My whole family time-traveled! I became a god during my exile in a famine.

Chapter 284 Bad Attitude
Even so, she still followed her older brother and sister with great determination, walking slowly forward.

Liu Ergou, his anger flaring, burst into a tirade, "You're leaving? You're going to go with them now? You damned woman, you haven't even thought of a way out for yourself! Didn't you hear me?"

"Don't come back after you leave!"

Without uttering a single word, Er Gou's wife grabbed the child and left without even turning her head back.

Liu Ergou and his drinking buddies rushed over and asked, "Why did your wife leave?"

"Ignore her, she's got a screw loose, thinks she's all that great!"

The group of drinking buddies exchanged glances. "Are we just going to ignore it?"

“When that woman was too weak to walk and the group didn’t take her and her children with them, she naturally came back crying and calling for me.”

"Hehe. That's not the case. Why rush so many people? It would be good to let them go ahead and scout the villages first."

"If there are villages or towns ahead that are still habitable, we'll follow them and try to find some good spots."

"That's what I was thinking too. I told her there's no rush, no rush, no rush. Look, everyone's staying here, aren't they?" Liu Ergou spat at his wife's retreating figure. "She'll regret it someday."

"That's right. The reason everyone stays here is precisely because there's a pond and a water source, isn't it?"

"But what happened to that grove of trees? How did it just disappear?"

“I saw Dazhu and the others run over to ask. Let’s go and take a look too.”

Chang Mianmian stood next to her sister and whispered, "The Lin'an Marquis's Mansion and the Yan Mansion have also joined our group. The village chief of Xiagoutou Village counted 59 people who set off. Of them, 51 are villagers from Xiagoutou Village, and only 8 are individual households."

"Oh, by the way, only three patients left with the group. Several other patients' families didn't want to move, saying they wanted to stay here at the water source and use it as a base to look for food and water in the surrounding area."

"All three are patients with red eyes who have eaten the wasteland, and they are currently undergoing the first phase of medication. Young Master Cheng has detailed records of them."

Xin Nian nodded, and when she looked up, she saw a group of refugees from Fengzhou walking menacingly toward them.

The skinny man leading the group was Dazhuang. He used to be quite strong, but after fleeing famine for so long, he had lost his strength.

Liu Ergou and his drinking buddies mingled at the back of the line to watch the excitement, joining in the commotion and cheering.

Seeing that this group was about to crash into the line of people, Xin Nian frowned and flashed in front of them.

"What's the matter?"

"How could this forest just vanish like that? Doesn't the young lady deserve an explanation?" Da Zhuang's voice was gruff and his tone was sharp.

Xin Nian naturally wouldn't tolerate them, coldly retorting, "Why should I need to explain myself to anyone?"

These people persisted, asking, "Can those trees grow legs and run away? How come the trees disappeared as soon as you left?"

"Yes, young lady, you must leave us a place to rest."

"You're a person with divine abilities, so what's wrong with leaving the forest to everyone?"

"That's it."

Chang Mianmian was so angry at the shamelessness of these people that she laughed.

What good would it do to stay? ... How could anyone even ask that?

"If you're not going to do anything good, at least leave us all the food and money in your backpack." "Don't get into the habit of asking for things, what, do you think you can treat us like royalty?"

Xin Nian didn't bother to say a word to these idiots. She simply said coldly, "Go get the water before tomorrow."

She could understand that these people didn't understand what energy consumption was, since they hadn't been exposed to this level of knowledge and couldn't comprehend the concept of energy.

But who tolerates this accusatory tone?

"Get out of the way." Chang Mianmian waved her hand impatiently. "Don't block the passage of the group."

"How dare you talk like that, girl?" That's incredibly rude! We were just asking about basic information; was it really necessary to be so impatient with them?
Chang Mianmian glanced at them; there really are people like that who don't understand the situation, no matter where you are.

How could I possibly argue with them? This wasteland is already depleted, with no water or life, and it's not suitable for planting any flowers, grass, or trees.

It would take at least a century to restore such a wasteland to its original state.

The reason the forest is so lush and green these days is because her aunt replenishes the trees with energy every two or three days.

If they leave the forest here, the trees will consume energy day by day, and at most they will turn into dead wood in seven days, providing no protection against sun and frost.

In that case, wouldn't all her aunt's efforts to induce labor be wasted? Who would want to leave Linzi here, such a precious child?

This brings up energy and the issue of energy consumption. What's the point of talking to them about this nonsense?

In this situation, all he had to do was draw his sword and swing it out. The sword energy grazed Da Zhuang's nose, sending a chill down his spine.

The other person touched their nose and found that it was still there, but blood was flowing from it; that was enough to intimidate them.

Anyone who isn't stupid will obediently turn back and not bother with her anymore.

Therefore, even overwhelming strength needs to be demonstrated every now and then, otherwise people with dull minds will forget it after a few days, which is quite troublesome.

Xin Nian and his group of five or six hundred people left decisively, without leaving anything behind.

The next day, Da Zhuang's men came running back from the water station, their faces flushed and their cries of terror ringing out, "The stairs are gone!"

The stairs are gone? How are we supposed to get down to fetch water?
That pool below must be two or three stories high above the ground, right? You could break your legs jumping in, let alone having to fetch water to get back up.

Liu Ergou was in a panic, caught in the crowd. "What do we do now? We can't get any water. Should we follow the footprints of those people ahead and see what's going on?"

The crowd was in an uproar, unable to come up with a plan. Some said that as the old saying goes, living near a water source guarantees survival. Others advocated following the trail now, hoping to catch up with the long, sluggish group ahead.

After arguing for a full hour, someone had a sudden inspiration: "Why don't we just find two rolls of rope, tie them up, and move downstairs to live? That way we won't have to go up and down to fetch water."

Of the more than two hundred people, about a hundred mindlessly agreed to let those who couldn't go down help pull the rope and send them down one by one.

Completely bewildered, he asked repeatedly, "Are you planning to live in that cave for the rest of your life?"

Those people said, "Hey, after you catch up with the main force, you might not be able to find a water source and will have to come back to us. We'll set up a base here and wait for you to come back."

After much hesitation, Liu Ergou decided to stay and wait. Dazhuang's words made a lot of sense. Rather than wandering aimlessly without finding a single water source, it would be better to wait for the main force to return and rejoin them.

By then, their men will have already occupied advantageous terrain, and anyone who comes later and wants water will have to pay some grain.

So half of them set off to catch up with the main group, while the other half, such as Liu Ergou and Dazhuang, settled down by the underground pond.