On the way to escape famine, my parents divorced

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The saddle bags on the horses were filled to the brim, and the bags on Li Shiyue and Li Qiutian's backs were also bulging.

In the afternoon, the two men left the city and waited for a while at the entrance of the post station. Then they saw a group of people driving over from the southwest.

Even from such a distance, Li Shiyue could hear the whimpering and crying.

When they got closer, among the crowd carrying the coffin, Erdan's mother's crying was the most genuine.

Two months have passed, and one thing after another has happened. Even if a loved one has died, how can the living people continue to be immersed in grief?
The man is dead, the living is like this.

It’s not that the crying of others was so fake. After crying twice, don’t people still have to live their lives?
Li Shiyang, dressed in white, walked at the front of the team. He raised his hand and threw a string of paper money into the air.

The chilly wind blew over, swirling the dark yellow paper money and sending it flying in all directions.

Riding on horses, Li Shiyue and Li Qiutian followed behind the team. She looked at the coffins on the carts and thought of her original father.

This scumbag father fell into the sea, and I don’t know if he was eaten by a big fish.

The carts are used to pull coffins, so this person has to walk on both sides of the cart, so he won't be able to go as fast as when he came here.

By this time, it was already dark and they had only traveled less than half the distance.

Seeing that they were about to stay up all night to return to Liujiatun, Li Shiyue rode his horse forward, said hello to Li Shiyang, and the team stopped, found a piece of land on the side of the road, swept the snow, collected firewood, and lit two fires.

Everyone gathered in a circle to keep warm, and roasted dry and cold bread over the fire to satisfy their hunger.

But the wind at night was even stronger than during the day. The cold wind whistled towards people's heads and faces, like cutting with a knife.

Even leaning against the fire, Li Shiyue still felt his toes were numb from the cold.

Faintly, along with the sound of the wind, there was also the sound of a woman sobbing. Li Shiyue didn't hear it clearly at first, and she didn't take it seriously. She was only thinking about how her family would go on in the future, as well as the rubbish system and the plot of the original book.

However, while she was thinking about something, Ma Zi suddenly picked up a stick and poked the fire and asked everyone: "Did you hear anything?"

"What? What did you hear? It's late at night, don't scare me."

“Who am I going to scare?
I heard the crying, so I asked you if you heard it. Am I the only one who heard it? "

Facing Ma Zi's gaze, Li Shiyue looked back at the burning fire, then she listened carefully and looked in the direction where the crying sound came from.

Li Shiyue's actions were naturally seen by everyone. Ma Zi clapped his hands and said, "See, I told you what I heard. Look, Shiyue heard it, so I definitely didn't hear it wrongly."

Li Shiyue stood up, turned around and went to the place where the crying came from.

"Hey, don't go in October. What if there's a ghost?"

Mole's words made Ma Zi laugh out loud.

"Can you bear it? With so many of us here, are we still afraid of this lonely ghost?"

Li Shiyue naturally would not explain to Mole that there are no such things as ghosts in this world. She turned around and said to Mole with a smile: "Brother Mole, what are you afraid of?

I have killed people, so why would I be afraid of killing ghosts?
If it really is a ghost, then kill it!"

"I'll go with you!"

Li Qiutian also stood up and went there with Li Shiyue.

Li Wangshui also stood up and went over with a knife in hand. Later, everyone who was sitting in Li Shiyue's circle followed him over there.

When they arrived at the place, the crying sound was even more obvious. Li Shiyue shouted out when he got closer: "Who is there?"

As soon as she finished speaking, the crying stopped.

Li Shiyue took two steps forward, drew the knife from his waist and pushed aside the pile of weeds that was half a person's height.

"Erdan's mother?" When Li Shiyue and the others found her, Erdan's mother's eyes were red and swollen from crying, and she hadn't even wiped the snot off her face. She looked so pitiful.

"I guess it's you. I didn't see you by the fire just now. I thought you went to the bathroom."

Taking Erdan's mother's hand, they pulled her up, and everyone started talking.

"I'm so scared. It's so dark. If there weren't so many of us, I wouldn't dare come over here."

"Erdan's mother, why are you crying? Why haven't you cried enough on this journey?"

Ma Zi bumped the arm of Mole who said this, but he turned around and looked at Er Dan's mother with a slightly accusatory tone and said, "That's right, why are you still hiding and crying?
Really, I didn’t give you guys a good scare.”

They sat down around the fire again. Li Shiyang came over to ask, and when he found out there was nothing to worry about, he said they would set off in a quarter of an hour.

Li Shiyue took down the dry biscuits that were roasting on the fire, grabbed a piece and handed it to Erdan's mother: "You still have Erdan, eat it, we can continue our journey after we are full."

Erdan's mother, who had stopped crying, couldn't stop crying again when she heard what Li Shiyue said.

"If I had stood in front of them, wouldn't the boss have had to die?

Woohoo, it's all my fault, why didn't I know to stand in front of the boss at that time, woohoo."

What's the point of regretting what has happened in the past?
After letting Erdan's mother cry for a while, everyone packed up, lit torches and headed back to Liujiatun in the snow and wind.

At this time, the remaining people in each household in Liujiatun were all sleeping on the kang to keep warm.

A bean-sized oil lamp was lit on the windowsill. Qin Tao sat beside it, rubbing the hemp rope, but her eyes were looking out the window.

But what can you see in the pitch black outside?

"Mom, stop doing it and lie down and sleep."

Qin Tao sighed at Li Shigui who was lying on the other side of the kang: "I wonder how Li Jie is doing now?"

Li Shigui did not respond to Qin Tao. He closed his eyes and said nothing.

Qin Tao paused for a moment after not getting a response, then spoke again: "Mother, I don't know whether it is right or wrong to ask Li Jie'er to chase after him?

Is this good or bad for her?
If the three of us want to live a good life in the future, catching the prince is the best thing to do."

Qin Tao raised her hand and touched her chest. She felt her chest beating so fast, as if something had happened to Li Chunli.

At Li Shiyue's home, Li's mother was also rubbing hemp rope on the kang. She was worried about whether Li Shiyue and Li Qiutian were safe on the journey.

Suddenly there was a knock on the door, and Li Wangming's voice rang out: "Sister-in-law, it's me, Wangming."

"The door is not closed, just come in."

After opening the door, Li Wangming stood at the door and did not go in. He said to Li's mother who was sitting on the kang inside: "Sister-in-law, I want to talk to you alone."

Zheng Meiniang, who was twisting hemp rope face to face with Li's mother, wanted to get up and emptied the room to talk to the two of them when she heard what happened.

She also wanted to pull Li Xiatian, who was lying beside her, up and walk together.

However, Li's mother held her back, got off the kang herself, put on her slippers, and went out of the house with Li Wangming, heading towards Li Wangming and Shitou's house.

The stone had already laid down and fallen asleep.

The two of them got on the kang, facing each other, "What's the matter? Tell me, sister-in-law is listening."

After Li's mother asked the question, Li Wangming did not say anything for a long time.

Mother Li was very patient. After she waited for a while, she heard Li Wangming ask in a whisper without even raising his head: "Sister-in-law, I want to build a cenotaph for my eldest brother, is that okay?" (End of this chapter)