanzhen went to her mule cart and took out half a bag of dark flour, intending to give everyone a good meal.
I don't know what will happen next, I'll eat until I'm full and then run away.
"Xue Ni, here's some food for us. This is what we'll be eating for lunch. You can decide how to prepare it."
Nestled against the mountainside, several families laid out straw mats so that the elderly and children could lie down and rest.
Li Lanzhen's parents also lay down on a straw mat to rest. Although they were in a car and didn't have to walk, the ride was so bumpy that their old bones felt like they were going to fall apart.
Li Xishui remained unconscious, sleeping beside them.
Li Lanzhen was also very tired, so she lay down next to Ye Shi. As soon as she lay down, Ye Shi grabbed her hand and said, "Lanzhen, thank you so much. If you hadn't come to Ye Family Bay, I would never have seen you again."
Mrs. Ye had always wanted to express her heartfelt gratitude to Li Lanzhen. Although she had heard that her daughter had become ruthless and cold-hearted, so what? Without this daughter who had changed so much, this family probably wouldn't have survived.
She patted Ye's hand, which was holding hers, and said, "Mother, you are my mother. Why are you saying thank you? It's too formal. It's like you're not treating me like your daughter. Don't worry, Mother. As long as you and your children are here, I will protect you. We will find a beautiful place with clear waters and green mountains, and the whole family will live together happily."
"Okay, okay, the family is together, never separated."
Li Lanzhen slowly channeled her consciousness into the space capsule to check the supplies inside. Seeing the piles of food and labor protection products, she felt numb.
I wonder if I accidentally offended some kind of safety equipment store or something.
All the stone artifacts crafted by Li Erhan that I had collected from Yejiawan and hung in the mall had disappeared. The exchanged supplies were quite mixed; I didn't get a few items that I needed, but I received a lot of unnecessary supplies. This merchant probably runs some kind of stone artifact museum, and it just so happens that he has so many labor protection supplies.
Li Lanzhen checked the types of supplies to have a general idea of what was available, so that she could quickly find them if she needed them urgently.
The grains were mostly wheat bran. This time there were 5 sacks of black wheat bran, 3 sacks of white wheat bran, 20 jin of millet, and soybeans, red beans, mung beans, kidney beans, and pinto beans. There were 3 sacks of these various beans alone.
There was also a small wooden bucket of peanuts, which should weigh about 2 jin (1 catties), 20 jin (10 catties) of cornmeal, as well as brown sugar and salt.
To Li Lanzhen's delight, at the very back, she found two boxes of fireworks! Next to the fireworks boxes was a small box of lighters!!
My goodness, what an amazing merchant! This is incredible!
I, Li Lanzhen, wish you a long and healthy life, and all the best!
There were more than 20 firecrackers. These cannons were extremely loud, making a "bang bang" sound when they were set off. In this dynasty, they were comparable in power to cannons.
The rest are fireworks, such as "smoke bombs." They don't make any sound, but they emit a lot of smoke, forming a dense white smoke screen. This is great; you can use them to buy yourself time to escape when you encounter enemies.
"Fireworks rain" is like a dazzling rain falling from the sky when it is set off, which is very romantic. We don't need this for now. We'll set off these fireworks when we find a good place to live.
There's also this "loud bang" firework. This kind of firework makes a very loud explosion when it's ignited, and then sprays out colorful fireworks, which is very impressive. Throwing this at a place where the enemy is gathered should be very effective.
Seeing these things made Li Lanzhen even happier than seeing grain. The anxiety, worry, and helplessness she felt when encountering the Jin King's conscription of soldiers was different from when she was directly fighting the soldiers. Now, looking at these two boxes of fireworks and firecrackers, she felt a little safer.
After lunch, everyone tidied up their luggage in the car and prepared to lie down and rest for a while.
Xue Bao, who was on guard duty in a tree, shouted loudly, "The soldiers are coming! Get up!"
However, they weren't so lucky this time; it was too late to run.
Because the soldiers were led by people they knew and came specifically for them.
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