Zhou Yunshu did not expect that Xixi would not be afraid of the blood stains on her shoes at all. She wiped them diligently as if the blood on her shoes was not blood, but just simple mud stains.
"Not for the time being." Zhou Yunshu took the dirty handkerchief from Xixi's hand and asked, "Isn't Xixi afraid?"
Xixi blinked her big black and white eyes and asked confusedly: "What are you afraid of?"
"Blood."
Xixi shook her head and said matter-of-factly: "Everyone has blood."
After saying that, she grabbed Zhou Yunshu's sleeve with her little hand and said, "Dad used to take me with him when dealing with things. I..."
Xixi suddenly covered her little mouth. She almost forgot that her father was not her father.
"I'm sorry, dad. Xixi forgot that he is not his dad." Xixi looked at Zhou Yunshu guiltily.
Zhou Yunshu looked at her daughter's expression that she had done something wrong, smiled and kissed her cheek, and said: "It doesn't matter, just remember it now."
Shopkeeper Liang, who had just walked over, looked shocked. Did he accidentally hear some secret? !
Therefore, Mr. Zhou is not the biological father of the little girl in front of him, but her stepfather!
Mr. Zhou married a harmonious woman, a divorced woman with children!
Shopkeeper Liang thought about the gossip about Zhou Yunshu that he had heard in the team during this period, and felt that he had discovered the truth.
Mr. Zhou is really a good man. Even if he marries a woman with a child, the woman runs away and abandons the child, but he still treats her as his own.
Atmospheric, really atmospheric!
Sure enough, he has a good vision and will follow Mr. Dingzhou from now on!
"Mr. Zhou!"
Zhou Yunshu hugged Xixi and turned to look at Shopkeeper Liang, who was looking at her enthusiastically. She felt a little strange. What did his imaginary expression mean?
"What's the matter? Shopkeeper Liang?"
Shopkeeper Liang sat next to Zhou Yunshu and said: "I calculated that we will reach Shanxia Village in about three or four days, so I was thinking about whether to say hello to the people in the team in advance and tell them that we are going up the mountain. thing."
"Let's wait until we set off tomorrow morning."
Only Zhou Yunshu and Du Laozhuang knew about going up the mountain for the time being.
"It's okay." Shopkeeper Liang said with a hint of worry on his face, "The main reason is that the weather is dry and there is little water now. After we go up the mountain, we must not only pay attention to snakes, insects and beasts in the forest at all times, but also pay attention to fire prevention."
Zhou Yunshu's eyes froze when she heard the word "fire". Mountain fire is the most terrifying thing.
"Thank you, Shopkeeper Liang, for your timely reminder! If we accidentally trigger a mountain fire, we won't be able to escape in the mountains even if we want to."
Shopkeeper Liang breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Zhou Yunshu's attention, "You are right, even if we encounter refugee riots outside, we still have hope of survival. If there is a mountain fire, it is not a matter of whether we can escape. "
There is no way to escape!
No matter how fast people and animals run, they can't run as fast as wildfires. If the wind blows again, even if there is nine lives, it will be difficult to escape.
When Fang Huiwen heard this, she frowned and said, "Yun Shu, do we have to take the mountain road?"
Zhou Yunshu nodded without explaining immediately, "Huzi."
After finishing Zhou Yunshu's promise to them, Huzi immediately ran over when he heard her voice, "What are your orders, boss!"
"Go and invite Uncle Du and the others over."
"okay!"
After Du Laozhuang, Du Youtian and Mao Ziping arrived, Zhou Yunshu took a wooden stick and drew a few lines next to the fire, then pointed to two points of a curve and said to the people around the fire: "Look , as I said before, taking the mountain road is the shortest route."
"Between two points, the line segment is the shortest." Xixi's voice sounded.
Zhou Yunshu smiled, kissed her baby daughter, and praised, "That's right."
She only said Xixi once and remembered it.
After Zhou Yunshu finished her praise, she continued: "There are indeed many disadvantages to walking on mountain roads."
