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His son dead,

his home burnt to the ground,

nowhere to turn but the county seat.

This is called

"not shedding tears until

one sees the coffin."

It must be a rude awakening.

Why do you all flee the famine?

Because you're all godless heathens!

Running blindly away...

you don't know what lies ahead of you.

Who can you turn to out there?

Who?

Take refuge in the Lord!

Carp with dry noodles,

Yanjin-style.

In a famine year? This

is too much, my friend.

Governor Li...

There are 72 wealthy

families in the county.

All of them have been robbed.

After they rob the rich men,

they'll turn to the county

government offices.

I'm still new to this job.

I never would have imagined that a drought

could starve all of Henan!

The whole province is suffering

and the national grain stores are empty.

Coming to Henan was like

boarding a sinking ship.

Governor Li...

the whole province is suffering,

but you've seen how bad it is in Yanjin.

When the time comes to

distribute relief grain,

I trust you will treat

Yanjin county favorably.

My friend... I'm not here to

distribute relief grain.

Then why are you here?

We're about to go to war.

I've come to collect grain for the army.

Daddy,

what does "flee" mean?

There's no food.

Do you want to starve?

No.

Then you have to go

somewhere to look for food.

That's "fleeing."

Why are you wearing your wedding clothes?

Are you planning to run

from the famine in those?

It's for good luck on the road!

Slut!

You think fleeing is a lucky thing?

Go change!

It looks like these old bones

won't be buried with my ancestors.

Your ancestors were all broke anyway.

You little bastard.

Liubao,

don't forget to bring

the ancestral tablets.

OK.

We're fleeing from a famine,

not going to watch a show.

Why are you taking that cat?

I don't want to go, dad.

What?

I want to go back and find my schoolmates.

Where are they now?

Some went to the front

to fight the Japanese.

Going to the front lines

means going to war.

Going to war means killing people.

A girl like you? Killing people?

Then I'll go back to school

and guard it with the others!

Shuanzhu! Stop!

Get back here!

Out of the way!

Why are you being difficult now? Let's go.

Your brother got a bright idea too...

and it cost him his life!

Don't think about it.

My dowry from my parents

and all of my money was

in that jewelry box!

Where did it go?

We're not like them.

They're running from the famine.

We're temporarily avoiding the crisis.

A month at most...

maybe just two weeks...

and then you can go back to school.

Shuanzhu, didn't you see my jewelry box?

How many times to I have to tell you?

What are you trying to say?

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