The younger sister-in-law falsely accused the sickly uncle and ran away with the baby

Chapter 218 A bright future

"Oh my God, what on earth is this place?"

"Everyone, look! Is that a cave in front of us? Oh my god, is this cave formed naturally? It's so huge."

"Look! There's a small lake below! Oh my god! This is simply a fairyland!"

Yu Ruyue came to her senses and stood up quickly. She also saw the huge cave in front of her and the small lake on the other side. There were no trees around this place, but a flat grassland surrounded by mountains. The place where they were was a basin in the middle of the mountain. It was really a paradise on earth and it was not an exaggeration to describe it.

The people following behind also saw the scene in front of them. For a moment, they all forgot their physical fatigue. Some of them ran towards the lake, and some walked towards the cave.

Yu Ruyue was among the group of people walking into the cave. As soon as they reached the entrance of the cave, they cautiously peeked inside.

Yu Ruyue took out a tinder and threw it in. There was no special sound, nor was there any strange little animal.

So everyone lit the tinder again and walked inside bravely.

Only then did they realize that the cave was not as deep as they had imagined, but it was wide enough.

There were also three forked roads inside, with several bats hanging on them. When they went in, the bats flew away one after another. Their chirping was a bit eerie and scary, but fortunately, they came in together, so they were not that scared.

The most common thing on the ground is bat droppings.

So the further you go inside, the smellier it gets, but if this place is cleaned up properly, it may not be uninhabitable.

Yu Ruyue was also tempted. Even if she didn't live in this cave, she could build two wooden houses on the flat grass next to it.

Winter is coming soon and all the animals will hibernate. Living here is better than having your limbs chopped off by Shen Chou and turning you into a human pig.

Moreover, Shen Chou brought his troops here, obviously he had a mission, and it was impossible for him to chase her forever. Even if he completed the mission and came back, he would not have thought that she had settled in the mountains. She must have continued to chase after him with her men. Wouldn't that allow him to survive a little longer?

The more she thought about it, the brighter her eyes became. There was also good news coming from the other side of the lake.

"Ruyue, come and take a look! There are fish in the water, and they are so big!"

"Ah! I caught a rabbit. Why is this rabbit so stupid?"

Yu Ruyue heard the sound and ran out quickly. She saw Shen Jiaojiao taking off her shoes and socks, standing barefoot in the river with her trouser legs rolled up high, holding a rabbit in one hand and a big carp in the other, waving the fish happily towards her.

"Rugetsu! Come here!"

Yu Ruyue quickly ran towards the lake below. When she got closer, she found that the lake was even bigger than she had imagined.

So she quickly gathered people together.

Running over with her were the Shu family, Dr. Shen's family, the limping village chief, and the village chief's wife, who was clutching her injured arm...

Something is wrong, Village Chief. She stretched her neck to look behind the Village Chief.

The village chief touched his nose a little embarrassedly and said, "Well, you don't have to look at it. There are only three of us following us!"

"My other sons thought we two old guys were a burden after we were injured, so they took their things and ran away. My wife and I were worried about Jiaojiao. Ruichen and Jiaojiao are twins from the same mother and have hardly been apart since they were little, so he came along too."

Yu Ruyue was surprised. "What about the villagers? You don't care about them anymore?"

Village Chief Shen chuckled, "I always thought that as the village chief, I would have to shoulder the responsibility of the entire village. I was afraid that the village would be in chaos without me. But after being out for so long, I finally realized that I'm not that important as the village chief. Besides, all of this was their own choice. I didn't stop them from following you!"

Yu Ruyue didn't expect that Village Chief Shen was so open-minded.

On the Shu family's side, there is no annoying second branch, which is good. Everyone is a kind person, and there will be no conflicts when living here in the future!

"Alright! We're all family, so I'll be frank. I don't want to run south anymore. No matter where I go, I can't escape the war. Why don't we build a house here and spend the winter here?"

"Of course, if you want to continue moving forward, I won't stop you."

The Shu family took the lead and said, "We will follow Ruyue! Wherever you go, we will go."

Village Chief Shen also quickly said, "I think this is a good idea. Winter is coming soon, and all the animals are hibernating. When the snow closes the mountain, we will be safer here than down there."

Doctor Shen also nodded, "Well, that's great!"

Yu Ruyue: "Okay! Since you all agreed, let's split up. Haowen, you and my dad and the others, try to erase as much of the traces of our arrival as possible, so that no one can come back through that route."

"Brother! Second brother! Go with Doctor Xiao Shen and have a look around. Are there any herbs or traces of other animals?"

"The rest of you, go cut some trees around the forest. We'll use the cave and the lake as the center, then build a fence around them. Before winter comes, dig a circle of deep pits along the fence and place some pointed wood underneath to make traps. This way, even if wild animals come, we can keep them out for a while."

"Aunt Feng! You, Yanran, and Yuzhu can gather some firewood and cook. Use the rice I brought over and cook more so we can all eat together."

"Aunt Shu, take the sisters-in-law to clean up the cave and see if there's any hay. Put some in there. We'll rest in the cave tonight."

After Yu Ruyue finished speaking, everyone started to act.

She came to the river and took out the filter barrel that she had put into the space during the chaos when no one was paying attention. She placed it by the river, poured some water into it, put another bucket underneath, and began to filter the drinking water.

After all, in this deep mountain, her spiritual spring water couldn't be easily taken out and used. She still remembered the first time she went into the mountain, she only took out a small bowl of spiritual spring water, and it attracted so many snakes. Fortunately, those snakes were not poisonous, and with the timely help of Doctor Xiao Shen, she was able to save her life. Otherwise, the consequences would be disastrous...

Then, she circled the cave again. The cave was connected to a large mountain behind it. The mountain peaks stretched out endlessly, and only their place was flat. On this flat ground, there was just enough space to build a few wooden houses. However, winter was coming soon, and they needed to stock up on firewood...

She looked left and right, thinking about how to make her life better in this deep mountain.

Soon, those who went to collect firewood came back with a pile of branches.

Everyone came over with wooden buckets and saw a bucket of filtered water. They quickly put the wooden buckets in their hands down, then carried the filtered water back to the cave and started to boil drinkable water.

They were almost exhausted from running all the way and had to replenish water quickly.

Seeing this, Yu Ruyue took out a small piece of salt from her bag and threw it in.

"In our case, we need to replenish salt and water together."

"When the fire is ready, call everyone over and have them drink more."