Quick travel to save a miserable life

After all, there are wars going on everywhere in the north. To be a soldier now is almost like going to die in the eyes of the people. If it is not that life is really unbearable, no one will be willing to become a soldier.

So, a few days later, when the people fleeing the famine came to Jiangzhou City, they saw the recruitment notice posted on the city gate.

There are people from the government guarding the city gates. Those who are willing to serve as soldiers can sign up and receive money and food on the spot.

In fact, there are still many people who are tempted. After all, others have not had the opportunity to encounter sweet potatoes. Many people who set off early have been on the road for more than a month and are already skin and bones from hunger.

Although there is no shortage of water near Jiangcheng, there is no food. If there is no food to eat, it is really impossible to survive.

If you join the army, you can at least make a living and give your family a way to survive.

As a result, the recruitment activity at the gate of Jiangcheng went smoothly, and hundreds or thousands of people were recruited in one day.

Of course, no one from Niujia Village signed up. Even if there were no red skins in the previous life, no one from Niujia Village would become a soldier.

Now that they have the red skin in hand, there will be no problem with food for ten days and a half. If Jiangcheng is not allowed to enter, the worst they can do is go south. If their lives are not in danger for a while, they will not die as soldiers.

Even though they could follow Zhang Daniu to plunder, they didn't have the courage to serve as soldiers on the battlefield.

Now they have just recovered from the injuries they suffered that night, and they will not recover from their frightened courage for a while.

The people in Niujia Village plan to go further south.

Starting from Jiangcheng, we walked southeast along the Yangtze River. There were mountains and rivers along the way, and supplies were more abundant than before. We could settle down anywhere and we would not be unable to survive.

Moreover, this land is now considered to be in the south, and the climate is warm and humid. Even in winter, it is not as cold as in my hometown, so it is relatively easy to survive the winter.

These were told by the village chief to the people in the village. Because he is the most well-read and knowledgeable person in the whole village, everyone is convinced by what he says.

So, Lin Hui followed the team in the village and embarked on the road continuing south.

The group walked for another seven or eight days, but the government still did not open the city gates and refused to admit refugees into the city. This also resulted in people in the group constantly dying due to lack of food.

Because the people in Niujia Village are supported by red skins, the attrition is not very serious, and because there are many young people, they can scare away those from other villages who come to make plans and protect the people in their own village.

This is why the village chief did not deal with those who did evil with Zhang Daniu, but instead spent money to treat their injuries.

Because the population is precious, young adults are the guardians of the village. If they are dealt with at that time, the village will suddenly lose so many young adults, and it will be in danger and be invaded and devoured by other villages.

The phenomenon of exchanging children for food has already appeared in the fleeing team, which makes the people of Niujia Village wary. They keep an eye on their young children no matter day or night.

Now that it's not so hot today and the water source is easier to find, the Zhang family's three meals a day become red skin boiled in clay pots.

After cooking, everyone can have so many pieces in their bowl, and they can eat it with soup and water.

Lin Hui really ate enough of these and often vomited sour water.

What makes her even more unbearable is the hygiene problem.

She had been on the road for a month, and she only sneaked into the space to take a shower twice. She didn't dare to wash her hair for fear of being spotted.

Moreover, the clothes I was wearing couldn’t be washed and changed frequently, as they smelled very bad. She felt that if she continued like this, she would get lice on her head!

Now she doesn't even want to hug Cuiya anymore, mainly because the child's body and head are too smelly!

During the day off, the village chief said that we would be able to reach Pengze in a few days.

That's a good place. The waters of Penglize stretch as far as the eye can see. This big lake can definitely support our large population. Maybe we can settle down temporarily.

Lin Hui didn't know whether this was true or just to boost morale, because at this time everyone had almost eaten the red skins in their hands, leaving only a small part that the village chief asked to keep for safekeeping. If they could not find a place to stay, they would We can only eat up the old foundation.

The village chief said that those red skins were reserved for seeding and should not be moved unless absolutely necessary. But when the time came to really run out, the village chief would not be able to stop the hungry villagers, nor could he watch them starve to death. ah!

The blisters on the soles of Lin Hui's feet have already turned into calluses. She is picking out the blisters on Cui Ya's feet.

Shen Xiuhua couldn't help but sneer when she saw it: "Girls are just not as strong as boys. My Dayong and Xiaoyong have blisters on their feet and they burst by themselves. I don't have to worry about them at all. They are still alive and kicking."

Lin Hui glanced at the two little boys sitting quietly on one side and said nothing.

These two children were originally spoiled by Zhang Shen and Shen Xiuhua, but since they went on the road to escape, they have suffered a lot and know more than before.

At least when eating, they learned to be humble, and no longer felt like before, thinking that all delicious food must be eaten by their brothers first, and then it is the adults' turn.

Sometimes Dayong would take the initiative to hold Cui Ya's hand and pull her along.

This would definitely not have happened before. In the past, Dayong and Xiaoyong would find opportunities to bully Cui Ya from time to time and find a sense of presence in her. Now that the second room no longer has Zhang Erzhu as their backbone, they have actually become kinder to Cui Ya.

Once, Lin Hui heard Dayong say to Xiaoyong: "Cuiya is our sister. We can only bully her, but we cannot let others bully her. If anyone dares to bully her, they will have trouble with us."

It turned out that because Cui Ya was so obedient, she lowered her attitude when facing Dayong and Xiaoyong, calling her brother "big brother" and "brother short", which made the two children very proud. When facing outsiders, they did not consciously He regards himself as an elder brother and protects Cui Ya as a protector.

Lin Hui should have been happy for Cuiya's cleverness, but she felt a little sad for no reason.

If her parents were strong enough, she wouldn't have to compromise so much and have to please her cousin to gain temporary peace.

However, it was coming soon. Soon this kind of escape would be over, and then she would be able to give Cui Ya a stable and stable life.

During the day, someone came to the queue in Niujia Village to ask if anyone wanted to sell their children.

The people in the village could still live a good life, so no one would sell their children. However, someone in the team next door sold their two-year-old daughter in exchange for five kilograms of grain.

During the transaction, Lin Hui deliberately got closer to watch and confirmed that this person was the person who bought her and Cui Ya in her previous life.

At night, Lin Hui took action!