The whole village is fleeing famine, fortunately I have a concubine system

The night before dawn is especially dark.

The weather was hot, but everyone felt particularly cold.

At 4 a.m., everyone gathered at the entrance of Lotus Village. Chief Qian asked his eldest son Qian Yougen, "Yougen, are all the villagers here?"

Qian Yougen had already counted the number of people. He said to Chief Qian: "Dad, there are 268 people from the households in the village here."

The clan leader sighed, nodded, and knelt down in the direction of Lotus Village. He kowtowed three times.

Seeing this, everyone knelt down one after another. For a moment, the surroundings were filled with the sound of kowtows. Then there were the sounds of soft sobbing.

Xiaomi also knelt down, and suddenly felt very insignificant, just a tiny speck of dust under the wheel of history.

This drought will only be a few words in history books in the future, but the people of Lotus Village will have to wander for a long time to avoid this disaster.

Chief Qian lowered his head, grabbed a handful of dry soil from the ground and put it into the prepared bamboo tube.

As long as the homeland is there, the hometown is there, and hope is there.

Before everyone could calm down, Chief Qian asked everyone to set off.

"Okay, let's go. We can't delay any longer." Patriarch Qian said.

Everyone stood up, took their belongings, gathered together, and walked towards the outside of Lotus Village.

The Wang family is an outsider. Although they have lived in Lotus Village for half their lives, they are still not as close as the Qian family who have lived in Lotus Village for generations.

Therefore, they did not move forward, but fell behind the team.

In the Wang family team, Wang Zhuzi pushed the cart, which was loaded with food, bedding, pots and bowls, etc. The clothes and valuables were carried by several adults in turn.

Zhang Xing'er looked after the children, and before they set off, she warned them again and again: Don't run around, there are human traffickers. If you are caught, you will be sold. You will never see your parents again.

The little ones were obedient and followed along. Xiaomi was too small, so he sat in the basket, and the adults took turns carrying him.

Now Xiaomi is sitting in the basket on Lao Wang's back. Xiaomi protested at first and wanted to walk on her own. But the whole family wouldn't let her. Even the eight-year-old Gou Wa said he could carry Xiaomi.

By noon, the weather was really hot, so they had to find a shady spot to rest.

Old Lady Wang took out the pancakes she had baked last night and shared them with everyone. While eating the pancakes, Xiaomi sat with her brothers and sisters.

The children were a little listless after walking for half a day, so Xiaomi smuggled some boiled eggs from the space and shared them with them.

Daya and the others are in sync now, no matter what Xiaomi takes out, they don't ask, they just eat.

This is what Old Lady Wang has taught them every day in recent years. They all remember it. Otherwise, they will be easily scolded like Wang Zhuzi.

After they ate some bread and drank some water, they finally recovered.

Old Mrs. Wang took her and Old Wang’s water bags aside and called Xiaomi in a low voice.

The grandfather and grandson were like thieves, whispering to each other.

"My dear, take out the water. Is it really okay? The old immortal won't blame you. If it's not good for you, then we won't drink it. It's okay to drink a few sips." Old Mrs. Wang was still a little scared. She was afraid that this would be bad for Xiaomi.

Xiaomi shook her head and whispered, "Grandma, this was given to me by the old immortal. He told me to use it as I please. Don't worry."

Old Lady Wang knew that the old immortal had given Xiaomi a lot of good things. When she was packing up last night, she was reluctant to leave anything behind. She couldn't even bear to throw away the stool that was missing two legs.

Xiaomi told her that the old immortal gave her a treasure bag. She could put everything in it and take it out after she settled down.

Old Lady Wang was very happy. Xiaomi also said that she could take things out and put them back anytime and anywhere. Old Lady Wang immediately gave Xiaomi all the valuables and the money she earned from selling ginseng.

It's safer to keep it with Xiaomi than on yourself.

Old Mrs. Wang asked Xiaomi to fill the two water bags, and the two of them sneaked back to the shade of the tree where the Wang family was sitting.

Since Xiaomi learned to walk, he has been using the water from the spiritual spring in the space to give to the Wang family members to drink. Therefore, the Wang family members can still keep up with the physical strength.

Some families walked for the whole morning, especially the elderly and children, and could no longer walk.

After walking for two days, they finally left the county town where Lotus Village was located.

I dare not walk on the official road. The small road is not easy to walk on. I want to walk fast but I can't.

Chief Qian has a little donkey at home. At this moment, Chief Qian is sitting on the donkey and talking to Hunter Wang.

"Chief, if we don't take the official road ahead, we will have to go into the mountains.

I often come to this little Qingshan. There aren't many wild animals there. Just walk carefully. There won't be any problems.

But after passing Xiaoqing Mountain, there is Daqing Mountain. Daqing Mountain is high and steep. I have only been around the periphery. I don’t know what it is like inside. "Wang the Hunter said to Chief Qian.

After hearing this, Qian Yougen asked the chief of the Qian clan: "Dad, why don't we take the official road?"

Chief Qian looked at his son and said, "The official road is easy to travel on. But there are not many people fleeing famine right now. If so many of us are walking on the official road, it would be a serious crime if we are seen by the government."

Now we can only wait until more people flee famine. The imperial court cannot punish the masses. Then we can follow the flow of people and walk along the official road.

Yougen, go get everyone here and let's discuss this together."

Qian Yougen responded and went to gather everyone together to seek opinions.

In the evening, many fires were lit beside the woods.

Chief Qian sat by one of the fires, discussing with the people of Lotus Village what to do next.

"Does anyone have any objection to what Hunter Wang said just now? Let's go to Xiaoqingshan first, then to Daqingshan." Chief Qian asked everyone.

Qian Laitou said, "I will listen to the clan leader. I will follow his instructions. It is always right to listen to the clan leader."

Qian Laitou's parents died when he was young, and he and his sister were the only ones left in the family. If it weren't for the patriarch's support, he would never have grown up. Therefore, he listened to the patriarch's words.

Others also expressed no opinion.

Only Qian Laifu disagreed. Seeing that everyone agreed, Qian Laifu stood up and said, "What do you agree with? Do you know what Daqingshan is? It's not Xiaoqingshan. It only takes four or five days to walk there. Hunter Wang is very familiar with it.

I heard that there are big bugs in Daqing Mountain. They eat people whole, leaving no bones. And Daqing Mountain is so big that if you are unlucky, you may have to walk for three or four months. I don't agree." Qian Laifu said to everyone, stiffening his neck.

After hearing this, everyone looked a little hesitant.

Chief Qian looked at everyone and said, "We can only take one step at a time. Let's pass Xiaoqing Mountain first. We will go into the mountain early tomorrow morning."

So everyone dispersed and went back to tell their wives and children that they were going into the mountains tomorrow.

Old Wang also told everyone in the Wang family. Old Mrs. Wang and her two daughters-in-law found some wild vegetables. Wang Zhuzi took an axe to chop firewood. Wang Chengzi built a simple stove.

Xiao Mi was led by Daya to a pond that was about to dry up, to see if there was anything to eat.