Surviving the famine: I made my fortune by helping others

"Miss Ye, are you planning to buy a lot of things? Why did you bring so many people?"

Lian Yunshan looked curiously at the burly men following Wang Chengde. There were as many as thirty or forty of them.

Add to that the twenty-odd people on their side, this is too many.

"Chatty."

Lian Yunxi gave him a cold look.

Lian Yunshan shut his mouth silently. The village chief was really something. He didn't even allow him to ask questions.

"We just got here, and there really isn't much left. If the price is right, we'll buy more."

Ye Chuyi didn't care and casually stated the reason.

It wasn't really a lie because that was what she really thought.

If there is any danger, these people will be the thugs. If there is no danger, these people will not go in vain, because they will all be good at carrying things.

"Then let's go."

After Lian Yunxi finished speaking, he walked out first, but the direction he left was not the direction they came in.

Lian Yunshan seemed to see the new guest's doubts, and he consciously moved closer to Ye Chuyi and began to talk.

"The direction we are leaving the village is not the main road, and the merchant caravans don't go there. If we go out from there, we will have to take a long detour, which will waste a lot of time."

"Then this is?"

Ye Chuyi looked curiously in the direction Lian Yunxi was walking, which seemed to be the direction into the mountains.

"There is a secret passage here. It was opened by our village chief with great difficulty. He never tells others about it easily. You are the first person who knows this secret passage besides the people in our village."

Lian Yunshan said, puffing out his chest proudly, "Our village chief is very capable. He can always help us get suitable food from the merchants. As long as you follow our village chief, you will definitely not suffer any loss."

"Your village chief is really amazing."

Ye Chuyi followed his meaning and made a compliment.

Lian Yunshan immediately puffed out his chest, as if asking you to continue praising him.

Ye Chuyi really didn't want to deal with it, and winked at Du Jiayi beside him.

Du Jiayi understood immediately and clung to Lian Yunshan's shoulders like brothers. "Brother, your group is really amazing. Why don't you tell me the story of your village chief and I will tell you about our young lady's deeds. What do you think?"

"Of course that's fine. Let me tell you, our village chief..."

The two of them started talking directly, like brothers who had been separated for many years.

The others just looked at them and smiled, then ignored them.

I originally thought that this was the only one, but who would have thought that I would meet another one with such a personality. It turns out that they are the only ones who don’t think that they are noisy.

Lian Yunxi's speed was not slow, and although he did not deliberately take people on a detour, he still made Ye Chuyi dizzy on the winding mountain road.

Sometimes it goes up, sometimes it goes down, sometimes it goes left, sometimes it goes right, and sometimes she even feels like it will fold back twice.

"Do you remember it?"

Looking at Wang Chengde who was hurrying on his way with a serious look on his face, Ye Chuyi suddenly asked a question.

Wang Chengde suddenly stopped and scratched his head in embarrassment, "Miss, this road is too complicated. I really can't remember it. How about we go and ask the village chief Lian?"

"Forget it, forget it. I just asked casually. If you can't remember it, then forget it. Anyway, the village chief is leading the way."

Ye Chuyi didn't care much. Even if the village chief was not there to lead the way, she still had the system, a cheating tool. It was still easy for her to find a way.

When they set out, the sun had just risen. By the time they walked out of the forest and onto the road, the sun was almost directly overhead.

Before they knew it, they had been in the woods for the entire morning.

To be honest, the journey is not that short.

Ye Chuyi thought so and asked, "The distance here seems to take longer than going out directly?"

Lian Yunxi nodded first, then explained, "If we only talk about leaving the village, that side is indeed closer."

"But this way goes directly to the official road, and it is also the only way to the city. If we go that way, we will just avoid the merchants. If we want to make sure we meet the merchants, we have to go around a big circle and come back to this road, which will take more time."

Ye Chuyi nodded as he listened, but in fact, his eyes were fixed on the screen that appeared in the air.

As early as when she asked, she had already called the system in her mind to open the map. As Lian Yunxi narrated, a clear route appeared on the map.

Just as Lian Yunxi said, they left from the direction they entered the village, just went around in a circle and came back here, so they did walk a lot more distance.

"I heard that this road was discovered by the village chief Lian. He is indeed an extraordinary person."

"Ms. Ye, you are too kind."

The two of them chatted back and forth and complimented each other a few times, then they heard someone in the team shouting loudly.

"The merchant team is coming! The merchant team is coming!"

Ye Chuyi looked in the direction of the official road, and sure enough, he saw a row of small black dots approaching from afar, which looked quite considerable in number.

"Are there so many people in the merchant team?"

Ye Chuyi muttered in surprise.

"Maybe something happened. There weren't so many people here before."

Lian Yunxi responded subconsciously.

As the team got closer, it could be vaguely seen that it seemed like everyone in the merchant team was holding a weapon.

"This is a little strange. Everyone should be prepared and be alert."

As Lian Yunxi finished speaking, Ye Chuyi also waved to their people.

The month's journey together was not in vain. At least they could really see what Ye Chuyi wanted to express, and he was not the kind of person who was conspicuous and stupid and came out to cause trouble.

"Is this the danger mentioned in the system mission? Could it be that the merchant team wants to rob the people?"

Ye Chuyi could only think of this one answer.

If he remembered correctly, weapons were not common in ancient times. Especially the situation where everyone had a weapon was too unrealistic.

Unless they had already made arrangements and were ready to cause trouble.

[No, host, have you forgotten what the system task said?]

Baizi reminded carefully and silently pulled out the task panel.

[Please help the group that is about to be in danger to escape from danger.]

The criminal business team was about to encounter danger? Could it be that they were in a defensive posture?

This is not a joke, right?

Seeing that the host's thoughts were becoming more and more divergent, Baizai quickly interrupted him.

[Host, someone is going to attack the merchant team. This is the biggest danger. Your task is to prevent the new team from encountering threats, not to make yourself a danger!]