Hu Dao followed behind the siblings without a word.
Rong Yan and Rong Jin, however, walked ahead.
Unlike the desolation they encountered in the previous few towns, this town actually bustled with quite a lot of people.
Still, there were mostly impoverished folks.
Some wore tattered clothes, while others were slightly better off with patched clothes, though at least not torn.
There were shops on both sides of the street, as well as small stalls selling vegetables and an assortment of other things.
So she asked Hu Dao, "Has there been no locust infestation here?"
Hu Dao hurriedly replied, "It's said that the locusts just happened to avoid our town; the areas to the west suffered more damage."
Those damned creatures... they only add to the hardship of people already living difficult lives.
"Are there houses for sale around here?" Rong Yan looked around and thought settling down here temporarily wouldn't be bad.
