eurekapd Chapter 151 Burning Well
Chapter 151 Burning Well
Lu Tianming killed an approaching rat with a knife and quickly looked ahead on the road.
Standing on the shaft of the cart, he could see the exit of the town ahead, which was not far away.
If we speed up, we should be able to rush over quickly.
Thinking of this, he shouted to the back:
"Everyone, please protect your carts! Let's speed up and rush over!"
As he spoke, Lu Tianming swung the reins and the carriage rushed forward.
Two carriages from County Magistrate Yao's family followed closely behind.
The old village chief shouted to Lu Tianxin:
"Second brother, you and Shuyi each guard one side, and the rest of you get in the car, quickly!"
Guihua's mother and Guihua quickly climbed onto the ox cart. When the old village chief saw people climbing onto the cart, he whipped the ox hard, and the ox ran away in pain.
On the ox cart, several women were holding sticks. When they saw a mouse approaching, they would swing the stick at it.
Behind, Qin Lang saw that the car in front had finally left, so he hurriedly drove to catch up.
At this time, a mouse had already crawled to the side of the cart and was stabbed through by him with a knife.
In front, Lu Tianming drove the carriage forward. The noise made by the carriage scared out the rats in the corpses on the roadside.
These rats were completely crazy and were chasing the car.
Lu Tianming didn't expect there were so many rats inside. He thought of the people behind him who had no livestock and shouted:
"If you don't have animals to pull your carts, don't come here. Leave the town quickly and go around the edge!"
The people behind hadn't even run a few steps, as they were guarding against mice that might jump at their feet at any time.
At this time, I heard Lu Tianming's shouting. When I looked up, I saw more and more rats jumping out to chase the car.
No one dared to move forward, so they pushed the carts and ran back.
Some rats at the entrance were chased out of the town and beaten to death by villagers.
The village chief looked at the bloody rats on the ground, as if thinking of something, and suddenly asked:
"Has anyone been bitten by a rat?"
Everyone shook their heads, then looked at their families. Only after seeing them all shaking their heads did they feel relieved.
The village head's wife kicked the mouse away from her feet and said:
"Is this rat crazy? It actually dares to chase and bite people! In the past, the rats in the village would have run away if they saw people."
Tianfu Niang nodded in agreement.
"Yeah, we weren't afraid of mice before. Every household would kill any mouse they saw."
The village chief listened to the women's sighs and looked towards the market town not far away, thinking that his cousin should have passed the market town and was waiting for them there.
He looked around and saw that on the left side of the official road, there was a place where so much people had walked on it that a path had been formed.
The village chief led everyone there, followed by Master Yan and his group.
Not far from the town exit, Lu Tianming and several other families with livestock pulling carts had stopped.
The rats that followed them out had been killed and were now thrown not far away.
After the team stopped, Lu Tianming asked everyone one by one, and only relaxed after confirming that no one was bitten.
Now, we just have to wait for the people behind us to come around and gather together.
Lu Tianming looked back at the market town, which had become a huge rat's nest.
These rats feed on the corpses of plague patients. If you are bitten by one, you will be in great danger.
The town is located on the official road, and there will be many refugees passing through here later.
Lu Tianming thought that the people behind him had taken a detour and it might take some time for them to arrive, so he looked towards both sides of the town.
There are no trees around the town, and I thought that since there are no trees at the entrance, a fire would not spread to the surrounding area.
He then ordered everyone to find some dry firewood and light fires at several places at the exit of the town.
Soon, the fire in the town grew bigger and bigger.
They could vaguely hear the terrified squeaking of mice coming from the town, and some mice ran out from the edge of the town.
Any rats that ran into the vicinity were beaten to death by several people.
As the fire grew bigger, it soon burned the bodies inside and thick smoke began to rise.
Seeing this, Lu Tianming led everyone and ran away.
By the time the team behind caught up, most of the town had been burned down, and black ash was visible at the exit of the town.
Wang Dashan looked at the burning fire and praised:
"Burn well!"
Master Yan also nodded in agreement.
"Yeah, it's better to burn it. These rats feed on corpses. Keeping them will only cause trouble!"
Wang Dahe wanted to take a few steps closer to take a look, but was forced back by the high temperature.
Although there is no open flame here, the temperature is still very high.
Not long after, the group set off again.
The team didn't stop until dark.
Lu Tianming opened the carriage and Lu Yuanfang came out.
Seeing that she was fine, everyone came forward to express their concern.
Cui was taking care of him on the side, and Lu Yuanfang looked up and saw Yao Bowu not far away.
When Yao Bowu saw her come out, he grinned at her.
Mrs. Yao was also nearby at this time. She followed Lu Yuanfang's gaze and saw her silly son's worthless smile.
She glared at Yao Bowu, and when Yao Bowu saw this, he shrank his neck in disappointment and went to help his elder brother unload the truck frame.
After everyone left, Cui led Guan to prepare dinner.
Lu Yuanfang wanted to go up and help, but was rejected by the two and told to go back and have a good rest.
Lu Tianming came over specially and asked Cui to prepare it in the evening to calm his daughter down.
Lu Tianming returned to the carriage, found the bowl that Lu Qingqing had given him, and took some thank-you gifts from the carriage.
Then he called Lu Yuanfang who was sitting and asked her to walk towards Lu Qingqing's ox cart.
When Lu Yuanfang heard that her father was going to Daya with her, she climbed back into the carriage and took out some candy from her small bag.
She bought this candy when she was shopping in An County. She thought it tasted good so she bought some more.
Daya is not very old, so I guess she still likes to eat sweets.
When Lu Yuanfang drank brown sugar water in the morning, he knew it was sent by Daya. The brown sugar water was still hot when it was brought to him.
I don’t know if it’s an illusion, but my stomach hurts no more after drinking it.
After meeting Lu Qingqing and Qin Lang, she gave them the candies she had brought.
Qin Lang's eyes lit up when he saw the candy. He happily took the candy and thanked Lu Yuanfang.
Lu Tianming also put down the things he brought and chatted with Qin Lang for a while.
The main thing is to check whether they have encountered any problems recently or are missing anything.
When Lu Yuanfang saw her, she pulled Lu Qingqing over to chat with her. After all, Lu Yuanfang was her cousin.
After chatting for a while, Cui asked her son to come over and call the two of them back for dinner.
As soon as the two left, Qin Lang couldn't wait to take out the bag of candy and share it with Lu Qingqing.
Early the next morning, after collecting the dew on the oilcloth, the team set off again.
In the afternoon, Lu Tianming saw the city wall of Zhangyang City from afar.
He wiped the sweat from his head, cleared his throat which was hoarse from lack of water, and then raised his voice:
"Zhangyang City is just ahead, everyone, hurry up!"
When the people in the team heard that they were almost reaching Zhangyang City, they all became more energized, and some strength seemed to return to their tired bodies.