Huo Jinqian looked at Gao Zhijun who was in deep thought, his brows furrowed, and he looked worried.
Who was she thinking about? The man she was engaged to?
Who was she worried about? The man she was engaged to?
Thinking of this, Huo Jinqian felt depressed and uncomfortable, and it was a bit hard to breathe.
The grandmother and her family, whom Gao Zhili missed, were also in Qinghe County at this moment. Gao Zhijun was in the mountains, while they were on the official road.
The original owner's grandmother was named Zhuang Die. Her husband died early, and she raised her three children alone.
Zhuang Die is a smart and capable woman, otherwise she would not have been able to raise three children.
Her three children are the eldest Sun Fusheng, the second Sun Yunniang, and the third Sun Fushou.
The eldest, Sun Fusheng, is forty-three years old. He married Zhou Yuyi, forty-one, and they have two sons and a daughter. The eldest, Sun Tiechi, is twenty-two years old. He married Shui Linglong, and they have two sons: Sun Dawen, three years old, and Sun Dawu, one year old. The second daughter, Sun Yuejiao, is twenty years old and already married. The youngest, Sun Tielong, is eighteen years old and is the cousin the original owner wanted to marry.
The second child, Sun Yunniang, was the original owner's mother, but unfortunately she is dead.
The third son, Sun Fushou, is forty years old this year. He married Qian Xiaocui, who is thirty-nine years old, and they have a son and a daughter. His son, Sun Tiehai, is seventeen years old this year. He married Bai Rujun, who is sixteen years old this year. They have a one-year-old daughter. His daughter, Sun Yue'e, is fifteen years old and is engaged but unmarried.
"Boss, is there any news about your sister's family?"
Grandma Sun and Zhuang Die asked their eldest son Sun Fusheng anxiously.
Before fleeing the famine, she asked her eldest son to go to Gaoling Village, hoping that her daughter, son-in-law and grandson would flee with them and take care of them.
However, when the eldest brother arrived, he found out that the people in Gaoling Village had already fled the famine.
They had no choice but to pack up their things at night and try to catch up with them.
Fortunately, her second grandson Sun Tielong bought a cow and a lot of food for her family, so her family did not starve to death on the way to escape the famine.
While fleeing famine, she kept asking about her daughter's whereabouts, but unfortunately, she was always disappointed.
They only arrived in Qinghe County yesterday and saw the people from Gaoling Village, but not their daughter's family.
She asked her eldest son to go to Gaoling Village to inquire early in the morning, and only when she saw her eldest son coming back did she ask him anxiously.
Sun Fusheng calmed down and said, "Mother, the village chief of Gaoling Village said that my sister's mother-in-law is too much. The villagers couldn't stand it anymore, so they drove her family out of Gaoling Village. Now he doesn't know anything about my sister's family."
What Sun Fusheng didn’t say was that Village Chief Gao said that his sister’s family had been following Gaoling Village.
When they were in Xiangyang County, they encountered bandits who killed and robbed anyone they saw. They heard screams from behind and fled desperately.
He saw the bandits kill his sister's mother-in-law, but he didn't see anything else and was only concerned with escaping.
Gaoling Village originally had seventy households, but now only thirty-two remain. Those people are likely in grave danger. My sister's family is also in grave danger.
In order not to make his mother sad, he planned to keep it a secret from her for as long as possible.
"My daughter! You've been driven out of Gaoling Village and are walking alone. I don't know what dangers you will encounter."
"That damned old witch, couldn't she have been a little less violent under special circumstances? Now that they've been driven out of Gaoling Village, where are they going to go?
Even if we reach Jiangnan, how can we survive without fellow villagers to look after us?"
"Big brother, third brother, you must find the second brother's family, do you hear me?"
When Zhuang heard that her daughter and her family had been driven out of Gaoling Village and were now missing, she became as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.
She told her two sons to find her daughter and her family.
"Mom, don't worry. We will definitely find my sister and her family."
"Mom, I will find my sister's family too."
Sun Fusheng and Sun Fushou comforted their mother and reassured her.
Only after hearing the assurances from her two sons did Mrs. Zhuang put her worries to rest.
Zhou Yuyi, who has lived with Sun Fusheng for more than 20 years, knows her husband's character very well.
My aunt's family must have encountered difficulties, or they must have been killed, and my husband didn't want to make his mother-in-law sad, so he made this excuse.
It’s no wonder that the person next to you knows the person next to you best. It’s said that most people who sleep in the same bed have a tacit understanding with each other.
Zhou Yuyi's speculation was correct. Her aunt's family was indeed killed, leaving only her daughter and grandson.
"Qinghe County? We've already arrived in Qinghe County. Beyond Qinghe County is Liangzhou County, and beyond Liangzhou County is Liangzhou."
"After passing Liangzhou, we enter Yongzhou, and after passing Yongzhou, we reach Bingzhou. We are going to live in Bingzhou."
The village head and clan leaders were excited when they heard that they were already in Qinghe County.
Once you walk out of this deep mountain, you will reach Liangzhou. As long as you pass Liangzhou and enter Yongzhou, there will be water there.
In fact, many villagers wanted to go to Yongzhou, where there was government relief.
As long as it rains and there is water in the fields, they can return to their villages to live. This is how they fled famine in the past.
Jin Qian told the villagers that in order for their descendants to live in peace, they should go to Bingzhou, where there is water all year round and they don’t have to worry about drought. Therefore, the villagers of Huojia Village sold their fields and houses before fleeing the famine. They wanted to settle in Bingzhou and live there for generations to come.
The laws of Daliang stipulated that in years of famine, refugees could request shelter, and the government had to arrange for them to stay and not drive them away.
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