When facing the crazy villagers, Jin Dong was not afraid, but just hesitated for a moment. Then he said firmly, "Stop, if you go any further, don't blame me for not considering our fellow villagers and being rude to you."

The villagers were shocked by Jin Dong's words and actually stopped for a moment. They looked at each other with fear and reluctance in their eyes.

Their situation was already difficult at this point, and if they got injured again it would only make things worse.

Seeing that no one dared to step forward, Honeysuckle quickly retreated to the yard and closed and locked the door tightly.

Doctor Wu, who was standing by, was so frightened that his legs went weak. When he thought of the wolf-like eyes of the villagers just now, he felt a pang of fear in his heart.

Fortunately, it was Honeysuckle who opened the door. If someone else had come, they would probably have broken in.

Liu Qiang, Liu Shan, and the worried Qian also came out after hearing the noise. When they heard the door being banged on by someone outside again, they looked at Doctor Wu and Rendong in confusion.

"Oh, when I opened the door for Uncle Wu just now, they wanted to break in, but they were scared away by my strength." Honeysuckle explained briefly.

Liu Qiang and Liu Shan's faces also turned serious when they heard this. Qian angrily slapped Doctor Wu's arm and said unhappily, "I told you not to go, but you went anyway. Fortunately, Jin Dong is here, otherwise you would have gotten into so much trouble."

Doctor Wu said with a guilty look on his face: "I didn't think it through. I didn't expect it to be like this."

Liu Qiang also spoke up for Doctor Wu, "Sister-in-law, Brother Wu also had good intentions. He never expected the villagers to be like this."

Qian snorted and said nothing more. Liu Shan looked at the gate, listened to the knocks on the door and the villagers' shouts, and reluctantly shook his head before going into the house.

The village chief sighed several times and then shouted loudly: "Stop howling, we are not doomed yet. Since they won't save us, we have to find a way out ourselves."

The villagers stopped crying after hearing this and turned their eyes to the village chief. Although the village chief also looked tired and haggard, there was a firmness in his eyes.

"Village chief, have you come up with any idea?" Li Dahan asked questioningly.

To be honest, he still didn't believe that the village chief could think of any good solution. If he had thought of one, he would have said it long ago. Why did he have to wait until such a commotion before speaking?

The village chief also understood the doubt in Li Dahan's eyes and said, "Of course there is a way. It just depends on whether you are willing to do it. That is to flee southward."

As soon as the village chief's words came out, the villagers were in an uproar.

"Escape to the south? That's a very far place. Can we survive on the road?" An elderly villager said worriedly.

"Yes, village chief, we don't have much money or food, what should we eat on the road?" a man also agreed.

The village chief looked at everyone, his eyes filled with sadness, helplessness and reluctance, he sighed and said slowly: "I know everyone has a lot of concerns, but our houses and fields have been burned down, and the water is getting less and less. If we keep it, we will only starve to death or die of thirst.

Although the journey south is long, I heard that there is a lot of rain there all year round, so at least there is no shortage of water. Maybe we can find a way to survive in the south."

The village chief's words made everyone silent again...

The village chief glanced around and continued, "Don't worry, we can travel together and look after each other."

After hearing what the village chief said, the villagers looked at each other. Although they were still worried, they knew that this was the only way at the moment.

"But we have no food, how can we travel?" asked an elderly woman, wiping her tears.

The village chief looked in the direction of the tower and said, "We can go ask the people in the tower again to see if they can sell us some food and water for the journey."

"Sell it to us? Will Miss Su agree? Besides, we don't have much money. What if she asks for an exorbitant amount?" asked a villager.

The village chief thought for a while before speaking: "Although Miss Su did not agree to take us in, I can see that she is not unreasonable. I will communicate with her and I think she will sell some food and water to us.

What we need to do next is to send a representative from each family with your money. After I talk to Miss Su, it will depend on your own plans on how much you want to buy."

After hearing what the village chief said, the villagers felt that there was little hope, but that was all they could do.

So, each family elected a representative, and everyone followed the village chief to the gate of the tower again, carrying the little money they had.

Upon seeing this, the village chief brought a dozen village representatives to the gate of the tower again.

He took a deep breath, then knocked on the door vigorously and shouted, "Miss Su, I am the village chief. We are planning to flee the famine southward. We would like to ask you to sell us some food and water. We will give you all the money we have in exchange."

Liu Dadong, who had been listening to the noise outside at the door, immediately ran to tell Su Yue after hearing what happened.

Su Yue, who was eating iced cherries, pondered for a while, then asked Rendong and Liu Dadong to let the village chief in and take him to the meeting room.

Rendong and Liu Dadong took the order, opened the gate of the tower and welcomed the village chief in.

The dozen or so village representatives following the village chief also wanted to follow the village chief in, but were stopped by Rendong and blocked outside the door.

"Excuse me, fellow villagers, my girl only invited the village chief in."

Upon hearing this, the village chief turned to the dozen villagers and said, "Please wait patiently. I will let you in after I have talked to the girl."

Although the dozen or so village representatives were somewhat reluctant, they had no choice but to nod and wait outside the door.

The village chief followed Rendong and Liu Dadong to the meeting room. Su Yue was already sitting there, and Nanny Yang was still standing in front of the ice basin, fanning Su Yue.

Su Yue's expression was calm, but there was a hint of scrutiny in her eyes as she looked at the village chief.

The village chief couldn't help but let out a breath as he entered the meeting room. The room was really cool. Instantly, he smelled an unpleasant odor of sweat on his body.

His old face turned red and he didn't dare to get too close to Su Yue. He just stood far away and saluted, "Miss Su, I'm sorry to bother you."

Su Yue nodded slightly, "Village Chief, please take a seat. I know why you are here, but I have to say this first. We don't have much food in the building, because I don't have the ability to count with my fingers."

The village chief quickly responded: "Miss Su, we know this request is a bit excessive, but we really have no choice. We are willing to use all our savings to exchange for some food and water, just to give us a chance to survive on the road of fleeing famine."

Su Yue was silent for a while, as if she was weighing something. But looking at the village chief's wrinkled face and pleading eyes, she couldn't help but feel moved. This man is a good village chief.

"Okay, village chief, I can sell you some food and water. But I have a few conditions." Su Yue finally spoke.

When the village chief heard this, he was overjoyed and said quickly, "Miss Su, please tell us. As long as we can do it, we will definitely agree to it."

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