Awakening

"My father is right. There are things in the room where we rest. We have collected all the useful things. If they are left unused for a long time, they will spoil even if we don't take them. It's better to use them." Li Da also heard Gulan's words and couldn't help but interjected. In fact, he was also trying to comfort Gulan's heart with good intentions.

"It's to make the best use of things," Gulan continued subconsciously.

"Yes, yes, it's to make the best use of things. I heard the village chief say that." Li Da smiled embarrassedly. Brother Gu could say this word, so he shouldn't be illiterate like them. This thought flashed through his mind. Gulan nodded slightly at Li Da. She received Li Da's kindness. Then she asked her son and Dahei to stand in the corner and also stepped forward to help. Her son still had to take the Li family's cart, so she couldn't just stand there and watch.

"Brother Li, I'll help you clean up together"

"No, there's no need for you to do it. We brothers can't use up all the things. Even if it's not enough, you can see that there are still a few young men." Li Da refused, but what he said was also true.

Gulan saw that there was really no place for her to intervene, and also saw that Brother Li was not being polite, so she stood aside honestly.

In fact, there was not much work. If it weren't for unloading the things last night for the use of the cart, there would be no need to clean up in the morning.

The big things were all in the cart, and only the packages were carried by each person. They could just pick them up and go. Li Da and his family really finished it by themselves, and even his sons didn't use it.

Until the departure, Gulan didn't mention the matter about the water last night, as if the water was not discovered by her. The Li family seemed to understand Gulan's thoughts and took the responsibility of the matter last night, so no one mentioned this matter.

When they set out, the sky was just beginning to turn pale. They chose to set out so early to avoid the scorching sun.

After a night's rest, it is the time when the strength is relatively sufficient. The weakest sunlight can also make the journey faster. So everyone will choose this time. Of course, everything is not absolute, and there will be very few different choices. Soon a long team of refugees appeared on the road again, and it continued for a long time.

Gulan followed Li Da and the others and surrounded the mule cart. AnAn was carried by Aunt Li to the cart and sat next to Goudan. Dahei followed Gulan closely. Not to mention, following the Li family, there were fewer people looking at Dahei.

Perhaps it was because they found water. Gulan found that the mental outlook of the disaster victims was much better than yesterday. They were less confused and seemed to have rekindled their desire for life. They became more energetic on the road.

As they walked, time soon came to noon. The long team finally stopped and found a cool place to rest, avoiding the strong sunlight at noon and taking a break. Gulan stopped under a big tree with the Li family. From the constant greetings, it can be seen that the people resting around should be from their village.

"Uncle Li"

"..."

"Jianghe, why are there two more people in your family?" This is an elder brother of the same clan as Li Laohan. He usually has a good relationship with the Li family. Seeing Gulan, he couldn't help but ask with concern, for fear that Li Laohan would be soft-hearted and take in people he shouldn't take in.

"Brother Shan is my distant nephew. I just met him two days ago. The poor family only had the two of them left. After all, they are relatives and we can't just stand by and watch. So we called them to go together."

Old man Li stopped and explained, deliberately referring to Gulan as his distant nephew to avoid being gossiped by some gossipers.

"Alas, what do you think of this world? Since we are relatives, we should help each other." Li Shan sighed.

"Yeah... I won't say anymore. My son is calling me. You should take a rest." Old man Li waved his hand and returned to the resting place chosen by his son. If nothing unexpected happens, the news that Gulan and his son are his distant nephews will soon spread throughout their village, which is why Old Man Li specifically explained it.

"Dad, what did Uncle Shan ask you?" Li Da asked after he spread the straw mat for his father to sit on.

"Nothing, your Uncle Shan asked me about the relationship between Gulan and our family, and I said he was my distant nephew who I just met two days ago. Remember not to let it slip." Old Man Li glanced at his son.

"I know, Dad." Li Da immediately understood what his father meant by saying this.

Gulan also heard what Old Man Li said. She stood up and was about to thank him, but was stopped by Old Man Li. She could only smiled gratefully.

With the identity of a distant nephew, she would not be excluded from the Lijia Village team because they did not belong to Lijia Village. Gulan was really grateful to Old Man Li for this. She was alone with a child and a dog, and she was indeed too conspicuous on the road of fleeing from the famine. Even if she deliberately stayed away from the crowd, she could not stand people who were staring at them, such as the few people that night. It's not possible to put her son into the space every time the bad guys come. Although she didn't feel any impact in the previous experiments, she was still worried.

This is good. Although she is not as comfortable as herself, it is safer. AnAn can also learn how to get along with others and make friends. Although they are walking together, they still eat separately. Old man Li and his family did not pretend to be polite to her. Gulan was the same. There is not much food left now. If it weren't for the fact that the drought here is getting lighter and they can still pick some wild vegetables, some people would probably not be able to hold on and become a corpse on the roadside, or do things worse than animals in order to survive.

Handing her son a piece of vegetable cake, the mother and son ate it. This is their lunch. For many people in the refugee group, their vegetable cakes are already very good food.

Most people eat wild vegetables or wild vegetable roots with bran and a little coarse flour. This is already a good fire food, at least it can fill half of their stomachs. The Li family can also eat pure black steamed bread, so the conditions are still good.

With the harvest from last night, the Li family also ate vegetable cakes for lunch, but the taste was too different from Gulan's vegetable cakes, but they still ate them with relish.

Gulan left all the vegetable cakes that she sent yesterday to Goudan, who was the youngest and had the weakest stomach. After eating, everyone was either lying or leaning against each other and gradually became drowsy.

Gulan hugged her son and rested on the quilt, and Dahei lay beside her diligently. Soon, the surroundings became quiet except for the slight snoring, and the mottled sunlight sprinkled on the sleeping people through the branches and leaves.

Suddenly, a sound of galloping horses came from far to near. Gulan woke up immediately, and somehow suddenly felt uneasy in her heart, so she quickly woke up his son, and at the same time, she did not forget to wake up Li Da and others.

Soon more people were awakened, and the sound of galloping horses made everyone's faces pale, and they recalled some bad memories. For a moment, everyone became nervous and hurriedly packed their luggage. Thinking of the last time they encountered robbers, everyone was terrified and packed up faster. The place where the Lijia Village people chose to rest was in the fields far away from the official road, but they were still very nervous and prepared to escape immediately if the situation changed.