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Chapter 57

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    The time has come to the end of the first lunar month as everyone is anxiously waiting.  The weather has gotten a little warmer, but the ice and snow have not melted yet, and there is no feeling of spring at all.

    All three families are about to run out of food.  All the cabbage and radishes have been eaten, and even a large piece of lotus root in the lake has been dug out.  It is very difficult to dig lotus roots in the ice and snow. Everyone has to eat lotus roots as a staple food. Therefore, they have to dig lotus roots every day, which is tiring and cold.

    Although you don¡¯t have to go into the water directly, the thin mud is still so cold that it soaks into your bones, which is really uncomfortable.  If the time is longer, everyone will have to go deep into the water to dig lotus roots.  Xinhu was afraid that if things continued like this, everyone would freeze and suffer from arthritis in the future.

    "What should I do? There is no sign of getting warmer today." Dalang said anxiously.

    The weather is bad and no one dares to go out to find food.  To be honest, no one here knows the road. Even Mr. Jiang Dashan knows where the road leads, but he has not walked through it.  Therefore, everyone has no idea how many roads are nearby?

    "We can't wait another three to five days. Even in this kind of weather, we still have to go out." Jiang Dashan said.

    He can¡¯t watch his family run out of food. He can¡¯t just watch everyone go hungry.

    After three more days, the sky was still like this. Mr. Xie and Jiang Dashan could not sit still.  The two discussed it and decided to go out tomorrow.  In any case, there is still a chance to go out. Although staying here will not starve to death for the time being, it is impossible to eat enough.  Lotus roots are eaten every day, and everyone is scared to see lotus roots.

    It was impossible for Aunt Liu to follow them out, so she had to give Jiang Dashan fifty taels of silver and ask him to help bring some food back.

    The next day, Jiang Dashan, Mr. Xie, and Wu Xie set out on horseback early in the morning. They brought four horses with them and left one horse for the village in case of emergencies.  The three of them went out this time to get more food and all the things they needed at home, so they brought an extra horse with them.

    Xie Wu stayed in Luwei Village to protect the women and children in this village. Da Lang originally wanted to follow him out.  But no one is willing to let a child come out to take risks. No matter what he says, he will not be allowed to come out. He has no choice but to stay at home.

    However, once outside the scope of Luwei Village.  Everyone was shocked.  This time he took the same route that Jiang Dashan took to escape last time.  Because he only knows this way.  He didn't know the way Dalang and Xinhu rescued Aunt Liu's family.  As for Master Xie and his servant, they didn't even know the path Jiang Dashan took.  In fact, everyone gathered near Luwei Village from different directions.

    When he reached the hillside, Jiang Dashan stopped.

    "What's the matter?" Mr. Xie asked.

    ¡°It¡¯s not easy to go ahead, so we have to explore the road first,¡± Jiang Dashan said.

    As soon as he arrived here, he thought of those dead brothers and the horse that had been with him for several years.

    Mr. Xie looked around and frowned, unable to tell where the road was.  Jiang Dashan naturally knew that he was hoisted up the hillside by Dalang and the others, and there must be a road below.  However, he didn't want to go on the road he took to escape, for fear of meeting someone who came out to track him down.  Therefore, he had to look slowly along this abrupt hillside, trying to find another way out.

    Because the heavy snow had already covered up the original footprints, the place was completely empty and there were no footprints at all.  The three of them spent a lot of time and finally found a way. The horses trembled and stepped on the still solid ice and snow, and walked forward slowly.

    "Brother Jiang, don't you know the way?" Xie Wu asked curiously.

    "I have only moved here for a short period of time, so I am not familiar with this place. I have never even been here." Jiang Dashan said.  Although this was the truth, it shocked Mr. Xie.  He thought Jiang Dashan was very familiar with the road, but he never expected that he was the same as him.

    "Don't you live here?" Xie Wu asked bluntly.

    "To be exact, I only know one road, but it's not from this way. The road over there has long been broken due to heavy snow, and it was already very uneven before it started snowing. The injury I got was from when I went out.  It's so bad, if I didn't have a few more moments, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to see you. I just want to find a new road from here. I heard my brother-in-law say before that there is a road here as well." Jiang  Dashan said.

    This is what he had discussed with Dalang a long time ago, saying that he moved here from other places to take care of the children of Dalang and his family.  He also dared to confirm that there must be a way out here.  If it doesn't work out, he plans to follow the route he took last time to escape.

    Mr. Xie did not doubt his words., the inn is also small and pitiful. Besides, with so many people dying along the way, you can¡¯t expect the inn to be well preserved.  "Xie Wu said.

    "Forget it, forget it, don't talk, just rest." Mr. Xie said distractedly.

    The next day, they saw a small inn that had long been crumbling.  Of course, there was no one inside. The doors and windows were all tattered and could not block the wind or the rain. There was nothing inside.  At first glance, it was clear that this was an inn that had been abandoned long ago. Not even a place name was left, but it was somewhat better than being completely in the open air, so the three of them rested in this inn for a night.

    "It seems that the government doesn't care about this at all." Jiang Dashan frowned and shook his head.  All the hope I had in my heart was gone.

    "If you care, can we collect the body all the way here?" Mr. Xie sneered.

    "Hey, young master, don't tell me, we seldom collect corpses in the afternoon." Xie Wu's words reminded everyone.

    Jiang Dashan and Mr. Xie were both shocked, feeling that this was not a good thing.

    Jiang Dashan pondered for a moment and said, "Should we turn around and take another path?"

    "Why? I've been gone for two days." Xie Wu asked puzzledly.

    "I'm afraid the other two paths will be the same." Mr. Xie said.

    Jiang Dashan thought for a moment and said, "Then let's move forward." Mr. Xie's words are also very reasonable. If the other two roads are in the same situation, it is better to go directly forward.

    ¡°It¡¯s just that now everyone is becoming more careful.

    About an hour later, a large river appeared in front of us, and a wooden bridge trembled slightly across the river.

    It took a lot of effort for several people to coax the horse onto the bridge and slowly cross the bridge step by step.  Fortunately, the river was flowing quietly and calmly. If the river was churning and the waves were splashing, the horse would not be able to get on the bridge and cross the river, even if it lived or died.

    After crossing the bridge, I still didn¡¯t meet anyone, giving me a dead feeling.

    "There seems to be something wrong." Mr. Xie said worriedly.

    "Yes." Jiang Dashan also felt that it was unusual.

    After crossing the bridge, the weather was obviously much better, much warmer, the ice and snow were melting, and green grass buds were even exposed in some places. The horses began to get excited and tried to walk slowly to nibble on the little grass buds.

    Burnt blackened ruins began to appear on the roadside, as if someone had set fire to the place and burned it all down. No one or any living thing was noticed.  But these traces clearly tell everyone that there were many people living here not long ago.  For example, the bare vegetable garden is relatively neat, but there is not a single vegetable in sight, or the half-collapsed toilet behind the big tree.  Everything shows that these were vandalized.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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