lcionline Chapter 1001 Confirming the Trail
Chapter 1001 Confirming the Trail
Surprisingly, there were no obstacles on the road leading to the left not far away.
He thought he was seeing things and wanted to rub his eyes, but seeing the dirt on his hands, he held back.
Seeing Sun Erhe still working hard not far in front of him, he quickly called out to him.
"Erhe, look ahead! Are there no more stones or sticks on the road over there?"
Sun Erhe was carrying a large rock, and he listened to his elder brother's words without even raising his head.
"Brother, don't get your hopes up."
We've been cleaning for two days already, how could it just disappear at the front?
"Alright, let's get this done!"
Seeing that he didn't believe him, Sun Dahai disregarded the dirt on his hands and grabbed Sun Erhe's sleeve.
"Look quickly, are there no more stones over there?"
Sun Erhe was pulled up and glanced ahead.
I squatted down, intending to continue working, when I suddenly realized something.
Oh dear, it's really gone!
Father, Mother, Sister-in-law, come and see!
There are no more stones on the road after that bend!
Hearing Sun Erhe's shout, the whole family looked ahead.
After seeing the situation on the road, they were all stunned.
Immediately afterwards, the family was overjoyed.
Sun Laohai was so excited that he sat down on the ground.
"That road must have been cleared by Brother Lu and his group!"
We didn't encounter many people along the way.
They're the ones who cleared such a long road ahead!
"Thank goodness, we've finally caught up with the group!"
After saying this, the whole family breathed a long sigh of relief.
This is finally a glimmer of hope for them!
God knows, they were extremely anxious throughout the chase.
They were afraid of encountering danger, and also afraid of taking the wrong path.
It can be said that this pursuit is, to a large extent, a high-stakes gamble.
If anything goes wrong, it will be like going in the opposite direction.
Then you can see the traces of the road being cleared ahead, as if God is telling them that they haven't gone the wrong way!
After their initial joy, the family got up and continued working hard.
This time, the whole family was full of energy, like they'd been injected with chicken blood.
Even Mr. Sun, who had been experiencing back pain for the past few days, felt much better.
After working for another half hour, they finally connected with the road that had been cleared ahead.
Sun Laohai and his two sons rushed forward to check the traces on the road.
Sun Laohai, who was ahead, noticed faint hoofprints and tire tracks left by the roadside.
"Dahai, Erhe, come and see!"
There are lots of tire tracks here, and here, there are even horse hoof prints!
This must have been left behind by Brother Lu and his friends!
Sun Dahai and Sun Erhe looked at the traces their father had pointed out, and then they noticed obvious tire tracks on the gentle slope.
Following the trail, we climbed up the gentle slope and saw traces of camping.
The most conspicuous item was the rabbit skin that had been discarded when the rabbit was slaughtered earlier.
Sun Dahai ran forward, grabbed the rain-soaked rabbit skin, and examined it from all angles.
The rabbit skin was clearly not properly skinned; there were several cuts on it.
That's probably why it was thrown away.
But that wasn't what Sun Dahai was concerned about at the moment; he was carefully examining every mark on the rabbit.
Upon discovering arrow holes in the rabbit skin's lower back, he shouted excitedly.
"Father, Second Brother, there are arrow holes left by Brother Lu here!"
Sun Laohai and Sun Erhe rushed over in a panic.
The father and son took the rabbit skin to examine it, and when they saw the small hole, they excitedly pointed to it.
"That's right, it can't be wrong!"
After the decision was made, Sun Dahai told his father and second brother to sit down and rest, while he went back to pick up his mother, wife, and son.
Fifteen minutes later, the family sat on the gentle slope and began to eat cold, hard, dry bread.
It's been raining every day lately, and they're running low on firewood.
It was noon, and although there was no sun, the temperature wasn't too cold, so the family didn't light a fire to heat up their dry food.
Of the six, only Sun Xiaobao's pancake wasn't so cold.
Sun Dahai was worried that his son was too young and would get diarrhea from eating something cold, so he held it to his chest for a while before handing it to him.
Sun Xiaobao was too young to know the hardships of the escape route.
He was overjoyed to see the whole family gathered together for a meal.
Holding the pancake, she would run to her mother's arms to eat, then to her grandmother's arms to eat, sitting in the arms of every family member.
Looking at their energetic and vibrant little baby, the family felt that life wasn't so difficult after all.
After lunch, Sun Dahai hitched up the mule cart again, and the family continued their journey.
This time, Mr. and Mrs. Sun took turns riding in the mule cart.
The two men were getting on in years, and after cleaning the roads for the past two days, they were so tired that their whole bodies ached.
Even if they forced themselves to keep going, they simply couldn't pick up the pace.
At first, the two were worried that too much stuff on the cart would tire the mule out, so they refused to ride in the cart.
It was only after his son and daughter-in-law urged him several times, and with Sun Xiaobao's help, that he finally got on the mule cart.
Even if they agreed to ride in the car, they would sit for a while, then get off and walk for a while, taking turns like this.
Half an hour later, the mule cart arrived at the spot where the mudslide had originally turned.
When the group saw the large rocks blocking their path and the trees lying across the road from afar, their hearts skipped a beat.
They were all worried that the road would be blocked and cars wouldn't be able to get through.
But when they got closer, they immediately spotted the path that Lu Qingqing and the others had cleared earlier.
Old Sun drove the cart forward a few steps and noticed that due to the rain these past few days, some areas had been washed into mud pits. He called out to those behind him:
"Dahai, Erhe, there are some mud pits here, come and help!"
"Here I come, Dad!"
The two brothers agreed and ran forward to help push the cart.
After the mule cart passed, he came back and helped his mother and wife across.
After passing the bend, Sun Laohai and his family saw that the road ahead was smooth, so they increased their speed.
Even though they had walked for so long and their legs were aching terribly, no one said a word.
They all wanted to catch up with the group ahead as soon as possible!
The group walked until it was completely dark and they could no longer see anything before finally stopping by the roadside.
The next day, before dawn, I got up again to tidy up.
When the road became faintly visible, we set off again.
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Rongyang Town.
In the backyard of the restaurant, a large tarpaulin covered the courtyard.
Under the oilcloth, the shopkeeper had hired a large group of people who were curing meat.
The bowls and bowls of meat filled almost half the yard.
In the backyard, near the woodshed, rows of cured meats were hanging on ropes, with firewood burning underneath to smoke them.
The villagers in charge of marinating the meat couldn't help but sigh as they smelled the raw meat in the basin.
"How long will it take those people to eat all that meat they've cured?"
"They're really rich! They bought so much; how much money must have gone into it!"
When he heard what he said, people who knew him nearby leaned closer to him.
"Let me tell you, I have a relative who works as a shop assistant in this grain store."
These people bought a lot of grain!
The money spent on that grain was much more expensive than this meat!
They're definitely not short of money!
The villager smeared some sauce on the raw meat, looking somewhat curious.
"Aren't they afraid of attracting unwanted attention by buying things in such a high-profile manner?"
In our town, Dao Jiu has more than a dozen men under his command; I've heard they've stolen and robbed quite a bit.
Upon hearing this, an acquaintance remarked with a hint of pride:
"You wouldn't know this, would you!"
I heard that Dao Jiu led a group of people to steal something last night.
As a result, the group was immediately subdued as soon as they climbed over into the backyard of the inn!
In the end, everyone who went in had one of their arms broken and was thrown out!