The man saw that they were all looking at him in surprise, and he was no less surprised than them.
"Didn't you just come from Dashan County?"
Shen Rong explained, "Ah, it's true that they came from Dashan County, but when we set out, the people outside the city hadn't rioted yet."
Seeing that everyone seemed very interested in what was happening in Dashan County, he began to ask.
"I wonder if this brother could tell me about the situation over there?"
The man looked at the interested expressions of Shen Rong and the people beside him, then looked at the food they brought, and his eyes rolled around twice.
He pretended to be weak and leaned against a tree behind him, saying, "It's not that I don't want to talk, but I'm thirsty from traveling these days, and I don't have the energy to speak."
The corners of the Shen family's mouth twitched. He was talking excitedly just now, but no one noticed that he was thirsty.
Hua Ling asked innocently, "But uncle, you didn't look thirsty at all when you were talking just now."
The man was a little embarrassed by what he said, but only a little.
He secretly raised one eyelid and looked towards the Shen family, pretending to cough twice.
"Oh my throat is about to smoke. I wasn't that tired just now. It must be because I talked so much that I became like this."
After saying that, he looked up at the reactions of the Shen family and saw that they were just looking at him but didn't seem angry.
He continued to remind: "I don't have much water and food on me, otherwise I will definitely tell you what happened outside Dashan County."
"Oh, that was really thrilling. Tsk, tsk, tsk ~ it's a pity that you didn't see it."
Chen Yu'an pulled Hua Ling back when she was about to go over to see if the man was really as tired as he said.
Hua Ling pulled Shen Yu'an's sleeve and said, "Why don't you give him some food and water, Sister An'an, Ling'er wants to hear his stories."
After saying that, he looked at the group of people eagerly, trying to get away with it.
Old Mrs. Shen's heart softened when she saw her. She pulled the coquettish Hua Ling to sit next to her so that she could listen to the person's "storytelling" more closely.
She looked at Shen Yu'an and asked, "How about giving him some?"
Shen Yu'an nodded slightly. She was also willing to exchange some food and water for the news.
Soon, Shen Dalang took a bamboo tube of water and a few cakes and gave them to the man who was crying.
The man took the water and the biscuits, put them into his bag which was extremely dirty with a smile, and patted it with his hands.
The man did not press further. After getting water and food, he began to talk about what happened outside Dashan County.
The man said in a vivid voice, "You don't know. The people in the city agreed to give the refugees outside the city a meal every day, but the porridge became thinner and thinner, and finally it was reduced to once every two days."
Hua Ling said in a very flattering tone: "They don't keep their word. They are so mean."
The man looked at the little girl who had helped him get the food and found her pleasing to the eye. He continued:
"Without food, how can people outside the city sit still? Finally, someone instigated us to say that the city government doesn't care about our lives. I'm so smart that I can tell at a glance that person has bad intentions and wants us to be a pawn to force the city officials to give us food."
The man chuckled complacently and continued, "I saw that the situation was not good, so I ran away and hid behind."
Hua Ling said seriously again: "Then you are really smart!"
Shen Yu’an: “…” Girl, do you know that you are not very smart?
The man continued, "But not all of the people outside the city are as smart as us. They listened to that man and actually ran to the city gate to make trouble. They didn't think about whether the people could win the fight against the officials."
"The people in the city must have been on guard against us outside the city. Suddenly, I saw soldiers holding arrows standing on the city wall. Then the arrows flew down quickly. Many of the troublemakers died."
"Fortunately, I hid quickly, otherwise I would have become the one lying there."
The man nodded to himself, as if he was very satisfied with his own intelligence.
The Shen family also learned from what the man said that not long after they left, the refugees outside the city had started fighting with the officers and soldiers inside.
Zhao was so scared that she patted her chest, luckily they left early.
She asked in shock, "What about the more than a thousand people outside the city? Are they all dead?"
The man looked at Zhao as if he was looking at a fool. He said, "How is that possible? Although they are not as smart as me, they will not move forward if they are all dead. The remaining people who are not dead must have run away."
"I just followed those people here. If I wasn't smart, I would have starved to death on the way."
Everyone's faces darkened. This man was too narcissistic. He kept repeating how smart he was, as if he was afraid that others didn't know it.
There is no useful information left. Those who survived simply came from one of the two roads.
After the man finished speaking, he left contentedly, carrying his bag.
After the man left, the Shen family and their group quickly ate something.
After eating, they planned to continue their journey. They should be able to reach the outside of the next county town before evening this day.
After the refugees from Dashan County leave, they will definitely come here.
They had wasted so much time in the woods, and they didn't know whether those people had arrived yet.
Moreover, if Dashan County is like that, will the situation here be any better?
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