“Alright!” Lu Yuan sighed and asked a few more questions, mainly about the base he had built. However, the woman seemed to have never heard of the base he had built, and he began to doubt whether the place she was talking about was the same place he was asking about.
Suddenly, footsteps sounded outside the door, and a look of panic immediately flashed across the woman's face.
So she quickly stood up, shushed Lu Yuan and the others, and whispered, "It's the foreman. You guys stay inside, I'll go get him out of here!"
After saying that, the woman quickly tidied herself up and went out.
"Hehe, I knew Captain Chen was here just by the sound of his footsteps. What brings you here today?"
"Hey! Isn't this Sister He? Missed your brother? Come here and let me check you out!"
"You rascal! You come every day, and you're still not done! When are you going to pay me back? I haven't had a single customer in days, I'm just waiting for you to give me a bite to eat!"
"What's the rush! When have I ever mistreated you? Take a couple of days, and I'll get you some meat once this is over!"
"Another few days! How long are you going to make me wait?! Hey! Don't touch me! You're always trying to take advantage of me, you can't just play for free! If you want to play, you have to bring either food or money!"
The man spat and pointed at the woman viciously, cursing, "Damn it! You filthy woman! You think you're so great! You think I care about you?!"
After saying that, the man seemed a little embarrassed and left muttering curses.
Lu Yuan and the others exchanged glances, and immediately understood what this woman did. However, this situation was quite common.
After all, most of the young and strong men have gone out to do manual labor to earn money, leaving the elderly, weak women and children to either watch helplessly as they die or to scavenge for garbage to make a living.
Women with some attractiveness have no choice but to sell their bodies to survive; they have no better options.
After a while, the woman came in, looking slightly embarrassed, but she didn't explain anything.
"By the way, have you been to the land plots in Shanxi Province?" Lu Yuan asked, looking up.
The woman nodded: "I've been there. I used to pass through there a few times when I was fleeing from war, but it's very dilapidated now, and hardly anyone lives there anymore!"
"There's hardly anyone left? Really?" Lu Yuan was somewhat surprised. He had brought more than 20,000 people with him. Even if an earthquake had occurred, there shouldn't be so few people left. In addition, there was a survivor base nearby. Even if things had gone badly, it shouldn't have been reduced to such a state. At least Lu Yuan had left a lot of crops at the base. If they persevered, they should be able to hold out for a while.
"Yes, I heard there was a serious riot over there, and a lot of people died! You'd better not go! It's too dangerous!" As she said this, the woman suddenly remembered that Lu Yuan and the others had come to her to look for their families, so it seemed that they would go there no matter what obstacles they faced.
"Alright, how about this, I'll go all the way and find you someone who knows the way, but you'll have to pay for it yourselves." The woman's eyes darted around, as if she had discovered a way to make money. After all, Lu Yuan and his group were generous and didn't seem like poor people. Anyway, she had no connection with them, so she might as well earn a little more.
Lu Yuan was so homesick that he didn't care about spending more money, especially when the woman mentioned the war that had broken out over there, which made him even more anxious.
"Okay! Now help me find a reliable person, and I'll give you a referral fee. However, I don't have the currency used here, so I can only give you some food. By the way, it seems you still mine ore here, right? If you'd like, I have some ore with me on me, which I can give you!"
After speaking, Lu Yuan took out a high-quality ore and handed it to the other party.
The woman's eyes lit up when she saw the crystal-clear ore: "You...you actually have such pure ore? This stuff is priceless! It can fetch a lot of money in the mining area! Are you really from out of town?"
Lu Yuan, unwilling to waste any more time chatting with the other party, immediately pointed to the dimensional crystal in the other party's hand and said, "That's right, this ore should be enough for you to find a reliable guide for me, right? After it's done, I'll come back and give you another ore! Go find one for me now!"
The woman nodded hurriedly, then stuffed the ore directly into her clothes: "Wait here for me a moment, I'll go find someone! Half an hour at most!"
The woman had already disappeared after she finished speaking.
The group sat in the cramped tent, looking at Lu Yuan, unsure how to comfort him.
"Lu Yuan, don't worry, maybe the place this woman mentioned isn't where your family lives. Don't be anxious!"
"Yes, Lu Yuan, this kind of situation is all too common. Before we found your family, no one knew what was going on, and it's even possible that your family members are alright!"
Lu Yuan could only nod helplessly, hoping that his family was alright.
Soon the woman returned with a short man.
"Come, come, these are the big shots I told you about. As long as you can get them safely to the Jin Province location, money is no problem!"
The short man, with a dark complexion and eyes the size of sesame seeds, looked at Lu Yuan and his companions with a hint of suspicion.
"The journey is fraught with danger; going there would be a life-or-death situation!"
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