It's really hard to just farm peacefully.

When Jiang Fu and his group arrived at Dongshan Village, it was already past the hour of Xu.

The villagers of Dongshan Village, who have developed the habit of keeping watch at night, took the lead in building a small hut at the entrance of the village for the villagers on duty to stay temporarily.

The ones on duty tonight were Jiang Xing and his grandson Jiang He. They never expected that someone would come out from Xiaoqing Peak behind the village at night and knock on the door of Jiang Wang's house directly.

When Gao Hua brought Jiang An to the village entrance to replace Jiang Xing for a talk, both he and Jiang He were a little surprised.

When he saw Jiang Fu at Jiang Wang's house, he was even more surprised.

"Uncle." Jiang Fu took the initiative to greet, bringing Jiang Xing back to his senses.

"Okay, okay, have you been released back home by the government?" Jiang Xing happily pulled Jiang Fu to sit down.

Since Jiang Fu and the others can come back, those villagers who were taken away in the same batch, or even those who were taken away in previous batches, if they are lucky enough to survive, should also be back soon.

Jiang Fu shook his head in denial.

"Then what are you doing?"

Jiang Fu organized his thoughts and talked to his two elders, Jiang Xing and Jiang Wang, about his experiences in the past few years.

That day he met soldiers from the provincial capital in the county town and was caught red-handed. After they had captured enough people, they were taken out of the county town overnight.

He originally thought that he would be a soldier in Beiting Guard House like in the previous conscriptions, but he didn't expect that in the second half of the journey he would be blindfolded and taken into the deep mountains, where he dug mines for almost four years.

It was not until June this year when heavy rains and floods occurred in the mountains that the guards guarding them were unable to cope with the situation and they were able to escape in the chaos.

Jiang Xing looked at the emaciated Jiang Fu with a distressed look and said comfortingly, "It's good that you're okay. Just stay home and recuperate."

"...Someone is still looking for us. We can't cause trouble for the village."

Jiang Wang brought hot food from the kitchen and handed it to Jiang Fu and his three companions.

They were already hungry, so they didn't refuse. After expressing their gratitude, they took the food and gobbled it up.

Jiang Wang was concerned about their subsequent plans and asked, "So what are you going to do? Hiding, not to mention the lack of food, it's going to be hard to survive in winter."

Jiang Fu swallowed the food in his mouth and said: "We still have a few companions going home to visit their families. Let's discuss it tomorrow and make a decision."

Speaking of this, Jiang Fu asked again: "Uncle, do you know where the people in Jinjiazhuang moved to?"

"Jinjiazhuang?" Jiang Wang couldn't remember where it was.

"It's in the northwest of our county, east of our village, very close to Majia Village." Jiang Fu reminded.

When Jin Tianming and the other two heard this topic, they slowed down their eating. They were very nervous about the possible whereabouts of their families.

Jiang Wang thought carefully and said hesitantly, "Before, I only knew that the disaster had hit that area hard, and many of the survivors fled to the south and east gates of the county town to find work. After that, I heard nothing more. Didn't they go home?"

Several people shook their heads again.

The next day, Jiang Fu and his friends met in the mountains outside Hezhou Village and exchanged the information they had.

Although Hezhou Village and Duguzhuang were also hit by floods, the two villages were related to Dongshan Village and received the warning in advance.

Before the natural disaster, although they didn't quite believe it, they still tried to show some respect for the people. Later, apart from the serious damage to the property, not many people were injured.

As for the whereabouts of Jinjiazhuang, they didn't know much more than the people in Dongshan Village.

However, He Da recalled something his parents mentioned, which was indeed a bit suspicious.

"There was a leper in our village. When there was a disaster before, he ran to the city gate, hoping to get some food and drink from the disaster relief. He was very happy before he left, and even wanted to invite everyone to join him."

“When they heard that the disaster victims had disappeared from the city gate, the villagers thought they would finally come back to clean up the mud at home, and they disappeared along with them.”

"After another seven or eight days, I saw him sneaking back, all filthy and dirty. When I asked him where he had been, he didn't even mention his usual favorite words about going to the county town or the provincial capital."

"Where on earth was he taken?"