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The children were held tightly in the adults' arms or holding hands. They might not quite understand the sudden tense atmosphere, but their eyes reflected the solemnity on the adults' faces.

Occasionally, a child would sob out of fear, but would soon be calmed down by their mother’s gentle words and embrace.

Father Liu asked Liu Caixia and the other three to walk in front, close to the people from Hujia Village.

He walked behind, always paying attention to the movements behind. If someone tried to squeeze into their team, he would be on guard at all times to prevent anyone from squeezing in.

No one dared to stop along the way. No one stopped to rest in the middle. They were so hungry that everyone took out their dry food and ate a few bites while walking. They took turns to drink a little from the water bag. No one dared to drink water desperately. If they wanted to go to the toilet at this time, it would be easy to get stuck in the team.

Fortunately, there is not much water in every household now, and there is not much drinking water. The sun is also very strong, and no one asked to go to the toilet all morning, even the children did not make a fuss.

Children from poor families have to grow up early and have experienced the beatings of society. They are also good at judging the situation and walking quietly.

If you really can't walk, you can try to get someone to hold you, but there's really no one to help you hold you.

The village chief allowed the children who really could not walk to take turns riding on the ox cart for a while, which was very considerate of them.

Liu Xiaolu secretly looked at the time. It was not until after three o'clock in the afternoon that the crowd stopped more than a mile away from the city gate. In front of the city gate was a very empty loess dam, which was already crowded with people. The team stopped, which meant that they could no longer move.

"Have you heard? Today, there are troops stationed outside the city, saying that entry into the city will be strictly checked. You said that with this check, it will be even more difficult for us refugees to enter the city."

A middle-aged woman lowered her voice and spoke to her companion beside her, her words full of worry.

"Yes, the world is getting more and more unstable. I hope we can go to the city smoothly, buy some things and leave quickly without getting into any trouble."

The companion sighed and responded.

Village Chief Hu organized everyone to gather together and said

"The situation today is even worse. We didn't walk so long yesterday, and there weren't so many people. I don't know if we can get into the city today!"

Others were worried: "Yeah, how can the city accommodate so many people!"

Liu Caixia winked at Liu's father and walked over to the village chief to give him some advice, "Village chief, let's send two people in to see what's going on. We can't just sit there and wait. If we can't go into the city together, then each family can send one person in.

Besides, there is a city entrance fee, so we can’t all go in. As long as we can buy something, we will leave immediately. There are more and more people, and I’m worried that something will happen!”

Village Chief Hu: "I have the same plan. If there is food, you and Da Gen should find a way to squeeze in and investigate."

"Okay, Dad."

After that, the two put their luggage next to the ox cart and squeezed into the crowd.

"The remaining people in our village should find a place that is not blocking the road and wait. The women and children in the village should stand around the oxcart, and the men should stand outside, paying attention to safety at all times."

He glanced at Father Liu and the others and said, "Take your two children and stand with the aunts in the village. Let's wait for news together."

"Okay, okay, thank you, village chief uncle."

Liu Caixia and Liu Caiyun expressed their gratitude to Village Chief Hu, and took Liu Xiaolu, Liu Xiaomei and Liu's mother a little closer to Aunt Hu.

This time, Father Liu really felt that the situation was getting worse and worse and he had to leave here as soon as possible.

So he told the village chief Hu

"Village Chief Hu, we have to find a way to leave here as soon as possible. I think there are more and more people here, and if a riot really breaks out, there will probably be casualties. And a riot can happen in an instant, so it's hard to prevent!"

Village Chief Hu was also worried: "Yes, I also think the situation is not good."

"We'll talk about it after they come back. If we really can't go into the city, we have to keep going. We shouldn't have any problem getting food and water for another three to five days. Then we'll head up the Zhongzhou Dahuan Mountain. The drought there is much better. As long as we're careful and pick more wild vegetables and fruits, we won't starve to death."

Father Liu thought it was okay to go into the mountains. He was not worried about the dangers in the mountains. Instead, people were in more danger at this time.

"What the village chief said is true. We have to go around this big ring mountain to go to Zhongzhou anyway. If we go through the city and go out from the other side, it will take about half a month to go around the mountain. We can just go over the mountain here, which will take at most ten days and a half a month longer. We just have to be careful of the wild beasts on the mountain.

There are abundant supplies in the mountains, and no one will starve to death. Besides, there are quite a few of us, including many strong laborers. If we can buy some kitchen knives or hoes for self-defense, we will be much safer."

Village Chief Hu nodded and said, "So we still have to find a way to go into the city. Even if we can't get everyone in, it would be best if we could send someone in to buy some tools and weapons for self-defense.

Every household in our village has these farm tools, but after many years of use, except for the kitchen knives, the others are basically not very sharp anymore.”

After anxiously waiting, the people who came to inquire about the news finally squeezed back.

"Uncle Hu, the rules for entering the city are stricter today. Everyone must pay one or two taels of silver. And after entering, you cannot stay overnight if you don't have a local household registration.

There were officers and soldiers patrolling at night, and I heard from the soldiers guarding the city that Xizhou City was now taken over by the military garrison. There was a riot in the northwest, and the Great Mongolian Kingdom had broken through the defense line and wanted to come and steal food.

It turned out that the drought in the northwest was severe, the border guards suffered heavy casualties, and several border cities were empty! There is a possibility that they will continue to move deeper south. "

"The Northwest Army's defense line is still quite solid. For so many years, General Zhenyuan has been guarding it and nothing has happened. It's over. Could it be that the court didn't allocate food?"

"I don't know about that. I only found out about these situations. There was a notice at the city gate saying that the court will issue some disaster relief measures tomorrow. I hope everyone will not be anxious, otherwise they will be treated as mobs and executed directly."

"Village chief, those of us who want to enter the city should hurry up and line up over there. Anyone without a registered permanent residence at 12:00 a.m. must be driven out of the city and cannot stay overnight in the city unless they have a certificate issued by the Xizhou government.

Moreover, there is a notice posted over there, saying that those who want to settle in nearby villages can do so. Xizhou Prefecture also accepts refugees to settle down, and those who want to settle down must go to the city to get a certificate.

Those who do not want to settle here can also go to the state capital to apply for a visa, which is to encourage refugees to settle in other places.

There are too many refugees and Xizhou Prefecture cannot accept them all. The court also encourages them to settle in other places. "

Village Chief Hu glanced at everyone and quickly made arrangements.

"It is definitely not possible for a family to send one person to the city. The fare is too expensive and we cannot afford it. It is better for the village to collectively send a few men to the city to do the shopping. Then the poor households can contribute a little, and the richer families can contribute a little more to help each other.

Everyone else should squeeze out and walk towards Dahuan Mountain, and wait for people entering the city at a place at the foot of the mountain. Be sure to wait at the foot of the mountain, and leave a guide mark if you change the location. "