After asking around for a while, Zhou Tong finally found Liu Dafa. He gently lifted the tent flap and saw Liu Dafa and a few others eating from bowls, their heads covered in mold, with soup made from filthy egg white chunks. When they saw someone come in, Liu Dafa was taken aback.
The two had met before, so Liu Dafa quickly recognized Zhou Tong when he entered.
"Hey buddy, what brings you here?"
Zhou Tong looked at him, then glanced at the people around him.
Liu Dafa wiped his mouth with his sleeve and said, "Well, they're all my relatives, no need to hide anything! By the way, what brings you here today?"
Liu Dafa didn't actually plan to let his family leave. After all, he was elected as the leader of the third group by these villagers. To put it bluntly, although he was the leader of the third group, the real power was in the hands of these people. If something really happened, they could still influence Liu Dafa's decisions.
Zhou Tong sighed, then looked at the food in their bowls and was momentarily stunned.
I thought our food was bad enough, but I never imagined their food was inedible!
Liu Dafa looked around at the people and noticed that they were all watching Zhou Tong warily. After a moment of thought, he cautiously asked, "Um, brother, what brings you here?"
Zhou Tong quickly grinned and said, "Ahem! Well, I just wanted to ask if you have any extra grain here?"
"What?"
Before Liu Dafa could speak, several people next to him immediately sat up straight.
Liu Dafa smiled awkwardly: "Don't be nervous, this brother probably just came to ask! Right? By the way, I haven't asked your name yet."
"Oh! Sorry, I forgot to introduce myself. I'm the deputy leader of Group Seven. Um! I'll think of a solution for the grain issue. Oh, and there's something else I'd like to ask you about!"
Zhou Tong was a little embarrassed to ask the other party for food, because just as he was in a daze, he saw several people outside clutching their stomachs and complaining that they would only have food to eat tomorrow, which meant that they didn't have enough food either.
The people next to Liu Dafa breathed a sigh of relief when they heard that they wouldn't be lending grain anymore, and then began to finish the soup in their bowls.
"Hey bro, just ask! I'll tell you anything I know!"
"Oh, I wanted to ask, besides the positions here, are there any other places that offer job opportunities?"
Liu Dafa was stunned for a moment. The others also held their bowls and chopsticks and looked at Zhou Tong, thinking to themselves, "Is this guy an idiot? If there were good jobs, would they even be able to get them? Who doesn't want to leave this godforsaken place right now?"
Seeing the expressions on their faces, Zhou Tong immediately felt there was little hope.
Sure enough, Liu Dafa gave a bitter laugh: "Heh, brother, have you fainted from hunger? How could there be any other jobs here! We're all thinking about leaving! But right now we can't communicate with anyone else, so you might as well give up on that idea! By the way, your team has such a bad relationship with Gu Wenzhong, even if there's a chance, he probably won't agree to let people go!"
Zhou Tong was speechless. He had a feeling when he arrived that he might return empty-handed, but receiving this news now made him truly accept reality.
"Alright! Well... then I won't bother you any longer! I'll go first, you guys enjoy your meal!"
Liu Dafa grunted and tried to get up to see him off, but the people next to him glared at him fiercely, so he sat down again.
After leaving Liu Dafa's tent, Zhou Tong sighed. Suddenly, he saw a familiar figure in the distance, so he hurried over to greet him.
"Lu Yuan, what brings you here too?"
Lu Yuan walked closer, pointed to Liu Dafa's tent, and asked, "How's it going? Did you manage to borrow the food?"
Zhou Tong blushed and spread his hands: "No, they don't even have enough to eat for themselves, so I didn't have the nerve to ask about it again!"
"Oh! It's nothing. By the way, what's the other thing?"
"It didn't yield any results, and Liu Dafa is basically just a team leader whose power has been hollowed out; the others are the ones who have real authority!"
Lu Yuan nodded silently. This result was not beyond his expectations and was roughly what he had thought.
So he gently patted Zhou Tong on the shoulder: "Alright, Brother Zhou, you go back first! I'm going to meet this Liu Dafa!"
"Huh? You're going again?" Zhou Tong stared wide-eyed at Lu Yuan.
"You'd better not go! Do you really want to go through that embarrassing situation again?"
Lu Yuan smiled slightly: "Perhaps they need someone to tempt them a little!"
"Huh? What do you mean?"
Lu Yuan didn't explain to the other person, but smiled slightly and said, "You go back first! I'll be back in a bit!"
"Sigh! Alright! I hope you can lend me the grain!"
At this moment, Liu Dafa and the others sitting in the tent remained silent for a long time before finally one of the women spoke up.
This woman had a pointed face and a mole on the corner of her mouth. Her hair was sparse and tied together with a small rope, but her eyes gleamed with a sharp light.
She spoke first: "Nephew, how come you're still associating with people from Group Seven? Gu Wenzhong has already blacklisted them all, you should stay away from them!"
The other people nearby echoed her sentiments, clearly indicating that they all regarded this woman as their leader.
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