Yu Qingshu just looked at the map and the town ahead is called Hehua Town.
The town is relatively small, with only about five or six hundred people in total.
It is called Lotus Town because there is a pond on the east side of the town.
The pond is full of lotus flowers all year round, which is very beautiful.
That’s why it was named Lotus Town, and it really lives up to its name.
The people in Lotus Town are relatively simple and the cultural atmosphere is also quite good.
There were already very few people in the town, but due to the recent drought, more than half of the people in the town have left.
Those who stayed were basically the older ones or those who were sick.
It’s not that they don’t want to leave, but because of physical reasons or age.
If I really leave, I might die on the road, so it’s better to just leave it to fate here.
On this side, Yu Qingqing and her family are trying hard to get to "Lotus Town", while on the other side, Yuan Xichen and others have already arrived at "Tuyan Village".
3:15 PM, Tuyan Village.
After Yuan Xichen and others passed through the big canyon, they came to a place called Tuyan Village. Their route happened to pass through the village.
"Tuyan Village" is relatively poor and is one of the poorest villages within a radius of ten miles.
There are about 500 people in the village, and they usually work hard on the farm.
After paying taxes, people lived on the remaining grain. If the harvest was poor, many people starved to death.
There are only ten wells in the village, which are barely enough for the villagers to drink.
However, the weather has been dry recently, and the water in the well is getting less and less. People in the village are also discussing whether to flee the famine.
Moreover, their village is located in a different geographical location, and many outsiders often pass through their village.
After asking around, they found out that these people were also fleeing famine and happened to pass by their village.
Yuan Xichen and his group of people were planning to find a place to rest in the village.
Because there is a big mountain next to the village. This mountain is called "Cangqiong Mountain". It stretches for hundreds of miles from "Tuyan Village" and there is no end in sight.
Although the people of "Tuyan Village" live near the mountains, no one in their village would go to the mountains.
Because from time to time there would be wolves or other animals coming down from the mountain and into the village.
The village is full of honest farmers, and only a few of them know how to hunt.
Chen Yi and his friends planned to go to the mountains to see if there was any prey, and then come back to improve their food.
The meat they had prepared earlier had been eaten up, and they had been eating mostly vegetarian food recently.
There’s nothing wrong with them, the most important thing is that Yuan Xichen needs to eat more good food to replenish his body.
Yuan Yi also planned to see if there were any precious medicinal herbs to make medicine for Yuan Xichen.
Yuan Xichen and his group soon arrived at the entrance of Tuyan Village, but they did not go in immediately. Instead, they sent someone to find out first.
After all, we are not familiar with the place and we can never be careless.
Ying Ershi was responsible for gathering information, and he brought three other people to the village to inquire about the situation.
"Hey! Children, where is your village chief? Do you know?"
Ying Ershi arrived at the entrance of the village and saw a child of four or five years old playing on the ground with his head down.
The child on the ground didn't look up, as if he didn't hear anything, and just minded his own business.
Ying Ershi suddenly became a little embarrassed. He really didn't know how to deal with children.
Just as Ying Twenty was standing there awkwardly, not knowing what to say, a woman came out of the village.
She had dark skin and her clothes were full of patches. She came out just to look for her child.
Seeing several strange men standing next to his child, he immediately became alert.
She stepped forward and held the child in her arms, then she shouted loudly to the village:
"Help! Someone's trying to kidnap a child! Help! Help! Hurry up and help!"
As soon as the woman finished shouting, more than 20 men suddenly rushed out from the village, each holding a weapon in his hand.
The people in the village mistook Ying Twenty for a child trafficker, and soon Ying Twenty and his companions were suddenly surrounded.
No matter how slow Ying Twenty was to react to this situation, he knew what was going on.
He raised his hand to stop the people from approaching him, then said with a smile: "Wait a minute, brother! You misunderstood, we just happened to pass by and asked for directions.
You are not a human trafficker, put down what you have in your hand first.
Don't get excited yet, or you might get hurt accidentally later! "
Although Ying Ershi is not afraid of these people taking action, he will definitely not be the one to start trouble if he can avoid it.
"What are you doing here? What are you planning to do to my child? If you don't explain yourself, we won't be polite!"
The person who said this in the crowd was the child's father. He rushed out immediately when he heard his wife's cry.
Ying Twenty smiled awkwardly and quickly explained, "We really didn't do anything just now. We just wanted to ask for directions."
When the men in the village heard this, they relaxed a little and slowly put down their weapons.
The woman next to her was holding a child in her arms. Seeing that the people in the village were shaken, she was very anxious.
After hearing what Ying Twenty said just now, her eyes showed an expression of "What did you say? I don't believe it."
She anxiously said to the people in the village: "Boss, don't listen to what he says.
I clearly saw him lowering his head and standing very close to our child.
If I hadn't seen it, he would have taken the child away."
When the child's father heard this, he raised the weapon he had just put down again.
"Oh! Big brother! Why don't you trust us? Why don't you call the village chief and I'll talk to him.
I was just passing by, I didn't mean anything else! Do I look like a human trafficker?
Ying Ershi almost rolled his eyes to the sky when he saw these fickle villagers.
"Alright, I'll go get the village chief! Let's see how you try to argue. Keep a close eye on them and don't let them get away."
The person who was speaking was called "Liu San" and the village chief was his second grandfather.
Liu San took the stick in his hand and ran back to the village in a hurry to call the village chief.
About a quarter of an hour later, Liu San was seen from afar supporting a white-haired old man and walking towards Ying Ershi.
"Who is causing...trouble...here?" The white-haired old man is the village chief of "Tuyan Village". He is seventy years old this year and speaks with a slight stutter.
His hearing and eyesight are also acceptable, and the people in the village respect him very much.
"Old man, we are passing by here. We are going to Dongyu and would like to stay overnight in your village, so we came to inquire about it first.
In the end, they insisted that we were human traffickers. Sigh!" Ying Twenty spoke respectfully, but was also extremely helpless.
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