"Tamura Chief, let's not crowd here. Let's find a place to settle down before we try to cross the river. Shen Yunxi thinks that tears are the most useless.

Tamura wiped his tears and nodded: "Yes, even if we are trapped here, the officers and soldiers will not let us pass." It's better to occupy the best water source as soon as possible, rest for a while, and then figure out a way. ”

Yang Dacui hugged her mother-in-law and comforted her in a low voice, optimistic and hopeful, "Mother, we have always been blessed by God. This time we were able to cross the river. ”

Mrs. Tian had gray hair and deep-set eyes. Others only saw that she couldn't cross the river and couldn't go south, but she wanted to go one step further.

Mrs. Tian was worried. She sighed and said, "It takes so much money to cross the river, and where does the one who escaped the famine get so much silver?" I was afraid that the people over there didn't want those of us fleeing the famine to pass through, so we deliberately set up a checkpoint.

In addition, it is also possible that the government will collude with those bandits to surround us here and arrest us. Either way, it's not a good thing. We must prepare for the worst as soon as possible! ”

Shen Yunxi listened to Mrs. Tian's words and was a little stunned. She and Mrs. Tian's worries were the same.

It's true that people are old and mature.

Mrs. Tian is illiterate, but she is old, experienced, intelligent and good at thinking, so now she can see the deeper side of things.

Tamura Chang's face changed greatly when he heard his mother's words. "If you can't cross the river and go back, you'll run into those robbers. One way or another, they all died. ”

When others heard this, they were even more saddened.

Mrs. Tian saw that even her son, who had always been strong, began to worry, and others had no good way. Suddenly, she saw that Shen Yunxi's face was very serious, but she was not flustered.

Thinking of what Shen Yunxi had done recently, Mrs. Tian thought about it and asked Shen Yunxi: "Youqing, you know so much, do you have any good ideas?" ”

When Shen Yunxi saw Mrs. Tian asking her, she was a little stunned. Now is not the time to hide. "Grandma, there is still a drought in our hometown. It is estimated that there will be a locust plague next year. Even if we can escape the bandits and return home, there is nothing we can do.

It is clear that the South will not let us go now. After all, it can buy a boat for a dollar or two. Those are the rich, not the poor fleeing famine.

Now we only have two methods. One is to cross the river and continue to flee the famine in the south, as before. But even if we went to the South this time, the officials and people of the South were not willing to help us.

Another option is not to cross the river and settle down on the north bank of the river in a wooded and well-fed place.

I've been keeping a close eye on what's going on around me these days. The climate is close to the south, with lush trees and numerous rivers. Let's open up wasteland and build a house. In the summer, hunting in the woods and fishing in the Ome River always fill your stomach. ”

Tamura Chief was stunned and retorted dryly: "We are not afraid of hardship, but we are afraid that those bandits will chase and attack us." ”

Shen Yunxi explained: "Then we have to find a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. We need to dig traps outside. The young people of the village practiced archery and hunting. By the way, I saw poison around here. If it gets on the arrow and pierces the skin, we will die. If robbers come here, we will fight them. ”

Shen Yunxi thought about it, crossed the river, and didn't know what to do. He might as well find a place to settle down.

At this time, the head of Houlihua Village, Zhang, and the head of Mengzhuang Meng, came, and sighed: "Brother Tian, we can't go over." I just heard that the government will stamp the guidelines before issuing the guidelines after I send money to a boat.

Some people had no money and swam across the river. Unfortunately, some were shot directly by officials and washed away by the ferocious Qingmei River. Even if some were lucky enough to cross the river, they would have been arrested and sent to work in the mines, as there was no chapter on the road guide to cross the river. The mine is not a good place. Once you get in, you can't get out. ”

Village Chief Zhang was arrogant all the way. After all, there are four or five hundred men, women, and children in Houlihua Village, and there are 1,200 young people. But since the robbers looted the village last night, the village has lost more than half of its people, and there are less than two hundred people in the village.

Now that I can't cross the river, I want to come over and talk to Tamura about what to do.

On the way, they met Village Chief Meng. They greeted each other, sighed, and found Tamura.