Li Xue walked to the riverbank, approached the women, distributed the remaining snacks to them, and said:

"You guys try the snacks too. I have some left. I'll get you some more after you finish these."

Several women took the snacks Li Xue handed them, tasted a little, and then, reluctant to finish them, put the rest into their pockets.

Seeing this, Li Xue said nothing, walked over to a woman washing clothes, and said:

"Ma'am, where is this place? Are you a local?"

After Li Xue finished speaking, she squatted down next to the woman, which made the woman a little uneasy.

“I am a local, but my great-grandfather was not. He came from Fuzhou. Back then, in order to escape famine, he and many other Fuzhou people took a boat from the sea to come here and settled down. By our generation, there have been several generations of his family.”

Li Xue knew that Fuzhou was located on the southeast coast of the Great Northern Chaos. It was at least several thousand miles to travel here by boat from there. Back then, people who drifted here by sea had to endure countless hardships.

"That means your great-grandfather came from the Great Northern Dynasty, so you are all descendants of the Great Northern Dynasty," Li Xue said excitedly.

"Yes, back then, my great-grandfather brought my grandfather here to escape famine. This place was still a wild and desolate land. They settled down here and have multiplied generation after generation to this day, spanning several generations."

The village next door has over a hundred households, most of whom are descendants of people who fled famine years ago.

“Really? That’s great. We also came from the Great Northern Dynasty. We’re here to take care of something,” Li Xue said.

Upon hearing this, the woman was overjoyed. This was someone from her hometown! She immediately stood up, but perhaps because she stood up too quickly, she felt dizzy and almost fell. Li Xue quickly helped her up.

"So you came from the Great Northern Dynasty. When I was a child, my grandfather often told me about the Great Northern Dynasty. He said he wanted to go back and see it before he died, to return to his roots. Unfortunately, he never fulfilled his wish before he died."

Grandpa hoped that one of his descendants could go back and pay respects to their ancestors on his behalf, so that we would not forget our ancestors.

I'm already a mother of three, my eldest is over ten years old, and I'm getting old. I can't count on him for the rest of my life, so I hope my children can fulfill his wish.

When the other women washing clothes by the river learned that Li Xue came from the Great Northern Dynasty, they all gathered around and acted very affectionately.

Through conversation, Li Xue learned that these women's ancestors all came from the Great Northern Dynasty. Although they had lived here for several generations, they still had a strong sense of hometown sentiment.

At this moment, the woman spoke up: "My clothes are washed. Let me take you to sit in the village first."

Li Xue nodded and said, "Then I'll take my leave."

Seeing this, the other women hurriedly washed their clothes, hoping to go home as soon as possible.

Li Xue came to Zhao Xian's side and told him about the situation. Zhao Xian was also very surprised after hearing this. He did not expect that the people here were actually descendants of the Great Northern Dynasty.

If that's the case, then things are much easier. We can first learn about the situation in the Kingdom of Golden Harvest through them.

The group immediately set off, following the woman to the village ahead.

This village is quite large, with at least a hundred households. The villagers all live in thatched houses with mud brick walls.

The woman warmly invited Li Xue and the others inside to sit down, but because there were so many people, the others had to stand outside.

The interior was simply furnished, with no decent furniture, and judging from the situation, their family was not having an easy life.

The woman brought out a kettle and poured water for everyone. It was a ceramic teapot, blackened by soot, but the tea it poured was very clear, the temperature was just right, and it was very pleasant to drink.

Several women who had been washing clothes by the river arrived one after another, carrying baskets filled with things like eggs, fruit, and rice wine, which they brought to give to them.

Li Xue and Zhao Xian were deeply moved. They lived there in very poor conditions, lacking food and clothing.

They brought us things they themselves couldn't bear to eat, yet they still brought them, which shows that they considered us precious guests.

Unable to refuse such hospitality, Li Xue had no choice but to accept the gifts, promising to express her gratitude even more later.

Just then, an old man returned carrying a load of firewood. He was stunned to see so many people at his home, including neighbors.

"Father, we have guests at home."

"guest."

The old man was a little surprised. He had lived here for more than fifty years and had no relatives other than his children and in-laws.

Seeing the old man's bewildered expression, the woman spoke up:

“Father, when my great-grandfather brought my grandfather here from faraway Fuzhou, they were still subjects of the Great Northern Dynasty. My great-grandfather and grandfather never forgot that they were people of the Great Northern Dynasty until their deaths.”

The guests who came to our house today are all from the territory of the Great Northern Dynasty. If my great-grandfather and grandfather were still alive, how happy they would be to see people from their hometown.

At this point, the woman began to shed tears.

Upon hearing this, the old man became agitated. He walked up to Zhao Xian and said in a trembling voice:

“You have come from the Great Northern Kingdom, you are from our hometown, and you are our honored guests.”

Zhao Xian was also very excited. At first, he was worried that it would be very inconvenient for him and his group to come to Jindian Kingdom, where they would be unfamiliar with the place and people and would not be able to speak the language.

Unexpectedly, upon arriving here, we encountered descendants from Fuzhou. They had a strong sense of hometown sentiment and regarded us as honored guests.

"Grandpa, it's such a pleasure to see you all. I didn't bring any gifts, just two jars of wine from my hometown. Let me take them to you."

"Ah, you've come all this way, and you still brought me wine. This is wine from my hometown!" The old man's eyes began to well up with tears.

Li Xue was stunned when she saw this. When did Brother Zhao bring wine? Just how much stuff could he fit in that big wooden box?

Furthermore, wine jars are usually made of earthenware, so they need to be handled with extra care during transportation; even a slight collision can cause them to break.

We've traveled thousands of miles from Narcissus Village to here; those two wine jars are probably completely gone by now.

Zhao Xian went outside, found his large wooden box, opened the lid, and quickly took out two jars of liquor from the system's storage space.

To onlookers, it appeared that Zhao Xian had taken out the liquor from the wooden box.

When Zhao Xian returned carrying two jars of liquor, everyone looked at them with curiosity.

The wine jars are quite large; one jar can hold five jin (2.5 kg) of liquor, so two jars would hold ten jin (4.5 kg).

The old man was overjoyed to see two such large wine jars, and he accepted them with trembling hands.

Seeing this, Li Xue was a little unsettled. Was Brother Zhao even human? He had actually brought two jars of wine from Narcissus Village. After such a bumpy journey, the jars hadn't broken. How did he manage that?