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

"It's just a dozen miles. We can walk there to find out the situation and get familiar with the terrain. In case there is a boat, we also need to see where we will depart from." Jiang Jiyun said indifferently.

Jiang Wenming on the side said, "Why don't I go with you?"

Jiang Jiyun turned his head and looked at him. "Uncle, you are covered in wounds. What if we encounter Japanese or yellow-skinned people on the road? How are we going to explain it?"

Yan Xuyang assured Jiang Wenming, "Uncle, I will take good care of my sister on the way."

"Then let's go check it out tomorrow morning. It would be best if we can get there before winter comes. If not, we will have to prepare for the winter. I don't know if it will be cold here. I saw in the house that they don't have a kang."

Jiang Jiyun frowned as he looked at their luggage, which did not contain any cotton-padded clothes or quilts. If they really had no way to cross the river for the time being, they would have to find a way to buy winter supplies.

The next morning, Jiang Jiyun and Yan Xuyang went out. They went in the direction Cai Siming had mentioned yesterday.

Mr. Jiang Liu and his family cleaned up the yard at home first. No matter how many days they would stay there, they had to keep it clean and tidy.

When it was almost noon, a little boy led two men over.

Du Wanqing saw the broom in the hand of the person standing at the gate of the yard fall to the ground.

"Jiyuan? Why did you follow me here?" Jiang Wenming, who was sitting under the eaves weaving straw ropes, looked at Jiang Jiyuan and others at the door in surprise.

"We will have other tasks to go to H City with you in the future. We may have caught up with you after rushing. Fortunately, we asked people along the way if they had seen you. There happened to be a young man who was going to HL City, and we found out that you were here after asking him." Jiang Jiyuan put down the bag in his hand and picked up the broom that his wife dropped on the ground.

"Come quickly and eat something. We'll talk after dinner." Master Jiang Liu shouted as he looked at their exhausted appearance.

"Thank you, Grandpa!" Ma Chao walked over with a smile.

Jiang Jiyuan looked around and didn't see his sister, so he asked, "Is Xiaoyun still not up?"

"She followed Xuyang to the riverside to see if they can find a boat to cross the river. If not, we'll have to prepare for the winter in advance." Master Jiang Liu was packing the herbs in his bag. The sun was shining brightly today so he wanted to take them out and put them in the shade to dry.

Jiang Wanting also took out the oil paper cloth to dry it out. She wiped the moisture on it with the cloth and put it away.

"Grandpa, why don't we go go find them?" Jiang Jiyuan was worried about the two children going.

Du Wanqing shook her head. "You can't go. The two children can go and pretend that there is no food at home and go to the river to see if they can pick up something to eat. If you two go and are discovered, something bad will happen. You will implicate the two children instead."

Jiang Jiyuan remained silent after hearing what his wife said, and the two of them helped to clean up the yard.

Jiang Jiyun rode on the bicycle ridden by Yan Xuyang and bumped all the way to a place not far from the river.

Yan Xuyang went to hide the bicycle, and Jiang Jiyun stood by the road waiting. She rubbed her numb butt with her small hands. Riding a bicycle on such a bumpy road could be fatal.

"What's wrong? Is your leg numb?" Yan Xuyang asked with concern as he watched Jiang Jiyun limping.

Jiang Jiyun nodded awkwardly, and Yan Xuyang came over to help her sit down, but Jiang Jiyun refused. Her little butt didn't want to sit down now.

The two men walked for a while and came to the riverside. Looking at the wide river, the water was a little turbid and they couldn't see whether there were any fish in it. However, they could still see the shapes of the trees on the opposite side of the river.

"Brother, is that a crab?" Jiang Jiyun looked at the little thing that was walking sideways on the ground in front of her.

"Is...right?" This was the first time Yan Xuyang had seen Jiang in his life.

Jiang Jiyun took off his shoes and went to catch crabs barefoot. Yan Xuyang saw this and went over to help.

As soon as they came over, they were stared at, and they just looked at them because they were two children.

I felt relieved when I saw them catching crabs, but I didn't put down my gun.

After watching for half an hour, I saw the two children took out a net bag from somewhere and caught a lot of small crabs and picked up some snails.

Seeing the smiles on their faces, the Imperial Army came over with his men.

"Kid, there's a reed marsh over there. If you're lucky, you can pick up wild duck eggs. Go find something to eat over there. These little crabs and snails are not very tasty."

When Yan Xuyang heard someone talking and stood up, he saw a group of Imperial Army soldiers. He nervously used his body to block Jiang Jiyun.

Jiang Jiyun poked his head out from behind Yan Xuyang and said to the man who reminded them, "Thank you, General!"

The man smiled and led his men to patrol the other side. Jiang Jiyun tugged at Yan Xuyang's clothes and said, "Brother, let's go take a look!"

Two people carrying two net bags walked towards the reed marsh that the man pointed to.

After they left, two more people came out of the bushes and looked in the direction the brother and sister had gone.

"Am I really overthinking it?" the man muttered.

The people around him said unhappily, "They are just two kids who came out to look for food because they have no food at home. Is it necessary to be so nervous?"

"We can't help it. Our families are in the hands of the devils. If we are not careful, we won't know how we died."

The people around him were silent. "It's not just our family, the entire Tongzhou is living under their clutches."

"Ugh……"

The two men observed for a while before leaving. Jiang Jiyun finally let go of his worries when he no longer noticed anyone staring at him.

As Yan Xuyang approached the reed marsh, he was frightened by a duck that flew towards him and fell to the ground.

Jiang Jiyun jumped up and grabbed one of the wild duck's wings. He was dragged a step by the wild duck. Yan Xuyang also reacted and pounced on the wild duck.

"Caught it!" Yan Xuyang said happily.

The two dirty children looked at the wild ducks and laughed. Those who came back for patrol saw the two clay men and laughed.

Yan Xuyang broke the wild duck's neck and held it in his hand. He stood up and helped Jiang Jiyun who was still lying in the mud.

"Brother, let's go in separately and take a look. If there are any duck eggs, we can pick them up to add to the dishes."

Yan Xuyang agreed, "It would be better to have two more wild ducks. I promised to make you a roast chicken. If we don't have roast chicken, roast duck will also be fine."

Jiang Jiyun didn't expect that he still remembered what he promised him before, so he said, "Brother, you still remember it, then you must work hard today!"

"I will definitely make up for your two roast chickens today." Yan Xuyang walked in first with full confidence.

The two of them cordoned off a space in the reeds and put down their nets and wild ducks.

As the two men walked forward, Jiang Jiyun took out two net bags from his trouser pocket, handed one to Yan Xuyang, and then jumped into the reeds.

"How come I didn't know when my sister brought so many net bags? Do we have so many empty net bags?" Yan Xuyang looked at the green net bag in his hand and wondered.