Chapter 134 Trouble

It was still dark, and the sky was still dark, when a sharp whistle broke the tranquility of the camp. Read М

Su Qingmei and the others thought that the enemy was attacking, so they got up suddenly...

After getting up, they realized that it was the sentry who called everyone to get up and move the camp.

For a while, the whole camp was filled with various sounds. There were also many children in the team, and their cries gradually rose and became louder. The children's crying mixed with the adults' scolding was particularly clear.

Lv Xiaobao had not slept enough, and was awakened by the sound. He closed his eyes and frowned, wanting to howl.

Su Qingmei hurriedly covered his mouth. This child was quite grumpy when he got up, and he would lose his temper if he didn't get enough sleep.

Su Qingmei hurriedly picked him up, patted him for a while, and saw that he fell asleep again with his eyes closed, so he stuffed him into Su's mother's arms, letting Su's mother hold him and continue to sleep, while she quickly packed up her belongings.

Su Qingliu also called Yaya up. Yaya is very well behaved. She is only three or four years old, but she is already very sensible. It was not even daybreak when she was called up, but she did not cry or make a fuss. Su Qingliu pushed her to Su's mother, and she hugged Su's mother's thighs and leaned against her half asleep.

Qingyang, Qingxing and Jinhai were also woken up by the adults. They wiped their faces and pinched their skins. They woke up and helped the adults pack up.

Su's mother held Xiaobao in one hand and Yaya, who was lying on her thighs, with the other hand. She could not work with two children, so she just watched and comforted the children: "Help the adults pack up our things first, and you can sleep in the car later."

The three children were very sensible and saved the adults a lot of worry.

Su's father, Su Dahu and the other four male children were called away before they had done much to pack up. Su Qingmei and Su Qingliu were called to make breakfast for everyone before they finished packing up. She, Su Qingliu and her aunt hurried there. Hongxiu and Qixia, who stayed behind, moved much faster.

They were busy until the whole team had breakfast, packed up the camp and set off again.

They had only walked for half an hour when several women with children squeezed in front of the Su family's ox cart and asked if they could put their children on the ox cart.

The dew had not yet dissipated in the morning, and they walked with children in their arms, so their steps were very heavy. In addition, they may not have slept well last night, so the adults themselves could not walk, let alone the women holding children.

Su Qingmei took a look at them and selected three children who were about the same age as Yaya for them to sit in the car. Once the three children got on, Hongxiu and Qixia had to get off. There were a lot of luggage on the car and it couldn't accommodate too many people.

Several women saw that their children didn't get on the car and kept begging Su Qingmei.

Su Qingmei was quite helpless: "You can see that there is no room in this car." You can't let her throw away her luggage.

Some women saw that there was no room, so they left. But one woman was unwilling to give in: "My child is younger than the child in your car." As she spoke, she glanced up and down at Qingyang and Qingxing.

Su Qingmei followed her gaze and looked at the twins.

She smiled in her heart. Is she planning to let Qingyang and Qingxing get off and let her children sit on it?

In order not to arouse public anger, she had asked all the women in the family to get off and walk, except Su Qingliu who was driving. Xiaobao was just held by Qingyang and Qingxing.

She had given up her seat, but it was not enough? She was planning to let her children get off and walk too?

The eldest aunt glared at the woman: "This is my family's ox cart, right? You put your child on it and let my child get off and walk? You are so shameless." How dare you?

The woman shrank back when she saw her aunt glaring at her. She looked at the ox cart again and said unwillingly, "Then let my child sit on the back of the ox, right?"

Su Qing'an smiled and said, "This ox is pulling such a big cart, and with people on its back, it can't move halfway. Do you plan to kill it or carry it?"

Seeing the woman looking at the luggage on the cart again, Su Qing'an said again, "People can still walk, but if you throw the luggage down, you can only carry it on your back. They are not light. And my family will not throw away the luggage."

The woman saw that she had no choice but to mutter and didn't want to leave.

Su's mother didn't want to cause trouble. Their family came later, and maybe others in this team might have some connections, so she tried not to cause trouble if she could.

Then he smiled and said to the woman: "How about this, you let your child keep walking for a while, and I will let my child get off and replace him later."

The three women who let their children sit in the car were a little embarrassed at this time, and said in unison: "Yes, let my child get off and replace others later, so that everyone can rest."

The team stopped, and those who had carts at the back squeezed out some empty seats and let some children sit on the carts. The woman's child also sat on the cart at the back, and she was fine.

The team started moving again.

Su Qing'an didn't say much, and walked beside the ox cart. Along the way, several women in her family took turns driving, and they could take this opportunity to rest. And several children were sensible, and they got off and walked from time to time, and let Hongxiu and Qixia sit on it to rest their feet.

Her family had a cart, which was much better than the others in the team.

Because there were women, children and elderly people in the team, they did not walk very fast and had to rest every two hours.

Su Qingmei finally understood why they had to get up before dawn to travel. Looking at the team, the old and the young walked slowly on the road. If they dragged on, they might not even travel thirty or forty miles a day, let alone sixty miles.

Huang Shenzhi walked in front of the team. He knew the situation behind the team very well. Someone would report to him immediately if there was any situation.

He paid special attention to Su Qingmei and her family.

He saw that Su's mother secretly fed her two children fine grains without anyone knowing, but he didn't say anything. Someone reported to him that the Su family hid grain, but Huang Shenzhi pretended not to know and didn't deal with it.

On the third day, in the evening, the team camped in the wild as usual.

Su Qingmei and others gradually got used to the speed of marching and the rules of the team. After three days of traveling, the children adapted well and made a few friends. Every day when the team stopped, they would talk and play with the children in the team.

After the team set up camp, the women followed orders and helped to cook.

Even if Su's mother was hiding from people, people could see that her children had fine grains to eat. So Su Qing'an was surrounded by several women, begging her to give them some fine grains, saying that their children couldn't eat coarse grain porridge and had sore throats.

Su Qing'an was getting annoyed, thinking about how to refuse so as not to bring trouble to her family.