There is no shortage of food on the way to escape famine, and Miss Luck is busy farming

Chen Lizheng tried his best to endure the unbearable itching on his body and smiled:
  "No, no, then how can we? What's yours is yours, no one can take it away. Lao Zhao, let's go together! I don't know how long it will take to get to the next state capital! This way! We all came here with support, if we go separately, I'm afraid you will be in danger!"

The old village chief sneered from the bottom of his heart. He had already figured out that with Ran Yatou here, these villagers could be trained to be stronger than the people in the other three villages combined.

They don't need the help of the people in the other three villages at all, and those people will not help them at all. Instead, they will become a burden to them and take advantage of their Qingshui Village.

The old village chief firmly rejected Chen Lizheng's suggestion to go together.

Chen Lizheng didn't expect that old man Zhao was so disrespectful that he even came to invite him personally, but this old guy actually refused him so firmly without leaving any room.

Chen Lizheng walked away angrily. The old village chief sat down and picked up the bowl again and started eating happily.

Somehow, he felt that the food he had eaten these days was particularly delicious, and the water in the kettle was also very sweet.

When they came down the mountain, except for the Wang family and Qiao Dewang's family, everyone's water bladders were filled with water. The two large water tanks were filled to the brim with not a drop left.

The old village chief unconsciously thought of Qiao Ran. Could it be that the old god had used magical powers to turn the water he gave them into fairy water?

Thinking of this, the old village chief became more determined not to go with the people from the other three villages.

The old fairy's secret must not be exposed!
  Moreover, he was very grateful that the old god could favor the people of Qingshui Village out of Qiao Ran's sake. He must not let people from other villages take advantage of Ran Yatou!
  When the villagers saw Chen Lizheng and the others coming happily and leaving angrily, they were all curious about what the old village chief had said to them.

From the Qiao family's side, Qiao Erhe asked curiously: "What do you think Chen Lizheng and the others wanted to do here? Why did they leave again with a livid look on their face?"

Qiao Sanhu guessed: "Maybe he wanted to go on the road with us, but was rejected by the old village chief."

"Why...why did the old village chief refuse? There is strength in numbers. Wouldn't it be more convenient for everyone to go together?"

Qiao Sihai, who was eating silently on the side, couldn't help but glance at his second brother, and reminded him helplessly: "Second brother, have you forgotten that Chen Lizheng extorted ten taels of silver from our village? Those ten taels were given by Ran Ran! "

When Qiao Erhe heard this, he immediately felt that his idea just now was too naive.

Yes, it turned out that Chen Lizheng and the others were not good people at first glance. They even wanted to take away one of the carriages that originally belonged to their village, and even extorted ten taels of silver from their family.

Twelve taels! Why did he have the nerve to accept that old thing? You won’t have to worry about your hands breaking even after accepting this money!
  Qiao Erhe was so angry that he couldn't eat anymore and put down his bowls and chopsticks: "That old guy is so shameless! We must not go with them again, or they will blackmail us again!"

"Second brother, pay attention to your words and deeds. No matter how inhuman that old guy is, don't scold people behind their backs. If you want to scold them, scold them in front of them!"

Qiao Erhe was scolded by his mother, and he obediently picked up the bowl and chopsticks to eat again, not daring to say anything more.

Qiao Ran said nothing at the side. She was very relieved to know the old village chief's decision.

She had no good impressions of the people from the other three villages.

That group of people will only take advantage. If something really happens, those people will just hide behind and let their Qingshui Qing people rush in front. It will always be the Qingshui Village people who suffer.

Rather than doing this, it would be better to go separately.

Anyway, there are hundreds of people in Qingshui Village, which is enough to protect themselves, without being dragged down or taken advantage of by those people.

After dinner, those who were practicing with Qiao Ran were divided into two groups. One group stayed in the camp to protect the people and financial properties of the village, while the other half continued to train with Qiao Ran in the open space nearby. The other refugees were so hungry that they just wanted to lie on the ground and never wake up.

However, these people in Qingshui Village were full of energy, running and jumping quickly, and their faces were rosy. It seemed that they were not short of food.

This made the refugees who were so hungry that they didn't even have the strength to dig wild vegetables in the forest were extremely envious.

The villagers in the other three villages did not expect that just a few days after being separated from the people in Qingshui Village, they had finished all their food, but the people in Qingshui Village had no idea where they could get so much food.

Seeing that everyone was well fed and still had the mood and energy to run and jump around, the villagers couldn't help but regret it.

He secretly cursed the village chief of his own village for being stupid. He should not have separated from the people of Qingshui Village and followed them. Maybe they would have so much food now.

The three village chiefs are now extremely regretful. They did not expect that the people in Qingshui Village were so lucky and could still find so much food after being separated from them.

They came to the village chief several times to find out where the people in Qingshui Village got their food.

However, the old village chief treated them indifferently and was vague, and just didn't tell them.

They also expressed their wish to go with the people from Qingshui Village, but the old village chief also refused, making it clear that he did not want to go with them.

Since we decided to separate in the first place, there is no need to get back together now.

Is it interesting that you are pretending to be close to each other even though you are already at loggerheads?

The three village chiefs were filled with regret and annoyance. They were angry that the old man was unable to get enough food and salt, but there was nothing they could do about it.

Qiao Ran was relieved when she learned that the old village chief had firmly refused to go with the people from the other three villages.

Those three village chiefs are not good people, and most of those three villages are selfish, greedy for petty gains, and will shrink back when trouble comes.

Want to take advantage of their village? Beautiful thought!
  When going to bed at night, the people in Qingshui Village stepped up their vigilance and arranged for eight people to be responsible for keeping vigil, four to keep watch for half the night, and four to keep watch for the rest of the night.

The old, weak, women and children were still surrounded in the middle, and the men and the young men formed a circle outside.

Everyone has machetes, hoes, sticks and other tools at hand. If there is an emergency, they can pick up these weapons and fight.

The villagers can all see that the situation is much more serious now than it was a few days ago.

Before arriving in Yunzhou City, everyone still had some hope that they would receive relief and resettlement when they arrived in Yunzhou City, so they were able to control their greed to some extent.

However, after being rejected by Yunzhou Prefecture, many people have lost hope. They don't know whether the previous prefectural government will still accept them.

Not to mention, if they run out of food, will they be able to reach their next destination?

When people lose hope of survival, they can do anything.