Although his daughter had a lot of water, she couldn't take it out. He also understood the principle that the first bird to stick its head out gets shot.

When the village chief heard his words, his old face turned red, but he still walked to the well. Looking at the deep well, there was only a shallow layer of water at the bottom. His face did not look very good either.

This amount of water is not enough for Qingyun's own family, and there are dozens of other households in the village. What should he do?

"Ah~" Life is not easy, the old village chief sighed.

"Qingyun, what do you think we should do? The crops are dead, there's no water, and the price of food is rising. We ordinary people don't have any money, nothing at all. We only have this useless labor. How are we going to get by from now on?"

The old village chief was a little overwhelmed. He held his head, his eyes red, and was full of confusion about the future.

It’s okay for those old people like them, the worst that can happen is they die, but there are still children, their lives have just begun, how are they going to live in the future?

The Qin family was silent.

After a long while, Qin Qingyun spoke, "Uncle, have you heard that some villages have begun to flee the famine?"

"I've heard about it, how could I not have heard about it?" The village chief was a little dejected. "But this is our roots. Our ancestors have lived here for generations. We have our houses and our fields here. Do we really have to abandon our ancestral heritage and flee the famine?"

Some knowledgeable elders in the village once talked about their ancestors’ escape from famine. It was not so easy to escape from famine, and many people died on the way.

"Then is there any way for us to survive here?"

It's not the end of the world yet. The shops in the town are still open, but some have closed.

The lives of the wealthy were not greatly affected. They had money, food, and access to water, but what about the poor? They simply couldn't afford to survive.

"Let's wait a little longer!" There was hesitation in the eyes of the village chief. In the past two days, he heard more and more news that more and more people had begun to flee famine, but he still wanted to hold on a little longer. What if it rained one day and there was a way to survive?

In the end, the village chief and Qin Qingyun discussed and decided to send someone to fetch water every day, and then share it equally with the villagers, so as to at least keep people alive.

However, this water should be used by the Qin family first.

Days passed one by one. In the past few days, Qin Qingyun's leg has completely healed. The villagers were surprised, but did not ask much. After all, they were living from day to day and worried about their livelihood every day. Who had the time to think so much?

Qin Wanwan went to the town twice these days and drew another twenty pictures for Yun Nifang, which was the strong request of the proprietress.

The weather has been extremely hot these days, and more and more shops in the town have closed. There are many beggars on the streets, and many people have joined the journey of fleeing famine.

The proprietress was also afraid that one day Qin Wanwan and the others would go to escape famine, and she would have no way to find so many tricks. After all, she would probably be moving to another location soon.

"The situation outside is very bad now. I heard that several villages have been looted by refugees, and the people inside have suffered." Qin Wanwan frowned. She felt that fleeing the famine was imminent.

The two neighboring villages had already left two days ago, and now only their village is still holding on in the surrounding area.

"Now most of the land of the Great Xia Dynasty is suffering from drought. There must be many people fleeing the famine. If we really want to leave, where should we go?"

Qin Hao also followed his sister to the town these two days. Those beggars, in fact, are more like refugees than beggars. They are all pale and thin, and the look in their eyes looks as if they want to eat them.

These people escaped from other places, and their place is better than some other places.

The entire north of the Great Xia Dynasty was experiencing drought, but the situation was severe in some places and relatively mild in others.

Their Linzhou is located in the central part of the territory of the Great Xia Dynasty. The further north Linzhou is, the more serious the disaster is. However, the border is to the northwest of Linzhou, which is farther away and is not affected by the disaster.

The capital of the Daxia Dynasty was located in a relatively southern area, and there was no drought in the south.

"The south is prosperous and there are no disasters, so many people will definitely want to go south." Qin Mu analyzed, "The drought in the north is severe. As for the northwest, although there are no disasters, it is close to the border and the economy is underdeveloped. Only people from nearby areas will go there. Most people will probably go to the south."

"Then are we going to the south too?" Little Qin Lang had already tacitly agreed that they were going to flee the famine.

"Kyoto is in the south and is densely populated. With so many refugees pouring in, I'm afraid we won't be able to feed them all!" Qin Qingyun said.

"Yes!" Qin Wanwan nodded. "And where there are many refugees, there will definitely be epidemics!"

Just think about it, many refugees will surely die, and some will even have no one to collect their bodies. Besides, the refugees will be lucky enough to survive, so they won't care whether their bodies are dirty or not.

Dirt, disorder and poor conditions are the most direct sources of the epidemic!

For various reasons, it is possible that many towns will not accept refugees, in which case those people will be left with no way out.

"Then let's go northwest?" Qin Hao understood.

"Yes, we'd better leave in the northwest direction. This is the safest way!" Qin Qingyun nodded.

Song Shuyi felt something was wrong and asked, "Did we agree to go and escape the famine? When did you discuss this?"

Others: ...It seems so. Why did it suddenly become about where to escape famine when it was clearly talking about the current situation?

"I think we should flee the famine, otherwise there will be more and more refugees. If they can rob others today, they can rob us tomorrow!" Qin Wanwan thought.

"But what about the village chief?" Song's mother hesitated to speak.

"Let's talk to the village chief tomorrow. If he still doesn't agree, then we'll leave on our own!" Qin Qingyun made the final decision.

Although there are only six people in their family, five of them know kung fu. Even his wife exercises with him all year round and has a very good physical condition. She just looks weak.

There is still space for their daughter, so the whole family will be able to reach the border alive!

"But if we leave, what will happen to Grandpa Xu? Grandpa Xu hasn't come back yet!"

Grandpa Xu is Qin Wanwan’s master. He said that he was missing a medicine and needed to go find it. He has been gone for half a year and no one knows where the old man is now!

Since they have decided to flee the famine, they must set off in the next few days. I just don’t know if this old man can catch up.

"It's okay, my master left me his contact information, so I won't lose contact!" Qin Wanwan thought of the things that Old Man Xu left for the original owner, and couldn't help but wonder, what exactly was the identity of the original owner's master?

"Wanwan, take this. Master is in urgent need of a medicinal herb and may be away for a long time. If anything happens, use this and someone will come find you.

Don't worry, Master. If anything happens, Master will let you know!"

Thinking back to how the old man left in such a hurry without even saying hello to the other members of the Qin family, she always felt that the old man was a hidden boss.

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