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

If I could follow these people, I would be able to find out more information along the way.

Brother Hu did not immediately agree to Father Liu's request. There were quite a few people in their group, and since they started talking, someone had been paying attention to their movements. However, they were few in number and there were many people in their village, so there was not much threat to their safety.

They were very cautious along the way. To trust others easily at this time would be courting death. He still understood the principle of "better safe than sorry".

Brother Hu couldn't make the decision on some things by himself, although he thought Uncle Liu and the others looked like good people. He looked at his family members and other people in the village and said to Father Liu, "Uncle Liu, I can't make the decision on this matter. Wait for me for a while. I'll go talk to our clan leader and the village chief to see if he agrees. But you have to be mentally prepared, even if he agrees. At that time, you can only follow behind us and cannot join our protection team."

"Of course, we are responsible for our own safety. I am already relying on you to follow you. Here are two sweet potatoes for you to take. Thank you for your help!"

Brother Hu didn't say anything polite. He took the sweet potato, put it in his pocket and left.

Brother Hu walked over to a white-haired old man and a man in his forties and talked for a while. After quietly sharing the two sweet potatoes between the two men, he came back to reply to Liu's father.

"Uncle Liu, the village chief and clan leader agree that you can follow them. When you rest at night, you can exchange food or silver for a bowl of water."

Father Liu was also very happy to hear this. No matter what time it is, humans are social creatures.

"Thank you, Brother Hu," Father Liu thanked him repeatedly. It seemed that these people were not bad people. They would follow them to adapt to this dynasty first. They would make plans later. If it really didn't work out, they would try to find a big mountain and hide there for a year or two before coming out.

Of course, it would be better to integrate into this era earlier!

After thanking Brother Hu, Father Liu nodded to the people watching them, walked back to where they rested and said, "They agreed and asked us to follow them. Brother Hu said that we should be able to reach the next prefecture by this time tomorrow. That prefecture should be very large, and we can go to the city to inquire about the situation. I am embarrassed to ask directly about the situation of this dynasty, for fear of exposing my flaws. And from their tone, the place we are in now is no longer considered to be very northwest."

Liu Caixia said, "Okay, it's good to know a little bit so that you won't be completely in the dark. Just knowing these is enough. I'll see what's going on when I get to the city tomorrow. I can buy some history books to read!"

Jiang Xiaolu: "Grandpa, didn't you ask where they came from?"

"They said we escaped from a village further north in the northwest. I didn't dare ask for details, so I followed their words and said we came from the mountains further west in the northwest, and that we mainly raise livestock for a living. Remember not to make the mistake."

Liu's mother and Liu Caiyun also joined the discussion. "It's okay. We can take our time later. We can follow them and listen to what they say. Maybe we can learn some information from their conversation!"

Father Liu thought for a moment and said, "Besides, I can understand what they say. I just speak in poor official language with some dialect, and I even deliberately use some very local dialect. I guess I am just guessing. You should learn to speak like that in the future, and occasionally use some dialect or something! Okay, let's stop talking. They are ready to leave. Let's follow them and follow behind them."

"Hey, don't these people take a break?"

"I guess we need to get to the next state capital as soon as possible. They still have some water, but I guess they don't have much food left."

Sure enough, they saw that the group of people were packing up and preparing to leave. They also stood up and packed their things. Brother Hu came over and said to Father Liu, "Uncle Liu, we are about to leave. You guys follow us!"

"Okay, thank you Brother Hu!"

Liu Caixia and four other people followed the people from Hujia Village and walked until the sun set.

The afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled on the earth, stretching their shadows long. People walked forward step by step with difficulty, and from their shadows one could see the tiredness and happiness along the way.

Of course, there is also the courage and persistence to survive.

The Liu family's group of five were also in this strange world. Despite facing unknown dangers, they still moved forward firmly, passing through a densely packed dry loess road and moving forward firmly.

In this way, we spent the whole afternoon on the road, taking only one break along the way.

When it was almost dark and they could no longer see anything, the group saw some scattered houses in front of them. It should be a village. There were also some empty cave dwellings on the mountain, and thatched and adobe houses at the foot of the mountain.

