I'm wearing it, but I'm still suffering.

After Liu Xiaoxiao arrived at Liu Yingxiong's camp, she found the village chief and explained her purpose. Liu Yingxiong, feeling the gravity of the matter, said he would go with her immediately.

When Liu Xiaoxiao brought Liu Yingxiong back to their camp, it was time for dinner, so they started eating immediately.

After dinner, everyone sat together to discuss the response plan. The village chief suggested organizing simple self-defense training for the villagers and organizing a simulated incident.

Zhufu agreed and took the initiative to assume the responsibility of coaching. Of course, he did not teach personally, but sent the guards at home to teach.

Over the next few days, the villagers actively participated in training, learning basic fighting techniques and defensive strategies. Liu Xiaoxiao also used her knowledge to share some survival tips and precautions to ensure they would be less likely to get sick while fleeing the famine.

In the intense training atmosphere, the villagers' sense of unity and ability to deal with crises gradually increased. Everyone understood that only by working together can they ensure a safe arrival at their destination.

Of course, in that simulated battle, the villagers' performances varied, and some people even stepped on each other in a panic.

So the drill failed, and Zhufu also made the villagers who pretended to be bandits retreat in time.

In addition to those who participated in playing the bandits, two more simulated battles were carried out without telling anyone. Finally, by the third time, everyone was able to deal with it calmly. I wish them all the best.

The villagers, unaware of the situation, gradually began to complain about the strong laborers in the village. "Why do they have such good crossbows, but they go out to do things like looking for water? It makes us unable to protect ourselves when we encounter bandits."

Others said: "We can't really blame them. Maybe we're just unlucky! Every time we encounter bandits, it's because the men in the village show up when they have something to do."

"Yes, and they ran away without stealing anything the first two times. If they hadn't taken my pot the third time, I would have suspected they were real bandits."

"It's also possible that they saw how poor we were, and that the Yun Yi family's daughter was shouting that our people were back, so those bandits ran away so quickly."

There were all kinds of speculations, but no one thought that those "enemies" would be their own people in disguise.

Before they encountered the real bandits, they encountered another problem. After almost a year of drought, it suddenly rained heavily.

After the heavy rain, the road was quite difficult to travel on. They had left early and had not met many people along the way. Unexpectedly, on the second day after the rain, they met a person who was very familiar to Liu Xiaoxiao's family on the muddy official road.

Uncle Wang said to Zhufu, who was sitting in the carriage, "Master, there is a carriage ahead that seems to be stuck in a mud pit. Should we help it?"

Zhufu replied, "Go take a look first and ask them! If you need help, ask Feng'er and the others to go!"

Uncle Wang replied, “Okay.”

Because Uncle Wang and his carriage had stopped, the group behind them had no choice but to stop as well. Grandma Liu, who was sitting in the carriage, asked Liu Xiaoxiao, who was following beside her, "Xiaoxiao, what's wrong? Why did you stop so suddenly? Did something happen?"

Liu Xiaoxiao didn't know the specific situation, so she replied, "Grandma, sit down first. I'll go check it out."