But when the time came, the imperial court was still negligent in providing disaster relief and even ordered the imposition of heavy taxes and levies.
With grain prices remaining high, people's grain reserves are almost depleted.
The wild vegetables, grass roots, and other edible things in the nearby mountains were all picked clean.
People were starving to death everywhere.
The original owner's village, Shanqing, fought dozens of battles with several surrounding villages over water resources, resulting in a lot of bloodshed.
The original owner's husband was killed when he was accidentally hit with a hoe while fighting with someone to steal water, after being summoned by the village head.
All that remained were the original owner who had just given birth and five hungry babies.
Even more critically, a prince who was exiled to Qiongzhou a few years ago is dissatisfied with the court's neglect of its duties. Taking advantage of the natural disasters and man-made calamities, he is planning to rebel and will soon attack.
There was only one way out for the original owner:
They fled the famine together with familiar neighbors in the village.
She had made plans long ago, but she never expected that a few days before fleeing the famine, villains from the village would sneak into her house at night with the intention of committing a crime.
The original owner resisted fiercely, but was killed on the spot by the villain who slammed his head against the wall.
Several children were kidnapped and sold.
However, the familiar neighbors in Shanqing Village turned a blind eye.
They not only divided up what little wealth the original owner had left, but even used her still-warm body to trade for grain and silver with people from other villages.
The original owner's youngest daughter, Yuanyuan, was bought by the koi-like heroine's uncle and became a child bride in name only, but in reality, a slave who was abused at will.
She was beaten and scolded before she was three or four years old. As she grew up, she was exploited by that family and was even looked down upon for being inferior to the lucky little heroine.
The villains who were sold to other places each had their own tragic stories, and their endings were even more tragic.
Ye Wenxue: "......"
What's the point of escaping this wasteland?
Rather than fleeing the famine with that bunch of wicked bastards from Shanqing Village, it's better for the whole family to head into the deep mountains and forests that have been uninhabited for a long time.
With her wood-type superpowers and the spiritual spring and seeds in her space, she and her children have no worries about food and drink.
It might be a bit tough when you first enter the mountains.
But compared to the dangers encountered on the way to escape famine, this hardship is nothing.
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