The Empress traveled through time and space, and she fought for supremacy in the troubled times

Yun Zhi stood in front and could clearly feel the nervousness of the people behind her, and could also hear their increasingly heavy breathing.

The suspicion on the face of the old lady in front of her was growing. Before she could speak, Yun Zhi took a step forward.

"It's normal that Auntie doesn't recognize us. We just moved here."

"Just moved in?"

Hearing Yun Zhi's words, her brows furrowed even more tightly.

"Little girl, don't try to trick me. How come I didn't know so many people moved into that village?"

"Auntie, you misunderstood. We didn't move to the village. We...we came here to escape famine."

As if she was talking about something sad, her voice became much deeper and she sounded like she was about to cry.

"We came from the north. Auntie should know that there's a drought over there. We have no food, so we had no choice but to flee all the way here."

North, drought. When the old lady heard these two key words, she understood.

This is indeed the case. During this period, many refugees have fled here, and she has seen quite a few of them.

She looked at Yun Zhi and her group again. They were indeed poorly dressed and rather thin, so she began to believe it a little.

Of course they had lost weight, as they had already lost weight because their lives were difficult.

Although I have been eating well for nearly half a month, I was very tired from building the house quickly, so naturally I didn't gain much weight.

Seeing the old lady's expression, Yun Zhi guessed that she should also know about this matter and believed what she said.

Yun Zhi pursed her lips and looked at her pitifully, "We are from the same village. We all escaped together. Many villages along the way were unwilling to take us in."

Everywhere is poor now. It's okay to take in one or two people, but it's impossible to take in so many people. In this world, we can't pity people.

"Auntie, you know that those of us who escaped here can only find a village to settle down in or become dependents of the landlords. But that means lifelong slavery, and our descendants will also be slaves. We don't want that."

"It just so happened that when we passed by here, we found that there were many animals in the mountains. We have some hunting skills, so we settled down there. Living close to the mountains, we can at least survive."

Having said that, Yun Zhi turned around and pointed at the prey and herbs in their hands. "We got these in the mountains, so we wanted to come over and see if we could exchange them for something else."

Yun Zhi's words were all connected and could explain everything.

How could these people who had fled famine enter the city? They had no household registration and could not pay the money to enter the city.

Yun Jingxian, who was listening on the side, was greatly surprised. If he didn't know the whole story, he would have believed it.

No wonder his sister didn't let them exchange it with silver, but asked them to barter with goods, and she also asked him to change into this worn-out set of clothes early this morning.

Did my sister anticipate everything?

My sister is so amazing, Yun Jingxian looked at Yun Zhi excitedly.

Of course, the people behind Yun Zhi were also looking at him in shock.

In this way, they were given the identity of refugees fleeing famine.

Uncle Lin Da and Uncle Lin Er in the back exchanged glances and understood the meaning in each other's eyes.

This girl really speaks lies to ghosts and tells people the truth. It's amazing.

Yun Zhi looked up and met her gaze. "So, Auntie, can you trade with us? Some of our prey are still alive, so you can raise them. Also, these herbs are for treating colds and stopping bleeding, and they're easy to use in daily life."

Just as the old lady was about to speak, a man's voice came from the yard, "Mother, who's outside? Why haven't you come in yet?"

The footsteps in the yard were getting closer and closer. A middle-aged man walked out and was stunned when he saw Yun Zhi and his group.

He approached his wife and asked, "Who are they?"

"Refugees fleeing famine."

Then she briefly told him what Yun Zhi had just said.

After knowing the whole story, he looked at Yun Zhi and the others, "Are you here to exchange things?"

Yun Zhi gave Yun Jingxian a wink. Yun Jingxian, who understood Yun Zhi's wink, immediately put the backpack woven with rattan in the mountains on the ground.

She picked out a lively rabbit, lifted its ears, and stuffed it into the arms of the middle-aged man who had just walked out.

