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

After a whole night of perseverance, dawn finally arrived.

Xu Yuan woke up his younger siblings and came out of the cellar, but there was no one in the room.

The three siblings washed and tidied themselves up. Xu Yuan cooked some white porridge and ate it with pickles and bread.

When I opened the gate, I found a mess outside and a bloodstain on the ground.

Xu Yuan really wanted to know what the situation in the village was like, so he took Xu Zhiduo around to look around.

Xuyuan's home is at the end of the village, close to the mountain. Therefore, there are not many houses around. You have to walk for more than ten minutes to see the house. The first thing you see is a dilapidated door, and no one is inside.

If they wanted to get more detailed information, they had to go to the village chief's house, so he carried Xu Zhi and walked towards the village entrance.

"Sister, what happened last night? All the houses collapsed. I'm scared." Many little hands hugged Xuyuan's neck tightly. As they walked along, they saw that several houses were destroyed and no one was there.

"It's okay. The village chief has sent people to protect us. The bad guys have been driven away."

"Oh, Xuyuan, you are here. I was just about to call you. Come, let's go to the village chief's house. We have something to discuss." Li Cuixia was just about to go to Xuyuan's house. Unexpectedly, she met Xu Zhi halfway. She enthusiastically took Xu Zhi's hand and chatted while walking.

"Is there any damage to your house?"

"No, we have Uncle Zhu, Uncle Liu, and Gu Qinghan here, so we are fine."

"That's good. You don't know that a family in the west of the village suffered a disaster. Their house was burned down. Fortunately, the man reacted in time and drove away the criminals. The woman and children hid in the cellar under the house built in the vegetable garden and escaped."

"The houses of several families in the village were destroyed."

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As we chatted, we arrived at the village chief's house.

Everyone gathered in this open space again.

"Everyone, we can't delay any longer. I sent someone to inquire about the news in the neighboring village yesterday, and the result was disappointing."

"There's no one left in that village. Those who have fled have all left, and those who are left are all gone. It's really tragic. The houses are even worse than those in our village."

When everyone heard this, they became even more anxious.

"To be honest, I really don't want to run around. At worst, I'll fight if they come. If I can't win, that's it. I've had enough of living anyway." Old Liu, who lives by the river at the west end of the village, with a limp, suddenly spoke while sitting under a big tree.

When he was young, Old Liu went to the battlefield and survived many dangers. He finally came back alive. But his wife ran away, leaving his child with his mother. His mother passed away two years ago, leaving behind a child, but unfortunately the child died young due to illness and improper treatment.

Old Liu once wanted to follow him and lived a muddle-headed life. But the good times didn’t last long. Suddenly one day, an abandoned baby was brought back from outside, a girl. From then on, life began to have hope. The year his mother passed away, the adopted daughter also married and moved to the county town. Her husband’s family was in business, and the business was doing well, so the family moved out of the county town and moved to the north city. They lived a good life, so Old Liu’s life was complete and he had no regrets.

"What nonsense are you talking about, Lao Liu? We old friends are not worth your nostalgia. We can still walk and look around. Maybe South City is better than here."

Lao Zhang tried to persuade him, and insisted that he would drag Lao Liu away even if he insisted. He said, "If you don't leave, I won't leave either. Let's wait together for someone to come." He would not give up until Lao Liu gave in.

"What should we do? We haven't prepared anything. Are there any shops open in the county? We want to buy some more food for the journey."

"It's gone. The county town is empty. I went to see it yesterday. It was an empty town!"

"There's nothing we can do now. Are we just going to set off like this? Village chief, do you have a route planned? Where should we go to avoid those damn criminals?"

Everyone was talking about it.

The village chief waved his hand, "Everyone, go back and pack up your things. We can't delay any longer. If those bad guys don't get any benefits, they will probably come back again. Now it's settled. We will set out at 3:00 pm and gather at the door of Xuyuan's house. We will walk from that path to the fork in the road and then walk west. There is a big cave over there. We will rest there tonight. I have seen the map. We will take a shortcut for a while and then take the main road straight to the south city. It will take about two weeks to walk to the destination. Meeting adjourned!"

Xu Yuan got the accurate information and was about to leave when Xu Qing stopped him and said, "Xiao Yuan, the village chief told you that you should come with us later so that we can take care of you on the road." Xu Yuan nodded. There was nothing he could do as the two kids were too obvious a target, so it was better for him to keep a low profile.

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Everyone was pulling their own carts. There were a few families using livestock to drive their carts, mostly donkeys. The only family with cattle was the Zhang family at the east end of the village. Most of the families who raised chickens and ducks in the village also brought their chickens, ducks and geese. People from the east and west of the village chatted with each other and walked towards the end of the village.

