Bringing Space on the Road to Raise a Child

There is a stone bridge built above the river. Crossing the stone bridge means you are out of Chicheng. The surprise is that this is not a dry river. This is the first time I have seen a river with water in the months of fleeing from famine. Although the water level is not high, there is indeed no shortage of water. Everyone is immediately happy, and the previous negative mentality is completely gone. This river also tells them that they have left the drought area and they don't have to worry about water anymore.

Soon, everyone from Lijia Village and Xishan Village camped by the river as a resting place. It is indeed different in places with water. The grass and trees are lush and green, and there are even more wild vegetables, especially along the river, which is almost effortless to find. The first thing to do after stopping is to fetch water, and then wash all kinds of things, such as washing clothes and taking a bath. Especially after months of dust and dirt, the clothes are all thickly stained, and they can no longer see their original appearance.

Taking this opportunity, except for the set of clothes on their bodies, everyone gathered by the river to wash, and Gulan was no exception.

Gulan washed all the tattered clothes she had left, plus the one she changed on the way. Daya, the little girl, was also washing clothes by the river. If it weren't for Gulan's insistence, the little girl would have washed all her clothes. If it was an adult, it would be fine, but this was just a little girl under ten years old, still a child, and she really couldn't bear to do it. After washing the clothes, Gulan had to do a second treatment on the wolf skin.

Last night, the wolf skin was soaked in the prepared nitrate water, and it was almost twelve hours. The next step was to cut the fat. Repeat this several times, and it would take about twenty days to make a skin. It's very troublesome, so the fur is so expensive.

When everything was done and the food was finished, night had already fallen. Except for those who stayed to keep watch, everyone leaned over the fire to rest. Today's nights are getting colder and colder, and the fire is more and more indispensable.

This time, Gulan slept in the carriage. She packed up the things in the carriage and emptied the front half of the carriage. She slept sideways, which was barely enough, although she could only curl up, which was a little difficult.

Who told her son to only be with her? Feeling the slight coolness, she thought about it and thought about it. Fortunately, although there were four people, three of them were thin children, so they could just endure it for a night. Dahei slept outside, and several horses that had drunk enough water and eaten enough were tied beside them.

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In Chicheng, several people whose bodies and heads were wrapped in black cloth rode horses and left the city gate quickly and stepped into the darkness. The victims who gathered at the city gate pretending to sleep sat up one after another when they saw the disappearing figures, and their lifeless eyes gradually became crazy.

Looking at the shadows disappearing in the night, they knew that the opportunity had come. They thought they would be redeemed when they came here, but they didn't expect it to be another Shura field. The madness in the eyes of the victims became more and more intense.

How could they have imagined that on the first night after arriving in Chicheng, except for the pitiful amount of food, all the valuables on their bodies were robbed clean by a group of evil people.

They wanted to seek protection from the soldiers guarding the city, but the soldiers guarding the city gate were indifferent to such a big commotion. It seemed that no one inside the city gate could hear them.

All those who resisted, including those who knocked on the door for help, died. The next day, the bright red blood at the city gate shone in the sun, and the officers and soldiers seemed to be blind and turned a blind eye.

...What else is there to understand?

Then they found that as long as there were new victims, those people would appear after nightfall. After being robbed, they had no news, no food, and nothing, so they could not leave. They came here with hope, but who knew that they would fall into despair after a night's rest.

They thought that more and more victims would gather outside the city gate, and the officials would always turn a blind eye, but in fact it was the case.

Except for those who sold their wives and daughters to leave, those who stayed behind could no longer bear it. Every day, people starved to death and were dragged away by soldiers like dead dogs. Every day was a torment, but who didn't want to live in front of death? Since they were going to die anyway, why not fight before they died? So they waited for new victims to arrive.

They came, but left soon. This group of people were smart people. They were not like them. They wanted to leave without food and money.

They thought the action tonight would fail, but didn't expect that group of people to come out. It seemed that they were not going to let go of the victims who left during the day. This was a chance given to them by God

Thousands of victims lying on the ground stood up almost at the same time and gathered towards the city gate, with madness and recklessness flashing in their eyes. The soldiers guarding the city gate were leaning against the wall in a daze, completely unaware that they would be completely lost next.

The victims who gathered at the gate of the city rushed to the gate in one go. The gate was only bolted and half-bolted. How could it withstand the impact of hundreds of people? It was almost rushed open in the first place. The soldiers leaning against the wall were drowned in the crowd before they could wake up completely.

Then thousands of people rushed into the city. Anyway, they had no chance to survive. Under the leadership of several murderers, they caught a local and rushed to the government office.

They had no way to survive. Since they had done it, they might as well make it a big one. The dog officials of Chicheng didn't care about the lives of the victims. They indulged their men in burning, killing and looting. If they had a little kindness and restraint, they would not have come here. Even if this place did not accept the victims, they could go elsewhere, so everything was caused by the dog officials. Only by killing him first, they might have a chance to survive and get time to escape. Everyone rushed directly to the government office without any hesitation.

The magistrate of Chicheng County had no idea that he would die at the hands of an ant that he did not even want to look at. At this moment, he was sleeping soundly with his new concubine in his arms.

The city had changed so much that the night patrols in the city could no longer control the situation when they knew about it. There were only a few dozen people on duty and they were usually not trained. Apart from the sharp weapons in their hands, they were no match for these fearless disaster victims.

Facing the fearless people, these dozens of people were simply a drop in the bucket and could crush them to death. Only a few of the dozens of people escaped and ran to the government office and the city guards to report the news and wait for reinforcements.

The survivors had horror in their eyes and saw their former patrol brothers die in front of them. They died in a very weak state. If they had not run fast, they would have become a corpse at this moment. These disaster victims have gone crazy.

After all, they acted separately, so they were able to eat enough and have enough strength. They should have run to the government office faster than the disaster victims. But the scene they saw next made them decisively turn around and run in another direction.

A large number of disaster victims had gathered in front of the government office. They were banging on the door and climbing over the wall. The seemingly solid gate was already in danger and would not hold out for much longer.

"Squad leader, what should we do?" The surviving patrol soldiers looked at their heads.

"What should we do?" The squad leader also wanted to know, but they only had a few people. Rushing over would mean death. The situation at this time was no longer under their control. He hope the people in the government office can hold on. If they don't want to die at this time, they can only avoid the limelight temporarily... and wait for the support of the city guards to arrive.

But this takes time. After all, the military camp is some distance away from here, but will it be too late to wait for the message to arrive and then come over?