Chapter 31: Continuing to flee from the famine, the tall and thin man couldn't help but look around the convoy...
The tall and thin man couldn't help but look at the children around the convoy. Perhaps after confirming that it was safe, the villagers were not so vigilant and were willing to let the children run more and relax. This was a scene he had never seen before.
In his memory, there were only dark houses and barren land. There were always few people in the village during the autumn harvest. Only occasionally after the harvest could they go out of the house and see the sunlight outside.
But the scene that was so rare in his memory seemed to be commonplace here?
These people in He Village are not afraid of strange appearances?
The tall and thin man couldn't help but remain silent.
Soon, the children were running around again, laughing from time to time, as if they had received some news. The expressions of some guards who heard the news were much more relaxed. The depressing atmosphere in the fleeing team was suddenly dispersed by an invisible hand.
"Young man, what good thing happened?" The gentle man also saw it. He thought more. The high-level villages were very different from ordinary villages. Of course, he wanted his children to grow up in such a village. However, reason told him that this was difficult, as those villages generally rarely accepted outsiders.
Seeing the sudden joyful atmosphere in the convoy these days, he couldn't help but ask out of confusion in his heart.
In the past few days, their relationship with Qian Gouzi and Qian Linzi has improved a lot, and they can occasionally talk about something.
Qian Gouzi was very happy. When he heard the question, he smiled very cheerfully and said, "Oh, someone in the village said that Brother Lu has woken up. We should be able to leave now."
"Hey, no one has said anything for so many days, but we've been worried all the time." Especially the He family members who passed by, few of them looked happy, which made them nervous as well: "It's all right now, Brother Lu is fine, everyone can calm down."
Now everything is fine, Ye Lu is better, and they can relax.
The gentle man's surname was Qiao, Qiao Sanguan. Originally, there was a scholar in the village who was also somewhat learned, so he was given this name. When he heard Qian Gouzi's words, he paused and couldn't help but think of the figure in front of the fleeing team.
Such powerful snake-man monsters were all killed with just one move, and the evil god that followed behind even retreated. It was said that the man had a certain status in He Village and his talent was extraordinary.
Qiao Sanguan still remembers the proud expression on Qian Gouzi's face when he spoke.
"Are you leaving now?" The tall and thin man's face changed and he paid more attention to another issue. He had a complicated expression. He first glanced at Qiao Sanguan, but no one knew what the latter was thinking, with dull eyes. The tall and thin man then looked at Qian Gouzi, seeming to be hesitant to speak.
"Is your village still short of people?" The tall and thin man gritted his teeth and spoke out what he had been thinking all along.
From the moment he saw Hecun appear, the tall and thin man said, "It would be a lie to say that I don't want to join this village. Even a fool knows how good it is to join a village with strange plants."
Qian Gouzi's smile faded slightly. As expected, when he heard this question, he sighed in his heart. It was just as the village elders said, this group of refugees were reluctant to leave, and they probably had some ideas.
But there was no way they could let them join Hecun.
Qian Gouzi's eyes were on the group of refugees, including men, women, young and old. When they heard the tall and thin man's words, they all looked at him expectantly, but there were too many of them.
Qian Gouzi shook his head in front of everyone and said, "No."
"There are rules for those in our village who want to join. We all have to get permission from Goddess Bronze Mirror. Once the candidates are chosen, we don't have to say anything. Goddess Bronze Mirror has already told the magicians that we can join the village." There has been no movement in the village for so long, so I guess it means Goddess Bronze Mirror doesn't allow it.
"As you all know, the world is in a difficult situation right now, and everyone is fleeing famine." Qian Gouzi was tired of talking to people while bending over, so he simply squatted on the ground to blend in with the others. His tone was also very familiar, and his words were not pleasant to the ears, but they were not annoying at all. He said: "We don't have much dry food left in our village."
"The Great Drought has been repelled, and the drought has also faded away. As long as you persist, you will survive sooner or later." Qian Gouzi repeated what the elders of He Village had said. The elders of He Village did not want to watch people being left here, but food and water were limited, and they definitely valued the people in their own village more.
Others can only have the will but not the power.
"Our village still has a long way to go after leaving the drought-stricken area. We have to go all the way to the place that the village elders have already decided on." Qian Gouzi also said that after they knew where the fleeing team was going, they were all miserable people, so there was no need to hide anything. Just be sincere and make people feel better.
The latter sentence was said by Qian Bacun.
Qian Gouzi felt that his father was right, and his tone became much gentler.
The answer was as expected. Qian Gouzi's attitude of refusal was very gentle. There was no sarcasm and disdain as the tall and thin man had imagined. On the contrary, what the young man said was very reasonable.
The tall and thin man asked himself, what would they do if they were the people in this village? The best they could do was this.
Everyone wants to live, so everyone definitely values the villagers more.
"..." The tall and thin man was a little depressed but he could accept it. The people from He Village were really good. Many of them were injured during this period and were still recovering. The people from He Village also sent some water and dry food. Although the quantity was not much, it could help them get through the most difficult moment.
