Zhou Yunshu's words were like a fire, burning away the luck in everyone's hearts.
At this moment, the Luzhou in their hearts has turned into a monster with a wide mouth. If it is not careful, it will be chewed into pieces and swallowed into the stomach.
Du Laosan thought that those villagers who were ruthlessly robbing people this afternoon might no longer be called villagers. Just because of their arrogant attitude before, they must have killed people before.
"Dad, why don't we turn around and go back to our hometown? We..."
"Shut up!" Du Laozhuang scolded sternly.
Now that he has brought people out, it is impossible for him to bring people back again.
Du Youtian on the side also said: "Lao San, what do you think will happen if you go back now?"
"You can't grow crops because the fields are too dry. If you are drafted into the corvee and come back with half your life, you are lucky. Not to mention that there is a war in the northwest and the north. If you have to serve in the military, how many lives will your family have? "
Another person sighed: "Not only do you have to perform corvee and military service, but your family's food will definitely be looted. Now that we can't grow food, we have to hand over what the whole family can eat."
"Well, it's all death anyway. If you go south, you can still have some hope of survival."
Mao Ziping is an old scholar in Dujiacun and a teacher in Dujiacun. He continued: "The imperial court's killing of the victims in the northwest will definitely arouse public outrage. In addition, the refugees from the north are going south. Those people broke out from the dragon's den and the tiger's den. If we really encounter him, I’m afraid it won’t end well.”
Du Laozhuang nodded, "So we can only continue walking south."
"The people in the village are still motivated to flee to the south. If they really turn around and go back, this mentality will be gone."
This breath is not only scattered, but may also be spread directly on him and their family.
After going out and getting nothing, wasting manpower and material resources to go back would not only make him lose his current popularity, but also be ridiculed by the people who stayed in Dujiacun, so he would never take his family or even his team back.
Even if he dies, he will die outside!
"Then let's go another way?" Boss Du suggested.
Du Laoer said helplessly: "Brother, the road we are taking now is the shortest way out of Luzhou. If you choose another way, you will waste a month or more. The food and water we have cannot last that long. "
"Yes, and you don't know if the other way will be dangerous." Wei Zhong continued. "If the other roads are also dangerous, wouldn't it mean losing my wife and losing our troops?"
After Wei Zhong finished speaking, he looked at Zhou Yunshu and saw that she had not spoken and asked proactively: "Mr. Zhou, do you have any ideas?"
Zhou Yunshu looked at the numbers drawn on the ground in front of her with a wooden stick and said: "My idea is to continue on the road according to the original plan, but..."
Zhou Yunshu raised her head and looked at the people who had been attracted by her words, "We must always be prepared to fight to the end with blood."
Du Youtian's brows furrowed. Wouldn't it be possible to kill people in a bloody battle, so he couldn't escape from Luzhou safely?
Zhou Yunshu noticed Du Youtian's expression and continued: "The biggest problem with our team now is that it is too soft-hearted."
Zhou Yunshu looked at Du Laozhuang, "What we have to face is not the people of the Taiping era, but a group of people who can't survive and even bandits who are addicted to plundering."
"What we have to do when we meet them is not to reason with them, but to shock them and tell them that if they dare to take advantage of us, we will definitely make them miserable."
Zhou Yunshu's words coupled with what happened in the evening made people think silently.
"People who are good will be bullied, and horses who are good will be ridiculed." Zhou Yunshu looked around at the people sitting together and said: "If you want to continue to use food and water to solve the problem like this afternoon, then you will only have two endings. .”
"First, Luzhou is so large, and there will only be more and more people looting on the road. Maybe before you leave Luzhou, you will have nothing to give and nothing to eat, and what awaits you will be a dead end. "
"Secondly, everyone wants to take a bite of a soft persimmon. Seeing that you are so easy to talk to, they may not be able to go too far before they will be robbed, or they will die."
Du Laozhuang looked at Zhou Yunshu opposite him and tightened his grip on the pipe in his hand. He was a little flustered because Zhou Yunshu was talking about you all the time.
In other words, if they really do this, Zhou Yunshu and his party will definitely part ways with them.
"Mr. Zhou is right." Wei Zhong was the first to support Zhou Yunshu in the silence. "If your village is really so kind-hearted, we may not be able to walk together anymore."
Anyway, he just wanted to follow Zhou Yunshu.
Du Youtian and Mao Ziping panicked when they heard Wei Zhong's words. Once these escorts left, wouldn't they be weaker!
Du Laozhuang quickly made his attitude clear, "I softened my heart this afternoon."
One good thing about Du Laozhuang is that even though he is now in the decision-making position of the entire team, he can still listen to other people's suggestions. This is why Zhou Yunshu is willing to follow this team.
The vast majority of people in Dujia Village are kind and honest, otherwise Zhou Yunshu would not choose to follow them, but if they were just kind and honest, they would not be able to escape far.
"I will explain that if something like this happens next, everyone must take up arms to defend themselves."
There are many young people in their village, but there are also many old, weak, women and children.
Qingzhuang couldn't protect everyone in the team, so he had to have the consciousness to fight.
After the discussion was over, Du Laozhuang, Du Youtian and Mao Ziping went to hold a group meeting for the people in the team.
In the past, all patrols and vigils were left to the young and strong in the village, but starting from today, the old, weak, women and children gradually have their own work to do.
For example, when it comes to night vigils, women stay up until midnight, and old people who have little sleep can stay up until midnight. This also allows the young and strong people in the team to rest more and maintain their energy during the day.
There are so many more.
In general, after experiencing that robbery, the people in the team were instantly alert and nervous. After all, no one knew how many people would point knives at them next time.
Zhou Yunshu is happy to see this change.
At the end of September, the temperature difference between day and night is large.
It's so cold in the morning and evening that you need to wear a jacket, and at night you have to cover yourself with a quilt to sleep peacefully, but the temperature at noon is so hot that people feel panicked.
When she heard frequent coughs and sneezes in the team, Zhou Yunshu asked Li Jialan and Fang Huiwen to keep their children in the carriage.
Children's immunity is too weak and they can be infected if they are not careful, so they must be watched carefully.
The masks that Zhou Yunshu asked Li Jialan and Fang Huiwen to prepare before also came in handy. At first, only Zhou Yunshu and his group were using them; later, Wei Zhong and others also wore them; after Du Laozhuang knew the use of these masks, he also asked his family to make them Quite a few.
The current conditions are too harsh. If they hadn't bought a lot of common medicinal materials under Zhou Yunshu's reminder when they entered the city, they might not even be able to drink the medicinal herbs at this time.
But even after doing so much, someone in the team still died of illness, more than one.