The group of people ahead had already stopped, and it seemed that they had decided to rest in this village for the night.

Sure enough, after a while, Brother Hu came over and said to Father Liu, "Uncle Liu, we are going to rest in this village. We are going to send someone to see if there are any people in the village and find a place to rest. Do you want to come with us?"

Sometimes when villagers go out to escape famine, they cannot take anything with them from home. Some families have too many fields to take with them, and some may have stored grain in their cellars that they cannot take with them.

But the chance of this happening is slim, as most of the food would not be left. Food was scarce in this era, and there must have been a group of people who came to plunder, so how could there be anything left?

Especially in years of famine, even if someone was guarding something at home, the fleeing group would be large in number, or some people with high martial arts skills would just take it all. At such times, burning, killing and looting would often occur.

Father Liu thought for a moment and said, "Brother Hu, I'll let my eldest daughter go with you. My eldest daughter is very strong and can help you with any problems you encounter!"

After that, he said to Liu Caiyun, "Caiyun, follow us to take a look and find a place for us to stay."

"Okay, Dad!"

Liu Caiyun followed several men from their group and an old woman who looked to be in her 50s into the village. After walking around the village, they found that there was actually one family who had not left.

It was an old woman and a little girl. Seeing so many people coming, the old woman probably heard the noise, so she came out and stood at the gate of her fence, looking at them and asking

"What are you going to do?"

The little girl was hiding at the door of the mud house, sticking her head out and looking out cautiously. She looked very thin.

When they saw someone, they asked, "Auntie, we are passing through the village while fleeing from famine. Can we stay here for one night?"

The old woman said, "Everyone who can run away in the village has run away. You can see for yourself."

Liu Caiyun asked, "Auntie, why don't you run away?"

"I am an old woman and I can't run with a little girl anymore."

After the old woman answered, she said nothing more. She went back and took her granddaughter into the house and closed the door.

Not finding anyone else in the village, we went back to explain the situation to the main force, and then everyone came together.

They found a few thatched houses at the entrance of the village and settled down there.

Father Liu and his friends also found an adobe house with a sturdy-looking door not far from their own house and settled down there.

Finally, Father Liu decided that it would be better for the five of them to live together. They were not familiar with the people in that village yet, and they had many secrets of their own. It was not advisable for them to get too close to others.

After a quick cleanup of the room, there was basically nothing in it. There was a bedroom with a wooden bed, a living room with a wooden table and a few benches, and a wooden shelf in the corner, which was probably used for sleeping. There was a kitchen and a woodshed next to it, and a toilet behind the kitchen, and a fenced yard.

The weather was too hot, so they didn't plan to cook to avoid unnecessary trouble. They just built a fire and roasted sweet potatoes, of course, just for show for others to see.

Finally, a few people simply ate some cooked food in the space and prepared to rest.

Father Liu, a man, lived on a wooden bed in the main room. There was some tied straw on the bed. Farmers basically just put other things on the straw to make a simple bed.

The other four people sleep in the bedroom.

The wooden bed in the bedroom is very big and can accommodate many people.

Counting the days, they have been in this world for five days. Since they came here, they have been nervous. At first, they didn't know the situation and walked on the uninhabited Loess Plateau. Later, they found that they had inexplicably traveled to an unknown ancient time. The nerves of several people have never relaxed.

At this moment, it seems as if everything has been decided, and I feel exhausted both physically and mentally when I relax a little.

Father Liu looked outside the door and saw that it was pitch black. Seeing nothing unusual, he closed the door and bolted it.

Along the way, the people from Hujia Village heard more or less about this dynasty.

The country they live in is called Dayuan, Yuan is the country's surname, the state they live in is Northwest State, and the next state capital is the capital of Northwest State.

The Northwestern States and the Southwestern States together belong to the Western Continent.

The Xizhou provincial government is managed by officials sent by the imperial court. There is a prince in the Southwest Province, but the Northwest Province is too poor to have a prince for the time being.

