"Hmm." Wen Xi nodded thoughtfully, then said nothing more. Without seeing the actual situation, she felt it was inappropriate to offer her opinion.
Qin Mi said, "Liangliang, we still have a while before we arrive. You can rest for a bit first."
Wen Xi nodded, then leaned back in her seat and closed her eyes. The road conditions were bad, and the bumpy ride was very uncomfortable. She had never known that riding in a car could be so painful!
About two hours later, Wen Xi felt someone gently pushing her shoulder. She opened her eyes groggily and saw Qin Mi looking at her. She asked in confusion, "Have we arrived yet?"
"We've arrived," Qin Mi said. "But there's still a small path to take; it'll take about half an hour to walk it into the village."
"How many households are there in this village?" Wenxi rubbed her eyes to clear her head.
“There are at least forty or fifty households,” Qin Mi said.
Wenxi nodded, got out of the car, and then brought out two buckets of sweet potato porridge. It wasn't thick, but rather thin, because everyone hadn't had a proper meal in a long time. Eating dry rice now might cause heartburn and stomach upset, so it was better to eat something thinner.
"I'll do it." Qin Mi carried the two buckets of sweet potato porridge over, one in each hand.
Wen Xi took out a straw hat, tied a silk scarf around it to make a veil, and put on the straw hat to walk behind Qin Mi. "Qin Mi, what month is it here now?"
“It’s already May,” Qin Mi said.
Wenxi found it strange. In the other dimensions she had visited before, the months were always the same. She didn't know why the months were different this time. In the Harvest Brigade, it was already the harvest season at the end of September. She didn't know why it was only May here.
After walking for more than half an hour, we finally saw the village. It was the middle of the day, but there wasn't a single chimney smoking. With a shortage of water and food, who would light a fire?
"Is there no relief food?" Wenxi asked.
Qin Mi remained silent for a long while before saying, "Everywhere is facing difficulties right now, and everyone can only try to find solutions on their own."
They must have had an easier time here than in other places because they encountered the Mountain Goddess!
"Let's go!" Wen Xi didn't continue the topic. If there were relief food, Qin Mi probably wouldn't have asked her for help, and she probably wouldn't have stayed here.
This is probably a parallel universe that is even poorer than the one she originally lived in, right? Because when she overheard the people in the compound talking about the names of the leaders, not a single one of them had the same name.
In other words, this should be a parallel universe.
Not only was there no sign of life around, but even the village itself was devoid of any vitality. The entire world was a dull yellow, without a trace of green.
Qin Mi led Wen Xi into the first house in the village. As soon as they entered, they saw a person lying on the mud floor of the main room, barely breathing.
The two exchanged a glance. Qin Mi quickly put down the wooden bucket in his hand, squatted down and helped the person up, while Wen Xi hurriedly went to find the kitchen. After finding the kitchen, she took a bowl from it, washed the bowl with water from the system kitchen, and then came out to ladle out a bowl of sweet potato porridge and handed it to Qin Mi.
Qin Mi hurriedly fed the sweet potato porridge to the man's mouth, and then fed him the soup little by little. With food in his stomach, the man's strength slowly recovered.
After a while, the middle-aged man opened his eyes. "Officer Qin, what are you doing here?"
Qin Mi was at a loss for words, feeling guilty for not being able to resolve the matter.
"Uncle, are there any other people in your family?" Wenxi took the empty bowl from Qin Mi and filled another bowl with sweet potato porridge.
As if he had just remembered something, the uncle hurriedly snatched the sweet potato porridge from Wenxi's hand, then staggered to his feet and ran into the house. Wenxi and Qin Mi did not follow him inside.
Qin Mi asked, "Liangliang, do you have any water? Could you...?"
Wen Xi shook her head. "No rush. If I take out the water now, things will probably get chaotic. Let me get to know the village better before I give everyone water and food. I'll definitely get it out before tonight."
Afterwards, Wenxi went to the kitchen, washed two bowls, filled two bowls with sweet potato porridge and put them there, and then asked Qin Mi to take her to the next house.
They visited each household one by one, gaining a basic understanding of the number of people in each family. Faced with the prospect of profit, human nature was directly exposed. Some people, who were also quite strong, actually snatched sweet potato porridge right in front of Wen Xi and Qin Mi.
Of course, what they were fighting over wasn't the sweet potato porridge in the wooden bucket, but the sweet potato porridge that Wenxi had served everyone. For example, grandmothers would snatch their granddaughters' sweet potato porridge to give to their grandsons, or mothers would snatch the sweet potato porridge of their disliked sons to give to their favorite sons...
Wenxi didn't stop these things because now it was just her and Qin Mi. Her brother couldn't clash with the old ideas, and as for those other people, if they couldn't stand on their own two feet, no amount of help from others would help.
Most people were grateful to Qin Mi and his wife, but Wen Xi wore a straw hat and a veil, so no one could see what she looked like. They only knew that she had a pair of extremely beautiful, dark, and bright eyes.
After exploring the village, I discovered a temple inside. It was a very ordinary little temple, undamaged, but the door was locked. I wondered what was inside.
Wen Xi suddenly had an idea and whispered to Qin Mi, "I know what to do."
Qin Mi looked at her, puzzled. "How?"
Wen Xi pointed to the temple next to her and said, "I plan to make my appearance here."
Qin Mi was stunned for a moment, then looked worried. "Liangliang, won't you be in danger if you do this?"
"The greatest danger is you, because you are the only one in the world who knows my identity. As long as you don't betray me, I will not be in any danger," Wen Xi said to Qin Mi with utmost seriousness.
Of course, even if Qin Mi betrays her, it doesn't matter. At worst, she can hide in the system kitchen and never come out again, waiting for a chance to go back.
The people here want to find her, but they can't find her at all. On the contrary, Qin Mi might be in some danger, because others will definitely pressure Qin Mi to ask about her whereabouts.
If Qin Mi makes a foolish mistake, then no one can save him.
"Liangliang, I will never betray you. If I ever have the thought of betraying you, may you die on the spot, without a burial place, I..."
Wen Xi quickly reached out and covered Qin Mi's lips, "Alright, stop wasting time, go find the village chief or brigade leader who can take charge!"
She's not afraid of anything as long as she's not captured and dissected for research.
After all, we can't underestimate people from every era. Every era has its own extraordinary people, otherwise Lin Yiwan wouldn't have been controlled by Xia Minglei and Tang Xiaoyun to the point that she couldn't even enter the space.
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