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Father Liu joined the villagers in discussing how to get into the city.

"We discussed it and decided that each family would send two people, or one person, to go into the city first to check out the situation, and then meet up in the village at night. If the situation in the city is not too bad, anyone who wants to go into the city can go in and take a look."

Liu Fu didn't think so. "Judging from the situation in this village, I don't think the situation in the city will be much better."

"Yes, there must be a fee to enter the city. The small county town before charged two copper coins. I don't know how much the provincial capital will charge. Moreover, I don't know what the officials in the provincial capital are like? Do they not allow refugees to enter the city to buy things for safety reasons?"

"Yes, this village is about three or four hours' walk from the city. The situation in the not-so-far villages is so bad. I'm afraid the situation in the capital city won't be much better either."

"But, I heard before that there is a big mountain and lake over there, so the situation is not that bad. I really hope what they said about the abundant water resources in the mountains east of the city is true, otherwise it's hard to say."

People around were also talking about it, and the final conclusion was that the situation was not very optimistic.

During this period, Liu's mother and Liu Caiyun were also able to talk to the aunts and aunties in the village and chat about family matters, which brought them closer.

During this period, the two groups of people who came last night and several other times to inquire about the news were all sent away by the village chief. The village chief did not go into the city, but his eldest son and youngest son went there together.

The village chief has three sons. Although one of them died, he still has many grandchildren. In addition, he is the village chief, so he is a prominent figure in the village and most people dare not mess with him.

All the men in Hujia Village have the surname Hu, so it is truly a village of the Hu family.

Villages like this are very united. Although there are only about 30 people left now, it doesn't seem like a lot of people, but that's because there weren't many people in the village to begin with. It is said that there were only about a hundred people before, of course including the elderly and infants.

When they first started fleeing the famine, many elderly people did not want to be a burden to their families. Some of those who were in poor health or unable to take care of themselves chose to hang themselves. Some infants and young children were cut in half along the way.

Later on the road, many elderly people were too stingy to eat or drink, and their health was not good to begin with, so they died one after another.

So now the only ones left are the strong and healthy young people and children over five years old. Those who died on the way were all injured or sick and could not get medical treatment. As long as they still have a breath left, they will take the elderly on the road. It can be seen that the atmosphere in this village is still very good.

The more Liu's mother inquired privately, the more she felt that it was the right thing to go with them.

Everyone calls the village chief's wife Aunt Hu. She is in her forties and is the leader among this group of aunts. Other aunts have names, but she is Aunt Hu, and is recognized by the villagers.

Liu's mother was also a person who had experienced many ups and downs, so it was easy for her to deal with an ancient country woman. It didn't take long for her to become familiar with Aunt Hu.

Aunt Hu also took the initiative to call Liu's mother "Sister Liu". The two of them were older than the village chief and were the oldest among the group. Liu's mother was not polite and called her "Aunt Hu" all the time. If you didn't know, you would think they were old sisters. It seemed that their relationship was already established.

Liu's mother came back later and explained that the name of the village chief's wife was Liu Xiaomei. People in ancient times were really poor in naming, haha!

"But everyone in the village calls the village head's wife Liu Xiaomei Auntie Hu. In ancient times, women took their husband's surname after marriage. Caiyun, you should be polite to her when you see her in the future. Her status in the village is almost the same as that of the village head. The women in the village will consult her when they have problems."

Village chief Hu took representatives from each family to the city to inquire about the situation. Liu's father and Liu Caixia decided to go together. Liu's mother took Liu Caiyun and Jiang Xiaolu and hid in a house with the villagers. Liu's mother kept chatting with the villagers.

Time passed quickly and the group did not talk about having lunch. Around one or two o'clock in the afternoon, the hungry people took out the pumpkins to roast and shared half among everyone. They also took turns drinking a few sips of the water in the kettle.

Now every household has run out of water in their own water bags. Every day they go to the people arranged by the village chief to get water. A ox cart pulls a large round wooden barrel along the way. The barrel is tightly sealed with a lid. When the lid is opened, there is still very little water inside, which is also the last water left in the entire village.

So they were very anxious and desperate to find water and food, otherwise they would definitely not survive.

There were two ox carts in the village. One was used to carry the large round wooden barrel, and the other was carrying something unknown, all covered with torn sacks. Four men took turns guarding the two ox carts.

Apparently, these two ox carts belong to the village chief. Some of the things loaded on them are from the village chief, and some of them are the last retreat that the village chief left for the villagers.

When the villagers run out of ammunition and food, they can still hold on for a few days.

It is not something that ordinary people can do for the village chief to be able to do this at this time.

Once again, Liu's mother felt that they were lucky and followed the people in the village.

She followed the villagers in the queue and exchanged two pumpkins for a bowl of water. After a few people had a bite, Jiang Xiaolu did not cook for them. After all, there were too many people and everything they ate seemed to have a taste. At this time, people were very sensitive to the taste of food because they had been hungry for a long time. So, they could only go hungry for a meal and then quietly eat something else when there was no one around.

After a day of getting along, Liu's mother and the others had basically become familiar with everyone in the village. Jiang Xiaolu even took out some dried shrimps for the children in the village to eat. Food is the best way to win people's hearts, especially during these famine years. Xiaolu soon became able to play with the children in the village.

She bought the dried sweet potatoes and melons at the supermarket, unpacked them and took them out. No one else knew, so she said they were made by her grandmother. It is considered a delicious thing here.

The aunties in the village asked her how to make the dried sweet potatoes and melons she took out. Jiang Xiaolu didn't know how to make them, so she asked Liu's mother to explain it to them, which brought her closer to the villagers.