Her crying and kneeling not only embarrassed Chunniang, but even Old Man Jiang was too embarrassed to save his face.
After all, Mrs. Lin and Mrs. Wen are sisters-in-law, and Mrs. Lin's daughter can be considered Mrs. Wen's niece. Now Mrs. Wen carried her own grandson down the mountain but ignored her niece. If this were to be spread out, people would not care about any conflicts between the two sisters-in-law and would only say that Mrs. Wen was heartless.
Chunniang and Zhou quickly helped Lin up, but for a moment they didn't know how to persuade her.
At this moment, Xiao Zhenniang had already slid down the mountain with an expressionless face, without even glancing at Lin.
Seeing that Lin was still crying loudly, Old Man Jiang had no choice but to step forward and say, "Don't worry, Madam Wen San. I will take your child down the mountain. Madam Wen Si is a woman and she definitely can't carry your child, so..."
Lin secretly hated him, but she didn't dare to show it at this time. She bowed to Old Man Jiang and said, "Then I'll trouble you, Mr. Jiang. Woo woo woo... I also feel sorry for the two children. It's a pity that they are not liked by their fourth aunt..."
Yingbao didn't want to listen to her gossip, so she walked to the edge of the cliff and looked down.
Mrs. Wen quickly went down to the bottom of the cliff carrying Xiao Jie on her back, climbed up the gentle slope with the help of Wen Fu, and then retreated to the edge of the woods with Wen Shu and the wet nurse.
Yingbao breathed a sigh of relief and turned around to see her grandmother Jiang Liu also climbing up the rope and sliding down the cliff.
Although Jiang Liu was over sixty years old, her hands and feet were still quite nimble, and she slid and kicked her way down to the bottom of the cliff very quickly.
Then it was second aunt Yan Ru who followed with Hu Zi.
Da Ni and Er Ni also got down the cliff smoothly without any urging.
The eldest aunt first threw down the bedding and other items in the house, and then with the help of her eldest son, she tied the food to a rope and slowly lowered it.
In order to deliver the food to the ground, several people pulling the ropes took a few steps forward.
The little deer Youyou was also tied up with a rope and treated in the same way. When they reached the bottom of the cliff, someone naturally helped to untie it.
In the end, the only children left from Old Man Jiang's family were Wei Zhan and Ying Bao.
There is another Jiang Wu, who is carried on Chun Niang's back.
When Chunniang came to carry Yingbao again, she refused: "I can go down by myself, but you can't carry two people, so you should take Xiaowu down the cliff first."
"No! You are so young, how can you go down the cliff by yourself?" This time Chunniang didn't want to obey her daughter's wishes. "You are not heavy, mother can carry you and your brother."
Ying Bao: "I really can." She turned to Wei Zhan and asked: "Can you go down alone?"
How could Wei Zhan dare to say no? He shouted, "That's nothing. I've climbed cliffs higher than this before!"
"Well, come down and let me see it first." Yingbao said and stared at him.
Wei Zhan's eyes twitched, he tied his hands, grabbed the rope resolutely and said to Ying Bao: "Watch it!"
"Be careful and hold on to the rope tightly, otherwise you will be smashed into a meat patty if you fall down." Yingbao warned him expressionlessly.
"Hmph!" Wei Zhan snorted, but did not dare to look down the mountain. He just slid down little by little.
It was easy for a few young men to pull a child, and they were kind enough to push forward and send Wei Zhan to the ground.
"Did you see that?" Wei Zhan shouted triumphantly from below.
Ying Bao looked at it and then turned back to her mother, "Mom, did you see that? It's very easy. I don't need you to lead me."
Chunniang paused for a moment, still worried.
At this time, Lin pulled her daughter Wen Tian over and handed her to Old Man Jiang: "Please, Mr. Jiang."
Wen Tian has become much more obedient after that incident. She hasn't dared to get upset in the past few days. Now she is lying obediently behind Old Man Jiang, allowing others to tie her up with a rope.
But when Old Man Jiang led her down the cliff, she resorted to the same old trick again, kicking and screaming desperately, which caused the rope to swing back and forth uncontrollably.
