It's really hard to just farm peacefully.

The county town was also deserted, with few people walking around.

Jiang Yan followed Jiang Da and his wife, observing the surrounding situation while walking.

There are few pedestrians.

There were only a few shops open on both sides, and the shelves facing the door looked empty, with only a few items on them.

Is the market closed, or is business slowing down? Jiang Yan speculated. However, even the rural residents of Dongshan Village had heard about the possible conscription, and the city dwellers would have known about it even earlier. Probably not many people would be in the mood to go out right now.

After walking for about a quarter of an hour, the three of them turned south into a small alley. After walking for nearly half a cup of tea, Jiang Da signaled Jiang Yan to knock on the door of the house in front of them.

"Is Xiaoyu here? I'm your Aunt Sun Yun."

"exist--"

There were sounds of footsteps inside.

Creak! Something went wrong with the door hinge, and the sound of the door opening was very clear in the dark and deserted alley.

"Grandpa and Grandma Yanyan, come in quickly." Jiang Yuan and Jiang Nian invited them in. After making sure the door was secure, they led them to the main room.

"My mother is kneading dough in the kitchen and can't move her hands for a while. Please sit down and have a drink of water first."

The main room and the kitchen are connected, so normal conversations can be heard on both sides.

As soon as Jiang Yuan finished speaking, Yu Qian walked in after washing his hands.

"Did something happen in the village that made you two elders rush over here? You even brought Yanyan with you."

Jiang Yan greeted her politely, "Hello, Aunt Yu."

Jiang Da sighed and began again, "Didn't you hire someone to deliver a message to the village this morning? Everyone was so worried, afraid that soldiers would suddenly show up and take people away. The boys are still young and naive, how could they bear it?"

"So we old guys thought about it and decided to let them hide in Qinshan."

"You mean, there really is a cave where the ancestor of the Jiang family hid?" Yu Qian was a little surprised. She had always thought that it was a story made up by the Jiang clan members in Dongshan Village. She wanted to have a story behind it so that they could talk about it.

Jiang Da nodded. "It's true, but no one has been there before and doesn't know how to get there. But we found a map."

At this point, Jiang Da felt a little embarrassed again: "We didn't understand. But this matter cannot be rushed, so we came here immediately to ask you for help. Jiang Yuan and Jiang Nian are both literate, and if they have the ability, they might be able to figure it out."

"Where is the thing?" Yu Qian became curious when he heard it.

"Jiang Yan has written it down. Ask her to draw it for you." Sun Yun replied.

Jiang Yan smiled shyly, stood up, pulled the bench towards the table, and then knelt down on it.

This is very impolite and the posture is not good, but Jiang Yan is not tall enough, so it is very difficult for her to draw the picture on the table while sitting or standing.

Everyone was slightly surprised by Jiang Yan's action, but soon they turned their attention to Jiang Yan's "roadmap" for replicating the scene.

Replication was a skill the original body acquired after hitting its head against a threshold. Before then, neither the original body nor she could do it. Jiang Yan suspected that there was still a blood clot pressing on her brain nerves, so she began to pay more attention to her body, especially her brain.

The dim, swaying oil lamp barely illuminated the table, and the "road map" drawn with water soon appeared in its entirety.

The scattered lines suggest mountain paths, but what do these isolated abstract objects represent? (Referring to the combination of oracle bone script and ???????)

Yu Qian said hesitantly, "Yuanyuan, Niannian, do you understand?"

Jiang Yuan and Jiang Nian were kneeling on the bench like Jiang Yan, and they both shook their heads after hearing the question.

Yu Qian took another look and couldn't help asking, "Yanyan, does the route map look like this?" He was embarrassed to say it, but in his heart he couldn't help but doubt whether Jiang Yan's drawing was correct.

Jiang Yan was very sure, "Yes, that's what it looks like."

Jiang Da and Sun Yun also confirmed: "That's what it looks like."

When they were dazzled and the water marks were barely visible, Jiang Nian pointed to a shape and said, "Brother, look at this shape. If you make its edges smoother and narrower, wouldn't it look like the forest across from us when we climbed Xiaoqing Peak?"

"If we analyze it this way, then this line represents... that you can dance in the forest?" Jiang Yan pointed at the neglected line in the figure, the end of which swung to the left and right, up and down, as if dancing.

Jiang Yuan, worthy of being Jiang Nian's older brother for so many years, immediately caught up with his thoughts and explained, "They're picking things. There must be a lot of things, so they're picking very busily."

Others besides the siblings: They felt awe-inspiring and admired him sincerely.