Ruyi and Jixiang rushed to the grove first. They had already unloaded the mules and carts and were waiting there. When they saw Li Yu and the others coming, they rushed up to help unload the carts, took out the fodder and started feeding the animals.

Ruyi said to Zhou Jia: "Master, I remember there is a ditch over there in the forest. I will go see if there is any water and bring some over to feed the animals."

Zhou Jia glanced over there and thought he might be out of water, so he waved his hand reluctantly, "Go! You and Ruyi will go together to attract wealth."

"Yes." After hearing this, Zhaocai carried the bucket and walked towards the ditch with Ruyi. When they arrived at the ditch, they stood there dumbfounded. "Oh my god" Zhaocai lamented, and saw that there were people everywhere in the dry ditch. It's rotten fish and dead shrimp.

Aunt He took out the small red clay stove, took the teapot, put some water out of the wooden bucket, and poured it into the pot to boil the noodles. Li Qing, Xiao An, Chuanzhou, and Chuanguo were holding a bunch of branches they picked up. , helped Aunt He light the fire.

When the water boiled, Li Yu took out the noodles and put them in the pot. Aunt He looked at the noodles in Li Yu's hand and smiled happily at Zhou Jia: "Young madam is very clever. Young master, you will be blessed in the future."

Zhou Jia smiled proudly, "If she were unlucky, would I choose her, your young master?"

After hearing this, Li Qing retorted loudly, "Humph! My sister was deceived by Mr. Jean."

Zhou Jia looked at Li Qing with a ferocious smile on his face, "Ah Qing, write ten articles in regular script a day."

Li Qing looked at Zhou Jia with disdain, "Sir, please return my sister to me, and I will write twenty regular scripts a day."

Uncle Zhou held the noodle bowl and watched the two bickering, and laughed loudly, "Master, how dare you mess with my brother-in-law."

Zhou Jia smiled coquettishly, "I am his husband, and if he disobeys me, I will slap him!"

Li Yu glanced at the two childish people, then faced Chuanzhou and Chuanguo who were standing far away and said, "Why are you standing there if you two haven't come to eat?"

Brothers Chuanzhou and Chuanguo looked at the noodles in Li Yu's bowl, smelled the aroma and swallowed a mouthful of saliva. They shook their heads and refused hard, "Sister Xiaoyu, mother said that food is precious, so we can't eat your food rations." .”

Li Yu laughed and said, "Eat! I'll tell your mother when she comes." The two children still couldn't resist the temptation of food and started eating with bowls of noodles.

After a while, Zhaocai and Ruyi came back with empty buckets. Zhaocai looked at the empty bucket in frustration, "Master, there is no water at all in that ditch. The ditch is full of rotten fish and dead shrimps."

"Forget it, I've expected it a long time ago. I don't want to give up. You two should go eat first!"

At this time, Li Mei's family finally arrived. Li Mei looked at Li Yu with a palpitating expression, "Yu'er, I didn't expect there were locusts all the way. How do you think such a small thing can fly so far?"

"Aunt, there's nothing you can do about it, just let it go!"

Aunt He looked at Li Mei and said, "My dear aunt, are you tired? Eat a bowl of noodles first."

Li Mei sighed to Aunt He, "Oh! I walked all the way and looked at the locusts all the way. My heart is so tired! I am really tired and worried."

Aunt He smiled and reassured, "Don't be afraid. Those who have no way out will always find a way out."

Everyone arrived one after another, put down their luggage, sat down on the ground, took out dry food and pancakes, and started to eat. After a moment's rest, he continued on his way with heavy steps. He hurriedly and slowly finally arrived at Chongyun Town before dark.

Walking along the road, I saw no one in the town was closed, so Zhou Jia took everyone directly to the foot of the mountain.

There is a piece of flat land at the foot of the mountain. On the flat ground, people are already sleeping on straw mats and bamboo mats.

The village chief asked people from Xishan Village to bring carts, carts, and mule carts to gather around them. After packing, everyone felt so tired that they even lost energy to eat. They spread bamboo mats on the ground and put them on mattresses. They fell asleep with dry food in their hands.

