Fleeing from famine! A rough hunter has a fox husband
Chapter 74: Giving Porridge
What Shen Nuo said was true. The people of Yunzhu Village would not give them much help, but they would not stop her from following them either.
Everyone just wants to survive, and he is not a heartless person.
Qin Yan didn't say anything, he just told Qin Liang what happened just now.
"Thank you, thank you so much."
As she said this, she knelt on the ground holding the child and kowtowed to Shen Nuo.
"Hey, hey, what are you doing?"
Shen Nuo wanted to raise his hand to help her up.
"Wow... My husband died two days ago. If I had lost my child too, I wouldn't want to live. It was you who saved us, mother and child."
She hugged the child and started crying. She cried and the child cried too.
The other villagers in Yunzhu Village were silent. Some of them couldn't help but tear up when they thought of their relatives who had died on the way.
It has not been easy along the way, but the life ahead will be even harder.
The young woman who stayed behind just now was named Su Hong, and her child was named Feng Xuan, a little boy.
Qin Liang asked them to follow behind, and the young and middle-aged people in the village would watch the situation around them and be ready to help at any time.
Su Hong was very grateful and followed the team without making any noise.
Qin Liang didn't get any useful information from other people in the end. In the end, it was Su Hong who told them.
"A few days ago, the city said that there might be free porridge in the next few days, so they won't tell you."
"So that's how it is. No wonder these people have been waiting here."
Lin Yuanshan couldn't help but frown as he looked at the increasing number of disaster victims around him.
Now they couldn't get into the city, so they could only find a place to rest at the city gate like other victims.
The sky gradually darkened.
Because of the locusts that passed through during the day, there was no weeds on the ground and almost no leaves on the trees.
Now only bare trunks and almost withered branches remain.
The surrounding trees, illuminated by the moonlight, looked like ferocious monsters with bared fangs and claws.
Many disaster victims were guarding near the city gate, so Qin Liang led the villagers of Yunzhu Village to the woods to set up camp.
Qin Yan and Shen Nuo still set up a small tent at the outermost edge, not far from other villagers.
Now, they all chose not to cook, not only because of the lack of water, but most importantly, they could not take out food openly.
There are too many victims here. It would be bad if they surrounded us and robbed us.
Even Shen Nuo and Qin Yan only took out food to eat in the tent.
Shen Nuo exchanged a few meat buns in the space and shared them with Qin Yan.
Qin Yan did not refuse. Since Shen Nuo gave it to him, he ate it without asking any further questions.
Everything was quiet at night, nothing was happening, except for the occasional cries of women and boys coming from the victims' side.
Perhaps some people took advantage of the chaos to steal something, Qin Liang looked over there.
Turning to Qin Yue, he said:
"As long as they don't come over here, it'll be fine. If anyone dares to come over here, just ring the gong."
There are few people in their village, but they are not afraid of trouble. If anyone dares to make trouble, they will fight with all their might.
After arranging people to keep watch all night, everyone went to bed peacefully.
No one came to disturb us until the next morning.
But there was movement at the city gate. The heavy gate was pushed open by the soldiers, and a team of soldiers with swords in their hands walked out.
The disaster victims immediately gathered around, blocking the city gate so tightly that if the people of Yunzhu Village had not stood high up, they would not have been able to see that there were soldiers coming out from the other side.
What they didn't expect was that the city's prefect also appeared at the city gate.
The middle-aged man in the official robe looked fat and bloated, and it was obvious that he was living a good life.
When everyone saw that the person coming out was a man in an official robe, they subconsciously felt a sense of fear and gradually quieted down.
The others who were far away couldn't hear what the prefect was saying at all, and could only wait for the reaction of the person in front of them.
Soon, the crowd in front started to make a noise, and everyone was so excited that they almost jumped up.
Just when Shen Nuo wanted to ask other people, he saw more soldiers coming out of the city.
They were holding several large iron pots and materials for building a stove.
Everyone cheered, as if they had already imagined the feeling of eating food.
Soon, the officers and soldiers set up the big iron pot in front and lit the fire.
Someone in front organized a queue for porridge, and the victims rushed to line up.
It’s just that the situation was not so chaotic only because there were soldiers in charge in the front, while the troops at the back were in a mess.
"Ayan, are we going to get the porridge too?"
Shen Nuo didn't want to go because there were too many people.
Thousands of people were waiting for those few pots of rice soup, but it was obviously not enough.
I saw people pushing and crowding each other. Some were even pushed to the ground, unable to get up, and were trampled to death by other victims.
"Let's not go. There are too many people here, and they won't notice this place."
Qin Yan didn't want to take Shen Nuo into danger. It was just a bowl of porridge and he still had food left.
The other villagers didn't dare to go either, for fear that they would be pushed to the ground and trampled.
"The city gates are open. When can we enter the city?"
Someone asked the key question.
Qin Liang also kept his eyes on the city gate.
However, porridge was always distributed at the city gate. After a whole day, there were still many people queuing up to get porridge.
However, as it gradually darkened, the officers and soldiers returned to the city with their belongings.
The last ones to go back were the officers and soldiers with swords, and no one dared to rush over.
All they could do was watch the city gates being closed again.
Obviously, Jincheng does not want to accept these disaster victims.
After realizing this, Qin Liang immediately called Lin Yuanshan and others to talk.
"Now, we can't get into the city."
"It looks like no one will be allowed in during this period of time. It looks like we have to go around it."
Lin Yuanshan frowned. He had thought that once he arrived in Jincheng, even if he couldn't settle down here, he could at least get some food.
It seems that it is no longer possible now. The officials in Jincheng will never let the victims in.
"Ugh."
The villagers nearby couldn't help but sigh.
They continued talking about the next route they would take. Staying here was not a solution, and they did not want to risk their lives to grab the bowl of rice soup.
After much thought, I decided to set off the next day and continue to the next city.
But the direction must be south, as long as water and food can be found.
Everyone had no objection and went back to rest.
The victims in front were no longer as noisy as they were when they were receiving porridge during the day.
Instead, it became quiet again, and some people probably wanted to leave.
Shen Nuo followed Qin Yan back to the tent and suddenly felt something was wrong.
He saw on the system panel that there were several purple spots of light around their tent.
But it didn't move.
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