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Liu Caixia looked around and listened carefully, and suddenly found a small gap on their right, which was opened by someone. She saw a tall man with a boy behind him, moving through the crowd, and every time he left, his shadow would leave a large gap.

The man was very strong. He pushed the people on both sides with his hands. Every time he pushed the crowd, they moved two steps to the side. The two of them walked forward quickly, pushing left and right. They moved very quickly.

Liu Caixia immediately decided to follow them out and shouted to the people around her, "Follow me from the right and follow those two people."

Liu Caixia also used all her strength to squeeze towards the man. The people from Hujia Village did not raise any objections. They followed her in unity, imitating Liu Caixia's way of pushing hard left and right, and finally caught up with the man.

The man seemed to have endless strength. He kept moving left and right, moving forward in an orderly manner.

He seemed to have sensed the intentions of Liu Caixia and her group, but did not say anything. There would always be space between people, just like that thing, which was still very elastic.

Looking down from the city gate, it was crowded with people, raising their hands and waving, wanting to enter the city, shouting for food and water, but there were also some people who did the opposite, moving towards the periphery like ants.

When someone falls down or gets injured, there is no one to help them. At this time, they can only take care of themselves and cannot take care of others.

Under the city gate, this scene is like a ukiyo-e of troubled times, and every subtle movement carries the struggle and helplessness of survival.

As the sun sets, it seems that it is reluctant to give these desperate people even a trace of warmth. The air is filled with the smell of dust and sweat, mixed with the occasional cries and groans, forming a tragic symphony of survival.

Among the people moving in the opposite direction, Liu Caixia followed the father and son, moving towards the outside of the crowd with difficulty. She didn't know how long it had been, but she gradually felt that the crowd was becoming more and more loose, and she didn't need to use that much force to squeeze out. She should be getting out soon.

At this moment, a sudden commotion broke the silence. It turned out that a young woman accidentally fell in the crowd, and the baby in her arms also fell to the ground. The crying instantly penetrated the noise of the crowd. Although the people around showed sympathy, under the huge pressure of survival, most of them chose to turn a blind eye and continued to move forward.

However, at this moment, several young people who were originally preparing to leave the city stopped, looked at each other, as if they had reached some kind of tacit understanding, and then quickly approached the mother and son.

They worked together to help the woman up, carefully took the baby, and comforted her softly. One of them even took out a dry and hard steamed bun from his bag and handed it to the mother of the baby.

The woman was filled with gratitude and kept thanking the man with tears in her eyes. It was a gratitude for the warmth of human nature and a glimmer of hope for the future.

Fortunately, the people outside the city have not completely lost their minds.

At this moment, a soldier on the city wall held up a flag and shouted something loudly. It was intermittent and difficult to hear clearly. It was a bit far away, so it was probably someone from the government office who came out to appease the refugees.

I could hear something like "Each of you should settle down in the nearby villages. There will be food and water for disaster relief tomorrow morning, and some policies from the court will be announced. Don't gather at the city gate today."

“Those who want to settle down will have to wait and line up early tomorrow morning. It is recommended that those who can walk go further east!”

"It's a long way to get water from here... There aren't many people in some counties in the east or south, so they can definitely accommodate everyone well. The court will definitely find a way. Don't..."

After that, the sounds became quieter and quieter, while the noise below became louder and louder.

Liu Caixia and her group finally walked out. Gradually, they could no longer hear the sound from the city gate and could only hear the noise of the refugees. The man ignored the people behind him and took the little boy directly towards Dahuan Mountain, the same direction they wanted to go.

Liu Caixia and the others followed them along the way. They all squeezed out from behind them. They didn't know each other and didn't say anything tacitly. After Liu Caixia and the villagers exchanged a glance, she looked at the man and the child who left, and a seed of doubt was planted in her heart. She continued to walk towards the Dahuan Mountain where they had agreed to meet.

Officials came out to appease the refugees, and most of them were persuaded. At this time, the crowd gradually began to disperse. Some followed them to the southeast, and some took the official road. They probably wanted to settle down in a nearby village first, or wanted to see the government's disaster relief food and resettlement policies. They were all in groups of twos and threes.

