The team started their journey at daybreak and walked for two hours straight. The adults were exhausted and many of the children could hardly walk anymore.
The team leader, Village Chief Liu, then asked everyone to stop and rest.
Perhaps because they had no hope for the road ahead, or because their food was almost gone and they hadn't found a place to replenish it, the others in the team didn't react much when they heard about the call to rest.
As a result, the entire team gave people a lifeless feeling.
The head of Liujia Village was very anxious and angry when he saw how all the villagers were doing. If he had not suggested fleeing north to escape the famine, perhaps everyone could have rebuilt their homes and continued to live in Liujia Village after the flood receded.
Based on their trust in themselves, everyone followed their family north without hesitation.
Before, he had thought that he must not let everyone down. No matter what, he must work hard to lead the villagers to a place where they can survive, even if it means risking his life.
But reality slapped him hard in the face. It was extremely difficult to lead hundreds of people to a place where they could survive when they were short of food and clothing.
Furthermore, he had clearly sensed that the villagers were becoming somewhat restless these past few days. If this continued, something would happen sooner or later.
Just as Village Chief Liu was frowning and wondering what to do next, a girl with pigtails walked towards him.
Village chief Liu, who was squatting on the ground, looked at the figure in front of him, raised his head, stood up hurriedly, and said gently: "Miss Shen, why are you here?"
"Uncle Liu, are you worried about food?"
Hearing this, Village Chief Liu nodded, and two more fine lines seemed to appear on his worried face.
"I know there's food there, I just need Uncle Liu to send someone to dig it up."
"What...what?" Village chief Liu hadn't eaten a full meal for many days, and he shouted with full energy, shocking everyone and they all looked over.
Knowing the seriousness of the matter, Village Chief Liu quickly fell silent, sat down pretending to be indifferent, and asked his wife to get a slightly cleaner piece of clothing to mend the ground.
“Miss Shen, please sit down. I hope you don’t mind.”
Although Shen Yu was disgusted to death in his heart, he also knew that it was the old man's good intention, so he suppressed his impatience and sat down.
If she didn't have a big plan and needed to use these people, she wouldn't have to put herself in such a difficult position.
"Miss Shen, what you just said is true. You didn't lie to me."
"Uncle Liu, you guys are eating food now, not relying on me to find food."
Village chief Liu thought about what happened eight days ago, and hope suddenly ignited in his heart.
Yes, if it weren't for Miss Shen, hundreds of them would have been killed by the bandits long ago. They wouldn't be alive now, let alone have food to eat.
In fact, they had run out of food half a month ago and had to rely on digging wild vegetables, tree barks and leaves to fill their stomachs.
Unexpectedly, eight days ago when I was on the road, I met a family of three, none other than Miss Shen and her grandfather and grandparents.
At that time, I thought that we were all refugees, and meeting each other was fate, so it would be relatively safer to go together.
So he sent someone to inquire, and it turned out to be just as he expected. Miss Shen and the two old people were willing to go with them.
For him, it was just a small thing he did. Fortunately, Miss Shen not only saved hundreds of people, but also helped them snatch a lot of food from the bandits. That's why they were able to hold on until now.
“Miss Shen, are there still bandits ahead? Should we still go and rob food?”
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