bookcurios Chapter 176 Entering the Mountain
Chapter 176 Entering the Mountain
Anyway, in Lin Xiaoyue's words, everyone should pick out the important things and put them in the backpack first. The things that can't be put in are useless, and the useless things have to be thrown away. Didn't you see that she threw away the shopping cart?
That thing can’t go up the mountain. (In fact, before leaving, I took advantage of the opportunity to “pick flowers” and found a corner where no one was paying attention to put the shopping cart into the space. Not only was it a problem of feeling bad about losing it, but this thing didn’t belong to this dynasty, and it might not be a good thing if it was publicized.)
So, grit your teeth and throw away what should be thrown away.
In fact, if you really count it, not every person in every household can make a backpack or a bamboo basket to carry things, because there are sick people, and you can't just throw them away, so if you count it this way, there will be even more things to throw away.
The women and children were having their hearts and flesh cut out and it was so painful that they were running around in circles like donkeys pulling a millstone.
I couldn't bear to throw this away, and I couldn't throw that away. I thought all the broken things were good. So, I spent most of the night thinking about the problem of letting go.
Yes, when they left home, they had already given up a lot of things with great pain. Now these are the things they have worked so hard to pull together. It took a lot of time and effort, and now they are asked to give up more. It is simply unacceptable.
But the village chief showed his strength, stood there, and shouted, "Are these things more important than human lives? Can you walk up and down the mountain with your hands full? What if a blind bear or a wild boar jumps out on the road? Will you run or run?"
Don't bite off more than you can chew. Throw away the watermelon and pick up the sesame seeds. Food and water are the most important life-saving supplies. Apart from these, other things should be thrown away. Don't carry a lot of junk on the road. It will be a joke.
Well, they've been spoiled into bad habits. They don't even realize what time it is and still can't figure things out. They can only wake up when someone yells at them. They all pack up their things with dejected looks and resigned themselves to their fate.
Also, all those skirts have to be replaced with pants, no matter if they look different or not. Pants are practical for going up the mountain, they allow your legs to move more freely, and if you roll up the corners of the pants, they can also prevent insects from crawling in.
Don’t tell me you don’t have pants, you have to change them overnight. How can you go up the mountain without them?
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The next morning, it was foggy and everyone got up early to have breakfast.
Before departure, Doctor Qiao and Chun Xing checked the patient's condition once again. The women and children put their belongings in order and, according to the instructions of Lin Zhaodi and Xiao Cao, began to tie their legs and hoods (tie the useless clothes that were to be thrown away to cover the head and the part above the neck, leaving two holes for the eyes to prevent mosquito bites), and tighten their cuffs.
Although I was wrapped so tightly and it was indeed very hot and stuffy, there were many poisonous mosquitoes in the mountains. Who knew if I would be infected with the disease if I got bit by one?
Furthermore, Chun Xing also distributed anti-snake and insect medicine packs to everyone yesterday, giving everyone an extra layer of protection after entering the mountain. Although it was a bit stuffy with the hood on, it was a good protection and also protected against the sun.
The straw hats woven by Old Man Lin were not enough for everyone. At most, they covered the people from the original Lin family, the Qiao family and Ergou's original team. This was already the result of Old Man Lin's rational use of time and weaving whenever he had time.
While everyone was checking their equipment, Ergou and the hunter took the opportunity to explore the surrounding area. They came back to find that after going around for several times, they couldn't find any passable mountain roads. This meant that no one or very few people had walked through the mountains, and that the area must be full of dangers.
So everyone gathered together to discuss it. In addition to Doctor Qiao and his grandson, each household would send out at least one person, two by two, to take turns holding a hatchet and clearing the way in front, while the others would protect the elderly, children, women and children and walk in the middle.
When the sun climbed up the hillside, everyone finally loaded their backpacks on their backs, formed two long lines, and followed the people in front who were leading the way, slowly going up the mountain.
On the Lin family's side, Lin Xiaoyue was holding a bone-cutting knife and walking in the front with Old Man Lin on her back; Xiaosi and Xiaowu were too young, and their family was worried about letting them walk on the mountain road, so the two little kids sat on Miao and Lin Zhaodi's backpacks respectively; Lin Dahua was still weak, so she was responsible for carrying the bamboo basket filled with wheat that was over one year old, and walked slowly side by side with Xiaocao, who was responsible for holding the mule's reins.
It has to be said that at the critical moment, with mules and cows, compared to the other families who relied solely on manpower, it was better to let the animal power carry the heavy task of carrying the belongings. It was indeed much easier than consuming manpower.
The other families, apart from those who carried the patients on backpacks, carried or shouldered whatever they could, and some even used large iron pots on their heads, just to be able to take one or two more items with them as they were reluctant to throw them away.
In this case, everyone must be carrying a heavy burden, and it would be impossible to walk faster.
But the most difficult thing was Xiaoqiao, a 13-14 year old girl who came to seek medical treatment with her father who had his head broken by refugees who had their food robbed.
The little girl, who had not yet grown up, not only had to carry the unconscious old man Qiao on her back, but also had a large bag of grain and water bags hanging around her neck. It was only because Chun Xing felt sorry for the father and daughter that she put their few clothes, pots and bowls into the two large baskets on the ox's back, otherwise the pressure on the little girl would have been even greater.
But even though the little girl's face was flushed and her legs were trembling slightly due to the great effort she had exerted, she still had no intention of abandoning her unconscious father. She can be considered a very filial person.
The group walked and stopped, panting, slipping and sliding, and walked for five or six hours on the bumpy road. Everyone was out of breath from the bumps and bruises of the rugged mountain road. They were so tired that they could not walk any further. Then they found a slightly flatter place and stopped to rest for a while to catch their breath.
From sunrise to sunset, they finally got a rest. The men could not hold on any longer and sat down on the ground, gasping for breath. However, the women and children suddenly stood up, dragging their tired bodies with shining eyes, and using their hands and feet to rush to the ferns in the dense forest not far away, which were growing well but were a little wilted due to excessive exposure to the sun.
Oh my God, what did they see, what did they see.
There are treasures everywhere in the mountains.
Not to mention the wild vegetables outside, even the grass roots and tree barks on the roadside were stripped by the refugees. The level of cleanliness was so great that one could say that they had dug three feet into the ground.
Unexpectedly, in the mountains that no one dared to enter, it was only the first day. Although everyone was exhausted and in a mess, and even couldn't move their legs, they used crutches and dragged each other forward, and dared not stop to rest.
Even at noon, he just took out the extra food he had made in the morning and ate it while walking, for he was afraid that if he stopped, he would not be able to stand up and his legs and feet would not obey him.
Who would have thought that everyone could have such a rich harvest, which made people cry with joy.
At this time, no one had remembered the threat posed to the one pig, two bears and three tigers in the forest. All they had in their minds and eyes were a few clusters of wild vegetables that had not yet completely withered.
Not only that, the crowd also found a lot of rotten mushrooms under some big trees, among which there were a few bright red mushrooms that were growing well. However, the crowd did not dare to pick them because they were poisonous mushrooms and could not be eaten no matter how hungry they were.