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When I woke up the next day, there was light snow falling from the sky.

Everyone had a good rest last night.

My mouth has been feeling very uncomfortable these days, so Xu Wenyan asked Chen Sanlin for some bamboo charcoal last night. I used it to rub my teeth in the morning, which also has a cleaning effect.

"Wen Yan, the distance we have to walk today is quite long. We probably won't be able to rest in a village until nightfall." These are what Manager Wu said to Xu Dashan.

When ready, the exile troops set out on their journey.

Xu Wenyan could feel that the little girl Zhang Lin would look at her from time to time, and her eyes were full of guilt.

Just as Xu Dashan said, we didn’t see Dahe Village until the afternoon.

The snow in the sky showed no sign of stopping, it was just a drizzle.

Manager Wu was talking to the head of Dahe Village. Xu Wenyan rubbed his hands and looked around the village.

This is Xu Wenyan’s habit.

When you arrive at a place, you have to first observe the terrain, buildings, bunkers, etc.

When encountering problems, you can make decisions early.

It was just like when they were being chased by deserters in the shelter and when they were dealing with Zhang's house, it all played a role.

This village is not big, with only about fifty or sixty households at most.

What surprised Xu Wenyan was that there were too few people in this village.

If it were in Jixiang Village, seeing so many soldiers and strangers, the whole village would come out to watch the show.

"Brother, what are you looking at?" Zhang Chao pulled his daughter over and looked around following Xu Wenyan's line of sight.

Xu Wenyan was still checking the layout of the village: "Hey, Brother Chao, isn't it time for your village to take a break at this time?"

"Of course I am. The sun is about to set and I am packing up to go home from the fields."

“Aren’t there too few people in this village?”

There are five or six households in the village chief's family. Those who came out were women and children, and some were elderly people.

Young and middle-aged people are rarely seen.

What concerned Xu Wenyan the most was that those children were hugging their mother's legs tightly without saying a word.

Weird, really weird.

Before Xu Wenyan could observe further, Xu Dashan came over and said, "Let's go. The village chief has allocated a house for us."

Xu Wenyan followed Xu Dashan, and together with Luo Feng, the three of them lived in a small house.

This is the guest room for the original villagers, and the room is not big.

"Captain Xu, I'll go boil some hot water." After Luo Feng went out, Xu Wenyan asked Xu Dashan.

"Brother, where do the others live?"

Xu Dashan put down his bag and sat down on the bed: "Everyone is the same. We all live in the houses of local villagers."

This is so strange. It would be reasonable to prepare a separate house for Manager Wu and officers and soldiers like Xu Dashan.

But according to Xu Dashan, that was the case for everyone, divided into rooms in groups of three or four.

They are just exiles, sinners.

Can a sinner be treated like this?

If they were in Jixiang Village, the most they would do would be to let them live together in the ancestral hall.

Xu Wenyan said a few words to Xu Dashan, and then Xu Dashan went out. The village chief would treat everyone to dinner later.

There should be no problem since they ate the meal first, but to be on the safe side, Xu Wenyan did not eat it and just pretended to eat.

What you eat are biscuits made of whole grains. Just stuff them into your sleeves. If they are not poisonous, they will not affect your consumption tomorrow.

The moon rose, but the thin snow was still frightening.

Hundreds of ferocious-looking men walked out of the quiet village.

The leader made a gesture, and the hundred or so people divided into several teams and went door to door.

Five armed men slowly approached Xu Wenyan's house, and the leader was holding a thick wooden stick.

When he walked to the bed, he picked up a wooden stick and hit the person on the bed hard.

The wooden stick hit the bed with a dull sound.

It's like hitting cotton.

Several people lifted the quilt, and there was nothing inside: "Where is the person?"

After searching the house for a while and finding no one, the five people headed outside.

Soon, many people armed with weapons came out of the house.

On the other side of the road, the exile team advanced in the dark.

"Wen Yan, thanks for noticing that something was wrong." Xu Dashan breathed a sigh of relief as he looked at the fire in the village in the distance.

"That requires Manager Wu to trust us." Even if these people don't leave, Xu Wenyan will take Xu Dashan away alone.

It's not worth losing your life.

The exile troops had not had much rest for the whole day, and they had to travel at night, which was a bit exhausting even for the officers and soldiers.

But it would take at least three or four hours to reach the next rest stop.

Otherwise you can only sleep outdoors.

And they didn't dare to rest too close to the village.

If we were found by that group of people, we would be in trouble.

"Brother Xu, who are those people? We didn't believe you when you first told us." Zhang Chao asked, holding his daughter's left hand and his wife's right hand.

I still feel a little scared when I think about it.

"It should be bandits or something like that. This village is too remote and there are not many people here." Even snowy nights are not too dark.

Everyone could barely see the road ahead.

After walking for more than an hour, Xu Wenyan felt his legs shaking.

"Manager Wu, let's take a break. We really can't walk any more."

"Yes, Manager Wu, if I keep walking my legs will become useless."

Manager Wu also wanted to rest, but there was not even any shelter here.

"Let's all go and rest under the tree." Manager Wu said, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

When he rushes to the nearest county town tomorrow, he will have to report what happened in this village to the government.

These bandits are really too rampant.

Xu Wenyan called out to Xu Dashan: "Brother, ask everyone to collect more wood and branches." Then Xu Wenyan walked to a tree that was as thick as a wrist.

"Something this thick will do."

After saying that, he started collecting vines nearby. It was very easy for Sanli to find vines, the only difference was whether they were strong or not.

But let alone Xu Wenyan, any farmer knows which vines are stronger.

"Go and gather wood and branches."

Xu Wenyan knew that in this cold winter, if he didn't build a simple shelter and let the wind blow him, he would probably catch a cold by the next day.

Xu Dashan quickly brought over a few thin pieces of wood: "Wen Yan, what should we do?"

Xu Wenyan took the wood, picked four pieces of wood that were relatively close to each other, and used branches to connect the wood to two opposite trees.

Later, the wood that was found was placed one by one on the two pieces of wood, so that a top was formed.

Then, according to the direction of the wind, place the wood diagonally.

Because there were so many people, the prototype of this simple shelter was built in less than half an hour.

Then find some more branches and leaves and throw them under the shelter. When sleeping in the wild, make sure you keep some distance from the ground.

One is that the ground is too cold, making it easy to get sick.

The second is to stay away from mosquitoes.

It was almost done, and everyone went in one order. The shelter was not big, so it was really crowded.

The person on the outside is responsible for making the fire.

That is, Manager Wu, Xu Dashan, and Xu Wenyan.

Originally, Xu Wenyan was thinking of finding a seat near the front to rest.

But Manager Wu called him over.

There was Luo Feng between the two of them, and Xu Dashan sat on the right of Xu Wenyan.

Manager Wu added some firewood to the fire: "You must be Xu Wenyan."