Through the troubled times and famine, I just want to farm peacefully

Su Gui, Su Yuan, Ruyi and Jixiang were guarding outside.

Su Kunliang glanced at the five children surrounding the couple, and finally his eyes fell on Su Yunzhi.

"Yunzhi, tell your mother why your father did this."

Seeing his mother's eyes turn red with anger, Su Yunzhi said softly, "Mom, we brothers alone can't keep all this food."

"Aren't there still Su Gui and Su Yuan?"

Zhu Jinhui felt so angry when she thought about having to give out ten kilograms of food every day.

Looking at his once gentle and generous wife, now she has even disregarded her dignity and kindness for ten kilograms of food.

Su Kunliang did not blame his wife, he only hated this chaotic and cannibalistic world.

Su Yunzhi patiently explained to his mother, "We are not familiar with the people in Linjia Village. We followed them all the way because Anan and I are related by marriage. We hired the villagers so that they could take care of us on the way."

"But this is too much, especially for my in-laws. Isn't it our duty to help?" Zhu Jinhui softened and muttered.

Seeing his wife being persuaded by his son, Su Kunliang said, "Think about the Huang family's affairs. Leave some space for them so that we can meet again in the future. The more difficult the time, the more we should lend a hand."

The father and son said so much that Su Yunru couldn't bear to watch it anymore and helped to persuade them, "Mom, have we ever suffered a big loss since we followed the Lin family?"

"Not really." Zhu Jinhui answered straightforwardly. Not only that, but when she learned that her husband was also the teacher of several children in the village, she respected her very much.

Thinking of this, Zhu Jinhui felt that since her husband and children thought it was the right thing to do, she would not object any more.

After resting for another quarter of an hour after the meal, the village chief urged everyone to pack up and continue on their journey.

Every household in Linjia Village exchanged a lot of food, and the livestock were hung with packages of various sizes.

Huang Guichang's family who were following behind were extremely jealous. They thought that when he was a soldier in the city, there were countless people who wanted to curry favor with him.

It’s different in the past.

Huang Guichang recalled the past, and then had to walk faster to catch up with the team in front, for fear of being left behind.

They were the last team staying here, and no one was following them.

Walking up the mountain road, the woods on both sides have been destroyed by the refugees. Many trees have been stripped of their bark, and the originally lush leaves have become dull. The grass has dried and the leaves have fallen, gradually withering and losing its vitality.

The deeper you go into the forest, the more likely you are to encounter one or two refugees who have been hiding in the forest and are looking for food.

Seeing such a large team, he was frightened like a frightened bird and disappeared in a flash.

The village chief even asked the villagers to be vigilant to prevent robbery by hiding bandits and vagrants.

Near dusk, with the help of Yun Qi, the village chief found a flat area with water and allowed everyone to spend the night there.

The water source is a small pool formed by flowing down from the top of the mountain. It is not big and the water is clear.

The village chief first asked everyone to fetch water for cooking, and finally allowed each family to bring their livestock to drink.

After the animals have finished drinking, it is the turn of the young boys in the village to clean them with their bare chests.

Lin Yinan inspected the area around the pond. She pushed aside the dense grass and found a row of deep footprints.

"Miss Lin, what are you looking at?"

Yun Er's voice came from a nearby tree.

Lin Yinan didn't even turn his head and continued to stare at the footprints on the ground. "There are footprints here. I think they came all the way from the forest."

"Wasn't it stepped on by the villagers?"

"No." Lin Yinan was sure.

A gust of wind blew by, and Yun Er flew down, landed beside her, and squatted down to take a closer look.

Yun Er stood up and said, "I'll go get someone."

A moment later, Yun Er came over with Yun Mo and the man on duty in the village.

After repeated checks, they found that the footprints were left by someone coming here to fetch water.

Not knowing the number of people on the other side, Yun Mo quickly arranged for his men to ambush at the edge of the forest, ready to wait for the enemy to attack.

The little boys who were playing in the pool and wanted to stay to watch were all pulled back by their parents by twisting their ears.

Lin Yinan climbed up the largest tree and half-lay on a branch with his eyes closed to rest.

Yun Mo, who was sitting on the tree next to her, looked towards her from time to time, afraid that she would really fall asleep and fall off the tree.

When the last ray of light was still visible in the sky, the sharp-eyed and sharp-eared Lin Yinan suddenly opened her eyes. She gestured to Yun Mo, indicating that there was movement in the forest.

Soon, five men carrying wooden barrels on their shoulders came out of the forest.

Yun Er and his men quickly surrounded the group. The five men were frightened by the shaking swords and turned pale. They knelt down and begged for mercy.

"Heroes, spare their lives! Heroes, spare their lives!"

"What are you doing here?"

"There's a pool of water out front, we're just here to get some water."

"Who are you?"

"We are from a nearby village. We heard that the Hu people were coming to attack us, so we fled to the mountains to seek refuge."

"How many of you are there?"

When the five men heard that this group of thieves wanted to catch them all in one fell swoop, they kowtowed and begged for mercy.

"Please spare us! We are ordinary civilians. It is a drought this year and there is no harvest from the fields."

Yun Er patiently asked, "I'm asking you how many people have escaped to the mountain?"

The men looked at each other, and finally gritted their teeth and said, "There are more than 60 people in our five families."

"really?"

“Everything we said was true.”

The man did not lie. The five families were the poorest in the village. There were a lot of old and young people, women and children in the house. They had no food or money, and they would die if they went out.

After the five families discussed it, they decided to take refuge in the mountains with their entire families.

We can still dig up some edible wild vegetables in the mountains, so we won’t starve to death.

They believed that the 100,000 troops of the Southern General would be able to drive the Hu people away. As long as the Hu people were driven away, they could return to the village to farm.

After Yun Er and the others finished their interrogation, Yun Mo asked them to get some water and leave quickly.

The five people were so frightened that they didn't even dare to get water. They just ran away with the empty buckets, fearing that they would lose their lives if they were too late.

Yun Qi followed quietly.

They came back soon to confirm that the five men had not lied.

Yun Mo did not dare to be careless when resting at night, and asked the people on duty to be extra alert just in case.

The forest was not big. Lin Yinan and his companions walked in the mountains for another day and finally got down the mountain when night fell.

Everyone saw a village at the foot of the mountain from afar.

The village chief sent people and the Yun family guards to investigate and found out that the village was deserted.

Yun Mo suggested resting in the village for one night and setting off again tomorrow morning. Both the village chief and the clan leader had no objection.

This was the first time that Lin Yinan had seen this world village after such a long time.

The village is not big, and all the houses are low and cramped thatched houses. The large blue brick and tiled houses mentioned in novels do not exist here.

Looking around, the most imposing building is just a stone house with a thatched roof.

Many houses collapsed, and it was unclear whether they collapsed immediately or were pushed down by passing refugees.

Lin Yinan couldn't imagine how people could live in such a low and cramped thatched house.

Standing in front of a thatched hut, she was less than 1.7 meters tall and couldn't even straighten her back inside.

Lin Yinan was still staring at the thatched hut in a daze. Yun Mo thought she had discovered something, so he leaned in and whispered, "We've been targeted by refugees. I'm afraid it won't be peaceful tonight."