Li Wenxiu looked at the sky, nodded and said, "Okay, let's eat first."
Ye Yutong cooked a lot of rice today. Each person ate two large bowls, and all the cabbage and eggs were also eaten.
Ye Mingzhe soaked the remaining vegetable soup with rice and ate it, and finally licked the bowl clean.
After eating, the family began to pack their things.
When they were driven out of the old house, they only brought out the clothes they were wearing and the bedding they used, and nothing else.
The pots, pans, pans and grains were all bought by myself after the separation. These things used to be scattered around, but now they are packed together, and there are quite a lot of them.
The grain bought in the town was put in a backpack with dried wild vegetables on top.
Bedding and thick clothes were tied with straw ropes and placed on the cart, and casseroles and bowls were placed in baskets.
By the time we packed up everything, the sun had just set.
Ye Mingxuan said: "Mom, let's go to the village and wait!"
"That's fine."
There was still more than half an hour before the agreed time, but they were still some way away from the village. Li Zheng said that they would set off when the time was up without waiting for anyone.
Li Yunze wanted to leave by himself, but neither Li Wenxiu nor Ye Mingxuan agreed.
They have to drive non-stop tonight. Ping An has only just gotten better in the past few days, but his body can't bear it at all.
If he gets sick again, it will be more troublesome on the road. It is better to use a cart to pull him.
Li Yunze sighed in his heart. If he left, he would definitely drag them down later. He had no choice but to lie down on the cart and let his mother-in-law and two uncles hold him.
Li Wenxiu was pulling the cart in front, and the two brothers were helping push it.
Ye Yutong followed beside her, carrying the satchel she had sewn with rags a few days ago.
The family walked to the entrance of the village. There was no one there yet. They were probably packing their things at home.
Their family had only four walls and could leave with just a roll of bedding. Others were not as fast as them.
The life of a farm family is not easy, and they are reluctant to throw away some of the family property that they have managed to manage with great difficulty.
Li Wenxiu said: "Mingxuan, Mingzhe, you two go to Ye Song's house to see if there is anything you need help with?"
"Okay, mother, you guys wait here for a while, my second brother and I will go take a look."
At the appointed time, the villagers gathered here one after another, pulling carts and carrying burdens.
Many people's eyes were red, and some even cried uncontrollably, with confusion about the future and reluctance to leave their hometown on their faces.
After a while, the entrance to the village was filled with people.
The people who fled the famine this time accounted for two-thirds of Yejia Village, and most of those who stayed behind were elderly people and those who had no sons in their families.
People preparing to flee were pulling carts and carrying burdens from almost every household.
The cart was piled high with belongings, and even the luggage was hung on the handlebars.
Without exception, every family's trolley is carrying water.
Ye Yutong looked around and saw two ox carts and two mule carts.
Li Zheng's family had a mule cart loaded with things, and his two sons were still carrying the load.
The other mule cart belonged to my eldest wife's family and was also full of things.
Of the two families with bullock carts, one was a carpenter in the village.
The other family owns more than ten acres of land in the village, and they are one of the richest families in the village.
Finally, his eyes fell on the people in the Ye family's old house. Ye Daqing and Ye Mingxiang were pulling a wooden cart with everything on it.
Old man Ye and second old man Ye each carried a load, and Mrs. Ye Zhang held her grandson Ye Mingwei.
Aunt Ye is carrying a big burden. Ye Yuqing followed beside him carrying a smaller baggage.
Li Zheng looked at the time and saw that the time agreed with the neighboring villages was coming soon, and he didn't care whether everyone had arrived or not? He shouted: "Let's go."
Suddenly there were cries from the crowd, and the elderly people who came to see them off were also wiping tears behind them.
It’s not that they don’t want to follow, but they are older and can’t walk anymore, and they don’t want to be a burden to their children.
That's why I chose to stay and watch. When the conscription is over and the drought is over, the children can still have a nest when they return.
After meeting with the other two villages, the queue became even longer.
A few village chiefs were afraid that others would know that they were escaping, so they didn't dare to stop and led the villagers out of the town on a small road.
Ye Yutong's family walked in the middle of the team, followed by the Yongchang family, and in front was the carpenter's ox cart.
The team was silent, and everyone moved forward with their heads downcast.
When we set out, Li Zheng told us not to make any noise on the way. If we were discovered, we would lose our heads.
He didn't know how long he had been walking, but when Ye Yutong felt that the pain in his feet was almost unbearable, he suddenly stopped in front of him.
He told everyone to rest for a quarter of an hour, drink some water and eat something, and then continue on their way.
Ye Yutong and his family had a meal before setting off.
But after the villagers got the news, they were so busy packing their things that they didn't even bother to drink water. Now they are thirsty and hungry.
When everyone heard that they were asked to rest for a quarter of an hour, they quickly took out the dry food and water and started eating quickly.
Ye Yutong reached into the basket on the cart, took out a few black-faced steamed buns, and divided two into each person.
This steamed bun is made of black wheat. It looks like low-grade grain, but it actually tastes better and is more fragrant than white flour steamed buns.
If it were during the day, she would not dare to take out this kind of steamed buns openly.
But it was night now, and even though there was a moon, I could only see dark things, and I didn’t know what they were eating.
Li Wenxiu took out the bamboo tube filled with water and let everyone drink.
The family sat around the cart, quickly ate the steamed buns in their hands, drank some water from the bamboo tube, and then squinted their eyes to rest.
This is what my mother told them before setting off, not to talk while on the way, and to be alert to their surroundings.
Take good care of your own things, even the people close to you in the village, you have to be careful, and you can't be close to anyone.
Ye Mingxuan and Ye Mingzhe knew that their mother had fled to Yejiacun, and she must have understood the difficulties and dangers on the road.
So they kept every word they said to their mother firmly in mind.
Not to mention Ye Yutong, who knew the general direction of this book and how sinister the human heart is.
Not to mention villagers, some people on the way to escape were so hungry that they no longer had humanity.
For the sake of a mouthful of food, brothers turned against each other, sold their wives and daughters, and exchanged their sons for food.
There are also people who are slaughtered like animals and cooked to eat meat, which has exceeded the bottom line of human nature.
When the time came, the team in front started to move, and Li Wenxiu asked his daughter to sit on the cart.
Ye Yutong hurriedly refused: "Mom, I'm not tired, I just want to walk."
Li Wenxiu couldn't help but hug her and put her on the cart.
This time, it was Ye Mingxuan who pulled the cart, while Li Wenxiu and Ye Mingzhe pushed it on both sides.
Ye Yutong had no choice but to sit on it and watch the three of them struggling to push them and a cart of belongings.
Li Yunze also looked guilty. He knew in his heart that this was just the beginning and the road ahead would be more difficult and dangerous.
Now it's just a bit of a hard journey, but later on I have to guard against other refugees and villagers who don't have food.
Ye Yutong felt very distressed when he saw that his two brothers and his mother were sweating profusely. He turned his back to the little husband, put his hand into the basket on his back and pretended to look for the bamboo tube.
In fact, I took out the watermelon juice prepared in the space and let my mother and brothers drink it.
She glanced at the young husband next to her with her peripheral vision and saw that he was resting with his eyes closed, so she gave the bamboo tube in her hand to her mother.
Ye Mingzhe was the last to drink, but he was reluctant to finish it and left some for his sister and brother-in-law.
Ye Yutong waved his hand and motioned for him to drink it all.
Seeing that Ye Mingzhe was hesitant, he took out a bamboo tube from the space and gave it to the young husband.
But what Ye Mingzhe didn't know was that the bamboo tube contained well water from space, not watermelon juice.