"That's right, we were delusional." The tall and thin man nodded, raised his eyes, and thanked: "Thank you for saying so much, little brother."
"Hahaha, it's nothing, just a few words." Qian Gouzi rubbed his hair and said cheerfully.
"Qian Gouzi, hurry up, come here, pack up and get ready to go." Someone suddenly called out from afar. When Qian Gouzi heard his name, he turned his head to look at the source of the voice. A young man who looked 50% similar to him was holding something in one hand and putting his other hand on his waist. He said in a somewhat embarrassed manner: "What are you still talking about?"
"Aren't you going with the guard team? Wait, mom will come and pull your ears later. Don't tell them that I didn't help you." Qian Linzi was not as quiet as he was at the beginning. When he saw his twin brothers huddled there chatting, he called them back to work without hesitation.
When Qian Gouzi thought of his mother's martial arts skills, he shuddered and turned around and left without hesitation. Before leaving, he remembered to say hello: "Gone, gone."
The refugees just watched the Hecun team busying around, quickly packing their luggage. When they were told that they could leave, the village elders simply decided not to rest and hurried on. Now the children were no longer playing on the ground, but were helping their parents with work.
"What about the matter? Is it finished?" As soon as Qian Linzi saw Qian Gouzi's smiling face when he came over, he knew that he had done a good job in doing what the village elders had asked him to do. So he just asked casually without putting too much thought into it. Qian Gouzi's familiar attitude made him feel at ease.
"Well, we have expressed our attitude." Qian Gouzi took over the work from his brother and packed things quickly. Pots, pans, and utensils are all valuable things. There will be nowhere to buy them when we arrive at the new residence, so we have to pack them more carefully.
The fleeing team moved quickly. They said they were leaving and soon had almost packed up. The livestock had not been moved in the past few days and were well fed, so they had extra energy to pull the carts.
All that was left was an empty campsite, and the refugees in the depressing atmosphere beside the camp watched helplessly as the fleeing convoy left.
"Has the convoy left?" Qiao Sanguan looked up and asked the tall and thin man.
"They've all left, leaving behind some dry food and water." The tall and thin man nodded, his tone a little complicated. As soon as the fleeing convoy left, they couldn't help but pop up to the camp to take a look, and then they saw the dry food and water left in the middle of the camp. The quantity was not much, but to them it was no less than a life-saving straw.
How could this not make the people fleeing famine feel complicated?
"We can't stay here for too long. Without the threat of the strange weapon, the hidden monsters will emerge sooner or later." Qiao Sanguan shook his head and said, "By then, we, a group of people without any talent, will just have to wait for death."
"Can we catch up with those fleeing caravans?" The robust woman at the side heard this from the beginning. Now, she was holding her daughter in her arms. The little girl had food and water these days, and she finally survived. However, the previous escape from famine had damaged her health, and she was still a little sick in her mother's arms.
Pu Shiyi Niang, the strong woman, is worried about her daughter.
If they stay here, they will only suffer. The Great Drought Mother has retreated, but no one knows when the drought will stop, and no one knows whether her daughter can hold on until then.
Pu Shiyi Niang had also seen villages with strange plants. In their place, they were called strange villages or spirit villages. Usually, strange plants were planted and strange beasts were tamed in the villages. In her memory, such strange villages were often surrounded by one or two ordinary villages, and there would occasionally be exchanges between villages.
After all, a strange village is also a village. It cannot be self-sufficient in many things, and the caravans do not come all the time. At this time, ordinary villages with skills can replace the village.
This was exactly what Pu Shiyi Niang had in mind.
"...They may not necessarily be willing for us to follow..." Qiao Sanguan pursed his lips and said calmly that Pu Shiyi Niang was not a big shot in their villages, but she was the one who joined their team with her child, and she was quite knowledgeable, so they allowed her to join the conversation as a young lady.
I have to say, Pu Shiyi's words are very touching.
It's obvious at first glance that what Mr. Qian said was not his own. It was well-reasoned and probably was said by an adult in the village who signaled him to say it out loud. It was also a way of expressing the attitude of the villagers.
"Leader, there is the scent of a strange weapon!" Just as the three were talking, a lively young man suddenly rushed in from outside. He seemed to have seen something happy, and he was gesticulating with his hands and feet.
"Um?"
"Leader, I can sense the scent of a strange weapon on the ruts on the road." The young boy took several deep breaths, reorganized his words, and then spoke.
As we all know, it is impossible for a strange weapon to not control its own aura, unless -
"Will this stop us from catching up?" The tall and thin man understood instantly, and he couldn't help but raise his voice.
"But..." Qiao Sanguan had a complicated expression.
"Hey, we all know that the people of He Village have a very clear attitude towards us. They don't give us any dry food or water. The protection provided by the strange weapon's aura is limited. They may not help us if we encounter danger. We can follow you if we want to, or we can follow you if we don't want to. But who can blame us for not being from He Village?"
"They are protecting their own village first. Is that right?"
"But we only have one life. We have to eat whatever we can find along the way. At least we can survive."
"This has the aura of a trickster."
"Hurry, follow the aura of the strange weapon left in front."
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