The little girls giggled and laughed, shouting until they weren't tired.
The baskets on the donkeys and mules have become mere decorations. When they are allowed to sit in the baskets and rest for a while, they all complain that they are not tired.
Only Xue Laohu got up early in the morning to practice a set of boxing moves, looked in Li Lanzhen's direction, and smiled meaningfully.
He knew that Li Lanzhen must have given them some herbs to increase their strength, but he just kept quiet about it.
Li Lanzhen was quite happy. She saw her little grandson, Han Yibo, happily wiggling his short legs as he followed behind Xue Nizi.
Every now and then, he would pick up small stones and throw them into the distance.
Li Lanzhen knew that this little guy had also become a little Hercules.
At this moment, in the old village chief's procession, little Ruyi was also walking happily, swinging her arms.
Aunt Huaihua felt sorry for her and wanted her to ride on the donkey, but she shook her head like a rattle drum.
"No, no! Grandma, I'm very strong! Grandma, I drank the little half bowl of porridge that Dad left me yesterday, and today I feel like I have a lot of energy. I can keep running with you without any problem."
Everyone chuckled when they heard this, taking it as a child's joke.
Li Lanzhen was very happy to see that the "power pills" had worked on her family members.
Even the frail and sickly Madam Ye was full of energy today and walked very fast.
Zhang, the eldest daughter-in-law's mother who had been ill for many years, actually followed behind them today, leaning on a cane, without riding the donkey.
Da Niu, Er Niu, and San Niu surrounded their grandmother, praising her happily.
Grandma, you look great today! Keep it up!
Little Niu chuckled.
"Grandma, are you like us? You became so strong after drinking the fresh wild vegetable soup this morning?"
Upon hearing what the children said, Li Lanzhen burst into laughter, then concealed her merits and fame.
Well, since Little Niu actually found out the reason why the whole family turned into Hercules, she can rest assured.
Ten miles away from them, three of the six scouts who had come out to explore sat down under a tree, panting heavily, looking at Han Mingjiang and his two companions as if they were monsters.
"What kind of monster did you eat? We only drank some wild vegetable soup this morning, and today, the three of you are running so fast? We're exhausted from keeping up!"
"That's right, that's right! You guys must have eaten tiger meat, you're so strong!"
Xue Bao was displeased, glaring at him, "You brat, you want to eat my father's flesh?!"
The three of them were stunned for a moment, then suddenly remembered, oh, Xue Bao's father is called Xue Laohu.
Then he burst out laughing.
"No, no, please don't tell Uncle Xue, or he'll beat us to a pulp!"
As the group chatted and laughed, Xue Bao wondered to himself, "Could it be that Aunt Lanzhen added some meat powder or something to his food again? This kind of thing has happened before."
On the way to escape, we secretly fed him delicious food, mostly dried meat. Once, we even gave him half a sausage, which made him happy for three days.
The most surprising one was Han Zhaoxiong.
Could it be that Aunt Lanzhen is really, as Grandpa said, a lucky star for Hanjia Village?
I ate a bowl of porridge she gave me yesterday, so how come I have so much strength today?
Only Han Mingjiang was happily shaking his head, his eyes closed, leaning against a tree to rest.
Actually, he was very happy. He knew that his mother, Li Lanzhen, must have given them some kind of magical food, otherwise he wouldn't have so much energy today, and he wouldn't feel tired at all.
After eating the flatbread and drinking the water, the six people continued walking.
Han Mingjiang suddenly spotted a valley and pointed it out to them, saying, "Look, I think that valley is quite nice. Let's go in and take a look."
Several people stood halfway up the mountain, looking down at the valley in the distance; it was indeed a beautiful place.
So the six of them started running down the mountain.
When they ran into the valley, they couldn't find the entrance.
After circling the cliff blocking their path twice, Han Mingjiang scratched his head. "Am I seeing things? Why can't we find our way in?"
“Brother-in-law, are you sure you’re not seeing things? This is definitely the direction into the valley. I reckon the entrance must be very well hidden,” Xue Bao said, patting his shoulder as he walked around.
Han Zhaoxiong waved his hand, "That's good. Once we're inside, people outside won't be able to find the entrance."
Everyone thought it made sense, and they all nodded happily, then began to search carefully again.
The six men were spinning around, sweating profusely, when suddenly Xue Bao shouted excitedly.
"Here it is! Here it is! I found it!"
Everyone rushed over and saw that he was standing on a cliff face more than a meter high. They were all shocked. Did he have to climb up one by one and then jump off?
Xue Bao seemed to understand his companions' thoughts and explained, "This is a gap with large rocks piled up below. If we find a way to move the rocks, the passage into the valley will be opened."
The gate leading into the valley is covered with layers upon layers of vines.
One of the young men raised his machete to strike.
Xue Bao quickly stopped him, "Wait! Don't cut it. Put it on both sides, so we can put it down after we go in and use it as a disguise. People coming from outside won't be able to see the entrance."
So he used the big stick in his hand to pry open all the vines, revealing a mountain gate about two meters wide.
Just as Xue Bao had said, there were large stones piled up between the two mountain walls. These stones were so big that it would be difficult for the six of them to move them.
Everyone was at a loss again. Han Mingjiang looked around and said, "How about this, let's climb up first, go in and see if the valley is suitable for us to live in. If it is, we'll wait here for the villagers."
After the six people climbed over the mountain wall and entered the valley, they jumped up with joy.
The valley is very large, surrounded by mountains on all sides, forming a basin inside.
At this point, the basin was overgrown with weeds. They walked through the weeds and continued deeper into the basin.
Han Zhaoxiong squatted down, grabbed a handful of soil, kneaded it, and said happily, "Look how fertile the soil is here! Planting crops here will definitely yield a bumper harvest!"
After their initial joy, the others said dejectedly, "Fertile land is useless; we have no grain seeds left." "My family has none left either; they were all eaten."
"That's right, people are starving to death, where would they find any food seeds left?"
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