Chapter 55 Leave quickly
The atmosphere in the RV was silent for a few minutes.
The brother and sister both had serious expressions on their faces. Reality was so cruel, the strong preyed on the weak.
If they hadn't been so numerous and hadn't traveled more than two months, this kind of thing would probably happen every day.
Lin Youcai: "Don't be afraid! We have so many young and strong people in our team!"
Lin Zisu shook her head, "I am afraid! When you are on the run, this kind of thing is unavoidable. The 11 people today are not a large number of people, they are just a small group of robbers. I am afraid of encountering a large number of gangsters!"
Shen Xianglan: "11 people, can't we just tie them up? We'll leave tomorrow morning anyway! With so many people, we can just do that, then... how do we deal with them?"
Lin Xianwen could guess without asking, "Throw them on the mountain to feed the wild animals!" Sink them to the bottom of the river to feed the fish, and this is a big river. So many bodies, too troublesome and unreliable. Burning them would attract too much attention, and it would take a long time! Burying them would also be thrown out by wild animals, so it is better to throw them on the mountain, where the animals will naturally take care of them.
Wild animals can be dealt with completely overnight, leaving little or no evidence, and it would be thought that the animals were attacked and eaten by wild animals.
No one cares anyway, even though there has been no war here. Even if there is no chaos, who cares if civilians die in the mountains?
Even if the county government wanted to intervene, they would have already left without a trace. This is not the modern era where there are sky eyes everywhere, and the streets are full of refugees.
Lin Zisu could understand without her brother and father explaining in detail. She and her brother were not their original bodies who were in their early teens. Their souls came from modern adults in their 10s.
Anyway, she would not feel pity for those people. "They deserved it! Damn it! If we let them go, they won't let us go either. What if they follow us? Most of us in our team travel on foot, and we can't travel fast at all! Even if we run away, they won't let go of other people who pass by. To be kind to the wicked is to be cruel to the good."
Lin Youcai: "We were acting in self-defense. They should have known before they started robbing that robbery is a matter of life and death. We were in large numbers this time and we got there in time, otherwise our people would have been the ones killed. It's obvious that this is not the first time they have done this!"
Lin Xianwen: "It's just that this time I hit a wall."
Shen Xianglan: "I know all this... but... it happened so suddenly that I'm not used to it. Do they have other accomplices? They haven't been back for so long, I'm afraid they'll come out to look for us!"
Lin Youcai frowned, "It will take some time to grind the kernels, and we have to wait for them to come back and leave together."
"So we said that everyone should change their clothes, and if possible, dress like men! Don't wear skirts anymore, put your hair up, and dress neatly. It will be more advantageous whether you are escaping or fighting back. Mom, think about it, if we lose, all the men will be killed. Needless to say, the fate of women! Even little girls in single digits will fall victim to the murderous attacks, and their life will be worse than death! No, I have to carry a dagger with me, and practice slingshot and archery! It is better to rely on myself than on others! At worst, we will die together!" Lin Zisu crossed her arms and said seriously.
Shen Xianglan looked worried: "Don't scare yourself!"
Lin Xianwen: "Sister is right! We are not scaring ourselves! If we fall into the hands of these gangsters, we will definitely not have a good ending! The evil of human nature, when it is unrestrained and unbridled, is more terrifying than the devil!"
Lin Youcai was about to say a few words of comfort when there was a knock on the car door. Lin Youfu called out, "Fourth brother, are you there?"
"Brother, what's wrong?" Lin Youcai opened the car door and got out.
Lin Youfu: "Village head, Dad and the others are back. There aren't many acorn kernels left. They're almost finished grinding."
Lin Zisu heard her uncle's words and looked at her watch. It was past 11 o'clock in the evening. "Mom, let's go to bed quickly! Get enough rest, because we have to travel all day tomorrow!"
Shen Xianglan: “Hmm…”
Lin Xianwen had no choice but to get off the bus. There was no place for him to sleep.
After Lin Lizheng came back, he called the men in charge of each household to discuss the matter. After the matter was discussed, those who were supposed to be on duty kept their duty, and those who were supposed to transport the slurry transported the slurry.
Everyone was on guard, holding their weapons at all times and no one was left alone.
By 1 a.m., all the slurry was transported back. The mill in Changqing Village was also cleaned up. Li Lizheng was called across the yard to close the mill door. More than 30 people, some walking and some driving carts, returned to the riverbank.
The people who rinse, filter and boil the pulp are not just women. Everyone takes turns, and work points are recorded anyway.
The fire burned all night and finally everything was done.
The slurry had to be boiled into acorn tofu for easy carrying. It precipitated into powder, but there was no place to dry it! It was covered with dust all the way, and it was put on the roof to dry. Half of it was dust, and the other half was starch!
The slurry is even harder to carry. It will spill all the way, even on the highway! Unless it is a fully enclosed packaged slurry, then there is no need to worry about it spilling.
The RV was filled with the cooled and solidified acorn tofu, and the refrigerator was also full of them. In the freezer, the Lin family's chopped chickens, ducks, and geese were all untouched.
The bathroom was surrounded by a waterproof sheet, and it became a huge bucket with acorn tofu soaking in it.
Lin Zisu felt that she hadn't used the bathroom in the RV for a long time.
At about 4 a.m., the mother and daughter were forced to get up and put as much acorn tofu as possible in the RV. Most of the tofu in the buckets and basins was still steaming, and many were just out of the pot.
When Lin Zisu got off the car, she saw Zhao the Butcher's second, third and fourth sons cleaning the carriage by the river. Li Juhua was feeding the cows bran and grass, and occasionally gave instructions on how her sons were cleaning.
The riverbank was lit by torches everywhere. Everyone had gotten up and was busy packing their bags.
Lin Youcai, the village head and a group of people surrounded the five people who returned and asked them about the situation.
Lin Zisu looked at the time on the RV’s display screen. At 3:, the team set off again.
Today her family was leading the way. Her mule cart went onto the official road first, and her RV followed closely.
The RV was filled with steam, so Lin Zisu had to turn on the air conditioner. Shen Xianglan was holding 4-year-old Shen Anda in the front passenger seat. Next to her were 4-year-old Shi Tao and 8-year-old Shen Xiuxiu, the only three children who were younger.
Other children from other families could not be controlled, nor would they be allowed to ride in the RV. It was up to Old Lady Wang and her family to decide whether to allow other children to ride in the ox cart or mule cart.
The two brothers of Old Man Lin and the cousin of Lin Youcai, the two families can do whatever they want. Anyway, there are only so many seats, if you let others sit, you have to leave.
The refugees on the riverbank, seeing that other large armies had set off so early, also got up and prepared.
The villagers of Changqing Village got up one after another while it was still dark. They were all families, and they went up the mountain to pick acorns.
A few days later, the wild boars on the mountain were speechless. Why did these two-legged animals suddenly compete with them for food?
The mountains are covered with acorns, as if they were invaded by locusts. The wild boars also plan to eat more acorns to gain weight in autumn and survive the winter!
The squirrels said, luckily we have stock.
After all the acorns in the nearby acorn forest were picked up, the villagers went to the distant acorn forest to pick up acorns.
Many villagers found a lot of human remains and tattered clothes scattered on the mountain. At first they thought they were animal bones until they saw a lot of broken skulls.
Wild boars eat people, tigers eat people in the mountains, monsters eat people, and so on. A huge pot just fell from the sky and was placed on the wild animals in the mountains.
For a while, no one dared to go to the deeper mountains. In the nearby mountains, only a group of people dared to go to chop wood and collect acorns.