Rebirth, end of the world, time travel, escape famine, make money!

The five of them were indeed extremely tired today and fell asleep soon after lying down. Liu Caixia agreed to take turns with Sister Zhang to keep watch, so the three of them got more rest first.

Liu's father disagreed and kept telling Liu Caixia, "Your mother and I will watch over you for the first half of the night, and you guys can get some sleep first. You can take turns in the second half of the night, so you can get more sleep. You guys are all very tired during the day, and your mother and I are old and don't sleep much."

Father and mother Liu insisted on keeping vigil together. Their attitude was very firm. Liu Caixia and Zhang Jie really couldn't persuade them and were driven to bed.

Father and mother Liu sat at the entrance of the cave with shovels and rolling pins, leaning against the wall and chatting quietly.

"The temperature difference between morning and night is quite big, put on your coat to avoid catching a cold!"

"Okay, got it. Don't catch a cold. We don't know anything right now, and it's hard to treat if you get sick."

"Do I need an old man like you to remind me?"

It was late at night and quiet, with only the whistling sound of the wind outside. Father and Mother Liu also gradually felt a little sleepy and closed their eyes to rest.

Just when it was late at night and everyone was asleep, the sound of wheels turning could be heard from the road down the slope outside, mixed with the voices of some people talking.

Father Liu was awakened. He got up and ran over quietly, and saw a group of people, probably more than thirty people.

The old people and children were in the middle, with strong men at both ends, two of them holding a torch each.

One of them stopped and spoke first, "Okay, it's really late today, let's rest here today, and start our journey early tomorrow morning, and then find a place to rest in the hottest afternoon. The people on both sides should stay in two rooms, the men together, and the women and children together.

The men were divided into three groups to keep watch, while the women hurried to use the stored water to cook some soup, saving water, hoping to reach the next mountain range tomorrow to see if they can find water. We don’t have much water left, so we have to use it sparingly.”

After hearing what the man said, the group of people at the back didn't make any sound, but started to work silently. The men began to assign rooms, the women started to get things downstairs, and some people went to the nearby to check out the situation. The division of labor was clear, and it seemed that they were used to doing these things.

Father Liu used the torch to look at the man's clothes and found that they were indeed very strange as Caixia had described. His speech was also a little odd. However, he had traveled all year round and could understand some of what he said by guessing. At least he should understand it more clearly than Liu Caixia.

It was over. Things seemed to have gone beyond their expectations. He had to hurry back to the cave to tell everyone else.

I saw that Liu Caixia and Sister Zhang had woken up.

It should be the loud noise outside that woke everyone up. It was also a habit they had developed before. For safety reasons, after the virus outbreak, everyone's sleep became lighter. Jiang Xiaolu and Liu's mother, who were both carefree, were still sleeping, but Liu's mother started snoring. She must have been tired.

Father Liu said, "Caixia, those people look like they are in a TV drama. They are like the villagers and refugees played by extras. They are wearing tattered clothes and their faces are hard to see at night. They look weird. Why don't you go and take a look? I am too big and I can't move fast. I am afraid of alarming them. Can you find a chance to find out what is going on?"

Liu Caixia said, "Dad, I understand. I'll go. You guys don't make too much noise and hide inside. I hope they don't come up to our cave to look. Besides, there are so many of them and if a conflict breaks out, we may not be able to defeat them."

Father Liu: "They said they lived in two rooms, one for men and one for women. I didn't hear the rest clearly.

It should be on the first floor and won't come up, right?"

Liu Caixia: "Not necessarily. They will probably go around to check the situation. It's best if they don't come up. But it's so dark here that as long as we hide well, they may not be able to find us. I'll go check on them after they pack up and settle down. Xiaolu, change a black coat for us all. Especially you, don't wear anything too bright."

Liu Caixia saw Jiang Xiaolu and Liu's mother moved a little, probably waking up, so she said to her.

Jiang Xiaolu was half asleep when she took out her clothes and said, "Okay, what happened?"

Father Liu whispered to Jiang Xiaolu about the group of people that had arrived, and also told her about their clothes and how they spoke.

When Jiang Xiaolu heard her grandfather say this, she suddenly had an idea. She thought of the time-travel plots in novels and TV series, and her mind suddenly jumped.

"We are dressed like refugees from ancient times. Mom, do you think we have traveled through time to ancient times?"

Liu Caixia heard Jiang Xiaolu's suddenly raised voice and quickly stopped her. She glanced outside and continued, "Hey, keep your voice down. But what you said is possible. After all, we have red rain, blood-sucking immortal monsters, and special abilities. What else is impossible? Don't make any noise for now. Let's talk about it later. I'll go see what's going on and then we can discuss what to do!"

Father Liu: "Yes, since Xiaolu said that we might have traveled through time, we must learn more about it. At least we need to know where we have traveled to and what the society is like. However, I think these people are having a hard time. We should also learn about the specific situation of the drought. After that, we must be more cautious.

When society is turbulent and unstable, it is the most dangerous for ordinary people, because without the constraints of the law, everyone will burn, kill and loot in order to survive, which is definitely much more common than in peacetime.

Moreover, human nature is not as high as it is in peacetime. There are murder, arson, robbery and other things. The sense of morality is much lower. I also heard that in the past famine years, many people sold their daughters for food, and even exchanged their children for food!"

Everyone fell silent after hearing this. They really didn't understand the current environment, which could be imagined from the environment they were in now.

Liu Caixia and Sister Zhang squatted down and waited for the situation outside to calm down for a while. Then they slowly walked to the edge of the dam and lay down to observe the situation below.

Liu Caixia chose to live in the cave on this floor so that she could see clearly what was happening below.

She saw that the people holding torches were dressed the same as those she had seen before. At that time, she didn't think much of it, thinking that they were too poor. The men were wearing coarse cloth clothes with most of their arms exposed. They were made of two pieces of cloth cut into squares with a hole in the middle. They were tied up with a linen rope around their waists. Their lower body was also made of long trousers of the same material that reached to the ankles, and they wore a pair of straw sandals on their feet.

Women's clothes are similar in style, without showing their arms or ankles. They are also made of linen, wearing straw sandals, and a pair of socks. They tie the pants and socks together with ropes at the ankles to form a knot. They are more conservative than men and children. Their hairstyles are also simple buns like those in ancient times, without any jewelry. Both boys and girls have two small pigtails.

Now that I think about it, if it was time travel, it is indeed very likely, and it was time travel to a place where famine was more severe.

Liu Caixia saw the man with the torch, and shone the torch up the hillside, then walked to the second floor and looked around. Fortunately, he was not going up. She looked around again and went back. The two of them carefully poked their heads out again.

They probably kept noiseing about for another twenty or thirty minutes before they finally quieted down. There was still a fire, and three or four men were sitting around it chatting.

They must have been taking turns to keep watch. They were talking in low voices and I couldn't hear what they were saying.

Seeing that the crowd was gradually quieting down, Liu Caixia wanted to go over there and listen to what they were saying, so she told Sister Zhang next to her:

"Sister Zhang, you stay here. I see a hillside over there. It's just right for hiding yourself and hearing the conversation of those people. I'll go down from the farther slope over there and find a closer place to listen to what they are saying and see if I can get some information. You stay here and watch the situation!"

"Okay, you better be careful!"