Traveling through the 1940s, the whole village was massacred at the beginning

"They won't come to block the road on the main road, right? We don't want to become frightened birds, right?" Jiang Jiyun looked around after hearing what they said.

It will take us a few days to reach Tongzhou City. If the Japanese block our way here, Tongzhou City will be in danger.

After walking for another half a day, they met a group of people driving ox carts, carrying loads on their shoulders, and pushing carts coming towards them.

"Where are you from? Why aren't you talking?"

An old man who was the leader asked a few people who were looking at them stupidly.

"Uncle, you are using dialect. They might be outsiders and they can't understand what we are saying. We have to speak Mandarin!" the man who was supporting him explained to him.

The man asked again in Mandarin, and only then did Mr. Jiang Liu tell them where he came from.

"You said there are no devils in the city over there for the time being, but we still need to pay to enter the city, right? Why? You didn't have to pay before?"

Jiang Liuye shook his head and said, "I don't know. Now it's five cents per person. You have to pay for the cow and the cart. But the cow can't go into the city after it goes in. You have to pay three silver dollars for your cow to get to the other city gate."

After the man translated it to the villagers, many of them sat on the ground in pain.

"Uncle, let's just go back! Anyway, our village has nothing but so many lives. The Japanese won't be interested in our little property!"

The man felt that most parts of the country had fallen, and it would be the same wherever he went with so many elderly, weak, women and children.

"Let's go back! We can't get away!"

"Three dollars and five cents for a cow. This is simply robbery!"

"Uncle, let's go back! Sooner or later we will die in a foreign land. If that happens, we might as well die in our hometown."

"If all else fails, we can take a few with us. We can also take a Japanese soldier with us. This way, we won't be embarrassed even if we meet our ancestors in the underworld."

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Jiang Jiyun and a few others listened to the chattering of a group of people. They were from Province D, which belongs to the north. Although their dialect was a little inferior to Mandarin, anyone who could understand Mandarin could basically understand what they were saying.

Now, when this group of people heard what others said, they felt completely dizzy. So many people combined didn’t understand a single word.

When they decided to go back, they saw the old and young people on the opposite side looking at them with confused faces.

"Uncle, you can't enter Tongzhou City now. It has been occupied by the Japanese." The man came over and said to Mr. Jiang Liu.

"We don't necessarily need to go into the city, we mainly want to get to the river."

The man guessed after hearing what Mr. Jiang Liu said, "You want to cross the river to H City?"

"Yes." Mr. Jiang Liu said honestly.

"Do we have to go? There are no boats crossing the river here. They are all controlled by the devils. If we could cross, we wouldn't go north."

Jiang Liuye and the others heard what the man said. Yan Xuyang asked unwillingly, "When can we get through?"

The man shook his head and said, "I don't know. Unless the devils controlling the boats leave, no one can cross the river."

"What should we do? We've been walking for several months and almost died on the road several times. Are we just going to give up like this?" Jiang Wanting said dejectedly.

"Uncle, can we stay in your village for a while? What if the river is connected?" Jiang Jiyun asked the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man then asked the old man he was supporting. The old man looked at the old and young and asked them why they had to cross the river and where were their other relatives?

After the man relayed the story, Mr. Jiang Liu sighed and told them what happened in his village. People in the village opposite looked at them in shock.

The man couldn't believe it and asked, "Is this true? Did the devils really massacre everyone in the village and spare no one?"

"This was the only child in our village who escaped death. The younger one was born after his mother had a difficult birth. I escaped while collecting herbs in the mountains. My nephew was given a chance to escape by the villagers who risked their lives."

"My eldest niece and nephew live in another village. This is the wife of my other nephew. She and her husband returned to her parents' home and escaped the disaster."

"We are from Caijiagou. If you are willing, you can come and live with us, but we don't know when the Japanese will come to raid, so we can't guarantee your safety."

The man relayed the old man's words, and Master Jiang Liu showed them their household registration and the new road pass.

"A new pass issued by Y City?" The man looked at it and handed it to the old man he was supporting.

After checking and finding no problems, they took Mr. Jiang Liu and the others back.

The middle-aged man deliberately came to Jiang Wenming and asked, "Little brother, you seem to be seriously injured?"

"Hey! Uncle! When I passed by HL city, I saw some Japanese soldiers molesting women and I wanted to help. But they whipped me and I almost died there." Jiang Wenming said half-truthfully.

The man nodded and glanced at Du Wanqing, "Where's your husband, little wife?"

"He stayed in Y City." Du Wanqing said sullenly.

When the middle-aged man saw his young wife lowering her head and looking unhappy, he thought her husband was dead and he didn't have the courage to ask any more questions.

The man did not ask any more questions afterwards, but Jiang Jiyun became interested and shamelessly pulled the man aside to teach her a few simple words of the dialect. Jiang Liuye and the others also pricked up their ears and wanted to learn a few words.

They arrived at the entrance of the village before dark. Some of the older people in the village who didn't want to die in a foreign land and hadn't wanted to leave were stunned to see them coming back.

Everyone went back home to pack up, and the middle-aged man followed the old man's instructions and took Jiang Jiyun and his group to a small courtyard.

"You guys should just stay here for the time being. The whole family followed their youngest son to City C, so this house has been empty. Now it can still be lived in after a little cleaning."

Mr. Jiang Liu thanked them gratefully, "We are thankful that we have a place to live. Thank you so much."

"It's only natural for us to help each other when we're out and about. If we hadn't met you, we would have had to walk for several days and come back. Uncle, my name is Cai Siming. We'll all live in the same village from now on, so just call me by my name."

Master Jiang Liu took out a handful of fruit candies from his bag and handed them to him, "Xiao Cai! We just arrived and don't have anything to give you. We bought these to soothe your child and keep him from crying on the way. Now that we're not leaving, we'll give some to you to take back home to sweeten the kids. You've helped us a lot today!"

"Uncle Jiang, you are too polite." Cai Siming said politely, but he still took the candy, put it in his pocket and walked away.

"Sixth Grandpa, Brother Xuyang and I will find a way to go to the river tomorrow!"

Jiang Liuye frowned when he heard her say that. "I heard from Cai Siming that this place is more than ten miles away from the river!"