Li Yu led everyone to set up the tents and asked Zhou Jia to arrange the night watch. Zhou Jia shook his head and said, "You can just give us a rest!"

Liu Changmin also persuaded Li Yu, "Xiaoyu, you go and have a rest. My uncle and Jixiang will take turns keeping watch."

Seeing this, Li Yu had no choice but to nod in agreement. He went back into the tent and fell asleep. He didn't wake up until the end of Yinshi. Li Yu got out of the tent and said to Ruyi who was watching the night: "Ruyi, you go and have a rest."

"Yes, Miss Li." Ruyi bowed and went back to rest.

Li Yu walked around and saw Chen Yaohui and a man on duty at the other end. There were also two people dressed as merchants carrying a bag and walking up the mountain.

Li Yu stood there and looked at the two people for a while. He didn't see any unusual movements between them, so he went to the place where the animals were tied to check, and then returned to the fire and watched the moths and locusts. He threw it into the fire, and it made a crackling sound when it was burned, and there was also a smell of barbecue.

Li Yu stood there quietly, looking up at the stars in the sky, which were still as bright as ever, and felt an inexplicable melancholy in his heart.

Zhou Jia came out of the tent and saw Li Yu standing there quietly, looking up at the starry sky as if he was alone in the world. Zhou Jia quickly stepped forward and took Li Yu's hand, asking softly: "Xiaoyu, what's wrong with you?" .”

Li Yu looked back at Zhou Jia's worried eyes, smiled, pointed at the stars and said, "Look, how beautiful the night sky is."

"I'll watch it with you." Zhou Jia took Li Yu's hand and sat down, letting her lean on his shoulder. The two of them cuddled together and sat there quietly, looking up at the bright starry sky.

As soon as the sky turned white, the villagers got up and started to pack up and salute. They simply ate some biscuits and dry food and started on the road. Zhou Jia said to the villagers: "Don't worry, everyone, be sure to walk on the left. Let's set off." Bar!"

Everyone agreed loudly, and then Ruyi took the lead and drove the mule cart away, followed by Li Yu. When we first went up the mountain, the mountain road was quite wide although it was rugged. Everyone climbed up the mountain road. Slowly, the mountain road became more and more narrow. It became narrower and steeper, and the animals stopped moving forward. The people in the car had to get out of the car and one person led the animal in front, while the other pushed the car forward.

Li Yu was very strong, so he didn't find it difficult to push the mule cart. Ruyi's cart was loaded with grain, but the mule cart was heavy and stagnant. The two children Chuanzhou and Chuanguo were unable to exert any effort.

Zhou Jia followed behind and saw Ruyi's mule cart stalled and about to go backwards. Zhou Jia pulled the bridle hard to stabilize the mule and shouted to Li Yu who was pushing the cart behind: "Xiaoyu, go and help Ruyi." "

After hearing this, Li Yu rushed forward, stopped the retreating mule cart, and pushed the mule cart to crawl up the mountain.

When the village chief saw that Li Yu's car was weighed down and unable to move forward, he shouted to the villagers behind him: "Hurry up and get a few people to help push it."

A dozen families who had bought grain from Li Yu's house looked up and saw it. They all quickly put down their burdens and rushed forward to help Li Yu and others push the cart forward.

When we reached the narrowest point, the mountain road was just big enough for a mule cart to pass. To the right was a bottomless ravine. The timid villagers carefully walked close to the cliff on the left, without even having the courage to take a look at the ravine.

Everyone set off at midnight and walked for more than two hours before reaching the top of the mountain. They rested on a relatively flat place, fed the animals fodder and water, ate some dry food, and rested for a while before starting to go down the mountain.

It is difficult to go up the mountain, and the road down the mountain is even harder. The cart behind is too heavy and the animals cannot brake, so the cart will rush up and suppress the animals. Zhou Jia asked everyone to tie ropes to the rafters of the cart and pull the ropes behind to hold the cart. The car slid down the mountain slowly, and everyone finally made it down the mountain when the sun went down.

When they arrived at the foot of the mountain, Zhou Jia found that the flat land at the foot of the mountain had been occupied by two groups of people, so he had to lead everyone towards the woods ahead.

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