"Someone... is looking at us." Wan Hongmei said.

Yun Tao's confused gaze swept back and forth between the hills and the earthen houses in the distance. Are the people here so afraid of outsiders?

Are you going to hide?

In an instant, she reacted.

It's a conscription!

They were afraid and hid in the mountains.

In the yard here, the old woman also told her own difficulties.

"...The conscription officers have come to my house several times, and my old man has already left. They said there are not enough people, and they want to recruit another one. They are arresting my son everywhere, and I am the only one in my family." The old woman cried sadly.

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The baby in his arms also struggled and cried.

Everyone felt a bit sad.

They had just come out of the military camp, and they were still influenced by Yun Xiucai.

When you go to the battlefield, life or death is uncertain.

It's okay for people who have a good family. Even if they die, there will be government officials who will send people to report the news. People like them who have fled will not know where their souls will go after they die.

"We want to go to Tongdu Prefecture. Although we have heard the name, we don't know where to go..." Yun Huachun said.

"The arresting officer came from Tongdu Prefecture! Don't go there! Don't go there!" the old woman said nervously.

"I heard that everyone in Tongdu City ran away and no one could be arrested. A lot of people in our village also ran away, so they arrested my son..."

"The King of Qi in the north has rebelled and is arresting people everywhere. There were a few strangers passing by in the past few days who fled from the next county..."

King Qi rebelled!

Everyone in Shigang Village was surprised!

They don't know who King Qi is.

They fled here only because the Hu people broke through the city gate, but not because of the King of Qi.

Why did King Qi also rebel?

There's a war going on everywhere!

What Yun Huachun couldn't understand suddenly became clear.

No wonder General Wei's soldiers stayed there. He also heard a few words in the camp, saying that the army was heading north.

He originally thought it was a roundabout strategy, but now it seems he is preparing to put down the rebellion.

However, the news was kept tightly under wraps, and he had just heard about it.

Bad news came one after another, and everyone looked sad.

"Thank you, old man. We won't disturb you." Yun Huachun said goodbye to the old woman and secretly put a few pennies on the bowl.

Hot soup costs firewood, and it is difficult for an old man and a young man to cut firewood.

The world is in chaos, money is worthless, and it is not easy for everyone. This money is some of his thoughts, just like hot soup money.

The guests left, and the child helped grandma pack her things.

He picked up the bowls lying around and suddenly found money in one of the bowls.

She picked up the money and walked to her grandma.

"Grandma, there is money in this." The child said in surprise.

When everyone walked back to the team to pull the donkey and prepare to set off, they saw the child in the house just now running with a basket.

The child flew in front of Yun Huachun, his chest heaving slightly and he was panting.

"Visitors passing by, wait a moment," the child said.

Passing the basket forward, there was actually a basket of green dates inside.

Jujubes are very large, and many of them have red skins.

"Grandma asked me to thank you for your money and give you some dates picked from the mountains."

"Guest, please come out and pick up something. I have to take this basket back."

"Bring something out and pick it up." Yun Huachun turned to his wife and daughter and said.

Yuntao handed out the bamboo basket she used every day.

The bamboo basket was a little smaller. After it was full of dates, a bucket was brought to the bottom.

"My grandma asked me to tell you that there is a big jujube forest ten miles over there. If you don't have anything to eat, you can pick some dates. Dates grow in the deep mountains. It is an ownerless jujube forest. It is very steep there, so be careful.

." The child ran away after saying this.

The villagers were envious of Yun Huachun just now, and someone gave them dates.

Yun Huachun didn’t get these dates for free, he spent money on them.

But the news this young man brought really made them happy.

Yuntao saw that the dates were quite clean, so she picked up a half-red one and stuffed it into her mouth.

Crisp and sweet, very good.

"Yun Xiucai, shall we go pick dates?" someone in the village asked.

"Go, let's take a detour instead of going to Tongdu." Yun Huachun shouted.

He originally planned to go to Tongdu and find some food in the city.

Now I heard that the city of Tongdu is in chaos, and troops are being recruited everywhere.

They had just come out of the military camp, and even though General Wei's name was posted, they didn't want to cause trouble.

"Then let's go there and get there before dark." Shi Fang said, leaning on his cane.

"Oh, okay, let's go now."

A large group of people headed in the direction of Zaozi Forest.

When the people in the convoy had gone far, the figure hiding on the hill moved slightly.

A tall and strong young man looked over there, and after making sure that the group of people would not come back again, he ran deeper into the forest.

He climbed over dead trees and boulders to a bushy area and shouted there.

"He's gone. He doesn't look like an officer or soldier. Come out."

As soon as he finished speaking, several young and middle-aged men emerged from the grass, with a lot of mud stains on their bodies and faces, looking like they were in shock.

The road in the mountains is rugged and uneven, much more difficult than walking in the Gobi Desert.

Everyone looked around as they walked and found the jujube forest.

Looking at the dates, everyone in Shigang Village was very happy.

All the adults and children got out of the car, including the old lady who usually staggered when walking.

Walking swiftly in the mountains with a cane, the old lady walked to the tree, tapped the trunk with her cane, and a few dates fell.

Most of the old lady's teeth were broken, but this did not prevent her from eating dates.

She picked up dates from the ground, wiped them on her sleeves, and stuffed them into her mouth.

Grinding it with her gums and using her few remaining teeth, she smiled as she tasted the faint sweetness.

The children were even happier. They quickly climbed up the tree and stood on the branches to roll the dates.

Yun Huachun looked around and saw that the jujube forest was very large. After a cursory scan, there were at least dozens of jujube trees surrounding it.

He looked to the higher place on the mountain, and there were still things above.

In this quick moment, Yun Huachun turned around and found that the people around him had packed a large basket of dates, at least twenty or thirty kilograms, with quick hands and feet.

"Can everyone please stop and listen to what I have to say?" Yun Huachun said loudly.

The adults stopped immediately, but the children didn't stop, picking the fruits from the tree as fast as a naughty monkey.

"We have to go all the way south. I think this jujube forest is very big. Let's go in and pick jujubes, leaving some outside for their village."

"They kindly pointed us in the direction of the jujube forest. We can't pick all the jujubes around!" Yun Huachun's voice echoed around, frightening many birds.

"Yun Xiucai, I'm going to stop picking. I won't pick it anymore. I'll go pick it inside." A man immediately shouted.

Carrying the bamboo basket, he walked towards his home.
Chapter completed!