I saw more than a dozen men dressed in shorts appearing on the opposite side. One after another, they were holding two torches. They must have been at one end and the other when they were rushing.
A few people walked around and took a look, while the rest were squatting on the opposite side of the water, taking off their water bags and preparing to get water.
Qingyan and the others did not dare to stick their heads out too much, in case the other party had good eyesight or was relatively keen and discovered them.
After taking one look, he quickly retracted his head, leaving only Chou Chou, who had climbed onto the boulder, and Li Hao, who was squatting on the ground at some point.
The three of them squatted on the ground, leaned out sideways, and held a handful of grass in their hands to block their heads.
Even if a torch is shined over there, one can only see the grass in their hands.
Qingyan looked at the grass and was speechless.
She said where did the grass come from next to the boulder? They had pulled it out when they camped here before, because they were afraid that there would be some snakes, insects, rats, and ants hidden in the grass.
It turned out that they were piled not far away to feed the donkeys. I don’t know when they got them. However, they were blocked by grass and looked outside. It was indeed very hidden.
Not to mention that there is a water pool between them and the other party. Although the water pool is not very big, plus the open space from their side to the water pool, the straight-line distance from the opposite side is almost 180 meters.
It was late at night, and when they were deliberately hidden, it was difficult to see clearly.
The group of people did not stop here after fetching water, probably because they were afraid that wild beasts would come to hunt where there was water.
It was late at night and there was no way to see if there were any footprints around, so the people left quickly after getting the water.
The group of people left with the fire for a while. Qingyan and the others did not dare to make any move. Chou Chou rushed out directly and followed the group of people to see if they really left.
They were also afraid that they would try to counterattack again and they would not be able to react in time.
Except for Li Hao and the other three who stood up silently, the others continued to maintain their original actions and did not dare to make any big noise.
It wasn't until ten minutes later that Chou Chou came back, squeaked twice, then opened his arms and made a gesture.
Qingyan pretended to understand Chou Chou's movements and said to them: "Chou Chou said they had gone far and did not stop in the middle. It seems they didn't find us."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, especially the old ladies in the back, whose bodies were a little limp.
Li Hao said to everyone: "Let's continue to rest. We will start our journey early tomorrow morning. We should be able to put some distance between us and the other party. However, when we walk forward, we must first look ahead to avoid running into the other party."
Qingyan also agreed to this proposal. If the other party found a place to rest at night, we might actually meet him tomorrow.
If there were no Li Hao and the other three, they wouldn't have much of a problem even if they encountered them. After all, those people didn't look like vicious bandits, nor were they Khitan people. The possibility of killing villagers indiscriminately was very low.
But now that there is someone to hunt down among them, it's hard to say.
If they think they are a gang, or if they want to kill people and silence them, they will definitely not be able to escape.
"Are they the bandits you encountered before?"
When Yang Dashan heard what Li Hao said, he knew that he should have seen what the other party was doing, so he guessed.
"Well, I just saw clearly that the knives in their hands were the bandits they met before." Li Hao couldn't say anything else, and could only admit that they were indeed the group of people they encountered.
Now everyone was even more uneasy. Those who were already very sleepy after working all day were a little sleepy.
But it's definitely impossible not to sleep. Yang Dashan and Li Hao arranged for the night watchers to let the others lie down and rest quickly.
Everyone still needs to get enough rest, otherwise they will not be energetic for the journey tomorrow.
It was Qingyan and the others who had slept during the day and were divided into two groups, one in the middle of the night and the other in the middle of the night.
Those who were not on night watch returned to their previous straw mats and lay down. They just put out the fire and did not put away the bedding on the ground, so they could continue to sleep.
Yang Dashan tried to untie the rope from the donkey's mouth.
After the black donkey was untied, he snorted at him to express his dissatisfaction, then opened his mouth and shook his chin from side to side, as if he was relaxing the muscles in his mouth.
Next, they didn't dare to light the fire again. Anyway, they were used to the current light, and it didn't matter whether there was lighting or not.
It's just that the night watcher will have a harder time. It's easy to feel sleepy when it's not dark in the middle of winter, and it's easy to see things clearly, so you have to pay attention to your surroundings.
Li Hao and Wang Qian planned to stay up until midnight. Wang Kun couldn't let his master watch him until he went to sleep, so he took the initiative to let Li Hao rest with Wang Qian.
Qingyan ignored them and lay down to sleep without saying anything.
If Chou Chou is not sleepy yet, let him listen to some movement.
No one else had the ear power like the two of them, so Qingyan planned to go to bed first, and then change Chou Chou when she woke up.
She always felt a little uneasy in her heart.
It felt a bit unrealistic that those people left so easily, tossing and turning with a few old ladies lying on the straw mats.
Seeing her like this, Chou Chou couldn't help but send a message to her: "You don't have to worry too much, I followed them out for more than two miles and I won't come back.
They were walking very fast and looked like they were in a hurry. They were probably chasing Li Hao and the others.
They don't know that we have been practicing salt here for two days, and they will never think that we are still here.
According to the normal pace, Li Hao and the other three should have gone quite far, so there is a high probability that they will not stop now. "
After hearing this, Qingyan felt relieved, nodded and replied, "Then you should also be careful. I won't trust you if I leave my safety to others. I only trust you."
After hearing this, Chou Chou felt very warm in her heart. She patted her chest and promised: "Don't worry, I will definitely protect you. Since I brought you out, I will definitely take you back intact and won't let you go." hurt."
