It turned out that the notice said that Youzhou City had already accommodated 1,500 households of refugees and could not accommodate any more.

In the past month, there have been heavy rains in various places, which has alleviated the food shortage caused by the drought. Therefore, refugees who have fled here are requested to return to their hometowns and resettle.

The Youzhou City only provided porridge here for a month, but stopped after a month, and advised the refugees to leave as soon as possible.

Han Mingjiang lowered his head and asked Xue Lao Hu, "Dad, does this mean that Youzhou City will not accommodate us? Then what should we do? Do we have to walk back?"

Han Zhaoxiong said, "I am determined not to go back. The way back is still such a long journey. First, I have no food left. Second, I can't run any more."

Xue Lao Hu said, "It's not realistic to go back. King Jin's soldiers are still looking for our Hanjia Village everywhere, and they are also constantly conscripting men.

Prince Rong of Youzhou City has been merciful enough by not taking these refugees away as soldiers. Besides, we cannot stay here for long and must leave as soon as possible.

Once the princes start fighting each other, we refugees will be the first soldiers they fight for.

And you guys take a look.”

Xue Lao Hu pointed at the people on both sides of the official road and said to the two people, "Did you see that? There are hundreds of strong men here. I feel like there must be something wrong here."

Han Mingjiang said, "Dad, do you mean that they want to create chaos here and rush into Youzhou City?"

Xue Lao Hu didn't respond and continued walking forward.

They did not stop on the official road, but went all the way to the middle of the mountain, found a place with fewer people, and the three of them sat down to rest.

Xue Lao Hu said to the two of them, "We will ask a few people about the situation later to see how long they have been here and whether they know the situation in Youzhou City."

After saying that, Han Mingjiang and Han Zhaoxiong stood up and each looked for the refugees to ask.

Xue Lao Hu frowned and looked in the direction of the Youzhou city gate. He had just discovered that there were many big men on both sides of the city gate, probably holding knives in their arms. They did not look like refugees, but rather like people in a military camp. Hundreds of big men gathered there was itself an unreasonable existence.

He felt that these people were trying to stir up trouble among the refugees and take the opportunity to attack Youzhou city.

He looked around and selected a group of people who should have fled from the same village and prepared to ask about their situation.

In less than a cup of tea, the three of them returned to where they had just sat and summarized the situations they had asked, which were pretty much the same as they had guessed.

These people have fled here one after another over the past half month, and have been surviving until now by receiving porridge every three days.

Moreover, they also knew the content of the notice from Youzhou City, but no one wanted to return to their hometown. They all said that they had no food, and they really could not run anymore and did not have the energy to run back.

Han Mingjiang took out some wild vegetable cakes and water. Everyone ate some and took some time to rest because they had to return to the other side of the mountain before dawn the next day.

This side of the mountain.

"Old village chief, this is my bottom line!"

Li Lanzhen expressed her thoughts and looked at the old village chief and Han Shunde sitting opposite her with firm eyes.

The old village chief was in a dilemma. He was thinking that everyone came from the same place. Not to mention that Zhou was the biological mother of his second daughter-in-law, just the fact that he had escaped from his hometown made him feel more friendly when he met people from the surrounding villages. He thought it would be good to live together.

But he hated Zhou very much. Looking at Li Lanzhen's determined eyes, the old village chief sighed sincerely.

"Well, okay, Lan Zhen, I promise you, if we continue to flee from famine, we will go our own way. However, if Youzhou City accepts us as refugees and divides us into one village, I will have no choice."

Li Lanzhen thought to herself that Youzhou City would not accept us, so it seemed that we had to continue looking for a place to live.

At this moment, she suddenly remembered what the young master of Jinfulai Silver Shop told her, "Go east and hide in the mountains. You have to stay there for at least three years."

Suddenly, an idea came to her mind. Yes, there are mountains connected to mountains here. There must be a place where we can live for three years, or even longer.

She turned to look at Han Shunde and said, "Village chief, please send someone to closely monitor Zhoujia Village. Just now, a dozen big men came to find them. It's obvious that they have eaten human flesh."

Han Shunde stood up in surprise and said, "Ah, there is such a thing. I have to go and take a look." He stood up, called a few people, and walked towards the straw hut where Zhoujia Village temporarily lived.

Li Lanzhen also stood up and turned back to her own thatched hut. Let them do whatever they want as long as they don't come to mess with her family.

Li Lanzhen's thatched hut was at the top, and the nearest one to their house was about twenty or thirty meters away, so she asked Xue Nizi and a few others to cook a pot of porridge for dinner.

After finishing the porridge and eating a piece of wild vegetable cake, Li Lanzhen gave everyone another instruction. "Starting tomorrow, women and children must stay at home and not leave. Except for those who are part of the escort team, no one else should leave. Donkeys and mules at home must all be watched.

Moreover, during the day, everyone has weapons in their hands. If anyone from Zhoujia Village or a stranger approaches, they will be beaten severely.”

Perhaps her expression frightened the children, Linglong and Miaomiao immediately threw themselves into her arms, hugging her on the left and right.

Han Yinan looked at Goudan with a serious look in his eyes, "I will be on duty tomorrow, Goudan, you should keep an eye on my brothers and sisters."

Xue Bao glanced at Han Yuemei and said, "I will be on duty tomorrow too. Something happened at home, Goudan, just blow the whistle as hard as you can."

When Xue Bao mentioned the whistle, Li Lanzhen suddenly remembered that she should hang a whistle around the necks of her children so that they could blow it whenever there was danger.

So she took out a dozen plastic whistles and put one around the neck of each child. "Put them inside your clothes. Don't let them show outside. Don't let others find your whistles."

The children obediently put the whistles down their necks into their clothes and clapped their hands.

Although Li Lanzhen made such detailed arrangements, things still happened that made her scared and angry.

At night, Li Lanzhen was lying on a straw mat. The first thing she had to do was to check the mall to see if she had redeemed the materials she had put out for exchange.

This sight almost made Li Lanzhen jump up.

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