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After Liu Caixia and her group came out, they walked towards the place where the Hujia Village lived in front. There were only two dry fields in between, and it only took a few minutes to walk there.

There were already quite a few people standing in front of the house where they lived in Hujia Village. Some were tidying up things, some were eating sweet potatoes, and some were chatting among themselves.

Their group lived with two families, which were not too far away and a little closer than Liu Caixia and her group.

It seems that the people in their village have gathered!

The village chief and several men were standing in the dam at the entrance, as if they were discussing something. When they saw Liu Caixia and the others coming over, they just glanced at them and did not stop to continue talking.

"We don't know what the situation is in the city right now. If so many of us go there and something happens, we won't be able to handle it."

"Then Uncle Hu, what do you think we should do?" Everyone else looked at Village Chief Hu, as if waiting for him to make a decision.

Father Liu had already walked over, but Liu Caixia and the other three did not walk over. Instead, they stood on the other side with the other villagers, and everyone looked even more shabby.

An aunt said, "If we can't find a way to get some food and drink, our family will not be able to hold on any longer. This morning, each of us just ate a few bites of pumpkin and drank a few sips of water to get by."

"Our family is in a similar situation, so going to the city this time is to save lives." The other aunts nearby also echoed.

"Yes, we still have some things inherited from our ancestors. We won't keep them if we can exchange them for some food. The old man has already taken them out."

Liu Caixia and Liu Caiyun also joined the conversation at the right time. "We ran out of water yesterday. We are still alive thanks to Village Chief Hu who replaced a bowl of water. This morning, I also wanted to insist on going to the city to see if I could find a way to buy some water!"

"Hu Daqiang's family has many men and they are very strong, so they gave you a bowl of water. If it were anyone else, don't even think about it. We don't have much water left."

"But I heard that the Dahuan Mountain is in the past of Xizhou Prefecture, and there is a lake around the Dahuan Mountain. As long as we can hold on to that place, we will be saved!"

Hu Daqiang is the man that Liu's father looked for at the beginning, and his family seems to be the most powerful among their group.

Jiang Xiaolu was also talking to the two little girls nearby. She even quietly gave a sweet potato to the sisters.

"Xiao Lu, you can keep the sweet potatoes for yourself. We still have some food. When we get to the city, I heard from my parents that they left some silver and we can exchange it for some food." The two little girls said this, but their eyes were still fixed on the sweet potatoes that Jiang Xiaolu handed to them. They were too embarrassed to reach out to take them.

Jiang Xiaolu stuffed the sweet potatoes into their hands and said, "Share them among yourselves and eat them quickly! It's okay, you guys eat some first, we don't have anything else at home, just some sweet potatoes, uh, pumpkins."

Jiang Xiaolu now speaks in a very organized way and is much more cheerful than other girls of this era.

It turns out that people here call sweet potatoes "fangua". Yes, it seems that they used to call them "fanshu" or "hongshu".

The two sisters looked at the pumpkin and obviously wanted to eat it. They looked at each other and said to Jiang Xiaolu, "Thank you. We will give it to you when we get to the city and exchange it for food."

Children’s friendship starts with food. After sharing food, Jiang Xiaolu’s relationship with them became obviously closer.

"Xiao Kun." One of the children looked at the pumpkin in his hand and shouted.

"Second sister." A little boy of five or six years old was playing with other children nearby. When he heard someone calling him, he ran over.

The two sisters used a small dagger to cut the sweet potato into three small pieces and gave one piece to each of them. Now they were reluctant to peel off much of the pumpkin skin when eating it, so they just scraped off the black spots on the skin with the dagger and started eating directly.

"Xiao Lu, have you eaten?" one of the older girls asked.

Jiang Xiaolu certainly couldn't say what she had eaten, so she could only say, "I also ate one this morning, you guys should eat it quickly!"

Jiang Xiaolu had noticed that other children were also looking over, but when they saw that Jiang Xiaolu didn't have anything in her hands, they gave up the idea of ​​coming over. Jiang Xiaolu certainly couldn't give to everyone.

Jiang Xiaolu chatted with them for a while and learned that the three sisters had lost their parents and relatives. It was not easy for the three of them to survive until now. Fortunately, they had a grandfather, the village chief. Among the three sons of the village chief, the dead son was the most capable. He passed the examination for a scholar two years ago. Unfortunately, not long after he passed the examination, the drought began. Later, on the way to escape the famine, they both fell into the cracks in the ground and could not be rescued.

Their eldest sister is Hu Xiyuan, the second sister is Hu Xishu, and the youngest brother is Hu Xikun.

Jiang Xiaolu thought their names were all pretty good. "Your names are nice. Did your father give them to you?"

"Yes, my father has been very good at studying since he was young, and later he became the only scholar in our village!"

"Wow, your dad is awesome."

Jiang Xiaolu was very supportive. As a child from the modern era, she must be very adept at dealing with human relationships and had no difficulty in socializing.

"Yes, we lived a relatively good life in the village. My father was a teacher in a private school. My sister, brother and I were all taught by my father. My mother was also very good. She taught us needlework, literacy and arithmetic. She was equally kind to us. The girls in the village were not liked by their families. They worked every day and had little to eat, let alone being taught to read and write." After she finished speaking, her eyes were misty. But she held it back.

"Sister, I miss my parents too." When the little boy heard Hu Xiyuan talking about their parents, tears welled up in his eyes.

"Xiao Kun, it's okay. Dad and Mom are watching us in heaven. They will definitely protect us. We must work hard to live well."

Hu Xishu also came over and hugged her sister and brother, comforting each other.

"Xiyuan and Xishu, your parents must also hope that you can live a healthy and happy life."

The three siblings are not as sad as they were at the beginning. After all, their grandfather and two uncles are nice to them. The eldest sister comforts her younger siblings, "Well, we must live well and live up to our parents' expectations!"

"Yes, I will study hard and pass the exam to become a scholar, just like my father."

Not long after, Liu's father and Liu Caixia were seen walking towards Jiang Xiaolu with several men and women from the village. An aunt from the village also came over to talk to Hu Xiyuan and her two siblings.

"If you want to buy anything, you can go with us. Although you live with grandpa now, you still have uncles and aunts. Your parents should have left you something. It would be good to buy some things for yourself. We don't know how long we will be gone. If anything unexpected happens along the way, you have to find a way to protect yourselves."

"Thank you, Auntie. If you have any food, please buy some for us. I will also bring two water bags to fill for you."

After Hu Xiyuan finished speaking, she fumbled around in her bag and took out some copper coins and handed them to the aunt.

"Okay, I'll ask your uncle Dagen to exchange all this money for food. If the situation is good, we can go into the city together later. You can decide what you want then."

"Thank you, Aunt Dagen."

The three siblings of the Hu family did not think about going into the city together. After all, they were still too young, and they had to pay to enter the city, so it was good to save a penny.

Liu's mother and the women in the village went into the house where they lived last night and sat down. The women sat inside the house, and the rest of the men sat at the door or outside the door, chatting occasionally in low voices.