Chapter 40 Women disguised as men

Chapter 40 Women disguised as men

The clear and melodious sound of birdsong echoed between heaven and earth. The fire burned from evening to early morning, and the night watchman added firewood from time to time. Thick smoke billowed above the fire, and the wet wood choked people when it burned.

No matter how choking it is, you have to light a fire to protect yourself from both wild animals and people. The light from the fire can provide illumination, warm the guards on rainy nights, and also boil some hot water to drink.

The last night shift ended and the sound of gongs rang out.

Everyone has gotten used to it. When they hear the noise, they all get up one after another, some prepare food, some boil water, some pack their luggage, and each gets busy.

Not far from the team, some refugees who were resting on the roadside heard the sound of the gong and looked around in panic. Finding it was a false alarm, some continued to sleep, while others got up and prepared to continue on their journey.

Lin Zisu got up and dressed herself very neatly. She tied all her hair behind her head, wrapped it with a linen cloth, and put on a black mask, leaving only her eyes exposed.

Shen Xianglan chuckled, "You are dressed like a bandit, are you planning to rob people?"

"Mom, don't wear a skirt today. It's safer to dress like a man." Lin Zisu put on her clothes and prepared to get off the car to breathe some fresh air.

"Don't go. Who told you to dress like this?"

"That's what I said! Don't you think this is convenient and safe? When we first set out, the weather was hot, there were many of us, and there were not many people on the road. The situation now is so dangerous! It is very dangerous for women to go out in any era. And when you go out, it is more convenient for yourself to dress neatly! I talked to Dad last night and I will talk about it at the next meeting. By the way, Mom, please bind your bra. I'm getting off the bus." Lin Zisu remembered that when they first set out, the weather was hot and sunny, and her father and brother wanted to shave their heads. She also wanted to cut her hair short, as it was too troublesome to wash and blow-dry her hair.

Of course, they also want to shave their hair now, but in this era, the hair on your body is given by your parents. Not to mention what the people in the team think, they are afraid that if they need to go into the city or meet other people, they will see that you have no hair on your head and think that you have committed a crime, are not a good person, or are a monk!

However, the family of four secretly cut their hair short, so it wouldn't be noticeable when they tied it up in hot weather.

Lin Zisu, who had just taken a deep breath after getting off the car, almost choked and couldn't breathe when she saw Old Lady Wang getting off the car.

He patted his chest and asked, "Milk?"

Old Lady Wang, dressed as an old man, came over, glanced at Lin Zisu, nodded "yeah", and went to command the "battlefield."

The Lin family got busy, putting away the canopy, straw mats, bedding, folding up the roof tent, and retracting the awning of the RV.

In the team, some people were cooking porridge, some were steaming buns, and some were making pancakes. Now everyone was cooking for the day. After a day's journey, everyone was very tired. At night, they just ate something and went to sleep.

Cooking is time-consuming and laborious, and firewood is also in short supply. It is not that there is always firewood in the wild, but you need to find a place with trees and firewood.

Every household has a tinderbox, pine resin and pine torches, which makes it very convenient to make a fire even on rainy days.

The RV has a special igniter for the outdoors, a flint, a lighter, and if all else fails, there is a gas stove for ignition. Ignition is not a problem, but having firewood is a problem.

Every time the team came across a place with firewood to chop, they would stop for a while and everyone would get some firewood to put in the car. Firewood also needed to be brought along, otherwise when they stopped to rest, they might not be able to get firewood to burn.

The same goes for drinking water, which is all put into buckets and jars and carried around.

It’s so hard to be out and about.

Lin Zisu always feels lucky that she has the external RV.

The Lin family was also very lucky. They not only had mule carts and ox carts, but also unexpectedly got a motorhome that the immortal borrowed. Their conditions were much better than those of the team.

Mule carts and ox carts are not a big deal. It was the Lin family who worked hard in the fields and went to the city to work during the slack season to support a scholar. Lin Youcai was very ambitious, and the Yue family was kind and generous, so they bought an ox and he bought a mule.

This RV was like a windfall. Now that the two children were back, they had another RV to use. The only bad thing was the war.

After breakfast, Lin Zisu looked at three aunts, one auntie, and three sisters, who took turns getting on the car to change their outfits. The three sisters were all teenage girls and needed to bind their breasts. Looking at the one in front of her, she was glad that she was still young and had not started to develop yet, which saved her a lot of trouble.

After hearing what Shen Jingcai and Shen Jingfu said, the women in the Shen family also changed their clothes. The two little girls Xiuxiu and Qiaoqiao also dressed up as little boys.

Lin Youcai told the village head and Lin Benshu his thoughts. Anyway, he suggested that women wear this way, which is convenient and safe. Even if they are escaping, they can run faster. It is not mandatory, and everyone can do it as they please.

The people in the team saw the women of the Lin family, the wives of the Shi family, and even the women of the Shen family dressed like men, and they all came over to ask.

Lin Benshu asked his wife and brother's wife to walk around the team, talk to them, and ask the women in the family to change as well.

In fact, no one has suitable or extra men's clothes to change into, so just don't wear red or green or wear skirts.

Simply tie all your hair up, use a headscarf if you have one, or just wrap your head with a piece of cloth if you don't have one. It's best to leave only your eyes exposed, which will keep you warm when it's cold.

Don’t wash your face if you don’t have a cloth bag. It’s okay to make your face dirty or black.

This is a way to protect yourself in an extraordinary period, and no one is being pretentious. Even those who like to playful have to dress up even if they don't want to.

Yesterday’s situation is still vivid in my mind. Thinking about it makes my back chill and my scalp tingle.

By the time everyone had packed up and set off again, it was already past 10 o'clock in the morning. The sky was gloomy and a drizzle was falling again.

Braving the drizzle, everyone quickened their pace. The weather was bad and it was getting dark early.

No matter who begged or asked for help on the road, everyone looked straight ahead and kept on going without distraction.

There is really nothing I can do to help. I can't even protect myself. In troubled times, it's hard to take care of myself.

As they continue along this road, they don’t know what awaits them in the future.

The news is blocked, and we don't know where the war is going on and where it's not. The RV doesn't give any warning of dangerous situations, and it's not obvious what kind of house or car pattern will be in front of the cursor, so we have to rely on guessing and analysis.

From time to time, I saw someone lying on the roadside, and I didn't know whether he was dead or alive. No one cared. Passersby came over, stretched out their hands and searched for him.

After two or three days from the dead village on the small road to the official road again, no one looked at the scenery on both sides of the road. They either closed their eyes to sleep or concentrated on making straw sandals, straw ropes, and weaving products. The drivers and pedestrians looked straight ahead.

Lin Zisu is used to it. She doesn't need to worry about it. She just needs to look straight ahead and drive. Control the speed. As long as the car is moving and doesn't hit, it's fine. Anyway, she won't look at both sides of the road, and she won't be curious. This is the result of several lessons and experience!

Lin Youcai had no choice but to use his binoculars to look forward and around for the safety of the team. He had gotten used to it, or maybe he had seen it so much that he was numb to it. He was just running for his life, so he couldn't be too pretentious.