At this time, people usually live together as a family, or as a clan, or as a village. There are also poor people who are left with only one person. If one person is full, the whole family will not be hungry, but they will be in danger of being bullied and left alone.

At this time, some orphans and widows who are alone will travel together to take care of each other. Humans are social animals. They can survive alone, but they will definitely not live well.

As Liu Caixia hurried forward, she secretly looked back at the city gate and sighed in her heart, wondering how many people would die in this batch.

Although there are no monsters or zombies in this era, the existence of such a hierarchy system still makes life difficult for ordinary people.

Forget it, forget it, she couldn't think about these things anymore, she should just live her own life well. This was the era that it was, and no matter how much she wanted to, she couldn't change anything.

There were other pedestrians along the way, all heading towards Dahuan Mountain. It seems that there are smart people in every era.

The routes they chose were also different. No one spoke on the way. They all just kept their heads down and hurried on. It was about to get dark, so they had to find a place to spend the night.

It would be best to find a place with a house, or a ruined temple that can shelter from the wind and rain. If that doesn't work, try looking for a cave or a cave. If you can't find one, you can only find a slightly safer place, just to provide a simple shelter and rest before you continue your journey tomorrow.

As for the other group of people from Hujia Village, after separating from those who were entering the city, they headed directly towards Dahuan Mountain. They had a large group of people, and they were carrying ox carts and children. Although they could not travel as fast as an adult, they tried to walk as much distance as possible, and it would be best if they could stay away from Xizhou City.

The people of Hujia Village bypassed the city gate and walked towards Dahuan Mountain from another road. The mountain road there was narrower and passed through a barren field with no grass growing in it. It was impossible to grow crops in this weather.

In the past two years, there was no rain in the winter, just a little snow. It was like snow in June, and it only snowed for a few short days. After the snow, the temperature did not drop much, and it did not solve any problems at all.

But at least after the snow, moisture enters the soil, and farmers can still get some harvest by planting sweet potatoes, sorghum and the like.

During other periods of time, it is impossible to grow food. Some sandy land can barely grow sweet potatoes and peanuts. Crops that do not require much water are all food. Sweet potatoes are life-saving food. You can eat them from head to toe. No part of the sweet potato vine is wasted. All of them are eaten as wild vegetables.

At the end of the mountain road, only a hint of green can be seen vaguely in the valley. There are also some drought-resistant poplar trees that have not died of drought because of their own strength. Some have begun to turn yellow.

Following the direction the people from Hujia Village went, some people saw them walking and followed them. Some had planned from the beginning to go in this direction, and some were frightened by the large groups of people at the city gate.

Hujiacun was walking at the front of the team, and no one else could be seen in front of them.

Liu Caiyun held Xiaomei's hand and talked to her occasionally. After a day of getting along, Xiaomei had become much closer to Liu Caiyun.

Liu Caiyun even asked Xiaolu to give her a piece of candy, and of course she didn't forget to remind her to keep it a secret, "Xiaomei, you have to keep it a secret after eating the candy, okay? We only have a few candies left at home, and Sister Xiaolu gave them to you. You must not tell anyone outside, or they will come to snatch them away, and then you will have no candy to eat."

"I understand. I won't tell anyone." He looked at Xiaolu and smiled shyly. "Thank you, Sister Xiaolu!"

Xiao Lu looked at her thin and pitiful appearance and found her cute. She touched her little face and said, "Don't worry, I will take care of you. From now on, you will have a bite to eat if I eat."

Xiaomei lowered her head shyly and said "yeah".

Liu Caiyun let Xiaomei walk for a while, and when she got tired, she carried her for a while. They kept walking all the way and the team did not stop to rest.

After more than a month or two of training, Xiao Lu's physical strength has improved a lot. In addition, she has evolved her body with supernatural powers, and now her physical strength is almost the same as that of an adult.

