A Husband Who Traveled Through the Famine and Developed a Chronicle

Chapter 23

That is, if Lin Shi is not here, if Lin Shi is present, one adult plus two children, this idea is really not enough.

After eating, Bai Xia wiped the bowl with a handkerchief and put it away, told Li Xiuyuan to stay in the cave well, and then walked towards the outside of the mountain.

She walked and observed all the way to see if there was any game.

The big beast doesn't, which is good news.

But there is no small game, which makes people uncomfortable.

She came all the way to the edge of the mountain forest, but before she arrived, she saw the shadows of the villagers.

They were on the edge of the forest, digging up the grass roots in the ground with hoes, and the children followed behind the adults, picking them up with baskets.

Due to the continuous drought, the ground is cracked, and the expressions of the villagers are a little lifeless. Perhaps it is because everyone is in the same situation, and no conflicts have erupted yet, but the grassroots cannot fill their stomachs after all, and sooner or later the village will be in chaos.

She made a simple calculation. According to their speed, it is unlikely to dig into the mountain today.

The main reason is that there are no delicious things in the mountains, but because they are all trees, there are fewer edible things than outside the forest. It should be safe today.

But it can't last for a few days.

People in the village ran out of food, and they were more concerned about water, which made it impossible for Bai Xia to get water.

They brought about a bucket of water, but they had to eat and drink this bucket of water, and they had to use a little to wipe their hands. In addition, the weather was too hot and evaporated, so they used a little less water now.

Bai Xia was worried. He wanted to go to the town to find out the situation, but because of the actions of the villagers, he had to stop and look for other places.

She walked around the forest and reached the side facing Li's Village, but before she could go out, she heard movement.

The villagers on the side of the forest also started to go up the mountain.

This is true.

Unlucky.

Bai Xia smiled bitterly.

The reason why the cave was not discovered was that people in the village seldom went up the mountain, because there was nothing to eat in the mountain, and there was very little dry firewood, so the cave she found was still hidden, but now everyone was heading towards the mountain, so they were caught. Discovery is a matter of time.

After all, the traces of cooking on fire cannot be hidden from anyone.

At this time, Bai Xia was particularly envious of those northerners who had cellars, that way even if the upper house was burned, they could still hide in the cellar.

It's a pity that this is not the north, there is no such thing as a cellar.

Bai Xia searched around, but found nothing, and felt numb for a while.

"Three Ah"

At this moment, Li Xiuyuan carefully moved to Bai Xia's side.

“I found a great place”

He knew what Bai Xia's purpose was for going out, although he didn't understand why Bai Xia didn't leave Lijia Village after he said he had escaped, but he knew what would happen if the villagers discovered that the two of them were still alive and hiding on the mountain.

So after Bai Xia left, he also searched everywhere in the mountains for a place to hide.

"Where?"

Bai Xia was a little surprised, she couldn't find it after searching for a long time, what good place could this kid find?

Li Xiuyuan didn't speak, instead he took her hand and led her towards the cave.

When he got to the cave, he walked in along the side path, the more he walked, the more Bai Xia felt something was wrong.

Every village has such a place, where the feng shui is good, but there are few people, except for someone from the family, generally no one will set foot in that place.

At this time, Li Xiuyuan took Bai Xia to such a place.

The cemetery in Lijia Village.

Generations of people from Lijia Village were buried in this place after they left.

Even if the sun is shining brightly in the sky, after entering this land, Bai Xia will feel the wind blowing.

"Brother Yuan, where exactly are you talking about?"

Bai Xia's face froze.

She felt that she was quite brave, but that didn't mean she was brave enough to live in the cemetery.

"coming soon"

As if he didn't notice Bai Xia's nervousness, Li Xiuyuan took her hand and walked inside again. At this moment, the two of them were surrounded by graves.

The people in the village are not rich, and they don’t have tombstones like the rich families. One by one, the mounds are raised on the ground. Occasionally, some families have lost their incense, and no one worships them. Half of them collapsed, revealing the graves of the coffins inside. The surrounding wind was blowing, Bai Xia didn't feel cool, but felt his back was wet.

"Quick, almost there"

Li Xiuyuan was also nervous, holding Bai Xia's hand was much tighter.

But this mountain forest is surrounded by villages, and the two of them can't hide for long. Only the cemetery is the most suitable place.

No matter how hungry the villagers are, they will not be so frantic as to dig their own ancestral graves, so it is considered safe here.

Soon, Li Xiuyuan led Bai Xia to the destination. It was a tomb, built of stones, about half a meter high. The door of the tomb was cracked in half, and the inside was pitch black, so you couldn't see clearly.

"It's... it's here"

Li Xiuyuan's palms were already wet with sweat, and the two stood at the door of the tomb, swallowing uncontrollably.

"Brother Yuan, I don't think this is a good place to go"

Bai Xia looked at the tomb in front of him.

Maybe it's okay to be discovered by the villagers, hide the food, and then dress up the two of us a little bit, everyone is so pitiful, shouldn't they be jealous?
She thought uncertainly.

"Me, I feel the same way"

After coming here, Li Xiuyuan also felt that his heart was creepy. He discovered this when he followed his mother to offer incense to his father last year. At that time, he didn't think it was a big deal, but standing here now, he really felt that the wind was blowing .

Both of them felt a little hairy in their hearts, and they didn't dare to stay longer, so they went back to the cave.

On the second day, the villagers peeled the bark and dug the grass roots, getting closer and closer to Bai Xia's cave. It is expected that one day, they will find the cave where they live.

On the afternoon of the second day, Bai Xia and Li Xiuyuan moved all their things to the cemetery, opened the crumbling tomb door, stuffed everything into the tomb chamber, and then blocked the tomb door back.

When it was dark and the villagers all went back, the two returned to the cave with straws in their arms and spent the night in the cave.

Before dawn the next day, the two got up again, carried the straw back to the cemetery, dug a hole on the ground to cook food, buried the hole after eating, and hid the stuff in the tomb.

As if playing hide-and-seek with the villagers, the two stayed in the cemetery during the day and returned to the cave at night, but no one really noticed.

After several days of hiding here and there, Bai Xia finally waited for the day when Goldfinger would wake up.

That night, Bai Xia put Li Xiuyuan to sleep early, got up by herself and went outside the cave. The moon was shining brightly in the sky, it was the brightest day since a while.

The jerky of the two of them can last for a few days if they eat sparingly, but the water is almost drunk. Since the day before yesterday, the two of them have not cooked any food. They are all dried meat with water. Only drink a sip of water when the mouth is dry.

The weather was very hot, and the body lacked a lot of water. The two could only drink a sip from time to time to replenish water, so as not to die of dehydration.

Fortunately, the two of them did not suffer from heat stroke, otherwise this day would be even more difficult.

　Goldfinger is finally here, can everyone guess what Goldfinger is?

　　
　
(End of this chapter)