Seeing this, several people were frightened and quickly pulled old man Jiang up again.
Yingbao was so scared that she broke out in a cold sweat. She immediately stepped forward, pulled off Wentian's straps, and pushed her away.
"Grandpa! Leave her alone!"
This kind of person is simply courting death and doesn't deserve anyone's help.
Jiang Cheng and Jiang Quan were also very angry and said in unison that they would not let their grandfather carry her down again.
Lin was furious and stepped forward to slap Wen Tian in the face: "What on earth are you making a fuss about?"
Wen Tian covered her face and sobbed, "I'm scared... wuwuwu... Mom, I'm really scared."
Lin was so angry that she wanted to hit her. Suddenly she saw Old Man Jiang trying to carry Yingbao. She immediately ran over and asked, "How can you go back on your word? You clearly said you would help us, but you changed your mind in the blink of an eye!"
Jiang Cheng said coldly, "Why don't you keep your word? My grandfather was almost killed by your daughter, why didn't you tell me? Now my grandfather has to carry Yingbao and has no time to take care of your child."
After that, he said to Jiang Quan, "You go down first. Grandpa and I will cover you."
He didn't want Lin to trick his grandfather into carrying her daughter after he left.
Jiang Quan did not hesitate, he carried the two big gourds down the cliff, and left the two puppies to his eldest brother Jiang Cheng.
Afterwards, Old Man Jiang also successfully reached the bottom of the cliff carrying Yingbao on his back.
Originally, Yingbao could have come down by herself, but in order to squeeze out Lin's daughter, she insisted on being carried by her grandfather.
Then Jiang Cheng went down with the two puppies.
After the Jiang family gathered, they immediately walked into the woods.
The food, bedding and other things were shared by everyone and it didn't feel heavy at all.
At this time, many people had already walked far away. Most of them went to find water sources nearby, and some returned to Jiangjia Village to investigate the situation.
The villagers of Dongchen Village still gathered around Old Man Jiang's house, asking him where he was going.
"Why don't we go back to the village?" Old Man Jiang turned to ask Chief Chen, "What do you think?"
Chief Chen nodded: "Then go back to the village, but you can't take the official road."
Who knows if there are any bandits on the official road
"Okay, let's take the small road back to the village." Old Man Jiang looked towards the cave again: "Is there anyone who hasn't come down there yet?"
"Yes." Patriarch Chen: "Three friends and several villagers are still upstairs, and the third wife Wen and her daughter don't seem to have come down yet."
Old Man Jiang sighed and said, "Since we are back to the village, let's wait for the people in the mountain." We are all fleeing together, we can't leave anyone behind.
Chief Chen nodded and said, "Then send a smart guy to check the surroundings first, to prevent any more bandits from coming."
"The kid from Wang Ke's family has gone to investigate the situation. He should be back soon."
Before it got dark, Yingbao and her eldest and second cousins followed a few villagers to scrape pine bark in the woods to make torches.
Scrape a little more pine resin and apply it on the bark, which will also make it easier to burn after rolling it up.
Yingbao touched the tree trunks that had been peeled of bark, took out a charcoal stick and wrote a few big words on it: A Niang's younger brother Baoer has returned to the village.
If Dad were nearby, he would definitely see these words.
After writing about more than a dozen trees, Yingbao followed her cousin back to the base.
Two hours later, there were still people coming down from the cave, but Chen Sanyou and Lin's mother and daughter had already been carried down by the villagers.
Chen Sanyou was supported by his eldest son and sat down next to the Chen clan leader. Lin also came with her two daughters and three servants, but did not go near the Jiang family. Instead, she sat with Chen Sanyou's eldest daughter-in-law.
"Mr. Wen's servants went to the woods to look for mules and horses, but I don't know if they can find them." Jiang Liu sighed.
Old Man Jiang didn't hold out much hope: "It's very likely that we can't find it. There are a lot of bones at the foot of the mountain. They might have been eaten by the bandits a long time ago."
Even if they don't eat them, mules and horses are great for pulling goods and carrying people, so how could the bandits let them go