Don't panic in a famine, I live in the mountains with my golden finger

"Ding, ding, ding" the bell suddenly rang.

Where does the bell sound come from?

Xu Yuan was weeding the vegetable garden early in the morning, Xu Zhi was hanging clothes nearby, and many people were still asleep.

"Sister, the village chief has something to inform you. We have to gather at the village chief's house." Xu Zhi looked at his sister's confused eyes and explained.

"Oh, it's my sister who is confused. I'll leave first. Let Aduo sleep for a while. You stay at home too. I'll go see what's going on." Xu Yuan threw down the weeds, walked out of the vegetable garden, patted the mud stuck on her pants skirt, and walked out of the yard.

……

"What happened? Did anyone know about it in advance? Also, Lao Fan and the others are back." Those who lived closer to the village chief's house took their benches and sat on the open space early to chat.

"Then, where is Mr. Xu? Haven't you found him yet?"

"Found it. It was brought back on a stretcher yesterday. What a pity. It's pitiful that the three children were left behind."

"Oh, fortunately Xuyuan girl is also a capable person. We should visit them more often when we are free in the future and lend a hand if we can. My family has no money, but there are plenty of vegetables growing in the fields, so they will not starve." Aunt Li is usually very generous. She has children of her own. As a parent, she hates to see children suffer.

"No, when did this happen? How come I didn't hear anything about it?" Uncle Wang also heard about it and hurried over to ask, "Isn't Yuan still recovering at Old Gu's house? I just didn't visit her for a few days, and this matter has developed so quickly."

"As for what happened yesterday, I asked about it this morning when I saw Lao Fan. Lao Fan helped bury Lao Xu. Wang Peng, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but you shouldn't ask about it. So as not to bring up other people's sad stories. Let those kids calm down a bit." Aunt Li instructed.

"No, Li Cuixia, I am this kind of old man. If possible, I would like to take Xuyuan girl as my apprentice. That child is very talented and a good candidate for martial arts. Those other children are not bad either, haha, they can inherit my unique martial arts and then carry it forward." Uncle Wang Peng observed and expressed great satisfaction.

Everyone chats about their own things, talking about their own things, gossiping about other people, it's really lively.

Gradually, more and more people came.

When the wishing time came, the large open space in front of the village chief's house was already full of people. Village chief Gu Feng stood on the stone slab under the big tree, waiting for everyone to arrive.

Xu Yuan saw Gu Qinghan and Gu Qingming also standing beside the big tree, but Aunt Xu did not come.

"Okay, everyone is here."

The village chief waved his hand and shouted, "Fellow villagers, we received news of war at the border a few days ago, but it has not been confirmed. Today, the county also issued a notice that it will definitely affect this area, so I solemnly announce it now to give you a shot of prevention."

The crowd became very quiet, listening to the announcement of the village chief. "We plan to leave here and go to the south. We want to go to the south city. The journey is long, so everyone should discuss to go with the main group. We will set off the day after tomorrow. If you have relatives in the south city, you can go there to seek refuge, but one thing is, don't take chances and don't stay here. Okay, that's it, everyone, disperse."

"Village chief, can't we hide in the mountains first and wait until they come and see that there is no one here? Then we can come back." An old man said.

"No, I heard that those bastards would set fire to the village. Staying here is not a long-term solution. There are wars at the border every year. This year, the incident happened suddenly and the troops stationed at the border were caught off guard. In addition, the leader of the army was replaced and the command was not good. A city near the border has already been occupied. We can only hope that the reinforcements will arrive and things will be better. We ordinary people, can't we afford to provoke them or not? "

"You all know what the situation is like in the army. We, the old, weak and sick, can't help."

When Xu Yuan heard these words suddenly, it seemed that his previous guess was correct, they were all people who retired from the battlefield.

No wonder everyone is upright, the village customs are simple, and the villagers are kind and united.

"Yes, we old guys just retired from the battlefield a few years ago. Last year, all the young and strong men in our village who met the requirements went to the army, but there is no news of them going away."

"The battlefield is like a battlefield. Once you've experienced it, you never want it to happen again. Village chief, I listen to you. Before chaos breaks out, we should evacuate quickly. It doesn't matter where you go, but don't stay here."

"What Lao Wang said makes sense. There's no reason to be here making excuses when you have the chance to escape. Let's go, everyone, pack up. Luckily, we just harvested the food last week, and we handed in part of it. There's still some left that can barely hold on."

After everyone finished talking, they began to move around. Suddenly, the number of people in the open space gradually decreased.

"Wish girl, I have a good relationship with your father, and I promised him that I would take care of you if anything happened. Don't worry, your father is gone now. We villagers value unity and will not leave you alone. You and your brother should go with us first, and we will make plans after you settle down in Nancheng."

"Okay, thank you village chief, we'll go home and get ready." Xu Yuan couldn't think of a better way, so he could only think that it would be safest to go with the village chief based on the current situation.

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"Sister," Xu Xuan said incoherently while biting a steamed bun, "Are we leaving? What about our father and mother?" After returning home, Xu Yuan told them the news.

"We'll pack up the mother's tablet, but we haven't made the father's yet. How about this? It's not dark yet. I'll go up the mountain to chop wood for the father's tablet. We don't have much firewood left. We also need to clean up the cart in the utility room and prepare food and other things."

"Xiaozhi, you take your brother home and pack up what can be packed. I'm going to go up the mountain." Xu Yuan felt that there were too many things to do. There were many things that he didn't have at home and he had to prepare them. The money his father left behind was not much, and he certainly couldn't afford to buy food outside. It seemed necessary to make a deal with Xiaojiu.

"Sister, I will go with you. I will take care of Xiaoduo. Don't worry, I will definitely look after him." Xu Zhi was worried about Xu Yuan going up the mountain. After all, he had just recovered from his injury not long ago.

"No, don't worry, I'll go there. It's not far, there, right there," Xu Yuan went out and looked at the small forest on the back mountain. "I'll be back soon. There are a lot of things to do now. We have to do them separately. Be obedient." After Xu Yuan gave the instructions, he picked up the machete and walked towards the mountain.

Xu Zhi also knew that the situation was urgent and that there were many things to prepare. He also knew that the forest was very safe and could be seen from the yard, so he felt relieved and began to pack up things that he would not use for the time being. After all, he would not leave until the day after tomorrow, so he had to save some food for tomorrow and also make some pancakes to take with him.

Many people were small and could not help much, so they could only sit on small stools and help the second sister watch the fire and add firewood.