Wang Pingping nodded to Xu Yue who was in the car. Xu Yue took out a water bag and a bag of dry food from the storage box of the car and got out of the car, giving food and water to the thirteen people in front of her.
The thirteen people were stunned at first, and then they hurriedly took out the containers they carried and came to get the water. They were grateful and wiped their tears while saying thank you.
The world is so difficult that everyone has exhausted all their energy just to take care of themselves and their families. Even people with good intentions have no energy left to help others.
The small leather water bag in Xu Yue's hand had a surprisingly large capacity. Each of the thirteen people filled a bamboo tube.
The dry food in the bag is a pancake made of fine flour mixed with coarse grains, with salt and chives added. If you are in a hurry and it is inconvenient to make a fire for cooking, you can bake it or eat it directly.
The victims looked at the cakes in their hands and couldn't help but put them down before eating. They hurriedly stuffed them into their mouths. They accidentally choked and were reluctant to spit them out. They covered them with their hands and waited for a long time before they remembered that they were wet.
Swallow.
Xu Yue's family leaned on the side of the carriage and watched them sitting on the roadside chewing. They looked at each other and thought of the scene when their family fled.
Compared with them before, the victims were lucky. With this tube of water and two big cakes, they could last two or three days and walk to Yuyang to find a way to survive.
The thirteen people are all men in their twenties and thirties. If they take good care of themselves, they will have enough strength to work.
In Yuyang, if you can work, you won’t starve to death
Wang Pingping looked at them, "Your accent doesn't sound like locals. Where did you come from?"
After hearing the benefactor's lady's question, several people who had recovered some strength hurriedly replied:
"We all fled from Jusu County, Shanggu County."
Xu Yue asked doubtfully: "Isn't the drought in Shanggu not serious? Why did you come to Guangyang County where the drought is serious?"
In the current drought in Youzhou, Zhuo County and Guangyang County in the central part of the country suffered the most serious drought, while Shanggu County in the north was doing relatively well, at least not to the point where the whole family had to move.
Hearing Xu Yue ask this, one of the young men couldn't help crying.
"The Wuhuan and Xianbei people came to fight against the autumn wind again. They robbed all our cattle, sheep and grain, killed my father and mother, and massacred the whole village. My sister and I finally escaped, but my sister wanted to
Save me, I was kidnapped by the Xianbei people..."
They were all from the same place. When they heard this, the few people who had just smiled because they had eaten food and water all fell silent.
Wang Pingping asked: "Where are the border troops? Just let the Wuhuan and Xianbei people go south to invade the villages?"
The young man who had just been crying twitched his lips miserably, "The Wuhuan people ran away after robbing the things and slaughtering the village. By the time the border troops came after them, the Wuhuan people had already run away."
"The Xianbei people are not afraid of the border troops. Master Zhou Mu has a relationship with the Xianbei King. As long as they don't kill people, the border troops will turn a blind eye."
"Moreover, this year's harvest is not good. Everyone is afraid of starving to death. Many border troops have fled. The world is in chaos. Who can care about us ordinary people..."
Wang Pingping's eyes turned cold, "According to what you say, our army is just a decoration now?"
The thirteen people didn't say anything. They didn't dare to say that the imperial army was just a decoration, but in their hearts they felt that it was almost the same as a decoration.
Especially after the White Horse General Gongsun Zan left Youzhou, without the general's intimidation and only one state pastor, Zhao Yu, the foreign tribes on the border became more and more rampant.
Wang Pingping looked at the reactions of the thirteen people and she understood without them having to say that the border army adopted a relatively mild policy on the matter of looting.
Wang Pingping actually had the same idea as Gongsun Zan. To deal with these foreigners, he had to subdue and cripple him to make them stop.
Zhao Yu's tolerant policy can temporarily stabilize the border, but it cannot last long.
Because of the agreement, the Xianbei army will not enter Daqing territory for the time being.
However, small fights from time to time are very destructive, especially for the local people. After finally reaping the rewards of their hard work throughout the year, they are immediately plundered by the Xianbei people, which means that their work throughout the year has been in vain.
This also has a lot to do with the geographical factors between the two sides. It is all a matter of survival. Xianbei and Wuhuan were born in the desert grassland, so they were destined to make a living as nomads.
And how can we support so many people with only a little land suitable for farming in the desert?
The Central Plains is vast and rich in resources, and is naturally suitable for the development of farming civilization, so it will naturally attract people's envy.
If the Xianbei and Wuhuan people did not go south to plunder the supplies of the Central Plains people, their people would not be able to survive.
From the perspective of survival, the Xianbei and Wuhuan people seem to be right.
It's a pity that she is from the Central Plains now, so how can she watch her compatriots being frequently invaded by these alien races?
"We won't stop here in Guangyang and go directly to Shanggu County." Wang Pingping whispered to her family members.
Several people nodded and had no objections.
Xu Yue reminded these victims, "You can reach Yuyang County by walking south for two days, and you can still survive by joining the Xu Army."
"Will Xu Jiajun really take in refugees?" they asked cautiously.
Xu Yue nodded, "Yes."
The thirteen people finally breathed a sigh of relief. It would be great to have a place to go.
The thirteen people insisted on kneeling down to express their gratitude, and rested for a while, waiting for the sun to go down at noon before continuing to rush south.
Before leaving, the young man turned around and asked, as if he suddenly remembered, "What do you call your benefactors?"
The family looked at Xu Yue in a tacit understanding, and Xu Yue said with a faint smile: "My name is Xu Yue. When you get to Yuyang, if the city defenders ask about it, just say that Xu Yue asked you to go there, and they will make arrangements for you."
"Xu?" Several people looked at each other and felt that this last name was a bit too coincidental.
But when they turned around and wanted to ask again, the carriage had already driven away.
The thirteen people could only temporarily put aside their doubts, embrace hope, and continue walking south.
Xu Yue and others did not stop, and went all the way north. It was not until dark that they found the foot of a slope with a thin mountain spring and stopped to rest.
There was plenty of water in the water bag. Xu Erniang asked Xu Yue to take out the pots and pans in the small kitchen of the laboratory, light a fire, set up the pot, and cook a hot meal.
It was dark all around in the wilderness, and from time to time the low roars of unknown beasts could be heard coming from the mountains.
Xu Dalang stood up and suddenly roared towards the mountain, startling the remaining four people in the camp.
But don't tell me, after this roar, those unknown beasts' calls disappeared.
Xu Da took out the portable tent and was directed around by Wang Pingping. It took half an hour to finally set up the tent where the family would stay tonight.
The dark green tent is large, square, and has a field window. Find some hay and spread it on the ground, then put on a moisture-proof mat and sleeping bags, and you have a place for a family of five to sleep tonight.
Looking back on those days and looking back now, the living conditions are completely different.
Xu Yue looked at the noodles in the pot and was annoyed. Why didn't she think of using the energy fruit in exchange for a tent?
