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

"Ms. Huang, I was just joking, why did you take it so seriously? We are going south with the village."

After Lin Chaohui's counseling last night, Lin Qiutao finally understood and stopped flattering Huang Yinyin.

"You, you are trying to make fun of me."

Huang Yinyin was so angry that her chest heaved violently. She raised her hand to slap Lin Qiutao, but Lin Chaohui stopped her hand.

The surrounding villagers turned their heads and looked in their direction.

Lin Chaohui took advantage of the situation and said loudly, "Miss Huang, my sister is not your servant, please don't shout and kill here."

Upon hearing this, the villagers immediately began to whisper to each other.

"This person is a lady, and she even tried to act like a lady on the way to escape."

"Tsk tsk, you hit me when you don't agree with me."

"You are so young, but you have such a bad temper."

When had Huang Yinyin ever suffered such a loss? She threw away her sleeves, covered her face and ran back to her camp.

"Yin Yin, what's wrong?" Mrs. Ge was angry when she saw her daughter sitting there in silence.

Huang Yinyin wiped away her tears of grievance, her eyes full of resentment.

"Mom, when we get to uncle's place, I'm going to make them all kneel on the ground and beg me."

Huang Chengwen looked at the ugly scar on his hand with a distorted expression.

"Humph, now you know how it feels to be bullied by a dog when you are in dire straits."

"Shut up, everyone!"

Huang Guichang growled. He was in a hurry to travel every day for fear of falling behind. He had to hold on with one breath to wait for a turn. These ignorant kids actually had the energy to bicker and sulk. It really made him angry.

Gudao County is geographically remote and surrounded by mountains on all sides. The entire county is notoriously poor in the state capital.

Poor mountains and bad waters breed unruly people. The bandits in the mountains of Gudao County are rampant. This is known to the entire state and even the Great Yan Kingdom.

Therefore, when the refugees saw the road sign to Gudao County at the intersection, they all took a detour.

This morning, under the leadership of the Yun family, the team turned onto a small road heading towards Gudao County.

Leaving the spacious official road, the small road could only barely accommodate a carriage, and no refugees were seen on the road.

Lin Yinan relieving himself on a hillside not far away, and the sharp-eyed Qian Wu pointed at the hillside and exclaimed, "Girl, look, there's someone there."

Looking in the direction she pointed, I saw three men carrying firewood coming down a path on the mountain.

They also heard Qianwu's exclamation, stopped, and looked at Lin Yinan and the others from a distance.

When they saw a large group of people resting at the foot of the mountain, they were so scared that they turned around and ran up the mountain.

Lin Yinan still wanted to ask them about the situation in the county, but it seems that there is no hope.

Back at the camp, Old Lady Zhao distributed wild vegetable pancakes to everyone. Qianxia only took one, tore it in half and shared it with Qianwu.

Old Mrs. Zhao stuffed another one into their mouths and said, "Take it. How can you travel without eating enough? If you get hungry and sick, you'll have to spend money to see a doctor."

Qianxia took it silently. After a short period of contact, she knew that Mrs. Zhao had a sharp tongue but a soft heart, and was a very soft-hearted person.

After traveling such a long distance, the two sisters had been walking all the time. Lin Yinan asked them to take turns to rest, but they refused.

Lin Yinan took out two pieces of dried meat from his bag and said, "Eat this meat. We have to travel in the afternoon."

"Girl, just the cakes are enough for us." Qianxia was touched by the girl's kindness to them.

"Take it, or grandma will scold me again if she sees it later."

Qianxia had no choice but to accept it. Qianwu stared at the dried meat and swallowed her saliva unwillingly. She originally wanted to put it away, but Qianxia made up her mind and gave her a piece.

She couldn't bear to eat the remaining piece, so she put it in her personal bag.

After resting for quarter of an hour, the team set off again.

The further we went, the more bare the surrounding woods and hillsides became, and even dry weeds were rarely seen.

Based on experience, Lin Yinan knew that there should be a village ahead.

As the road winds down, you can see a small village built on the mountain.

The village is not big, and it is full of low thatched houses.

"Look! There are people in the village ahead!" someone shouted.

Everyone looked towards the village at the same time.

I saw a fence made of branches, sticks and thorns at the entrance of the village.

A group of villagers, who were pale and skinny, dressed in rags, and not much better than them, stood there with hoes and carrying poles, staring at them ferociously.

It seems like I will fight you to the death if you dare to break into the village.

The team was getting closer and closer. Seeing the murderous Yun family guards, the villagers on the other side hurriedly shouted to stop them.

"Stop! Outsiders are not allowed to enter the village. Please leave by a detour."

The team slowly stopped. Yun Mo, riding on his horse, looked down at the villagers. Although they were very scared, they did not flinch at all.

He was about to speak when the village chief walked out of the team.

The village chief took two steps forward and bowed. "I am the village chief of Linjia Village in Renping City. We are just passing through your village on the way to Gudao County. We are not entering the village. If we have disturbed you, please forgive us."

After saying this, he was afraid that the other party would not believe him, so he took out the household registration from his pocket and said, "This is my household registration."

The villagers of Chengjiagou looked at each other, and finally looked at the village chief. The village chief in front of them spoke in a very literary way, and they did not understand a lot of it, so they hoped that he would come out to take charge of the situation.

The village chief was overwhelmed but had to step forward. He took the household registration form of Village Chief Lin and took a look at it.

He could only recognize a few words, but he could still recognize the seals on the household registration.

The household registration is real, and the person in front of me should not be lying.

Village Chief Cheng returned the household registration to Village Chief Lin and said, "Excuse me, we are Chengjiagou here, and everyone in the village has the surname Cheng. Right now, things are not peaceful everywhere, so it's better to be cautious. We are also doing this for the sake of our family members."

Village Chief Lin, "I understand. Our ancestral temple in Linjia Village was burned down by the barbarians. We can only go south to find a way to survive."

This group of villagers who had left their homes did not look like robbers, so Village Chief Cheng felt relieved and started talking immediately.

"Alas, we can hardly survive here. This year, there is a severe drought and the harvest from the fields is less than 30% of previous years. We are relying on the little water flowing down from the mountains to keep our crops going."

Village Chief Lin nodded repeatedly, "Brother, you are much better than us."

Many people chose to flee southwards. Village Chief Cheng couldn't help but ask, "Is there a way to survive in the south?"

The village elder Lin burst into tears, "Who wants to leave? But the government won't make room for us. When we get old, we have to die in a foreign land."

The people of Chengjiagou were collectively silent. They were now living on grass roots mixed with wild vegetables and bran. Who knew how long they could last? The village chief had said that if the year was not good next year, they would also have to flee south.

Village chief Lin glanced at the pale-faced villagers in Chengjiagou and gave a kind reminder.

"Brother, I'm telling you guys to make plans early."

Village Chief Cheng knew that the other party was telling the truth, so he softened his heart and advised, "You may not be able to enter Gudao County. The county magistrate has already ordered the city gates to be closed."

"Don't worry, we won't go into the city. We'll meet up with our relatives outside the city and then head south."