"For example, we don't know the situation in the mountains. The mountain roads are not easy to walk and we may get lost. Even as shopkeeper Liang just said, in addition to paying attention to snakes, insects and beasts in the mountains, we must also be alert to the outbreak of wildfires."
Fang Huiwen and Li Jialan nodded in unison, yes, walking on mountain roads is very dangerous!
"But if we don't take the mountain road, the journey will take half a month longer than going up the mountain."
Shopkeeper Liang added on the side: "It is at least half a month, and further south is the drought-stricken area in Luzhou, which means that we will not get any supplies there, and we must always be careful not to become a supply in the eyes of other refugees. .”
Zhou Yunshu looked at Li Jialan and others beside him and continued: "The human bones found in the empty village and the people caught in the ruined temple just now prove that it is common for people to change their children and eat them. It can even be said that they will Treat everyone else you see as your own food reserve.”
They are fleeing. Zhou Yunshu will not block their ears or cover their eyes. Even if they are young ones like Yuanli Yuanyi, Zhou Yunshu will let them have proper exposure to these human tragedies. He cannot really let them become innocent. Lamb.
"Our food and water can probably support the whole team for half a month. If we go down the mountain, we will run out of food and water before reaching Baishi County; but if we go up the mountain, there will be water on the mountain."
Shopkeeper Liang nodded, "There is water on Anshan Mountain, but the water may be occupied by wild beasts, but there is water."
"If you have animals, you will have food, and if you have water, you can survive." Zhou Yunshu looked at Fang Huiwen and others who had been convinced by her and said: "I think that instead of facing the sinister human heart, I would rather fight with ferocious beasts."
The smell of fire came from the ruined temple not far away. Du Laozhuang and others looked at the mountain fire on the ground with serious expressions.
"Where's the mountain fire?" Li Jialan asked.
She knew the seriousness of mountain fire outbreaks. During the war in the North, her father and others had set fire to the mountains in order to force out the enemy troops hiding in the mountains.
It can be controlled when setting a fire, but once a fire breaks out in the forest, it cannot be controlled by humans.
Although the mountain fire was extinguished in the end, it was extinguished by herself. If her father and the general had not evacuated the people in advance, not only the enemy troops, but also countless people might have been burned to death.
Zhou Yunshu had already thought about this issue seriously. She said: "I will collect all the fires when I go up the mountain. The patrol team will step up patrols to prevent any accidents from happening. Once they happen, they will put out the fire even if they use up all the water."
To put it bluntly, it means telling the people in the team the dangers of wildfires over and over again. Confiscating fire, increasing penalties, and supervising each other, everyone must keep their spirits up until they get out of Anshan.
Du Laozhuang and other older people were also discussing how to better avoid wildfires. Zhou Yunshu listened and took note of useful points.
Wei Zhong came over at this time and said, "Mr. Zhou, everything has been taken care of."
Zhou Yunshu raised her head and said, "Thank you."
"I brought over both the crazy woman and the woman holding the child."
Wei Zhong didn't know what Zhou Yunshu was going to do with them, so he brought them over first. Anyway, they would not be opponents like him.
Zhou Yunshu patted Xixi in her arms and asked her to go to her grandmother's place.
Zhou Yunshu stood up and said, "I'll go see them."
"Who are you looking at?" Li Jialan asked.
"Those who survived."
As soon as Zhou Yunshu finished speaking, there was a burst of screams and exclamations from the edge of the team. Zhou Yunshu glanced at it, and it seemed that the people in the team were frightened by the two women in the ruined temple.
When Zhou Yunshu walked over with Wei Zhong and Huzi, the mad woman was still holding the child wrapped in Zhou Yunshu's cloak and singing children's songs. The other woman was holding her nephew and looking at the people around her in fear.
The people around them looked at the two of them with eyes full of horror and disgust. Even if the woman was about to bury her face in the child's chest, she still couldn't stop these eyes.
Zhou Yunshu didn't look at the sane woman, her eyes were always on the crazy woman.
"Your child is dead."
The nursery rhyme in the mad woman's mouth paused for a moment.
"Do you want to die with him or send him away?"
