It's really hard to just farm peacefully.

After entering the cave, Jiang Shun and Jiang Hu shouted to report their safety every one or two minutes.

About a cup of tea later, Jiang Hu ran out and called everyone to go into the cave together.

Jiang Yan was the second to last in line. Standing in front of the cave, he could still pay attention to whether there were any carvings or drawings on the big rock.

She glanced around a few times but didn't see anything, feeling a little regretful.

However, on second thought, our ancestors, like everyone else, went into the mountains to avoid the turmoil of the outside world and live a stable life, so they naturally had to take care to cover their whereabouts.

Writing and drawing on stones is a dangerous behavior for fear that others will not know that someone has been here or lives here. It is definitely not allowed.

The entrance of the cave faces south, and is only about two meters high and wide. The right side is mostly blocked by stones, and the empty left side can only accommodate one person at a time.

Now, only a few rays of sunlight penetrate the cave entrance, and the light is insufficient, so it is likely to be dark and depressing inside.

Jiang Yan followed closely in the footsteps of the person in front.

After walking about ten steps, the cave suddenly became spacious, about the size of the school's former multi-functional screening room, about one hundred square meters.

In the light of the torches placed there, Jiang Yan could vaguely see traces of the lives of his predecessors.

The cave walls, smoothed with yellow mud, were already mottled and falling apart. Several yellow mud kang beds, largely collapsed from lack of maintenance, stood beside them. A wooden shelf not far away was covered in dust...

Jiang Yan walked closer and saw that there were still spider webs hanging on it and the wood was cracked. It would fall apart immediately if he touched it with his hand.

Jiang Yan walked around and then went to the passage in the northeast of the cave.

When she came in, she noticed that Grandpa Jiang Shun was not in the cave. He must have entered other places through this passage.

It can connect to the outside world! After groping for a few steps, Jiang Yan found that the scene in front of him gradually became brighter, and there was Jiang Shun's figure.

Jiang Shun was standing on the outer edge of the mountain, so the old man could walk on it as if it were flat ground. However, it was too steep for Jiang Yan, and he felt that his center of gravity was unstable and he was about to fall down the mountain.

Jiang Yan carefully moved to Jiang Shun's side, holding on to the bushes beside him, and then said, "Grandpa, did we pass through the middle of the mountain and reach the north slope?"

Jiang Shun had noticed Jiang Yan coming a long time ago, but seeing that she was walking towards him with full concentration and trepidation, he was afraid that speaking would scare her and make her lose her balance, which would be dangerous.

After making sure she was standing properly, he gave her the answer.

"Not to the north slope. Look carefully, the middle of the mountain collapsed, and a sinkhole appeared."

Sinkhole?

Jiang Yan recalled the geographical documentaries he had watched. The bottom of many tiankengs were covered with dense primeval forests, where a large number of precious animal and plant species grew. For humans who wanted to explore, this meant many unpredictable risks.

However, there is a Xiaozhai tiankeng that is particularly impressive because there were people living in seclusion on the terrace on the wall of the Xiaozhai tiankeng.

Jiang Yan bravely leaned over and looked outside. Twenty meters below was a large piece of flat land. Could it be the terrace that the experts said could be used to build houses and live in seclusion?

The people who moved from Dongshan Village are most likely to live in this cave. If the land below can be cultivated, it may reduce the burden on the village and even provide enough money to support the aunts in other villages.

"Grandpa, look at that piece of land, can we plant it?"

"It can be planted." Jiang Shun stood here and observed for a long time. "Although it is covered with bushes and weeds, its smoothness does not look like it was naturally formed. Maybe it was leveled by our ancestors."

After Jiang Shun led his team to successfully find a retreat route in the village, he felt a lot more relaxed.

At this moment, he took the initiative to talk to Jiang Yan, "I have also thought of a shortcut back to the village. It can save half the time. I often take most of the routes, so they are safer."

"We'll grow more food here in the future. The government won't find out, and the villagers can keep it for themselves so they can have more food."

"That's really great!" Jiang Yan couldn't help but imagine the happy days in the future when he could have enough food to eat.