Quick travel to save a miserable life

Chapter 431 A woman on the run 6

In the afternoon, Lin Hui followed the army with heavy steps for a long time. By sunset, she had already walked out of Taohua Town and arrived at another town called Guantang Town.

On this day, we walked another thirty miles. It is said that if everything goes well, if we walk another day tomorrow, we will be able to walk out of Guantang Town, and then go south, which is no longer the boundary of Yongfeng County.

If it weren't for the large number of refugees leading the group and the village chief organizing everyone, most of the villagers in Niujia Village would not have the courage to leave their homes so far.

For most of them, the furthest they have ever left home has been to the county seat. Leaving Yongfeng County was something they had never dared to think about before. However, because of this drought, they really have no choice but to stay at home. In order to survive, they were forced to embark on the road of leaving their hometown.

As soon as the sun went down, the village chief asked everyone to stop and find a large open space as a camping ground for the night.

Although the weather is hot during the day, you cannot just sleep on the floor at night, mainly because there will be dew at night, which will wet your clothes and make people easy to catch a cold.

In this day and age, people cannot afford to get sick. Once they get sick, it will not only affect their family's schedule, but they may also die due to lack of medical treatment.

Therefore, if you can afford it, you will bring tarpaulins with you in your luggage. You can find a few thick wooden sticks to prop them up and build a simple tent, and people will sleep under the tent. It will be much better.

There were two pieces of oilcloth in the luggage of the Zhang family. They were connected together with cloth strips to build a larger tent. If they were squeezed together, the whole family could sleep in it. The men slept on the outside, and the women and children slept on the outside. in the middle.

Before nightfall, Brother Zhang Dazhu followed the villagers to find water and firewood nearby. When they came back, they found something. They found two jars of water in a ditch. Although the water was very muddy, the Zhang family had already prepared it. I brought some alum, but not much, so I had to use it sparingly.

No matter how turbid the water is, if you add alum to clarify it overnight, it will become clear. If you boil it and drink it, there will be no problem.

After having dinner, which was about the same as noon, we began to allocate bunks to sleep. Because we had to get up before dawn tomorrow morning and hit the road, so we had to go to bed early.

The ground is first covered with a layer of dead leaves, then the hay found, and finally the sheets. Then when people lie on it, there will be no such heavy moisture.

Before falling asleep, Lin Hui took Cui Ya to the side for extra food as usual. This time, after Cui Ya quickly finished eating and drinking, she asked in a low voice: "Mom, have you eaten the buns you gave me?" ?"

Lin Hui touched the child's head and said with a smile: "Of course Mom has eaten it, don't worry Cuiya!"

The mother and daughter looked at each other and smiled, holding hands and returning to the tent to sleep.

Zhang Erzhu's family slept on the outside of the tent, Zhang Erzhu slept on the far side, and Lin Hui hugged Cui Ya and slept next to him. Because it was too hot, the thin quilt was put aside without covering them, and Cui Ya was only covered with an adult's clothes.

Lin Hui smelled the stench of sweat and rancidity coming from the people around her, and couldn't sleep at all for a while.

Because of the lack of water, even daily drinking is in short supply, so there is no such thing as washing your face and hands, let alone taking a bath and washing your feet.

In the summer, after walking under the scorching sun for a day, the sweat on my body dries and then dries. You can imagine the smell!

Although Lin Hui could sneak in some food and share it with her daughter to eat and drink, she couldn't disappear into thin air in front of everyone and take a shower in space, so she could only endure the odor from herself and others!

After walking on the road for a day, the soles of my feet hurt from walking. There were no blisters. That was because I was used to working and was not considered squeamish. However, the fatigue of my body would not be reduced because of this. In the end, I still couldn't bear it. Overcoming physical fatigue, he fell into a deep sleep.

Although the ground was covered with leaves and hay, it was not smooth enough and not as comfortable as the bed. After sleeping like this for a night, Lin Hui still suffered from back pain.

Especially having to get up before dawn and rush on the road is another level of torture.

However, people in the nearby Niujia Village began to pack up their things, and they could not fall behind. If they fell behind, it would be no joke.

This time, Niujia Village still had [-] people alive. Almost the entire village was dispatched. When most people decided to leave, others did not dare to stay. They had to bear the wrath of the officials and face unknown censure, but they still followed. The big flow is safer. Even if the punishment comes, everyone will bear it together, and no one will be left behind.

In this way, a large group of people followed the fleeing team, traveling at dawn and sleeping overnight. They stopped to rest for more than an hour at noon, the hottest time. It took more than four hours of walking a day, and they could cover thirty or forty miles. In ten days, they walked out of Zhongzhou and entered Yingzhou.

Along the way, the team fleeing from famine continued to expand. When Niujia Village first joined, there were only a few thousand people. But along the way, hungry people continued to join. Now the team running from famine stretches for dozens of miles. I am afraid that There are not tens of thousands of people.

This made Lin Hui secretly frightened. When she was walking forward, she only looked at her husband and children and didn't notice anything else, but Lin Hui was thinking more.

If the government ignores such a large wave of refugees and allows them to go all the way south, no city can bear such a large number of people. At that time, if one of them is not good, there will be chaos, and then there will be another bloody storm.

The towns along the way heard that there were refugees passing by, so they closed their city gates early, for fear that these refugees would break in and harm the place.

So they could only move along the road outside the city. Anyway, there were so many people here, even if there was no road originally, it would become a road when there were more people walking on it.

After entering Yingzhou, there was a lot more greenery on the road. It was no longer full of loess. The air was less anxious and more vaporous. It was easier to find water on the road than before.

At this time, the dry food brought by the Zhang family from home was almost finished. The water was boiled after clarifying the muddy water found on the road. Although it had a smell, it was better than drinking no water.

Now most people have run out of food and are living by looking for food everywhere, but they are not allowed to enter the city, and the fields in the wild are deserted due to drought. What can they find to eat?

Some people set their sights on those who were alone in the fleeing team and snatched them from their hands.

In fact, this phenomenon has started a long time ago. However, in the past, everyone had more food left in their hands and fewer people did this, so it was not obvious yet. As the days on the road increased and the food shortage became serious, this phenomenon became increasingly common. increase.

If the people of Niujia Village had not acted in unison, were young and strong, and were united, some of them would have been the target of being robbed.

However, although no one came to rob them, some people in the village had bad ideas and thought of attacking others!