Just in case, before the sun went down, the team left the official road and found a place to rest in what was supposed to be a village.
This time, there was no house for them to live in. Fortunately, there was a well. It was still early at this time, and the other refugees were still rushing on their way, but no one competed with them for a seat next to the well.
As for the refugees who were determined to follow them, it was even less likely to say anything. Anyway, they did not take the well as their own.
As usual, the carts carrying household rice and the elderly and children were in the middle, the women were on the outer layer, and the married men were at the outermost. After settling down, the women who were supposed to start preparing dinner became embarrassed because the refugees next to them always cast prying eyes on them.
"Dad, do you want to drive them all away?" Li Ping'an approached Li Erlin and asked softly, but his eyes were unabashedly staring at the refugees following them. It was really inconvenient.
Li Erlin was discussing things with Zhang Yu and the others. Hearing this, he glanced at the refugees, shook his head and said, "Don't worry about them, they can't be driven away. Go talk to your mother, your aunt, and the others, and change the situation with Ren Yazi." All the rice is cooked, and we need to have enough to eat at night."
"Is someone really targeting us? Will someone really come to rob us at night?" Li Ping'an asked with a frown.
"I don't know, but it's not a bad thing to be well prepared. Our large amount of things and population are too eye-catching, especially with so many children. If you grab them and sell them, you can get a lot of money and food." Li Erlin sighed. In one breath, he said, "Before, we were walking fast and no one was hungry yet, so it went smoothly. But we have been walking for many days, and this place is far away from the city, so we have to be careful."
"Then if they know we have food, will they also have evil intentions?" Li Ping'an looked at the refugees again, unable to stop worrying, "If someone really comes to rob our people and things, will they also take advantage of it?" Rising in chaos?"
"If you don't care, fight if you can. If you can't fight, just escape as many as you can." At this point, Li Erlin paused and patted Li Ping'an on the shoulder. "If you really want to escape, just take someone with you." Take your brothers and sisters to escape together. Your mother and I will try our best to hold them back for you. If it doesn't work, don't worry about Fugui and the others. You can escape by yourself. If you can survive, you are smart. Dad believes that as long as you can escape, you will survive."
Li Ping'an was silent. After a moment, he suddenly smiled brightly, "Even if I can escape, there is no point in living if I am the only one left. Isn't it just desperate? In this world, death is not a relief."
Because he has memories of his previous life, he doesn't have much sense of belonging to the era he lived in this life. If all his family members in this life are gone, he will feel like a rootless duckweed. Instead of living in this kind of loneliness and helplessness, The tormenting days, it would be better to just die together.
It was Li Erlin's turn to be silent. After a while, he patted Li Ping'an on the shoulder again, "Go ahead and ask your mother to cook something to eat. You also know what to say and what not to say. Don't let them worry too much. They may not be able to do it." Something so bad happened.”
Li Ping'an nodded, turned back to Chen Dajuan, pretended to be fine and said, "Mom, dad said we don't need to worry about them. He cooked all the rice we exchanged for the land and has enough to eat tonight."
"Do you still want to live? How long has it been? Do you still want to be full? He wants to be full with just that little rice?" Chen Dajuan muttered dissatisfiedly, but she honestly took out the brown rice she had exchanged with Ren Yazi. There isn't much left, and the semi-thick porridge will only be enough to feed an adult.
Seeing his mother busy at work, Li Ping'an sighed inwardly and looked up at his younger brothers and sisters.
Fugui squatted beside Dr. Zhu and learned how to read. To study medicine, you have to be illiterate. Fugui couldn't read a single big character, so Dr. Zhu could only work hard to teach Fugui how to read. Although Fugui didn't know why Dr. Zhu wanted to accept him as his disciple, he knew that it must be the credit of his eldest brother. He knew that this was his future, and in order to live up to his eldest brother's hard work, he studied very seriously and cherished this opportunity. Whenever I have time, I pester Dr. Zhu.
Little Ruyi sat between her grandparents and grandma, and there were several old people beside her. She said something to the left and said something to the right, with a sweet voice, which made the old people smile from time to time.
Jixiang and Xinglong were telling stories to the children. The little girl had a good memory. She could remember some of the bedtime stories that Li Ping'an told her, but she couldn't remember many of the long ones. So she picked some of the ones she remembered and said, Xinglong Occasionally I will add something.
The happiest time for the children is when they rest every day. They don’t have to walk around in the scorching sun. Instead, they sit and massage each other’s legs, listen to Jixiang’s stories, and smell the fragrance of rice while waiting for the meal.
But not all children are happy. The older ones are more sensible. The wandering life these days has cast a haze on their originally carefree little faces.
When his eyes fell on Zhang Xiaoshan, Li Ping'an was startled for a moment, then quietly walked around behind Zhang Xiaoshan, touched him, and slapped him on the shoulder with a sudden slap.
Zhang Xiaoshan was startled and quickly punched Li Pingan in the face with his backhand. Li Ping'an was on guard and took a few steps back to distance himself. Zhang Xiaoshan's punch naturally missed.
Seeing that it was Li Pingan, Zhang Xiaoshan retracted his hand and became furious, "Li Pingan, what are you doing? You scared me to death."
"What are you thinking about?" Li Ping'an asked with a playful smile.
Zhang Xiaoshan said angrily: "I'm thinking about how to kill you!"
"Don't worry, it's not your turn." Li Pingan sat down at the foot of Zhang Xiaoshan and looked at the sunset in the west. "The sunset is quite beautiful, but I still think the sunset from Wubei Mountain is better."
Zhang Xiaoshan also sat down and said, "What time is it? You still have time to watch the sunset."
"What time." Li Ping'an turned to look at Zhang Xiaoshan, "If the sky falls, a tall man will hold it up. What's the use of worrying so much? Do you think the sky will collapse today?"
"Go away, I can't talk to you!"
"Then you can continue to worry."
Li Ping'an stood up, patted his butt, and left immediately. I couldn't go anywhere, so I sat next to the pile of children, listening to Ji Xiang's stories and watching the sun slowly sink into the mountains.
I don't know when, Dr. Zhu sat next to Li Ping'an. No one said anything, and he watched the sunset quietly. When the sun completely fell into the mountains, Dr. Zhu sighed.
Li Pingan turned around and asked, "Are you also so pessimistic?"
"Pessimistic?" Dr. Zhu sneered, "I am fifty-five this year, and I have lived enough. I just feel a little sorry for you."
"I have nothing to regret. I have lived for thirteen more years and earned a lot of money. Besides, who knows if there are really mobs. Have you seen it?"
