Shen Yu'an thought about what her third uncle had just said, that the porridge given out by the rich families in the city was becoming thinner and thinner.
This shows that the food in the city is not inexhaustible.
More and more people outside the city want to rely on the rich people in the city for their livelihood, which is not a long-term solution.
If the refugees outside the city riot, Dashan County will become like the county town there.
So Shen Yu'an said, "Grandma, we have enough silver, but let's discuss it before deciding whether to enter the city."
"What? You're not going into the city." Old Mrs. Shen said in surprise.
But she knew that Shen Yu'an always had his own ideas, so she said, "Okay, let's discuss it again."
The two returned to the crowd.
When Mr. Shen saw Shen Yu'an coming back, he asked, "What do you think? Do you think we can go into the city?"
Shen Yu'an looked around the crowd before speaking out what he had just thought.
Finally, she added, "It's not safe to have so many refugees gathered outside the city. There are also many dead bodies on the way here. If no one takes care of them for a long time, it will easily lead to plague. Let's continue to head south."
What Shen Yu'an said was indeed pertinent, and Mr. Shen did not refute it. The others also listened quietly and felt that what she said made sense.
Mr. Shen looked at Shen Rong and asked, "Boss, take a look, where can we go around if we don't go into the city."
Shen Rong took out the topographic map from his bag and spread it on the ground.
It was already dark, and no one dared to use the electric lights given by Shen Yu'an, so they lit a few oil lamps for lighting.
Everyone gathered around, even Fei Yanche and Ji Xun came closer to take a look.
It was the first time that Fei Yanche saw the topographic maps they brought. It was not as detailed as the ones used by the military, but it was acceptable.
Shen Rong said, "There are only two ways to get around this city. To the east, you need to go over the mountain. To the west, there is a large forest."
Everyone looked up in the direction Shen Rong was pointing. Even though it was already dark, they could still see the towering mountains in the distance.
There are jackals and wild beasts in the mountains, so you can imagine how dangerous it is.
So everyone chose to go through the jungle in the west without hesitation.
"We have both an ox cart and a wooden cart. It will be troublesome to cross the mountain. Let's go through the forest."
Fei Yanche thought about it, but couldn't find any record of that forest in his memory.
He turned to look at Shen Yu'an and asked, "Where do you think we should go?"
Everyone looked at Shen Yu'an, waiting for her decision.
Shen Yu’an: “…” Why are you all looking at me?
She took out a copper coin and tossed it in her hand: "The front side is through the forest, the back side is over the mountain."
After saying that, he threw the coin out. The coin flipped several times in the air and finally landed in Shen Yu'an's hand.
Shen Yu'an opened his palm with the coin facing up, and everyone looked over. The coin was facing up, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Shen Yu'an said: "But we still need to go into the city to replenish some medicinal herbs and other things."
"There must be a lot of snakes, rats, insects and ants in the forest. Let's go buy some insect repellent powder tomorrow, and add some other things."
Shen Yu'an would never say that he was greedy. Although there were many things in the space, he couldn't use them without any worries.
But if she goes into the city tomorrow, she will have an excuse to take things out of the space.
After making the decision, everyone felt relieved.
Because there were nearly a thousand refugees not far away, the Shen family did not want to cause any trouble, so they did not light a fire to cook.
They still ate fried pancakes with their favorite sauces and drank some water from their water bags, and that was it for dinner.
But even so, it is much better than many people outside the city gate.
Because they were worried that something might happen at night, they arranged for a few more people to keep watch before going to bed, with four people on watch at a time.
In the second half of the night, Shen Yu'an, Fei Yanche, Shen Rong and Shen Ming kept watch together.
It was quiet all around, with only the occasional whispers from Fei Yanche and Shen Yu'an.
Several people who were lying outside the city gate stood up quietly and walked towards the Shen family.
"Wang Mazi, I must have a share of the money made from this deal." A thin man with triangular eyes whispered.
The other man named Wang Mazi said irritably, "I understand. If you follow me and work hard, you will definitely get some benefits."
The man with triangular eyes rubbed his hands and asked, "I see that the boys who came today are much prettier than the ones you sold a few days ago. Can you make some more money?"
Wang Mazi glanced at the triangular-eyed man and replied unhappily: "No matter how much more, you can only take 30%, otherwise there are plenty of people willing to follow me."
"Hehe, you're right, 30% then 30%." The man with the triangular eyes said happily without any reluctance.
The two continued to sneak towards the Shen family.
Their target was not the Shen family’s food, but the Shen family’s children.
Wang Mazi would look for good-looking boys outside the city, and then people from the city would come out to take over from them early the next morning.
The people in the city gave food to Wang Mazi, and Wang Mazi gave the children he captured at night to those people.
Every day, people from the city come out to exchange food for children with these people outside. A baby girl can be exchanged for half a bag of food, and these people are willing to do so.
However, these people were only willing to exchange their girls for food, but they were reluctant to do so with their boys.
However, the people in the brothels in the city also have a demand for handsome boys, and they are unwilling to sell their sons, so they came up with this idea.
Wang Mazi selected good people in advance during the day, stole the child at night, and handed the child back to those people in exchange for food the next morning.
Today was the second time they had done this, and they didn't expect to meet such good guys.
When the Shen family's team arrived today, they happened to be at the back of the crowd. They saw these children at a glance and felt that they could definitely be sold for a good price.
So the originally chosen child was replaced by the youngest two children from the Shen family, Wulang and Liulang.
When the man with triangular eyes and Wang Mazi came over here, the four people on night guard discovered them.
I originally thought they wanted to steal food, so I wasn't that angry. But when they came closer and heard what they said, I became even more furious.
Boy? Selling? Earning more money?
It seems that they want to steal several children from the Shen family and sell them.
Just when Shen Rong and Shen Ming couldn't help but stand up and beat them up, Shen Yu'an stopped them.
She and Fei Yanche looked at each other and whispered, "Get rid of harm for the people, will you do it?"
"Let's go!" Fei Yanche nodded in understanding. After the two of them looked at each other, they stood up quietly and walked behind the two men.
The two men acted quickly, almost at the same time, and one of them chopped down the two people who had sneaked up on them with a hand blade.
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