The place this group of people wanted to go was Zhongzhou.

They should have arrived in a parallel world that did not exist in history.

Because everything about this dynasty was something they had never heard of.

Their history is also average. I wonder which dynasty they have experienced that corresponds to the parallel time and space of this dynasty?

This country is not peaceful!

It sounds like the drought has been going on for more than a year or two. The disaster in Xizhou is serious, the court is in chaos, and the common people are the ones suffering.

The people of Hujia Village have been fleeing famine for more than three months and it is estimated that they will reach Zhongzhou in another two months. Brother Hu also told them that there is a long mountain range between Xizhou and Zhongzhou, the Dahuan Mountains, and they will have nothing to fear as long as they reach the Dahuan Mountains.

You can always find food in the mountains over there, and there is also a big lake over there. It is said that the lake has never dried up due to drought.

As long as you get here you can survive.

After Liu's father closed the door, he gathered everyone together and told each other what they had learned.

"Let's follow them to Zhongzhou first. They said that Zhongzhou is mostly plains, droughts are not very serious, and there are many large rivers passing through it. Zhongzhou is directly under the jurisdiction of the court, and the prefect of Zhongzhou is not a corrupt official. The people live a relatively good life. In addition, the land in the plains is fertile, so at least every family can have enough food."

"We are still in Xizhou. I don't know how long it will take to get there. Let's go to the Xizhou provincial capital first to see the situation. I want to go to the south!" Liu Caixia still felt that life in the south was better, and she was used to the weather there.

Father Liu told them what he had heard, and they were really quite lucky.

"You don't have to worry about this. Village Chief Hu said that it will take about two or three months to reach the border between Xizhou and Zhongzhou. There are mountains and lakes over there, and the drought will not be so severe. They have been fleeing famine for three months. We estimate that many people have already fled to a safe place. They should be approaching the final stage of fleeing famine. And I think the Zhongzhou area he mentioned should be similar to the Sichuan, Chongqing, Hunan and Hubei areas in our world."

After hearing this, Liu Caixia thought it was a good idea and that the entire middle area of ​​the Yangtze River Basin would be suitable.

"That's good. It's only a day or so before we reach Xizhou City! When we get there, we can go buy some things and tell them we have silver. If we don't have silver, we can use the gold and silver jewelry we brought with us to exchange for some silver and food."

Mother Liu said, "I also think it's better for us to go with the people of Hujia Village. They are indeed not the kind of people who have lost their humanity due to the famine. Don't worry about the gold and silver jewelry. I asked Xiaolu to pack up all the ones I collected before. As long as we take them out in a more peaceful place, we will definitely be able to exchange them for a lot of money. Those are all good things."

Liu Caixia said, "Then we have nothing to worry about. Why don't we just rest early and talk about it tomorrow."

Father Liu thought for a moment and said to Jiang Xiaolu, "Xiaolu, do you have any paper and pen? Let's plan first. We need to buy some things. It's best to think about it in advance to avoid missing anything."

Jiang Xiaolu took out a pen and a notepad and said, "Just tell me what you want to say. I'll write it down."

"Each person should prepare two sets of shoes and clothes from this dynasty. It would be best if we could buy an ox cart. There are two ox carts in Hujia Village. We can get one. If that doesn't work, we can use a mule cart and buy some local dry food and water bags."

"I'll go see if there's a map of Ohara, but it's usually hard to buy. If that's not possible, I'll have to find out some basic information about this country!"

"You can go to the bookstore and see what happens."

Father Liu looked at the people who were expressing their opinions and didn't know what to do. He could only figure it out together.

Everyone was talking about this and that, saying whatever came to mind, and soon a whole sheet of paper was written.

Mother Liu: "Just make a rough plan, and we will act according to the situation tomorrow. Go to bed early, everyone has worked hard."

Father Liu: "You guys go to bed first, I'll keep watch in the main room!"

Liu Caixia: "It's okay, Dad, you should rest too. I asked Xiaolu to put a bell at the door. When someone comes, the bell will ring. Let's have a good rest so that we can cheer up and travel tomorrow."