It's really hard to just farm peacefully.

Chapter 158

It was late at night. Jiang Yan found a corner away from the crowd but not too remote, lit a bonfire, and wrote and drew on the ground with a stone in his right hand.

Along the way, she asked several groups of people about the whereabouts of "Hexia Village" and the situation of these villages. Now she needs to compare and delete and plan the order of visits.

It's unlikely that the farm is separated from the farm by a provincial capital, it's unlikely that the village is relatively well-off, and it's unlikely that the entire village is tenant farmers of a certain official...

Jiang Yan ran for three days following the deleted list of villages. During this time, he shook off many people with bad intentions, bypassed the route where patients with severe coughs and asthma who were suspected of being infected were lying, and finally arrived at Heixia Village.

After communicating and inquiring with the villagers on duty at the village entrance, and having their identities confirmed by the tenant farmers who had worked on the farm, Jiang Yan finally got news about Sun Yun and others.

Heixia Village did take them in, but they left four or five days ago, saying that their master was in trouble and could not afford them, so they sent them back to their hometown.

"Walk back?"

The villager who answered smiled naively: "They don't have mules or donkeys either."

Jiang Yan thanked everyone in Heixia Village and shared his set of epidemic prevention methods before leaving with heavy steps.

As she walked along the road, she began to estimate the walking speed of the elderly people who had just recovered from their illness, and if their destination was indeed Dongshan Village, including the rest time along the way, how long would it take her to catch up.

As Jiang Yan calculated, he felt complicated and indescribable.

Miss Fu's concealment accidentally allowed Grandma Sun Yun and others to leave the city early.

However, they set out only one day earlier than the outbreak of the epidemic in the provincial capital, and their walking speed was slow. If someone had rushed to spread the news to other places, they might have been trapped in the second half of the journey and unable to return to Dongshan Village smoothly.

……

But no matter what, Jiang Yan still wants to go back to Dongshan Village to take a look.

After another day of tense walking, Jiang Yan climbed up a carefully selected branch of a large tree, leaned against it in the shelter from the wind and took a nap.

From her position and direction, the nearest Hechang Commandery was only three or four kilometers away from Heding Prefecture. If all went well, she could go into the city tomorrow and pick up a mule for transportation.

Unfortunately, God often does not go as we wish.

Jiang Yan forgot that the south side of the city was also one of the places where civil unrest occurred. Whatever happened in the city happened in Hechang County, and it was even more serious.

When she walked not far from the city gate, the smoke and fire on the city wall that had been hidden by the night and distance last night were now clearly revealed, and there were corpses on both sides of the road.

Even through several layers of cloth, Jiang Yan's nostrils still seemed to be filled with the mixed smell of smoke, corruption and epidemic.

Although there were still vague figures moving around in the city, she hesitated and gave up her plan to enter the city.

The situation in the next few days will only become more severe and frightening. In order to reduce the risk, Grandma Sun Yun and others will most likely take a detour outside the city.

It is still unknown how many counties in Heding Prefecture have been affected by the riots, and Jiang Yan must be prepared to have to go around the city to reach the remaining counties.

All she had with her was a stick, a slingshot, a small wooden bow, and a small bag of stones.

The matching wooden arrows that Grandpa Jiang Qi had made for her were confiscated by the soldiers before they were moved back to the city. After everyone separated that night, they had no chance to replace them.

Now she would have to stay in the wilderness longer, and walk alone. If she encountered evil people or wild beasts...

Jiang Yan was in urgent need of some sharp wooden arrows. Although she couldn't guarantee the accuracy or penetration of the arrows she sharpened, they were certainly more intimidating than pebbles.

In addition, finding something to do can divert his attention and prevent him from having wild thoughts and scaring himself away. Jiang Yan thus lived a pseudo-primitive life, traveling at dawn, collecting food along the way, and sharpening wooden arrows by firelight at night.