"Uncle, please help us."

The middle-aged man took the rabbit unexpectedly and looked at the rabbit in his arms.

As the saying goes, it is a debt of gratitude, and this is also an equal exchange, so help if you can.

He looked at Yun Jingxian, "What do you want to change?"

This means they agree to the change. Yun Jingxian's face lit up with joy. "We need to change some cooking utensils, as well as rice and wheat..."

The main purpose of going down the mountain this time was to exchange cooking tools and some crop seeds.

The middle-aged man frowned and said, "There are so many of you. I don't have that much to exchange with you."

He thought for a moment and called out to the inner room, "Zhu Zi, Hu Zi, come out for a moment."

After a while, two people came out, one in his teens and the other a few years old.

"Dad, what's wrong?"

As he spoke, he looked at Yun Zhi and the others curiously.

"Now go to other houses, knock on their doors, and ask if anyone is willing to exchange something."

Then the middle-aged man told his son the details.

"Hey, good."

After saying that, the two ran off in two directions.

The middle-aged man looked at them and said, "Why don't you go in and rest for a while? It may take a while for someone to come."

Yun Jingxian waved his hands repeatedly, his eyes full of gratitude, "Uncle, no need, this time it's all thanks to you."

They didn't plan to succeed in one try. At worst, they could try again in another place after a day or two.

I didn’t expect that I would be successful at the first place I went.

"What a big deal."

The two groups then chatted. The middle-aged man asked them about their previous affairs, but Yun Zhi took over the conversation for fear of letting anything slip.

After about a quarter of an hour, villagers began to arrive one after another.

The first one to come was a simple and honest old man, who was also the closest to here.

He looked at Yun Zhi and the others, then walked over to the middle-aged man and said, "Village Chief."

"It's Old Man Li."

The old man nodded and looked at Yun Zhi and the others, "Do you have any pheasants here?"

He heard that these outsiders came to exchange things and brought a lot of prey. His granddaughter-in-law at home was about to give birth, so he came to take a look. If the price was right, he would buy one or two to take back.

"The old man has it."

Yun Jingxian responded immediately and pointed at the basket that Li Shun was carrying.

Seeing Yun Jingxian pointing at him, Li Shun immediately put down the basket and let the old man look at him.

The old man looked at it and chose a fatter pheasant. "Young man, how do you change this?"

Li Shun scratched his head and chuckled, "Uncle, I want to exchange for cooking utensils and grain seeds. What can you give me?"

The old man touched the pheasant and thought for a moment, "I do have some seeds for seedlings at home. Why don't you come to my house and take a look?"

Li Shun did not agree immediately, but looked at Yun Zhi implicitly.

Yun Zhi nodded at him before he left.

After a while, this small space seemed to have become a market. After nearly half an hour, they all got what they wanted to exchange with satisfaction, and both parties were very happy.

After all, what they want is not difficult to find, and the price they offer is much cheaper than the market price.

Yunzhi and the others brought food with them, so there was no need to exchange this. They just exchanged cooking utensils and some seeds.

After exchanging their things, the people who came down the mountain gathered in front of the village chief's house with excited smiles on their faces.

It’s great, I can go home and have a good meal.

When Yun Zhi saw everyone had returned, she shouted towards the courtyard, "Thank you, Village Chief. We've all changed and will be leaving now."

Just after the sons came back, the village chief and his family exchanged some things with them and went into the house to eat.

Hearing Yun Zhi's voice, the middle-aged man came out and looked at the baskets filled up by each of them. "Well, okay, you can go now. I won't say goodbye to you any more."

"Thank you, village chief."

The people behind also expressed their gratitude one by one.

It is rare to meet such people in this world. Not helping them is your duty, and helping them is a favor.

After saying goodbye to the village chief and his family, Yun Zhi and his group returned home with everything they wanted.

What Yun Zhi didn't expect was that the next time she would see the village chief and his family would be under such circumstances.