The wooden wheels rolled over the road, making a muffled sound.

In the long queue, no one spoke. Everyone was silent. Even the usually noisy children followed the adults quietly.

The situation outside is worse than everyone imagined.

On the road from the village to the county seat, all the villages were raided by the refugees from the night before, and someone in almost every village lost their lives the night before.

The village where the Jiang family was located also lost some property because of the timely warning given by the Jiang Pan family, but all the villagers were safe.

Some villagers who thought they were unlucky before saw what happened to other villages and could no longer complain at all.

No matter how valuable things are, they are more important than losing human lives.

Some sensible villagers felt that Jiang Pan's family had saved their own family, and they were extremely grateful to Jiang Pan's family.

The team soon arrived at the edge of the county town.

The situation in the county town is not good either, with many people dragging their families out of the city.

The village chief waved the team to stop: "Do you have anything you want to buy? There are high mountains and long rivers along the way. You still need to prepare the things that need to be prepared. Go ahead. You only have half an hour, so hurry up."

Someone in the team walked into the city gate.

Jiang Pan and Chen Yuezhi discussed it and decided to go to the city to inquire about the situation.

Jiang Wan quickly hugged her father's leg: "I'll go too."

Jiang Pan smiled and hugged her up: "I can't forget you, let's go."

After instructing the good man and the others to watch the cart, the family of three entered the city.

The officials guarding the city could no longer be seen at the city gate. After asking around, I found out that the county magistrate had run away with his family yesterday, and those officials and government officials were nowhere to be seen.

Jiang Wan scolded the county magistrate in her heart like a dog!

Sitting on Jiang Pan's arm and walking on the desolate and chaotic streets, Jiang Wan couldn't help but sympathize with the people of this dynasty.

The dynasty she belongs to is called the Daliang Dynasty. It has a history of more than two hundred years since its founding. Since the hedonistic, incompetent and pleasure-seeking emperor came to the throne ten years ago, the Daliang Dynasty has rapidly declined and encountered another crisis.

Two consecutive years of severe drought have made it even more difficult for the people who were already living in dire straits.

I heard that there have been rebellions by rebels in many places, but many of them are trying to harm the people under the guise of rebels.

The people are in dire straits and mourning is everywhere. This is the most realistic situation of the Liang Dynasty.

Just as she imagined, the shops in the county had been closed long ago, and no one dared to open any more.

Pedestrians on the street looked panicked and full of vigilance. They kept a long distance between them and no one dared to approach anyone else.

Jiang Wan saw a shop selling groceries in front of her and reminded her in a low voice: "Mom and dad, let's go to that shop and see if we can find anything useful."

Jiang Pan and Chen Yuezhi nodded and walked to the grocery store.

The door of the grocery store was wide open, and the things inside were scattered in a mess. Jiang Pan stood at the door and asked twice: "Is there anyone in the store?"

No one answered.

Jiang Pan handed Jiang Wan to Chen Yuezhi: "I'll go in and take a look first."

Chen Yuezhi was waiting outside with Jiang Wan in her arms, looking at Jiang Pan's back nervously.

After Jiang Pan went in and looked around, he didn't find the owner of the shop, so he waved to the mother and daughter.

Chen Yuezhi carried Jiang Wan into the shop, put her down, and then started looking around the shop.

The grocery store sells everything, including firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, and some daily necessities. Chen Yuezhi wanted to see if she could find some grain or other edible things.

Jiang Wan cast her eyes on a shelf with knives nearby.

She had to find some self-defense items for her family.

As soon as she reached the shelf, Jiang Wan felt a little embarrassed.

At five years old, she couldn't reach the knives on the shelf.

When Jiang Pan came over, he saw her standing on tiptoes to get the knife. He was so frightened that he almost lost his mind: "Wanwan, don't move!"

Jiang Wan turned to her and shouted: "Dad, come here and help."

"My little ancestor, what are you doing with a knife?"

"Defense yourself!"

Jiang Pan was stunned: "Self-defense?"

Jiang Wan nodded: "Dad, we don't have any weapons at home. What if we encounter danger along the way? Although these kitchen knives are not very light, they can still be effective."

Only then did Jiang Pan realize: "Wanwan, you are so thoughtful!"

He also thought about self-defense, but as a farmer, he was always kind to others, so the only self-defense weapons he could think of were sticks.

But no matter how strong the stick is, it can't be compared to the knife.

Jiang Pan quickly put away all the dozen or so kitchen knives on the shelf, including the scissors.

"Her dad, look what I found!"

Chen Yuezhi exclaimed from behind a shelf.

The father and daughter hurried over and saw Chen Yuezhi carrying a bag in his hand, which contained a bag of salt, weighing more than ten kilograms!

This is good stuff! If people don’t eat salt, they will feel weak all over the body over time. If you save these ten pounds of salt, you can last for half a year!

Chen Yuezhi was very happy, "I see there are some seasonings on the shelf over there. Let's put them all away. They can be of great use on the road."

Jiang Pan hurried over and collected all the condiments.

Chen Yuezhi turned around and looked around the shop, feeling a little regretful: "It's a pity that we didn't find any food."

Jiang Pan said: "Food is so precious in this world, it's normal to not find it. Okay, let's go, don't waste time."

As he said that, he put everything he found into a sack, put it on his back and walked out. Chen Yuezhi had just picked up Jiang Wan.

The family of three hurried to the gate of the city. Many villagers who had just entered the city also came back, but everyone looked a little ugly.

They originally wanted to go into the city to buy some food, but unexpectedly all the shops selling food were already empty.

What will we do on this journey without food?

Everyone's eyes lit up when they saw Jiang Pan's family of three coming back carrying a big bag. Someone who was familiar with Jiang Pan came up to him and said, "Da Pan, what do you have in this bag?"

Jiang Pan opened it generously and showed it to them: "I just came across a grocery store and found some useful things in it."

As he said that, he took out a knife from his bag: "Our family doesn't even have anything to cook with, so we just grabbed some. Does any of you want a kitchen knife?"

Whose family doesn’t have this thing? Not even the Jiang Pan family, which has just severed ties with Old Man Jiang and his family.

As for kitchen knives, just one is enough. Carrying too many will be a burden. After all, men like Jiang Pan are too strong to use them all.

When everyone saw all these heavy and useless things in the bag, they all opened their eyes.

A hint of cunning flashed in Jiang Pan's eyes, he tied the sack and placed it on the cart.

At this moment, a burst of crying came from the city gate: "My third son!"

This voice was so familiar that Jiang Pan and his family turned their heads and saw a group of people walking out of the city gate. Among them, Old Man Jiang and Old Mrs. Jiang were crying with runny noses and tears.

Carrying a tall and thin man on his back, he was so tired that he staggered and looked like he was about to fall down at any moment.

Chen Yuezhi frowned: "What's wrong with the third child?"


Chapter completed!