"Ahem..."

Shao Jingheng, the bystander, could understand things, so how could Chu Zhaoci, the person involved, not understand it?

Really unable to listen anymore, he quickly coughed softly.

The little nun was so absorbed in her thoughts that she didn't notice that Chu Zhaoci had already come over. Now that she heard his voice, she looked over.

Just listen to Chu Zhaoci’s explanation.

"I'm afraid Miss Xiaonian may have misunderstood. Miss Hua Yunrou and I are innocent. At most, we are just friends."

"It's definitely not what you think."

"I hope Miss Xiaonian will stop talking nonsense, so as not to ruin Miss Hua Yunrou's reputation."

In this feudal era, reputation was very important.

From Chu Zhaoci's point of view, he and Hua Yunrou really had nothing to do with each other, so Hua Yunrou's reputation must not be harmed because of him.

The little nun looked at him blankly for a moment.

That look was like saying, "Donor Chu, please continue, I still don't understand?"

Chu Zhaoci pretended not to see her gaze.

The main thing was that when he said what he just said, he was obviously feeling indescribably complicated, and he actually didn't dare to look at her.

As if he was afraid of being exposed on the spot by this little venomous tongue...

Fortunately, the little guy didn't say anything.

Chu Zhaoci's intuition told him that he could no longer stay here and had to leave quickly.

He just said casually, "I have something else to do, so I'll leave first!"

After that, he turned around and left.

It would be better if he didn't say this, but if he said this...

As if she suddenly woke up the little nun who was in a daze, her voice came from behind...

"Donor Shao, do you think Donor Chu has a guilty conscience?"

"When he spoke, his eyes were evasive."

There are detailed descriptions in the storybook, like Chu Zhaoci’s benefactor, it’s because of a guilty conscience!

Shao Jingheng...to be honest, he just wants to be silent!

However, after receiving no response from him, the little guy actually tugged on his sleeve and asked, "What are you thinking, Donor Shao?"

Shao Jingheng...

Chu Zhaoci...

The next day is New Year’s Eve.

Before fleeing famine, the villagers would put up Spring Festival couplets, hang lanterns, and make dumplings for the New Year's Eve dinner today.

But I am running away from home this year.

Not to mention Spring Festival couplets and lanterns, just dumplings...

Many people can’t even afford it!

Everyone still misses the days at home. Although there is a shortage of food, at least today we can have a heated kang.

And now...

Before their eyes, all the money they had was spent, and they had not yet found a place to stay.

This year, they are melancholy.

The village chief felt a little depressed when he saw that all the villagers were living in obscurity in their respective fields, without any joy of New Year's Eve.

Even though they are fleeing the famine outside, they still have to celebrate the New Year.

Look, the carefree children in the village have no laughter today. How can this be possible?

He and his wife came up with a plan.

Get up and yell at everyone.

"Today is the Chinese New Year, but we are still running away from home, so we can no longer live our lives as usual."

"So, I just wanted to..."

"How about we all get together, each household puts out some food, and we hold a vigil party?"

The village chief wants to get everyone together to celebrate the New Year, which will make it more lively.

The lively atmosphere can make people forget their worries.

When the villagers first heard what he said, many of them didn't say much.

After all, everyone doesn't have much food.

Now I asked them to bring out some more. How much did they bring out?

They would rather not be busy and just want to keep their food rations for the rest of the year.

The village chief saw everyone's thoughts, frowned slightly and thought for a while, but still felt that he should have a good New Year!

Just said.

"We have made a lot of baskets recently, and we will go to the town to sell them tomorrow. It just so happens that they are still more expensive at the end of the year."

"You don't have to bring too much food tonight, just bring a scoop of noodles from each home and let's make dumplings!"

“Stuff more vegetables into the dumpling wrappers.”

"I still have some wolf meat here. Let's make a pot of broth and eat it!"

There were too many people, so when the village chief talked about noodles, he could only ask everyone to bring some, but when he talked about wolf meat...

This thing can be used to make soup directly. As long as there is water, a lot of soup can be made, so you don't need too much meat.

As the village chief, he is willing to bear the burden of the meat alone!

The problem is, there is no water.

The reason why they came out to escape this time was because of the drought in the village. Fortunately, they left early and some water was brought out of the village.

But now I have been on the run for more than a month...

I have almost finished drinking the water I originally brought.

Without food, they could drink water to survive for a few days, but without water, they would definitely not be able to survive for that long.

This is also the reason why the village chief left as soon as possible on the third day of the Lunar New Year.

It's winter now, and everyone's injuries are not as easy to fester as they are in summer. Although they don't heal quickly, they are enough.

After the third grade of junior high school, he wanted to continue moving forward a little slower. Although the destination was still far away, he was halfway...

Maybe you can find a source of water?!

However, the village chief did not expect that several villagers would already have no water.

Someone shouted, "Village Chief, my house has no water!"

His family could bring out some food, but the flour needed to be mixed with water, and he was afraid that the village chief would start raising water again.

His family is gone.

Just now many families didn't think about the water problem, but now that this one is talking about it, although other families still have water...

But there’s not much left!

Many villagers also shouted, "Village Chief, my house doesn't have much water!"

It's okay if one person shouts, but if many people shout...

Then this is the problem!

The village chief suddenly became melancholy.

To be honest, his house doesn't actually have much water.

Sighing heavily, the village chief is the village chief after all. When he encounters a problem, he can only find a solution and cannot be miserable with them.

He looked around.

It was morning now, so he said, "Every household has a man, let's look for water sources around."

Give it a try in one day.

The villagers looked at me and I looked at you, but there was no other way. They all nodded in agreement with the village chief's words.

Every household quickly produced a boy.

In a short time, they all gathered in the center of the village.

But among them, not every household has a son, and several villagers without a son came forward.
To be continued...