The old woman was holding a little boy who was only five or six years old in her arms.
The little boy's lips were cracked and a little pale, and he was held in the old woman's arms with his eyes closed.
The people in Shenjia Village were relatively well off. Some families had harvested their grain in advance, and some families had bought some grain from her house. Although they could not have full meals every day, they were not to the point where they had no food to eat.
The team of less than a hundred people in front of him looked like they had not eaten for many days, and their cheeks were sunken.
Some men were injured and looked depressed.
Everyone in the Shen family couldn't bear it and could only force themselves not to look at them.
When they were about to pass the refugees, Shen Yu'an suddenly said, "Mom, we have to take a good look when we get to the county town. Although the refugees have already swept through, who knows what food they may have left behind."
Shen Yu'an's voice was quite loud, and the refugees nearby and the families walking in front of the Shen family all heard her words clearly.
If there really is food in the city, we can't let others get it first.
Those families quickened their pace and soon surpassed the people in front.
"Why are you in such a hurry? Don't you know how to save your energy?" the person who was being squeezed muttered.
Shen Yu'an turned his head to look behind him, and sure enough, he saw the group of people behind him following not too far behind.
"Is there really food in the city?" Song, who was beside Shen Yu'an, asked in a low voice.
Shen Yuan said: "I don't know either, but maybe with luck we can find some food that hasn't been stolen."
After a day's walk, we finally arrived at the gate of Shao County.
It was a desolate scene. The city gates were wide open and there were corpses outside that had been dead for who knows how many days.
There was no one left in the city. That day, the refugees came in great force and a large group of people gathered outside the city. What the people from Shenjia Village saw on the mountain that night was just the tip of the iceberg.
After entering the city, the refugees burned, killed and looted, venting their resentment that had been pent up for many days.
All the people who could escape from the city had already fled, and now Shao County is just a deserted city.
Everyone covered their mouths and noses and carefully avoided the corpses, planning to stay in the city tonight.
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The Shen family found a slightly cleaner yard to live in. Since they were a large family, the yard they found was also large, so they specially cleared out a room for Shen Yu'an.
The last two sentences that Shen Yu'an said before entering the city were only heard by the families in front of them and the group of refugees next to them.
The families in Shenjia Village who heard this did not say anything. If they really had food, they certainly would not want to share it with more people.
When it was late at night, they went out to look for any food that had been left behind.
But after searching several houses, there was not a single grain of food to be found. I guess it must have been stolen by the refugees long ago.
They returned to their residence dejectedly.
The people in Shenjia Village also knew that these people followed them, but they lived in the east of the city and they lived in the west, so they did not interfere with each other.
Shen Yu'an sneaked out as early as nightfall, so it was not surprising that they did not find any food.
Not to mention food, even the gold, silver and valuables were probably looted clean. How could they possibly find anything?
“Boom boom boom~”
There was a faint knock on the door and the person inside opened it.
"...Li Zheng" The one who opened the door was the old woman who blocked the road to beg for food.
The person standing outside was the old man from the other group of people. From what she said, the man outside was the head of their village.
He was sighing, "Hey, this is half a cake my wife gave me. Let the child eat it to fill his stomach. We are out of food at home, and from now on... I can't help you."
The old woman was so moved that she burst into tears and sobbed softly, "Thank you, Li Zheng, thank you, Li Zheng. When Gou Wa grows up, I will make sure he will remember your family's kindness."
"It's hard to say whether she can survive, go back quickly." The man was waving his hand and asking her to go back and feed the child.
The old woman thanked him profusely, closed the door, and walked back.
The food at home is running out. If we want to go somewhere else, it’s hard to say whether we can make it.
When I turned a corner, a voice that sounded like a man or a woman suddenly sounded behind me.
"stop."
The village chief turned his head sharply and saw no one. The voice came from another direction.
"If you want to save the lives of your fellow villagers, just stand there and listen to me."
A gust of wind blew by, and the village head shuddered, but he still said honestly: "You say."
"Go to Liang's Grain Shop in the west of the city at noon tomorrow. There is food there to save your villagers."
The man there had already recognized the voice as that of an old immortal. He bowed his head and said respectfully, "I just went to check with the villagers. There is nothing left in Liang's shop."
They also went to several grain stores, but they were in a mess and there was really nothing left.
"You will find the food when you go back tomorrow at noon." The voice said again, "I want to save your life because I see that you are in such a difficult situation and are willing to lend a helping hand to your fellow villagers. Do you know what to do after you get the food?"
The old man quickly assured: "I will definitely share this food with the villagers and will never keep it all to myself."
"Remember what you said, and remember to go at noon, otherwise the consequences will be..."
Lao Lizheng said quickly: "Don't worry, I will never go there early."
Just when Lao Li thought that the voice had disappeared, another voice suddenly came: "...The Imperial City is not a good place to go"
The old village chief reacted for a long time but there was no sound. He called out twice tentatively and found that there was really no one there.
Thinking about what the voice just said, the old village head couldn't suppress his excitement and he wished he could go to Liang's Grain Store again right away.
But then he remembered that the old immortal said they had to go tomorrow at noon, and he was worried that going now would anger the old immortal, so he endured it and went back.
They did bring some food with them when they came out, but it was robbed on the way. If what the old immortal said was true, then they could be saved.
Shen Yu'an didn't know that she had been regarded as an old immortal by the old man.
After finishing her work, she returned to the Shen family's residence.
She thought about it, God gave her a golden finger as big as infinite space, and sent her to this place to give her a second life.
Then she would return the favor and help the people of this world.
Although it is impossible to help everyone, just do your best to help without affecting her safety.
She originally just wanted to use this city as a cover to help the people of Shenjia Village and those people, but the scene she just saw made her change her mind.
The people in Shenjia Village have not yet run out of water or food, so let's help them first.
In order to prevent the people from Shenjia Village from staying and searching house to house after discovering that there was grain in the city, she decided to wait until they left tomorrow and then secretly put the grain into the grain shop.
As for the people from Shenjia Village, she will continue to travel with them for a while and then think of other solutions.
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