The next morning, Su Anyuan and Su Zhihao gathered everyone and set a training time. They trained for half an hour every morning before departure, and another quarter of an hour before resting at night. Su Andong was also in the team, just like everyone else.

We divided everyone into groups as planned yesterday and began training.

When Su Zhihao saw Zhou Shun who had lost an arm, Su Anyuan and Su Zhihao tacitly said nothing and did not stop Zhou Shun from training.

Su Anyuan was thinking that if he were Zhou Shun, he would not want to be treated specially. This kind of special care would make him feel inferior.

Just like Su Anyuan, when he was specially taken care of by the Su family, he felt inferior. Although he knew that his family was doing it for his own good, and he was grateful to them in his heart, he still felt inferior in his heart and felt that he was useless. Fortunately, his health gradually improved, and his family gradually stopped taking such special care of him. Although they would often remind him to take care of his health, they would not stop him from working with his family. So after he got better, he did become cheerful. Without such a big burden in his heart, he naturally felt relaxed.

Su Zhihao did this because he respected Zhou Shun's choice. Since he felt that he could participate in the training, why should he object? He respected everyone's wishes! Moreover, he could also train well with just his right hand.

The most excited people in this group of trainees are these half-grown teenagers. Su Zhixuan stood in this group of people, feeling very happy. He was exactly twelve years old, just reaching the standard. He was almost reduced to a child.

These excited young people at this time became like eggplants hit by frost in a few days, and all wilted.

The strong laborers were all training, so the job of feeding the livestock fell on the elderly in each family. Even Zhou Lizheng was feeding his own livestock.

The women from each family watched their lively training while cooking.

The picture at this moment is inexplicably harmonious and full of the flavor of fireworks.

When we set out that day, we changed our route and chose to take a remote path. No one caught up with us that day. It shows that this road is indeed seldom used.

Because there are fewer people walking on this road, it is definitely not as easy to walk on as the previous one. But there is nothing we can do about it.

In this way, while training, Su Zhihao would occasionally ride a mule to explore the road ahead. Whenever this happened, Su Zhihao would think that he would definitely buy a horse if he had the chance.

Six days later, the group arrived in Yangqu County. The journey went smoothly during the past few days and nothing went wrong.

Yangqu County is the county you have to pass through when going north. If you don’t want to go through the county, you must take a detour and spend an extra day on the journey.

At this time, the group was on a village road ten miles away from the Yangqu County gate. They did not go directly to the city gate, but stopped here to rest for a while.

Su Anton took Su Zhihao and two smarter people in the team to explore the way. The four of them walked towards the gate of Yangqu County to inquire about the news.

Before going to get the news, Su An Dong and his companions deliberately made themselves look very embarrassed, making them look like refugees. Otherwise, their image was indeed a bit better, not like refugees, but just like passers-by on the road.

When we arrived at the main road leading to the Yangqu County gate, we saw a lot of people gathered along the way.

While observing the situation, Su Anton walked towards the city gate, looking for a target to gather information.

When they were not far from the city gate, they saw the gate was closed. Just as Su Anton expected, the refugees were not allowed to pass through.

Many people gathered at the city gate, and some were still shouting at the gate without giving up.

Su Anton pulled a few people to sit on the ground like everyone else, listening to the discussions around them.

Some people were cursing the county magistrate, and some were cursing the heavens. These were the ones who still had strength, while the majority of people were sitting on the ground, listless.

Su An Dong looked at an old man who was sitting close to him. The old man was leading a half-grown boy. He approached and asked, "Old man, we just got here today. I wonder when you arrived. How long has the city gate been closed? Has anyone come out to say when the city gate can be opened?"

The old man looked up at Su An Dong and replied, "I just arrived today too. I don't know when the city gate will be opened. No one has come out."

After hearing this, Su An Dong sighed and said, "What kind of world is this? I was living a good life, but I was forced to come here."

When the old man heard this, he immediately started talking: "Who said it wasn't true! These bastards robbed and killed people as soon as they entered the house. My son was killed by them." He looked up at Su An Dong and the others, and seeing that they were all men, he said, "Your wife was also abducted!"

Su Anton did not answer, but just lowered his head.

The old man looked at Su Anton who lowered his head, thinking that he had acquiesced and was feeling sad. He said with sympathy: "These people are beasts. My granddaughter was also kidnapped by them. My granddaughter is only fifteen years old!" As he said this, he burst into tears.

Su An Dong looked at the crying old man opposite him, and felt very sad. It really fits the saying "When a country prospers, the people suffer; when a country perishes, the people suffer." Whether it is prosperous or declining, the people will always be at the bottom, and the people will always suffer.

Su An Dong didn't know how to comfort the old man. After thinking for a while, he said, "Old man, you still have to look back. You still have grandchildren!" He continued to ask, "Was your granddaughter kidnapped at home?"

"No, I let her hide when we were at home, and she escaped a disaster. She was kidnapped two days ago. I was on my way when a group of rioters caught up with me and kidnapped my granddaughter. My husband was also killed by these beasts while trying to protect my granddaughter! I couldn't escape this disaster after all! These beasts are so inhuman!" As he spoke, he started crying again, and the teenager next to him also shed tears.

The people who came with Su Anton changed their expressions after hearing this.

Su Anton looked at the tightly closed city gate and knew that there was no way to get in. It seemed that he had to take a detour.

Su Andong winked at the others who came with him, asking them to help block the view of others with their bodies. Su Andong approached the old man and whispered, "Old man, listen to me. I'm afraid the city gate will not be opened. Even if it is opened, it will be opened by the rioters. If you believe me, take a detour!" After that, he quietly gave the dry food to the old man. After saying goodbye, the others got up and walked in the opposite direction of the city gate.

Although there were people constantly walking back and forth at the city gate, and there were all kinds of situations, Su An Dong was still afraid that they would attract the attention of someone with ulterior motives, and that someone would follow them. If someone accidentally followed them and followed them back, that would be bad.

Su Zhihao kept paying attention to the situation behind him and after walking for a while, he didn't notice anyone following him.

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