When Li Lanzhen heard them say that more than a dozen burly men had gone to Zhoujia Village, she immediately thought of those men who had eaten human flesh.
However, she didn't have much time to pay attention to anything else at the moment, and quickly hung all the rooted plants and stones in the space on the online store window.
They also quickly collected jade artifacts, antiques, and calligraphy and paintings from the warehouse of the Ankang City Prefectural Government, and picked out some that were not particularly good to put on the mall.
She wanted to give the good things to her children and grandchildren.
The primary resource available for exchange was food, all kinds of food.
Secondly, there are seeds: rice, wheat, corn, millet, sorghum...
Vegetable seeds. Sweet potato, potato, yam, pumpkin, bitter melon, cucumber, winter melon, watermelon...
There are also cotton seeds.
She listed every seed she could think of.
Li Lanzhen thought that she would soon find a place to settle down, so she would definitely have to grow her own food. The mall was going to be permanently closed, and there would be no more opportunities to exchange for food, so she needed a lot of seeds.
She felt that the cotton and cotton-padded clothes she needed to get through the winter should be enough.
This time, it was not listed among the exchangeable items.
Later, she added some farm tools: hoes, hoes, shovels, machetes, axes, sickles, plowshares...
Knowing that Li Erhan and his son Li Xishui were skilled in stone tool making and woodworking, they asked for a set of stone tool making tools, a set of woodworking tools, and a set of blacksmithing tools.
Later, Li Lanzhen thought it would be great if someone could give her a batch of various prescriptions or design drawings.
Therefore, she added recipes for various cuisines, treatments for common diseases, and design plans for building houses and courtyards...
After Li Lanzhen finished writing down the main supplies, she listed whatever else came to mind.
If a merchant offers the exchange, then do so; otherwise, just exchange the main item back.
After doing all this, Li Lanzhen felt very disappointed.
Since transmigrating here, in a panic, before even getting used to this world, he led his children and grandchildren on a journey of fleeing famine and chasing after the main force of Han Family Village.
Having arrived in Youzhou, I thought the ordeal of fleeing famine would end and I could finally settle down. However, judging from the current situation, I won't be able to enter Youzhou City anytime soon.
Youzhou City was their hope for escaping famine and a goal and destination for starting a new life.
But this place probably can't give them the life they want now.
Add to that the group from Zhoujia Village, and it's really annoying!
She wanted to take several families and leave them under the cover of darkness.
This dog system is somehow set up so that I can't just leave with a few relatives and abandon the people of Han Family Village.
So, Li Lanzhen decided that her bottom line was: to leave with the people of Hanjiacun and Lujiazhuang.
She absolutely refused to bring anyone from Zhoujia Village with her!
Let the system punish me if it wants; at worst, I'll just get a headache or a stomachache. It's not like it'll just disappear!
After thinking it over, she browsed the online store again. Seeing that there was still no activity, she got up and left the thatched hut.
When the people sitting outside saw her come out, Han Minghai told her.
“Mother, I just spoke with the old village chief and asked him to ask the people of Zhoujia Village what to do.”
The old village chief said, "Now that the people from Zhoujia Village have joined forces, we won't be with them anymore. The guards are no longer involved with Zhoujia Village."
After thinking for a while, he said again, "Mother, I think we probably can't get rid of Zhoujia Village."
Also, while we were talking, a dozen or so people went to Zhoujia Village. I didn't think those people were good people; as they walked, they kept eyeing the women and children in our Hanjia Village.”
Li Lanzhen nodded and looked at the people sitting outside, saying, "They have eaten human flesh."
They're all bad things, so everyone must avoid going out alone recently. Women and children should stay home and not go out.
Everyone was shocked when they heard about cannibalism, especially the women and children.
The children's eyes turned red, and they gripped the clothes of the adults next to them tightly.
Li Lanzhen said to Li Xishui and Han Minghai, "Take good care of our donkeys and mules. These people are also eyeing them. If all else fails, lock them up with the people."
Li Xishui said, "Sister, I know. I was just talking to Dad about building a fence here and keeping them all inside. I'll watch over them tonight."
Li Lanzhen sat for a while and saw them skillfully building a straw shed for the donkeys and mules, which was relatively safe.
After thinking about it, she decided that she should go to the old village chief in person and tell him her bottom line.
If he insisted on taking the people from Zhoujia Village with him, Li Lanzhen told him that he would take the people from Hanjia Village who were willing to go with her, but he would resolutely not take the people from Zhoujia Village!
So she stood up, dusted herself off, and went to find the old village chief.
Xue Laohu led Han Mingjiang and Han Zhaoxiong over the mountain and to the foot of the mountain on the other side.
It was almost dark by then.
When they reached the mountainside, they saw many shacks. The people there seemed to be in good spirits and did not appear to have been starving for many days.
When we reached the foot of the mountain, there were even more people. Only one road leading to the official road was left open, and it was filled with dark, densely packed shacks, one next to another.
After getting onto the official road, you can see that the shacks on both sides of the city gate of Youzhou are lined up in a row, but the ones closer to the city gate are more well-organized.
The three of them arrived at the city gate, where notices were posted on both sides, and crowds of people were gathered on both sides, all asking what the notices said.
Xue Laohu could tell that these people were probably like them, having just fled here and were unfamiliar with the situation, so they were anxious to find out what was going on.
None of the three people were literate, so they didn't know what the notice said and were getting anxious.
At this moment, an old man dressed in a tattered long gown and looking haggard squeezed inside. A young man helped him up and said, "Make way, make way, let Scholar Li see what's written on it?"
The three people immediately looked at him with respect.
The crowd quieted down and listened intently as the old scholar read the notice posted at the gate of Youzhou City.
After the old scholar finished reading the notice, the crowd was quiet for a moment, then burst into wails.
"How could this be? We left our hometown and came here because we heard that Youzhou City was settling refugees, so we came here."
"That's right. My parents hid the food they were given to us so we could escape here, and they ended up starving to death. Waaah."
I don't know who started crying first, but immediately everyone started crying.
At this moment, a small door next to the city gate opened, and more than a dozen guards rushed out, shouting at the people.
"Stop crying! Stop wailing and get out of here!"
"Hurry up, leave quickly, the porridge will be served tomorrow morning, leave quickly."
Xue Laohu and his two companions were also disappointed and turned to leave the city gate.
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