But man proposes, God disposes. By the time she climbed out of the pit, she found herself surrounded by people with shining eyes.
"Grab her—" At this command, Xie Xing had nowhere to hide. In the end, she was bound hand and foot and carried to an open space.
The moment the butcher's knife pierced her neck, images from her past life flashed through her mind.
The children she raised all met with bad ends because of her helping her maternal family. Her current fate must be the work of the Xie family ancestors.
Overwhelmed by the excruciating pain, Xie Xing finally closed her eyes completely.
Meanwhile, the same bloody scene was unfolding in the county jail as prisoners, who hadn't eaten for days, finally reached out to their sides.
Just as Xie Xing closed her eyes, her beloved nephews, amidst their pleas, gradually lost their strength until they fell silent.
The villagers of Heman Village did not know what had happened to the people in Pianshan Village, but they knew that the Xie clan had gone to Nanquan County in the south.
After deciding to flee the famine, they planned to go with the Xie clan to seek refuge.
Fortunately, there are quite a few of them now, and each of them has some skills. Helping each other along the way will save a lot of trouble.
Just as they were setting off, the old clan chief of Nanquan County anticipated this scene. After much deliberation, he gathered the clan members together to discuss how to handle the matter. Old Li, the same one from before, was also invited by him.
Now, thanks to their previous wealth, each family is living a truly good life, and all the school-age children in the family are going to private schools.
Now that they had the means and heard that their fellow villagers back home were in trouble, they all expressed their willingness to help. Within half a day, they had a plan.
Those who come from the other side must be exhausted from the long journey to travel with the refugees.
The old clan chief then asked Old Li to take more than ten young men to the prefectural city to find Xie Liudi, so that he could help receive the arriving people in the surrounding area. With someone to take care of things, it would be much easier for the villagers to enter the city.
The remaining clansmen cleared out all the habitable houses in the village and built a few thatched huts.
As for matters like food and clothing, it depends on their situation at the time. If they are really poor, we will help them more. If they are doing well, we will let them take care of it themselves.
Whether anyone wants to stay in Nanquan County is another matter; we'll decide after they arrive.
Half a month after the houses and grain were prepared in Nanquan County, the people from Heman Village followed Old Li and his group to the village. Nearly 700 or 800 people arrived at once, and the village became very lively.
Many villagers did not make it to the end of the escape route, but overall it was fortunate that the vast majority of them survived.
Upon seeing familiar faces, the villagers, who had been separated for a long time, suddenly felt the impermanence of time.
The clansmen were well-off and had made ample arrangements beforehand, so that everyone who came to seek refuge had a place to stay.
After settling down, the villagers were shown around the local environment by Xie Ming and his group.
Immediately afterwards, some people decided that after the famine was over, they would go back to their hometowns, sell their land, and settle down here.
Seven years later, new residents moved into Heman Village in the northwest, where they settled down and lived happily. Meanwhile, several farms in a cluster outside Nanquan County were also given the name "Fuman Village" (meaning "Village of Abundance").
The Xie clan members finally settled down here.
To Xie Ming's surprise, many of his nephews and nieces did not take the imperial examinations but went to the battlefield. Decades later, the Xie family became a renowned family of generals and marshals in the State of Chen.
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Wow, I've written 15 stories already.
I've been really wanting to write a melodramatic story these past few days, so I've been reading over 200 short stories for inspiration.
Then I found myself obsessed with short stories~ uh
It's so melodramatic and cheesy, but it's really good! (Highly recommended)
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