On the Difficulties of Escape in Ancient Times

Chapter 33 Lamb
  At first, they did not dare to use river water because Xiao Xiao was afraid that infectious diseases would be transmitted through water.

However, after arriving in Cangshan County, I didn’t hear of any epidemic.

Xiao Xiao was not a science student and did not have a space system at hand. She could only think hard and wait for the water to settle and clear, then filter the clean water with cotton cloth and boil it before drinking.

Fortunately, she had bought a lot of white cotton cloth earlier.

Mrs. Xiao, who originally thought Xiao Xiao was too pretentious, saw that there was indeed a layer of ash on the white cloth used to filter the water, so she consciously filtered it again before pouring it into a large pot for burning.

Then he listened to his little granddaughter nagging in his ear that diseases come from the mouth. If something goes wrong, it would be expensive to see a doctor and buy medicine.

Although Mrs. Xiao retorted: "If you are not clean, you will not get sick after eating! How can a family like ours be so fussy?"

After all, I still heard it in my heart, thinking about the two large iron pots I picked up for nothing, and Mrs. Xiao specifically told me which iron pot I would use to boil water in the future.

It's been raining all day and it hasn't stopped, so everyone is feeling a little anxious.

Mr. Xiao looked at the rain and frowned: "If it doesn't stop raining tomorrow, we still have to hurry up and we can't stay here forever."

Both sons were injured. Even if there were medicines for external application and internal use, he was worried that they would not be correct and would lead to the root cause of the disease.

You still need to see a doctor to feel at ease.

Xiao Xiao also immediately agreed: "Grandpa is right, my eldest brother and I will go explore the road first tomorrow."

With this crazy weather, I'm afraid something might go wrong on the road.

Unfortunately, it rained even harder the next day and we didn’t dare to let the mules go on the road.

Everyone can only stay for one more day.

Fortunately, because it was raining and the weather was cool, the Xiao brothers and their wounds stopped bleeding and did not worsen.

By the afternoon of the third day, the rain finally stopped, and the two families hurriedly set off.

The road was extremely muddy after the rain, so they couldn't walk fast.

Even if they were so anxious that they had to stop, the mules and horses still had to rest.

They could walk out on the mountain trail in two or three days, but they were delayed for two days because of rain. They walked slowly, and it took them six days to walk out.

Xiao Xiao looked back at the rolling mountains: "Xuan'er, have we reached the boundary of Jiangsu and Zhejiang?"

"Yes," Lin Xuan felt relieved thinking that Xiao Xiao's father promised the sisters that he would send them back to Mingzhou: "When we came here two years ago, it seemed like we had walked almost half a month from home to here. .”

When I thought about coming, my parents, my aunt, my brother-in-law, as well as the maids, wives, young men, and luggage, there were enough for a carriage and six mule carts.

Even on the road, I don't have to worry about food and drink, and everything is worry-free.

Unexpectedly, two years later, only the two sisters were left to escape.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but feel sad.

Xiao Xiao was very depressed after hearing this, which meant that they would have to walk on the road for half a month before they could settle down.

Not far away was the official road. Mr. Xiao did not dare to make a decision. After stopping the mule cart, he asked everyone: "Should we take the official road or the small road now?"

After all the medicinal materials were used up, he wanted to take the official route.

The official road is spacious, and you may encounter a post station, and you can ask the guards about the situation here.

Mr. Wu touched his chin, which was slightly smaller, and said in a smooth tone: "We don't know much about the situation here. The official way is as good as the official way. We have no objection and we all listen to you."

Who makes their force value inferior to that of the Xiao family?
  Even if the Xiao brothers' injuries are not healed yet, they don't dare to blame them.

It was really the scene of the Xiao brothers killing people that gave them nightmares now when they think about it.

Therefore, Mr. Wu decided in his heart that he would provide for them all the way.

"Don't let's go to official roads?" Xiao Dalang has experienced more things now, but he is a lot calm: "I and my second brother can take turns to explore the road to prevent it." "I also think it is better to take the official road. "Xiao Xiaozuiqiao said: "This way dad and my second uncle can be less bumpy."

The bleeding of their wounds was completely stopped yesterday, but they were not allowed to make any major movements. Xiao Youfu, who was injured on his arm, could still lie down and sleep, and he could still walk for a while to get some fresh air.

Xiao Yougui could only sleep on his stomach because of the injury on his back.

In order to make him more comfortable, the carriage was first covered with quilts and then straw mats.

Fortunately, it is already July. I heard from my grandmother that it is almost the beginning of autumn after the summer heat, so the morning and evening are already very comfortable, but it will be a little hot around noon.

When Xiao Youfu heard his youngest daughter's thoughtful words, he smiled and said, "My mistress is really sensible and filial."

Xiao Xiao was now immune to the term mistress and smiled sweetly at him: "Because dad was injured to protect us."

Xiao Yougui was particularly envious after hearing this: "After all, my daughter is caring."

Unlike his three sons, after it was determined that he would not die, none of them stayed with him to talk to him.

Xiao Lian looked at her sister with contempt and said silently: "Flattery!"

Obviously it was the little sister who disliked her father the most before, but now she is the best between him and her father.

Mr. Xiao made the final decision: "Okay, then let's take the official route."

The two mule carts of the Xiao family are now driven by Mr. Xiao, Xiao Xiu and Xiao Dalang Erlang in turns.

Now Xiao Xiu and Mr. Xiao are driving, while Xiao Xiao and Xiao Dalang are jogging to explore the road ahead.

About half an hour later, it was replaced by Xiao Lian and Xiao Erlang to explore the way.

In this way, you can take turns exploring the path and rest.

When it was Xiao Xiao and Xiao Dalang's turn to explore the road again, Xiao Dalang looked at the sky and said, "It's getting dark. Let's keep an eye out for a suitable place to spend the night."

It is best to have water and not too many weeds.

Xiao Xiao held up the bow: "I just hope that a rabbit without eyes can bump into it, so that it can be a good addition to the evening."

They had consumed a lot of rice and noodles in the previous six days, and now the stingy Mrs. Xiao was reluctant to make dry rice for them at night. It was either wild vegetable gnocchi or sweet potato porridge, which was really unappetizing.

The pastries that Xiao Xiao and the others had secretly bought earlier were all used up.

She cried bitterly when she thought about how she woke up hungry in the middle of the night last night.

The most hateful thing is that there are not many rabbits and pheasants on the mountain. Moreover, they are small in size and there are many vines on the mountain, making it really difficult to hunt.

Anyway, it's definitely not that her archery skills are not good enough.

You know, she can now hit birds that don't fly too high eight times out of ten times, but she can only hit rabbits three times.

The trimmed hare only weighed two or three kilograms. There were so many of them, and each of them only had a few chopsticks, so they never had enough.

When Xiao Dalang heard what his cousin said, he thought of the delicious soup and spicy rabbit meat, and almost couldn't help but swallow his saliva: "Tomorrow morning, let's get up early and go to the river to keep watch. Maybe we can hunt something." Where are the wild deer drinking water?”

Yes, this one is even greedier than her.

Xiao Xiao only dared to think about the hare.

"Eh!" Xiao Dalang looked at some big rocks on the road ahead with confusion on his face: "Why are there rocks here? Let's move them away!"

Xiao Xiao felt something was wrong and was about to drag him away, but a dozen men came out from the side.

The short, fat man at the head looked excited: "Finally, we have two lambs. Kill the male and tie the female up and take it back to the brothers for fun!"

(End of this chapter)