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The weather was still very hot and everyone stayed in the house and did not go out.

Occasionally, there would be people passing by outside the village, but they were just passing by and did not come into the village. They would just hear some noise and secretly take a look at the situation. As long as no one came, they would not go out and would hide in the house.

Liu's mother and Liu Caiyun followed the villagers to weave straw sandals, straw mats, straw hats, etc. Jiang Xiaolu played with the children for a while, and when she was tired, she returned to Liu's mother and lay on the wooden bed to take a nap.

It was not until the sun set and the sky gradually darkened that the sounds of people returning one after another could be heard.

The people waiting in the house first took a peek, and after seeing that they were from the village, they came out one by one.

I saw a group of people walking towards the village entrance carrying large and small bags. Maybe they were nervous or tired, so no one spoke, only the sound of footsteps.

Their steps may seem tired from the long journey, or they may seem nervous for some unknown reason. No one spoke, only the sound of footsteps echoed in the air, and this silence further highlighted their loneliness and tenacity.

Despite the difficulties and challenges they faced, they still insisted on moving forward and walked out a path of their own with their own feet.

When the group of people reached the door of the house, Aunt Hu called them in, "Hurry up and put your things down first."

Father Liu and Liu Caixia also carried a backpack each. Judging from their hunched bodies, the baskets must have been filled with a lot of things.

"We bought quite a lot of things today, except for water. Water is expensive in the county and the quantity is limited, so we filled up all the water bags we brought with us. Given the situation, it is impossible to fill up our water storage barrels."

The village chief sighed and talked about the situation in the city.

"Yes, I heard from the merchants there that many of their wells have run out of water. Every day the government organizes people to carry water from the lakes on the other side of the mountains in the east. It takes two days and one night to go back and forth. Basically, it can only provide drinking water for the people in the city, so that the people in the city will not die of thirst."

"But there is good news. There is indeed water in the lake over the mountain to the east, and the amount of water is still quite large. I also heard that if we follow the pipeline and drive a horse carriage for two days and one night without stopping, we can reach a county town on the border of Zhongzhou. There is also water there. The further east we go, the less drought there will be.

People in the city said that many of the people who came here to escape famine have been settled in the counties on the border of Zhongzhou. As long as we can reach the border of Zhongzhou, we can find a place to settle down. So let's discuss what to do. "

"Can Zhongzhou accommodate so many people? There must be a lot of people who want to go there. After settling so many people who fled from drought-stricken areas in Xizhou, it will be difficult for us to find a better place to settle later. My suggestion is to either go east or south."

"Yes, but I wonder if the court has any place to accommodate people like us?"

"Don't worry, we will definitely be relocated, it just depends on the location. Besides, as long as there is water, we can survive. We have hands and feet and are strong, so why should we be afraid of not being able to survive? We can open up wasteland and farm, or go out to the city to work, we will be able to survive!"

After listening to their discussion, the village chief comforted and encouraged everyone, and also gave them hope.

After listening to the village chief's words, everyone thought they made sense.

"But our group can only walk to the next county town, which will probably take a long time. Driving a horse carriage will take two days and one night, and we have a lot of people, young and old, so it will probably take at least ten days or half a month to get there."

"It seems that we still need to find a way to go to the state capital to store more water and food."

"After all, it's the state capital, and the mountains to the east of the state capital are rich in resources. There are people in many villages on the way to the city. It's not as desolate as the villages we passed by before."

"Well, I heard that some villages near the mountains can still draw some water from deep wells, and some can produce several buckets of water every day. In addition, there are still some sweet potatoes that have not been harvested in the fields here. Although the sweet potato vines look dying, I don't know how the harvest will be. Regardless of whether the harvest is good or not, maybe it can be life-saving food if all of them are harvested."

"That's someone else's village, and that's someone else's food. There's also a notice at the Xizhou government office, hoping that the victims can be resettled in the nearby villages. After all, everyone has left, and a prefecture still needs people. But now it's more recommended to resettle them in the villages near the Zhongzhou border."

"Village chief, we left early. Our village is too far away. It's not easy to get to this place. Besides, we really don't have any family assets to use. This time we have emptied out our last family assets. Should we occupy a place to settle down first?"

Other men in the village offered suggestions one after another. They were indeed running out of ammunition and food after walking all the way.

Liu Caixia's family did not want to relocate so early. She felt that there would definitely be more disaster victims coming later and this location was really too awkward.

It will be even more tragic if more victims come later, as human hearts cannot stand the test.

It would be normal for riots to occur at that time. The people behind must have walked a longer distance and consumed more along the way.

Those who managed to get here must be even more miserable than the people in Hujia Village. When they have no food or water, killing and robbing are very normal things.

"Village Chief Hu, I think we should walk for a while and settle down safely. We can still buy some food and drink, and we can continue to walk for a while. What about the people coming later? They have been fleeing for a longer time, and the situation on the road is worse. They will definitely be in a worse situation when they arrive here.

You have seen along the way that there are many people fleeing famine, and all kinds of things have happened, including robbery, riots, corpses everywhere, and serious cannibalism. We still want to stay for a while longer and see how to settle down."

At this time, Liu's father also spoke. Liu Caixia and her father had the same idea and were just about to think about what to say, but Liu's father expressed his thoughts first.

Village Chief Hu looked at Father Liu and a smile appeared on his face. It seemed that he agreed with what he said.

"Brother Liu, what you said is similar to what I thought. I also think we should walk for a while longer, at least to the border of Zhongzhou to find a place to settle. It has been nearly two years since Xizhou has had rain, and there is very little snow in winter. In the past two years, we have relied on winter wheat and corn and sweet potatoes to survive. Due to the lack of rain, the corn yield is very low, and the sweet potato yield is also reduced. We are not yet at the border of Xizhou.

If the people are closer to the border desert, their situation must be even worse? And there is a big mountain ahead, so I thought, if it really doesn't work, we can go into the mountains. There are dangers in the mountains, but there are also opportunities to survive. There are really not many supplies left in the village! "

"Yes, although I heard that the court later arranged people to provide disaster relief, they can only save people temporarily, not forever. Most people will definitely have to find a way to get out. When the people behind them come in, they will definitely want to settle down sooner, because they can't hold on any longer than we do."

Some people hope to settle down sooner, while others hope to find a better place to settle down.

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