Quick Wear: The Wronged One Becomes Rebellious

Chapter 456: Reconstruction of the Family on the Road to Escape

Tao Chunhua looked at the seemingly heartless Gu Li with relief. This girl was a kind and righteous child. As long as she treated her well, Xiao Li'er would not treat her badly in the future.

In fact, although Gu Li was not close to them along the way, she did not make things difficult for them or drive them away.

Besides her natural incompatibility with Ayun, it gave her a headache!

Forget it, for the sake of her troublesome son, she should be nicer to Gu Li in the future.

After a satisfying meal and resting for about half an hour, the family set out again.

The mountains in this area stretch for dozens of miles and you can't see the end at a glance.

As evening approached, a convoy caught up from behind.

Gu Mancang and his family moved aside.

This was the first time since they fled the famine that they saw people fleeing in a carriage, accompanied by guards.

"I'm afraid this person is not a refugee, but a passerby passing by."

Gu Mancang shook his head. "The road the refugees took was specially opened up by the government office. Have you seen other travelers along this road?"

No.

There are even few chances to meet local people on the road.

The carriage rumbled past, but Gu Li's family didn't take it seriously.

Unexpectedly, they soon encountered this strange convoy again.

In order to avoid the strong sun at noon, the Gu family set out before dawn in the morning, took a longer break at noon, and walked under the stars at night until the beginning of the night before stopping to rest.

When Gu Mancang was looking for a place to stay, he happened to be not far from the caravan. The guards patrolling near the caravan rudely drove them away, "Stay away, don't have any bad ideas." He even waved his sword in his hand!

Who is this person? He comes from the wilderness and claims to be the king of a piece of land?

However, Gu Li only dared to laugh in her heart, and she still obediently followed Gu Mancang and walked a distance away from the convoy.

The family stopped only when they could no longer see the fire across the forest.

While lighting the fire, He Yunwang looked up at a certain spot in the darkness and said, "I think I've seen the person in the carriage before. He's the county magistrate of Yazhou!"

"What, Ah Yun, did you see it wrong?"

He Yunwang shook his head. He was not sure. He only took a quick look at the man who had just got off the carriage. "It looks like he did. When I was in the academy, the county magistrate came to the academy once."

"Why would a county magistrate mix with refugees?"

Gu Li didn't say anything. A commoner like her didn't even have the qualifications to see the county magistrate. So where the county magistrate was had nothing to do with her!

All she had to worry about was what to eat in the evening.

Tao Chunhua did not disappoint Gu Li. She cooked millet porridge in the evening, put the leftover rabbit meat from lunch in it, added some chopped wild vegetables and sprinkled salt.

It was cooked into a thick consistency and Gu Li drank two large bowls of it.

Touching her bulging little belly, Gu Li lay down on the oilcloth contentedly and fell into a deep sleep in a few moments.

"Uncle, I'll keep watch with you today!"

"You go to sleep, I've rested long enough during the day!"

He Xingqing's legs could not exert force for a long time, so he still needed Gu Mancang to carry him half of the time when they were on the road. He would usually sleep for a while at that time, and then he would keep watch at night.

He Yun looked, "Uncle, I think there's something wrong with that group of people." The guards who were driving them away had their swords bladed. Looking at the murderous look on their faces, many people had died at their hands.

"Then why don't you discuss this with the eldest brother of the Gu family?"

He Yunwang didn't even need to look back. Just by listening to the father and daughter's snoring, he knew that they were very tired.

"No, let's just watch first. If there's any unusual movement, it won't be too late to call them."

The uncle and nephew watched until late at night, but there was no movement from the other side. He Yunwang finally couldn't stand it anymore and fell asleep.

After all, he was still an eleven-year-old child, and even if life forced him to grow up quickly, he was just a child and needed sleep.

He Xingqing covered He Yunwang with a thin coat to prevent himself from falling asleep, and he simply sat up from the ground.

Seeing that the fire was about to go out, He Xingqing leaned on his crutches and went to the north hillside to collect some firewood.

When camping in the wilderness, a fire can drive away snakes, insects, rats and ants, but it cannot extinguish them!

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It was just daybreak, and Gu Li, who loved to sleep in, was the first to wake up.

She scratched the itch on her face, but the feeling was strange, like scratching an itch through a shoe, as if there was a layer of something in between.

Turning around, she saw He Xingqing sitting cross-legged beside her, motionless, as if in a trance. Gu Li was so scared that she forgot about the itch and called out tentatively, "Uncle?"

He Xingqing turned his neck slowly. After seeing Gu Li's face, he skipped over without using his crutches and held her face to look at it carefully. "Did you get bit by some kind of insect?" Her face was swollen.

Gu Li breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that he had passed away.

Gu Li pressed her numb right cheek and realized that it was probably very swollen. Her right eye was squeezed so hard by her cheek that she could only open a crack.

He Yunwang opened his eyes immediately after hearing the sound, and he also saw the deformed Gu Li. Glancing at the fire that had already gone cold, He Yunwang looked at He Xingqing in confusion.

Then Tao Chunhua and Gu Mancang also woke up.

Among the family, only Gu Li was bitten by some poisonous insect on the face, which became swollen like a pig's head.

"It's my fault that the fire went out!"

Gu Mancang didn't dare to touch her face. He just stroked his daughter's head with his big hand. "What kind of bug is that? Why does it only bite Xiaoli'er? If dad finds it, he will crush it to pieces!"

"Now even bugs have become smart and know to pick the tenderest ones to eat! Humph, it has good taste!" Gu Li raised her face, "Dad, I'm not hurt!"

"Uncle?" He Xingqing was basically the one keeping watch along the way, and the fire had never gone out before.

"I was going to collect firewood last night, but when I got to the north slope, I----" He Xingqing couldn't continue. Although he had not experienced sexual intercourse, had he seen a pig run even though he had eaten pork?

Boys of his age would always discuss things in private. He Xingqing knew at a glance what the three boys and one girl were doing.

However, the ignorant He Xingqing had never heard that this could be done by more than two people together.

He Xingqing was so frightened that he sneaked back without picking up any firewood, and has been sitting there in a daze until now.

The conversation ended halfway through and everyone's eyes turned to He Xingqing, but He Xingqing's mouth was shut tighter than a river clam and he didn't say a word.

"Uncle, what happened to you going to Beipo?" He Yunwang asked without giving up.

He Xingqing's face flushed red, and he looked at Gu Mancang awkwardly, "I only told Brother Gu!"

Everyone: -----

Even more curious.

He Xingqing whispered a few words to Gu Mancang and then buried his head in his chest.

"You mean those guys were wearing guards' uniforms?"

"Yeah." He Xingqing responded in a low voice, "The man also slapped the woman's butt with the back of the knife."

He Xingqing didn't know the meaning of the action, so he just said what he found strange.