You have to know that when they first came, the whole family couldn't stand walking this long every day. It was exhausting even if they walked slowly. Father and mother Liu were older, so they had to work harder. The other three with special abilities had improved their physical fitness to some extent.

Liu's father and mother are ordinary people. They usually live a life of luxury. After getting older, they have not done any heavy work. After this period of exercise, their physical strength is much better than before.

Fortunately, we have adapted a lot now, otherwise we would not be able to bear walking like they did when we first came here. The roads here are not easy to walk on either. Unlike modern cement roads, these loess roads are bumpy and often have stones that hurt the feet.

Even on the official road, it was just piled up with stones and was not very flat.

As the last rays of sunset gradually sink into the horizon, the surrounding scenery is shrouded in a layer of light twilight, and the coolness in the air reminds every traveler that night is coming.

Liu Caixia and her companions couldn't help but quicken their pace. The only sound they could hear was the rustling of the wind through the trees and the occasional cries of night birds in the distance, breaking the silence.

The people of Hujia Village did not stop along the way. Of course, there was no rule of eating three meals a day. When they were hungry, they would take out some dry food and eat a few bites. The most common dry food was boiled sweet potatoes. Sometimes they would take out a corn flour steamed bun, and each person would break off a piece. After eating, they would drink a few sips of water to let the food swell up in their stomachs.

They walked until it was almost dark before they reached a valley. Village chief Hu looked at the situation in the valley and decided to spend the night there and wait for the people who were coming later.

After the few people who went into the city come back, they will discuss together whether they should cross the col or go around the mountain ahead.

Liu Caixia and her group soon saw the large group from Hujia Village from a distance. A large group of people would naturally travel much slower. Even if they bought some food and water, the weight could be shared among them, so they could travel faster.

The trees in this valley are relatively lush, much better than those in the previous mountains. Looking from the valley to the mountain, and from the bottom to the top, the color becomes greener and greener.

It also proved that the information they had inquired about before was correct, that the drought in Dahuan Mountain was not that serious.

Village chief Hu even thought that there should be wild vegetables or fruits on the mountain. Even if people around had searched the mountain, there should still be some left.

First of all, these people who go up the mountain are definitely not all professional hunters. Those who don’t have some martial arts skills dare not go too deep. Secondly, there is water in the soil of the mountains here. Even if the fruits are picked, they may grow again later.

If you decide to cross this mountain at that time, there will be dangers, but there will also be hope.

When they reached the foot of the mountain, they found some piles of rocks and decided to spend the night there. There were some large stones in the piles that could be used for defense.

After the people in front stopped, Village Chief Hu called out to the people behind, "Everyone, find a place to stay here tonight! And wait for the people behind you. It will be dark now, and you won't be able to walk for long. It will be even later for the people behind you to come back, and it will be easy for something to happen!"

"Okay, village chief!"

After hearing what the village chief said, the people behind them stopped one after another not far away, each finding a place to hide and preparing to collect firewood to make a fire and cook something.

Liu Caixia and her group finally arrived back before dark.

The people of Hujia Village were in a valley, and they had lit a fire next to a row of large rocks. Many people were resting there. After searching for a while, we finally found them in the area closest to the valley. We saw that they were rushing back in a very embarrassed manner, carrying large and small bags on their bodies. People from each household in the village came to greet them.

Two bonfires were burning in the circle of Hujia Village. The flames instantly dispelled people's fear of the darkness and illuminated this small space.

The weather is hot now and the temperature is not low at night. The main purpose of lighting a fire is to cook food and prevent attacks from wild animals at night.

Father and mother Liu have been together for several days on the way. They have now integrated into the village and can hang out with the villagers. They are no longer excluded.

When Liu Caixia arrived, Liu's mother was still cooking something with the village head's wife. There were two pots on the fire, with something cooking in them. Liu's mother was stirring it with a bought spatula.

Liu Caixia was also tired, so she sat down next to the fire.

"Mom, drink some water!"

Liu Caixia drank some water to calm down.

"Caixia, if you're hungry, eat something first. Dinner will be ready soon."

The others also put their things down and sat down next to the fire, exhausted.