"Yes." The village chief looked at the terrain carefully and pointed to the road aside: "It seems that you can go up the mountain here."

The Ji family took a closer look and saw that the road was very wide, even an ox cart could go up it.

In the past, many people used to go to the mountains to cut firewood to make a living, probably because of their blessing.

People walking uphill walk faster, so the big guys walked in front and the Ji family walked behind.

The village chief led the villagers to walk in front. Seeing that they didn't notice this, Mrs. Ji immediately slapped her son on the head:

"This time it's because the road is wide enough and we can go up the mountain. Next time you ask us to go up the mountain to rest, what will happen to our ox cart?"

Her son, who usually has a good head, was unable to turn around at this time.

Ji Liangqing also realized this and had to admit his mistake.

Wu Xiuhong's family was walking in the middle. She had just been taught a lesson by everyone and she did not dare to behave like a demon. However, the village chief said that if she behaved like a demon again, she would be kicked out of their family.

It was getting dark now, and she didn't dare to do anything else.

But just because she is at peace, it doesn't mean that the rest of their family is at peace.

Li Cuihua hated Wu Xiuhong.

Don’t think she doesn’t know! The three taels of silver that Wu Xiuhong took out before were all her own private money!

And it caused such misery to the whole family.

Li Cuihua has two daughters and one son. To her, her daughters are money losers, but she feels pain in her heart for the son she finally got.

Her son couldn't eat the bark just now, and now he was lying beside her, which made her heartache.

While she was thinking about it, she suddenly noticed a rabbit running away quickly from the grass beside her.

Li Cuihua's eyes widened and she was about to scream when she suddenly realized something.

She looked around and saw that no one seemed to notice this. Everyone was rushing up the mountain with heavy faces, secretly thinking about things in their hearts and saying nothing.

The group of people was also lucky. Not long after walking, they found a cave. The cave was quite large and deep. It was estimated that it would not be a problem to accommodate a hundred people.

The village chief led the villagers into the cave. The Ji family tied the cattle next to the cave. There was water next to the cave, and the cattle could drink water.

The environment in the cave was not as good as in the car. Mrs. Ji did not let the children come down, and even discussed with the village chief to bring the ox cart inside during the evening rest.

The village chief naturally responded, and Mrs. Ji said again:

"In order to ensure everyone's safety, some young adults will be left to guard the entrance of the cave. Firstly, to guard against bad guys, and secondly, to guard against wild beasts."

How do they know what is in this forest? Mrs. Ji’s arrangement is quite appropriate.

The village chief frowned, realizing this serious question, and immediately nodded in response:

"Yes, I will arrange for the young adults in the village right away. I see there are a lot of trees around. I will cut down some trees to prepare for emergencies."

He did what he said, fearing that it would get dark if he delayed for too long, so the village chief quickly summoned a group of young men. After talking, the group of young men hurriedly went out.

They were divided into two groups. One group went to collect firewood to prepare for the fire in the evening, while the other group went to cut down trees to build some handy tools for self-defense.

The population composition of Niutou Village is quite good. There are quite a lot of young and middle-aged people. A large number of people poured out. Only a few people had unfinished things at hand and were busy finishing their things and hurried to follow.

"Master, get out too!" Li Cuihua's family was huddled in a corner. Seeing that Wu Xiuhong was not paying attention, she immediately poked Ma Xianfu next to her.

Ma Xianfu was too lazy to walk, let alone go out to do physical work?

This time he said nothing and did not take the initiative to stand up. The village chief did not want to deal with the Ma family anymore and simply ignored their family.

Hearing what his mother-in-law said, Ma Xianfu was a little annoyed: "Why don't we just go get some firewood? There are enough for so many people!"

Didn’t you see that there were dozens of young men out? What’s wrong with him being the only one left? His eldest brother and three younger brothers haven’t gone yet!

"No!" Li Cuihua whispered, fearing that Wu Xiuhong would notice: "Master, I met a rabbit when I just went up the mountain!"

Thinking about the taste of eating tree bark today and her pitiful son, Li Cuihua tried her best to persuade Ma Xianfu, saying that there were many rabbits, they didn't run fast, and they still had a lot of meat.

Anyway——

"If you can go out and take a look, I'm sure you can bring back a few rabbits. Why will you eat the bark then?"

Li Cuihua thought that Ma Xianfu was a man after all, young and strong. Could it be that he couldn't catch rabbits? Even if he couldn't catch rabbits, there were some wild fruits in the mountains.

After all, you won’t come back empty-handed.

Moreover, this is also in the middle, so many young and middle-aged people are outside. If he comes back quickly, he won't be discovered.

If you need help with anything, just call and there will be plenty of people!

"I won't go!" Ma Xianfu's eyes widened when he heard this, "You damn bitch! Are you the one who encourages men like you? Do you want to be a widow?"

Not to mention whether there are things that can eat people in the mountains, even those snakes are enough to scare people. This woman is letting herself out now that it is so dark!

Li Cuihua didn't expect him to refuse so quickly, and immediately said: "Ma Xianfu, are you still a man? You coward, your son is going to starve to death, and you, a father, don't even dare to go out! I originally

Just blind!"

After all the good talk and hard work, Ma Xianfu looked at his weak son and finally agreed to go out.

"Let me tell you, mother-in-law, that I will go out for a while and come back if I don't catch anything."

Horse shows wealth.

"Okay." Li Cuihua wiped her tears, "It's just the way we started to go up. Just go there."

As she said that, she looked at Ma Lao and Ma Laosan's family, and saw that none of them noticed her. She gave Ma Xianfu a wink, and Ma Xianfu reluctantly went out.

There is strength in numbers, so it didn't take long for the strong laborers in the village to come back with branches. If there was no fire, a group of people dug into the wood to make fire.

Another group of people took knives and sharpened wooden sticks. The sharper the sticks, the better they became as weapons.

At the same time, it was also decided that ten people would keep vigil together, with the first five people keeping watch for the first half of the night and the last five people keeping watch for the second half of the night.

"The danger on the mountain is also very great. There are so many people in our village, including your own parents, wives and children. Please cheer up and don't make any mistakes while you are watching. Do you hear me?"

The village chief looked at them and said.

The strong laborers responded honestly.

At this time, the strong laborers who had gone out had basically returned, and every household gathered around them.

Some filial sons even brought back firewood and the whole family gathered together to grill, and the same was true for the Ji family.

Of course a bunch of slackers from the Ma family would not. Wu Xiuhong looked at her three sons coldly and suddenly found that her second son was missing.

"Where did the second child go?" She immediately stared at Li Cuihua and asked word by word.


Chapter completed!