Chapter 182 No, something happened!

We returned to the mountain road and continued walking for several days.

There have been two light rains in the past few days, one is autumn rain and the other is cold. With each rain, the temperature will drop a few degrees.

Everyone is gradually switching from light, short-sleeved summer shirts to thick, warm, long-sleeved autumn clothes.

Mrs. Qiao's gown was ready, and Qiao Ran went to Mrs. Wu to buy some pieces of thicker cotton. Mrs. Qiao, Chen Huiniang and Lin Guizhen sewed new clothes for the whole family whenever they had time.

Qiao Ran picked a piece of turquoise cotton and told Chen Huiniang that she and her mother would make two clothes of the same color. This was called "parent-child clothing."

Chen Huiniang was very happy and agreed without saying a word.

According to Qiao Ran's request, it was also made into the shape of a long gown.

Except for Xiaoba, who was still a baby, everyone in the family also had their own clothes made into long gowns that reached to their knees.

Although everyone doesn't know why, since Ranran said she wanted to do it like this, they all listen to her.

This gown is not the cumbersome ankle-length gown worn by ordinary literati or wealthy men, but a mid-length gown that only reaches the knees, so that it does not delay traveling and work.

The reason why Qiao Ran asked her family to make their clothes this length was naturally to prepare for everyone to wear long down jackets and cotton-padded clothes in winter.

After all, winter coats that reach to the knees are warmer. Most of the cold-proof coats in her space are mid-length woolen coats, down jackets, and cotton-padded coats.

Although there are short styles, there are not many, and most of them are medium and long styles.

There are also old clothes of my parents, grandparents, and grandparents in the small courtyard.

There were also many clothes she wore when she was a child, and her grandfather was reluctant to throw them away, so he piled several large boxes full of them in the underground warehouse.

After her grandfather passed away, she was reluctant to throw away the things in the courtyard, but she didn't expect that they would come in handy now.

The clothes of father and grandfather can be worn by several uncles.

The clothes of grandma and mother can be worn by grandma, mother and third aunt in this life.

The clothes I have worn since childhood are just enough for my younger brothers and sisters to wear.

She was a tomboy when she was a child. When she was three or four years old, she began to choose her own clothes, shoes and socks. Most of the clothes she picked were neutral colors such as black, blue, and yellow worn by boys.

There are only a few pink and red clothes for little girls that her parents occasionally come back to buy her.

The neutral color style can be worn by several younger brothers.

If it is too pink, you can wear it for your sister Xiaoyue.

In this way, the family does not have to worry about clothing for winter.

When the time comes, once you put on those warm down jackets, cotton coats or woolen coats, and put on a long gown on top to cover the neckline, others will not be able to tell what kind of clothes you are wearing underneath.

After autumn, the weather that had rained a few times suddenly started to get hot again. In addition to the cooler mornings and evenings, the sun was still very scorching during the day.

It was okay when the weather was cold. Qiao Honglian felt that after drinking those very unpleasant medicines, the itching on her body was indeed relieved a lot.

But as soon as the sun came out, her scratched body would break out in sweat, and it would be like a pinch of salt being sprinkled on the wound, and the pain would make her just want to cry.

It hurts and itches, but I can't help but scratch it. When I scratch it, blood marks appear again. When the blood marks are stained with sweat, it hurts...

This feeling made her feel worse than death, and her days were like years.

Others could not understand her pain at all. Although the sun above her head was still fierce, it was not too hot when walking on the tree-lined mountain road.

On this day, they had been away from the mountain where the big cave was located for several days, and were separated by several mountains.

According to the map provided by the Wu family, they had already walked half of the way on this mountain road. If they walked another half, they would be able to bypass Xuanzhou County and leave the mountain.

Everyone was very happy to hear that they were halfway through the mountain road. As long as they got out of the mountain, they could continue walking on the flat official road.

Although there are no other refugees on this mountain road and no bandits are blocking the road, it is really difficult to walk on this road.

Especially when driving an ox cart and a horse-drawn carriage on this narrow and rugged mountain road, there is no room for distraction. If you are not careful, you may fall down the hillside or cliff, which is very dangerous.

"Everyone, please work harder. In a few days, we will be able to walk out of the mountains and continue on the official road."

The old village chief beat the gong and stood on the carriage to encourage everyone loudly.

After everyone heard this, their pace couldn't help but speed up a bit, and they all wanted to get out of the mountain as soon as possible and return to the official road.

When they stopped to rest in the evening these past few days, the men went into the mountains to hunt some small wild animals, but did not see any large beasts.

Just when everyone thought they could walk out of the mountains without incident, another uninvited guest came to their camp that night.

This mountain road opened by merchant convoys, except for the beginning of time when they walked on the mountainside, most of the time they walked along the foot of the mountain.

After all, the foot of the mountain is relatively flat and much easier to walk than the mountain.

This day they stopped in a valley again. Since they couldn't find a cave, they stopped on an open and flat grassland to light a fire and prepare to camp outside.

Before it got completely dark, the family was setting up a stove to light a fire for cooking. Qiao Ran took her younger brother Qiao Dong and Qian Shitou and seven or eight other young men into the woods to hunt again.

It has to be said that there are really many wild animals in these lush mountains and forests.

Before it got completely dark, they had already shot a roe deer, two goats, five hares, eight or nine pheasants, and some bamboo rats and other small animals.

I also found some fungus and shiitake mushrooms in the woods, and also picked up a few nests of wild eggs or bird eggs.

Everyone had their hands empty, and they happily carried the prey and returned home with a full load.

When we were about to reach the camp, we heard a noise in the distance and the sound of gongs and pots being banged.

"No! Something happened!"

A few people felt nervous and quickened their pace to run towards the camp.

Qiao Ran carried a roe deer on her shoulder and a half-sized goat in her hand. She ran back to the camp to take a look.

Everyone who stayed in the camp held swords, sticks and other weapons in their hands, and nervously faced off against a tall blind bear who stood upright.

This is a big brown bear, much larger than the average black bear.

Qiao Ran's visual inspection showed that this brown bear was about two and a half meters tall and weighed about six to seven hundred kilograms. It looked like a male bear, very majestic and scary.

The ground was in a mess. It was obvious that a struggle had taken place, and some people were covered in paint.

Qiao Ran looked carefully at the row of people standing in front, and saw that her three uncles had blood stains on them, and she couldn't help but feel nervous.

Are they all injured?

"Ran Ran, you are back! Hurry, get away! This blind bear is too strong, don't let it hurt you!"

When Qiao Erhe saw his eldest niece and the others were back, he quickly reminded them to hide quickly to avoid being discovered by Blind Bear.

However, the sound of Qiao Ran and the others running over had already alerted Blind Xiong.

It turned around and looked at these little two-legged beasts that seemed easier to deal with.