latelenovela Chapter 444 The Call 2
Chapter 444 The Call 2
Grandpa Zhao smiled and didn't respond.
At this time, the couple waited until the children fell asleep and chatted in the room about the news Yunhua brought back today.
Xu Han was the first to speak, "I don't know when this war will end. Now it has come to us. I just hope that our family can get through this safely."
Lu Chuan pinched Xu Han's shoulders and said, "Don't worry! We are far away from the county town, and the enemy troops can't find us. But it will be hard for the people around the county town."
Children who grew up under the red flag had never seen such a scene. When it really came to this, they couldn't help but feel a little scared.
Xu Han held Lu Chuan's hand and asked seriously, "If we are really discovered, what should we do?"
Lu Chuanhui held Xu Han's hand and assured her, "No, I will go out for inspections frequently in the future. If I find anything wrong, I will take you and the child away from here immediately. Let's go deep into the mountains and walk far away."
After thinking for a moment, he continued, "Do you remember the valley we found before the drought? We will hide there when the time comes. It is secluded and no one else can find us."
Xu Han also remembered at this time that she had thought of using the valley as a retreat route during the previous natural disaster, but she never used it. As time went by, she gradually forgot about the existence of the valley.
"Then I will pack up the valuables at home in the next few days and put them all in the space, as well as food and edibles. I will fill the space completely and only leave some daily necessities and a small amount of food outside. This way, if something happens, we won't be in too much trouble."
Lu Chuan actually wanted to say that there was no need and he would not let this happen.
But then I thought again that this was indeed a good thing. Apart from being a little tired, there didn't seem to be anything wrong with it, so I nodded and agreed.
Xu Han had a goal and a task, so she didn't say much and immediately prepared to go to bed.
If it wasn't so dark and late at this time, making it inconvenient to do anything, Xu Han would have probably gone to pack up immediately.
Xu Han, who was lying on the bed, didn't really fall asleep either. She took this opportunity to tidy up the space so that she could put things in it tomorrow.
Now, apart from some grain and meat, there is not much left in the space. After a winter, the vegetables stored last year have been mostly eaten, and this year's vegetables have not yet started to bear fruit, so there is a lot of space now.
There are also a lot of potatoes and sweet potatoes in the cellar. These grains are also very important and must be sorted out tomorrow.
He fell asleep while thinking. Lu Chuan looked down at his wife and saw that her breathing was even, so he knew that she was indeed asleep.
Lu Chuan hugged her in his arms and secretly vowed to protect Xu Han.
The next day, Xu Han started to pack her things as expected. Apart from packing her things, everyone else acted as if nothing had happened.
Everyone went about their business as usual and was not affected by this incident at all.
It’s not good to think too much. Since you can’t change anything, you might as well live in the present.
Everyone continued to work as usual, and Lu Chuan and the Taoist priest did not take much action for the time being.
After two or three days, Lu Chuan estimated that the army should have arrived, so he suggested going down the mountain to take a look.
Seeing this, the Taoist priest followed them. The two of them still went there by rowing the boat. This way they would go faster, but no one would be stupid enough to row the boat directly to the destination. At most they would row the boat halfway.
The two of them had to walk the rest of the way to avoid alerting the enemy.
After Lu Chuan and the Taoist priest went down the mountain, they did not find any trace of the enemy. They thought that they had just captured the city and were celebrating, and had not had the opportunity to take further action.
Seeing this, the two of them began to walk back, planning to come back and take a look after some time.
Half a month later, the two men went down the mountain again and indeed found the enemy. As luck would have it, they were stationed near the official road coming down from the mountain.
This place is neither too far nor too close to the county town, so it is the perfect place for the enemy to station.
The Taoist priest said to Lu Chuan, "You stay here, I will go and check out the situation."
Lu Chuan immediately grabbed the Taoist priest's arm and disagreed, "No, it's too dangerous, Master, you can't go."
"Let go, I'll just go take a look, it's nothing to do."
Lu Chuan insisted not to let him go, "No, you can't go in broad daylight. It's easy to be discovered."
But unfortunately, Lu Chuan's fighting power is lower than that of the Taoist priest, so the Taoist priest can beat Lu Chuan directly and leave him without any chance to fight back.
In the end, Lu Chuan couldn't hold back and could only watch his master leave and head towards the army not far away.
But I didn't know how to perform Qinggong, so I could only wait anxiously for an hour (two hours), and the Taoist priest finally came back.
After Lu Chuan saw who was coming, he breathed a sigh of relief. Phew, he's finally back.
"How is it? Master, are you okay?"
"It's okay, let's go."
Lu Chuan wanted to ask something else, but the Taoist priest waved his hand and signaled him to go back and talk.
After arriving home, Xu Han and Grandpa Zhao quickly surrounded them and began to ask about their situation.
The Taoist priest drank a glass of water and slowly said, "It's nothing. We saw the place where the enemy was stationed today. It was at the exit where we went down the mountain. I went in to investigate and there was nothing unusual.
There are no signs of them being here. I guess they don’t plan to search the mountain. Otherwise, they would have searched it long ago after such a long time.”
Lu Chuan continued, "From the surrounding environment, we can guess that the two sides have not officially started fighting yet, and the enemy should have just arrived here not long ago."
Grandpa Zhao said, "The enemy is chasing us very quickly. The war should be coming soon."
Xu Han has slowly become numb to this matter. Being afraid is useless, so it is better to relax. "Hey, wait, they can't hit us anyway."
The Taoist priest smiled and tapped Xu Han's forehead. "Girl, you finally figured it out."
Xu touched his forehead which was hurt by the bullet and said with a pout, "There is no way to think it through. I have been nervous for half a month and nothing happened. If I continue like this, I will be tortured to death by myself before they find us. It is better to give up."
Grandpa Zhao laughed and said, "Hahahaha, that's good. We were worried that you would be upset!"
Finally, the Taoist priest spoke directly, "Okay, do what you need to do from now on. Just remember to call for help when you go out, and don't run around when you are alone. Don't worry, we are safe here."
Xu Han did not refute but nodded in agreement.
Just like this, about ten days passed. When Lu Chuan and the Taoist priest went down again, they found that the place where the enemy was stationed was unusually lively. The Taoist priest took a closer look and realized that the enemy should have just finished a battle and was busy bandaging the soldiers to save their lives.
Later, I learned from the letter sent back by Yunhua that in the first confrontation between the two sides, it was actually our army that took the initiative to attack.