Some other villagers injured their legs.
Some of them had their legs severely cut by sharp blades during the fight with the bandits. The wound extended from the outside of the thigh to the calf. They walked with a limp, and every step felt like stepping on red-hot charcoal. The pain made the victims hiss constantly, and beads of sweat the size of beans kept rolling down their foreheads. Others were kicked in the legs by the bandits, or hit in the legs by heavy objects, causing possible injuries to the leg bones. The victims could only sit paralyzed on the ground, and dared not move their legs. Even if they lightly touched the surrounding objects, they would trigger a painful wail, and the sound was particularly miserable in the quiet outside the house.
What’s even more frightening is that several people actually suffered chest injuries.
There were wounds of varying depths on their chests, and blood was oozing out of the wounds, soon soaking a large area of their clothes on their chests. The scene was heartbreaking to watch.
These people were really close to suffering heart and lung injuries at the time. If the criminals had been a little more accurate, the consequences would have been disastrous, and these people probably wouldn't have survived.
Thinking of this, the village chief couldn't help but feel secretly relieved.
Fortunately, these bandits were not professional killers after all. They were not accurate when they attacked, which caused the wound to be slightly offset, giving the injured people in the village a glimmer of hope.
Moreover, the village chief was even more fortunate that they had found the medicinal herbs in Guangshun County before.
You know, so many villagers were injured. Without these medicinal herbs, no matter how skilled the village doctor Bai was, he would be powerless to treat the injured effectively.
At that time, the injured people in the village can only endure the pain and wait for their injuries to worsen. That would be a huge disaster.
I hope Dr. Bai can use these medicinal herbs to heal the injured people in the village as soon as possible, so that everyone can recover their health soon.
The next day, before dawn, the entire Sujia Village had already woken up in a busy and depressing atmosphere.
The people of Sujia Village didn't care about their sleepy eyes and began to pack up their things in a hurry to prepare for the upcoming journey.
Those who were injured in the previous incidents were either lying on the creaking ox carts with expressions of pain and fatigue on their faces, groaning slightly from time to time as the carts were shaken; or they were curled up in the simple horse-drawn carriages, their eyes revealing confusion and worry about the road ahead.
The rest of the healthy villagers could only rely on their own feet to walk. They knew that their current situation did not allow for any delay and had no complaints.
So everyone quickened their pace and walked forward in a hurry. In this silent environment, the sound of their footsteps seemed particularly heavy and rapid.
The five women, whose already fragile bodies looked even more shaky after going through so many hardships.
They stumbled behind the people from Sujia Village, their clothes ragged and their hair messy and scattered on their shoulders.
Along the way, they could clearly feel the malicious gazes of other refugees. Those gazes seemed to contain greed and calculation, which made them feel cold.
In this uneasy atmosphere, they can only support each other and rely on each other to give them some courage.
Even though their legs were so sore that they were almost numb, and even though every step they took seemed to use up all their strength, they still dared not stop, because they knew that if they stopped, an even more unpredictable misfortune might be waiting for them.
We hurried all the way until the sun set. The inky darkness slowly spread from the horizon, swallowing up the daylight bit by bit.
The people of Sujia Village finally began to slow down their pace in exhaustion. Everyone's expression was full of tiredness, but they did not dare to relax at all. After all, safety at night was of vital importance in this wilderness. The most urgent task was to find a suitable place to rest at night as soon as possible.
Among the girls rescued in Sujia Village today, there was a girl named Cuiyun.
She was originally from Guangshun County and had a pretty face. However, the hardships she had experienced along the way had made her former liveliness look a bit haggard and vicissitudes of life.
Cuiyun remembered that when she passed by this place before, there was a farm not far ahead.
Although the manor was not particularly grand, it looked quite large and should be able to accommodate them for one night.
Thinking of this, Cuiyun didn't care about her legs that were already sore, and hurriedly quickened her pace, struggling to weave through the crowd. She finally found the village chief who was walking in front of her.
She took a deep breath, calmed her rapid breathing, and then said to the village chief with a hint of anticipation: "Village Chief Su, I remember there is a village not far ahead. I noticed it when I passed by before. The village looks quite large, so there should be a lot of empty space.
We are all exhausted after walking all this way. If we can stay there for one night, it will be good for us to rest up. We can ask the people in the village to see if they can help us and let us stay for one night.
The village chief was worrying about where to find a safe place for everyone to stay overnight. When he heard Cuiyun's words, his face, which was originally full of fatigue and worry, instantly brightened with joy, as if he had suddenly seen the dawn in the darkness.
His cloudy eyes suddenly lit up, and he hurriedly approached Cuiyun and eagerly asked for the specific address of the manor.
Cuiyun described it in detail, pointing in the general direction ahead. She said, "Village Chief, the village is just down the road ahead. It's not far from here. I estimate it's less than three miles away."
As the village chief listened, he secretly calculated in his mind, it’s only three miles, even though everyone is tired, if they grit their teeth and persevere, they should be able to get there quickly.
The village chief, who had received the exact news, immediately turned around, cleared his throat, and raised his voice to tell everyone the good news.
His resonant voice carried far into the darkening sky: "Fellow villagers, we have a place to rest! Miss Cuiyun just said there's a farm less than three miles ahead. We can stay there for the night and don't have to sleep out in the wilderness!"
When everyone heard this, their spirits, which had been somewhat depressed due to fatigue, suddenly perked up again.
The villagers who had been dragging their heavy feet, as if they had to use all their strength to take every step, now had sparks of hope in their eyes.
The children stopped crying and instead held the adults' hands tightly, their faces full of anticipation.
Everyone quickened their pace, urging each other to quickly reach the destination where they could have a good night's rest, as if as long as they got there, the hardships along the way would be temporarily forgotten.
After hurrying all the way, they finally arrived at the gate of the village.
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