Surviving In The Ancient Times With Limitless Supplies
Chapter 152: No Man’s Land

Chapter 152: No Man’s Land

As he walked towards the villagers, A Lu Zhi observed the reactions and expressions on the villagers’ faces. Looking at the vigilance and slight fear in the villagers’ eyes, he kept his smiling expression.

Standing not far from the villagers, A Lu Zhi smiled politely and said, "Good morning, uncles and aunties."

The villagers looked at each other for a while, and the oldest man looked at A Lu Zhi and said, "Good morning, child. What brought you to our poor village?"

A Lu Zhi noticed that although the villagers were wary of him and his second elder brother, they were still kind enough to be willing to talk to them. Still with a polite smile on his lips, he said, "We just wanted to ask some questions."

The old man in his sixties looked at A Lu Zhi and A Lu Yu. He narrowed his eyes at the sight of their dirty clothes made of animal hides. Thinking that the two were hunters, he nodded and said, "If we can answer your questions, we will answer you."

Satisfied with the old man’s answer, A Lu Zhi said, "Me and my elder brother just want to know, where are we now?"

Hearing his question, the old man was a little surprised. He squinted at A Lu Zhi and asked, "You are here, but you still don’t know where you are? Are you lost?"

A Lu Zhi shook his head and said, "We are not lost. We only left our hometown yesterday and don’t know much about other places."

Thinking that they were refugees, the old man sighed and looked at the brothers with pity in his eyes. After he answered the old man’s questions, A Lu Zhi and A Lu Yu instantly felt the change in the attitude of the villagers towards them. They looked at each other for a second, and then looked back at the villagers.

A Lu Yu touched his chin and thought: ’Mhm... Did these people misunderstand our identities?’

While A Lu Yu was thinking, the old man let out a desolate sigh and said, "Are you two refugees too?"

"Refugees?" A Lu Zhi pondered on his question.

The old man looked at the brothers with a puzzled look on his face and said, "Are you two not refugees? Looking at your clothes, you must have lived on the mountain before. May I ask, why did you come down from the mountain?"

After listening to his words, A Lu Zhi and A Lu Yu finally understood that the villagers thought they were refugees. The two looked at each other for a second, and A Lu Yu nodded. Seeing that his second elder brother had the same idea as himself, A Lu Zhi turned to look at the old man.

With a sad smile on his young face, he said, "The mountain is barren, and we can no longer find food. We had to leave the mountain and walk aimlessly for days. When we saw this village from a distance today, we decided to come and ask for directions."

Hearing his fourth younger brother’s half-truth and half-false statement, A Lu Yu nodded. The best cover for a lie is to combine the truth with the lie, and create a believable story out of it. He observed the expressions of the villagers, and knew that they believed what A Lu Zhi just said.

Just as A Lu Yu was observing the villagers and the surrounding environment, the old man sighed again and said, "Our village is called Feng Shu Village. We belong to Long Sha County, and are directly under the jurisdiction of the county magistrate who works in Lin Zi City. But after Lin Zi City was conquered by the Bei Wei Empire, we didn’t know which empire we belonged to anymore. Without government help, life is getting worse by the day."

A Lu Zhi looked at his sad expression and saw the same sadness from other villagers. He thought for a while and asked, "Then, how do I go to Lin Zi City?"

The villagers looked at him in surprise, and an old woman shook her head and said, "Child, you can’t go to Lin Zi City now. The city gates are closed and the Bei Wei Empire’s army guards the city. No one can enter the city anymore."

"In that case, how did you get the daily necessities? Is there any other place where you could get daily necessities?" A Lu Yu asked curiously.

As soon as he finished speaking, the villagers all looked helpless. The old man shook his head and said, "We can’t get it. Nobody sells food anymore now. As for the other daily necessities, we are all poor farmers. Where do we get the money to buy those daily necessities that have gone up in price?"

Hearing the old man’s answer, A Lu Zhi looked at their thin and haggard faces and thought: ’How do they survive if they don’t have access to the daily necessities? It seems that the outside world is even worse than my homeland.’

Seeing his thoughtful expression, the old man said, "Many people in the village have already left. From a total of more than one hundred households, there are only fifteen households left in this village. I suggest you leave and find a better place."

A Lu Zhi glanced at his second elder brother for a second, then looked at the villagers, and asked, "Then do you know where we could go besides Lin Zi City?"

An old woman said, "You can try to go to no man’s land."

"No man’s land? Where is it? How to get there?" A Lu Yu asked with interest.

Pointing to the west, the old woman said, "Go to the west. There is a land that no empire can conquer. Refugees and those who have lost their homes due to disaster or war will all go there. Most of our villagers also go there in search of a better life."

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