Xu Yuan pointed at the luggage that Xu Zhi had packed, looked at the pile of things on the cart, and looked at the empty house...

Good guy, he didn't even put down the firewood stick at home. Fortunately, we had a stone table at home, so we couldn't move it...

Xuyuan cleaned the things on the cart again and threw away everything that was not needed.

"Hey, sister, don't throw away the fire stick. I've finally found such a straight and convenient stick. If it's in the way, I'll hold it." Xu Zhi saw that the fire stick she had carefully selected for so long was thrown away, so she hurriedly picked it up and tied it with the rope and put it around her waist.

It's true, the stick is straight. I wish I could see another stick.

After a while, he finished packing and walked out.

"Hey, this is Xuyuan and Xuzhi. Why are they dressed like this? Xiaozhi, why are you holding a fire stick? Your clothes are black. Xiaoyuan, can you pull that arrow? It's too dangerous for a girl to hold it." Aunt Wang saw the two sisters dressed as men, the arrow, and the fire stick on Xuzhi's waist.

Xu Yuan was still carrying the arrow left by his father on his back and pulling the cart. Xu Zhi was helping to push the cart from behind and making a sound at the same time.

"It's more convenient to go out, just pretend."

"The fire stick looks so good, I can't bear to throw it away."

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There is no way. There is no space for the built-in golden finger. There are not many opportunities to use Xiaojiu now. Everything depends on myself. What I will experience on the road, Xuyuan, who has lived in the end times, knows it.

Seeing the huge pile of stuff, pots, pans, chickens, ducks, geese and dogs, fortunately there were donkeys to pull carts, and the vegetables in the vegetable garden were not left out, even with the mud on them, and they were all picked. Those who didn't have donkey carts had to push their own carts, and the chickens, ducks and geese were placed in bamboo cages and carried on their backs.

Wishing for silence...

If I had raised chickens at home, they would not have survived to the point where they could be carried around by people.

I looked around but didn't see anyone familiar. Uncle Wang Peng and Aunt Li hadn't arrived yet, and neither had the village chief and his family.

Everyone was still discussing how to get to the south city with enough food. Fortunately, the county government of the south city had foresight and realized that they should build roads before getting rich, so the problem of the distance was solved. They didn't have to walk around for months to get to the south city.

"Okay, if everyone is here, let's go." The village chief and his family came over with a bullock cart, which also had a lot of things on it. Gu Qinghan also pulled a small cart.

"Uncle Wang and Old Fan, you two should stay in the back. The women, children and the elderly should stay in the middle. The young and middle-aged people should spread out and everyone should take good care of their own children."

"Brother Ado, there's an empty seat here. Let's sit together. Can Sister Make a Wish?"

When Gu Qingming arrived here, he immediately came to Xuanyu and asked Xuyuan. After getting Xuyuan's consent, he pulled Xuanyu and sat on the cart pulled by Gu Qinghan.

Many people looked at Gu Qinghan who was pushing the cart in front and said thank you in a low voice.

Gu Qinghan was very surprised. He usually interacted with this younger brother of the Xu family a lot. After all, he was recognized as his younger brother. Every time he saw him, he would nod slightly, but this was the first time he heard Xu talking to him.

Many people actually felt a little scared when looking at Gu Qinghan. Every time they saw this handsome brother, they felt a little bit discouraged. I really don't know why. Maybe I have never talked to a man as old as my elder sister, although I am also afraid of my elder sister.

But now Xu also knows that there are no adults at home, and he cannot drag his sister down. After all, he can't do anything and can only be obedient.

Xu Yuan pushed his own cart to the middle of the team and followed behind Gu Qinghan, with Xu Zhi walking silently beside him.

When preparing to go up the mountain, everyone stopped and looked back at the small village.

"Alas, after this farewell, I don't know when I will return."

"Mother, I can't bear to leave."

"Alas, not to mention you, my mother is reluctant to leave either."

"Biyun's mother, forget it. Let's go. If it weren't for our lives, why would we have to move the whole village like this?"

"Let's go, hey."

Xu Yuan silently looked at Qingshan Village where he had stayed since he traveled across time and his home in Qingshan Village, although he had only stayed there for a few days. He also looked at his parents, and although he had taken their tablets with him, he would definitely come here to pay homage when he was settled and safe here. This was the village where his parents had lived for so long, and it preserved their beautiful memories. Xu Yuan did not want to destroy it, so he let them rest here forever.

Goodbye, Qingshan Village, see you again if we are lucky.

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